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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-04-06
Her Bridde Prize.

A decided coldness between two wo-
men who had been friends for many
years is the result Of mistake made
by the maid of one of them who had
had four table bridge party one
afternoon recently. In keeping with
the custom. she had provided a prize
for each table. to be brought to the
card room just before tea was served
and placed ON the tables which bore
the corresponding numbers. 1t was
lovely party" in every respect. with
never hitch until the woman at No
3 opened the parcel which was sup
posed to contain her trophy of victory
over her three competitors. but which
really con- ined pie. e OF perfumed
soap. Unfortunately the hostess was
not in the group when the package
was opened, and much had been said
before she discovered that the wrong
bundle had been brought downstairs
New York Tribune.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-04-06
Life In the Icy Arctic.

In the morning l was generally the
one to waken first and would either
start the alcohol lamp myself or call
Astrup for that purpose. Our morning
meal consisted of a lump Of pemmi-
can, six biscuits, two ounces Of butter
and two cups of tea each. AS soon as
this was finished everything was re-
packed on the sledge. l then read the
odometer, aneroid and thermometer
and, taking the guidon, which had
waved and futtered over the kitchen
throughout our hours of rest, from its
place, stepped forward and the next
march was commenced. After from
four to six hours of marching we
would halt for half an hour to eat our
simple lunch of pemmican and give
the dogs a rest and then after four to
six hours Of travelling halt again and
repeat the already described route
Robert T.. Peary, "The Great White
Journey"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-04-06
Tho Seals Marvellous Instinct.

The instinct of the seal is marvellous
1t will leave its young on the ice in
the morning and, going down through
a hole, remain away all day swim
ming in search of food. Returning in
the evening, 1t will locate its offspring
in the same patch" among hundreds
of thousands of other baby seals not
withstanding that the ice may have
wheeled or drifted fifty or sixty miles
during the day from wind and tide
and Notwithstanding that the patch
may extend thirty or forty miles from
one end TO the other. Whether this
instinct is of the class that enables
the bird without any mark or chart in
forest with millions of trees alike to
find its way back with ease and preci-
sion to it's nest | do not know, but 1t
is one of those wonders in nature
before which human knowledge is
brought to n full stop.-Sir Edward
Norris in Wide World Magazine.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-04-06
Lost Meanings.

"Those who care for the beginnings
Of things may be glad that the quill
pen survives to remind us that the
original pen was plucked from bird"
observes writer. Germans and
Frenchmen are in no danger of for
getting that, thanks to their respec-
tive words 'feder' and plume but the
English pen suggests a feather only
when one chooses to, think about it
and recall the Latin penna.' Almost
all our writing materials are no longer
what etymologically they profess to
be. Paper is no longer made of pa
pyrus; q pencil is not a little tail
penicillus,' like camers hair brush;
the lead of lead pencil is not lead,
and the india rubber with which we
erase its marks does not and never
did come from India. Even Of parch-
ment there is probably not fragment
in the country, except, perhaps, in a
museum and coming from Pergamum,
in Asia."-Chicago News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-04-06

The late Senator DOlfiyer said that
IN politics il paid to be frank and
honest with the people.
My predecessor in the senate" he
said. was John III. Gear ON one oc-
casion the prohibition spirit was run
ming high. and a public meeting was
held. with u well known quaker rs
chairman Gear was invited to the
meeting He accepted the invitation
The old Quaker called him to the plat
form and said
1--WE learn that thOu dost not belong
TO any temperance society and also
that thou dost drink liquor ut thy dis
cretion Is this trueT
Every word of IL is true replied
Gear. but did you ever hear of my
doing anything dishonorableY
NAY. Mr.. Gear replied the odd
Quaker chairman-'nay we have never
heard anything else to thy discredit
Thy frankness is more to he commend
ed than thy habits. But thou hast not
lied to us. and we will support thee.
And they did" said Senator Dol
liver, land elected him too."-Wash-
ington Star.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-04-06
Sacrificing the Woman.

That Carlyle could contemplate with
equanimity being unpraised, unmoney-
ed and neglected all his life, that he
required neither the worlds pudding
nor It's breath and could be happy
without them. was pardonable and per-
haps commendable. That he should
expect another person to share this
unmoneyed, puddingless and rather
forlorn condition was scarcely con-
sistent with such lofty principles. Men
may sacrifice themselve- they please,
to imagined high duties and ambitions,
but they have no right TO marry wives
and sacrifice them.-EXchangc
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-04-06
Historic Beauties.

