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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-07

any, cheaper than your local merchant
can. First-quality, standard merchan-
disc is manufactured on very mar
row margin of profit, but the mail
order house can win and pay big divi-
dends on enormous capital if they can
sell to the people an inferior quality
and short weight quantity of merchan-
disc at the prices they ask. Your
local merchant could do the same
thing, but you would not buy the same
goods of your local merchant that you
buy of the mail order house at an
equal price.
Here is an item clipped from the
Parma, Mich, News which shows the
nefarious system Of the mail order
concerns, and how they victimze their
patrons:
"A farmer purchased two sacks of
binding twine of a large Chicago cata-
logue house, and upon it's arrival this
morning ball was unrolled and meas
ured with ball CT Plymouth twine
sold by local dealers, when it was
found that the Chicago article was just
306 feet short Of that sold at home.
There being ten balls in a sack, it will
be seen that the farmer lost 6,120 feet,
or over a mile of twine on two sacks
fby not buying at home. Then, too,
the mail order house product was of
an inferior quality, being full of knots,
and one farmer standing near during
the measuring process remarked that
1T would never work on binder. Now
we wish to ask you, does it pay to
trade at home? If there is anyone
who is skeptical of this story just
call and we will show you."-Parma,
Mich, News.
Bankrupt stock, merchandise that
reliable jobbers would not handle be-
cause of its poor quality, the refuse
of the factories made over into cheap
merchandise. These are the things
the patrons of the mail order houses
.are buying. Here is an extract from
an article that appeared in the Sioux
Falls, S. ID. Leader:
"The mail order house selling vehi
cles by the catalogue route is more
than pirate, it is turkey buzzard
1T takes the freaks and failures that
have died for want of real merit, and
tries to stile legitimate business by
selling the embalmed remains at a re
iduced price.
"rhe whole ne;arious mail order sys
tenn, in so far as it relates to vehicles
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-07
SIXTEEN BODIES RECOVERED.
Remains of Victims of Explosion
Taken from Mine-A Perilous
Undertaking.

Charleston, w. Va.-Sixteen more
bodies were recovered from the
Stuart mine Thursday night. The new
cage constructed to take the place of
the one destroyed by the explosion
was placed in operation, but owing to
the damage done to the shaft it was
impossible to get it nearer than 1S
feet of the bottom. The bodies re.
covered were brought that distance
on a ladder and placed on the
cage
The bodies were brought up in a
bucket by Edward Pickney, inspector
of the mine, and John Absolam. dis.
trict inspector, who were the first to
go down. Owing t0 the laborious ma.
ture of the work it was discontinued
until the cage can be repaired
Seldom in the history of such occur
rences has more perilous trip been
made than that attempted by Pickney
and Absolam The timbers in the
shaft had been loosened by the explo-
sion and blocked the way. Great
tcicles had been formed and dropped
upon the men continually while hid
den springs deluged them with icy
water. The shaft was full of deadly
fumes and Pickney finally succumbed
after working for time at the bot
tom
The men remained in the shaft for
three hours and found it a veritable
charnel house. Mutilated bodies were
so numerous that the two rescuers
found it impossible to move about
without stepping on them They
counted &c bodies.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-07
FIVE CONTRACTS ARE VOID.
Decision Rendered in the Suits of the
City of Philadelphia VS.. D. J.
McNichoI & Co.

Philadelphia, Pa.-Judge Beitler
Wednesday handed down a decision
in the suits of the city against the
firm of D. j. McNichol & Co. to re.
cover S5,000,000 which it was alleged
had been fraudulently received by the
firm on contracts for the construction
of the city's filtration plant. The
members of the firm at the time the
original contracts were awarded were
Mrs. McNichol, wife of State Senator
James P. McNichol Israel w. Dur.
ham, the republican leader; John NJ.
Meek and j. McNichol. Sixteen con-
tracts amounting to about $4,000, 900
were involved in the suits.
Judge Better declares null and void
five contracts aggregating $2,745, ,463
which were awarded at the time Sena'
tor McNichol was a member of coun.
ellis, which bodies ratified the con,
tracts. He decides that they were OBJ,
tanned illegally, sustaining the con.
tention of the city that Mrs. McNichol
and d. j. McNichol were never more
than figureheads in the firm. The court
decides that the five contracts were
wrongfully obtained and instructs the
contractors to make an accounting to
the city of the actual cost of material
and work done on these contracts and
to refund to the city any profit.
Five other contracts for a total OF
$1,200,000 were sustained and six
We're not ruled on, having been al.
ready nullified by the city.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-07

