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The times., 1899-09-18
A FIERY WORD PAINTER.
More Emphasis Than Sympathy i'm a
Sermon On the GalIosvs.
CFr0m the W0rcester spy.)


Henry NJ Ciemence. the auctioneer. in
the course or his business dealings with
men throughout Worcester county, comes
into possession OF many peculiar prints. but
he possesses none that he prizes more than
a copy Of a sermon delivered by the Rev.
Thaddsus Maccarty, the revolutionary pas
tor of the Old South Church, to a negro
about 10 be hanged for a heinous crime
In the ante-revolutionary days it was the
practice to bring a doomed criminal into
church and have the preacher give him 9
spiritual sendon. This sermon was deliv-
cred IN the year 1865 long before the Bos-
tonese took it into their heads TO sever
diplomatic relations between the American
colonies and their Uncle George. the Eng
lish King.
This particular colored man was appre-
hended. tried, and sentenced TO be hanged
by the neck. History does not give the
fuIi name OF the coiored man who was
preached 10 with rope around his neck
ind a grave dug within sight. but in tbs
sermon be is referred 10 as Arthur. or, more
specifcaily. and with a view TO giving Ar
hUr q tip tb2; there was no slip OF tho
goose likely in his case. The dying Ar
.bur."
The Rev Thaddeus was a great painte,
with words. and 10 the unfortunate Arthu,
fashioned coiors. To read the sermon ever
st this day one with powerful imagina-
tiOB can almost sniff the birthstone and
can realize how Arthur must have felt Il
be sat there with the whole Of Worcester
county occupying the pews. Arthur prob
ably wasn't tickjed 10 any extent.
He was informed that a cot bed made
Of birthstone with a mattress lined with
live Goals that never burned out was
awaiting him in the event Of his DYING
ImPeuitent. According 10 references in The
sermon 10 the people. there must have been
q large number present In fact. In those
days. when prizeights. horse races, and
even the smoking of tobacco were held to
be sinful, seeing murderer of on his last
journey was about the only sporting event
OF the times, and the people flocked cut in
large numbers 10 see the trap sprung and
the victim drop.
This oermon was printed by Kneeland
G. Adams. OF Boston, and the exact dste
OF its delivery was October 20, 1853 The
pastor Of the Old South Church was evil
IDENTIFY an expert al this sort OF preaching
for he was In great demand, and there are
the bodies OF muFderers buried In the
Green Etll district. one Of them a woman
10 whom be preached IN the open air il
Worcester toward the close CT the last
century.
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is used by the coral fishers. This apparatus
is heavily weighted and dropped overheard
from the barks used for the purpose. The
coral becomes entangled in the nets, and
is then pulled from its anchorage by main
force.
The dark red coral. which is more plenti-
full than the pink variety, is largely used
for anklets and necklaces among unciv1i-
ized tribes: sometimes it is cut into larger
pieces which are strung into girdles or
used as ornaments in the Orient White
and very pale pink coral. although very
scarce. and consequently expensive, is but
little used for iewelry.
The times., 1899-09-18

The record of the amount of business in
the most attractive securities on the stock
exchange last week is peculiar one with
such preponderance of transactions in one
stock as perhaps has never been seen be-
fore The total business of the week was
three and half million shares and of this
amount Brooklyn Rapid Transit furnished
more than a fifth or something more than
100000 shares. Seven or eight stocks fur
nished more than half the entire business
OF the week. The exact total for the week
was 1881, ,ll6. Below are given the number
OF shares sold in each of the twelve most
acfiYa sfnckc
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Several important railway statements
have been made public since the close of
the market Saturday. They are all of that
satisfactory nature that has been the uni
form characteristic of recent railway show
ings. Big Four's annual statement is per-
haps the most interesting of the group. 1t
is announced, as has been foreshadowed in
this column. that there is no reason why
from now on distributions from the future
net revenues of the company, as ascertain
ed from year to year. should not be made
among the stockholders" In the year the
company earned surplus over and above
dividends on the preferred stock equal TO
1-2 per cent on the common The exact
figure was $723,690, all of which was used
in extinguishing the liabilities of the COM
pany In the last few years the. property
has practically been rebuilt as regards road
bed and equipment. The figures of the
statement are as follows: n
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haunting a Police Court.