The famous beauties of the world are
wise when they leave no portraits of
themselves. Take Marguerite of Va
lois. She was an immoral, dishonor-
able, criminal, scheming. INSCRIPTIONS
villainess, but she was lowered with
such charm that there was not tailer
or an enemy she could not charm when
she tried. No, nor woman-not even
the wives OF her lovers. Men came
from every country, taking year long
journeys, only to see her and went
away, after a little glimpse, saying
they had "seen loveliness itself" Then
one sees her portraits. Too much fore
head. not enough eyebrow, a straight
nose and expressive mouth lin one pic
ture a lovely mouth)-and that is all.
Mary, queen of Scots, was very lovely
three kingdoms battled because of
her beauty-and yet her pictures lei ,e
one cold. Fouche said her portrait
showed every trait of the lowest Grim
inal type. That was before he knew
whose picture he criticised.-London
Truth.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-04-06
Got Rid of the Scum.

She was a city bride who had never
before taken hand in housekeeping
and knew but little about things in the
kitchen. A few mornings ago she got
after the milkman.
whats the matter with your milkT
she said, with great vehemence.
81 don't know" he replied. What do
you find wrong with it?"
"Well." she said, "every morning it
is covered with nasty yellow scum"
"And what do you do with the
scum?"
"Why, skim it off, of course, and
throw 1t in the garbage can."-Farm-
ers' Guide.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-04-06
The Louvre.

The Louvre dates away back TO the
reign of Dagobert in CPS. In 1904 il
was n prison and in 1864 was made
into a library. The new building was
begun by Francis I. in 1928 and en-
larged and adorned by successive
kings. principally by Louis XIV. But
it was Napoleon |. who gave the
Louvre its real glory. Turning It into
museum. Napoleon deposited in it
the finest collection of paintings, stat
ues and art treasures known in the
world The magnificent buildings OF
the new Louvre were begun by Napo-
leon /. and completed by Napoleon Ill.
about 1851.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-04-06
How People Die.

IL Is estimated that the average
duration of human life is thirty-three
years. \ quarter Of the people die dur
Ing the seventh year and half before
the seventeenth. or every 1000 per-
sons one only reaches 100 years, six in
100 get to 90 and one in 800 TO so Ii
Is furthe, estimated that throughout
the world 50O0O.OOG die annually, 13s.-
600 a day. nearly 5000 an tour, 90
minute. or three In every two seconds.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-04-06

Wife (whose husband. the local
mayor. has just been knighted)-Have
you heard from the man who offered
to trace our pedigree? Husband-Yes;
he has found out more than enough.
Wife-What dld YOU pay himl Hus-
band - Fifty pounds - TO hold his
tongue!-Londoa Opinion.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-04-06

My son" said Harker as he pointed
to the ivy in front Of the cottage, "al-
ways be like the vine-climb."
The little boy was thoughtful.
81 don't think ia like to be like that
vlne." he responded seriously.
And why hot, Tommy
"'Cause II | was I'd be porch
sllmbeF. %licacp News
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-04-06
Trimming Him Down a Little

Elderly Swell What has become OF
,he-aw-the other pretty manicure
lady used 20 see at this hotelt
Comely Damsel-I presume you mean
my mother She's looking after a
husband aud housefu OF children
What can | DO for you. slrf- Chicago
Tribune
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-04-06
The Desidsratum.

George. what do you have 20 do
when you draw some money out of
bank asked an innocent young wife.
"You have 10 put some money Ia the
bank beforehand" replied the hus
band That's always been my ex-
periencet"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-04-06
Breaking Il Gently.

Servant You sot cheated when YOU
bought "a chiny vase. mum Mistress
How cheated Servant Why It's
weak II busted an 90 smash the first
time I dropped II Toledo Blade
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-04-06

My husband always Is the seyerest
critic Of the gowns I wear"
We'll, judging from what I have
heard, he has 10 20 some II he is"--
Chicago Record Herald
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-04-06

Prejudice, which sees what d nloases,
Hamot see Uhat f. plain Aubrey a.
were
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-04-06

Good a.fiaaa runahle us aud So are
te soHs ~ uuf aHH B.#ds gaTHnfrs
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-09
M'MANlGAL A WITNESS.
Associate of MeNamsras Tells stsry
TO Los Angeles Grand Jury.

