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The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-08-21
MURATT'S FOOT BROKEN
BY COAL BUCKET

John Muratt. an East Providence man,
while at work at Wilkesbarre pier this
morning had one OF his feet crushed by
a falling coal bucket He was taken 70
| the Rhode Island hospital
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-08-21
ONESCO'S SHOE TRADE
RESULTED IN A FINE

Parvie Onesco. Polish resident.
this morning went 20 the cabbler shop
of Samuel Sokolow with pair OF
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-08-21

shoes. which he tried to SELL and de-
parting from the store he stole a pair
OF ladies' shoes valued at So. which
had been left there to be repaired.
In the district court this morning
he was fined $40 and costs for the lar
ceny.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-08-21

Do you want an education that will lead
out into active life? The State offeri
these courses TO you free Of tuition:
(A) Short courses that will raise your eff
cheney. with grammar school re-
quirement for entrance.
OBJ Four-year college courses. givinl
thorough equipment ard based on
high school preparation.
Fine equipment. Beautiful location AZ
Kingston. r. /. Twenty eight trains daily
For catalogue and circulars, apply "a
President. Howard Edwards. Kingston
r. /
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-26
She Probably Knew.

In small Massachusetts college town
Is charming young lady, also learn
ed professor Nothing affords the
young lady more pleasure than to upset
the professors pet theories by witty
exceptions to his rules, as she did in
this Instance. They were both at a
small social affair and the professor
had the center Of the stage He was
remarking:
This is the age of specialties. No
man can compete with a specialist In
given line. And even If both be spe-
cialists the most experienced man sue
ceeds best"
There Is at least one thing, profess
sor, in which the least experienced man
succeeds best" the young lady asserted.
And what is that, II 1 may ask ?'
the professor said stifIlly.
"Why, falling in love-" she said, with
a teasing smile-Philadelph Ledger.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-26

Someone who has found facts on
which to base the opinion thinks that
the amateur dieting to which so many
are given just now Is productive of far
more Ills than 1t can cure. Dieting, no
doubt, nationally and with due regard
for the needs of the body, does In most
cases improve the health. But for
Smith to change his diet according to
the formula Brown found beneficial.
without help or advice from a physi-
clan, Is often means of aggravatIng
an already existing i'll or of bringing
on fresh ones. One mans diet may be
another mans poison is as true a word.
perhaps, as has been spoken, and ac-
cepting it as truth in this day of indis-
criminate dieting may save many a
good man from going from bad to worse
In his attempts at self-help.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-26
The Minister'S Wife
BY MRS. HENRY WOOD

air, and strolled by his side along the
smooth, broad path which led to the en-
trance gate. When. they reached 1t he
held out his hand to bid her good evening.
The opal sky was clear and beautiful; a
large star shone In 1t.
Great Whitton Is In my brothers gift, "
she whispered, as her hand rested In his
II wish he would give 1t to you"
A flush rose to the young clergyman
face. To exchange Little Whitton for
Great Wilton had now and then made
one of the Eighty dreams of his ambition
but never really cherished.
DO not mock me with pleasant WIS.,
ions, Lady Grace. can have no posi-
BILE interest with Lord Avon
you can marry them" she said softly,
in reference to the conversation at dinner,
land set the parish grumblers at def
ance"
Marry? Yes, should hope-do
so,' was his reply. His voice was soft
as her own; his speech hesitating; he
was thinking of Edith Dane.
But how was Lady Grace to divine
that? She, alas gave altogether a diff
ferent Interpretation to the words; and
her heart beat With tender throbbing,
and her lips parted with love and hope,
and she gazed after him until he disap-
peared in the shadows of the sweet sum-
mef night.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-26

concluded from the experiment of Prof.
Fisher of Yale. His nine students
learned to subsist on much less food
and actually doubled their physical en-
durance In four months and a half Of
slow eating This is no discovery, but
It Is earnest emphasis of a neglected
truth-that what nourishes is not the
quantity you eat but the quantity you
digest; that only what is well masti-
Gated can be well digested. The great
objection to patient mastication Is its
monotony. Nothing could be duller
than the Gladstone recipe-chew thirty
three times A camel or donkey might
work Its jaws with that deliberate cal
culativeness, but a social animal can
not become a mechanical chopping ma
chine even for the sake Of a serene d.
gestion. Prof. Fisher did not compel
his nine students to sit in silence and
chew to the tune of the metronome. He
simply required them to eat what they
most thoroughly could enjoy. If per-
son likes what he Is eating 1t Is no
hardship to have to eat it properly. This
idea of personal selection Is the most
important one, so long as the import
ance Of mastication Ia granted. What is
true at Yale Is not untrue in Chicago.
The motto of all who eat should hence
forth be: make haste slowly; choose as
well as chew.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-26

