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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-06

In Mandel hall, at the University Of
Chicago, special session was held
for universities and colleges, fea-
ture of which was an oratorical CON
test participated in by students Louis
P. Lochner of Madison, Wis, spoke on
THE Cosmopolitan Clubs"
The general session of Tuesday
evening was perhaps the most inter
esting of the congress. Next Steps in
Peacemaking" was the topic. The audi
ence was aroused to great enthusiasm
by an eloquent and spirited address by
Congressman Richard Bartholdt of
Missouri, president of the American
Group, Interparliamentary union. An
other paper that met with deserved
applause was that of Edwin d. Mead
Of Boston on The Arrest In Compel
Tive Arming In Fidelity to The
Hague Movement"
The special collegiate session was
continued Tuesday evening In Music
hall, with President Nollen of Lake
Forest university in the chair Presi-
dent S. P. Brooks of Baylor university.
Texas, spoke, and stereopticon lee.
ture on the Federation of the World"
was given by Hamilton Holt of the
Independent.
Among the diplomats who came to
Chicago to attend the Peace congress
we're: Ambassador Count Johann
Heinrich Won Bernstorff of Germany;
Herman de Lagercrantz, envoy from
Sweden; WI Ting Fang, envoy from
China; Alfred Mitchell Innes, coun-
selor of the British embassy, and DIR.
Halvdan Kont. of the University of
Norway The Japanese, Turkish and
French embassies also wers repre-.
sented.
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apt to forget other things and it
should also be borne in mind that DIS
churches draw the line on tobacco
they fence" an increasing proportion
Of men outside the fold, for, be 1t
known to them, men are not going to
| give up tobacco also in order to be &C.
counted Christians. 1t is useless TO
say that Jesus made no such tests.
There was Zaccheus, for instance,
when he announced that he would re-
store four-fold what he had taken I'M
justly and give the half of what he
| possessed to the poor, Christ an
nounced to him that salvation had
come to him and not only to him but
to his household. Just justice, resti-
tuition and charity, that was all that
Christ asked in that case But now
the little organizations make all other
sorts of conditions for membership in
the fold, including even the use Of to-
bacco, which is purely a personal
habit, and very filthy one, some
times, it must be confessed.
The churches, in our opinion, if they
| would multiply their memberships,
should not be too insistent upon non
essentials; they should not embody In
their bylaws much more than the
general proposition Of Christian faith
| OF course, this is only lay opinion,
but sometimes these opinions are
worth while for those who might be
overzealous.
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CHARLTON.
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Chariton.-Mrs. Catherine Lusk.
mother Of w. B. E. Lusk, celebrated
her 98th birthday Tuesday, and in
commemoration Of the event her
friends gave her a post card shower.
She received 100 cards, which she
greatly appreciates. She was born in
Virginia, but for many years has
made her home with her son. She en-.
joys remarkably good health consider.
ing her advanced age.
Mrs. Tella WATSON of Lineville is
visiting in Charlton with her daughter
Mrs. Asa Smith, who has been quite
Ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Finley and chill
dren Of Jewell county, Kansas, arriv.
ed yesterday for a visit with his sis
ter, Mrs. Emory Martin.
Mrs. J. w. McDougall returned last
evening from Elmira, ILL.,, where she
has been visiting her son, Rev. w. s
McDougall and family
Robert Fulton went to Abba yester
day to spend few days with friends
and transact business.
Mrs. Ed Clark visited in Ottumws
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THE COOP ROADS MEETING.

The fact that the good roads meet
ing at the Commercial association
rooms last night was attended by be-
tween fifty and seventy-fve represen-
tative Wapello county farmers, is a
proof that Wapello county means to 90
something with its roads. The farmers
were there to hear Mr.. King give
them the benefit Of his experience IN
Improving dirt roads. They sought Mr.
Kings ideas that they might utilize
them in their own road improvement
work. They asked Mr.. King for MS
opinion of the utility of made roads
i of gravel, macadam, brick or asphalt
Yin the country and they were told
The heartily favored a made ROAD
where the traffic is heavy enough TO
warrant such an Improvement. When
told the high price of land in Wapello
, county Mr. King was emphatic in de-
sclaring that no road is too expensive
,lfor such section as this. AS a result
I'of the meeting a great many road
builders have secured some new ideas
that will help them in their work.
The Importance Of such meeting
as that of last evening to the good
roads movement in this section cannot
be overestimated. An organized effort
to do something practical in road
building will no doubt soon be under
way
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THE FILTHY BACK YARD.

