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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-08

About once a month a small vessel
or tender visits the lighthouse, with
letters, newspapers, books, coal, kcro-
sene. wioks, window glass, lumber,
hardware, eatables, fresh water and
ether things. These are generally
hoisted from the boat to the store
room windows with a derrick. Light
ships are also supplied by tenders.
The tender takes back the keepers
report to the inspector and letters to
the friends and relatives of the men.
Few women live in lighthouses, and
in n good many of them they are for
bidden.--Little Chronicle.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-08
sAMANTHY KILLS THE SNAKE.

Samanthy forgot his manners and
crowded to the front. The colonel,
peering into the thicket for birds,
heard what he took to be the whirr
of pheasants' wings, and he lifted his
gun to take aim. The Kid, pressing
on, saw with his keen eSes that it was
nothing so harmless as the rising CO
covey of birds. A huge ratt.esnake,
overlooked by the colonel in his intexse
concentration on the thicket, lay coiled
directly in front of him, the vicious
mouth kissing, the eyes cleaning with
fire. Alf was in agony, lie could not
fire, for his father or the pony would
have received the shot as they were
placed.
But a more vigilant pair of eyes
than even the Kids had discovered the
reptile, and with a spring in front of
the colonel, and with the incest ex-
actitude, down came the pony with
buck jump. his hoofs close together
on the head of the snake, crushing in
the deadly fangs and flattening the
skull into the soft soil!
Still there was an ominous rattle of
thG tail, and the little nag gathered
himself again, bowed his supple back
and drove his hoofs into the mottled
skin of the deadly foe of mankind.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-08
HOW A HEN FEEDS.
In Her Natural State She Delights in
Consuming Hours I'm Obtain
ing n Full Meal.

Observe how the hen feeds when out
on the range. 1t is first a blade OF
grass or leaf of clover, then short
chase for grasshopper or cricket,
says Wallaces' Farmer. She now dis
covers soft spot in the soil which
she believes worth investigating, and
sets to work with the mining tools
which nature has given her with a
view of finding out if it is "pay dirt"
A fuzzy weed head is in her path and
she stops to shatter down a few of
the ripened seeds. She is drawn away
from this rePast by another grass
hopper, which springs down in front
of her and jumps away again just in
time to save himself from the dash
which she has made at him. In place
OF the grasshopper which she didn't
get, she nips another clover leaf or
blade of grass. Thus the hen feeds a
little at time and consuming hours
in obtaining a full meal. 1t seems
that people who see this every day
might know that throwing down a
measure of shelled corn on a bare
spot is not the proper way to feed the
hens. And those who do this will
receive conclusive proof that there is
something wrong with their feeding
during the time of year when the
hen has no choice of foou, but must
live on what is given her by the
owner
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-08

electricity through. In a tower mid
way of the block is an electric indi-
Gator which is attached to both rails
of the track by two wires. When train
enters block at one end. the indicator,
the two wires, the two lines OF rails
and the nearest car truck form an cleo
tric circuit along which travels a cur
rent from a battery. The indicator
clicks as the current passes through it
and the words Train in Block" appear
In a slot in front. The instant that the
rent stops, these words drop out of
sight and the word Free" appears.
There is an arm-like signal called
semaphore at the end of the block and
also at the tower, and the tower man
operates them both by levers. Engi-
neers have orders to slow down their
trains at the first semaphore if it is a
danger signal and to stop at a danger
signal at the tower. When the train
approaches a block the signals are in
the danger position and the tower man
cannot change them without permis-
sion from the next tower man, because
his levers are locked and can only be
released by the second man. So he
presses a button and rings three cleo
trio bells in the second tower. If there
is a train in that block the answer is
five bells, but if his block is clear the
second man presses plunger at the
bottom of his Indicator and completes
an electric circuit that releases the
first mans levers but locks his own
The first man then signals that the way
is safe. and as soon as the train has
passed the tower he puts up. the danger
signals again. 1t is now time for the
second tower man to signal to the
third by ringing three bells and getting
his machinery unlocked and the third
has to ring up the fourth, and so on.
THE train is thus safely handed along
from block to block, with never less
than a full block section between
trains. On large railroad the block
signals are operated several hundred
thousand times a day without single
,mistake,-Little Chronicle.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-08
A Noted Knight Ternp|ar
Owes His Health to Peruna.

