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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
BOUND THEY SHOULD HEAR 1T
Minister'S Humorous Rebuke to lnat-
tentive Congregation.

DR.. Smith Jelliffe, the alienist, was
once talking about campaign oratory.
Blank" he said of a certain sena-
tor, lis such a thorough-going, pains
taking, and withal tedious, campaign
orator that, whenever | hear him,
am reminded of an old-fashioned min
lister of my boyhood.
This minister, one Sunday morn
ing, spread before him on the reading
desk very thick packet of notes,
and launched into long, dry, heavy
sermon.
"The reading of the sermon abb
sorbed him. He did not once lift his
eyes. On toward the end, however,
happening to glance up, he perceived
almost the entire congregation to be
sound asleep.
The minister frowned and paused.
He struck the desk a resounding blow
that awakened his parishioners. Then
he said:
my good friends, this sermon cost
me great deal of labor, and | do not
think you have given it the attention
1t deserves. l shall, therefore, repeat
1t from the beginning"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17

Increase in the price of grain and
Toodstuff throughout India has become
serious matter on account of the
poverty of the masses and the low
wages paid for labor, according to a
report made by Consul General Will
liam b. Michael to the bureau of man
ufactures. He says that foodstuffs
have advanced 40 per cent, during the
last two years in India, while rents
have advanced from so to 60 per cent.
The cause of this advance is as
cribed by some, he says, to the ex-
port of too much grain and other food
commodities from the country, thus
limiting the supply and enabling a
certain class of spectators to raise
the price of foodstuffs.
There is discomfort among all
classes, except the very wealthy, be.
cause it is almost impossible to live
becomingly on present salaries and
daily wages.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
FOOD THAT MADE MEN GREAT.
Deserved Tribute to the Worth OF
"Coffee and Sinkers."

1t Is printed among the distinctions
OF the old Putnam house, now van
ished before the advancing skyscraper,
that 1t made popular what afterward
became nationally known as coffee
and sinkers.'" This Is speaking too
much good of the dead. No landlord
and no hotel made the popularity of
the sinker with it's coffee accompani-
ment. Coffee and sinkers are as old
as New York, and presumably enabled
the Dutch to conquer a Wilderness
The Dutch succumbed to the English,
but the sinkers went forward to new
conquests.
On a diet of coffee and sinkers re-
porters have grown into managing ed
itors, lawyers have developed into SUI
preme court justices, budding politi
clans have blossomed into congress-
men. Even the presidents of the Uni
ted States knew them on their native
heath.
They who have become great have
not forgotten the days of their youth.
So the sinkers become the Jewelers.
of ranks, the badge of democracy, the
visible sign of encouragement to strug-
Cling ambition. The Putnam house
obituarian meant well, but was carried
away by his theme. Sinkers compelled
popularity; it was not made for them.
New York World.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17

The Third OF Brilliant Line OF
French Physicists, He Leaves a Son
Who "Seems Ready to Continue
This Fine Tradition"
of radioactivity, and which led direct
ly to the sensational discovery of
radium by Prof. and Nine. Curie In
La Nature (Paris) appears a sketch of
this remarkable family, and especially
of it's latest member, by l.. de Launay
Says this writer:
For three generations son has fol
lowed father as a member of the In
stitute (Antoine-C Cesar, 17SS-1S7S; Ed
mond, who died in 1891, and Henri)
and a fourth seems ready to continue
this fine tradition. :. Long ago the
first of the Becquerels, Antoine, to
whom we owe the beginnings of elec-
trochemisty, the electric thermometer.
the electromagnetic balance, etc, hit
incidentally upon one of those compli-
Gated subjects voluntarily neglected
by the too methodical and precise in
vestigators who wish to proceed sure
ly and arrive on a fixed day-prob-
lens whose very obscurity promises,
sooner or later, when their phenomena
shall have reached maturity, sersa-
tional and suggestive discoveries. He
attacked the question CT phosphores-
cence, which he explained from the
outset electrically. In this dynasty of
scientists Investigations have been
handed down from father to son, who
have used the same substances, pre-
served in the same laboratory. Later
his son Edmond Becquerel who, we
may recall by the way, discovered the
first method of color-photography,
continued the study of the phosphoro-
genie rays, and thought that he had
been able to show their identity with
light-rays. At the same time with
Niepce de St.-Victor he began
the examination Of the whole series
of substances, such as the alkaline
earthly sulfates, the diamond. luorin,
and aragonite, that become luminous
under the action of the solar rays;
and studying fluorescence in the same
connection he considered it as pro-
duced by the ultraviolet radiations.
In 1883 Henri Becquerel took up this
question Of phosphorescence and stud-
led the absorption Of light by the conf
ponents of uranium.
The work of Becquerel, Curie, etc,
has made us acquainted with new
forms of substance that transform
part of the energy that they receive
into chemical reactions. :. We enter
here into the vast field of the un-
known, which is so attractive, and the
name of Henri Becquerel will remain
connected with one of the chief steps
accomplished in the nineteenth cen
tury toward the acquisition of this do
main.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
HUGE LENS ON MOUNTAIN TOP.
Most Powerful Telescope in the World
Ready for Service in December.