Hannibal Courier-Post.-The season
of the filthy back yard approaches.
During the summer time the back yard
is kept reasonably clean, especially it
one cultivates a flower or vegetable
garden. Debris is not allowed to ac-
cumulate in the back yard during the
summer, because the warm weather
causes it to decay and the stencil
therefrom Is an annoyance few people
will stand. During the winter, how
ever, it is SO much easier to dump
garbage in the back yard and empty
the dish pan and ash-bucket there
than to deposit all of the waste mat
ter in convenient receptacle and
have 1t carted away. And the habit
of doing these careless things grows
on one until, after time, no thought
of keeping clean back yard is ever
had. The result is that, before the
winter season Is half over, our back
yards are a disgrace not only to our
selves but to the community in which
we live.
There ought in reality, to be as
great care taken during the winter
as during the summer season to keep
the back yard clean. More or less
dirt and filth will accumulate there IN
spite of us. In reality, it is beyond
understanding where it all comes
from. A clean back yard, therefore, is
the result Of eternal vigilance. in win
ter as we'll as in summer. although u
requires more thoughtfulness and
care during the former season. But
the benefits from cleanliness are nc
LESS during the winter than during the
summer. For a time we will not no
tice the filth so much, but in the long
run our health is endangered as sure
lly as filthy conditions are dangerous
during warm weather. The wise thing
to do is to look after the back yard
at all times. Now that winter is
coming on, prepare place for all
waste matter and see that it is depos
tied therein. Then have the garbage
man come at least once week and
cart it away The coming Of spring
again will then find you prepared foi
| If
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TO HOLDSOCIALL
AT 0CC SCHOOL
SOCIAL EVENT FRIDAY NIGHT
RECALLS EVENT OF
LONG AGO.

To commemorate an event of thirty
same place, but unfortunately without
the same participants as three decades
ago, number of ladies residing in the
vicinity of the McIntire cemetery
south of the city, have planned an en-
tertainment. Assisting in the move.
ment are a number of business men Of
the city and the ladies throughout OF
tumwa, to most of whom belongs some
sentiment in connection with the old
neighborhood surrounding the McIn-
tire cemetery and the old Ogg school
house. The social will be held in the
Ogg school house, south of the city,
Friday evening, Oct. 20, and an elabor-
ate menu has been prepared for the
occasion 1t Is hoped to make the
event gathering for the old-timers OF
the neighborhood as we'll as those who
are familiar with the vicinity in which
the Ogg school and McIntire cemetery
form a part. The object of the func-
ton is the identifying of the old ceme-
terry, and it Is thought to reach all Of
those at least who have relatives re-
posing in the peaceful solitude of the
quaint old graveyard. Music contests
and general social entertainment will
be provided and supper at which
oysters and all that goes with them
will be served.
Thirty years ago in the same old
school, the McIntire Cemetery Benefit
society held an old-fashioned supper
for the pioneer burying ground with
the following women present:
Rebecca Ogg, Eliza Alcott Eliza Nc
Intire, Caroline Stocker, Evaline Ped
rick, Eliza McCune, Eva Young and
Mary Moore, all of whom except Mrs.
Moore, have passed away.
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The indeterminate sentence law has
been made practical working force
in Iowa by decision of the state SUI
preme court declaring It's constitution
atty. The court, In it's opinion, over
ruled the contention made in the ap-
peal that the law takes away power
vested in the court and vests 1t In
the board of parole. The supreme
court holds that ''as the legislature
has the power to fix a definite term of
imprisonment for any particular crime,
the indeterminate sentence statute no
more deprives the court of the power
vested in 1t by the constitution than
does any other statute fixing definite
punishment" Another objection rails
ed in the appeal and overruled in the
supreme courts decision was that the
law delegates the power of pardon
and Communication of sentence vested
by the constitution in the governor,
to the board of parole AS to this
the court holds that 'the board can
not grant pardon, reprieve or com
mutation of sentence and that parole
is nothing more than release from
prison under legal custody of the war
den, the prisoner being subject to re-
turn at any time. 1t is also pointed
out by the supreme court that the
law specifically provides that nothing
in it shall be construed as impairing
the right of the governor to issue par
dons. reprieves and communication OF
sentence
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SUNDAY TALKS
Of MORAL LEPERS
EVANGELIST DIRECTS SOLEMN
WARNING AGAINST THE FOL-
LOWERS OF VICE.

