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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-07-18
MADE A NEW FASHION.
Good Joke Played in Old Days on
Would-Be Fashionable.

Old Camden, in his Remains" tells
a good story of trick played by a
knight upon a would-be fashionable
shoemaker. Sir Philip Calthrop
purged John brakes, the shoemaker
of Norwich In the time of King Henry
VIII, of the proud humor which our
people have to be of the gentlemen's 8
cut. This knight bought as much fine
French tawny cloth as should make
him gown, and sent it to the tailor's
to be made. John brakes, a shoe
maker, coming to this tailor's and see
ing the knights gown cloth lying
there, bid the tailor buy cloth of the
same price and pattern and make 1t
of the same fashion as the knights.
Not long after the knight, coming in
to the tailor to be measured for his
gown, and perceiving the like cloth
lying there, asked whose 1t was
John brakes, the shoemaker, who
will have 1t made of the self-same
fashion that yours Is made Of" Then
make mine as full of cuts as the
shears will make it," John brakes
had no time to go for his gown till
Christmas day, when he meant to
wear it. Perceiving the same to be
full of cuts, he began to swear at the
tailor. Il have done naught but what
you bid me-" quoth the tailor, "for
as Sir Philip Calthrop's garment is,
even so have l made yours" by my
latchet!" quoth John brakes, 81 will
never wear gentlemen's fashions
again i"-London T P's Weekly.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-07-18
POINTS FOR THE FARMER.

Turn a few shotes into that old
orchard and let them cultivate it.
Spray the melon, cucumber and to-
mato vines thoroughly every ten days
with bordeaux mixture to prevent
blight and rot
Oat hay cannot be made hap.
hazard. There is a time when oats
may be cut so that the straw and
grain together make valuable feed.
In fertilizing the orchard aim to
use manure not too rich in nitrogen.
When an excess of nitrogen is used
you obtain vigorous succculent
growth that is easily injured.
If your barn cellar has been smell
ing bad this winter, now is the time
to clean it. Let it dry out thoroughly
this summer and provide drains so
that it will be kept from becoming
wet again.
When meadows yield only a small
amount of hay it frequently pays to
turn them up and cultivate them for
two or three years. Manuring some.
times does not help matters. The soil
needs turning up, so that the sunlight
can sweeten it.
On land too wet for cultivation
alsike clover will often make fine
crops. Plow it when in good condi-
ton, SOW about four pounds of seed
per acre and harrow lightly both
ways to cover the seed and smooth
the ground. Alsike clover will stand
a good deal of moisture.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-07-18
THE BEST HE COULD GET.
Amateur Gardener Could Not Under
stand Why Seeds Did Not Sprout

The woes of the amateur gardener
are very amusing to others, but de-
cidedly real to the man who has
spoiled suit of clothes, blistered his
hands and lost his temper in his eff
forts to make things grow.
A young man, recently married,
early in the spring secured a sub
urban place, mainly with the idea of
fresh, homegrown vegetables Every
evening he would hurry through his
supper and rush out to his garden,
where he displayed more energy than
skill. But, alas! When many little
green things began to break the
ground in his neighbors' gardens, his
own remained as bare as the Sahara.
ut certainly has got me beat" he
conf1ded to friend at his Office one
day. Il can't understand why not .
blessed thing has come up. planted
peas and, corn and tomatoes"
Perhaps the seed were reflective"
the friend suggested.
II hardly think 1t was that" the
gardener replied, "for I got the very
best-paid Is cents can for them"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-07-18