Associate Of MeNamsras Tells etsry
TO Los Angeles Grand Jury.
Los Angeles. Cal. Dec. 9.-Ortie Nc
Manigal. confessed dynamiter and as
sociate Of the McNamaras In their
campaign of destruction. was the prtn-
cipal witness before the federal grand
Jury that is investigating the nation
wide plot of the dynamiters.
Aside from McManigal. a mysterious
stranger who is declared by the fed
eral officials to be an important wit
ness was In the grand jury room, The
only other witness was John Crnick.
shank, a passenger agent Of the Salt
Lake railroad. The efforts of Oscar
La wler, acting prosecutor for the fed
eral government to have the McNama
ras testify was without avail. and the
two brothers probably will be taken to
Sal Quentin to begin their sentences.
Other developments were the prepar
ing OF the case against three local
union labor men-Benders, Corners
ami Napoleon a charge of attempting
to blow up the hall of records. sum-
moning of Mr.. and Mrs. d. FL. Inger-
soil OF San Francisco as witnesses and
the statement by Oscar Lawler that
the investigation win be ~farreaching
and that the crimes alleged to have
been committed in other cities by the
dynamite gangs will be thoroughly
probed here. One o. the most damug-
1g witnesses is expected TO be Frank
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-09
EXPLOSION OF
MAINE0UTSIDE
Navy Departments Statement
on Boards Findings.

Washington, Dec. S,-The battleship
Maine was blown up in Havana har-
Dor by an explosion from the outside.
This is the gist of a short statement
issued by the navy department based
on findings made by the joint army
and navy board, which spent several
months In Havana harbor Investigate
ing the wreck.
Rear admiral Charles yreeland is
chairman of the investigation board.
For the present Secretary Meyer
limsfea official statements regarding
the vreeIand report to the following
brief summary:
sThe board finds that the injuries t
the bottom of the Maine were cause
by the explosion of a charge of a low
form of explosive. exterior to the shil
en- the port side. This resulted In ig
hitting and exploding the contents OF
the six inch reserve magazine. the con
tents including a large quantity o.
black powder, The more or less com
plcte explosion of the remaining for
ward magazine followed. The maya
zine explosions resulted in the destruc
ton Of the vessel"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-09
BOYS DEFY FIRE
RESCULNG GIRL
Pittsburgh Business COLLEGE
Students Earn Hero Title.

Pittsburgh. Dec. 8. = Four brave
s~chooIboys were terribly burned rescu-
ing a fainting girl when fire swept
the Eichbaum building.
Thirty-lye other pupils, ranging In
ages from fifteen to eighteen years,
were rescued in a thrilling manne
from the burning structures that had
neither hre escapes or adequate faeili-
ties for exit.
While feeling his way through a
hallway to escape. Joseph Stone. aged
seventeen. stumbled over the PROSTATE
form of Elizabeth Wells, aged sixteen
The girl had tainted when overcome
by smoke. Young Stone called for
help as he placed a rain coat around
the girls face and head. Carl Schues-
sler. Joseph Bomany and Herbert Sus-
sci. classmates of the same age, re-
sponded and aided in carrying the girI
to a window. All were taken down
ladders by dremen. The boys were
terribly burned. but the raincoat had
saved the girl. The loss by the fire
was $4,000.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-09
SAY MNAMARA
USED SYSTEM
indianapolis Evidence Ready
for the Grand Jury.

Indianapolis Dec. 9.-District Attor-
ney Miller. who is directing the federal
inquiry into the dynamite outrages
perpetrated In this state. says his
work and that OF the experts lis dis.
closing a mass OF evidence OF the most
comprehensive criminal nature ever
presented to a grand jury in this city.
The jury meets next Monday.
1t Is said that there is not a state
n the Union to which Mcnamara did
aot send dynamitlng agents between
January, 1905. and the time of his
arrest with the goods on him In April,
1911.
The records will show that the sec
rotary of the ironworkers paid some
of these men direct It his office In
this city. that he used money orders
for paying others and that still others
were paid through a trusted agent
who held Office in a labor organixa-
ton. This man Is the agent who acted
for Mcnamara with MckIanigal till it
vas learned that he was keeping part
OF the money to which McManigal
was entitled. and Mcnamara took
upon himself the payments.
The federal authorities believe they
will be able to prove that the work of
destruction was systematized, that q
certain amount was paid for certain
results ana a smaller amount where
the effort was made and very little or
no destruction was accomplished.
There is reason to believe that James
Mcnamara got $3.50 for the Los An
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-09