Cedar Rapids, Oct. 21.-Sunday's re-
ltsicn is - sunny religion. The man is
SO hubbling ever with good nature and
human Kindness that he simply cannot
preach sermon without letting some
OF his fun break out and bubble over
somewhere. sometime before the meet
ing is over. He is always an optimist,
there is silver lining gold braid and
diamonds Of iov on every one of his
dark clouds. Even with such stern
sermon as that on Moral Lepers"
which he preached at the tabernacle
last night he had to give his mirthful
disposition a chance to irradiate the
s,smber story of sin and it's results. He
pictured in all it's loathsomeness the
lepers of old. and especially Naaman.
the mighty captain of Syria, who was
the subject of the story from which the
text was taken. He described how the
disease first appeared and how it
spread. taking it's victim to certain
death. In direct comparison he held up
moral iepers, and how they contract
ed the leprosy Of their soul and how it
dragged them down to doom. But be-
fore he had finished he gave a most
laughable description of Naaman's Wis
it TIC the prophet and how the old war
rior took his first bath in public. He
made his audience shrek with laugh
ts'r by his impersonations. He pictur-
ed the old prophet when Naaman call
eel upon him as sitting writing in a
book and Sunday hoped up on his
chair and PIERCED upon the back of it
while he mimicked the imaginary mo-
tions of the old prophet. Then he de-
scribed the antics of Naaman when he
first Stubbed his toe on a rock in the
river Jordon and cut his foot on clam
she'll For five minutes he gave one i'm
PRESERVATION after another and the aud
fence was ia ir1v rppuI11sa6 with ole
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CHICAGO VS.. CHRISTIANITY.

Cedar Rapids Republican: We used
to think the reformers would stop with
alcohol, old King Alcohol, but they are
now attacking tobacco in all its forms,
and after they get through with the
weed, then look out for tea and coffee
They are going to make everyone
very, very good. But, as matter of
fact, some of the grandest men in the
Christian church of the past have used
tobacco. There was more real faith in
the churches in the good old tobacco
using days than there is now, ten to
one That is not saying that tobacco
gave them the faith, but it is not say.
ing that tobacco did not impair the
faith, nor did it deteriorate morals
Like the Pharisees of old we are max.
ing great ado about what people pui
in their mouths, which Paul thought
was p matter of not much conse
ouence, but we are not getting any
better results out of the hearts of mer
than they used to get-on the whole
we believe, the results are not quite
| so good, SO far as religion is concern
ed. Churches that stop to do toe
imuch ouarreling about tobacco are
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SOME NEEpEp QUALITIES.

A newspaper writer calls attention
10 the new demands made by the pub
lie upon the men it selects for public
Office. This demand, he says, has late
ly exhibited three distinct phases In
its attempt to define the qualities nee
essary. He explains:
Half a generation ago the demand
was for an honest man. Everybody
was impressed with the fact that there
was a good deal Of stealing going on
in politics. And it was felt that if the
public Offices could only be filled by
people who would be content with
their wages, the political problem
would be solved.
But a course of disappointing exper-
fences brought us to an understanding
of the fact that modern government is
a somewhat technical affair, and that
mere honesty, unfolaified by accurate
information and special skill, was like
( the good intentions that pave the path
way to perdition.
We decided then-and this was our
second mental phase-that to honesty
we must add efficiency" if we would
describe the character of an eligible
4 candidate for public Office.
These two qualifications seemed for
I. q time to suffice And we settled down
r hopefully to the task of finding honest
men who were also experts and spec
X ialists, on one way or another, expect
ing that a political system, made up
! of men who meant we'll and knew
THEIR business, would work with
srhythm and harmony and grind out a
tperfect grist Of good government"
n But again we were disappointed.
I'VE found that there is something ma
/ lignant in the powers of civic corrup-
y tion that neither goodness alone nor
( intelligence alone-no, nor both these
4 together-were able to withstand
And we looked about once more for
n quality to complete our description
of a satisfactory public man.
To honesty and efficiency we added
a another virtue "aggressiveness.'
4 Our candidate, we concluded, must
not only mean we'll and know his bust
ness-he must have passion for i'm
provement and perfection. He must
be militant for decency and good
n ideas. He must be first-class fighting
h man. Else his excellencies of mind
and heart would be trampled under
foot in the onslaught of graft and
jobbery.
OF course, the end of this evolution
airy process might have been, and very
likely was, foreseen by the philoso,
piers and psychologists among us.
Emanuel Kant might have told us
J II we had consulted him, that "pure
reason" and passive virtue are nc
good without the energy of purpose
which innervates the heart and puts
blood into the brain.
And Schoolmen Of all names, for 9
thousand years, have insisted that 9
whole man is made up, in equal and
indissoluble parts, of affection, intel
lect and will.
However, this lesson was not to BIZ
learned from books.
We learned it in the same schoo
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sentence.

