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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-06-15
Answers to Correspondents.

Margaret W.-You did not mention
whether you want to read historical
books, novels or scientific works. Let
me know what line of reading you
want to do and I will try to help you.
Kitty.-Have a dimity dress made in
white-a plain gathered waist with the
neck rounded out a little and tiny
edge of lace around it. Wear tiny
gold chain or beads if you have them.
If not, a little piece of pale blue baby
ribbon. Have pale blue taffeta rib
bon sash, about four inches wide,
folded narrow around the waist with
a small bow and long ends to the
bottom of dress. Have plain hem
four inches wide and the skirt quite
full, gathered into the belt. Elbow
sleeves. like puff, with narrow lace
ruffle like the one at the neck. | think
that will be suitable and pretty for a
girl of fourteen.
Rachel Adams-I will send you the
name of a girl who preserves the
ground cherry, but you must send me
a stamped envelope, as | cannot put
any advertisements in these columns.
They sell for twenty cents per glass.
Mother-If you try to keep your
own voice very gentle when speaking
to your children you will find they will
speak in the same way to you. 1t will,
however, be a sore trial to your pa
tience, as they have gotten into bad
habit to break.
Nettie.-When you go to town to
buy shoes don't let any one persuade
you to buy those made of patent lea
Their; they look pretty and are "styl-
4 hn nd M x
them perspire and hurt beyond all
words.
I wish somebody would send me
some good recipes for things to eat
that are not much trouble to make and
what your folks like. have told you
about all the things I know and now
| would like to hear what you have to
offer. Speak up, sisters!
The size at which hog can be pro-
e4olD1x, oo,IIatad 1pnanHc unOn the
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-11-30
HOE pRINTING.
Cleaning a City.


New Orleans has had a costly les
son, and is not inclined TO forget it,
The experience with yellow fever has
taught wisdom. The danger from
the epidemic is over. largely owing
to the energetic. systematic and in
telligent way in which the city gov
ernment went at the work of combat
ing the disease New Orleans did
well and nobly in the emergency. The
authorities. with American pluck and
determination rose to the occasion
and fought a heroic battle against the
evil which carried with it 50 much
of terror. The stress of the conflict
is ended and the city breathes more
freely But the Crescent City does not
port 1t has learned the importance
of the ounce Of prevention which far
excals in value the pound of cure.
New Orleans means to make yellow
fever as impossible IN that locality as
the raising of tropical plants amid the
perpetual ice of the polar regions And
matter. Yellow fever iourishes only
when conditions invite it, and is
spread. as the experts are convinced,
largely by mosquitoes New Orleans
is going TO insist upon cleanliness, and
is waging a war of determination
against mosquitoes Thus permanent
pated. The city lies in such a posi-
tion that it is surrounded by Inarshy
spots, which are the breeding places
OF mosquitoes, while open cisterns and
neglected cesspools and cutters have
promoted the multiplication of the
pests and contributed toward carrying
clean up has gone forth, and cleaning
up means the death warrant of the
mosquito and the abolition of the
fever germ. New Orleans will be an
object lesson to other southern cities
and iIom the yellow fever visitation
of the present year will come forth
results that are likely to ward off the
disease indefinitely. Cuba was puri-
fed by its American rulers and freed
not only from Spanish domination but
from yellow fever There is no rea-
SOL why American cities should not
be made and kept equally exempt
from the scouTge.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-11-30
Mr.. PIatt Got $4,000
from the Equitable.
TOUSE IN POLITICS
The Mutual Life and New York Life
Also Gave Frequently--T Tar
bell and Nichols Talk.