Colonel T. p Moody, prominent Knight
Templar, is well known in every city in the
United States west of Buffalo, n. Y, as a
jewelers. Auctioneer. In the city of Chi
member of the X. T.'s and also of the Ma
sons. The cut shows Colonel Moody in the
costume of the Oriental Consistory Masons,
32nd degree.
In a recent letter from 5000 Michigan av-
enue Chicago, H., Mr.. Moody says the fol-
lowing:
"FOr over twenty-five years 1
suffered from catarrh. and for
over ten years 1 suffered from
catarrh of the stomach terribly.
81 have taken all kinds of medi-
cines and have been treated by
all kinds of doctors, as thousands
of my acquaintances are aware
in different parts of the United
States, where have travelled, but
my relief was only temporary,
until a little over a year ago L
started to take Peruna, and at
the present time / am better than
have been for twenty years.
"The soreness hasle my stOm-
ach entirely and 1 am free from
indigestion and dyspepsia and
will say to all who are troubled
with catarrh or stomach trouble
of any kind, don't put it off and
suffer, but begin to take Peruna
right away. and keep it up until
you are cured, as you surely will
be if you persevere.
"My wife, as many in the southwest can
say, was troubled with a bad cough and
bronchial trouble, and doctors all over
the country gave her up to die, as they could
do nothing more for her. She began taking
Peruna with the result that she is better now
than she has been in years, and her cough
has almost left her entirely. The soreness
has left her lungs and she is as well as she
ever was in her life, with thanks, as she says,
una +. P. Moody.
Catarrh in its various forms is rapidly be-
coming a general curse. An undoubted rem
edy has been discovered by DR.. Hartman
This remedy has been thoroughly tested
during the past forty years. Prominent men
have COME to know of its virtues, and are
making public utterances on the subject. To
save the country we must save the people.
To save the people we must protect them
from disease. The disease that is al once the
most prevalent and stubborn of cure is ca
tarrh
If one were to make list of the different
names that have been applied to catarrh in
different locations and organs, the result
would be astonishing. We have often pub
lished partial list Of these names, and the
surprise caused by the first publication of it
to all people, both professional and non
professional, was amusing. And yet we
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-08
AGGY WAS AMUSING.
Filipino Monkey, Although Full of
Franks, Was the Pet of an
American Regiment.

1 When my brother returned from the
Philippine islands not long ago, having
seen service in the island of Negros, he
brought with him pet monkey named
Aguinaldo. In his native land &ggy
was quite an amusing beast. If the
soldiers happened to be in want of
icocoanuts or mangoes Aggy would will
,ingly 60 up a cocoanut or mango tree
and shake down any quantity of fruit.
when he would come down and look as
,if he was highly pleased al what he had
done. Although Aggy was useful at
times, he was very mischievous. For
instance, he would hunt until he found
isome of the officers best cigars and
then proceed to chew a small hole out
of the middle Of each cigar, making
them so they would not draw well. An
other favorite prank was to throw
lrazors, toothbrushes and the like out
the top of a cocoanut tree, where he
would stay until the razor owners
wrath had somewhat abated.
He relished spiders and moths, and
would frequently bugn his feet or
mouth in attempting to catch the
moths who were attracted by the light
OF candle. But Aggy did not thrive
in this climate. He was sent to man
who took care of all kinds of animals,
but in consequence of the voyage over
and the unsuitableness of this climate
he. died about three weeks after arriy.
ang here.--N. Z. Herald.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-08
WESTERN EPISODE.
Widow of Gen. Custer Describes How
Horse Killed an Ugly and
Vicious RattIesnake.

