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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-16
Christmas Carol
BY Phillips Brooks

Che Garth has grown old with Its
burden ef care,
But at Christmas ii ALWAYS is young,
Che beart Of tbe Jewel burns IustrcaS
and fair,
lind Its soul full Of music bursts forth
on the air,
lUben the song Of the angels is sung.
Tt Is coming, Old Garth, 1t is coming
tonight!
On the snew.flakes Which cover thy
sod
Che feet Of the Gbrist.eblId fall gentle
and white,
Tnd the voice Of tbe Gbflst.ebiId tells
out With delight
Chat mankind are the children Of God.
On the sad and the lonely, the Wretebed
and poor,
Che veleeef the GbriSt-ebiIG SbaIIfaII;
lind u every blind Wandsrer open the
door
OF hope that he dared not II dream Of
before,
lUitD a sunshine Of welcome for all.
Che feet Of the bGmbIest may walk In
the field
Ubere the feet Of the BeIieSt trod,
CHS, then, Is the inarvel to i1ertaIs
rr1aIed
lUben the silvery trumpets cf Christmas
bav, peaIed,
Chat mankind are the children o7 Gcd.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-02-02

WI it's illisant talk yer beastly Dutch spreken? Gott iH himmel Vas y neln?' @
 Shuman's Dutch body Qrish head) retorted:
 "NIein friend, kilt dat man init a hammer. If you say another wort, ye murtherin' Irishman, Orll mash yer Dutch head wid dot beer glass!'
 Flanagan's Irish body Dutch head) looked at his companions Hibernian features contemptuously.
 "So y killed him wid hammer, did ye? 1 spoilt my mans skull wid sthick lacken a shillalah. Git out init yourselfI'
 Reaching over the bar. he seized stone pitcher, his enemy meanwhile raising a beer glass. Then the two drew apart. each poising his weapon and glancing at the other.
 Dr. Scalpel on discharging his pa tients (so to speak) had directed one of his assistants to follow them to watch their movements, notice their idiosyncrasies and report to him. At this juncture the shadower rushed into the doctors vivisecting room and excitedly informed him that the men were quarreling in Il mixture of Hi- bernian and German and he feared they would do each other bodily harm. Dr. Scalpel, feeling that some of the reunited parts might not yet have sufficiently healed to warrant scrim- mage, seized his hat and rushed out with the informer to the saloon. He found the Irish body dancing around with the true motions of an angered Hibernian, its serious German face scowling, the lips occasionally mutter- ing in the German language. The German body was standing stolidly in one place, it's Irish face lighted with enmity, the lips pouring forth a tor rent of abuse in its native parlance.
 "Hi you two! Stop this!' cried the doctor. If you throw those weapons I'll not be responsible for the conse quences. The severed parts haven't yet had time to strengthen
 He was too late. The stone pitcher and the beer mug exchanged positions, each striking n head. The Hibernian cranum rolled on the floor, the Ger man head toppled and hung suspended by such muscles as had firmly knit.
 Doctor Scalpel surveyed this finale of his work with disappointment He had proved that the transplanting could be successfully accomplished in the case of human beings but only tithe of the effect upon the individu- ality had been determined. However. 1t had been demonstrated that the brain is not all of the individual. At any rate, 1t is influenced by the rest of the body which is not only me- chanical contrlvance, but living thing. OSCAR CoA.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-02-02
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An Exchange of Heads.
 A Story of the Future.
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Copyright. 1908. by American Press Asso-
 ciation.l
 It was fifty years ago. in 1908, that the first experiments in transplanting organs of the lower animals were made and made successfully. It was then announced by one vivisectionist that he had transplanted dogs heads with preservation of cerebral and bulbar function.
 During the decade that followed this discovery the technique involved in transplanting the head of one dog to the body of another was very much Improved, and surgical scientists be- gan to covet an opportunity to try the experiment upon men. But 1t was not until 1915 that Dr. Therapeutus Scalpel succeeded in obtaining the requisite human subjects. The courts that had sentenced two murderers to be electro cuted consented that they should in- stead be decapitated by Dr. Scalpel with view to an exchange of heads. The prisoners gladly consented because they would have chance to live again, though under a swapped identity.
 Patrick Flanagan and Gottlieb Shu- man were the subjects. Dr. Scalpel before making the experiment spent three months in educating an eminent vivisectionist and four young physi- clans to assist him. Just before the heads were severed the last rights of the church were administered to the convicts, after which they were placed on operating tables side by side.
 The period of occlusion Shutting off the circulation) was but twenty min- utes. rhis brought 1t within the limit of time necessary to prevent coagula- tion. During this period each head was removed from the body, trans planted the arteries, muscles and nerves saturated, the point of cutting of the spinal chord being especially carefully adjusted.
 Suspended animation returned as soon as the anaesthetic began to lose its effect, and within few hours Dr. Scalpel began to feel that the eXperi- ment had been successful. But it was ten weeks before the patients were
 
