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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-13
Witchcraft.

THE sixteenth and seventeenth cen.
turies," said John Fiske. were the
flourishing ages of the witchcraft de.
lusion. WiJchcraft in the early ages
was considered one of the greatest o!
crimes, rs much so as murder, robbery
or any other serious offenSe against
the law, and the belief in it was shared
by the whole human race until the lat
ter part of the seventeenth century.
''In England in 1864 two women
were tried before Sir Matthew Hale.
charged with bewitching several "irla
and baby, and they were pul to
death, for at that time the evidon.
seemed perfectly rational. In 1919 n
Genoa 800 people were burned to death
on the charge of witchcraft It vat
the proud boast of noted eNccutfunpr
in northern Italy at this time that IN
fifteen years he had assisted in bum.
ing 900 persons charged with Sorccry.
In Scotland between 1860 ana 1890
5000 people were put to death. an
average of 200 n year The last csc
cution for witchcraft in England ruoG
place in 1912, in Scotland in 1122 H..
Germany in 1740 and in Spain in 1871 3"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-13
The First Electric Liahts.

John Hollingshead was the first man
to use electric light in London. In
1878 he installed six arc lamps at the
old Gaiety theater and startled the
Strand. The price of gas shares fell
Immediately. The cost of the lamps
was 5000 a week, and he ran them for
nine months. An attempt to plant one
inside the theater at the foot Of the
grand staircase was n failure. The
women objected to the fierceness Of
the light. One of them, for instance,
pretended to be very anxious that the
secret of her soft complexion should
not be discovered" Professor Eras-
nus Wilson said of electric light at
that time, "With regard to the electric
light, much has been said for and
against it, but think | may say, with
out fear of contradiction, that when
the Paris exhibition closes the electric
light Will close with it, and very little
more will be heard about it." Mr..
Hollingshead, by the way, had fitted
up the Gaiety as early as 1869 with
an electric searchlight, which flashed
the length of the Strand. But he soon
withdrew that for fear of soaring the
horses
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-13
To Find Your Affinity,

Your affinity is your mate, but I'M
less you know the six types Of happy
married folks on Olympus, up to date,
you may miss yours. Jupiter, king of
heaven, ruler of men, house and busi-
ness, must marry Juno, the queenly
woman, plump, domestic, wise as Mi
nerva, yet loving as Venus. Venus
should mate with Apollo; but, being
fond of all men and usually pretty,
Venus woman marries any one, often
several times. Marry and be petted
and adored she must or die. Minerva,
on the contrary, can be happy only
with Vulcan, man her counterpart,
wise, lofty, patient, reformer, teach
er and philosopher. Both have con-
tempt for frivolity and meanness and
vice. Most all of the elderly single
women in the world, especially those
descendants from Puritan or Calvanis-
tic stock, are single just because they
are the Minerva type and too wise to
marry any one but Vulcans. And Vul-
can men, being the best Of their sex,
are scarce.-Nautilis.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-13
Pensive Buffers,

The fashion of building houses with
the entrance doors practically on a
level with the street gives the observ-
ing stroller on Fifth avenue some hui
morous glimpses of buffers on duty.
In the house of one of the most fash
ionable families in town the butler can
be seen standing behind the bronze
grill and glass doors staring Gisconso-
lately out at the passing throng for
most Of the afternoon, while across
the street from this house the same
kind of an entranceway often dis
closes n glimpse of Il functionary of
the same class seated in a poetical at
titude by Il circular marble table, his
head supported by his hand. Outside
Of hospital they are probably the
saddest looking men in New York.
New York Press.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-13
Crime and the TeIephone

