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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-15
GROUND IS THEIR TELEPHONE.
Amazon River Natives Talk from
Camp to Camp by Means off
Novel Invention.

There are many claimants to the
honor of having been the first to in
vent the telephone, and the fact is that
few people really know who was the
inventor. 1t is generally attributed to
Edison. but it seems that that sorcerer
had nothing whatever to do with it. At
any rate, it seems that it is anything
but modern idea.
Travellers in the district of the ANA
zon tell us that the Catuquinaru In
dians, since time immemoriai, have
been accustomed to correspond from
one camp to another by means of
little device that recalls to one the
small toy parchment telephones we
used to play with in the days of our
childhood.
They bury hollow wooden cylinder
in the earth, filling it half full of sand,
fragments of bone and pulveriZed mica.
The upper part remains empty, and is
closed by piece of leather, wood or
indarubber. This instrument is called
"cambarysu."
In the next camp, perhaps 1,6C0 yards
away, is another similar instrument.
When one camp wishes to correspond
with the other, they strike violently
with a mallet on the cambarysu, and
the sound is transmitted by the earth
to the cambarysu of the other camp.
AS soon as the inha hear tie
signal they answer by similar one,
and then two individuals, putting their
ears near the apparatus, can converse
as easily as we can at London tele-
phone. \ traveller who has investi-
gated this primitive telephone says
that he is inclined to think that the
nature of the soil has something to do
with the wonderful transmission of
sound.-London Chronicle.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-15
SUNNY SIBERIA.
late as Generally Supposed
Vegetation Is Luxuriant.

Thomas G. Allen, Jr., who, some
years ago made tour of the world
awheel. has written an article on The
Boys of Siberia" for St. Nicholas. Mr..
Allen says: LAS dreary and cold as
Siberia is an expression that has come
to be almost proverb. The very name
has always conjured up scene of desc
iation and perpetual winter, enlivened,
perhaps, by a band of criminal exiles
plodding along some lonely highway or
practically buried alive in some gloomy
mine pit. In imagination we have even
heard the clanking of prison chains,
the moaning of suffering men, and he
however displeasing the picture which
the name of Siberia never fails to con-
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-15

husband is such that it establishes a
strong presumption in favor of his in
nocence. Take the chief specimens
Marquis de Mores, the most violent jew
batter of his time; Col. Sandherr, who
died in a madhouse; Commandant dh
Patty de Clam, who fears to face the
charge of forgery; Col. Henry, the con-
feased forger and suicide; and Ester
haZy, the unspeakable.
Eighth-Of the experts who exam
ined the bordereau, upon which he was
condemned, three declared that it was
not in my husbands handwriting.
Everybody knows now that the bor-
Gereau was the work of Esterhazy.
Ninth-Henry's forgery Is in itself
sufficient evidence that in the judgment
of the men who opposed Capt. Dreyfus
his condemnation needed propping up.
This forgery was ia preuve absolute
which NJ. Cavaignac, when minister of
war. recently read out to wildly en-
thusiastic deputies as putting the guilt
of my husband beyond yea or nay.
Tenth-The seven officers who con-
stituted the court-martial would not
have condemned him were it not that,
after their deliberations had been con-
s.uded, Gen. Mercier fiourished before
their excited eyes documents which he
said were proofs of my husbands guilt.
These documents were not examined
and were forgeries.
Eleventh-M. Goebert, the best liv-
irg authority on grarfology, says that
the bordereau is not IN the handwriting G
of Capt. Dreyfus.
Twelfth-It is DOW clear that the war
department has broken down in its eff
forts to sustain a case against my hus-
band.
Thirteenth-Thef four journal listswho
led the newspaper campaign against
my husband are palpably unworthy
of credence. Drumont, of the Libre
Parole, praises Lucheni, the murderer
of the empress of Austria; Deroulede is
crazy upon the jew question; Mile
voye, of the Patrie blundered before in
the Norton forgery, and bette noir is
the breath of his nostrils to Rochefort
Of the Intransi igeant.
Fourteenth-The specific accusations
made by Iola in his famous letter, 81
accuse" are turning out to be wonder
fully accurate.
Fifteenth-The conductors of the
campaign against my husband have
hesitated at no crime. Forgery, rogu-
cry, conspiracy, duplicity, lying, and
perhaps murder have been resorted to
to keep my husband in chains.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-15
THE FILIPINO CONGRESS.
Description of Its Opening by the
Famous Insurgent Leader,
AguinaIdo.

