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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-28
ONE WAY OUT OF DIFFICULTY.
Match Twins with Twins, Was the
Fond Mothers Idea.

A little woman entered drug store
and asked the proprietor if he had AN
other picture"
What kind of a picture do you
mean?" the druggist asked.
"One like this" said the woman.
holding up an attractive advertising
print.
Il may have one or two of them
left" the proprietor said, "but
haven't many of them"
The woman said she only wanted
one. and her tone indicated that she
was anxious for that one. She ex-
planned that the one she had with her
had been given to one of her children.
Another child, she stated, was sick,
his brother had.
That's bad way to bring up your
children" ventured a woman customer
in the store. do you try to give a
child everything he cries for just be-
cause his brother is more fortunate ?"
But" said the mother of the chill
dren, you don't know. The children
are twins and what one has the other
wants"
Suppose" objected the moralist,
when your children get older, they
fall in love with the same girl, what
will they do?"
But the mother was ready. She
promptly replied:
Find twins and fall in love with
them"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-28
AROUND THE CIRCLE
KEEP THE DOLLARS MOVING IN
YOUR OWN COMMUNITY.
IT MAKES WEALTH FOR ALL
Buy of the Man Who Will Buy
of You and Your Dollar
Will Come Back
Again.
Copyright by Alfred c clarkN

Copyright by Alfred c Clark)
AS on the western pralries in
pioneer days, the trapper's camp fire,
kindled to prepare his frugal meal or
to warm him from the biting wind,
famed into renewed vigor, spread,
first on the tiny blade of grass to
neighboring blades. and thence to the
tangled masses all around until the
broad plains were one vast sea OF
seathing flame destroying all before
1t, so the mail order business, started
In the eastern cities en- small scale,
famed by the breeze of judicious ad-
vertising, has spread until it now COW
ers the length and breadth of our land
and threatens disaster to the smaller
dealers everywhere. The note OF
warning has been sounded, the light
is visible in the sky, and yet, appar-
emily oblivious to it ALL the ones
whose safety is being endangered,
heed not the alarm nor the signal of
disaster. The country merchant and
the farmer, whose combined efforts
can stem the tide of destruction that
threatens to engulf them, are alone
unconscious OF the approaching deVas-
tation, that, like a great sea of con-
suming flame, is threatening to engulf
them.
The country merchant and the farm
er-the simple. honest dwellers in the
rural districts, are the victims this
gigantic peril is reaching out for to
fill its rapacious NAV. Each year it's
grasp becomes firmer, it's power
greater. Only few short years ago
the catalogue house was a thing un-
heard of, to-day it stands as one of
Americas greatest institutions. And
with great fortune comes great pow
er, so now the mail order business
may well be classed among the powers
of the nation. Its efforts are already
being felt at the national capital,
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-28

selves in this connection. With the
rapid growth of the mail order busi-
are being established. These large
firms are daily reaching ou- for new
sections of trade. What wifi be the
result along this line? With the
growth of the catalogue house comes
the death of the rural mercantile
trade. Let them once destroy the
country merchant and the markets
few wealthy capitalists. Their branch
houses will appear in all the country
towns and the farmer will no longer
be independent. His friend, the coun-
try dealer, who through competition
was forced to pay the value of the
butter, eggs, etc, will be a thing of
the past and in his place will appear
the fat gloating face of the capitalist,
in whose benumbed conscience there
Is no thought of pity, whose breast
contains instead of a heart a great
lump of cold stony gold, whose one
ambition is to build up a greater for
tune than the world has ever seen,
and who cares naught for the tears or
trials, woes or weeping of his victims
so long as he can squeeze little more
of the coveted glittering treasure from
him.
Again, the dollar spent with the
local dealer stays in the community
where it blesses the spender over and
over again. The merchant pays 1t to
the butcher for meat, the butcher gets
his bread of the baker and therefore
drops the dollar into the bakers till,
the baker pays 1t to the miller for
flour, and the latter buys his grain
from the farmer, so the dollar once
more iingles merrily in the farmers
trousers pocket. But spend it with
the mail order house and it Is gone
never to return. 1t goes to build up
the great commercial interests of New
York or Chicago. Does 1t pay the
farmer to send his money to help
beautify and build up these great
cities? Has he not more interest in
beautifying and building up his own
section of the country? If not he
should. If place is good enough for
man to live in and to make his
money in, it is good enough for him to
spend his money in. Who helps build
the churches, school houses, streets,
bridges, ETC.? Does the mail order
house help? Will they give dollar
to educate the farmers children, or
donate anything to support the farm
er's widow or orphans? Do they help
to pay the taxes, or add anything to
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-28
Glover G. Grass Seeds.