A suit is just being brought to close
in Chicago which calls attention anew
to the delay in the courts. Twenty
years ago the steamship Ttoga was
wrecked by an explosion as it was at
anchor in the river at Chicago. Thirty
persons were killed by the explosion
or drowned and suits were entered by
their survivors. Since that time the
matter has been removed from one
court to another until finally master
of chancery, to whom the matter had
been referred, recommended to the
district court that damages for $llO,-
600 be paid. Now it is found that the
counsel first acting for the contestants
is dead and that the survivors, COM
paratively young when the tragedy
occurred. have grown old and gray.
Even now the question is not decided,
for the court has not taken the neces-
sary steps to complete the case.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL.
MEET AT MOUL TON
WORK TO BEGIN NOV. a-4-sEcRE
TARY FITCH TO SPEAK AND
MANY OTHERS.

Moulton, Oct. 21.-The next meeting
of the Appanoose county convention OF
Sunday schools in the international
organization will be held at Moulton
November and 4. Rev. John FL
Booth of Centerville is to give a paper
on "A Mans Way of Winning Men
and Rev. David McEwar of Center,
vile considers the topic, Broad View
of Brotherhood Work" Two state sec
retaries will also be here, the pro
gram being as follows:
Program.
Wednesday afternoon. Devotional
conducted by J. B. Powell, of Moul
ton, Iowa, "The Personality of Christ
in His Teachings" by New. N. J. Nicn
olson of Moulton. Teachers TRAINING
by Frank Fitch of Des Moines. genera
secretary State Association. Song
Teachers training symposium; first
The Message; seconl, "The Pupil, b,
Robert r. Wilson, Moulton; third, The
Lesson Preparation, by Rev. McEwar
Of Centerville; fourth, Points of Con
tact, by August Post, Moulton. AS
signment of delegates. Song.
Wednesday evening Song an.
prayer service by G. A. Mckenzie
Moulton. Address by F. F. Fitch, Do
MONIES, general secretary state associ
alton, subject, Brotherhood yolun
teer Movement
Thursday Morning educational b,
Rev. Winslow, Moulton. Broad View
OF the Brotherhood Work, by DR.. Nc
Evan, Centerville. Sunday schoo
workers, led by w. T. Porter, state ele
mentary secretary. Waukee. Barac,
Glass Movement, by Rev. A. M. Smith
Moulton. A Mans Way Of Winnin,
Men, by Rev. John Booth, Centeryille
Committees.
Music-E L. Stickney, E. E. Mast
ings, Hazel Blosser, Mrs. Geo. Bovard
Entertainment-Mrs. Lou HOLDER,
Belle Underwood, Mrs. frankie Mont
gomery, Mrs. Sam Cole.
Officers.
n. p. Bunker. county president, w
f. I. Evans, county secretary.
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DEAD STICKS ARE
HIT BY SLOANE
EVANGELIST DECLARES MAC
TIVE ONES ARE A POOR Elk
cusE FOR CHRISTIANS.

A mere profession of religion Is a
dead stick, declared DR.. w. E. Sloane
in his address last night at the East
End Presbyterian church. In rapid
fire talk, the evangelist used Moses
rod as the type of profession of re-
ligion. "a dead stick" said he, was
cut out Of the wilderness, crooked,
knottty, only fit to shepherd few
sheep in the desert. AT the burning
bush God filled the dead stick with
miracle working powers. Spirit-flled
Christians can work miracles of faith.
The first miracle is your own faith es-
tablished; the second, Gods people
made to believe; the third, Satan COM
PEELED to let sinners go; fourth, temp
tation overcome; fifth, spiritual foes
destroyed; sixth, refreshing revival
produced, and seventh, victory for the
Lords host
While visiting cathedrals in Eu.
rope continued the speaker. eve
found difficulty in walking through
them without stepping on a grave
The dead were resting under the
floors and in the inches of the walls
My travelling companions thought II
quCCI LlcLC Iuc uSdu olOulu DS pldCcu
in the church, but l suggested that II
was not so different from our own way
Of having dead ones sitting in the
pews."
Mrs. Sloane sang very sweetly the
song, HE Knows" A prominent engi
neer remarked after the service, 81
could just listen to that lady sing all
night"
Tonight the topic is, "a Soul-search
inc Sermon"
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FARso,..

