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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-03-16

Good-mild uniform Havana Rib
bon cigars. I-3t.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-03-16

With every fifty cent box ofA. G, o.,
We give two gold fish aud globe
T.. ID. co.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-03-16

"llanana Ribbon cigars will please
you. l-st
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-03-16

Smoke "Havana Ribbon" SC cigar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-24
The Bonus as an Efficiency Builder.

from Business
The bonus has been seized upon as one
Of the main factors in business efficiency.
In one form or another it has come to be
recognized as a most effective means of
getting out the best work. To give a
bonus has been laid down almost as rule
number one in the modern organization,
and giving it has been reduced to a sci
ence. 1t is paid not only to surpass 100
per cent efficiency, but to reach it,
Bonus-giving does not always need to
be scientific to be effective. Many have
had remarkable success in the giving of
bonuses, although they have not had a
definite conception Of scientific manage
ment. They have given bonuses, as it
were, from the. heart, and it has put
money in their pockets. The most essen
tial thing about bonus, humanity speak
ing, Is that 1t be given in the right spirit
Let 1t be gift from the house. a reward
for service. or recognition of extra eff
fort, it makes little difference in the final
results. II the man who gets the bonus
has warm glow Of good feeling pass
over him when he gets the extra compen-
sation.
That is why any kind of a bonus given
In the right spirit brings results Also, it
can be given in any kind of a business
nor is 1t necessary tO\fgure down to a
hairs breadth just where it no longer
pays. ~
You cannot tickle an employer more
IMAM ny prdLsinS theNskIll or ability OF his
employees. You cannot anger him more
than by speaking of them slightingly The
average man in business is doing ALI he
can to help those below him up the ladder.
Every ambitious step on their part gives
| him satisfaction. So he provides a stimu-
liant for better work in a bonus and the
men go about 1t with a good feeling
There you have the fundamental reason
| for the bonus. aside from the economic
| fact that when applied scientifically 1t
| serves. to set the ambitious, competent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-24
Fair Play for the Horse.

From the St. Louis Republic.
The doctrine of natural rights cannot
be SO narrowed up and fenced I'm as to
apply to man alone. Animals have rights
also. particularly animals that work.
The violation of these rights as they
were violated yesterday in the case OF
the horses OF st. Louis is an outrage
Nature fitted out the horse with just the
kind of feet he needed to enable him to
travel easily on grass or bare earth. Man
came along, caught up the horses that
ran wild and began to use them for HIS
pleasure. He built towns and forced the
horse to travel not on the surfaces to
which his feet are adapted, but On GER
tain hard and highly artificial roadways
called pavements. This necessitated
metallic shoes.
smooth-shod horse on a sleety pave
ment is in constant danger. Even IL he
does not fall. he strains himself in his
constant efforts to keep his feet. Sleet
is to be expected at this time Of year
The work horse has earned his sharp
shoes. It is a crying shame that a big.
rich community like St Louis should not
play fair with the horse Yesterdays
frightened, slipping, falling, exhausted
horses were an indictment of our civiliza-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-24

quire his personal attention next year
With Yancey's name out of the ques-
ton such men as Billy Cloth, Hammond
Johnson and Bob Williams are being con-
sidered. Just who will be selected can
not be determined at this time, but it is
safe to say that the selection will be
made from among those who volunteered
their services prior to the important
games last fall.
The Virginia Glee Club will resume
active work after the holidays in prepa-
ration for an interesting schedule that
has been mapped out by President Trip
lett. At an informal meeting last v eek
a southern trip was discussed and the
consensus Of opinion at the time seemed
to be that such venture would be profit
able.
The proposed trip would take in such
cities as Macon and Atlanta, Ca; Mont.
gomery and Birmingham, Ala, and
Louisville, KY. and other places along
the route.
The matter will be taken up for final
consideration again at the first business
meeting of the organization in January.
At that time a definite decision will be
made as to whether the trip will be in
cluded on the list of dates for the sea-
son.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-24
EVOLUTION IN BUTTER SELLING
Much Now Sold in Packages Simple
But Effective Machines.