The huge 2,000-pound lens for the
Carnegie Solar observatory is at last
on top of Mount Wilson after one of
the most tedious and nerverscking
tasks of the kind ever undertaken.
The first stage of the undertaking,
which was the feat of transporting the
immense casting from a little village
near Paris, to Pasadena was concluded
three years ago when the cast was
turned over to an expert optician to
be ground and polished into state of
perfection.
After three years of incessant grind
ing and polishing, which ended in
August, the finished lens was turned
over to the chief astronomer of the
observatory, and the third and final
stage of the undertaking was entered
into.
This was to lift the dead weight OF
a ton, which the touch of a hand might
mar, to the height of mile up steep,
rough mountain side. Mingled with
the anticipation which scientific men
felt at the outset of the triumphant
ascension was feeling of anxiety lest
the ponderous yet delicate problem
should fail There were innumerable
chances that disaster would overtake
the expedition. If the lens had been
broken or cracked, or had the slight.
est accident caused a flaw to appear
upon its surface, though microscopicat
ly minute, the undertaking would have
been a failure. Such a failure would
not have been measured in dollars
alone; indeed, the money cost would
be classed as trivial compared with
the all-impcrtant element of time, as
five years of incessant labor would be
required to replace it.
The old trail up Mount Wilson was
out of the question. For several miles
it is only three feet wide. II was nee.
essary, therefore, to construct new
trail, and a large force of men wers
put to work on a route which seemed
to promise the surest means of trans
portation. The trail was completed at
a great cost, the lens was securely
buried in soft packing material, AID
after an entire day of most tedious
work was at last deposited in the OBJ
servatory.
The finished lens is GO inches across,
s inches thick at the point of it's ex-
treme fullness, and weighs an even
1000 pounds. 1t is so much more pow
erful than any other lens that it is
claimed it will make visible 100000
600 more stars than can be seen with
the most efficient instrument now in
place. The atmosphere at the noun
tain top is particularly suited to as
Economical observations and the in
strument will have the further advan-
tages of the most complete and mod
ern supplemental equipment.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
Remains of a Mammoth.

The remains of a prehistoric ee-
phant of mammoth proportions were
unearthed recently in the bed of a
small creek in Puddingstone canyon,
half q mile north of San Dimas, by
Prof. A. j. Cook, head of the depart
ment of biology of Pomona college,
Cal, and Edward p. Terry, a student.
The bone frame, which is in a fair
state of preservation, measures &c
feet in length, and 16 feet in height,
and what remains of each of the enor-
nous tusas is ten feet long. The
parts of the huge skeleton that could
be safely handled, were removed care.
fully to Ciaremont. and are to be
placed in the museum of Pomona col
.ege. The discovery was accidental.
The skeleton lay diagoually across the
s roam with My six ir:hes OF ground
o,rr Il
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
In Beautiful SepuIcher,

The last resting place Of the great
Norwegian composer, Edward Grieg,
Is one of the most beautiful in it's nat
ural surroundings that could be imag-
ined. BY the side of lake, at the ex-
tremity of ford, close to the compos-
er's native town of Bergen, there is a
natural grotto formed In the solid
rock, which rises precipitously from
the waters edge. Here the bones of
the famous musician are buried, and,
as the grotto is only accessible from
che lake, the funeral cortege will have
to make the journey by water.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
Drudqery in the Kitchen.