fair of the morning take such hold
of you?"
"Oh. no-no-no-" she moaned. II
am going to tell you in moment just
as soon as | can talk coherently. You
will forgive me, won't you, Mr. Ware.
but there is no one else to whom | can
go, and yet | seem to do nothing but
take up your time with my trials and
worriments."
| led her out into the path again,
thinking she would grow calmer as
we walked, and she said no more until
we were nearing the house. when
she resumed in plaintive tone,
broken occasionally by half-suppress-
ed sob:
Its about Annie. Mr.. Ware, and I
did not tell you at first, for l thought
l could see her myself and find out
what it all meant. Ever since this
morning she has been walking up and
down her room crying and sobbing,
and this afternoon / heard her say
such dreadful things that l almost
feared for her reason"
What did she say?" I asked gently.
"Oh, | hardly know" she went on,
"but she seemed to be calling upon
heaven to forgive her for some dread
full sin that she had committed, and
she was SO wrapped up in her anguish
that even my knocks at the door made
no impression upon her. Then she
would grow more calm and only sob
and moan for time, but soon those
awful words would come again and it
seemed as if she would go mad. She
has always been subject to occasional
attacks of melancholy and when I
would try to learn the cause of her
trouble she would put it off as mere
fit of the blues.
you don't mind my telling you all
this, do you, Mr.. Ware, for you have
always helped me out of every diff
Guilty, and it is second nature for me to
turn to you now. At first thought |
could straighten it out myself, but she
wouldn't even let me see her, and
then, Mr.. Ware, since dinner | have
not heard sound from her room and
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-07-18
Timothy Soil.

Timothy does best on rich loans,
with a moderate supply of moisture.
1t is a mistake to SOW timothy on low,
wet lands, where red-top or meadow
foxtail would do better. Meadow
lands need cultivating. Use a sharp
tooth harrow or disc early in the
spring and go at it as if you intended
to seed the field fresh, Then seed
lightly and harrow we'll That is all
the cultivation necessary, but it will
do wonders in increasing the hay
crop.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-07-18

can get no response when | rap. D.
you know" she whispered, touching
my arm in a frightened way and shud-
dering as she spoke, Il can hardly
bring myself to say it, but I-I-al-
most fear she has taken her life!"
Her eyes filled with tears again,
and | lost no time in saying, reassur-
ingly:
You mustn't take such a gloomy
view of it, Miss Carney. There's moth.
ing to worry about, l am sure, and as
to Miss Weston's having taken her life
| can promise you most positively that
she not only has done nothing of the
sort, but that no such idea has ever
entered her mind"
81 knew you would cheer me up as
you have always done" she exclaimed
gratefully, "but how can you be so GER
tain about Annie, Mr.. Ware? Remem-
Der, you don't know her as we'll as
| do"
Look" l replied, pointing to win
dow of Miss Weston's room and there,
in the full glow of the lamp within,
bic odI dL Il ldDI0 hlllluS
Miss Carney gave a glad little cry
and started away toward the house,
but turned in an instant and extended
her hand saying:
You have cheered me up, Mr.. Ware,
just as | knew you would. Thank you
so much, and-good night"
AS her hand lay in mine she turned
it until its back was uppermost and
then raised it slightly l had already
been sorely tempted, but this was
more than | could bear, and, bending
forward, | touched it lightly and ray
erently with my nps
Good night" she repeated, softly.
"and thank you again"
| watched her until she had disap-
peared into tho house and then | turred
and walked miles and miles over the
deserted country roads, my head bowed
down and my mind nearly dazed When
I returned to the house the cold gray
morning light was breaking In the
eastern sky.
To BE CONTINUED,
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-07-18

"Oh, how delightfully."- warm and
comfortable this cloak is, Mr.. Ware.
You always seem to know exactly what
and / really believe it was nothing but
the cold after all. We mustn't go far,
for l ought to be looking for Annie
this very minute. We can turn at the
tennis court, can't we?"
Whenever you WISH" l said, with
an effort, for l was becoming intoxi-
Gated with the glory of her presence
command.
u really must not stay a minute
longer" she murmured, almost apollo
getically. annie has had such hard
day of it and must see if there is any
thing she wants. | suppose she is
asleep and did not hear me tap, for I've
looked everywhere for her and was
just going back to her room when l
saw you come out of the night like a
-like-a-Oh! / mustn't say ghost,
Mr.. Ware! It's no longer a joke, is
it?"
We had stopped at little rustic ar
Dor by the side of the walk and my
hand rested on the trellis in front of
Miss Carney. She did not speak, and
l thought she was laughing softly to
herself when suddenly she leaned for
ward and hot tear fell on my wrist
and was followed by another and an
other as she gave up entirely and
choked with convulsive sobs.
"Why, you mustn't do this!" / ex-
claimed, solicitously, laying my hand
instinctively on her arm and then
drawing it away in a guilty fashion
You are completely unstrung, Miss
Carney. The day has been too much
or you, and you need rest and quiet
Shall we go back into the house?"
mot yet" she sobbed mot yet, Mr..
Ware. / must not go until ! have con
troll of myself again. oh, it is aw
fui-awful! l don't know what /
shall do!"
"Why, what is it?" asked anxious
ly as | stood helplessly by her side.
You surely haven't let shis little af.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-07-18
CoIIierles Under the Sea.