We are known as the largest growers of
Grasses, Clovers, Oats, Barley, Corn, Po-
tatoes and Farm Seeds in America. Oper-
ate over 5000 acres.
FREE
Our mammoth l4S-page catalog is mailed
free to all intending buyers; or send
SC IN STAMPS
and receive sample of perfect balance ra-
tion grass Seed" together with Fodder
Plants, Clover, etc, etc, and big Plant
and Seed Catalog free.
John a. Salzer Seed Co., Box w, La
Crosse, Wis.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-28
DREADED TO EAT.
A Quaker Couples Experience.

How many persons dread to eat their
meals, although actually hungry near
ly all the timei
Nature never intended this should
be so, for we are given a thing called
appetite that should guide us as to
what the system needs at any time
and can digest.
But we get in hurry, swallow our
food very much as we shovel coal into
the furnace, and our sense of appetite
becomes unnatural and perverted.
Then we eat the wrong kind of food
or eat too much, and there you are
Indigestion and it's accompanying
miSeries.
A Phila. lady said, the other day:
"My husband and 1 have been sick
and nervous for Is or 20 years from
drinking coffee-feverish, Indigestion,
totally unfit, a good part of the time,
for work or pleasure. We actually
dreaded to eat our meals.
1--WE tried doctors and patent medi-
cines that counted up into hundreds of
dollars, with little if any benefit.
"Accidentlly, small package Of
Postum came into my hands. l made
some according to directions, with sur
prising results. We both liked it and
have not used any coffee since.
"The dull feeling after meals has
left us and we feel better every way.
We are SO well satisfied with Postum
that we recommend it to our friends
who have baan made sick and uoryOuc
and miserable by coffee" Name given
by Postum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, "The Road to
.Wellville," in pkgs. There's Rea-
son."
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-28
IVER II. SMITH.
Snakes Reared for Their Skins.

The idea that snakes are useless
creatures and should be exterminated
wherever found, will have to pass
away, says the Shoe Trade Journal,
as in Australia they are now being
Systematically reared for the sake of
their skins, which have a considera-
BILE commercial value in London,
Paris and New York. Snakeskin is
the fashionable material for slippers.
belts, bags, purses, jewel boxes, card
cases, dressing-table accessories, etc.
Rabbit trappers supplement their
means considerably by catching young
snakes and extracting their poinson-
Gus fangs. The blacks are also ex-
pert snake catchers. To them the
snake is an agreeable article of diet
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-28
PROVE EVERY CLAIM
Dr.. Williams Pink Pills a Specific
For Anaemia and Safe Family
Medicine


When the body becomes run down.
either as a result of overwork. worry
or severe illness, an examination of
the blood would show it to be weak
and watery. This condition is called
anaemic, which is the medical term
for "bloodless." The common symp-
toms are paleDess of the lips, gums
and cheeks, shortness of breath and
palpitation of the heart after the
slightest exertion, dull eyes and loss
OF appetite.
Mr.. Louis L. Clark, a painter, of 1S
Lincoln Place, Plainfield, N. j., says:
Last May l was obliged to undergo
an operation for appendicitis and
while the operation in itself was sue
cessful, did not recover my strength
and health. | was confined to my bed
for over month and was under the
Doctors care. When | was able to
get up my legs were so weak and I'M
steady that I could only walk with
cane with difficulty.
81 was getting no better and could
not think of going back to work. I
was discouraged, when a neighbor
told me that DR.. Williams Pink Pills
had cured her and advised me to try
them. | began taking them about the
middle of June and soon felt so much
better that | kept on and was cured.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills have cur
ed rheumatism, chlorosis, after. effects
of the grip and fevers, and, as the
health Of the nerves depends upon the
purity of the blood, they are invalu
able in neuralgia, nervous debility
sleeplessness, dizziness and even 10
comotor ataxia and paralysis.
DR. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists or sent, postpaid, on re-
ceipt of price, so cents per box, sin
boxes $3.50, by the DR.. Williams Med
icine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-28
The Fortune Tempted.

