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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-05
Trade at Home.

Patronage of the big mail order
houses is founded largely on short
-sightedness. In one way it is akin to
patronage of the get-rich-quick
schemes. The buyer believes he is
getting something for his money that
is really not given, and fails to realize
either where his money goes or what
he gets for it.
No one would think of telephoning
to furniture store and asking the
dealer to send up a dozen dining room
chairs, without having previously ex-
amined the chairs, or of ordering a
dress or pair of shoes, or a stove in
this way. Yet that is practically
what the patron of the mail order
house does. He orders by mail without
having seen the goods or having any
idea Of their appearance or character.
He is taking a long chance. Two
things on which he has to base his
conception of the articles ordered is a
description in the catalogue and the
cut given there. In other words, the
attractiVeness of the offer made de
pends on the promises of the firm and
the engrayer's art. 1t is possible to
make a very creditable cut from a
-fimsy and worthless model 1t is
possible to describe an atrocity in
way that makes it appear most desir-
able. Incidentally it seems to be al
ways possible to find some one who
will accept the promise and cut at
their face value, without properly dis
counting them, and on the credibility
of these people the mail order bust
ness thriyes. A little investigation
and comparison will convince the
average person that his money will go
further and yield greater returns if
invested right here in Beverly, despite
the fictitious values offered by the
outside houses. But the articles sold
by the mail order houses must be
compared as they really are, and not
as they are reputed to be in the cata.
logues.-Beverly (Mass.) Times.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-05
ARE MAKING The DIRT FLY.
PROGRESS OF WORK ON THE
PANAMA CANAL is RAPID.
Figures for October, 1907, Show Large
Increase in Amount of Dirt and
Rock Removed.

Washington, d. C.-Data relative
TO the work now going on in connec-
tiOn with the construction of the Pan
anna canal, later in date than that
contained in report of the isthmian
canal commission published Wednes-
day is Just made public in the shape
OF a detailed report of operations for
the month of October received at the
canal Offices in this city. From this
1t appears that construction is pro-
crossing even more rapidly than was
forecaSted in the annual report of the
commission.
On the Culebra section, which rep
resents the greatest excavation on the
line the total amount of earth and
rock removed last month was 634,4 ,499
cubic yards. This was about 2B
times more than was removed during
the same month of the previous year,
and the average output per steam
shovel was about 90 per cent greater,
Notwithstanding that the rainfall was
nearly three times as great as in Oc-
tober, 1906
Work on the other sections seems
to have progressed in like proportion,
not only in the matter of excavation
by steam shoyels, but in dredging and
blasting, in the latter case no less
than 125, ,449 lineal feet of holes hav-
ing been drilled in the rock for blast
ing purposes in the Culebra division
alone.
The largest force of employees ever
worked on the isthmus since the in
ception of the canal project under the
French, was at work at the close of
October, when the commission was
employing 25,915 men and the Pan
ANA railroad 6,139-a total of 32,054
Fewer Europeans were brought in
than at any time since operations
were commenced.
Public schools were opened on the
isthmus October / with an enrolment
Of 351 pupils. The health conditions
continue to improve.
discourage vigorously any appli-
cants for work coming to the isthmus
without appointment. All positions
filled and no increase contemplated.
Unemployed men without funds
sources of embarrassment" The
above dispatch from Chief Engineer
Goethals, of the Panama canal COM
mission, was received Wednesday.
Applications for work on the isthmus
are coming in at the commissions
Offices at the rate of 300 a day, an
increase of 80 per cent in the last
month
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-05
USE MORE PRINTERS INK.
Good Advice to the Small Merchant
Who Would Succeed.