Is no more reason why the woman
In modern civilization should scrub
and cook and darn and dust than there
Is why these things should be done
by men. The development of i'm
proved machinery and the growth OF
labor saving devices of all kinds will
finally obviate the necessity of doing
these things each day in each home
through the land. Cooperation, which
we are slowly learning to greet as a
friend. will overcome the drudgery
and make the life of a woman as en-
joyable and eventful as that of the
man.-Nearing and Watson in Eco
nomics."
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17

pair or detachable racks G., which are
adapted to mesh with the thread of
the nut ID! This nut is fitted in
frame e, which in turn is mounted to
slide along the body or shank of the
wrench. The frame E is extended at
one side, and in the inclined upper
face of this extension an undercut
guideway is formed adapted to receive
the slidable jaw +. A spring pressed
pin in the jaw bears against the shank
A, and holds the jaw in its outermost
position. In use the nut d is adjusted
to close the jaws onto the work, and
then when the wrench is operated, the
sliding jaw moves inward, jamming
the work against the upper jaw. Mr..
Harvey n. Rothweiler of Seattle.
Wash, says the Scientific American, is
the inventor of this improved wrench
pipe.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
VuIuarity of Quarrelinu.

There must be satisfaction in tor
turing human beings, for it is done so
often. Nobody blames a wife for up
holding her self-respect and resenting
insult, but there is little sympathy for
one who deliberately drives a man to
deeds of rudeness and violence. Nag
ging and indulgence in bad temper
leave indelible marks on the face of a
woman, on her voice and on her char
acter. They shrivel up whatever
sweetness nature has put into her dis
position and make her unlovely, even
in the eyes of those who feel in duty
bound to give her affection. 1t is often
hard to maintain silence under provo
cation, but there is always the open
door of escape, you know. A quarrel
does not thrive when fed from one
side only, and what should be impor-
tant to every woman with pretenses
to refinement is the undisputed vul-
garity of pickering. Education and
refinement are supposed to lift us so
far above vulgarity that even the hens
Of our skirts are nstained.-EXchange
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
6elfNCEAw
PaMNNzNlY
A SCIENTIFIC FAMILY.
Three BecquereIs Achieve Distinction
in Physical Science.

The recent death of Antoine Henri
Becquerel, the French physicist, at the
age of sc, recalls the interesting fact
that he is the third of his name in di-
rect succession to achieve eminence in
physical science, and that he leaves a
son who is also a physicist. Still more
interesting is the fact that in certain
lines each one of the family has con
tinued and extended the work of those
before him. Especially is this the case
with the obscure subjects of phosphor-
escence and fluorescence, which Henri
Becquerel cleared up so greatly by his
discovery of the phenomena now gen
orally classed together under the name
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17

match for the military long range
championship of the world, which was
won in 1907 by the American team at
Ottawa, Canada, there will be an in
-dividual competition at 1000 yards; a
team match at 800 meters; an individ-
ual competition at 300 meters and re-
volver team competition at so yards.
The group picture shown herewith
is that of the American Palma Trophy
team, which includes the crack shots
of America and the world. Capt.
Casey of the Delaware National Guard
is properly termed the best long
range shot in the world" The same
might be said of Lieut.. Mumma. DR..
Hudson is considered the most scien-
tific rife shot in the country and is
an authority on rife shooting and an
expert in explosives. Col. Tewes is
considered the crack shot of New Jer-
sey, and j, w. Hessian, whose picture
is shown above was in the money
in about fifteen matches during the
Olympic games this year.
The Palma trophy contest of 1907
was held on the Canadian range at
Rockcliffe, Canada, with Canada, Eng
land and Australia competing with the
United States. This match was won
by the United States and will be a
leading feature of the international
contests to be held in this country
next year.
The conditions for the Palma Neam
Trophy match provide for teamsSAof
eight, using the national military arm
of their country, two targets will bS
allotted to each team. the distances
being 800, 900 and 1000 yards The
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
Fresh Air for Complexion.