(From the Chicago News.)
The Englewood police court boasts an odd char
sctcr who has exhibited a remarkable degree Of
flithfulness. Il is 4 woman between nits ana
si1tv wIo has for wears been a daily attendant
at Inc sessions Of the court. This extraordinary
perseverance has caused great deal Of snrmise
and gossip on the part of the court officials, bat
50 far no has discovered the cause OF her
regular attendance Il is supposed that the daily
grinding Of the justice mill affords a peculiar
sort Of excitement that her temperament requires,
and takes the place OF the matinee habit so
pronounced among some others OF her sex.
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Surplus ........ S6S5, ,36l Inc. :. $2S3, ,90l
It is one of the chief elements of strength
in the general situation, as has been point
ed out heretofore, that the railway earn
ings are continuing TO increase this year
as they did last. The argument of the
bears has been that the immense earn
ings of the past year and the statements
for that year have had their effect on the
market, and that the railway showing for
this year cannot be as good, cannot fail
TO be poorer in fact What is really hap
pening is that each week and month of the
new year is piling up a heavy increase
over last years magnificent record so that
while last year was up to that time the
finest in the history Of the railways the
present is certain TO be even better still.
Recent declines in values have seriously
impaired margins, and IL can be safely said
that there is not commission house in
Wall Street that has not had to go over its
books and sell out clients who have not
promptly responded to calls for additional
margin to take the place of that wiped
out by the fall in the market. Although
the public has not been in the market to
the extent that it was in the autumn of
1888 and the spring OF this year, it has
been considerably involved on the long
side Of the market, and during the last
week has been severely punished Heavy
losses have been taken and the liquida-
ton of Saturday was thought to repre-
sent, to a great extent. decentralization
among the outside contingent. During
the boom of year ago and until the bad
break in prices last spring the public was
an immense winner in the market. 1t is
probable that never before did it take as
much money out of the hands of the pro-
fessionais. Since that time, while there
have been ups and downs in the market
and in the fortunes of the street it is
said that the public has been losing nearly
all the time. 1t seems probable that last
weeks declines took away from the out
sders very nearly, if not quite, all that
they had won in the boom of 1889
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1t will be noted that in this list there was
but one stock that made net advance in
price for the week, Leather common, and
that the declines in the other securities
averaged about five points, with the heav-
lest losses in the Flower stocks, Brooklyn
Federal Steel, and Peoples Gas.
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THE DEWEY RECEPTION
Preparations for the National Vel
come to the Admiral.

The Night Parade and Illumination
of the City VIII Usher I'm the Cele-
cession VIII BE Great Success
The Committees Hard at Work.
The times., 1899-09-18

priced dividend payers among the railways,
the steel and iron stocks, and one or two
others of the industrials, perhaps.
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Is a deceptive disease
thousands have Ii and don't
know it. II you want quick
results you can make no
.nistake by using DIR. Kill
the great kidney remedy.
cent and dollar sizes. Sam
ee; also pamphlet telling you
you have kidney trouble.
& Co.. Binghamton. n. Y.
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New York sock Market.
Open. High. Low. Clos.

Corrected daily by w. B. Hibbs & Co..
members OF the New York Exchange
1419 F Street.
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Phone 49, Arlington Bottliae Co. for case
of Hcuriclls beer. the beer that wins everyone
&C friend
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ending June 80 had gross earnings of more
than $4,000, 600, which, if compared with
those of few years back, show what may
surely be called marvellous increase. In
1880 the gross earnings were almost exactly
half this amount, for instance. The lines
increased business has not been due wholly,
as many will perhaps suppose, to coal traf-
fic. All classes Of traffic have developed.
Economy of operation has helped the
road, and up to date railroad management
has placed the company ON a level with the
leading roads of the country. The acqui-
sition of additional coal lands will afford
the company about 100000 tons year. and
as this extra tonnage figures in only six
months of the last year, it can readily be
seen what the benefit for full year will be.
Beginning with this year the company will
include in operating expenses every ex-
penditure, save only the cost of such ex-
tensions as may hereafter be made TO the
main line or branches, or such actual ad-
ditions to the motive power and equipment
as increase the earning capacity of the road
or produce new revenue therefor. The rec
ord for last year was the best in the his
tory of the company, gross earnings, net
earnings, and surplus being heavier than
in any preceding year Detailed results
fclIny.
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New York Cotton Market.