With one woman suing for divorce in
Chicago court on the ground that her
husband was too "affectionate" and an
other on the ground that her husband
Is too courteous" it is easy to see that
no one can tell what husband may next
be made defendant In divorce suit
The courts ought to put stop to some
of this nonsense.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-26

story which has been handed down
through many generations tells of a
wealthy man who determined to make
a practical test of the efficiency of his
servants. He announced his intention
of being absent from his estate for a
long time. Before starting he called
some Of his helpers and gave them
sums Of money in varying amount, tell
ing them to use the money until his
return Then he took q journey into
foreign country. When he came back
he asked an accounting. The results of
that investigation convinced him that
some Of his assistants were shrewd and
saving, while others had no Just appre-
citation Of the value of money or the
best ways to use It, The large fortunes
of the present day have made it al
give their children some training in
business as a necessary preparation
for the handling Of the millions that
are to be theirs In the days to come
1t is stated that celebrated million
aire, desiring to reduce the cares of
his children would do with the money,
gave each of them 81, OOO, 900 before his
death. No matter what the result
might be in a given case of this kind
the Idea is good one Conspicuous
lack of success or marked inefficiency
OF administration thus shown might
have the effect of saving many a for
tune by transferring it to those who
do Indicate ability to handle It. For
years 1t has been no uncommon thing
for graduates of famous Eastern col
leges to lay aside frock coats and pat
ent feathers the day after the receipt
OF the diploma In order to don the
garb of the laborer In mill or factory
where the fathers fortune was made
Others have turned from the class
room to take the places at the bottom
or the ladder in counting room or office
In order to learn every detail of the
business to which they will succeed in
the course Of nature. The faIthfulness
or such workers is often forgotten
when the escapades of others are her.
aided far and wide In more than one
case the wildness OF the rich mans
son and his lack Of usefulness as o
citizen are due to the fact that he never
mad chance to show his ability as nd
ministrator or investor, but was
brought up under the notion that as
heir to wealth, he should do nothing
With many men money burns a hole in
the pocket They have no sense of
saving, no appreciation of what a dol
lar means. This is true of the moor
and the rich alike. The thrift
and saving of the poor are COM
mended as providing for the fu-
ture years. The ability to use
money wisely, the power to select in
vestments and to administer affairs
ought to be a source Of pride to tbe
child of wealth in order that he NAV
stand on his own merits In a critical
democratic land and not be pointed ont
as some other mans son, with no vir-
tues except the reelected ones of his an
cestry.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-26

One Of our wise men who has inst
returned from an expedition to the up
per Nile claims to have added 1000
years to history by showing that the
earliest authentic date was 4241 b. G..
II we keep on going back 1000 years
at a clip we may yet reach the period
of the origin of our modern Jokes.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-26

The German emperor has invited the
pessimists to get out Of his country and
look Tor more pleasant surroundings
1t isn't likely, however, that they will
90. About the only pleasure a pessi-
mist has Is in staying around and com
planning where he Isn't wanted.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-26

Chancellor Day Of the University of
Syracuse says man who smokes is
fool. We must remember, however,
that Or. Day is of the opinion that peo-
pie who do not approve Of the Stand
ard OIL Company are criminals.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-26

1t Is not what you eat SO much as
how you eat Mince pie, well masticat-
ed, Is better than bread bolted. The
secret of table science Is "festIna lente I"
There Il nothing altogether new to be
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-26

Wojciech Raymniak and Wiadyslava
other day. Probably neither of them Is
bothering much over the question of
spelling reform.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-26

General Fred d. Grant says 80 per
cent of the troubles in the army are
due to bad liquor. Apparently the army
Is just like the rest of the world
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-26

There Is probably nothing In Mr..
Grover Clevelands book ON fishing
that can be used In a political cam
paign, unless perhaps 1t might be a
chapter devoted to lying.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-26

Should Noah Webster come back to
to his dictionary he would very likely
ask to be directed to the old mems
home for has-beens.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-26

Near Manchester, England, four girls
have been arrested for making fun Of
4 spinster's curls. This is proper. Let
It be understood that a spinster's curls
are their own reward
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-26

1t seems too much to believe 1t was
ever preordained that any bright,
healthy young man should be killed
while playing football.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-26

As for the game Of football, 1t has
not been reformed enough to hurt
any less than 1t did formerly.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-26

Mrs. Hetty Green complains that she
is poor. Still, there are lots who would
feel rich II they were in her class.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-26

President Roosevelt leaves no doubt
of his feeling that the soldier and the
sailor should receive uniform respect.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-26

A Boston waiter died the other day,
leaving an estate valued at quarter
of million dollars. Which again
proves that things come to those who
wait.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-26

Cleveland Is to have a manufacture
Ing concern which will employ only
cripples. Here's hoping 1t may never
90 lame.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-26

Another American girl would sever
the tie that binds her to a foreign for
tune hunter. Far too often the mar
rage service is nothing but a bill of
sale.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-26
Topics of
the Times

TIE Roosevelt's spelling looks like
the English language In short skirts.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-26

A New York chorus girl reports to
the police that she has lost a bag of
diamonds. What Pittsburg millionaire
has been away from home recently?
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-26

Don't forget to laugh when your
boss tells joke with whiskers on It.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-08-22
Excessive Athletics.

