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The Washington herald., 1908-04-26

Miss Helen Einstein. of New York. l.
the guest OF the Misses Sanger. Of [
street
The Washington herald., 1908-04-26

Miss Rica schir. of Baltimore, was in
the city for a short stay last week; the
guest of Mrs. Sidney ". Strauss.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-26

Rev. William E. Russell, of St Pat
ricks Church, entertained the choir OF
that church at a banquet on Wednesday
evening in Carroll Hall There were
solos and other musical numbers by the
sololsts Of the choir and by the clerical
quartet" OF the church.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-26

Miss Josephine Herring entertained
Tuesday evening at her home IN A street
southeast. with the members OF the
cromochre Pleasure Club as guests.
Amusement was afforded by a game Of
Articles for Sale" prizes being won by
Miss Emily Rittershofer ard Mr. Leroy
Gaddis, Mr.. Cassard sehroth receiving
the consolation prize, Refreshments
were served, and each guest received an
appropriate souvenir Of Easter. There
were dancing and singing.
Among those present were the Misses
Bertha Toole. Emile Rittershofer. Sophie
Niemeyer, Gertrude Hierling. and Irene
Umhau, and Messrs. Leroy Gaddis. Cas-
sard Schroth. J. Edwin Burch. Edward
Herring. William Toole. and Everett
Parsley.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-14
A Curious Ear.

The catfish uses his lungs as an or
gan of hearing. The needless lung be-
comes Il closed sac filled with air and
commonly known as the swim blad-
der. In the catfish, as in the suckers,
chubs and most brook fish, the air
bladder is large and is connected by a
slender tube, the remains of the ira
chea, to the esophagus. At its front
it fits closely to the vertebral column.
The anterior vertebrae are much en-
larged, twisted together, and through
them passes a chain of bones, which
connects with the hidden cavity of the
air. The bladder therefore assists the
ear of the catfish as the tympanum,
and its bones assist the ear of the
higher animals. An ear of this sort
can carry little range of variety in
sound. 1t probably gives only the i'm
preston of jars or disturbances in the
water.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-14
How a Hat is Sized.

G. writes that the size of hat is
calculated on Il curious principle It
is the length plus the breadth divided
by ,. Thus head SM inches long and
54 inches broad would require II hat
size of 1412 divided by ,, which is "a
-Gladstone's size.
Your correspondent G. is perfectly
right i'll his description of the curious
way in which the size of hat is oh.
tained writes g., but his sample di-
mensions are slightly misleading. Such
an ''ovar' as Sai inches by 81 inches
would scarcely be met with twice in
lifetime. The normal difference be,
tween the length and width technical
ly called the "oval'') is invariably
through the gamut of sizes ~ inches.
Thus an ordinary 6A hat would meas
ure ~ inches long and inches wide
and IA -four sizes bigger s inches
long and 61a inches wide The longest
head | have measured in many thou
sands was S3s by rs, which is the
equivalent of a 2A inch oval. Needless
to say, the inside Of the hat was the
shape of a canalboat. - Manchester
Guardian
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-14
Ii Did Not Work.

Mrs. Billings was installing the new
cook, maiden from Finland, to whom
the kitchen contrivances of America
We're new and wonderful. This, ina"
said the lady indicating a perforated
wooden board that hung against the
kitchen wall, sis the order list See, it
says butter, eggs, sugar, coffee, tea,
molasses'-everything that we need to
eat. Whenever we are out of any of
these things all you need to do is to
place one of these little pegs in the
hole opposite the name and the things
will be ordered
Mrs Billings is not q methodical
housekeeper There were several con-
secutive days when she completely for
got the existence of the order list in
the kitchen, but Ina labored with it
faithfully.
'Meesis," pleaded Ina, after strug-
Cling with the order board for three
days, 81 tank dose board must be out
of order. | push dose peg in yust so
far as l can, but noting will come-no
egg, no butter, no nottings. youths s
Companion.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-14
The Voice and the Phonoaraph.