1t is Judgment which causes people to select
Heurich's beer for dinner beverages Phone 6S4.
The times., 1899-09-18
CASH OR CREDIT.
CASH OR CREDIT.
CASH OR CREDIT.
CASH OR CREDIT.
CASH OR CREDIT.
CASH Or CREDIT.
Deeds Speak Louder Than Words.
We Are Doing the Business


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Anemp pocket fall
ocb. Hyouh n
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We Willingly all mein
OF o ocedit
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Chicago Grain and Provision Market

Corrected daily by w. B, Hibbs & Co.,
members of the New York Exchange.
The times., 1899-09-18
KIDNEY
TROUBLE

ner's Swamp Root,
II druggists in fifty,
pie bottle by mail fire.
bow 10 ind out il y
Add ess DIR. Kilmer
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This elegant Gondola Couch, 2s inches vide
G # s In long. covered in handsome veiours;
has 5 rows tuftirg, and Is fringed
to the floor. genuine bargain ST S.75
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-05
NEW PAVING MATERIAL.
Oakland, Cal. Is Trying an Experi-
ment with Asphalt and Red
wood Blocks Combined.

Fifteen or twenty years ago a good
deal was heard of wood pavements for
streets. They were quiet and smooth
and fairly well suited to the residence
districts of a city, but did not stand
the wear and tear of heavy traffic very
well. Then, when the blocks became
worn and rotten, as they did, they abb
sorbed disease germs and lessened the
salu brity of the neighborhood. OF late
wood pavements have gone out of fash
ion almost entirely. Something new
in this line is now reported from Oak
land, Cal, however, and it may prove
so successful as to revolutionize the
ideas of civil and sanitary engineers.
In Oakland the wear and tear comes
on layer of asphalt which covers the
wood and not directly on the latter.
The blocks are six inches square and
four inches deep. They are laid on
bed of concrete, after having been
soaked in hot asphalt. a mixture of
hard asphalt and California liquid as
phalt, in equal parts, raised to tenn
perature of between $50 and 400 de-
grees Fahrenheit, is employed. The
interval during which immersion lasts
is from three to five minutes. This treat
ment renders the blocks wa Gterproof.
They are then laid from curbstone to
curbstone.
A mixture of asphalt and carbonate
of lime is heated and poured upon
the wood pavement. This is so soft a
liquid that it runs down into all the
interstices, and even works its way un-
der the wood, if there are any holes
there. Not until the fluid has been
poured on three successive times is the
surface properly covered and the spaces
between the blocks well filled. Sand
to the depth of a quarter of an inch is
rolled into the asphalt when the last
application has been made of the lat
ter. The carpet thus formed has so
hard a surface that it withstan6s ordi-
nary light traffic for two or three years.
1t can be renewed at an expense of less
than half a cent per square foot. Re-
newal seems to be necessary where red
wood is used, but hard wood can re-
main bare for Ion ger time without in
jury.-N. Y. Tribune.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-05
THE CHILD'S MIND.
Broaden 1t by Letting Him Look Into
Every Phase of Life ms a Part
of His Education.

Expand the child's mind by showir G
him from time to time scenes from all
sides of life. Take him to-day to
studios and let him see how pictures are
made; next week to silk factories, to
| learn the poetry of labor, and afterward
| to a brick-yard and an iron-foundry,
| not forgetting the claims of great
churches and monuments upon an ele-
vating education. The alienation of
| city and country is a delightful stimu-
liant. When travel is possible we should
give the child glimpses of mountains
and sights of the sea, and let him be-
come acquainted with mountaineers
and fishermen, even as he ought in town
to know something of the ways and
| thoughts of the workmen, so that he
may come to feel sympathy with all
sorts of people and understand the
merit of labor. Actual experience of
| this kind is worth infinitely mo re than
| the theorizing in school-books. 1t is
not particularly interesting to child
| to read that he should be grateful to all
the people who supply him with his
daily comforts; to the farmer, the
| baker, the manufacturer, the builder.
But when he sees how grain grows and
Is converted into flour; how furniture
is wrought from blocks of wood, and
threads woven into cloth, the whole
history of the objects about him is re-
vealed. The different parts of life be-
come connected and he gets a sense of
the thread of harmony that runs
| 1, .1I A,,1 l,
satisfaction, coming through feeling
of kinship with the world, which is
more useful than gratitude upon gener-
al nciples.-Florence Hull Winter
burn, in Woman's Home Companion.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-05