almost the exceptional order that is
possible to take an inferior job and
foist it on a credulous people by
means of a reduced price and the
honest reputation established by the
meritorious original which 1t shame
lessly caricatures. These methods
have been crowned with success sole
ly by reason of the fact that mail or
der houses put more skill, energy and
money into advertising than do the
manufacturers to whom the American
people are directly indebted for the
best vehicles on the face of the earth.
The mail order business is the
quack doctor of commerce. 1t prom
ises much and guarantees nothing.
The directions are always on the in
side, and you have to buy non-re-
turnable package before you can find
out what they are"
A. G. Enderton. of Walter, Okla,
writing to the Shawnee, Okla, Union
Signal, says:
"* The mail order houses
are the worst offenders of the pure
food law that we have to deal with.
They are the people who use short
weight tin cans and every year the
American public Is cheated out OF
thousands of dollars by this alone. =
see where some mail
order houses offer paint at about what
good oil Is worth. Now, does anyone
think that mail order house can buy
good paint stuff cheaper than anyone
else?
Now suppose you find out what
crude petroleum, like what is pumped
out of oil wells cost. Very cheap, is
it not? That is the oil that is used
and what about the paint stuff? How
about Spanish whitening, with just
enough white lead to stick it together
="
The question of prompt delivery is
another question which mail order
house patrons should consider. 1t Is
filled promptly. The reason for this
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-07

delay is that they do not carry the
goods in stock, and must purchase
them after your order is received. In
Chicago, for example, no mail order
house will sell to any person living
within the city limits, and the reason
for this is that these concerns pur.
chase large amount of the merchan.
disc they are selling from the retail
stores OF the city, the proprietors OF
which refuse to sell them the goods
except upon the condition that they
are not to sell to the people of the
city.
Here is the wall of mail order vic.
tim taken from the columns of the
Crookston, Mimi, Journal, which ex,
plains this point:
Sir: l want to register my kick
right here on catalogue houses and
their misleading methods. am
frank to acknowledge that have been
duped to perfection. The only differ.
ence between me and the other vic.
TINS being that | am a little deeper
in and that | am willing to acknowl-
edge the corn.
ITO begin with, last fall I with her
who is now my wife, decided to DUR
chase some stuff to furnish our new
home. Accordingly we ordered all
our furnishings of a-catalogue house
| Two weeks prior to our marriage.
which we thought would be plenty of
| time to get the goods around But
| by the internal planets let me tell you
right here that all the correspondence
diplomacy, appealing and pleading has
| succeeded in landing only a kitchen
table and later mirror from Pitts
| burg.
Our honeymoon has been a very
dramatic experience; cooking on an
old gas plate, eating on a dry goods
| box, sleeping on the floor and borrow
ing few necessary utensils of friends
and neighbors. No more catalogue
goods for us. We hope to get enough
more goods by April to celebrate
all FOOLS day in fitting manner"
"a VICTIM"
Mr.. Consumer, 1t is to your advan-
tage in many ways to buy honest
goods at honest prices of your homes.
local merchant. See what you are
buying. Get what you are paying for.
Keep the money of the community in
which you live at home, end build up
your town instead of tearing it down
for the benefit of the mail order
houses Of the big cities.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-07
LOST IN CHESAPEAKE BAY.
A Fruitless Search for Five Baltimore
Fishermen Who are Missing.