From the beginning to the end of u
transaction in crime the telephone
comes into use, serving both sides
with equal fidelity. says writer in
Appleton's Magazine. The thief uses
it to determine which house he may
safely rob. The man next door sees
the burglar and calls up the police
The police arrive, catch the burglar
and telephone for the Black Maria to
take him to Jail. The thief telephones
n lawyer to defend him. The lawyer
telephones for the bondsman to bail
out his client, and the banker tele-
phones the sheriff that the bondsman's
check is good. When the day of trial
comes the clerk of the court, being a
kind gentleman, telephones to the
burglars lawyer; the sheriff telephones
witnesses to be present. When the
burglar is convicted and sentenced the
sheriff uses long distance to tell the
warden of the penitentiary when his
prisoner will be delivered. After that
the telephone line Is kept hot by In
fiuential politicians petitioning the gov
ernor for pardon.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-13
The Bread and Pipe Baker.

The lecturer at the cooking school
an anecdote.
''The eighteenth century baker," she
said, was a pipe cleaner as well, just
as the barber little earlier was a
surgeon. Everybody in those days
smoked clay pipes, provided, the same
as cups or spoons, by the coffee houses.
Well, each morning a waiter carried
his masters stock Of pipes-some hun
dred perhaps-to the nearest bakery.
The baker would boil them out, then
dip them in liquid lime, then bake
them dry. They came out of the oven
Orleans Times-Democrat.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-13
A Composers Compliment.

Wagner once said he would prefer
to go to Vienna to hear the waltzes of
Strauss to hearing Italian opera. On
a birthday of Nine. Strauss some years
ago she had as guests many celebrated
musicians. She passed around a fan
on which the different composers and
players were writing their names and
excerpts from compositions of their
own. When it reached Brahms he
penned the first measure of the blue
Danube" waltz and signed beneath,
Not, I regret to say, by your devoted
friend Johannes Brahms"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-13
A LOST MINE.
The Tragic Legend That Is Associated
With Bald Mountain.

The Tragic Legend That Is Associated
With Bald Mountain.
The legend of lost mine has given
to Bald mountain, In Placer county,
Colo, fascinating interest for pros
pectors. Tradition is that early in the
fifties of the last century three men
disappeared from an immigrant party
going over the old Gap trail. Search
for them was without avail, and they
were finally reported dead by the
searchers.
Where or how they wintered no one
knows, but the following spring, rag
ged. shoeless and demoralized, they
filed into Michigan Bluff. Their blan-
kets were converted into sacks, and
with them they brought gold dust to
the amount of $4,000 or $4,000.
Spending but single night within
the confines Of civilization and giving
no information as to the location of
their large claim, they were followed
on their return trip, and few weeks
later their murdered bodies were found
in one Of the dreary canyons that scar
the face of the desolate peak.
Since then many a man has sought
this lost mine, but apparently its i'm
munity is as certain as that of the
treasure of Captain Kidd.-Philadel-
phia North American.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-13
Dead Heat.

A schoolmaster who is in the habit
of selecting extracts from his morning
newspaper for dictation exercise read
the other day, a passage in which oc-
Cured the term dead heat"
Jones'" said he, addressing an in
attentive pupil, what do you mean
by dead heat|"
please, sir" the youngster replied,
'its the heat of the place bad people
go to when they're ad."-London
Schoolmaster.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-13
The Gordian Knot.

When one of Uncle Sans sailors, n
on one of our vessels in West Indian
squadron, was taken to the Naval hos
pital in Washington he described with
grewsome vividness to his companions
there his adventure with shark off
one Of the islands in the West Indies.
Il had jest fell over the bulwarks," !"
said the able seaman, when along
comes a big shark an grabs me by the
leg"
"What did ye do then, mateyY ask
ed one of the patients.
II never disputes none with sharks"
said the sailor. II let him have the
Weekly.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-13
A VALUABLE WEED.
The Teasel That Is Used to Raise the
Nap on Cloth.