New York, Nov. 22.-The identity Of
Senator Depews "rantankerOus
friend from up the river" was disclos-
ed in the session of the legislative in
surance investigating committee yes
terday by the testimony of John A.
Nichols a lawyer under retainer by
the Equitable Life Insurance Co. Mr..
Nichols had written Senator Depew a
letter referring to an individual in the
above terms. and this letter was read
at the session of the committee Friday
when Senator Depew was on the
stand. The senator was unable TO re.
call who was meant by the 'rantank-
erous friend" but yesterday Mr.. Mich
OILS disclosed a series of payments to
w. S. Manning, of Albany, former
actuary who had been connected with
the investigation of insurance compa-
nies in 1877.
Aside from the disclosures by Mich
OILS, the feature of the day was the
appearance of Senator Thomas c.
Platt, who told of the contributions of
the insurance companies to state cam
paigns The Equitable the Mutual
Life and the New York Life were the
bhIN insurance companies iHdl UlduC
such contributions. The Equitable
Life, the senator said, contributed
regularly $4,000 to the state cam
paigns, the Mutual Life the same sum
frequently and the New York Life a
sum not as large, occasionally. These
monies We're always delivered in cash
to Senator Platt's office by messenger,
and he turned them over to the state
committee.
The senator said he was expected
to influence the Legislature when any
legislation appeared that was hostile
to the insurance companies. Senator
Platt said he believed he had asked
President McCurdy, of the Mutual
Life, for a contribution when the
needs were very great. He had. how
ever, never been asked to use his in
fiuence on any measure before the
legislature nor had he ever done so.
Gage f. Tarbell, second vice prcsi-
dent of the Equitable Life, was also a
witness. He detailed a history of the
agencies of insurance companies.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-11-30

white beds are women and girls who
are awaiting or recovering from opera
tions made necessary by neglect.
Every one of these patients had
plenty of warning in that bearing down
feeling, pain at the left or right of the
womb, nervous exhaustion, pain in the
small of the back, leucorrhea, dizzi-
ness, tlatulency, displacements of the
womb or Irregularities. All of these
symptoms are indications of an un-
healthy condition of the ovaries or
womb, and if not needed the trouble
will make headway until the penalty
has to be paid by dangerous opera
ton, and n lifetime of impaired useful
ness at best, while in many cases the
results are fatal.
The following letter should bring
hope to suffering women. Miss Luclla
Adams, of the Colonnade Hotel, Seattle,
Wash, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
"About two years ago / was great suf-
ferer from a severe female trouble, pains and
headaches. The doctor prescribed for me and
finally told me that | had a tumOr on the
womb and must undergo an operation if
wanted to get well. | felt that this was my
death warrant, but | spent hundreds of dol
lars for medical help. but the tumor kept
growing. fortunately coffeSpOnded with
an aunt in the New England States, and she
advised me to take LYDIA E. Pinkhams Veg
etable Compound, as it was said to cure tu-
mors. | did so and Immediately began to
improve in health, and was entirely cured,
the tumor disappearing entirely, without an
operation. | wish every suffering woman
would try this great preparation"
just as surely as Miss Adams was
cured of the troubles enumerated in
her letter, just so surely will Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cure
every woman in the land who suffers
from womb troubles, inflammation of
the ovaries, kidney troubles, nervous
cxcitability and nervous prostration.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all young
women who are i'll to write her for free
advice. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-11-30
In the Naval Academy
with an Iron Hand.
ACODE OF HONOR.
Its Provisions are Illegal and Un-
written The Meriwether
COurt-MartidI.

Annapolis, Md, Nov. 23.-Midshlp-
man Minor Meriwether, jr., of Lafay-
cite, La, a member of the third class
Of the naval academy, was put on trial
here Wednesday before a naval court
martial on charges that include that of
manslaughter in having caused the
death of Midshipman James X.
Branch, jr., of New York, member of
the class above him, as a result of a
prearranged fist fight which took place
on the evening of Sunday, November
3. An operation was performed on
Branch the next night, but he died on
the following Tuesday.
The first and gravest charge is man
slaughter in having caused the death
of Branch, but there are two other
charges, the second supported by two
specifications and the third by one.
The second charge is of violation Of
the third clause of the eighth article
of the rules for the government of the
navy. The first specification is that
Meriwether applied to Branch the
names of sneak and coward and the
second that he assaulted him. The
third charge, of conduct to the preju-
dice of discipline, specifies that Meri-
wether engaged in fight with Branch.
The sad incident of the death Of
young Branch under such circum-
stances has called attention to the eX-
istence at the naval academy of an
unwritten code governing the student
body, but quite outside the authori-
tative regulations and generally in
f.1a .r h. lI,tf
every detail of these fights is fixed,
the midshipmen on duty abstaining
from reporting them. These facts
were very cleverly brought out both
by the judge advocate and in the
ross-examination by Lieut.. Com
mander Robson for the defense.
Midshipman Fitch, who refereed
the fight which was followed by
Branclrs death, stated that he had of
ficiated in 10 such contests and Mid
shipman McKittrick testified that he
had taken part in nine. Detailed ac-
counts were given of the arrange
ments by which midshipmen on duty
acquiesced in absences without leave
and other derelictions in order that
the fights might go on, and the testi-
ilIblIN also SilOMCu tIldl dlluOuSll lIt-
quently severe injuries resulted from
these fights and the recipients often
had to be taken to the hospital, moth
ing further was ever heard of them.
Interesting side lights to haZing, or
running as it is called at the acad-
emy developed from the testimony of
one Of the midshipmen. Meriwether
had been generally disliked, he said,
because he was too "ratty," that is, it
was explained. that he did not abide
by the rules laid down for the govern
ment of the lower classmcn. Some of
these We're that he should never enter
Lovers Lane" an academy walk, that
he should turn all corners at right
angles. should not look at an upper
classman and should answer most re
spcctfully when addressed by one of
them, that he must never touch the
table nor ask for anything during a
meal.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-11-30
WERE BLOWN TO PIECES.
Four Men are Killed by an Explosion
in a Laboratory.