The mail order question is one that
is of perennial Importance to nearly
every one of the small-r cities and vii.
lagos in the land, although the danger
that these institutions were bound to
annihiate the smaller stores does not
seem as imminent now as it did a
few years ago For instance, since
:he passage of the pure food law by
congress many, if not all of the mail
order people, have discontinued the
selling of groceries. 1t was plain in
this case that there was a consider
able amount of adulteration in the
goods sold or the mail order houses
would not have taken this step.
There are aspects of the mail order
question which may well give hope to
the local dealer. The facts in the
case are that the catalogue houses
are not enjoying an unmitigated cinch,
for they are handicapped in many
ways in which the country merchant
is not. For example, the entire coun-
try press almost without exception is
closed to mail order advertising. Here
is a distinct advantage for the home
merchant, although sometimes he is
somewhat slow in taking advantage
of it, If he is fossiliZed and walking
around to pay funeral expenses in a
business way, figuratively speaking,
he will spring that ancient chestnut
that "it doesn't pay" to advertise But
let the newspaper man take an ad
from a mail order house and place it
in the remotest corner of his paper,
and this same business man will be
apt to object very strongly.
The mail order houses have ad-
vanced their business by advertising,
and have been badly handicapped by
having virtually only the magazines
and the catalogues to tell their story.
If the merchants of to-day expect to
cope with the mail order houses and
hold a fair share of the trade that
they ought to get, it means that they
will have to use printers ink and ad-
vertising space Furthermore. they
will have tc advertise intelligently
and in accordance with twentieth cen
tury standards Don't spring the
ancient gag about having been in
business so many years. The people
don't care a rap how long you have
been in business. They are interested
mainly in two things: First, what
goods have you got? Second, what do
they cost? Unless your advertising
deals with these questions, it will be
as sounding brass or tinkling cymbal.
The mail order houses have built up
trade by doing just these things, and
their glowing descriptions and prices
have done the business.-San Antonio
(TeX) Light.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-05
TWO ATTEMPTS AT SUICIDE.
They are Made by Mrs. Dora McDon.
aid, of Chicago, Under Indictment
for Murder.

Chicago, III. - Mrs. Dora Nc
Donald, widow of Michael Mcdonald.
and who is under Indictment for the
alleged murder of Webster S. Guerin.
developed symptoms of violent insan-
ity Thursday, twice attempting to
commit suicide at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Martha Feldman. 1t was
stated last night that Mrs. Mcdonald
will probably be sent to an insane asy-
lum instead of being brought into
court to answer the charge of murder.
Thursday morning Mrs. McDonald's
brother, Emil Feldman, traced fumes
of escaping gas to Mrs. McDonald's
room and found his sister unconsci-
Gus. She was restored with difficulty
and then attempted to leap from the
window. Her cries attracted an i'm
mense crowd and a riot call was sent
to nearby police station. The crowd
was dispersed and Mrs. Mcdonald was
taken to the home of her sister in an
other section of the city, where she is
being closely watched
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-05
A FORTUNATE RESCUE.
Crew of Schooner Were Saved Just
as Their Craft was Sinking.

New York City.-How they were
wrecked in a storm at sea and
dritted helplessly on the angry Allan
tic with the pumps going night and
day to keep their battered craft afloat
until they were rescued, is the story
told by Capt. Burke, of the British
schooner Dictator, of st. Johns, n. F.,
and his little crew of five, who We're
taken off the sinking schooner by the
British tank steamer Aras, which
came into port last night from Pen
arth. The Dictator sank as the last
member of her crew was being hauled
over the side of the Aras. Capt. Burke
and his men We're exhausted when
rescued, but had recovered when they
reached here
The Dictator, a schooner of SO tons,
with a cargo of goldfish sailed from
st. Johns, ~ F., November 10. for
Oporto. Squally weather was encoun-
tered for three days and when the
Dictator ran into a hurricane a heavy
sea broke over her. opening her
seams. The Dictator began to fill and
Capt. Burke sent all hands to the
pumps, For two days and two nights
the leaking schooner was tossed
about. Capt. Burke had about given
up hope when, on the night of No
Vember 10, he sighted the lights of
the Aras. Distress rockets were sent
up and Capt. Ryder, of the Aras, bore
down upon the schooner Capt. Burke
and his crew finally reached the Aras
in the dory, which had been patched
with canvas to keep it ahoat.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-05
SEVEN LIVES LOST
IN A HOTEL FIRE
GAS EXPLOSION CAUSED DEADLY
BLAZE AT KANSAS CITY.
TWO MEN FATALLY INJURED.
Bodies of the Victims Were Found
Piled Together in Hallway on
the Second Floor-2roperty
Loss was Small