Baltimore, Md.-With the return
Wednesday of the tug Baltimore
from a two days fruitless search for
some clue to the five men who have
been missing for the last ten days all
hope for them has been abandoned.
The disappearance of the men came
as climax to a day of pleasure spent
together at fishing resort which they
owned jointly In the evening the
men embarked in small boat and
started to row to the terminus of the
Bay Shore car line. D strong north
west wind was blowing and an hour
later they were seen far out in the
bay, struggling against the wind and
sea. That was the last seen of men
or boat
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-07
Rouqh on Bill.

What has become of Bad Bill?"
Heart hotel.
bad Bill?" echoed the landlord.
"Oh, he bit the dust yesterday"
What? Bad Bill dead?'
ooh, no. Bill took a ride in a ten.
derfoot's gasoline carriage and swal.
lowed peck of dust in twenty-mile
SPIN Chicago Daily News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-07
ConqreSS.

Washington.-On the Goth the sen
ate passed a bill appropciating $2,0"9,
600 to be used in confining the Colo
RADIO river to it's banks, and another
placing the management of the Pana
ma railway under the isthmian canal
commission. Senators Carter and
Hepburn made speeches criticising
the secretary of the interior for his
action in regard to land patents. The
house passed the agricultural appro
pyiation bill and took up the river and
harbor bill.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-07
A Society Mother.

Rector-And have you any children?
Society Woman-Yes; three little
darlings.
Rector-Are they boys or girls?
Society Woman-Dear me! Do you
know, for the moment l can't remem-
BERN. Y. Times.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-07
Father Explains.

Johnny-Papa, what does automo'
bile mean?
Papa-It comes from the Greek
"auto"-self-and the Latin mobile"
movement. 1t means a machine that
goes by itself.
Johnny-Doesn't any one have any
thing to do with It?
Papa (who tries to drive horse
and buggy)-No one with any self-re.
spect.-Home Magazine.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-07
Grover Gets a SIS. 900 Office.

New York. - Grover Cleveland,
ex-president of the United States,
was elected chairman of the
Association of Life Insurance Presi-
dents at a meeting of the executive
committee of that organization in this
city Thursday. The job carries
salary of $4,000.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-07
Congress-.

Washington.-An address on the ex-
pansion of executive prerogatives by
Senator Raynor and Senator Hey
burns discussion of the administra-
ton of the public lands, constituted
the proceedings in the senate on the
31st ult. The river and harbor appro-
priation bill occupied practically all
the time of the house Speeches were
made by several members.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-07
Indian Reservation to be Opened

Norfolk Neb.-The Daily News
says that Indian Inspector Nc
Laughlin, of Washington, has procur-
ed an agreement with the Rosebud
Sioux Indians for the throwing open
by the federal government of nearly a
million acres of land in Tripp county,
8. D.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-07
Moments of History.

Ulysses looked upon the sirens with
considerable amusement, at the same
time ordering the man at the prov not
to hurry.
There was a time," he observed
flippantly, when your antics would
have amused me- But-musical com.
edy is not what it used to be."-Life.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-07
Telephone Girls Strike.

Toronto, Ont.-Because the Bell
Telephone Co. insisted on in
creasing the working hours of the
telephone girls from five to eight
hours day about 400 girls went on
strike Thursday. The company of,
fered more enumeration, but the girls
claimed they could not stand the
physical strain
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-07
Mr.. Henpeck Warned.

Mr.. Henpeck-I shall have to go to
town today, my dear, and l shall
want some money, for there's train
fare, lunch, bus fares, and I've got
to-
Mrs. H.-Well, then, take this shil-
ling, and mind if you come home the
worse for drink I'll not let you in.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-07
loo SudoestiNe.

Sandy Pikes-What did the kind
lady say when you told her all dem
historical stories?
Gritty George-She said 1 was a
was wise old saw"
Sandy Pikes-Great hobos! Yer
better run. Next thing she'll be ex.
pecting you to show up at de wood
Dile.-Chicago Daily News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-07
All His Trouble in Vain.