 Up to this time it had been supposed that the individuality of person was solely in the brain. The case of Elan agan and Shuman demonstrated that though this is partially correct, it is not entirely so. Flanagan on the day or his discharge headed straight for a saloon and shouted to the barkeeper, "fe spalpeen, gimme"-he hesitated and instead of calling for glass of whisky finished-"ein glass beer" Shu- man, who followed him into the place, succeeded ill correctly giving an order Tor whisky, but the barkeeper, being ihattentive or thinking he said beer, handed him q glass of that beverage, whereupon he berated the Teuton.
 What dye mane, ye heathen? Fon glass visky. said, und sweitzer case sandwich"
 Here Flanagan-that is, Flanagan's body with Shuman's head on it-took hand. Turning to Shuman's body With his own (Flanagan's) head. he growled:
 And 1t is the likes of yes that's pokin' fun at the Irish race by mixin'
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The Prescott daily news., 1909-02-02
The Buyers
 Guide

The firms whose names lrs repre- sented in our advertising columns are worthy of the confidence of every persen in the community e1. has money to spend. The fact thAv they advertise sts aps them as enterprise ing, progressive men of business, . credit to cur town, and dsserving of support. Our advertising columns comprise | Duyers' Guide to fair dealing, gsod gssds, honest prices.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-02-02

Grandma Dixon sat for years
 In her rocking chair and knitted Knitted dainty shawls and scarfs,
 Fancy Capes and stocks that fitted. Grandma DiXon's creed was ths
 As she sat among her laces: Life is joyous if we wear
 Gladstone smiles upon our faces!" She was poor and lived alone
 In a tiny vine -thatched cottage, But she used to smile and say:
 Castles hold a lot of pottage, It is not the house that makes
 Happiness for those within it. Don't you hear the liquid song
 Of that poor imprisoned linnet? When our folks were sore and sad,
 Cheering them was crandma's mission. I have heard my mother say:
 She's a wonderful physician" And the only thing she did
 Was to help them count their blessings It was better than a weeks
 Sympathies or soft caressings! Count your blessings" Grandma said
 Lay aside the thing that troubles; lust enumerate your bliss,
 Til you prick your worry bubbles. Call your joys up for review
 Then go out and start to borrow! March your army up the hill
 And obliterate your sorrow!" Somehow, I can ne'er forget
 How her creed would strangle sadness How the very thoughts she -breathed Used to start flood of gladness WI cn the road Is dark and drear
 turn into pathways sunny. Count my blessings OCT and OCT
 I'll I'm happy. Amt that funny7 'r'l .'ln happy as a thrush
 :: ,'ng all the wood with singing; 70 l., v troubles flee away
 c.. t" fragrant breezes winging; IT., r.y heart just wells and wells
 s.f :.t last. it bubbles over, l..'e a tnklng spring that croons Laughter eddies to the clover!
The Prescott daily news., 1909-02-02

Paris Pattern No. 261S, All Seams Allowed.-This model is particularly adaptable for the waists made of cot ion net which are becoming more and more fashionable with the advance of the season. They are usually devel- oped in the same color as the skirt or suit with which they are to be worn, and are very simple and stylish. The long tight-fitting sleeves are tucked from armhole to wrist and finished with a full ruffie of chiffon matching the waist in color. A high collar of the net or of all-over lace gives a chic appearance to the neck. The pattern is in six sizes-32 to AZ inches, bust measure. For 36 bust the waist re- quires six yards of material 20 inches wide. A yards 27 inches wide. 3A yards 36 inches wide, or 2% yards 42 inches wide; five-eighths yard of -plaited ruffiing to trim sleeves.
 To procure this pattern send 10 cents to Pattern Department" of this paper. Write name and address plainly. and be sure to give size and number of pattern.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-02-02

Come to our office, East Elm Street Prescott, Ark, and see this "Self Tightening Shear" You never sa w anything like it.
The new era., 1909-10-28
GENERAL NEWS.

