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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-06
Melba In Paris.

Nine. Melba has seldom received
such a remarkable ovation as that
which greeted her appearance at the
recent opera gala performance in
Paris. 1t cannot, however, compare
In delirious enthusiasm with one she
received some years ago in st. Peters
burg. On one memorable night, after
the close of the opera, she was called
before the curtain again and again
for more than an hour, until she was
so exhausted that she could scarcely
stand. Her enthusiastic admirers
then followed her carriage to the no
tel, where they serenaded her, al
though it was a bitterly cold night,
until three o'clock in the morning On
the following day when she reached
the station to depart the platform was
crowded with hundreds of adOring
music lovers. AS the train was leav-
ing they took the pencil with which
she had written her autograph for
all who could get near her, bit it into
small pieces and passed them around
as souvenirs
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-06
Varieties of Soil,

There are more than 500 varieties
of soil, and eaCr variety needs lust
a little different treatment from any
other variety of soil. Also each va.
riety has in it a different combination
Of fertilizers from any other variety
Therefore we have before us & prob.
lem worthy of the efforts OF the wis.
est men. The man that best under
stands the various soils with which he
has to work is the man that will gen
orally succeed best In the cultivatior
OF his land. The tendency is to dodgI
the study of the soil because 1t is a
Aifh cult study.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-06
Proof Positive,

There is usually some convincing ar
gument to a question of doubt, If one
is only bright enough to think OF it at
the time of controversy. The farmer
was able to produce the indisputable
without delay of circumlocution. A
number of people were gathered
round the bulletin board of the Read
ing Eagle, on which was announced
Death of Frank Miller"
Two farmers from the extreme
backwoods were gazing at the various
items of news, when one of them
spied the luguhrious statement, and
pointing it out to his rustic comrade,
remarked innOcently:
1T says on that board: Death of
Frank Miller Is that you?"
NO" replied the other, in all seri-
BUSINESS. My name is John"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-06
NOT ONLY COULD, BUT DID.
Mr.. Grandon Able to Bear Testimony
to Wife's Accomplishments

Sometimes there is a drop of regret
in the cup of joy served by fate to the
husband of a brilliant talker. Il
should think it would be a privilege
to sit at the table with your wife
three times day" said one of Mrs.
Grandons ardent feminine admirers.
Only twice a day." said Mr.. Gran
don. with a bow. Il do not go home
at noon"
TOO bad" said the admirer. I'VE
could not get on without her at club
I'm sure. Why. l believe she could
talk intelligently or a thousand top
ics!"
She can-and does" said Mr.. Gran
don, and with another bow he slipped
out just as his wife appeared. -
Youths Companion.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-06
DON'T MUTILIATE THE ROOTS.
Careless Methods Will Reduce the
Amount of the Yield

In the cultivation of any farm crop,
ness in this regard has caused the loss
of more in the way of farm crops
than almost any other thing unless it
be weeds Take note of how long a
tree stands still in its growth after it
has been set out. That is because the
king repairs before the growth of the
tree can be resumed.
In the cultivation of a field crop,
says the Farmers Review, the result
of destroying part of the roots is not
so obvious, because the roots have not
been mutilated to the same degree
as in the case of the tree, and also
because the crop was growing so rap
idly that the result is only in a les
sened speed of growth. But the result
is along the same line and exists even
if 1t be not so noticeable.
Yet the speed of growth counts for
great deal in the development of a
crop, and nothing should be done that
will lessen that speed of development.
A loss of to 10 per cent may be
caused and the farmer not suspect it,
because he has no standard by which
to judge it.
Before entering on the cultivation
of any fast-growing Scoy. the farmer
should make a csre%ul estimate as to
where the roots are likely to be in the
soil and avoid them. To leave the
roots unGisturbed is to leave them in
the very best condition for growing,
as the cultivation has broken up tbs
crust above them and let in the air,
which plays large part in the prepar-
alton of plant food
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-06
THE GARDEN SPOT OF THE EARTH
Many People Planning to Go to
Southwest Oklahoma.