Few of us have ever seen horse kill
a snake, but Mrs. Custer describes the
performance in her story of The Kid"
in St. Nicholas.
AS they were pushing out of jun
gle on foot one day the colonel said:
"Samanthy is a little too attentive,
Alf; he shoves himself alongside of
me, and when l demonstrate he backs
little, but keeps so close he almost
Eeads on my heels"
well, father, l suppose he thinks
nothing can go on without him. He's
been in everything l ever did yet"
AS they came to a narrow defile,
with the branches of the trees fes-
tooned wnn moss and the ground tan
gled with vines and thick underbrush.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-08
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BLOCK SIGNAL SYSTEM.
1T Virtually Prevents Railroad Col
lisiOns and Is Operated by the
Faithful Tower Man.

1t is much safer to ride on a railway
train now than it used to be. On many
roads lock and block" signals keep
train from being run into from behind,
and it is impossible to have head on
collision, because trains going in the
opposite direction are on another track.
In the old days trains were kept from
colliding by sending kilograms, and
mistakes of telegraph operators often
cost many lives. Nowadays when an
engineer is running his train close to
another on the same track he knows
it b. signals placed every little way
along the line, and the telegraph oper-
ator has nothing to do with it.
d A road on which these siganls are to
be used is first divided into sections or
"blocks," each about two miles long.
The rails of each block are separated
from the rails of the adjoining blocks
by some substance that will not let
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-08

Every little while we come across
accour<s of men, who, in a small
way, have made splendid money out of
sheep. One of the latest is that of an
Iowa man bought some Cotswold ewes
two years ago al So per head. He kept
them until they raised two crops of
lambs for him and sold them for $425
apiece. The first year their fieeces av-
eraged 11h pounds. the second year H.
One crop of lambs brought $500 per 100
pounds. the other $3.50. All the owner
did to fatten them was to give them
corn husks and timothy hay and let
them run in the yard where he was fat
tening cattle. They picked up corn
enough for themselves around the
troughs
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-08
FRANKS OF MONKEYS.
Little simians of India Isduige In All
Sorts of Sport In an Almost
Human Way.

"When I was travelling in northern
India said gentleman who had re-
Gently completed journey around the
world, II was constantly impressed
with the almost human ways of the
monkeys there. You see, they are never
nolested, which is also true of the
birds, and they are as tame and inn
pudent as spoiled children.
Il remember that one morning while
we were sitting at breakfast on the
veranda of our hotel suddenly we
heard the noisiest chattering, and
down the main street of the town came
a crowd of Iong-tailed monkeys, run
ing a race, evidently. They shrieked
and chattered at every leap, tripping
each other up, pulling each others
tails. and seemed to be having a gen.
orally hilarious time. While we left
the table to watch their antics some
Indian crows that had been solemnly
lined up on the veranda rail watching
us eat made dash for the food, and
had quite a fight with the native serv-
ant before they were finally driven
away.
"But the monkeys of India are sure
" the most irresponsible in the world
continued the traveller. II can call
them people, because they are such
ludicrous counterfeits of human be-
ings. In many of the old temples there
are monkey settlements. | remember
one in particular which was sacred TO
the simians. There seemed to be thou
6 In and I fold
that 5000 had recently been taken to
the woods to get rid of them. But
in this temple l saw little simian
mothers nesting and rocking their
babies in their arms for all the world
like Christian mothers. | ventured to
pick up one of the infants that was
running about, and instantly the baby
gave typical infantile squeal and the
excited mother came to me, chattering
angrily. put the infant down and the
mother, her eyes still blazing with an
ger, carried the little one to a corner
and petted and rocked it, frequently
turning to give me a scornful look.
ut is not uncommon for the mon
keys in the trees to reach down and
seize the travellers hat as he passes.
"Perhaps the most remarkable sight
in connection with the monkeys in In
dia | witnessed early one morning. We
We're riding in the highway and by a
vacant field. Suddenly from the neigh
| boring forest a troop of monkeys en-
tered the field and began regular May
dance, taking hold Of hands and form
ing large circle, then dancing round
and round and chattering gleefully."
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-08
AN INSECT BREEDER.