A we'll known British nobleman was
actually engaged to Miss Coutts, but
on her challenging him one day wheth-
er it was her personality or her great
fortune which appealed to him he
frankly acknowledged that although
he was much attached to her, her vast
property had been his special induce.
ment in betrothing himself
Her reply was characteristic: LET
us then remain the best of friends in.
stead of being the poorest of lovers, "
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-28
In Eagle Eyes.

Where's the bahbah?" asked the
soft young chap from the east.
I'm the barber. sonny" drawled
the big man in the wide hat and red
shirt.
And do you know how to clip
haih?"
Il should say so. Just stand about
ten paces and IL l cant clip off every
lock in IL shots. I'll set up the lick
er."-Chicago Daily News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-28
Natural Washing Preparation.

Near Ashcroft, in British Columbia,
are number of small lakes, whose
shores and bottoms are covered with
crust containing borax and soda in
such quantities and proportions that
when cut it serves as washing COM
pound. The crust is cut into blocks
and handled in the same manner as ice,
and it is estimated that one of the
lakes contains 10000 tons of this ma.
teriaI
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-28
HoW'S This2

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F.J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. J. Cheney
for the last Is years, and believe him perfectly hon
orabie in all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made by his nrm.
WALDrNG. KGSNAN IL MARVIN
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo O.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surface OF the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price as cents per
bottle Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-28

FITS, st. Vitus Dance and all Nervous
Diseases permanently cured by DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Send for Free 81 90
trial bottle and treatise DR.. r. II. Kline,
Id, 93l Arch St.. Philadelphia. Pa.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-28
American Hens Did Well

The last census year-1900-showed
the production of eggs in the United
States to be 1898, 1924 dozen.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-28

A young man always sneers at the
love affairs of a widower.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-28
a Positive
CURE
EIy's Cream Balm
Is quickly absorbed.
Gives Relief at Once.

uIFtS HbIItI at OIICes
1t cleanses, ssoothes
heals and protects
the diseased men,
brane. 1t cures Ca
tarrh and drives
away a Cold in the
Head quickly. Re-
stores the Senses of
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-28

gists or by mail; Trial Size 10 cts. by mail
Ely Brothers. 56 Warren Street, New York.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-28

where our laws are made, and unless
check is administered the passage
of the parcels post bill will mark one
Of it's greatest triumphs.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-01-17
Dr.. Shops.
caiarTIlcure'
WHOLESALE GROCERs
HOLD 4 MEETING
In Parkcrsburx anal pEscu.s New
Pure Food Law and Acc o.
Other Mattarss

The board of directors and exeeu-
tive and Legislative committees OF
the West virsmia.whoissaTe Gfocers'
Associetion held- an an afternoon
session at the Chancellor In Park
ersburg this week.
The members present at the meet
ling were R. G.. and j. W. Hubbard,
lof Charleston; H. b: Hagsn and J.
R. Stephenson of Huntington; John
Watterhouse, ]. p. Maxwell and AZ
len Brock, OF Wheeling; ROBERT Nor
ms. of New Martinsville; L. G. Race.
lof Fafrmont; F. c.. Gaylord, of
c1arksburg; &C. Martin and W. E.
.McConaughey, of Parkersburg..
The gentlemen IN attendanee at
the meeting said that 1t was merely
IA meeting to get an expression of
views Of some matters Of interest to
the trade. among wiiicfi was the
pure food law. It. was also the In
'tentfon to ask Legislative action ON
some other mattess I'm which the
wholesale dealers. are deeply inter-
ssted-
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-01-17
TWO HOUSEs|N
WESTON Burn
Fire Destroys and Damages Dwell
ings In the Town Up
the River.