The removal of restrictions on In
dian lands in the indian Territory por-
tion of Oklahoma is creating great in
terest throughout the nation among
capitalists looking for investments and
planning to establish manufactures, as
well as among the tillers of the soil
who hope to better their condition.
Chickasha is situated in the Washi-
ia valley, the center of the choicest
of the Indian lands, and to that city
will go those who study the situation
intent on reaching the vantage point.
Seven railroad lines diverge there.
Water plants will furnish to manufac-
tories cheap electric power.
Chickasha ships more corn, more
cotton and more live stock than any
other point in Oklahoma.
The modern built business district
in the valley and beautiful residence
portion on hills make a veritable
dreamland. The imposing churches
and modern school buildings are mon
uments to the character of the citizens
who erected them.
The country for which Chickasha Is
the market center ranks with the most
productive in the world. Corn, cotton,
wheat and alfalfa are grown with
equal success to that of either crop
in one crop country. Garden truck
ing is to be one of the most profitable
pursuits. Fruits of all kinds grow and
produce luXuriantly. In fact, Grady
county, of which Chickasha is the
capital, is the garden spot of the
earth.
Chickasha has live Commercial
Club which promptly answers letters
Of inquiry regarding the section to
which the eyes of the nation are just
now directed.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-06
SAVAGE FLING AT AUDIENCE.
iaebriated Orator Resented Disapprov.
al of His Condition.

Like many statesman of the
past" said Senator Beverdge, "he
drank too much. And one Fourth of
July morning, on a platform hung
with flags and flowers before the
courthouse of country town, facing
an audience of farmers and their fam
lilies that had come from miles around,
the statesman arose to deliver the In
dependence day Grafton in a slightly
intoxicated state.
"He was not incapable of an ora
tion, but his unsteady gait, his flushed
face and disordered attire spoke i'll
of him, and the audience hissed
"He held up his hand. They were
silent. Then he laughed scornfully
and said:
Ladies and gentlemen, when a
statesman of my prominence consents
to appear in such a little, one-horse
town as this, he must be either drunk
or crazy. prefer to be considered an
inebriate. Washington Star.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-06
cUTicURA CURED FOUR
Southern Woman Suffered with Itch.
ing, Burning Rash-Three Little
Babies Had Skin Troubles

my baby had running sore on his
neck and nothing that l did for il took
effect until | used Cuticura. My face
was nearly full of letter or some sim
liar skin disease. 1t would itch and
burn so that l could hardly stand it.
Two cakes of Cuticura Soap and box
of Cuticura Ointment cured me. Two
years after it broke out on my hands
and wrist. Sometimes 1 would go
nearly crazy for it itched so badly. 1
went back to my old standby, that
had never failed me-one set of Cuti-
cura Remedies did the work. One
set also cured my uncle's baby whose
head was cake Of sores, and another
baby who was in the same fix. Mrs.
Lille Wilcher, no Eleventh St, Chat
tanooga, Tenn, Feb. 16, 1907"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-06
REGULAR Burial Place,

A well-known English bishop some
time since lost his third wife. A cler.
gyman who had known the first wife
returned from Africa and wanted to
see the grave. He called at the cathe-
dral and saw the verger.
Can you tell me where the bishops
wife is buried?"
We'll, sir" replied the verger. II
don't know for certain, but he mostly
buries EN- at Brompton."
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-06
THE HAY CROP.
Some Suggestions for the Stacking
in the Field.