South River, n. J., Nov. 22.-Four
men were blown to pieces yesterday
afternoon by an explosion at the labor.
atory of the international Smokeless
Powder and Chemical Co. at Parlin.
They were:
John Pierce. Frank Spratford. John
ApplcgatC and j. w. Redpath, superin-
tcndcnt Of the laboratory.
What caused the explosion will
never be known, as only the four men
were in the building at the time. The
building was a onc-story frame struc-
turc and because of the liability 10 OK
piosions was separated from all 9th
ers i'm the plant except one by a space
Of several hundred feet The next
building was a store house i'm which
supplies used in the other were stored
This caught fire and was burned.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-11-30
HISTORICAL GLEANINGS.

One of the fads Of 1910 was ths
wearing of two watches.
The drum is said to have been the
first musical instrument of the human
race.
Four shillings per aunum was the
rent of a five-roomed house in Henry
Wills time.
Records of Firfax county, Virginia,
show that George Washington owned
at the age of q $4,000 acres of land,
and in 1890 the Washington family had
killed $50 hogs for their use.
New York was first called Gotham by
Washington Irving and ]. *. Pauldins
II their humorous work "Salmagundi,"
in sarcastic allusion TO the singular
wisdom of its inhabitants. There is a
Gotham in England. seven miles from
Nottingham, the people OF which are
Usually styled the wise men of Goth
am" because for hundreds Of years
they have been credited with saying
end doing the most foolish things.
Automatic cooking boxes were in
general use among the Hebrews nearly
1000 years ago. The Greek and RO-
man writers frequently refer to them.
il his edition of "Juvenal,' for exam
PIE, Friedlander cites commentator
who refers to the Jews who. a day be-
fore the Sabbath, put their yiands hot
into the cooking boxes the pots being
covered with napkins and wrapped
about with hay, so that they may have
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-11-30
A MILLION IN FIVE MINUTES.
That Was the Profit Of a New York
SpecuIator When Cotton Prices
Scared.

New York. Nov. 22.-Joseph Hoad-
ley made 100000 in five minutes
Tuesday over a sudden rise in cotton
prices,
Cotton lcaped So bale in less than
five minutes, meaning an increase of
S50,00O.00O in the valuation of the
years crop.
Yesterdays furry in cotton was
brought about quick as a flash by the
receipt of telegraphic information
from the census bureau at Washing
ton, showing that up to November IA
only 7,49&,00O bales Of cotton had been
ginned, as against 97SG,G4G bales at
the corresponding time last year
New Orleans. Nov 22.-With the
einners report coming like a bolt from
a clear Sky, yesterdays operations
were the most exciting of the year in
the local cotton market From the
lowest to the highest the range in
prices throughout the active future
positions ran as high as 1O5 points and
the net gain over Mondays closing
after the satisfied longs had taken
Profits was from 81 to 50 points.
When the report was due at l
o'clock local time, prices were at the
lowest Of the day. Nearly every bull
looked for a report of 100000 bales.
The report showing less than 100000
bales ginned is taken to mean, if the
estimate Of the Southern Cotton asso-
citation .hat IS per cent. of the crop
was actually ginned this year up to
November Il is right. crop Of Slight
lN hollow 9 nMM nnn haIne
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-11-30
Praise for Our Women.