Richard Harding Davis has been
sued for $4,000 by Anna Eva Fay. the
clairvoyant. who charges that her
reputation was DETAINED in one Of Da-
Wis novels.
The attorney general Of Illinois has
decided that life insurance agents
have right to write policies on their
own lives and to make proper reduc-
tions from the gross premiums Of
their commissions.
A tornado has wrecked Goalanda, a
town in Bengal. and has done great
damage to other eastern Bengal sta
tions Many river steamers and a
great number of native craft were
sunk.
The Rhode Island Republicans have
renominated Adam j. Pothier for gov
ernor. The main features of the plat
form were an Endorsement of the
Payne-Aldrich tariff bill and praise of
Senator Aldrich.
Advices were brought by the
steamer Empress of India. arriving at
Victoria, b. c., that GOO people were
drowned early in September in East
Java as result of the bursting of n
crater which had become filed with
water.
The Ccssack villagers of Pavlovsk.
Russia, have condemned and lynched
seven men for murder. The victims
of the men lynched were three women
and child who were lured tc lone.
ly inn, tortured and killed
The new era., 1909-10-28

1t may be impossible for the depart
ment Of agriculture at Washington OF
any other human power to succeed in
every attempt to cause two blades of
grass to grow where one grew before.
But there is no doubt of the efficient
work done by the department, in stim
ulating crop growing wherever poss-
ible Now the experts of 4at branch
of the government are turning atten-
tion to opportunities In the Panama
canal zone. which is under American
jurisdiction. 1t is believed enough fruit
and vegetables, including those of
both the temperate and tropical eli
mates. can be produced to meet the
requirements in this direction of the
$4,000 persons now residing on the
zone. If this can be done fresh tri-
umpb will be scored for the depart
ment and important economic results
will follow. And al. that will be in
line with the practical ideas whi.h
govern the department of agriculture.
The new era., 1909-10-28
WEALTH IN WESTERN LANDS.

The great crops of 1909 are making
themselves felt in freight congestion
at some points, in upward revision OF
estimates of the money value of the
years farm products and In quicken
ing OF the pulse of industry and trade.
That they will bring the country a
year of un usual prosperity is doubted
by nobody. Next year or the year
after the crops may not be so abun-
dant, but there is never a total crop
failure. Even in the drought of 1901.
the short corn crop had its compensa-
ton in an immense yield Of wheat. 0i-
versfied farming and improved cult
walton lessen the probabilities Of fail
ure in any considerable percentage OF
the crops. The increasing yields and
the growing average of prices are max
ink affiuent the landowners and the
thrifty farmers wno few years ago
had cause to complain of poverty. The
improving comforts O. r"rai life and
the great financial indl pc ndence are
broadening the intelligence of the
farmers and the growing value of the
lands is building up a land-owning ar
istocracy in the west that is gaining
in political, social and economic influ-
ence Theirs is an influence of con-
servatism.
The new era., 1909-10-28
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

The date OF inaugurating free mail
delivery at Glenwood Springs, Colo.
has been postponed from October Is
to December next.
January 81 next will be a critical
date in the history of the National
Guard, for thereafter no portion Of the
money appropriated by Congress for
the support Of the militia can be paid
to any organization that fails to con-
form to the standards of the regular
army.
The report OF Vespasian Warner.
commissioner OF pensions, shows that
the number OF pensioners at the be-
ginning of the current year was 951,-
6S7 number of new pensioners added
to the roll, 46.0SS; pensioners on roll
at close of the year, 946,1 ,194, a net de-
crease of 5.493. Survivors Of the Civil
war on the roll now number 593.961.
The University of Copenhagen has
been requested by the National Geo
graphic society to renounce its first
claim to an examination OF DR.. Cooks
observations made during his search
for the pole. saying that American
scientists are impatient at the delay
and feel that this is matter that
should be settled in America. A mes
sage was also sent to Commander
Peary asking for his records.
1t is believed that Gen. Frederick
Dent Grant, now in command of the
Department of the Great Lakes, will
be the successor of Gen. Ball as chief
of the staff of the army. Gen. Leon
ard Wood is a candidate for the posi-
ton also.
The big boost in income from inter-
nau revenue continues and the reports
received so far indicate to the treas
ury officials that the internal revenue
collections during the current fiscal
year will exceed last years by be-
tween $l2 100000 and $15,00U,000.
The new era., 1909-10-28