Row that we have an unusually
farmers will be obliged to stack some
of it, A foundation can be made OF
rails or poles laid close enough to
hold the nay up from the ground and
allow the circulation of air under
meath to prevent the hay at the bot
tom gathering moisture from the
ground and spelling.
Begin the stack at the bottom con-
siderably smaller than you intend to
have the body OF the stack. Lay
the hay in the middle first and pack
it very firmly and work outward until
you get the size of the bottom. Carry
it up a little ways and then begin to
lay out little at each course. Keep
the middle fullest and pressed down,
but do not walk close to the side
while laying the outer course. |
usually keep away from the edge
three or four feet.
When you have enlarged the stack
as much as you intend to, says the
Orange Judd Farmer. carry it up even
ly on the outside until you have fully
twothirds of the hay in that you in
tend to put in that stack, and then
prepare TO draw ip in TO top out. Keep
the middle fullest and we'll packed and
draw gradually until you have com
pleted the top. put a cap of marsh
hay on, and put on hangers, as good
hay is too valuable to be wasted by
exposing it to the storms.
Keep in mind froa the beginning
that II you keep the middle of the
stack the fullest and we'll packed, and
the outer course looser, the hay will
droop on the outside and shed the
rains perfectly from top to bottom OF
stack. A man who has a mechan.
ical turn of mind can make a stack
that looks we'll and in which the hay
will keep as well as in the barn. Hay
for stacking needs to be perfectly
cured before it is hauled.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-06
Costly Familiarity

Frances cruiser Leon Gambetta is
named after the famous politician,
who died on December 81, 1882. In the
times of his intense popularity Gam
beta had an experience which he was
wont to tell against himself. In Paris
admirers unyoked his horses and
dragged the carriage to his house.
Gambetta would narrate this with an
air of pride, and he would add, with
a smile: But never saw my horses
a2ainl"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-06
HEALTH AND INCOME
Both Kept Up on Scientific Food.

Good sturdy health helps one lot
to make money.
With the loss of health ones income
is liable to shrink, if not entirely
dwindle away.
When a young lady has TO make her
own living, good health is her best
asset.
Il am alone in the world" writes
a Chicago girl, dependent on my own
efforts for my living. | am a clerk, and
about two years ago through close APP
plication to work and a boarding
house diet, | became a nervous in
valid, and got so bad off it was almost
impossible for me to stay in the office
a half day at time.
"a friend suggested to me the idea
Of trying GrapeNuts, which ] did,
making this food a large part Of at
least two meals a day.
To-day l am free from brain-tire,
dyspepsia, and all the ills of an
overworked and Improperly nourished
brain and body. To Grape-Nuts | owe
the recovery of my health, and the
ability to retain my position and in
come" There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Read The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine true, and full of human
Interest.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-06
PolitenesS,

1t was the last day of the term in
one of our public kindergartens. The
children were all seated around the ta-
bles thoroughly enjoying the treat Of
ice cream which the teacher always
provided on this occasion.
Glancing around the room at the
beaming faces of the children, the
Kindergarten noticed one child pick
up his plate and lick it.
She went up to him and said in a
low tone of voice: Freddie. put down
your plate; it is not polite to pick it
up and lick it,"
Fred obeyed at once, quietly plac-
ing his plate on the table. He then
put his head down to the plate a2d
licked it.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-06

can be rugged UP
to save steps in
getting the mail,
suggests + a r IN
and Home. The
box is hung on
two pulley door
hangers, as shown
in cut. A strong
post. with a bent
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-06
Lettuce Good fer Geese.

Lettuce is an excellent food for
young geese and ducks. Usually there
is more in the garden tnan the family
uses. This can be fed with profit. II
pays to raise it for younp waterfowl,
aud all kinds of poultry l,HA
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-06

arm, is set next the highway, and
wire, a, suspended between it and the
house, Oh which the box runs. A pull
ley is fastened in, or to, the post, and
over it runs a cord. b C, TO pull the
box back and forth between the house
and the road. The box is sent down
to meet the carrier, who places the
mail in it. and then it is quickly
pulled back to the house.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-06
CRIMSON CLOVER.
A Good Plant for Localities Not Toe
Far North.

This is sometimes called Italian
clover and German clover, 1t is hardy
enough for locations sonth of the Ohio
river, but winter kills it in the north.
1t is beautiful plant, and mass of
crimson clover has a pleasing effect
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-06
No Runninq About.

Mrs. Gadder (reading an ADJ
Shopping by mail! How ridiculous!"
Mrs. Ascum-Why so?
Mrs. Gadder-Why, how can one
shop by mail? You can only buy things
BY mail.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-06

in the flower garden In the south a
big field of crimson clover is a pleas
ant sight
On the Atlantic seaboard it has been
grown successfully as far north as
Delaware. AS green crop for
plowing under it is excellent.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-06
FREE SHAVE.