At Cape Breton there are immense
colleries being worked under the
ocean. These submarine mines cover
a thousand acres, and are being in
creased steadily. The mines are en-
tered at the shore, and the operators
follow the vein beneath the water for
more than a mile. 1t might be ex-
pected that the weight of the water
would force its way into the mine.
The bed of the ocean is as tight as
a cement cistern. A sort of fireclay
lines the submarine roof of the mine,
and the sediment above is held in
place and packed down by the water
pressure until there is not crevice
nor a drop of water from overhead.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-07-18
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CARE OF THE GRINDsToNE.
A Good Way to True II Before Sharp
ening the Tools.

Every farmer knows that grind
stone will wear unevenly. In sharpen
ing mower knives, the edges are liable
to be worn down and unless the stone
is of first class quality, it will also
wear like the eccentric on an engine.
Comparatively few grindstones are
in good working order. A new stone,
while 1t may be of good quality, is
frequently hung so it will not run
true" so that the longer it is used
the worse it gets. When stone gets
this way it can be made perfectly cir
cular by trimming it down with burr
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-07-18
The Psvcholonical Moment.

The fact that Priam was closeted
with the adjuster did not prevent Cas-
sandra from dropping in to say that
she had told him just how 1t would be.
"She was all 1 saved" murmured
the burnt-out monarch, jerking his
thumb at the retiring prophecies.
Say no more" rejoined the other.
We'll call the loss total, and if could
make it any more than that, old man,
I'd do it, under the circumstances"
This incident shows the value of a
word spoken at the right time.-Puck.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-07-18
THERE is A REASON.
The Medical Times Explains Why
Doctors Oppose Patent Medicines.

The Medical Times for April in
moment of frankness explains the
whole opposition of physicians to pat
ent" medicines which are taken with
out prescription, in the following
words:
1--WE will hardly repeat here the
specific statement to the effect that
in one year $62,000,000 has been ex.
pended on patent medicines in the
United States. Enough to give every
practitioner in the country a yearly
income of $4,000. In the face of such
facts as these, all talk of love of hui
manity. altruism, self-abnegation and
the like becomes cheap and nauseat-
ing. 1t appears to us that such bum
combe should give place to homely
common sense"
Reliable authority states that the
gross amount of the patent" medi-
cine business is about $40,000,000 in
stead of S62,000,000 but taking the
Medical Times figures as correct they
represent an outlay of considerably
less than 81 per capita for home medi-
cation. The cost of doctors fees ex-
elusive of medicines except such as
are dispensed for the same period,
probably was approximately $23O,00O,-
900. This is reached by allowing an
average income of $4,000 to each of
the 115,000 physicians in the United
States. Even allowing that a gross
business of 100000 is to be divid-
ed between 115,OO0 physicians the in
come of each would not be increased
more than $40.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-07-18
The RoYal Road.

Struggling Author-Why, De Poesy,
how prosperous you look! Was your
last book of poems a success?
was.
Published a popular novel, per-
haps?"
No"
"Ah then you have written a play.
have always held that play writing,
while not the highest form of art, was
nevertheless"
Il have written no play"
you haven't? Where did these fine
clothes come from? How did you pay
for that handsome turnout?"
81 have abandoned literature and
am peddling clams."-N. Y. Weekly.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-07-18
"soap Bubble Hanging from a Reed"

"Soap Bubble Hanging from a Reed"
Our life is but soap bubble hang
ing from reed; 1t is formed, expands
to its full size, clothes itself with the
loveliest colors of the prism, and even
escapes at moments from the law of
gravitation; but soon the black speck
appears in it and the globe of emerald
and gold vanishes into space, leaving
behind it nothing but simple drop
of turbid water. All the poets have
made this comparison, it is so strik-
ing and so true. To appear, to shine,
to disappear; to be born, to suffer and
to die; is it not the whole sum of
life, for butterfly, for a nation. for
star r?-Henry Frederic Amiel.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-07-18
CHAPTER XVII.
A Vale of Tears.