A vaudeville monologue man met a
friend in n Broadway car. After they
had talked awhile the friend said:
I've been conscious ever since we
began to talk of some change in you,
but l couldn't make out what. l know
now. 1t is your voice. You speak SO
much more distinctly than you used
to-"
THAT is because | have been talking
into a phonograph," said the vaude-
vile performer. The surest remedy
on earth for slovenly speech is to hear
Il little lecture of your own rolled off Il
phonograph record and find that about
half the words have been pronounced
in direct opposition to Webster and all
the rest of the authorities. That was
my experience. | practiced for two
months hard before | could improve
a speech that had been good enough
for the theater up to the point where
it would pass muster in talking ma
chine."-New York Sun.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-14
The Message on His Watch.

In Memories of Eight Parlaments"
Mr.. Lucy, the author, tells Il story
about Mr.. Pyne, member for West Wa
terlord, who when under the crimes
act Il warrant was issued for his arrest
in 1887, shut himself up in his Irish
home, Lisfarney castle, had the trench
es filled with water, the drawbridge
up, took in supplies by Il window in
the battlemcnts and thus lived for
months, Willie he poked fun at the po-
licemen who were wandering about
below with the warrant in their pock
cts.
''The originality of Mr.. Pyne's mind"
continues Mr.. Lucy, was further indi-
Gated upon his watch. On its dial he
had roughly engraved Pay no rent
Whenever in troubled times any of his
Reighbors came to him for advice as to
what they should do in the presence of
a demand for rent, Mr.. Pyne solemnly
shook his head. i cannot he said,
express my views on the subject, for
Mr.. Balfour says they are illegal. But
I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll show you
what time of day it is and, holding
out his watch, the perturbed tenant
read upon it the admonitory legend,
PAY no rent
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-14
Laws AGAINST Beuuars.

Begging was capital offense in
England in the days of Henry VIII,
when the laws were very severe
against beggars, and under a statute
passed in that reign any one caught
begging for the first time, being nei-
ther aged nor infirm, was whipped at
the carts tail. If caught Il second
time his ear was slit or bored through
with Il hot iron. If caught Il third time
he suffered death as Il felon unless
some honest person having 80 in
goods or 10 shilings in land or some
householder approved by the justices
would take the offender into his serv-
ice for two years, entering into Il bond
of E10 SO the law of England remain
ed for sixty years. First enacted by
Henry VIII, it continued unrepealed
through the reigns of Edward and
Mary. Reconsidered under Elizabeth,
the same law was again formally pass
ed, the two legislative houses thereby
expressing their conviction that it was
better for man not to live at all than
to live the life of n beggar
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-14
Tainted Diamonds.

The lapidary was about to cut the
tail off tadpole shaped yellow dia-
mond.
The chances are" he said, that
this fellow will turn white from terror
when I split him. If he does his
value will go up 200 per cent"
The lapidary set his steel knife i'll
position. He prepared to strike on the
knife's back the momentous blow.
"Wish me luck" he said.
And the hammer fell, the amputated
tail dropped into the box underneath
and, 10, the yellow diamond that had
been split was now quite white.
The yellow taint," The cutter eX-
planned, "was only in the tail Yet
the taint was reflected all through the
stone and this made it seem of uni
form yellow throughout. Now the
taint is gone, and our yellow diamond
is pure white one.
"The miracle happens fairly often"
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-14
Epiqrams of an Indian.

Chief Joseph of the Nez Perces was a
truly remarkable Indian. He rarely
spoke but when he did his lips drop
ped wisdom. Here are few of the
sayings attributed to him:
Look twice at two faced man."
Cursed be the hand that scalps the
reputation of the dead"
"The eye tells what the tongue would
hide"
Fire water courage ends in trem-
bling fear"
Big name often stands ON small
legs"
meat"
when you get the last word with an
echo you may do so with a squaw."
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-14
The First Monotheists,

So far rs we know, the Egyptian
priests were the first monothcists.
There existed in Egypt two kinds OF
religious teaching, the "eXoterlc' and
the ''esote.ic,' that for the passes of
the people and that for the select few,
the little company of the 'wise" The
masses We're polytheists. believing in Il
multitude of gods, while the fevs be
lieved only in one god of whom Osr!s.
head of the popular deities, was but n
weak refection.-Ne York American
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-14