Tell young woman that fresh air
is good for her health and she may
not take the trouble to try to have as
much of it as possible, but tell her
that it is good for her complexion and
she will sleep on the roof rather than
foreGo the pleasure of it. And that
is just what it is good for as much as
anything else, for the complexion is
the outward sign of good running or,
der of things within.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17

nitely and without recourse, any ques
tion which may arise not covered by
the rules of the match. The members
of this committee will be nominated
by the team captains, and the COM
mittee will elect it's own chairman,
who shall have a casting vote in ad-
dition to his vote as a member. Wis
iting teams will be furnished with
tents, cots, mattresses, blankets and
camp equipage free, together with
free use of targets for four days pre-
ceding the match.
The invitations will be forwarded by
the state department to the diplomatic
representatives of the different coun-
tries in Washington, to their military
attaches here and through the Ameri-
can ambassadors and ministers abroad.
The 19 countries and colonies invited
are: England, Canada, Australia,
France, Switzerland, the Netherlands,
Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Italy,
Germany, Austria, Greece, Mexico, Ar
gentine Republic, Brazil, Spain, Bel
GUM and Japan.
Some of these will also receive invi-
tations from the National Rifle as
sociation of America direct through
their National Rifle associations, such
as England, Canada, Australia, France
Switzerland, Italy and the Argentine
Republic. 1t is probably too much to
expect that all these countries will be
represented, but it is believed there
will be more teams representing diff
ferent nations than ever before shot
on American soil
1 Opportunities and shrewd politicians
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17

bles it TO grip
roun d surfaces.
No retaining pins
or other detacha-
BILE retaining de-
vices are used
and an efficient
pipe wrench Is
thus provid d e d
with few loose
parts. Formed on
the main body A
of the wrench Is
a fixed jaw b.
Dovetailed in t o
opposite sides of
the body are q
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
Not a Reassurinu Phase

"An official of the government
should regard himself as a servant OF
the people"
Il don't know about that" answered
Miss Cayenne. Have you ever OBJ.
served how naughty and dictatorial
some servants become?"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
Simple Hygrometer.

catgut-a string used Gu a violin will
dos suspended from the bent end
of the wire. A hand or pointer is cut
from piece of tin and secured to the
catgut string about one-half inch from
the base. A small piece of wood and
some glue viii fasten the pointer to
the string. The scale is marked on u
piece of cardboard, which is fastened
to the base and protected with a
piece of glass.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
Ahead of the Game.

Byker-I attended a successful
slclght,of-hand performance last night
Pvker-So?
Hyker-Yos. | lent the conjurcr {;
counterfeit dolla" and lie gave u,
ba X good one.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17

Next September will witness the
greatest gathering of international
riflemen ever seen in this country.
The state department has been in
trusted with formal invitations from
the National Rifle association, of
which Gen. James A. Drain is presi-
dent, to be forwarded to the ambas-
sadors and ministers from 19 coun-
tries interested in rifle shooting, for
mally inviting those countries to be
represented by rife teams at the COM
ing international tournament.
More elaborate plans are being
made for this series of matches than
lever before. In addition to the Palma
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
Had None.

Miss Tersleep-No, l shant marry
Mr.. Stoplate.
Miss RubbeF-What are his short,
comings?
Miss Tersleep-His long goings.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
HOW TO MAKE A HYGRoMETER.
Little instrument Will Tell You the
Amount of Moisture in Atmosphere.

Mount wire on board, which Is
used for base and which should be
three-eighths by four by eight inches,
as shown in the sketch A piece of
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
Perfectly Impsrtial.