At last, to the sound of the national
march, the delegates moved in body
to the door and then back again, di-
vided, and then Aguinaldo, looking
very understood and very insignificant,
came marching down, bearing an ivory
stick with gold head and gold cord and
tassels, says Harper's Weekly. a group
of tall, fine-looking generals and one
or two dignitaries in black accom-
panied him, and half surrounded him
as they walked along. Mounting the
chancel steps, Aguinaldo took the mid
die seat behind the table, the acting
secretary of the interior took the place
On his right, and general occupied the
carved chair on his left. Without any
formal calling to order, the secretary
rose and read the list of delegates, and
sat down again. Then Aguinaldo stood
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-15
planter does quantities of resting and
is happy"
Eeathern for EnshiOn.

Manufacturers of artificial birds buy
directly from the ia mers and make up
their stock with no particular regard
for the accurate representation of a
species, just at present the birds in
fashion for mourning hats are small
black parrots, and there are no such
birds in nature. A fashion is in vogue
to match the costume in the plumage of
the bird trimmings, and manufacturers
rse their best art to supply the demand.
Sooner or later this fashion will be the
means Of establishing regular farms for
the production of feathers for millinery
purposes.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-15

orally to America, says writer in
Longman's Magazine, and very often he
does moi like America when he gets
there. ] remember a blacksmith with
whom / was well acquainted gong
there, but in couple of years or ST. he
was to be seen working at the old forge
in his native village. / asked him why
he had come back, and he told me that
he earned plenty of money out there,
but he didn't like it." When | was in
New York tailor came to see me who
had been an apprentice here in Bungay.
He told me the same story. Plenty of
money especially at times, but he
"meant tc get back as soon as he could"
Also | had a conversation with an Eng
ush coachman whose tale was much
the same. His wages were large, but
"there weren't no society for such as
him" IN the states they were all gents
or Il 1gers."
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-15

vey. it's mysterious and melancholy as
sociations have ever eXerted a strange
fascination. must confess that have
been no exception to the general rule.
At very early age developed the de-
sire to visit this mysterious country
and to discover for myself, if possible,
some of its terrible hidden secrets.
1T has been my good fortune, on two
recent occasions, to crafty this way
ward ambition: and from what | saw
and experienced | can assure my youth
ful reader that his general gloomy ro-
ton about the land of snow and eXiles'
is. in the main. incorrect-that there is
another and a very bright side to the
Siberian picture.
Not raising the question of the de-
plorable Siberian exile system. | would
impress upon the reaGer that Siberia
itself, in its southern portion at least,
Is a region where the vegetation Is as
varied and luxuriant, where the birds
warbIe just as sweetly where the chill
dren play and the people laugh and
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-15
POLITENESS FOR NOTHING.
The Gallant Action of n Man brings
Only Humiliation nt the Hands
of "a Proud Woman.

A styiishly attired woman was seen
walking down Washington street the
other day, attracting considerable at
tention by her fine figure and graceful
carriage. Men turned to glance after
l,er and women managed to see the
sweep of her skirt and the cut of her
coat behind out of the corners of their
eyes without turning around at all,
habit most women have. At all events
The woman was stunning and young
II tist, turning to obtain third look at
her, saw to his delight that she dropped
her purse. HurrIedly he ran to whers
the object lay and stopped down to get
it. At the same instant a ragged Italian
woman made grab at it, says the Chi
cago Chronicle.
The young artist got it and the wom-
an got it, and both were determined to
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-15
THE BANANA PLANTER.
In Honduras He IL a Creature Whose
PhiIOsophic Calm Is Never
Disturbed.