Raw pullet, raw veal and raw fish
make the graveyard fat. This is hun
dreds of years old. A New York ca
terer Derhaps the most efficient in the
city said to me: "There are three i'm
portant articles of food that must un-
der no circumstances be served under
done They are fish, chicken and veal
BY chicken | mean all poultry of a do
mestic nature. All game birds should
be rare. You want to be little care
full about lamb too. Give it plenty of
cooking" New York Press.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-14
Few and Far Between

''If men really would vote as they
pray" remarked Cooley, this would
truly be happy world"
"Yes," replied Wise, but in that case
you wouldn't get some men to the polls
once in ten years Washington Star.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-14

Trains l and run daily between Couders-
port and Port Allegany, all other trains run
week days only.
Flag stations. (oo) Trains do not stop
T Telegraph offices.
Trains run on Eastern Standard Time
Connections-At Ulysses with Fall Brook R'y
for points north and south. At B. & S. juno
ton with Buffalo SusquehannaR. r. north for
Wellsvllle, south for Galeton and Addison. At
Port Allegany with Pennsylvania r. R., north
for Buffalo, Oean, Bradford and Smethport;
south for Keating Summit, Austin Emporium
and Penn'a r. r., points.
b. A. MCCLURE, Gen ISupt.
Coudersport Pa.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-14
EuttermiIk.

(Which is the COW that gives the
buttermilk?" innocently asked the
young lady from the city, who was in
specting the herd with critical eye.
Don't make yourself ridiculous"
said the young lady who had been in
The country before and knew a thing
or two. Goats give buttermilk"-
Springfield Journal.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-14
Sour
Stomach

No appetite, loss OF strength, nervors-
ness, headache, constipation, bad breath.
general debility. sour risings. and catarrh
OF the stomach are all due to indigestion.
Kodol relieves Indigestion. This new dlscov-
cry represents the natural Juices of dIges-
ton as they exist In healthy stomach,
combined with tt1 greatest known tonic
and reconstructive properties. Kodol for
dyspepsia does not only relieve indigestion
and dyspepsia. but this famous remedy
helps all stomach troubles by cleansing.
purifying, sweetening and strengthening
the mucous membranes lining the stomach.
Mr. S. S. Ball. OF Ravenswood W, Va. says
" was troubled with sour stomach for twenty years.
kodol cured me and we aTe now using 1t in milk
for baby"
Kodol Digests What You Eat.
Bottles only. Relieves Indigestion. sour stomach.
belching Of gas, etc.
Prepared by G. G. Dewitt & co., CHICAGO.
Sold by r. G. Dodson.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-14
Stands For Many.

Boy-Cow is II noun, feminine gen
der, third person singular. and stands
for Mary.
Stands for Mary?" asked the master
in astonishment.
yes. sir responded the urchin,
with 4 grin for if the COW didn't
stand for Mary how could Mary milk
the cow London Express
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-14
Permanent Receiver.

Patience hear Will is going to
marry that girl he's been spending so
going to make her Il permanent re-
ceiver. Yonkers Statesman.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-14
Must Be Stylish.

"Why do you wear that ridiculous
hat?" he growled
"Do you really think it ridiculous?"
she replied graciously. "uow lovely
of you, | was afraid it wasn't quite
the style"'- Ledger.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-14
Use Bunk's Pills
For All Liver Troubles.
% Cents a Bottle.

Owing to the avarice and greed of
the publishers. however, who refused
to incorporate this incident i'll the story
unless paid regular advertising rates, it
was omitted. and the book went to
press in the garbled and incomplete
form with which the reading public is
familfar.-Chicago Tribune.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-14
More About Crusoe.