Nap on Cloth.
Our readers vino never saw teaSel
Spelled also teazcl and tcazlc and
even tasseD can imagine Il fir cone or
swamp cattail," set all over with lit
tie stiff hooks. 1t is the bur tor tas-
sci or flower head or thistle topy Of
the plant dipsacus. and 50 identified is
it with cloth dressing that this use of
it gave it its botanical name, Dipsacus
fullonum, or fuller's tcasel
However familiar to people who live
in lands where the teasel is extensive
ly grown the fact may be that the
prickly heads of that plant are univer-
sally used to raise the nap on cloth, a
multitude of persons in his country
probably never heard Of it and will be
astonished to learn in what enormous
quantities the plant is raised.
In France alone several thousand
acres of land are exclusively devoted
to the cultivation Of the tcascl. French
manufacturers use many thousand dol
lars worth of the prickly heads and
export thousands of tons of them, val
ued at perhaps millions of dollars.
Hundreds of tons are produced in Aus
tria, England, Belgium, Poland and
the Crimea.
The prckles of the teasel have
small knob at the end and this, mount
ed on an elastic stem and set with
great precision on the central spindle,
affords a little brush, such, it is said,
as the utmost mechanical skill has
never been able to rival, at all events
at the same price-New York Herald.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-13
A Popular Dye.

4 small boy was one day sent for a
pennyworth of indigo dye. He stopped
to play marbles on the way and quite
forgot what he was sent for AS he
was determined to get it, he went into
the chemists shop and said to the as
sistant:
what have people been dyelng with
lately, please"
Influenza" was the answer.
"Ah! That must be it." said the boy.
"Please give me penn 'orth'-London
Illustrated Bits.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-13
An UngaIIant Rascal.

81 suppose" said the angular spin
ster, that you never had a romance"
Oats where youse is wrong" re-
piled the unlaundered hobo. II wunst
had a sweetheart wot wuz a dead
ringer fer youse."
And did she die?" asked the angu-
lar spinster as she helped him to an
other hunk of pie.
"No, ma'am." answered the hobo.
when leap year come round she
asked me t. marry her-an' l run away
from ome."-Chicago News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-13
Then He Landed.

Beauty is Il womans most impor-
tant attribute" said a New York
beauty doctor. "She who increases
beauty is woman's greatest benefactor.
Husbands, brothers, even fathers-in
their inmost hearts beauty is the thing
they desire most to see in their femi-
nine relations. Only the other day a
gray, fat old gentleman entered a
newspaper office and said:
care you the managing editor?
Yes, was the reply.
"I suppose that on you, them said
the visitor, rests the responsibility for
this mornings reference to my daugh-
ter Patty as Fatty. Take thatr"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-13
An Opinion.

Say, paw" said little Rollo, "why
do they call George Washington the
father of his countryY'
II dunno, son, unless it was because
his country kept him hustling to keep
it out Of trouble and then came to
look Mt him rs sort of old fogy
whose advice didn't amount to much
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Star.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-13
Saves Trouble.

why don't you come in occasional
ly between drinks" demanded the
wife, "and see the play?"
II don't need to-" replied the bibulous
husband. The bartender is familiar
with the plot, initiates the actors and
also knows lot of gossip about their
personal and family affairs."-Philadel
phia Bulletin.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-13
The Drummer.

II sometimes think" remarked the
regular patron, that the snare drum
mer should be the best musician in
the theater orchestra"
"He usually is," said the drummer
Chicago Tribune
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-13
Nothinn.

Jenkins declares that where he was
in Switzerland the mercury often
dropped to zero at night"
"That's nothing"
Whats nothing|"
Zero"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-13
Enliuhtened.

1--WE all make blunders. thought
once I was square peg when was
really n round one"
How did you find out your mis-
take?"
II got into n hole" Boston Tran.
script
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-13
Caustic.

Does your representative in con-
gress entertain much?
NO" answered the caustic constitu-
ent, ''he doesn't entertain; he only
amuses. Washington Star.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-13
Givinq Advice.

PROFESSIONALISM is the matter with
Mr.. -?
Learned Student-He is seriously af-
ficted with a paroxysmal infamma-
tion of the vermiform appendix.
Voice From the Rear Seat-Aw, cut
1t out!
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-13
What He Wanted.