"The small banana planter of Hon
duras Is the happiest creature on
earth" said local shipper, reports the
New Orleans Iimes-Democrat, land
nothing ever removes him from his
philosophic calm. The frightful hur-
ricane which ragged along the Hondu-
rian coast on the 1st of the month alb
solutely destroyed scores of planta-
tions. The trees were plucked out of
the earth like blades of grass, the
fragile buildings were blown into kind
ling wood. and nothing whatever left
to tell the tale. Happening anywhere
else, such a disaster would have been
a tragedy of the first order, and meant
incalculabe suffering, but nature is
very kind to her children on the banana
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-15

the subject, during which the artist felt
like a fool, he conquered and rushed
fran tically down the street, where the
stunning woman could still be seen. He
was breathless when he overlook her
but, lifting his hat politely, he sad:
Il saw you drop your purse, madam,
and take pleasure in returning it to
you" Haughtily the woman looked at
HIM. Really, sir, you are very kind,
but | have my purse" and she extended
toward him a brand new article that
had certainly just been taken from It's
paper wrapping. Il changed my money
il this one" she continued, 'and threw
the old one away. You may have it if
Won like"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-15
THE DREYFUS CASE.
Wife of the DEVILS Island Victim on
the Situation.
She Points Ont n Number of REASON
for Relieving Her Husband inno->
cent of the Terrible Crime
of Treason.

The London correspondent of the
New York Journal has just secured
from Nine. Dreyfus statement in
which she demonstrates the innocence
of her husband the exiled French mill
tary officer Nine. Dreyfus declares
without reserve that the bordereau was
the work of Esterhazy. She signs the
following:
First-Men of honor do not betrav
their country. My husband was man
of honor. All who know him admit
that.
Second-I can conceive of no motive
to induce him to commit such an act
of treason. He dearly loves France
He had a splendid future in prospect.
He was not in need of money. He was
a man of independent means. He has
always guarded with jealous care the
fair name of his family. He has even
given orders that all his fortune be ex-
pended in rehabilitating that name.
Third-My husband constantly and
| in the most solemn manner processes
his innocence.
Fourth-France initiates the example
of Russia in her blind prejudice against
| the Jews. This is the reason why i.
| has been so difficult to let the light
shine upon my husbands innocence.
Fifth-Most of the intellectual per.
sons of France believe in the limo.
cence of Capt. Dreyfus. His well-reg
ulated life and his rapid military ad
| vancement induced them to look into
his case. The leading newspapers in
Paris hold that he is innocent.
Sixth--He was condemned upon evt
| dence which was never shown to him
nor to his counsel. The irregularity
and the illegality of his condemnation
are no longer denied. The laws Of evi
dence did not govern the trial of Capt
| Dreyfus.
Seventh-The character of the mer
who are most bitterly opposed to my
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-15

sing just as cheerfully, as in our own
country. In fact, that portion of ST.
IBERIA which is now reached by the new
Trans-Siberian railway might very just
ly be called the northern promised land
Of milk and honey for in its teeming
soil, genial summer climate. and fab
ulous mineral wealth it is second to
none in the world"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-15

up, and after the feeble vivas had
ceased, took a paper from his pocket,
ard in a low voice, without gestures
and without emphasis, and in the hesi-
tGting manner of a schoolboy, read his
message in the Tagalog language. Only
once was he interrupted by vivas, and
that was when he alluded to the three
great free nations-England. France,
and Americans worthy models for
imitation. He next read a purported
translation in Spanish with even more
difficulty, and when he had finished
here was quite round of cheers, pro-
posed and led by the veteran general,
Buencamino, for the president, the re-
public, and victorious army, and tor
the town of Malolos. Then Aguinaldo
arose and declared the meeting ad-
iourned until it should reassemble pre-
pared to elect officers and to organize
in the regular manner.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-15

tested that this was an insult to hu-
manity. TO his surprise his objection
was listened to, and ne received re-
ce;pt for the duty charged upon high
er scale, with the skulls entered as ''re-
turned emigrants' worn effects"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-15
Tariff on CkulIs.

A Swiss anthropologist, on his return
from Patagonia, brought home with
linn a complete collection of Patagonian
skulls, and when the custom house pro
posed to tax them on the basis of ami
mails bones imported as manure he pro-
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-15
Enrtb,s Hottest Region.