The scientist had invaded the jun.
gle and conquered the monkey lam
guage.
And now that you have acquired
our lingo" said the head monkey,
have you any information of value
to convey to us?"
Of course, the scientist, nonplused,
had to sneak back to civilization.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-07
His View Point.

ct see that the duke of Atholl, in
England, has % titles
What of it?"
"Wouldn'. you like to have that
many and be able to sell each one to
an heiress ?"-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-07
Five Minera are Killed.

City Wednesday, five mon were killed
and II hurt.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-07
Ex-Premier See Dead.

Sydney, N. s. W.-Sir John See,
ex-premier and colonial score
tary of New South Wales, is dead He
was BORN in Elgland n 1872.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-07
Not Guilty.

"Pop!"
Yes, my son."
"Do poets have to be born?"
Yes, my boy
"Ain't the stork responsible for
them, too ?"-Yonkers Statesman.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-07

Johns-I heard you tell that man to
never darken your door again. Try
Ing to marry your daughter?
Thoms-No; he's a painter and he
painted my front door ebony instead
Of oak.-Troy Budget.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-07

maooe
death-dealng OF move
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-12
ART IN THE HOME
BEAUTIFUL THINGS SHOWN IN
PROPULSION.
II No Time Has the Housewife Had
the Opportunity to Make Her
Dwelling so Perfect in Ap.
pointmsnts.

Floral muslius for window and bed
lraporics are shown in a great as.
sortmrut and at very reasonable cost.
llod sets including a coyerlct and
cover for the bulator.roll are retailcd
for $3.50. Some have all.ovcr pat.
terms, others borders,
Rullcd curtains of figured Swiss
have hcmstttched rufTles Of plain
Swiss. Floral patterns are also shown
in window ]draprrics. Where the cur
tains and b~ed.draperios match or har.
monizc with the wall paper, a very
good effect Is obtained.
Marking the linen with embroidered
mouOgrams in the color Of the room
in which it is to be used Is a new de-
parturc. which entails several scpa.
rate sets Of linen, as but few house.
oldcrs have more than one bedroom
in the same color scheme.
The SO called navy" secretaries are
greatly in demand and very hard to
hnd. They are those quaint, oldfash.
toned mahogany writing desks, with
drawers, or doors in under part, n flap
that let's down on braces, and top with
glass doors showing shelves for books.
In the top part china can equally well
be kept, or any other precious belong.
Ing that Is safest under lock and key.
Coutcrpicces and doilics that are
embroidered in colors or made of
drawn work should never be allowed
to get very sOllcd before washing, not
only because everything that belongs
to Il table should be kept spotlessly
clean, but because they are pcrishable
things and should never be rubbed
hard.
Many attractive novelties are shown
in art embroidery. Foremost among
them are the cottage sets for summer
homes and cottages. These sets are
selling better than ever before. llith'
crtu, confined almost wholly to the
great metropolitan centers, the de
mand for them now has spread over
the entire country and promises to
have a great boom.
Stem ware. as the charmingly shap
ed goblets and other spindly glasses
are called, is to be trimmed with gill
and Ornnmcnted with a gilt monogram
or crest. For country houses there is
Il veritable craze for glass in every
shape and form in which 1t will prove
seryiccable for the table, and the cares
of the hO~usekecper are thus greatly
lightcncd, as many pieces do away
with similar articles Of silver which
means much care.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-12
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MacArdel made no move to go near
ton and MacArdel with an air of pro.
fessional scrutiny. Carney spoke, but
without turning his head
Il know you, Ware" he said slowly
and painfully, raising his voice feebly
to make 1t heard above the fury of the
storm. You have been good to Flor.
ence and so to me-and--I thank you.
| cant say more than that, Ware, but
my thanks are heartfelt"
He paused and seemed to choke for
an instant before he resumed:
You must pardon me, Ware, for all
the trouble I've made o and for the
worry that Florence has had to suffer,
but ! was too sure of myself WHEN |
thought | could frighten you away
with the ghosts that Bobbs and | man.
ufactured and the letters that | had
him write you. No one knew we were
here but Bobbs' good mother, and
she's been more than a mother to me,
Ware. You must neva let her want
for anything as long as she lives. She
and Bobbs must be well provided for
when I'm gone, Ware"
He stopped again and Gasped heav.
lily for breath, but soon he recovered
himself and went on, though more
feebly and with greater effort than be.
fore:
Il know | vas foolish TO do this,
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-12