BY walking rapidly and taking the
short path over the hill, was able to
reach the house several minutes be-
fore Miss Weston, and just in time to
see Miss Carney come out of the
door and peer into the darkness in a
idmid, hesitating way
ooh, it's you, Mr. Ware" she ex-
claimed. with nervous little laugh.
4 am SO glad. | couldn't see who it
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-07-18
Parental Advice,

Father, L am thinking Of getting
married"
"All right, my son, but remember
that love is not everything. Take
care to select a wife who will support
you in the style to which you have al
WAYS been accustomed, or you run the
risk of being very unhappy and may
be of having to go to work yourself"
1t takes almost as many ta1Iors TO
make a man as it takes collectors to
induce him to pay for the job
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-07-18
Full Particulars Wanted.

When the nurse brought the cheer
ing news to Toperton recently that he
had just become the father of triplets,
he betrayed no particular satisfaction.
"Boys?" he growlingly queried.
"Only one boy, sir"
well" said Toperton, "go on; don't
keep me in suspense. One boy-what
are the others? ?'-Sketchy Bits.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-07-18
Whv Mkannaroo.U

kangaroo" is a queer word. 1t
means q don't understand" in the
tongue of the Australian aborigines.
When this strange animal was first
beheld by Europeans they inquired of
the aborigines What is its manner"
And the puzzled reply gave the animal
Its name.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-09
History ON a watch Face.

Almost the last work of the Belgian
astronomer Houzeau was an article In
which, while arguing in favor of dec
imal division of time, he pointed out
the origin of the double set of twelve
hours represented on our watch and
clock faces. The ancient inhabitants
of Mesopotamia chose the number II
as an arithmetical base because 1t has
four divisors-viz, 2, 3. and 6. while
10 has only two divisors-viz. 2 and 5.
They counted twelve hours in the day
and twelve In the night. measuring the
day by the progress of the sun and the
night by the progress of the stars
across the sky. This system. prevail
ing over all others, has come down to
us, and so our watches bear on their
faces a souvenir of those ancient days
when the sun served for a clock hand
half of the time and the stars the other
half
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-09
An Old Meat Bill.

The state historian of New York In
compiling some records brought to light
some amendments to laws confirmed at
"ye General Court of assizes held In
New Yorke, beginning on ye 9th & end
ing on ye Sth day of October, 1870"
The following catches the eye:
Whereas, divers Complaints have
been made of the great abuse of bring
ing dead hoggs & Porke Into this city
& 1t not being dlscernible how long
they have been Kill'd by reason they
are too often brought frozen, so not ca
pable of being preserved by Salt which
tends much to ye disreputacon of that
Commodity when sent abroad, and ye
Merchants who Export 1t Into Warmer
Climates, for ye reasons aforesaid 1t Is
Ordered, That henceforth no hogg or
hoggs shall be brought dead to this
place either for sale or payment of
debts, except 1t shall be In cask well
Salted & Packt according to ye Law,
otherwise smoak't or dryed of which
all persons are to take Notice, as they
will answer ye contrary at their Per
rIlls."
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-09
The Secret of the Maple.

No thoughtful person who has ever
visited a maple grove in the early
spring while snow banks are yet lin
gering in sheltered hollows and has
seen pailful after pailful of sweet sap
drawn from the auger holes in the
shapely trunks can have failed to Won
der what forces govern the flow of the
sap. When the warm sun touches the
treetops the flow increases. A rise of a
few degrees In temperature often
causes great increase of flow, if the
rise passes the zero point on the cen
tigrade scale-that is, the freezing point
of water But considerable change of
temperature in which the fluctuations
do not cross the zero line causes no
marked change In the flow of sap. DR..
X. NJ. Wiegand, discussing these and
other related facts In the American
Naturalist, reaches the conclusion that
neither expansion of gas in the wood
nor expansion Of water nor expansion
of wood itself Is the underlying cause
of the pressure which produces the
flow, but that this pressure arises from
the effects of temperature in altering
the osmotic permeability of the pith
ray cells
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-09