Kind Gentleman-My poor man, OF
all the bad scrapes you've had. which
was the worst?
Rambling Rupert-De worse scrape
| ever had, sir, was when got shaved
in a barber college.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-06

two telegraph poles, two guy ropes.
and an iron rod of cable, on which
runs a carrier. BY this method says
the Prairie Farmer, one can build as
large stack as he wishes, and do 1t
quicker and better.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-06
HAY STACKING DEVICE.
Handy Device That Will Do Good
Work Anywhere.

This handy device for stacking hay
In the field can be set up anywhere
In very short time. 1t consists Of
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-06
THE REASON WHY.

First Passenger wonder why the
train is making such a long stop at
this station.
Second Passenger experienced trav-
eler)-I suppose it is because no one
happens TO be trying to catch the
train
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-06
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Trolley System for Bringing Letters
from the Road.

Where the house stands some dis
tance back from the highway a trolley
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-06
The SnoiIed Child

NO growled little Willie, Il don't
want that big pink necktie on"
ut doesn't matter what you want"
replied his mother, you must have it
on"
We'll, if you put it on me I'll cry all
over it and thatll spoil it"-Philadel-
phia Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12
The Birth of Tammany Hall.

William Maclay and Robert Morris
were the first senator's from Pennsyl-
vania, and both attended the initial
session of Congress in New York City.
Senator Maclay kept a journal of it's
proceedings, and his comments and de-
auctions are the delight of close stu
dents Of history Under date of May
II, 1870, we find this entry:
''This day exhibited a grotesuue
scene in the streets of New York. Be
ing the old First of May, the Sons of
st. Tammany had a grand parade
through the town in Indian dress.
delivered a talk at one of their meet
ing houses and went away to dinner.
There seems to be some sort of a
scheme laid off erecting some sort Of
order or society under this denOmina-
ton, but it does not seem we'll digest
ed as yet. The expense of the dresses
must have been considerable, and the
money laid out on clothing might have
dressed some of their ragged begars.
But the weather is now warm"
This rugged and fearless old hater of
royalty and aristOcracy had participant
ed in the celebration of the first ami
versary of the founding of the Society
of Tammany, and we know little more
to-day of that embryonic organization
than he did then, but we need not seek
far for the causes which inspired it's
forming. Tammany was the political
successor of the "Sons of Liberty" call
ed in some sections of the country ''The
Liberty Boys. Success Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12
DYNAMITE BLOWS UP BowLERs

MayviIIe BanguetePS Seriously In
jured During ''FIashIight'' Pose.
Seated at a banquet board at the home
Of George Cooling, manager of the May
vile Office of the Wisconsin Telephone
Company. fifteen guests, members of the
Honey Boy and Teddy Bear" bowling
teams, were knocked senseless by the ter
rife explosion of quantity of dynamite.
When the smoke had cleared away and
consciousness had been recovered by some
of the victims of the accident, it was
found that Mr.. Cooling had suffered Sc
we're injuries, two fingers and the thumb
of his right hand being blown off. Leo
Schwartz had been hit on the breast with
a portion of the explosive and seriously
burned about the head and shoulders. 1t
is not thought, however, that he will lose
his eyesight. Other guests suffered loss
of hair and eyebrows and serious and
painful burns. The banquet guests we're
posing for fashlight photograph of the
assemblage and the accident was due to
the fact that some one had allowed some
high explosive TO became mixed with the
flash light powder
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12
SHORT STATE ITEMS.