Exercise is as necessary for the
human body as food and drink. 1t is
impossible to maintain perfect health
without it; but it must be taken in
moderation, for excess in this respect
is as harmful in its way, and some
times in the same way, as excess in
eating. The effect of exercise is to
increase the tissue changes in the
body. The weaker cells are destroyed
and replaced by new and stronger
cells, the nutrition is increased, and
the waste products are thrown off. If
the exercise is carried to extreme
lengths it may happen that the waste
products are thrown into the system
in so great quantity that they cannot
be disposed of in the ordinary way,
and they accumulate to such an ex-
tent that the body is poisoned by its
own waste. The result is the same as
when an excess of food is taken; and
tends to counteract the evil of over
eating, in excess only increases the
evil. 1t has always been known that
excessive physical labor has tenden-
cy to shorten life, and the attainment
of old age is seldom the lot of the la
boring man. But the fact is often
curious1y overlooked that physical la
Dor is physical labor, whether it con-
sists in welding a pick and shovel or
in throwing weights, rowing boat
running or jumping. The dangers of
inordinate devotion to athletics, says
Youths Companion, are that one part
of the body, one set of muscles or GER
tain organs, such as the heart, will be
developed out of proportion to the
other parts. This is especially the
case in the young, who have not yet
attained their growth. The heart is
put upon 1t it quietly increases its
bulk and its strength to meet the task.
So long as the strain is continued, 1t
works along, but when the call upon
it is diminished suddenly, the young
man giving up his athletics and taking
to a sedentary life, its muscular tissue
begins to degenerate. The arteries,
under strain, act in the same way, and
when the tension is relaxed the con-
dition known as arteriosclerosis de-
velops. The tissues are poorly nour-
ished and the man ages before his
time. When devotion to athletics has
been excessive, it is only by the
greatest care in training down that
the athlete can avoid the danger of
weakened body and nerves.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-08-22
A Friend Indeed.

Germany has already made over,
lures in the way of tariff concessions,
and the United States has accepted
these like a next friend. st Paul
Dispatch.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Germany needed a friend to help her
push more of her goods into the Amer.
ican market. She found such friend.
First she made overtures' by mark.
ing up her tariff on all our exports,
excepting those which she had to
have. Then she agreed to mark her
tariff down again If we would mark
down our tariff. We didn't do exact.
ly that, but we did fix up scheme
whereby she could sneak under the
fence with her goods. The "sneak"
process began July 1, 1907, and is to
continue for one year, and longer than
that unless congress patches up the
fence and puts stop to the SNEAK"
game.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-08-22
Some Increases Necessary.

Remember, we are importing $780,.
100000 worth OF foreign competitive
products, that is, things we ought to
produce at home, even with a tariff
which they say was designed to keep
them out. Some part of this is be.
cause, do our best, we cannot make all
we need; after using all we produce,
we still have to send abroad for more.
And, mind you, when revision comes
this will be one of the indisputable
facts to deal with. It's obvious and in,
evitable lesson is that we need in,
crease, very slightly of course, many
schedules, not reduce them. There
are schedules that can advantageous.
ly go down a bit, no doubt, and Will
1t will be essentially the same tariff
still.-Lebanon IN. H. Free Press.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-08-22
WHAT CAN THIS MEAN?
Gigantic Trust Development In Free
Trade Great Britain.