BE careful, young man. You know
the old saying, Marry in haste and re-
pent at leisure"
That's why I'm rushing things.
What want is leisure. Exchange
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-13
His Definition.

"Pa, what is an interior decorator -
Pm not quite sure. Wilfred, but |
think it's cook."-New York Times.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-13

known and unrealized possibilities
JOrtian
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-13

When fortune fails us the supposed
friends of our prosperous days vanish.
-Plautus.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-13
GenaScO
Roofing

Manufactured from Genuine
Trinidad Lake Asphault. The
best water proofng, also nearest
fire proohng known. Guaranteed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-28
Hubbard Bros. 6 Co.'S Letter.

New York, April 7.-(SpecialD- D-Heavy showers brought an average of about an inch of rain over eastern Texas, relieving
 the drought throughout that portion of the state. On these advices Liverpool was disap appolnting and our market was lower on liquidation by many of the original buyers. who sold their cotton. looking for these showers to bring about lower mar ket. Their holdings were taken by new buyers, who consider present prices low, even if the Texas drought Is broken for they point to the heavy rains east of the Mississippi as offsetting the expected inn provement in Texas. The market closed very steady on this buying looking for an advance abroad tomorrow in answer to the improvement In the last hour. Senti- ment Is bullsh as shown by this partial disregard of the receipts and the weather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-28

at Sparta, the county seat, the result of the meeting being the appoint ment of committee that will take up in thorough manner the details of the matter.
 Birmingham, Ala, awarded con tract for s2O4,0o0 of sewer work New nan, Ga, voted school bonds. Vidalia. Ga voted lighting and water works improvement bonds. Clarksville, Ga., voters authorized the issuance of street improvement bonds and For syth, Ga, called an election on tn he issuance of sewer bonds. Ben Hill county. Georgia, awarded the contract for the erection of a new court house.
 Notable among the contracts of the week Is that awarded to an Atlanta. Ga., concrete construction company to build s250.Oo0 ferro- concrete mill in Philadelphia. Contract was award ed for the erection of a s14. 900 school building In Gwinnett county, Georgia. and plans were accepted for $30. 900 school building at Thomaston, Ga Numerous residences are re- ported and among the business build ings Is s250,000 structure in Allan ta, Ga. New banks are announced for Leary, Ga, Warwick Ga, and Wa verly, Hall Ga"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-28
Dallas Patterson Dies.

Union Springs. April 27.-(Special.) )-Dal- las Patterson died here last night after Il been confined to his room from the past year. MT. Patterson had been a citizen of this county for a long time, residing part of the time at this place and part of the time at Thompson Station, at which latter place he was engaged in the mer- cantile business and also had farming in- terests His store and stock of goods at Thompson Station were destroyed by fire 8 few weeks ago. He leaves wife and several children. two of whom are grown and married, and four are quite young. Arrangements for the funeral have not yet been made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-28

prices upward will be a new and very definite stage in the progress of the re- covery Another point selected for meas ures to support values was in the locaf traction group and this proved unfavor- able since the news of the reception and passage by the senate at Albany of the 5-cent Coney Island fare measure came in the midst of the advance of those stocks. The violent reaction which fol- lowed In Brooklyn Rapid Transit had disturbing effect on the whole list of se- curities.
 The metal stocks other than steel and the smelling stocks were weak points and offset the influence of the firm tone of United States Steel itself.
 The decline in Reading also exerted its usual strong sympathetic effect on the whole market. The belief that a settle ment of wage agreement with the an thracite miners was imminent failed to help the stock. The change in the Turk ish sovereignty was accepted with the same equanimity that other events at Constantinople have been. Interests for time loans continue to advance, overtime year maturites commanding 3h to BE- compared with a recent rate of 3 per cent for that period, An upturn in wheat was not of favorable effect on stocks.
 Bonds were heavy. Total sales par value $5,Oos,0O0.
 United States bonds were unchanged on call.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-28
New York Cotton Futures.
Daily Cotton Movement.