What will the inventive brain of man
do next? This is question some one
asks almost daily. There is one, though,
who leads all others, who for a quarter
of a century has been making fine laun-
dry starch, and to-day is offering the
public the finest starch ever placed on
the marEet.
Ask your grocer for coupon book
which will enable you to get the first
two packages of this new starch, "RED
CROSS" (trade mark brand) also two
children's Shakespeare pictures, paint
ed in twelve beautiful colors, natural as
life, or the Twentieth Century Girl Cal
endar, all absolutely free. All grocers
are authorized to give ten large pack
ages of RED CROSS STARCH" with
twenty of the Shakespeare pictures or
ten of the Twentieth Century Girl Cal
endars to the first five purchasers of the
ENDLESS CHAIN STARCH BOOK.
This is one of the greatest offers ever
made to introduce "RED CROSS" laun-
dry starch, j. C. Hubinger's latest in
vention.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-05
WOMAN LEGISLATORS
Idaho Has Three in the Lower House,
and They Have All Made
Good Records.

A woman suffrage amendment was
carried in Idaho in 1896, and in 1898
three women were elected to the house
of representatives, Mary A. Wright,
Clara l.. Campbell and Hattie F. Noble,
all of whom have fulfilled their duties
to the complete satisfaction of their
constituents and with credit to them
selves.
Mrs. Wright, the representative from
Kootenai county, the extreme north
ern part of the state, is a teacher by
profession and has long been recog-
niZed as one of Idaho's most success
full educators. Both herself and hus-
band are heavy taxpayers. She has al
ways taken a lively interest in edu-
cational and other public affairs and
while she has made a study of public
questions and is well posted-as any
gentleman will learn who undertakes
to argue politics with her-she is not
professional politician in any sense of
the word.
The nomination came to her unso-
licited, and it was only after persist
ent argument that she consented to
become a candidate. She received her
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-05
Mlt5s{a5I;M:5[t1#9EJA s{5I;:5
$SEa;k&Ij5jS!ig$5:2s
THE NORMAL WOMAN.
Her Exact Proportions In Plain Fig
ares, with Some Notes on the
Cultivation of Beauty.

Female beauty according to famous
artists and sculptors is question of
proportion merely, and, since this is
so, large number of women will be
surprised to see how nearly they con-
form to physical perfection by finding
a striking similarity between the sculp-
tors ideal and their own forms. When
these proportions do not agree in the
majority of cases the figure has been
marred by injudicious treatment-tight
corsets, small shoes, lack of proper ex-
ercise, etc.
Let the length of the head be what it
will, a woman's height should be seven
and half times its length, or ten times
the length of her face, or nine times the
length of her hand, or six and half
times the length of her foot, or, with
arms outstretched, from finger to finger
exactly as she does from head to toe.
The exact proportions for perfect
woman should be five feet four inches;
weight, 135 pounds; bust, SO inches;
waist, 25 inches; hips, 81 inches; thigh,
25 inches: calf, 14Ib inches; ankle, s
inches; hands, inches; feet, 10 inches.
The distance between the temples
should be the exact length of the face;
the arms should be three times the
length of the head, and the shoulders
should be two heads in width.
Beautiful eyes are wide open with
heavy lashes and delicately penciled
eyebrows. Beautiful ears are set close
to the head and must be small and deli
cately shaped. The perfect hand need
not be small-it must be in proportion
to ones height-but it must be well
shaped with gradually tapering fingers
and curved nails. The perfect foot has
high instep. This is the possession of
but few women because of their badly
fitting shoes. A beautiful neck and
shoulders are prizes which every young
woman may possess if she is willing
to pay the price. The rules for their
cultivation are simplicity wearing
loose clothing so that ones movements
may be free, and by wearing shoes with
low heels; by taking plenty of sleep,
daily baths, plenty of exercise, fresh
mir might and day), simple, nourishing
pod, and course of gymnastic eXer-
Rse to insure uniform development.
>z.The normal woman should reach the
,er+;ection of her beauty at the age of
o. anA it is the normal woman who
alone is beautiful.-Mrs. Mary Easton,
in American Queen.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-05