Robinson Crusoe had just discovered
human footprints on his island
He followed them up.
They led him to knoll overlooking
the sea on which somebody had put up
a billboard with this inscription paint
ed upon it:
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-14
FOR LOUNGING PURPOSES

is suggested by the mere ap-
pearance of our Artistic Furni-
ture, suitable for hall or den,
built to afford restful ease to
the tired. They are artistic and
we'll made, and are offered at low
prices. We have everything in
the furniture line and we well
come all who desire inspect our
stock.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-14

Revenge wrong by foraiving it
French Proverb.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-14

Some familr ."ccs seem never to
bear anything but lemons. - Dallas
News
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-14
s1424 SO

w. +. LLOYD, Treasurer, in account with En-
porium Borough Water Fund.
RECEIPTS,
Balance in hands of Treasurer March
/, 1907 7........................... s1329 81
Received from Fred Seger, Coll, 1906
........................ 81 13
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-14
1885 20
EXPENDITURES.

Paid Emporium Water Co., for one year $1,000 90
Balance in hands of Treasurer, 1856 20
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-19

has been pa sgd up to the church. man for a full and complete in spectic.,'
 Dr. k. l.. Russell has been in structed by Dr.. Millar to draw up a bill Of particulars, specify ing the charges he has made against the management of the farm, and each case of misman- agement that he is willing to have investigated. Pending this there will be but little that can be done, and Dr. Millar stated Thursday night that he will be unable to get away from here before July 1. for the investiga- tion. such members of the board as may desire will attend the investigation if they so desire, otherwise they will not. Dr. Mill lar has authority to call for books, accounts, men and to take all necessary testimony.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-19

of drawing their balances. maHo additional deposits.
 The bank does a general priv ate banking business. It is equipped with safety deposit vaults and pays interest on say ings accounts. The officers, e5- pecially the president and casl.- fer, are owners of considerable real property in the city.
 C. B. King, cashier, made the following statement last night Our deposits in round numbers amount to about SSOOOO. With out going into a detailed list ol the assets, | will say they are ample to cover our liabilities. There is no need for the CepOsi- tors to worry. l hope today will see an end to the run an1 that the bank can be in normal channels again before many hours"
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-19
Confederate Reunion.

The next reunion of the Ark ansas Confederate Veterans will be held in Little Rock in October. The place of meeting was left to Commander James Fl. Berry, and he has decided upon Little Rock The Little Rock veterans are soon to get busy on their preparations for the entertain ment of the visitors of whom fully 1,5OO are expected The Daughters of the COnfederacy are expected to assist in this and camp of the Sons of Veter- ans will also be asked to assist. There is some speculation as to who will succeed James II. Ber- ry as commander of the Arkan- saS Division, but General JOna- than Kellogg of Little Rock, being next in line. as comandant of the First Division. it is ex- pccted the honor will be conforr- ed upon him
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-19
Prof. Mi!!ar to Investigate.

Little Rock. June 19.-Speci1l- The Rev. A. c. Millar, D. D, pre- siding elder for the Little Rock Djstrict of the Methodist Church, South, will go to Cummings, Lin- i coln, county, on or about July |1 to begin the investigation Of ' the conditions prevailing at the Estate Convict Farm, upon which | he will make detailed report . to the state Board of Peniten- . tiary Commissioners.
 This was determined Thursday | at a special meeting of the Board, at which time the ques- ton of the Boards authCrizing D. Millar to make the investiga- tIon was discussed at length Attorney General William F. kir- N opposed Dr. Millar's making
 m Investigation of the condi- lions at the farm, upon the
 ground that it appeared to him that the Board was shirking a Eesponsibility that it's members khOud perform. He declared that there is no law upon which Dr. MillaT could be authorized to bake this investigation, and that the members of the board shOuld not put upon the should (ders of another a duty they are unwilling to perform.
 It was pointed out that there have been charges that there are members of the board friend-
 Y to either one or the other of certain officers of the Peniten- |lary, and that for this trt,pn. Et appeared desirable that an etsiier who had no intefr"t m Ithe controversy between these Ren, be called in to make these 'hyeStigations.
 Secretary of State Ludwig moved that the entire board ac- company Dr. Millar on the trip 10 the farm, but this was late" |Vthdrawn, and the entire case
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-19
A Deserved Recognition.