Galveston: Quiet; middling. 10ssc; net receipts, 12,231; gross receipts, 12,2a; sales, 100; stock, 87, ,282; Great Britain, 1T, 407; con tinent. 2950; ooastwise 80.
 New Orleans: Eary; middling, 10 5-16c; net receipts, 10,96S; gress receipts, 1o.702; sales, 1900; stock, 216,64o; continent, 1883.
 Mobile: Quiet; middling, 1o1sc. net re- ceipts, 2711; stock, 34,1S8
 Savannah: Steady; middling, 15-16c; net receipts, 4156; gross receipts, 4l5e; sales, 1075; stock, s4S13; coastwise, 2530.
 Charleston: Steady; middling, 10c; net receipts, 1911; gross receipts, 1311 stock 17.167; coastwise, 1929.
 Wilmington: Quiet; middling, 1oisc; net receipts. 14l3; gross receipts, 1413; stock, 12,000; continent 5759.
 Norfolk: Steady; middling. 10 5-16c; net receipts, 1212; gross receipts, 1912; sales, 674; stock, 24,SSS coastwise, 2566.
 Baltimore: Nominal; middling, 109sc; net receipts, 550; stock 106lS.
 New York: Quiet; middling. 1075c; net receipts, 264; gross receipts, 57e2; stock. 116,995.
 Boston: Quiet: middling. 1O.75c; net re- ceipts, 50; gross receipts, 354.
 Philadelphia Steady; middling, He: gross receipts, 600; stock, 6966.
 San Francisco: Net receipts, 26s5; gross receipts, 26S5; Japan, 26S5.
 Total today at all ports: Net, 36,73 Great Britain, 17,407; continent. 10,342; Japan, 26S5 stock, 611 1899.
 Consolidated at all ports: Net, 79,2S7; Great Britain. r. 6S5 France, 600; conti- nent, 3,065,93 Japan, 1S2, 6s5; Mexico, 15,5O0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-28
COTTON PRICES
 SHOW DECLINE Bear Pressure Is Exerted In the
 Early Trading BULLS BUY ON DECLINE After Scoring Loss of t5 to 1s Points the Market Becomes Steady anu
 Closes Above the Low
 Point of the Day.
BULLS BUY ON DECLINE

New York, April 27.-The cotton market 1uctuations were irregular and the close was firm though prices were to points net lower. The opening was easy at a decline of 2 to points, and during the early session the market sold off to a net decline of Il to 14 points under llqui- dation by yesterdays buyers and local bear pressure, which was encouraged by disappointing cables, a smaller spot busi- ness in New Orleans, reports of rain in the southwest and talk of increased southern offerings.
 Strong bull interests were large buyers of October on a scale-down and this de- mand when aided by profit-taking on the part of recent sellers for a turn, caused a moderate rally during the middle of the day, but after returning to within or 8 points of last nights final the market weakened under talk of easier spot mar kets and apprehension that some leading bulls were retiring their lines on all hard spots
 The market at one time showed a net loss of 15 to IS points. During the last hour, however the undertone was much steadier on covering by early sellers, the idea that the advance in the prices of structural steel reflected better trade condition and talk of reduced acreage in eastern sections of the belt. Last prices were to 10 points up from the low est. Notwithstanding the talk of easier spot offerings from the south, the south ern markets officially reported early un- changed to 1sc higher. The detailed weather reports from Texas showed pre- eipltation at several stations, ranging from 8 trace to 1.76 inches.
 Receipts at the ports, S6.721 bales. against 8.37s last week and Il, ,509 last year. For the week, 1S00O0 bales, against 14,274 last week and 58 ,9S2 last year. To- days receipts at New Orleans. 10,69s bales. against 4217 last year.