There are international exchanges
OF various kinds-commercial. edu-
cational and aesthetic. Years ago
Great Britain inaugurated an interna-
uonal exchange in birds by giving this
country the English sparrow. Lately
England has received from this coun-
try the American robin-a generous
repayment The new arrival is much
appreciated in the tight little island"
Whether the birds will stay in Eng
land through the autumn and winter is
now a matter of debate.
The new era., 1909-10-28

The little shah of Persia is between
IL and 12 years old. about the age
when the average American boy is
having the care-free time OF his life.
Yet they propose that the young shah
shall marry and assume the responsi-
bility Of a domestic establishment.
And apparently they have the estab-
lishment picked out. No wonder the
little fellow tried to run away. Also
no wonder that even the sluggish east
is awakening to the farcical charac-
ter of some kinds of monarchy.
The new era., 1909-10-28

Manila has been celebrating the
eleventh anniversary of the capture
of the city by American troops. What
has become of that Philippine disaf-
fection and insurrection which the
'anti-imperialsts" were wont to pre-
dict 30 gloomily? asks the Evening
Wisconsin. Really the admirers of
Aguinaldo have had little to talk about
for some time. Perhaps they will
seize the incident of the invasion of
New England by the regular army as
an opportunity first to protest loudly
and then to take to the tall timber
The new era., 1909-10-28
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE week
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
WESTERN NEWS.

Rev. Bayard Craig. D. D.. of Denver
has accepted call to the pastorate
of the Lenox Avenue Union church OF
the Disciples of Christ in New York
City.
In the federal court at Lincoln
Judge Munger handed down an opin
ion on the Nebraska bank guaranty
law. passed by the legislature last
win ter, holding it void and unconsti
tuti onal.
Tacoma has adopted the commits
sion form of government by vote OF
about 4 to 1. The new charter pro
vides for the election of Mayor, four
Councilmen and a Controller, and the
first election will be held next April.
Robert L. Engle, aged 63. a veteran
railway builder, the engineer who
built the railway up Pixies peak and
who superintended the building of
the hanging bridge over the Royal
gorge, died at his home in Cincinnati
on the 18th inst.
The body of the late Mrs. j. Addi.
son Hayes. the daughter Of the. Con
federacy, who died at Colorado
Springs last July, will shortly be re-
moved from vault in Evergreen
cemetery and taken to Richmond, Va,
for interment in the family lot.
The first four of the 1S cases of H.
legal fencing of government land by
prominent Wyoming stockmen we're
disposed Of in the federal court at
Cheyenne on the 18th inst. Two cases
were dismissed and two Iron Noun
tain ranchmen were fined 5000 each.
Four men and 80 horses were
burned to death in a feed yard at
Wichita, Kas., on the 18th inst. The
dead are: w. r. Kepplinger. Olustee,
Okla; Alonzo Verling and James Gil
more. Wichita, and one unidentified.
Fred George. 20 years old, was fatally
burned.
1t is announced at Portland that
the Oregon Trunk Railway. the new
line building into Central Oregon. will
bridge the Columbia River near the
mouth of that stream and connect
with the Spokane, Portland & Seattle
Railway, known as the North Bank
Railroad.
Several earthquake shocks were felt
by residents of Santa Monica at $3.50
on the morning of the 18th inst.
Dishes ratified and pictures swayed on
the walls, but no damage of any sort
was recorded. Santa Monica lis on
the coast, seventeen miles from Los
Angeles.
While most people are killing
snakes, Professor L. A. Adams, cura'
tor of the Colorado State Normal
school, is said to be raising them by
hundreds, of the harmless kind. and
will liberate them in the fields about
Greeley to aid farmers in destroying
mice and other field pests
A San Bernardino dispatch says
that Willie Boy, the Piute Indian des
perado for whom three posses Of fifty
men have been searching the San
Bernardino desert, was found dead on
the summit of the Bullion Mountain
where he made his final stand. He
had killed himself with the last shot
from his rifle.
Preliminary plans for a detective
bureau were formed by the Western
Hotel Mems Association at it's conven
tion Just closed at San Francisco. The
following officers were chosen: Sam
F. Dutton of Denver, president; Rome
Miller, Omaha, vice president; Ed
ward T. Naples. San Francisco, sec
retary and treasurer.
The new era., 1909-10-28

To deprive of his adopted national
navy during the civil war. was wound
ed Ave times in the service of the
country. and has held citizenship pa
pers for 35 years. must be in accord
with the law. since the courts say SO.
But 1t leaves liberty of opinion as to
what sort of law it is that infiicts such
results.
The new era., 1909-10-28