Another victim of the corn shredder
machine has been added in Manitowoc
county. George Monk, a farmer, lost his
left hand in the machine.
Ellsworth Peterson of Cashton froze
his hands and feet, necessitating ampu-
tation Of nearly all his fingers. It may
be necessary to amputate his feet.
Lawrence university students have baen
told that at the close of the present
semester they will have to sign an agree
ment not to frequent billiard or pool
rooms or they will not be allowed to re-
enter school.
Burglars attempted the robbery of the
home of City Attorney Z. w. DiclIe at
Two Rivers. The house was thoroughly
ransacked and it is believed the thief was
in search of papers in a case in which
Mr.. Dicke is attorney.
Concerning the rumor to the effect
that the Chicago and Northwestern rail-
road was contemplating taking off the
Ashland division, trains, it is learned that
the plan which was to have been put into
effect Jan 10 has been abandoned.
Peter Herzog, who has been resident
of Racine for sixty-seyen years, cele-
brated his ninety-seventh birthday.
DR.. James T. Bowles, sanitary chemist
in the hygiene laboratory of the College
of Agriculture at the University of Wis
consin was called to ShebOygan 70 inves-
tigate the cause of the recent epidemic of
typhoid fever in that city.
The southern Wisconsin conference of
the Lutheran church at Kenosha decided
that the economic theory of socialism was
not so dangerous as many people think,
but that some of the manifestations of its
adherents are too radical.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12
Origin OF Right Handedness.

According to one good authority, DR..
Cunningham, of London, right handed
ness is Of great antiquity and was at
tanned in the ordinary evolution of
man by natural selection. But the con-
dition does not reside in the right arm
ITSELF for all the evidence goes to show
that it is due to functional pre-emi-
nence on the left side of the brain.
This superiority of the left brain rests
upon some structural foundation, the
origin Of with is not explained but
which is transmitted from parent to
offspring. Left handedness is due to
the transfenence of this structural pc
culiarity from the left to the right side
Of the brain or, more probably, to a
transpOsition of the cerebral hemis-
pheres, like that which sometimes oc-
ours In tie thoracic and abdominal
ViScera
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12
WOMEN sHUN HooDoo BRIDGE.
Travel Over Court Street Span in
GAINESVILLE Is Reduced.

Travel Over Court Street Span in
JnnesViIIe Is Reduced.
Chief of Police Appleby of GAINESVILLE
has issued q proclamation objecting to the
many published articles by certain Chi
cagO and Milwaukee papers regarding the
death of Mrs. Madelyn Clayton and Miss
Josephine Malone, claiming that the re-
ports have given the city bad name and
have frightened women so that they dare
not appear on the streets after dark with
out an escort. Traffic over the ill-famed
Court street bridge, near which the two
bodies were found, has practically been
abandoned at night and but few women
pass there during the day. Business in
that locality has been injured. Chief APP
pleby, District Attorney Fisher and Sher-
if Fisher are firm in their opinions that
the two women either took their own
lives or met death by accident No effort
will be made TO unravel the mystery un-
less strong unexpected developments ap-
pear.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12
Wisconsin
State News
FIRE DESTROYS FACTORY.
Concern Owned by r.. Brand & Sons
Damaged in Sum OF $4,000.

Concern Owned by r.. Brand & Sons
Damaged in Sum OF $4,000.
Fire caused a loss of about $4,000 to
the manufacturing concern of r. Brand
& Sons Company on Ceape street, Osh-
kosh, which is within a short distance of
the business district The entire factory
md dry kiln, valued at $4,000, and stock,
to the extent of $4,000 more, were de-
Stroyed. On the total loss there is $780,
COO insurance. In addition to the loss
suffered by the Brand company, Jay \.
Human sustained a loss of about 81 900
on a small warehouse in the rear of the
Brand plant. His loss is without insur-
ance. Sylvanus Palmer lost several hum
dred dollars on fiat buildings located on
Court street, within few hundred feet
of the Brand dry kiln. The loss to his
building is fully covered by insurance.
The fire was a stubborn one and kept the
fire department busy from o'clock in the
morning until nearly noon, by which time
it was under control. The manufacture
ing company is one of the largest of its
kind in the Northwest. 1t produces fix
lures and finished interior work. The
building is a three-stOry frame covered
on the outside with sheet iron. The
Waterman in charge says he made the
rounds at o'clock and everything was
as usual. Shortly after that he heard an
explosion. Looking out of the window to
the main factory, he saw the entire build
inc ablaZe