layer of two or three inches manure,
then a layer of earth or rich loan,
and next layer of mill sweepings,
shorts or bran, each layer the same
thickness. Repeat until the rack is
filed. Grubs and worms will breed
IN abundance, and, seeking the edge
of the rack, will become the prey of
the fowls.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-08
Tommy Was Philosophical,

Teacher says that rubber trees
grow wild in Florida" said a seven
year-old school girl. well, s'pose, they
do" rejoined her brother, aged five.
Nobody ever has any use for rubbers
till it rains and then it's too wet 20 go
out in the woods and gather then"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-08
AN INSECT BREEDER.
ems Have 10 lie Kept Constant
Iy In Small Quarters.

Here is a grub and worm-breeder
for chickens in small quarters. Build
a rack four feet square, as in illustra-
ton, the sides being made of narrow
Stats nailed to the frame, six or eight
inches apart. In this frame place q
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-08

Do you whine? Do you make others mis-
cradle, as well as yourself? If you must
whine, do it in the seclusion OF your owp
room. You have no right to be publ"
nest.-Atchison Globe,
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-08

His Meaning.-"What do you mean when
you say she lampooned her husband !?
asked the magistrate of the witness. u
mean she threw lighted lamp at him,
the witness explained-Pittsburgh Chron
icle.Telegranh
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-08

'Don't you find that Mr.. Aster's poems,
said that young poets misguided admirer,
"are full of words that burn?" "Well, no, .
replied the editor, II never put them to
that test; merely drop them in the waste
basket. Philadelphia Press.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-08

A little wealth has little wings, and large
wealth has large wings. The humming- bird
and the albatross or the condor, and all
between, can fly. An improvident person
who has but small means is necessarily i'm
provident in a small way, but give him
wealth and he would be improvident in a
large way. Wealth has never yet been
tethered for long period 1t finally breaks
its gives and is gone.-Chicago interior.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-08

have never enumerated all of the diseases
which are classed as catarrh. 1t must be
confessed, however, to see even this partial
list drawn up in battle array is rather ap-
palling. If the reader desires to see this list,
together with a short exposition of each
one, send for our free catarrh book. Ad-
dress The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus,
0hin
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-08

"How do you know he is great pianist"
81 have talked with him. Town Topics.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-08

If you have been smashing, around with
club, YOU must have remarked that that
way Of acting has its drawbacks. Try the
other plan; say kind things occasionally;
do kind things occasionally. Be considerate
of others, and people will like you better;
you will suit yourself better. - Atchison
Globe.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-08

Nowadays the office, bowing gracefully
to the inevitable, seeks the boss-Puck.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-08

A great many people make fun of you"
you can help.-Atchison Globe.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-08

Kissing was tabooed by the Essences. The
latter are all dead now, but we understand
that the former is still in fashion.-Star of
Hope.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-08

Fireworks give a very appropriate recep.
tion to a irebrand.-Town Topics.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-08

Carter's Ink isjust as cheap as poor ink and
is the best ink made. Always use Carter's
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-08

The flea was probably the original back
biter.-Chicago Daily News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-08
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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-08
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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-05-01
Secretary Porter's Restoration