II want a kiss, darling" he mur
mured.
What cheek" she declared
Either will do" he nswered-Bal
tjmore American
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
IMPROVED PIPE WRENCH.
With 1t Firm Grip Can Be Secured on
Round Surfaces.

The wrench illustrated herewith is
formed with a slidabe jaw which ena-
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17

American Palma Trophy Team
Wells coach; Lieut. Col N
f E. U.
tionalG
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17

Fish ackei in a Danish vegetable
paper were in much better condition
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17

Opportunities and shrewd politicians
year rubber shoes.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
NEE2i. RECQLERA
HENRI BEC0UEREL.

The Third of Brilliant Line Of
French Physicists, He Leaves a Son
Who "Seems Ready to Continue
This Fine Tradition"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-05-28
Howley
& O'Brien
MEAD BUILDING
q CENTER STREET, RUTLAND

terry, this city, The bearers were 81,
grandsons, Frank Mcclure Of Man
chester, John Buckley OF Schenectady
n. y; William and Thomas Connel OF
West Rutland aud Arthur and Samuel
Hayward Of this city. Among those
who attended we're Mrs. Thomas Buck.
ley Of Schenectady, Mrs. William Buck
ley Of Balstou, n. Y, John Mcclure
and sons OF Manchester, and Mrs. VII
liam T. Sargent of Philadelphia" Mrs.
Buckley was the motherin-lsw Of John
Mcclure of this village. She was 81
years Of age.
Mrs. X. f. Hoyt accompanied by
her son X. 7. lioyt Jr., arrived her,
Saturday last TO see about opening hel
home for the summer. IL is hoped that
the "Iioyt girls" Frank and Grace
will be with us this summer. At pre-.
sent they are in London and that dram
attic critic of the New York Herald,
IAN American First Nighter." saw
them the other day and writes in last
Sundays Herald regarding them;-
"fhis afternoon mel the Misses Fran
ces and Grace Hoyt, who have come
over from New York 10 entertain the
Briishpublic. I" How do you like itf' "
asked. Very much, replied Fran.
ces ''but don't all the buildings in
England look just as though they were
copied from souvenir postal cards
We've already seen all London from
bus tops. We always SIT up at the
beginning Of the bus and talk 10 the
drivers. It's wonderful how much those
drivers know. They all talk like college
professors, but more intelligently. "
MANCHESTER CENTER.
MIR. aud Mrs. Percy Gilmore re-
turned Sunday from Oregon.
Miss Edith Barrett is at home,
called here by the Illness Of her father.
The Dorcas Circle will meet with
Mrs. Irving Common Wednesday after
noon.
The barber shops at the Center
and Depot will be closed Memorial
Day.
Miss Ethel Kerr, who has been
visiting in Rensselaer,, returned Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. w, II. Roberts are
visiting friends in Randolph for a
couple Of weeks.
The ladies Of Zion church gave a
reception 10 Rev. and Mrs. Bamford
Wednesdayeevening.
The Methodist choir and Sunday
school are making great plans for a
Childrcns' Day concert.
Mrs. X. Bradley left for Boston
Saturday, where she joined her hus-
band who has position there.
Mrs. Myron Lawrence has cosy
tenement which she wishes 10 rent 10 a
small family during the summer.
Mr.. aud Mrs. We're Houghton and
daughter Of Londonderry. visited
friends ia town Saturday and Sunday.
Rev. Vincent Raw will occupy the
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-05-28
Important Resolutions by Dorset
Grange.

RESOLVED, that we are convinced
that il is very desirable that the town
of Dorset secure for its schools the ad.
vantages of professional supervision,
made possible through the generous
cooperation of the State under the law
Of 1906, aud to urge our school direc-
tors to give most careful consideration
to the question whether this may not
be attained for the coming year, and
to this end, if possible, to seek the CO.
operation of adjoining towns in form
ing supervision district and secure
the services Of district superinten-
dent, also that these resolutions be
communicated by the Secretary to each
OF our school directors.
Adopted by the Dorset Grange No.
25l. May 10Th 1908.