Kansas City, Mo. - Seven men
are dead and two fatally injured
as the result of fire In a two-story
brick rooming house at 1902 Union
avenue, caused by an explosion of gas
Thursday. The reoming house was
patronized by transient white railroad
laborers and the proprietor, Edward
O'Connell, kept no register of the
names of his guests or the number Of
persons in the place. OConnell said
that his house would accommodate
200 men, but he did not believe there
were more than so in the rooms when
the explosion occurred.
The men who lost their lives We're
identified as follows:
Patrick Tucker, trackman for the
Missouri Pacific
Adolph Summerbeck, aged Sc, wait
er in restaurant
Michael Parlan, aged so. boiler
maker; came here from Buffalo, n. Y,
four years ago.
Thomas Lane, laborer.
John Shea, aged AZ, track foreman
for the Burlington road.
Jack Sheehan.
'Frenchy,' porter in restaurant, no
other name known.
The explosion is supposed to have
been caused by guest lighting a
match in room where the gas had
been tu1led on. When the firemen
arrived the flames were burning SO
fiercely and the heat was so intense
that they found the work of fire fight
ing very difficult
When the flames were sufficiently
subdued to permit the firemen enter
ing the building they were driven
back by smoke. When they finally
gained entrance TO the building they
found the bodies of the victims piled
together in a hallway on the second
floor. 1t was evident that the men
were overcome while seeking an exit.
The lower floor of the building was a
saloon and barber shop. The loss On
the building was $4,000.
A thrilling rescue or an old man
was accomplished by Firemen R. f.
Jackson and w. l.. White The man
was clinging to window ledge on the
second floor. The firemen climbed out
on the cornice of an adjoining build
ing and, being unable to reach the
man, they spliced their belts and
threw one end to him. He caught it
and while the firemen braced them
selves with great peril to themselves
the old man swung down and was low
cred to the ground safely.
George Gavin was taken out of the
building fatally burned. Another man.
name unobtained, was fatally injured
by jumping from a second story win
dow.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-05
Man Killed by an Automobile.

Baltimore, Nd. - During a race
between two automobiles Thursday
James f. Grinnell, colored, was struck
and instantly killed by one of the ma
chimes at the corner of Baltimore and
Fremont streets. The cars We're
driven respectively by Frank Brown
Jr., son of eX-Gov. Brown, of this
state, and James Elliott, of Washing
ton. Neither stopped after the acci-
dent, but continued on their course at
terrific speed. The police arrested
Brown and his chauffeur. Brown said
it was Elliott's automobile that struck
Grinnell. He and his chauffeur were
arraigned before Justice Loden and
released on their own recognizances
for a hearing next Monday.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-05
Advertise What You Have to Sell.

After all that has been said or can
be said about the big mail order
houses, the simple fact remains that
they get the business by thorough and
persistent advertising, showing cuts
of goods and giving prices. If home
merchants would take the same meth
DDS, much Of the trade now going to
the mail order houses in cities would
come to them. A man we know re-
Gently made up a list Of tools and
hardware from one of the mail order
catalogues and took it to a home
dealer to get prices. He was surprised
to find that he could get the same
articles at home for less money and
save the express charges, and also
see the goods he was buying. Clear
field (Pa.) Spirit.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-05
Raised in Rank.

Sir Chentung Liang-cheng, until re-
Gently Chinese minister at Washing
ton, has been received by the en-
press in audience for three successive
days. He has been raised from the
second to the first rank and appointed
a director of the Southern railroad,
with headquarters at Shanghai. He
will also act as traffic superintendent.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-05
Wealthy Woman Killed Herself.

New Castle, Pa. - Mrs. Jennie
Williamson, q years old, shot her.
self through the heart at her home
here Wednesday while mentally de.
ranged. She had been separated from
her husband for six months, but a
reconciliation was effected just a few
hours before the suicide. Mrs. viii.
hanson was a niece of the late Peter
Kimberly, who died some time ago
leaving her and her mother fortune
of $500,000.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-05
Weston Lowered the Record.