Two dwelling houses were butn-
ed in Weston Wednesday night one.
of them being destroyed and the Iex>
terror Of the othr Quilted: No bne
was hurt and the loss is from $4,000
to $4,000.
The houses were the ones belong
ing to Lewis Bennett, which was 90
cupied by a family by the name OF
Wilson and the dwelling of AiDere
Wright adjoining. The IRE orfkfnat-
ed in the Wright dwelling, the cause
being unknown. and the Bennett
house caught from II. The wilson's
got most of their fnrHitnfe and; ef-
fects from their home. AND some
furniture was taken fro mthef wright
house. Mr.. wright's family Is away
from Weston and'he was II me town
at the time OF the are but not at the
house. The hose was d sew one.
The Weston fire department. did good
work In fighting the flames.
The report that small child was
burned in the FIRE was rngounde'A
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-01-17
STATE militia
GET 4 BOOST
Order Iss-ed Fro ntise Var DEPART
,nent Makes Several rarpor-
tant Provisions


WASHINGTON. Jan. Details
Of vital Importance to the militia Of
the country are contained in order
No. 8, Just issued from the War De-
partment, governing the mobiifza-
ton of that arm OF the national de-
tense in case OF war. Some OF
these provisions are as follows:
"a sufficient reserve force to meet
any emergency must always be ZEN
within State or Territory when IT'S
militia is called into the service OF
the nation. The President alone rs
the exclusive judge of the existence
Of nemergency justifying call for
the militia. The minimum strength
Of the militia organizations which,
States must maintain II they expect
to receive aliottments from tile con-
gressional appropriation for the
maintenance OF the militia is placed
at fifty-eight for a company of. in
fantry. troop OF cavalry. company OF
engineers and signal company. a.
coast artillery company must have a
minimum Of sixty-three and bat
terry Of field artillery 1873. Organ.
izations below these numbers must
be Immediately recruited to the
standard before they can leave home,
station in case of call" :.
In addition to equipping their men
the State oficials must purchase
cooked meals for the militiamen
where they cannot use rations In
kind and for this purpose an allow
ance of so cents per day is author
lied for each man. which is ficreas-
ed to IS cents when travelling. The
United States will pay these BILLS as
well as those for the transportation
Of the militia upon certifcati6n' from
the proper State officers. States that
already have the United States stand
ard Of physical examination for re-
crufts shall have these troops mus
tered into service at once. and with
out interference with the supreme
duty Of the militia, the defense Of
the country" physical examination
to be made by an army medical OF.
ticer later ON and after the muster.
To facilitate the settlement Of
pension claims. the militiamen. will
be examined Immediately prior~tu,be-
ing mustered out.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-01-17
Cured Of, Lung Trouble 8.

TT Is now eleven years since l
had narrow escape. nom csnsump-
tion. writes c. o. Floyd, leading
business man of Narshaw, SO. 81
had run down In weight to 1ss
pounds, and coughing was. constant.
both BY day and;by night. Finally
\ began taking Or. Kings New Dis
and continued this. for about
SIX months. when my cough and lung
trouble were entirely gone and / was
restored to my normal weight, 10
pounds" Thoasanos of persons are
healed every year. Guaranteed al
Prank G. BANDS drug store. soc
and 800. Trial bottle free.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-01-17
PEOPLE FLEE FROM
AWFUL EXPLOSION
That is Expected When Flames
Reach Big Store of Powder
at Hollidaysbura, Pa.
fBy Associated Press. j

HoLLIDAYSBuRG, Pa. Jan. 10
The plant and buildings of the
Standard Powder Company. OF
Pittsburg. near here, were destroy
ed by an explosion today. No lives
were lost.
The explosion was caused by fire
which started in one of the build
ings.
The fre is now in progress and
the flames are eating their way to-
wards a store house where $4,000
kegs of powder and two carloads of
dynamite are stored.
The inhabitants of Frankstown
valley are fleeing to the hills to
find shelter from the anticipated ex-
plosion.
The residence of John Walls. one
mile away. and that OF August
Cooper, were wrecked by the force
Of the conclusion.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-01-17
NUMBER OF HOUSES
TO Be ERECTED
M4ny Houses In the Valley Are Be.
ing Erected On co-opera-
~ tive Plan.