The hottest region on the earth is on
he southwestern coast of Persia, where
Persia borders the gulf of the same
name. For 40 consecutive days in July
and August the thermometer has not
fallen '~wer than 100 degrees, night or
day, and often mounted as high as 1873
degrees.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-15

Tt used to be the custom when the
chief priest of one of the Congo tribes
showed symptoms of illness to kill
him forthwith, either by strangling o-
by the aid of club. the natives be-
;ieving rnat if he were allowed to die
by disease all the rest of the world
would perish,
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-15
HeIIs Worn by Girls,

In the eighteenth century Polish
ladies obliged their daughters to wear
little bells in order to proclaim where
.hey were all the time.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-15

It is estimated by the police of Mon
treal that the people of that city spend
ever s2,5ooooO year on lotteries. The
number of policy tickets bought an
nually is about 5000, 900.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-15
Courage of Ign nOrnnCe.

Manager-Your play is marvelously
good. It's one fault is that it is be-
yond the abilities of my company.
Tankpleigh-Then how can | get IL
produced?
you can easily get an amateur com
pany TO undertake ."-Roxbury Ga
Zette.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-15
The Queens FOotmen.

Queen Victoria's footmen wear wigs,
which have eight rows of curls, whereas
those Of the prince of Wales are allowed
seven lows, and those Of the lord mayor
ot London are given six rows.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-15

Some English EmiErants.
Up TIL now. if the inhabitant o!
Norfolk village emigrates, it is gen
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-15
Caring for HinioO Dead.

The Hindoos consider their dead as
sacred and do not allow them to be han
died by alien hands. the nearest male
relative-so1. father or brother-pre
pairing the body for burial, and if there
be none of these relatives son IL
adopted by the family for the purpose
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-15

Champagne was first made by monks
In the seventeenth century.
The record-union., 1898-09-15

Arthur NJ. Seymour. Clinton L. White.
WHITE & SEYMOUR,
Stoll Building, corner Fifth and K SITS
The record-union., 1898-09-15

the funds were to be used; whether
they We're to be pooled or each party
handle its own. Committeeman Bohan
said he did not propose to be caught
as he was during the former campaign,
when $3.50 in bills poured in after the
campaign was over, and the Demo-
cratic Committeeman, who had paid all
their share of the expenses, were
obliged to go down into their pockets
and pay the other fellows bills, too.
1t was decided that all the funds
should be pooled, and that joint meet
ings be held throughout the county
and the expenses be paid out Of the
common fund.
The Chair appointed T. Bohan, A M.
Seymour and L. A. vogel, but the lat
ter declined in favor of T. w. Johnson,
saying that there should be some one
from the country on the committee.
NJ. B. B. Potter was nominated for
superintendent Of Schools, and said
| that while he knew it would be fighting
against odds to run against B. F. How
ard, the Republican nominee, If he ac-
cepted the nomination and SO notified
the committee, he would let the latter
know that he had been in the fight.
lie SpOhC Ill complimentary lC1 LIS VI
Mr.. Howard, but said that number
of Republicans had told him that If he
would accept the nomination they
would support him.
A communication was received from
Pho Valensin Of Arno, stating that after
| consideration of the question he had
| decided that his other interests would
not allow him to accept the nomination
for Auditor and Recorder.
The board thereupon went into ex-
ecutive session, and although the men,
bers were very close mouthed, it was
rumored that it was for the purpose of
| deciding whether any nomination for
Auditor and Recorder should be made,
| or r. T. Cohn should be allowed to
have a walkover. No action was taken,
| however, as the party has stil some
| dark horses up its sleeve.
After the executive session had
closed, it was decided that the Cam
paign Committee should meet with the
| candidates next Sunday and arrange
the times and places for the meetings
and report to the Central Committee,
which will meet later in the day
The record-union., 1898-09-15
"HEN REPORTERS"
Just What Kind Of People They
Are.