There was a pretty r~edIngote worn
at Pre- Catalan AT tea time the other
afternoon, says a Paris correspondent.
The material was a heavy blue tussor,
and there was a collar Of Irish lace,
embroidered in jet, and a soft belt
of black silk, with a smart bow and
buckle behind. The skirts Of the gar
mcut were slashed-in fact, they con
sisted Of two wide sash pieces behind
and " in front, and the top was very
full, with big plaits making the
sleeves, This belted garment is a dis
tinct novelty, The gown worn with 1t
was lovely, It was Of a soft gray tus'
sor and nlet, with 4 let Of selt'embroid
cry. The hat was a mass of some fluffy
gray and white feathers on a light
weight black straw There were gray
suede gloves and a gray, white EN-.
broidered japanese parasOl.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-12

A delightful summer hat which
weighs only a few ounces is OF BAN.
boo straw which, though it closely re-
sembles panama, is e lighter in
weight. Some very fetching models
are being shown at q Fifth avenue
shop, says Il writer In Dress. They are
trimmed with long silk scarfa on
which are appliqued designs in silks
of contrasting colors. They are tied
in loose bows aud sometimes have
finely friuged ends, As these hats
can be bent any shape to suit the face.
they are particularly desirable, They
can be made either rakish looking or
demure, hence they become US all.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-12
CHAPTER xxv.-continued.

You'd better not try to bring three
people back through the drifts said
the doctor, who had just come in for
a bite and a cup of coffee. You cant
drive two horses to advantage in this
weather, and If you insist upon going
why don't you take my mare and cut
ter and go alone? She's been in the
stable all day and she knows every
inch of the road, so If you just give
her her head she'll bring you through
all right. You'd better take my storm
Goa and gloves, too, for you'll find the
wind pretty cold after you've been in
1t n bit"
Although | had but two miles or
Whereabouts to travel from the house
to the railway station | made IN early
start and had the horse at the door
before ten o'clock. The doctor came
down to see me off and gave me a few
parting words Of advice
As | opened the door 1t was almost
blown out of my hand by the force of
the wind and great sheets of 10Y and
sleet came sailing in, under the prote.
cochere and half way down the hall.
| bundled myself up in the doctors
great fur coat and surrounded myself
with his rugs and then, bowling my
head to the fury of the gale, | did as
| had been told, and let the mare
take her own gait and pick her
way to the train.
The train was 40 minutes late and,
after putting my horse in the stable
and blanketing her comfortably in &C.
cordance with the doctors instruc-
tons, / returned to the station and
paced restlessly up and down the wait
ing room, now and then peering anx
iously through the frost-coated win
dows in a childlike way, as II my eyes
could penetrate the blackness of the
night and see for miles down the
track.
Finally, as the time for its arrival
drew near, one of the station men,
with hat intuition so frequently oh.
served and so incomprehensible to the
average individual, suddenly picked
up "a lantern and strobe out on the
platform. The heavy rumble of the
oncoming locomotive and the faint
squeal of its whistle struck my ears
at the same instant and, looking out,
saw its single bleary eye cleaning
dimly in the distance as it plowed on
through the whirling sleet.
| was about to go out on the plat
form myself when the station master
called me to the telephone and the
doctor at ~Carney.Croft said ~hurriedly:
Il suppose the train is late but get
MacArdel here as soon as you can If
you want him to see her alive. 1t
won't be many hours now and it may
be"
There was a snap and a buzzing
sound for an Instant and | knew that
the wire was down.
In another moment MacArdel was
by my side, and as soon as we could
get the lantern lighted and the mare
out of the stable we started on Jul
wild drive to ~Carney-Croft.