Eckhon. now under surveillance by
Burns detectives. Eckhof was the pal
Of the McNamaras and is believed to
know the innermost workings Of the
dynamite Comorra.
Among o<tiers who may have been
subpoenaed are Antoine Johannsen. or
ganizer Of the state building trades.
with quarters In San Francisco; ]. e,
Munsey, secretary treasurer of the
structural ironworkere Salt Lake CITY:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-09

geies lines job the highest sver pab
for q single explosion.
frsnk NJ. Ryan, president Of the
international Association of Bridge
and Structural Ironworkers, In hsre
ron Washington. He compBafned OF
being misrepEsssnted both By the press
ana individuals and denied that there
had been any friction between him
and Samuel Gompers and other labor
leaders. Within q few moments after
bis arrival he went into conference
with Leo Rappaport, the attorney Of
the organization. but at It's close de-
clared that he had nothing to say.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-09

e.. s. Hockin, member OF the execu
tive board OF the international As5oci-
alton of Structural Iron Workers; also
F. M. Ryan, president of the same or
ganization; p. J. Smith. business agent
for the Structural Iron Workers I'M
ion, Cleveland: Fred Sherman. busi-
ness agent for q similar organization
In indianapolis; P. A. Cooley. labor
leader In New Orleans: Edward
Smythe of the Structural Iron Work
.rs' union Peoria ~ Andrew GaE
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-09

iagher, secretary Central Labor Il
ell. San francisco; President Kelly ct
the San Francisco Labor council. and
several other members OF that organt
cation.
Mrs. Lena Ingersoll, the H1o
WAS regarded as the closing link In
the chain forged against J B. McNa-
mara. by the prosecution. was iocated
in this city. She Is expected to be one
of the witnesses In the federal grand
1 rv-nroba -
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-09

Newfoundiander Leads.
The Newfoundlander is said to have
the best physique of all English speak
ing n~nrlAa
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-09
Affection.

AHiction.
Addiction, like the ironsmith, shapes
BIS 1t smites.-I5ovee.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-09
ECONOMY.

BY using the National Fireless
Cooker regularly and according to
instructions, FUEL BILLS WILL BE
REDUCED sEVENTY-FIvE PER
CENT.
The Washington times., 1911-01-20
Wants Men Caught
Who Robbed Him

I'm not 'squealing' because was
trimmed of $780," declared S. P. Ser
vais. of Albany, n. Y, today when he
called at police headquarters to see
whether the police had captured two
confidence men who robbed him by
means of a fake race track scheme.
I'D just like to see them rounded
up, though" he continued, because
it's only right that they should be. 1
was the goat all right, and I'm willing
to stand for 1t once"
The police are securing the city. Ser
vais, who is foreman of a large wooden
mill, came to Washington Monday. He
met two men who gave the names of
Lewis and Berg. They represented
themselves as race track men, declared
they could obtain inside information,
and on small bets which he gave them,
Servais Cashed several times. He lost
number of times and decided to make
last bet of SlS5. He gave his money
to one of the men, who agreed to meet
him later, but did not do so.
The Washington times., 1911-01-20
SCHE,NK DEFENSE !.
- PLANS A SURPRISE.
Witness Found Who Will Riddle States Case, and
Prisoner May Not Be Called to the Stand
IT, Attorney OBrien Declares.