From the Alameda Encinal.)
Henry James wants to know what
hen reporters" are. Well, Henry, we
will try to enlighten you. They are, for
example, the kind you and I saw at
Sacrmento, who paraded up and down
before the great audience Of men, while
it was being addressed by prominent
speakers, and who took particular pains
to walk back and forth again and again
directly before the platform and for no
other purpose in the world than to at
tract attention and set people to ask
who she was. They are of the kind
who mixed with the whisky drinking,
beer-guzzling gang in the hotel corri-
dors, pushing their way here and there
| among them, crowding their persons
against them, and making themselves
as conspicuous there as in the conven-
tion hall. They are Of the kind who,
when another of her sex is accused Of
crime, particularly if she be at all good
looking, straightway set themselves by
every little mean twist Of words so we'll
known to their malicious mind, to make
the people think she is guilty and by all
their little power to put the moose about
the neck of their sister. They are Of
the kind who try to worm their way
into the confidence of a prisoner, and
then boldly mount the witness stand
and lie about what they pretend to
have beguiled from him in the most
sacred confidence. They are Of the kind
who affect to know exactly what is
going on in the mind of a prisoner who
has persistently refused to talk to them
and who pretend to know that their
victim is ION the verge of a collapse"
'is filed with despair over the accumu-
lating evidence" and all that sort Of
stuff which no one could know unless
they were on terms of intimacy with
the thoughts of the person they are per-
scouting. They are the kind who pub
Icly announce wherever they go, that
they are Miss So-and-so Of such-and-
such a paper thereby filing every one,
| including the genuine newspaper men
and women, with disgust. They are Of
| the kind who cackle like an old hen
over every little item they write, and
who, when they are permitted to have a
picture made to illustrate an article, al
ways take especial pains to have their
own figures occupy the most prominent
| place. They are Of the kind who, when
sent to interview a prominent person,
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Defense Of Anarchists,

The San Francisco Chronicle pub
fishes the following extract from speech
of James Gallagher Mcguire, in House
of Representatives, on immigration re-
striction bill, January q, 1897: 'Gen-
tlemen urge the passage of this bill as
a step in the direction of excluding
anarchists, socialists and nihilists from
this country. / do not admit it
would be either right or desirable to ex-
clude these classes or any of them from
this country. They are generally
educated men, many of them holding
University degrees, whose offending
consists of resistance to tyranny, which
in the conditions under which they live
is obedience to God"
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MRS. w. H. EGAN, 315 K, ALL THE
latest styles, and terms reasonable.
DRESSMAKING-SI WAISTS. So:
skirts S1.50. 921 Sixth street.
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SCHOOL Superintendent.
NJ. B. b. POTTER THE DEMO-
CRATIC CANDIDATE.
Campaign Committee Appointed
for the Fusionists, to Fix Times
and Places for Meetings.

The Democratic County Central Com
mittee met last night at the Windsor
Hotel to listen to the report of the
committee that had been appointed to
consider the plan Of the campaign
Messrs. w. A Brooke and A. M. Sey-
mour of the committee reported that
they recommended the appointment OF
three members from the Democratic
Committee, to confer with three each
from the Populist and Silver Repub-
lican Committees and the candidates
to arrange a schedule for meetings
throughout the county and fix the dates
thereof
The qeustion was raised as to how
The record-union., 1898-09-15
ECZEMA BABY SB
Whole Body Mass Of Sores.
Doctor Could Not Cure.
Tried CUTICURA,
Speedily Cured. Now Fine Hair
And Clear Skin.

Our baby at the age of four months was
sickly and broke out with Eczema on his face
and body. He was mass of scabs. The doc
tor could not cure him. One day saw your
advertisement in the newspaper, and l got
CUTICURA REMEDIES at once. used one box
of CUTICURA (ointment), one bottle of CUTI-
CURA REsoLvENT, and three cakes of CUTI-
CURA SOAP, and he acas cured. He is now
seventeen months old, weighs 46 pounds, and
has the finest head of hair and clearest skin
you would want to see. LOUIS BENZINGER,
Feb. 8, 1898. 2750 sth Ave., New York City.
The record-union., 1898-09-15

say for example, Paderewsk. write
about what "Paderewski and T. did.
They are of the kind-oh, pshaw, Henry,
you know their kind, just as you know
the female writers who are not hen
reporters"
The hen reporter, to be brief, is one
who goes about trying to attract at
tention to her unhandsome self by an
intolerable clacking and a public preen-
ing of her feathers that is wearisome to
nauseation. And this kind does not al
WAYS wear petticoats, either.