One traveller in this country has
learned that American women do not
always wear rings on their fingers and
bells on their toes. and attend monkey
dinners every other evening. Privy
Councillor Jacob Minor, who has just
the Freie Presse that he really never
met an eccentric or an over-eXcitable
American woman. This may be. he
says, because he did not enter a single
millionaire's house while here. At any
rate he met only two types; cultured,
refined women au courant with what
is going on in the world and honest,
hard-working women. The latter class,
he admits, he also saw little Of. They
were too busy 70 take any interest in
him. As for the others. Prof. Minor
found hat they had plenty of time to
represent their sex. and their country
ami to please. Certainly they seem
10 have pleased him. Even the plain
ones, he says. compelled ones inter
est after short acquaintance, and
every single one. he declares, hIs
beautiful eyes and teelh Finally, il
appears that American women have 4
kindlness. a courtesy and an easy
poise mdreamcd If by Europeans.
After this tribute, Prof. Minor can
rest assured that he will find American
women more charming than ever when
he comes again.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-11-30
Another Disaster at Sea.

Halifax. Nov. 22.-Tho violent storm
which swept the coast Of Nova Scotia
tho latter part Of fhc last wceE appar
entity hns claimed another victim a
tHn.Wa '.d -.uu,r rs rhmghf 10 havu
,uuo .u .hn bottom ou Thursday on
Hnasur ilarUuH % miles from ualliaN
Her identity has not been established.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-11-30
CAME WITH GIFTS.
An Envoy from Abyssnia's Ruler Wis
its President Roosevelt.

Washington. Nov. PEI Hadjie
Abdallah Basha, minister of commerce
for Abyssinia, called upon President
Roosevelt yesterday and presented to
him a letter from Emperor Menelik.
He also brought gifts for the chief
magistrate.
The president extended a cordial
welcome TO his visitor, who first hand
ed him the emperors letter of greet
ing. Unfortunately this screed was in
the Abyssinian language which no one
could interpret and the president was
obliged to defer the reading of the
message. Then Basha presented in
behalf of Emperor Mcnclik three ele-
plants tusks, one being a gigantic
specimen nine feet long and of great
rarity and value. AS his personal of
fering Basha gave the president the
skin Of a magnificent Numidian lion.
The nature Of Bashas mission was
explained to the president through an
Interpreter. Basha already has visited
France and England, but regards
America as the most desirable field
for cultivation from a commercial
point Of view. Looking TO this country
as one without any possible sinister
political designs upon Abyssinia. the
emperor Of that country feels disposed
TO favor American investors in the ox-
plOitation of his country. Therefore
Basha stated that he had with him a
number Of concessions Of value for
the development of the material and
industrial resources of his country
which he was prepared to place In
American hands The president told
his visitor that ho wis.cd him success.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-11-30

Preferred the Natural Color.
She-What color hair do you like
best?
He-BIond; hut YOU Teedn't change
it.-Town Topics.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-11-30

fifteen years | had
kidney troubles, aud
though | doctored
faithfully, could not
find 4 cure. | had
heavy back a { Il G S,
dizzy headaches and
terrible urinary dis
orders. One day |
collapsed, fell in
sensible on the side
" 1 ! k. an d tn e n
wasted away in bed
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-11-30
WASTED TO A SHADOW.
But Found a Cure After Fifteen Year,
of Suffering.

A. II. Stotts, messenger at the State
Capitol, Columbus, O.. says: For
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-11-30
HOSPITALS CROWDED
MAJORITY OF PATENTS WOMEN
Mrs. Pinkham's Advice Saves Many
From this Sad and Costly Experience.