Washington, April 13.-Owing t,
continued i'll health, John Addison
Porter. Secretary to the President, ha
rendered his resignation. and the Presi
dent has accepted 1t, to take effect Ma.
list next. George b. Cortelyou of New
York, the present Assistant Secretar.
to the President, has been appointe,
to succeed him.
Mr.. Porter's health was seriously i'm
paired about year ago by a sever
attack of Illness, and since then he ha
been atimes relieved somewhat fron
the onerous duties of his Office, bu
failing to regain his health, and be
lieving that complete separation froI
official cares is essential to his speed
and permanent recovery, the Secretar
has been constrained to tender hi
resignation, which the President ha
| reluctantly accepted. His physician
enjoin complete rest and change, tina
he may have every facility for rapi
| Improvement.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-05-01

San Francisco, April 16.-The trans
port Tartar, which arrived Saturda.
afternoon from Manila brought ad
vices from the islands up to March 6ti
One of the reports from Manila Is thu
William Odun, who Is spoken Of as I
miner Of large experience, has returner
from a prospecting trip In the distan
coast Of Vigan. He showed rich speci
mems of gold and declared that he ha
located ledge of quartz as rich as any
thing in Colorado or California. He /
organizing a company of ex-soldier
and will go into the mountain district
of Vigan to secure claims. In an inter
view in Manila Freedom Odun says:
Never before did I see such indica
tons of mineral wealth. have travel
ed from Klondike to South Africa, an
! am convinced there is not a niue
richer mineral country in the worl
than the island of Luzon."
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-05-01
RATS EVERY TIME.

The New Zealand Herald has this to
say editorially of the plague in the
Colonies:
"The bubonic plague incubus still
exerts its depressing influence over
social ard commercial life, but owing
to the prompt measures which were
taken when the alarm was given, the
dreaded disease has been practically
confined to sydney, SO far as these
colonies are concerned. Trade has
been greatly incommoded by the quar-
antine regulations, but that is re-
suit which must inevitably follow, and
as the Premier remarked, II were bet
ter to have no vessels in port for three
conths than to have one case of
plague introduced In Sydney the
plague seems to have been confined to
the poorer and less clearly portions of
the city. The president Of the Sydney
Board of Health recently stated that
the mortality so far has been not much
more than 80 per cent, which Is re-
markedly low when compared with the
death rate In other countries. His lat
est statements, however, are not re-
assuring. In the course of an inter-
view this week he said he regarded
the plague as In command of the city.
that its spread was due absolutely to
rats, and there was nothing surer than
that Sydney would he n ruined city
unless the rats were killed. The only
people who appeared to be ignorant
Of this were the inhabitants Up to
date 92 cases have been reported in
| Sydney, the deaths numbering 80. I'm.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-05-01
Alper Advises Dewey.

Detroit, April 15.-"I think Admiral
Dewey has made a grave mistake In
announcing his candidacy for the
Presidency" said ex-Secretary of Wal
Alger in the course of an interview to-
night. at looks as though the wealth
Of praise showered upon the Admiral
since his return from the East has
turned his head. 1t is harder to resist
prosperity than adversely. feel sorry
for him, for his ambitions will certain
ly be unfulflled. His action Is Ill ad
vised. l predict for him in his Presi
Dental aspirations melancholy dis
appointment"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-05-01
BISHOP q 90.
SaVingsBank

"..."... ....... Savings Deposits viii DO
received and interest allowed by this
Bank at four and one-half per cent.
per annum.
Printed copies Of the Rules and Reg.
ulstions may be obtained on application.
Office at bank building on Merchant
street.
BISHOP d co,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-05-01
TIE Yokohama Spscis Bank
LlMlTRD.

The Bank buys and receives for COL
lection Bills of Exchange. issues Drafts
and Letters Of Credit, ana transaets
q general banking business.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-05-01

INTEREST ALLOWED
On Fixed Deposit for u months. pss ess, /,
On Fixed Deposit for months. Ak
On Fixed Deposit for mos.
INTEREST ALLOWED
Bv the Hsss OH.s. At Yokohaua, on Cuuso, De-.
post, a-.o Iso yer day.
On Fixed Deposit for 10 months. sk pss cent .. 4.
New Republic Building, Ill KIM S.. HOnolrll