The declaring. of a ten per cent.
dividend and the issuance OF instruc-
zion to- 1t sofiicfars to build from
fifty to sixty new houses in Fairmont
and vicinity characterized the an
lnual stockholders meeting of the
lFairmont Building and Investment
Company. which was held in Fair
mont last night as one of the most
Important Industrial gatherings of
the new year.
A board of directors was elected.
consisting of Messrs. Frank Haas.
w. s: Black. Charles s. Riggs. G.. G.
Michael, Charles F. Ice, j. j., Bren-
men and Robert t. Cunningham.
The board organized by the cleo
ton OF Charles s. Riggs. president.
w. s. Black. vice president. and NJ.
q. Asncraft. secretary and sreasur-
err.
The company which is a co-opera-
tive concern the membership OF
which. is confined to the officials and
the employees OF the Fairmont Coal
Company and its allied concerns.
has been m existence for four years
and' has devoted fits time to the adj
vaneement in an industrial way. of
Pairmons. CfarRsburg and the. ter
ritory lying between the two cities.
In Its membership are meo rang
ing in position from drivers In the
mines to the executive heads OF the
company Its officials draw no
salaries and heretefore little has
been given out as to the develop
ment OF the company.
The assessments basis for Its funds
has been In force since IT'S organiza-
tion and the amount to be assessed
from any one member cannot be over
see.
On December 81. there was a lit.
tie over $4,000 paid m. This Will
be Increased 10 500. 600 by the end
| or the year.
During ITS existence the company
has secured 20 houses In clarksburg
the same number In Lumberport aud
nine in and about Fairmont.
The meeting last night was large.
~ attended and enthusiastic. Forty
four hundred of the ffty-two humid
red shares were represented. I'm
provements and advancements OF
various nature were discussed and
II the plans of the company carry
out It will be of the greatest benefit
to both Fairmont and clarksburs.
The dividend declared last night
shows that the company Is in excel
lent condition. Last year the dlvi-
dend was 2s per cent. and 1t would
have been equally as large this year
had not some costly investments in
fine property been made.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-01-17

EBy Associated Press.l
FRANKFORT, KY, Jan. 10 Gov
sernor Becknam this morning sent
kAdJutant General Lawrence and
State Inspector Hines to Jackson to
investigate the situation there before
ordering out the militia as requextes
by Judge carnes.
Lawrence and Hines win reacir
Jackson late this afternoon.
Armed Men Follow judge.
The cause OF the excitement Is. the
result Of feud between the Hargis
faction and the opponents and~ be-
cause tine decisions are favorable to
iHargis and others by judge Carnes.
/ Armed men made several attempts
to reach Carnes in his room at the
hotel last night but were prevented.
Armed men followed him about.
town this morning.
May Stop Trial.
/. Al conference Of the attorneys
for tine commonwealth and parties
identified with the prosecution last
night 1t was decided to ask the court
of appeals for a writ of prohibition
restraining Judge Carnes from CON.
tiruihg the present trial.
Attorney Jouett left this morning
for Frankfort with the petition n
the writ is granted Its issuance viii
stop the trial.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-01-17
LECTURER HERE,
g. r. West, of Barbour County. Takes
Up New Work For Good of Man

G. R. West. Of Barbour county.
who ha stalker up lecture work, Is
in the city and win remain here for
some time. It is his intention to
an platform engagements and deiiv-
er lectures for the good of mankind
generally or as he expresses # with
good for all. abuse for none.~ One
of his best lectures is ntitled DUTY
of Children to Their Parents and
the Dut yot Parents to Their Child
rem" He is open for engagements
and hopes to meet with success IN
his new field of work. as he has had
an encouraging start.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-01-17
BARTLETT DIES
IN THE WEST
Foimer Harrison County Man ES-
pIres Suddenly At B6uId-

Word reaches here of the death OF
"A. B. Bartlett, at Boulder, Colo,
where, he resided the past thirty
years and was engaged in gold min
ing. HIS death was sudden. He
expired as he went to his work at
ter eating dinner. Heart disease
was the trouble. Mr.. Bartlett was
a son of the late MontravflIe .Bart-
lett. Of Eumberport, and was well
known III Harrison county. he was
a brother OF G. NJ. Bartlett. of
Skihnstcn, Mrs. Charles s. Horror,
of Eum berport, and Mrs. Mamie o.
HARRISON. Of Salem. The wife and
three children survive him. HIS
death 5ook place December 20.