Intelligence of a most terrifying and
astounding character comes from Eng
land. John Bull is not given to sensa-
ton. but in this respect he seems to
have outdone some of his much-derid-
ed trade competitors. The news is
that there is about to be organized In
Great Britain a mammoth steel trust,
composed of nine large firms and
boasting a capitalization of $780, ,000,-
600. The avowed intention of the
merger, it is declared, is to fight Ger.
man and American competition, which
is increasing year by year. The larg-
est company in the merger has al
ready absorbed SO independent con-
Germs, and the deal, when put through,
will control. it IS estimated. fully 80
De- cent. of the steel produced in
Great Britain. While the details Of
the combination are not yet complet-
ed, 1t is likely that ii will be based
upon the principle of the German trust
involving the regulation of prices, ad-
justment of the output to the demand
and equal distribution Of orders.
Now, all this would be alarming in
protection America, where the people
are chained to the chariot wheels of
the trusts and are rapidly being re-
duced to serfdom, but in free trade
Great Britain, where competition is
supposed to be as unrestrained as the
air, it becomes positively horrifying
Certain amiable gentlemen, in cam
paigus past, have taught us to believe
that 50 long as our industries and H.
Dor are protected by tariff duties on
foreign imports, just so long will we
remain under the domination of the
trusts and monopolies. Remove or
reduce the tariff" they have cried
'and competition will take the place
of monopoly" Now comes word of
the formation of a monstrous trust in
steel by capitalists of a country which
is not cursed by tariff, but where
every man must, by nature of that
country's economic system, be able
to buy and sell in the open market
What does this mean? Aha, we have
it, 1t is another diabolical conspiracy
on the part of the American Protec-
tive Tariff league, headed by Wilbur
F. Wakeman, arch conspirator, the
dark and bloody purpose of which is
to mislead and confuse a trusting pub
hc and draw attention away from the
midnight deeds of the league and it's
emissaries This is the only rational
explanation of an outrage so iniqui-
tous as this.-Des Moines Capital.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-08-22
DUN'S TRADE REVIEW.
A Tight Money Market and the TeIee-
raphers' Strike Has Had Little Ef-
feet on the General Prosperity.

New York.-R. G. Dun & Co.
Weekly Review of Trade says:
Lower prices for railway securities
than at any time since July 1, 1901,
greater stringency in the money mar
ket and the telegraph strike were the
weeks adverse factors, Offset by
many favorable reports of jobbing
trade, manufacturing activity, rapid
progress of the crops and remarkably
prompt collections considering the
scarcity of money.
Undue significance was given the
Pope failure which, as in the case of
the Milliken assignment in June, was
caused by monetary pressure and not
lack of business. Reports from the
interior are almost unanimous in tell
ing of active trade and bright pros
poets for fail and winter. Most lead
ing industries have orders covering
output for months in advance, and
new records of production are con-
stantly noted.
Much new business has appeared
In the market for iron and steel dur
ing the past week. The least favor
able reports are received from tin
plate mills, short fruit crop having
restricted purchases by canning in
terests. Pig iron furnaces complain
that new contracts are not abundant
Some steel mills have little business
beyond the end of the year, but order
books are usually full for five months
ahead, and the past week has brought
out considerable structural work,
while a large contract for specially
made steel rails was a feature.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-08-22

German Manufacturer-Good morn
ing, gentlemen. l trust you found my
last invoice all right?
U. S. Special Treasury Agent
found it undervalued % per cent. be-
low current wholesale market value.
Manufacturer-But that, you know,
is my export price.
U. S. Consul-Yes, that's all right.
The chamber of commerce certifies to
it's correctness. That is competent
evidence" We don't go behind it.
Your invoice has been consolidated as
you put it in, and is now on its way
to the United States.
Manufacturer thanks, gentlemen.
Come out and iolh me in a toast to
Better commercial relations between
the United States and Germany"
(They go out)
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-08-22
Which Would Be Preferred2

THE question would be an import
ant one, if the next presidential cam
paign should begin with pledges OF
tariff revision from both parties. The
situation of itself would lead all Amer
leans to compare the tariff of 1894
with that of 1897; and it is not very
probable that the Republicans would
suffer by the comparison. Boston
Advertiser.
Suppose the business men of the
country should argue that as between
4 tariff revision in spots to suit Massa-
chHsetts and other selfish sectional
interests. together with free trade in
chunks through special trade dickers
and an all-round revision downward,
like that of 1894, the latter would be
preferable. There are some who argue
this way, believing that the mischief
Of Democratic revision would only
last until the next presidential cleo
ton, just as in 1894, whereas the
mischief of selfish sectional tariff tink-
ering and selfish reciprocity dicker-
ing by the Republican party would
be much harder to cure and would
asst much longer. 1t is by no means
certain that the sort of revision which
Republican tariff rlppers would force
upon their party is to be preferred
70 the reTision to be expected at the
lands of the Democratic party.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-08-22
Long Distance ForeteIIinq.

"You will marry rich and beauti.
full blonde" said the fortune teller,
and become the father of a large
family"
Then III have a long time to wait"
said the young man, with a half sigh.
Il married a rich but homely brunette
couple of weeks ago, and she looks
good for so years yet."-Chicago Tri-
bune.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-08-22

Electricity continues to extend its
usefulness. New Jersey has found it
the most expeditions and humane
means of putting an end to stray and
useless dogs. Hitherto the dogs have
ben asphyxiated in big gas tank.
But the society which looks after such
things finds this is cruel and by no
means infallible. SO Plainfield leads
off by substituting the electric kennel
for the gas receptacle. By this means
the CANNES are sent painlessly and
swiftly to death and the bow-wows
cease from spreading fear Of rabies.