I. <->e%e->~>-<~>-%->-~ .,
Farson--One of the most novel and
pleasant events of the season occurred
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. u s.
~ fLawthorne SATURDAY evening, where
the members and friends of the r "
2. U. were entertained at a "Socl,
Social
At about o'clock the guests began
arriving each one carrying his sock
There We're rs guests present. AT 10: 20
9. two course luncheon was served
me event was success in every way.
The financial receipts were $15. srhe
evening passed all too rapidly. This
guests departed at late hour. Those
present We're:
Messrs and Mesdames l.. H. While
B. F. Mowery, Frank Sinonton. Fese
Silvers M. G. Wilmington, Floyd Gam
BILE, Joseph Buchanan, Charles Erdmau
Charles White, Mrs. L. c. Hawthorne.
Mrs. Matte Smith.
Misses: Martha Larmore, Rlanch
Mowery. Ethel Cathey, Hester McNiel,
Carrie Mowery, Bernice Hawthorne.
Iavina Scott, Mary Davis, Hazel Adj
ans, Icel Hawthorne. Nota THOMPSON,
Ethel Simonton, Anna Roberts, Helen
Newman. Mary Scott. zelma Haw-
thorne, Myrtle Simonton. Evlyn Saner,
Mabel Hawthorne, Maggie Hawthorne,
Edna Silvers, Ethel Silvers. MARY
Erdman, Dorothy Gamble.
Messrs.: Leslie Miller, Earl Mowerv.
| Willie Davis, John Larmore, Lyman
Davis, Earl Saner, Melvin Wilmington.
Henry Wilson, Clarence Davis. James
| Vandeventer, Frank Davis, Leslie Mill
| Ter. Earl Mowery, Willie Davis John
Larmore, Lyman Davis, Earl Saner.
Melvin Wilmington, Henry Wilson
Clarence Davis, James Vandeyenter
Frank Davis, Ira Davis Frank Silvers
| Otis Davis Otto Steele VIM. Buchanan
Chester Davis, Charles Baughn. Paul
Mowrey Hugh Larmore. Charles Davis
John Newman, Wrl. Smith, Roy Benn,
| Harry Saner. Elonzo Bonn, Donald
White. Marion White. Clare ssilvers,
Earl Silvers.
Misses Ethel Silvers. Dorothy Gam
Bile, Mary Ordman.
G. r. Kluger. the Jeweler, 1860 yir-
| Ginia Avenue, Indianapolis. Ind.
writes: II was so weak from kidney
trouble that could hardly walk hun
dred feet. -Four bottles of Foley's Kid
4 ney Remedy cleared my complexion,
cured my backache and the irregulari-
ties disappeared, and can now attend
to business every day, and recommend
lToley's Kidney Remedy to all sufferers,
as it cured me after the doctors and
other remedies had failed" Clark's
Drug Store; Swenson's Drug Store
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No Flies on r. Waldo Morrison.

Sioux City, Oct. 21.-There are no
flies on Ralph Waldo Morrison, desert
er from the United States navy, for
whom ]. B. Zimmerman, local recruit
ing officer, has been instructed to
keep a sharp lookout, but practically
everything else can be found upon the
French leavetaker.
The description of him received
from the department by Zimmerman
says he has tattooed upon his arms,
legs, and body elephants, 4 women
8 men, dragon, clasped hands, JIG
stars, 7 crescents. 4 fish, horses, J.
anchors, ships, / Indian and 81 Chin.
ese figures.
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One of the Cedar Rapids papers de-
clares that Evangelist Sundays Mon
day night sermon was delivered under
many disadvantages. 1t seems they
were making puffed rice over at the
cereal mill, adjacent to the tabernacle,
and the constant escape of steam was
punctuated with periodic explosions as
the rice was puffed. The evangelist
had hard work drowning out the Noise
1t is easy to see that Mr.. Sunday
hasn't become warmed up to his work
in Cedar Rapids. When he gets go.
ing good that cereal mill racket won't
make the slightest impression on the
tabernacle crowds.