The head of the chemical bureau
says that modern housewives are Lu-
cretia Borgias. who devote themselves
to bridge while ptomaines revel un-
checked in the icebox This indict-
ment is enough to freeze the marrow
OF their bones even to the extent of
0oycotting the icemen
The new era., 1909-10-28

A Montreal paper has figured that in
dancing at ball beginning at ten
o'clock at night and ending at five
o'clock the next morning the distance
covered Is more than IL miles. Yet
the average girl prefers 1t to day
at the washtub. where there is very
little walking
The new era., 1909-10-28

Georgia has new law prohibiting
false gossip about women. II is still
to her face that her new hat 10 too
sweet for anything.
The new era., 1909-10-28
JERSEY LILY.

Mr.. Brown Ito new cook)-What 70
your name?
Cook-Mary, sir.
DR.. Brtwn-Dear me. that 10 my
wife's name. We shall have to call
you something else. . a
Cook-Never mind, call me Lily!
The new era., 1909-10-28
BABY,s WATERY ECZEMA.
Itehed and Scratched Until Blood Ran
$50 Spent on Useless Treatments,
Disease Seemed Incurabie.
Cured by cuticura for $3.50.

when my little boy was two and .
half months old he broke out on both
cheeks with eczema. 1t was the itchy.
watery kind and we had to keep his
little hands wrapped up all the time.
and II he would happen to get them
uncovered he would claw his face till
the blood streamed down on his cloth
ing. We called in physician at once.
but he gave an ointment which was so
severe that my babe would scream
when 1t was put on. We changed
doctors and medicine until we had
spent fifty dollars or more and baby
was getting worse. / was SO worn out
watching and caring for him night and
day that I almost felt sure the disease
was incurable. But finally reading of
the good results Of the Cuticura Rem
edies. l determined to try them.
can truthfully say was more than
surprised, for I bought only dollar
and halrs worth of the Cuticura
Remedies (Cuticura Soap. Ointment
and Pills), and they did more good than
all my doctors medicines I had tried.
and in fact entirely cured him. His
face is perfectly clear of the least
spot or scar of anything. Mrs. W. N.
Comerer. Burnt Cabins, Pa. Sept. is.
1908"
Potter Drug Chem. Corr. Solo Props. Bosspa.
The new era., 1909-10-28

The wickedness of other men We
have always in our eye, but we cast
our own over our shoulder.-Seneca
The new era., 1909-10-28

In case of pain on the lungs Hamlins
Wizard Oil acts like mustard plaster,
except that it is more effective and il 20
much nicer and cleaner to use.
The new era., 1909-10-28
Not to Be Envied .

After all, rich man only has
three meals day." .als
And no time to eat 'em."-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal.
The new era., 1909-10-28

To the good the world is very good !:
to TIE bad 1t is bad-Smiles.
The new era., 1909-10-28

Or. Picrces pleasant Pellets cure constipation.
Constipation Is the cause of many diseases. Cure
the cause and you cure tho disease. EaSy TO tAks.
The new era., 1909-10-28

THE SOURCE OF TROUBLE
n1ust be reached before IT can be cured Allen
Lung Balsam goes to the root of your cough, Ant
eures 1t. Harmless and sure. Al afl druggista.
The new era., 1909-10-28
How She Knew.

The cartoonist's wife was talking tn
friend.
81 just know Fred didn't want to
work at the office last night" she
said.
why, how do you know" was
asked.
Because in his sleep he said: Well
I'll stay. but l don't want to draw
Lippincott's Magazine.
The new era., 1909-10-28

Money talks, but it often fails to
tell the truth.
The new era., 1909-10-28

At the state meeting OF the Retail
Credit Mems Association at Boulder,
H. A. Galbraith of Denver was elected
president and NJ. II. Lowe of Greeley
secretary. Denver was selected as
the next meeting place.
It is said that at least one coal land
fraud case is to come up before the
federal grand jury at Denver ne.t
month Evidence secured by special
agents of the United States land of.
flee is expected to cause indictments
to be returned against more promi
nent Denver men.
Once successful school teacher of
Leadville wife of a Pleasant valley
farmer in Weld county. Mrs. Horace
Hopkins has demonstrated her sue
cess in growing new crop, having
taken 81 900 net from 13 acres of peas
gathered for reed.