WHEELING, w. Va, Jan. 20.-Attor-
ney ]. ]. P. O'Brien, counsel for Mrs.
Laura Farnsworth Schenk. announced
today that a witness had been found by
the defense who would riddle the evil
dence af the State that Mrs. Schenk
had attempted to poison her millionaire
husband.
DR.. ]. ]. Osobrne was the first witness
called today. His cross-examination by
Prosecutor Handlan began at once.
Mrs. Schenk entered court with
brisk stride, showing no signs Of illness,
which her lawyers feared yesterday
would cause her complete collapse.
Mr.. O'Brien said the discovery of
brapd-new testimony makes the calling
of Mrs. Schenk doubtful.
Promises Sensation.
I'VE will produce, probably at the aft
eTnoon session today" he said, "a wit
ness who will tell startling story. His
evidence will be one of the defense's
strong links"
Here is what the prisoners lawyers
expect to prove:
That John Sehenk was suffering from
illness, the result of natural causes;
that he was a sick man before the
European trip: that he went abroad to
regain his lost health; that Albert
Schenk frequently expressed a desire
to get the prisoner out of the Schenk
family.
Mot Poisoned"
The defense will admit that there was
arsenic and lead poison in Schenk $
drinking water and medicine, but will
try to prove that the packer was not
poisoned. 4
Accompanying Judge Jordan's COM
mands that the trial be accelerated,
came his announcement that, beginning
tonight, court would sit from 1880 to 10
o'clock.
In the meantime the testimony of
Witness Osborne had been interrupted
while the court announced the determi-
nation TO hold night sessions. Dr. Us
borne's testimony was technical, reiat-
ing TO the effect of poisonS on the hu-
man system.
The defense may be ready to sum up
its case by Saturday night
Nurse Attacked.
The veracity and reputation Of Mrs.
Eleanor Klein, the detective nurse, was
assailed by DR.. Roy Slippy, OF Pitts
burg, Pa, witness for the defense to-
day. Or. SEppS Is Ile "lIh'S9 wiz
attorneys for the defense said, when
Mrs Klein was tesufying for the State,
they would produce to show that she
had been discharged from several occu-
pations because of intOXiCatiOn.
DR.. Slippy testified that he knew Mrs.
Klein and had treated her on several
occasions. He said that she exhibited
symptoms on occasions of being under
the influence of morphine and other
drugs.
Counsel for the defense say they will |
produce on the witness stand this af- |
ternoon or evening physicians who will !
testify about the reputation of DR.. :.
". Meyers, the physician, who testi- !
fed several days ago that Mrs; Schenk I
had got sugar of lead from him and |
had also asked for arsenic, but was re- |
fused.
End in Sight.
While the jury knew nothing about |
the court ruling that the physicians and |
druggists of Wheeling and neighboring |
The Washington times., 1911-01-20

I towns could not be called to testify as
to whether they ever sold arsenic or
sugar of lead to Mrs. Schenk. Attorney
]. J. P. O'Brien, of counsel for the de-
fense, said this morning in addressing
the court:
I'VE may be able to finish our case
by tomorrow night, inasmuch as the
court has seen fit not to allow the 800
doctors and druggists we had summoned
to testify for u.s."
The jury was excluded yesterday while
the attorneys were wrangling over the
admissibility of the evidence of the tes-
timony of all the physicians and drug
gistS, and knew nothing of the matter
until Attorney O'Brien spoke this morn
ing.
THE jury knows now that we had
scores of witnesses summoned who will
not testify. That is all we want" he
said.
The Washington times., 1911-01-20

LIGHT COMPANY. Washington. D. c.,
January 19, 1911. The annual meeting OF
the shareholders of the Washington Gas
Light Company, for the election of di-
rectors and for such other business as
may properly come before said meeting,
will be held at the office of the Com
pany. Nos. 413-i17 Tenth street n. w,
MONDAY. FEBRUARY s. 1911. at 12
o'clock noon. The polls will be open
from L o'clock noon TO ! o'clock p. m.
WILLIAM b. ORME. Secretary.
The Washington times., 1911-01-20
No Time To Waste.

.'Of all shakespeare's plays. 1 prefer
the Lady Of Lyons"
Shakespeare didn't write the Lady of
Lyons, as 1 can easily show you"
81 don't care to argue on that Bacon
ian theory."-Louisville Courier-Journal
The Washington times., 1911-01-20
The Fussy Bachelor.

why is it," queried the fair widow,
that they always say man pines
for woman?"
~ suppose" growled the fussy bach
elor, "it's because pine is about the
softest wood there is.'-Chicago News.
The Washington times., 1911-01-20
Telegraph to Mars.

Lady, kindly give me dime. I'm
saving up for a great enterprise.
What are you saving up for now?"
Saving Up to get $l0,O0O.0OO together
an den I'll telegraph to Mars. Boston
Globe