Chicago, Ill. - Twenty-seven hours
and 20 minutes were clipped by
Edward p. Weston from the record
for pedestrianism between Portland,
Me. and Chicago established by him
40 years ago when on Wednesday he
ended his record trip on foot between
the two cities. Weston's actual time
exclusive of Sundays on the present
trip was "A days, 10 hours and 10 min
uteS.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-05
Put In a Good Wnrd

Lord Arlington was arrested the
other day in England for speeding his
auto. Said the arresting policeman
in court the next day: His lordship
was most civil; in fact, it was a
pleasure to meet him, and that is
more than can be said of some motor
lists" Still, his lordship had to pay
fine of SIS and costs.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-05
Killed His Wife and suicided.

New York City. - John Whitley,
one of the leading dealers in stoves
and ranges in Brooklyn and vice pres
ldent of the Reliance Ball-bearing
Door Hanger Co, killed his wife with
two pistol shots early Thursday as
she lay sleeping in her room on the
ninth floor OF the Hotel Belleclaire. in
Manhattan. Whitley then leaped
from the window into the street, be
Ing Killed instantly by the fall.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-05
Large Number of Nets Used.

According to Consul-General Soren
Listoe, of Rotterdam, about 10000
nets are in use during the herring
season by the 500 fishing smacks of
the Netherlands. A net lasts about
three seasons, but owing to losses
from storms and other causes, be.
tween 10000 and $4,000 new nets are
purchased annually.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-05

Goldiield, Ney. - Nine robbers
early on Thursday visited the depot
Of the Tonapah, GoldHeld & BuIlfroe
railroad, overpowered two watchman
and an operator, threw them into box
cars and then blew open the safe. 1t
is said that they secured several thou
sand dollars.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-05
Docs in Paris.

In Paris dogs are treated as well as
human beings are. They wear auto
mobile togs when they 90 motoring.
they have a hospitol, and they even
have good-sized cemetery, with mon
uments and headstones and inscriD
tions and mortuary wreaths.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-05
An Appalling Record of Fatalities

Milwaukee, Wis. - The record of
fatalities in the woods of north
ern Wisconsin and upper Michigan
during the open game and deer sea
son of 1907, which closes Saturday
night, is far greater than during any
season for many years. A total of 81
nimrods lost their lives.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-05
He Helped CAPTURE Jeff Davis.

Dansyille. NTich.-Charles L. Pad
dock, a veteran of the civil war,
died at his home here Wednesday. He
was one of those who helped capture
Jeff Davis, president of the Confeder-
acy, for which he received his share
of the reward.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-05
Jury to Try Powers Is Secured.

Georgetown, Ky. - A jury to
try Caleb Powers, charged with the
murder of William Goebel, was com
pleted Thursday. There are eight
democrats and four republicans on the
jury.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-05
Three Men Killed BY a Train.

Pittsburg, Pa. ~ William j. Nc
Clure, his son John and a negro
named Reed, all OF East Liverpool, O.,
we're killed Wednesday by being run
down by a train while walking on the
railroad tracks at Industry, Pa.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-11-08

For 46 years Robert McCann. who
lives out In McCarthy's district IN
the Mission, said a dispatch from
San Francisco yestrday. has wig
wagged In heated political argu-
ments a tuft OF whiskers OF a style
peculiarly his own. His neighbor,
Dennis Lueey. has prided himself on
his adornment OF a slightly differen;
school OF gardening-more luxuriant
OF growth. as Il were. but less dis
tinctiye.
Today the stucco work on Rob
erts chin will fall before the cruel
encroachments OF a razor blade; the
curtains will be drawn. the hedge
moved. the chin for the first time
In 46 years exposed to the elements,
Dennis will continue to cultivate the
same old crop.
And all because p. II. Mccarthy
was not elected mayor OF San Fran
cisco.
! hARhAA pAAaF IVA hhi9 ilhAiN bAhNh
OF whlskers on his chin was equalled
only by his faith In McCarthy's abil-
ity 10 win. Heated arguments no
had had In great numbers with those
OF his neighbors who failed TO agree
with him.
Lueey was one OF these. Being a
Ryan man OF the most pronounced
type. he would not for a moment
coneede that Mccarthy had a chance
TO be elected.
I'D bet anything I've got on Me-
Carthy," said Robert a few days ago.
Would you bet your whiskers?"
Robert stroked the beard affee-
tionately and then came out with an
emphatic YES"
well I'll bet my whiskers against
yours that Mccarthy does not win, ="
said Dennis.
They clasped hands on Il.
SO today, on comes the most dis
tinct facial thicket south OF Market
street.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-11-08
LANGDON SAYS
LABOR VOTE
Is THE BEST