The following letter WAS re- ceived today from l.. P. Berry, Jr.. Maj j.-Assistant Adjutant Gen eral of the National Guards. ad- dressed to Capt. A. G, Winslow and is self-eXplanatory:
 State of Arkansas, Adjutant Generals Department,
 Little Rock, Arkansas.
 June 18th, 1908. Capt. A. c. Winslow.
 Prescott, Arkansas, My Dear Captain
 The order for Leon Springs will be out in a few days, but am writing you in advance of same to let you know that your com pany has been selected along with four others to go to Leon Springs maneuver intact. This office recognizes fully that you have one of the best companies in the National Guard and it is for that reason you have been selected. With a high personal regard for you and the rest of the com pany, l am your friend,
 l.. r. BERRY, JR..
 Maj Assistant Adjutant Gen.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-19
A Bunch of Pins.

The census bureau issues a statement to the effect that irty-thTee million gross of pins was the output Of this country for the year 1905. Nineteen bil- lion pins. It is not strange that mankind has for many years wondered where all the pins go {; for nineteen billion pins is surely a stock of pins, and these figures are for the common everyday pin and do not include some tons of hair pins safety pins, nor the imported article from other countries.
 It takes a mathematical gen. jus to even conceive nineteen billion pins, but one has come to the front. He tells us that if we assume that the average length of pins is one inch, it ap- pears that in a single year we produce 19,OOO, 100000 inches of pins, 1,6OO, 100000 feet of pins, 32O,OOO miles of pins. pins enough if laid end to end to go around the world thirteen times, pins enough to make hundred strand cable between New York and Liv- erpool. But why pile it up? It is enough to say that it is duce of a lot of pins And the whole lot cost only about S1 100000. For the benefit of sticklers for exactness we will say that the figures are 132,632,232 gross, valued at S1,129,OO6 for the year 1905 alone.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-19
Savings
 Bank Fails
Little Rock Financial Insti- tutiOn Goes into Hands
 ofa Receiver Today

Little Rock. June 19.-Special- The Capital City Savings Bank. a negro institution here, with q reported deposit of SS0,000 went into the hands of a receiver this morning on petition Of CashiG. C. R. King. W. Marvin H2.l.s. well known attorney Of this city. was appointed receive4' by Chan cellor Martineau.
 Due primarily, it is said. to depOsitOr's misunderstanding of his account, run was sta rte yesterday on the Capital City Savings bank The run began shortly afternoon ana up to the hour of closing many balances were withdrawn. Money was forthcoming to all demanding 1t but efforts to stop the run al together were unavailing.
 C. B. King, cashier. explained that a depositor recently over drew his account The state ment of the overhaul was sent to the depositor, but foG some reason he failed to understan | it Yesterday he drew check on his account and it was turned down, so the cashier explained. because the depositor had no money to his credit. The depoSi- tor, it is alleged, misrepresnted the facts to other depositors and | the run was started
 To add to general disquititude | another depositor drew check | for his balance He made the check payable to himself and sent l another to the bank to get the money. lie forgot to endorse the check and payment was refused. | This depOSitOr went to the bank and before the teller had an Op- pOrtunity to explain why the check was turned down. he be- came very demOnstrative. When he learned he had failed to en- dorse the check he did so and his l balance was palu to nlm.
 The scene alleged, did not seem to calm matters and as the af- ternoOn wore away many of the smaller depositors demanded their money. Some of the bal ances were as small as S2.50 and others much larger When the hour came for the bank to close it's doors. the officials clos ed the doors, but told all depos- itOrS the bank would resume bus mess at 9 o'clock in the morning
 Some of the larger depositors heard of the run and went to the bank in haste They were assured the run was the result of a misunderstanding and some of the larger depositors instead
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-19
Penitentiary Board.

Little Rock, June 19.-Special- The State Penitentiary Board will hold another adjourned meeting Thursday of next week at which time the matter of let ting a contract for prisoners in the penitentiary will be taken up. The Reaves contract has expired, and pending some ac- tion on the part of the Board, these men are being returned to the walls. Reaves pays S1 per day per man, while the Dickin- son contract pays only 50 cents per day per man. There will be fight over the proposition to renew the Reaves lease O" to make another lease, in view of the platform of the Democratic party, which pronounces against it. It is possible, however, that new contract will be let