nomination by two-thirds vote of her
party, and while she spent her cam
paign in the schoolrooIn, making but
one campaign trip, and that when she
was invited to meet the people in the
remotest part of her county, at Boom
er's Ferry, she was elected by a large
majority.
She is an active worker in primaries,
county and state conventions and has
served on some of the most important
committees in these conventions.
While in the Legislature she was chair
man of the engrossing committee, a
member of the committee on education,
and of the committee on privileges and
elections; she was also appointed on
number of special and honorary COM
mittees, and was appointed to preside
over the house while that body was ia
committee of the whole, and is said
to have welded the gavel with dignity,
fairness and impartiality.
Mrs. Wright is a refined and cultured
woman, performing her political du-
ties in a quiet, dignified manner, that
completely silences all opposers. She
| has made hosts of friends during her
| stay at the capital.
She began her political work in 1894
and worked hard during the campaign.
| During the campaign of 1896 she
| worked for the suffrage amendment,
not as a political issue, but as an act
of justice to women, appealing to all
parties. She says that it is so difficult
| for them to understand the prejudice
that exists in the east and says:
81 only wish the eastern states could
see us enjoy our freedom, and we are
| just as feminine as though we had
never exercised the franchise, and our
husbands, fathers and brothers are just
as fond of us as they ever were. Oh!
| how / wish the east could understand
as we do"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-05

most as good effect as the genuine ar
ticles.
A very pretty evening bodice made of
figured silk is trimmed upon the shoul-
ders with butterfly bows of striped rib
bon caught in the center with butter
flies of topazes and brilliants.
large sized butterfly executed in the
same stones rests upon the coiffure.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-05
To Keep Out Tube-cuIosis.

In keeping the herd of dairy cows
free from tuberculosis few general
rules at least should be observed. First,
know that the herd is free from the dis
ease. Then do not bring new COW into
the herd unless she has been first teste ed
by tuberculin. If milk is taken to a
creamery and skim milk brought back,
do not permit it to be used till it has
been pastuerized. This will not only
make it safe to feed to calves, but if it
is fed to pigs will also prevent the dis
ease being spread in that direction,
which means its getting foothold on
the farm. Do not under any circum-
stances permit strange cattle to run in
the pastures or occupy the stables.
Above all, do not permit consumptive
person to take care of the cows.-Farm-
ers' Review.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-05
SuperstitIons About Babies.

In Spain the infants face is swept
with a pine-tree bough to bring good
luck In ireland belt made of wom-
ans hair is placed about the child to
keep harm away. Garlic, salt bread and
steak are put into the cradle of a new
born babe in Holland. Roumanian
mothers tie red ribbons round the
ankles of thr'r children to preserve
them from harm.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-05
AN EVENING BODICE.
Ornamented with Some of the Dainty
Trimmings That VIII BE Pop
uIar This Fall.

Ultra-fashionableno novelties in jewelry
for coiffure and bodice decoration still
run to animal and insect designs, and
many unique fancies are worn by the
girl who has the means to support her
luxurious ideas in this direction. The
ornaments are wrought in precious
stones, but in these days of clever imi-
tations mock gems are worn with al
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-05
To Keep Ribbons Smooth.

Here is simple, homemade device
for keeping belts, ribbons and stocks
smooth and as good as new. Many de-
partment stores carry the little toy pie
rollers, with handles at the ends, which
children carry into the kitchen baking
days and want to help cook make the
crust with. Take half dozen of these
little rollers and on them roll your ties
or belts, and, 10, the crush" vanishes.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-05
Han d-Painteu Linen.

The latest craze is to have your walk
ing gown set off with hand-painted col
lar and cuffs. 1t originated in Paris
and is really an extension of the fancy
for hand-painted ball gowns, fans.
shoes, etc. At the drawing rooms this
season sprays or trails of and-painted
flowers have been in pretty general
vogue for the corners of trains and the
edging of over-draperies.