| Declaring that the widely accetei
theory that the business man must
; be regarded as the real type OF the
best citizen is a fallacy, District At
torney Langdon of San Francisco
announced yesterday that ne is plan
ming TO, deliver a lecture at an early
date in which he will analyze Tues
days vote by precincts to show that
the honest voter was to be found In
larger numbers among the working
men than among the business men.
"The returns show concluslvely, /"
said Langdon this morning. that
the merchants placed the dollar
above civic righteousness.
"An analysis of the vote In pre-.
clncts where business men cast their
ballots, show that many individual
votes we're cast for Taylor and Nc
Gowan. Under normal conditions
the business man would not think of
voting the Union Labor ticket. No
one will doubt this Why. then
should a business man vote for Tay-
lor and for MCGOWAN for district
attorney? Simply because he be-
lleved that a continuation of the
Taylor policy and a dlscontlnuance
OF the graft prosecution would bene-
nt his own particular pocket.
"The very fact that some business
men split their tickets as have
stated, indicates crooked motive
behind the vote.
Now I mean TO show this class
OF voters up. AS soon as can spare
the time / shr'l analyze the returns
by precinct In lecture. The re-
suits will show that the real. sincere
and honest vote was more clearly
discernable In the labor precincts
than In those where the business
men voted"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-11-08
Dewey and Gcneyieye Victoria in "Thc Vanderbilt Cup

had an eight months run at the
Broadway theatre In New York, and
now, after amusing Chicago at tho
Colonial for three months more. has
been sent on tour. and will be pre-
sented at the Grand opera house
Saturday night in all the entirety OF
its metropolitan run. The company
is a big one. and includes the ma
jority OF the original principals, be
sides n number OF famous stage
beauties who are arrayed in tho
latest and most fetching motor
garments.
The play represents the last word IN
up-to-date theatricals and the very
apex of managerial art. The big
feature, the race between two 90
horse power racing machines, Is said
20 be the acme OF stage realism, The
stage settings are described as en-
tirely novel among them being the
replica OF the famous hotel scene
which represents the lobby OF the
famous Marjorie Wellington hote'.
where, with the exception of the
clerk, none but women are employ
ed or admitted The story is built
upon the great Vanderbilt cup race
at Mineola, Long Island. the trophy
being presented by w. X. Vanderbilt.
"A clever little country girl keeps ev-
erybody busy, and manages affairs
her own way. The music and dances
and said 10 be unusually attractive
Seats on sale at box Office Saturday.
November 8, at a. m.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-11-08

and the other no Japanese, but the
American was the bearer, II seems,
OF an autograph letter from Presi
dent Roosevelt.
The eyes OF Taft. we are told by
the Yorodzu, organ OF the Toxic
populace, "blazed with the fire of
freedom" while among the specta-
tors who saw him ride by in a'coaeh
of state "all was Joy and jubilant
over a career that puts to shame the
records OF ancient heroism."
Mr.. Taft was attired in plain black
for the reason, we are further In
formed by the daily just quoted that
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-11-08
Always Was Sick

@'a man says he always was
1 ''ouoled with a cough that
all winter-what would you
Il he should say-he never was
since using Ballard'J Horehound
such a man exists.
j. Z. Clark, Denver, Colorado.
For years was troubled
severe cough that would last
I'sE This cough left me in a
\. condition. I tried Bal
hoFehound Syrup and have not
SICK day since. That's what Il
NE Sold by d ]. Fry.