It is a sad but
true fact that
'e We r Y ye a r
brings a N in :
crease in the
ofopera-
tions performed
upon women in
our hospitals.
More thanthree-
fourths of the
patients ly in g
on those snow
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-20

bership this year will be double that OF
1901 Mr.. Waters was appointed state
comma oder of the jurisdiction last
February and soon proved that he was
the right man in the right place. Last
year he served as II deputy for the or
der and was most successful In this
line of work He is Il native of Iowa
and was born in Ackley thirty-fou'
years ago.
Eight tents in Buffalo, N. y, have i
Maccabee baseball league. At tile
close of the summer the winning team
will receive fine trophy.
Recent reports show the uniform
rank of the order is making good prog
ress this year.
Ee,semer tent is one of the strong
and enterprising tents Of Penns! !
yania 1t has 800 members.
The order is booming In Cleveland,
O., this year. In sixty days 700 new
members We're secured.
Good progress is being made by th'
Maccabees of Missouri. especially iii
st. Louis where seventeen tents in III.
past sixty days initiated lie members.
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THE LOCAL LODGES.
Woodmen Of the World.

Pine Bluff camp No. 6 Woodmen
CT the World, will meet in regular SEES
sion next Thursday night, at Wood
men hall, when the following new
members, recently accepted by the
lodge, will be initiated into the mys-
teries of the order:
NJ. w. Wigginton, G. Vaughn, G. G.
Shelby, w. r. Ross. J. Pickering, L.
Under, f. P. Hwkins, J. R. Hargrove
]. J. Dunlap, R. l.. Cook and A. Cal
vert.
The local camp Of the Woodmen
is in a most flourishing condition, and
enjoys the distinction OF being the
largest lodge in the city, if not in the
state. 1t meets every second and
fourth Thursday nights of each
month.
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(UNitel -&4lE1l
~ U !1:7!!1!1!g7IWorkMen|

The rolls of many lodges are cum
bered with dead names - names I'M
known to the younger and working
members names Of members who
may we'll be termed the fungus of the
order members in name only. They
seldom attend lodge and know but lit
tie of what is going on inside of it.
They know but few of the members,
and but few of the members know
them When these meet on the street
they fail to recognize each other be-
cause they have never, perhaps, met
before The stay away has forgotten
about all he knew of the order and
couldn't answer a challenge to save
him-couldn't work into his own lodge
without an instructor being delegated
to help him. His fraternity has be-
come SO thoroughly covered with dust
and cobwebs that no one, not even an
antiquarian, would suspect that a
brother was concealed beneath IT.
Louisville Workman.
A large increase in membership Is
expected in Nebraska as soon as the
members get accuSlOIncu " Tic new
conditions.
Columbia lodge Is the largest Work
men lodge in the jurisdiction Of Wash
ington. At last reports it had 1,19s
members
Be good member. 1t Is just as easy
| as to be nOnentity
The Degree of Honor of Michigan
has ninety four lodges.
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L@.~\-
81 % : "a. I~A

FreeMaSoEry is something more than
meeting round the social board. said
a visitor at Il recent lodge meeting
Having knocked about the world for
twenty years and being a Mason for
the last six. he could bear testimony
to the great advantage it was to Il man
as soon as he began to travel In
South Africa his experience was that
Masonry was II sure passport to i'm
ed, every Mason being ready to do
what he could for a brother even if he
had never met him before.
There are nineteen Royal Arch chap
tG's in New York city, with com
blned membership Of 1920
One of TIE largest and wealthiest
communicates in the world is Pitts
burg commandery Of Pittsburg. 1t
has over 200 members.
How many Masons are familiar with
the history Of their own lodge? Every
lodge should publish concise his
tory, together with it's bylaws, and
place it in the hands of every member
Masonic Standard.
Jesse c. Walker is the new grand
master of the grand lodge of Wiscon
sin He resides in Milwaukee.
Old Warren lodge, No. 2, of Machias
Me-, is rich in unique Masonic history
This body was chartered in 177S and
named for Major General Joseph War,
ren, who was killed at Bunker Hill
and who was then grand master OF
! North America.
A new $4,000 Masonic temple Is be-
ing planned for Cambridge, Mass
There are eleven Royal Arch chap,
tiers In Brooklyn, N. Y. The largest is
Orient, with $50 members.
Masonry is ever the same-un-
changed and Interchangeable. 1t is suit
ed to every land, cline and state OF
civilized society. It welcomes and
marches abreast with the highest civ
ilization and the greatest moral and
religious reforms.
San Francisco is to have day
light" Masonic lodge.