AS FAR back as the time of Henry 1.
there were coyal grants of 'the islands
and their wrecks" and frequent was
the phrase in centuries following. With
royal encouragement, why should they
not be wreckers? One Sunday, long
ago, in Scilly, service was in progress
when there came the cry Of Wreck
The men started from their seats. In
moment there would have been a
stampede, but they covered back as
the minister sternly Numbered warn
Ing He strobe to the door. Again his
Toice arose. Lets all start fair?' he
,houted, throwing off impeding cassock
IS he ran, while his congregation Ia
bored at his heels Most curious of all
wrecks was that of bark, with q car
go of beads, that went ashore 200 years
ago. So generous has been the ocean
With this treasure that throughout
these two centuries it has intermittent
~ been tossing beads ashore. yet so
frugally that the supply is not yet ex-
hausted, for in a few minutes search
found that some had been thrown
here since the last search Of the Is
landers.-Robert Shackleton Id Har-
per's.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-09
Nothing New Under the Sun.

l remember the surprise with which
I heard cornet solo first recorded and
then reproduced by Scott graphic
phone, the construction of which, If
am not mistaken, antedated the birth
of Edison. The record was made upon
a sheet of tin foil wrapped around a
brass cylinder which was actuated by
means of a weight, train of wheels
and a butterfly regulator. In this con-
nection-to show the antiquity Of the
germs Of another modern invention
one day when looking through the files
of the Journal des Savans 1 came
across the account Of a machine which
was presented to the Academy Of Sci
ences of Paris somewhere around the
early years of the eighteenth century.
This machine was nothing else but a
typewriter; the description was very
summary, but l remember that it had
individual type bars, the keys of which
were made of ivory. 1t was the work
of M. Leroy of Versailles, who was
styled Horlogeur du Roy, the reigning
king being Louis XIV.-Alfred Sang
in Engineering Magazine.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-09
HOLLY BEACH
(Continued)

At the Holly Beach Presbyterian
church next Sunday the services will
be in charge of Herbert B. Smith,
Princeton theological student, who for
merly had pastorate in Missouri. The
morning subject at 1870 will be "a
Study on Lazarous.n In the evening
at 7.30 his theme will be "Perfect Peace,
Gods Gift, How to Secure it," There
will be special music at the evening
service, Mr.. Smith rendering the organ
numbers and vocal trio or mixed
quartet will sing. Sabbath school at
230. All are cordially invited TO these
services.
Mrs. @. Garsed, of Philadelphia, has
purchased lot ON the south side of
Lincoln avenue and let out contract
to Builder Frank E. Smith for the erec-
ton of cottage to be completed and
ready for occupation by spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Thomas were
recently presented with ten pound
baby.
The large addition to the Heinle
building on the board walk is rapidly
nearing completion.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Schultz and
Edna b Donvaband, of Philadelphia,
were guests of the week at the new
Centre House.
Contractor John Soffe was recently
awarded the contract and has started
to build cottage on Spencer avenue
near the beach for VIM. G. Mcguire,
the upholstery man of Camden. The
new cottage adjoins the one he had
built season ago. Mr.. Mcguire was
visitor here this week.
VIM. II. O'Neil, of Philadelphia, was
an over Sunday visitor.
Miss Hester Forcum has accepted a
position in the West Cape May public
school, resigning as teacher at Wood
bine.
e. w. Forcum has been awarded the
contract to paint the block of houses
recently erected by Builder Robert
Wright for Oliver Bright, on the corner
of Holly Beach and Young avenues.
The j. HI. Coombs Lumber Co., has
bought the Elmer Kilmer and Wash
ington Hilton properties running from
Lincoln to Schellinger avenues, on
Holly Beach avenue. The two houses
will be moved off and the ground used
for lumber yard.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-09

adventurous lives. In 1000 all London
was talking of man named Bankes,
servant to the Earl of Essex, who had
taught his horse to count and perform
a number of feats, including mounting
to the top of st. Paul's cathedral while
"a number of asses" as the historian
puts it, '.brayed below" Sir Walter
Raleigh in his history says Of Bankes
that he would have shamed all the
enchanters of the world, for whatso-
ever was most famous among them
could never master or instruct any
beast as he did his horse" When
Bankes took his horse to Rome both
were burned for witchcraft.