From the New York Sun.
In old days, while there were some
fancy high-priced grades that were sold
in prints, in nodded forms with some
ornamental design pressed on them, the
common way of selling butter was out of
the tub When the grocer or marketman
had taken the cover from a tub he
scraped the salt off the top, and then
when he made a sale he cut the butter
out with a knife or with a little wooden
spade or with a wooden butter SCOOP If
he was an expert he could come pretty
close to guessing the exact weight with
the first chunk he cut out; but If he
found he had put too much on the scale
he cut off little piece and put it back
in the tub: or If he had guessed a little
scant he added a scrap.
This old way of selling butter is still
pursued in many places, though in many
places nowadays they have butter re-
frigerators, in which behind glass doors
they lay the tubs on their sides to make
them more easily accessible.
= But now there are big market and gro
Gerry. stores where they have done away
with tub selling entirely. where they sell
package butter only. the butter being cut
and wrapped on the premises and then
put on sale. ---
A butter-cutting machine is a very SIM
pie continuance. They set the solid mass
of butter from the frkin on the square
box in which it had been contained on a
platform over which is a frame having
stretched across it uniformly spaced wires
tightly strung. They turn a crank which
brings the frame down around the butter,
the cross wires cutting down through the
butter and dividing it into thick slabs OF
uniform dimensions. Then those slabs
are fed one after another into a trough
in which a slab just fits. and another
crank motion carries them forward
against wires set across the mouth of the
trough, which cut the slabs Of butter into
square bars. When these bars, still all
together and still in slab form. are clear
of the trough. another wire ie brought
over and down through them crosswise.
cutting the bars all at once each into two
pieces, each piece of a pound weight, and
at that end of the machine stands man
who wraps the pieces in their separate
wrappers, ready now to go to the butter
counter, thus made ready for sale with a
considerable saving Of time and labor,
while at the same time the butter is kept
free from dust.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-24
Robbing the Soil.
Chicago Record Herald.

From the Chicago Record Herald
A correspondent of the Record Herald
calls attention to the impoverishment of
the soil that occurs in too many localities
through the leasing OF farms by owners
who remove to a city or village for the
sake of social or educational advantages
To the owner who is short-sighted, or
who desires only to get the largest in
come possible from his acres during his
own lifetime, it is matter of indiffer-
ence how the land is used. To the ten
ant farmer the one thing desirable is to
raise large crops in a few years. Thus
profitable crop is raised constantly
alienation and lasting fertilization are
neglected and the land becomes so ex-
hausted that it cannot be made to pro-
duce large crops except by a long and
costly reversal of the process
This is deplorable from a public point
of view, for national welfare depends
on wise cultivation of the soil. Must
the state interfere to prescribe In detail
how the land shall be used? Owners of
farm lands who look to the future should
see to 1t that the proper crops are raised;
they can do so in making leases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-24
The African Elephant.

From the New York Sun.
The elephant in enormous numbers still
roams over large parts of Africa. For
generations to come he may be CONNER
cially important for the ivory he supplies
and for the food he affords to many
tribes that relish his flesh. We do not
know yet whether it will ever be possible
to make him thoroughly useful as a
draught animal and luggage carrier. The
earnest efforts of the last ten years to
tame and make him a good domestic ami
NAL have not been largely rewarded.
From all we know of his history he seems
doomed to determination, unless he can
be made useful. like the Indian elephant,
the horse and the OK, for domestic pur-
poses.
The African elephant has right to
his name, for there is no proof that the
Asian variety ever lived in Africa 1t
has been conjectured that the Indian
elephant might have crossed the 1sthmus
of Suez and populated the mountain re-
gion of north Africa, where elephants
within historic times have been very
numerous The Greek and Roman his
torians wrote Of elephants there, and q
little before the Christian era as many
as q hundred of them were often ex-
hibited at one time in the Roman circus
There is proof, however, that these AMI
mails were Of the African variety. The
elephant head stamped on many medals
and coins invariably had the large ears
and the cranial peculiarities which sc
plainly differentiate the African from the
Asian species. Many petrogiyphs and
pictures on the rock walls Of the Atlas
mountains strikingly depict the charac
| teristics Of the African animal. The wild
herders of the Atlas mountains drew Their
elephant as they saw him, and 1T was
! as striking a picture of the African va
| riety of today as the rock drawings o.
| the bushmen which so faithfully outline
| the animals Of the kalahari desert.
The elephant no longer exists in Nortf
Africa, because he has been exterminatet
by man.. Two factors control the dis
| tribution Of elephants In Africa and thu
size of their herds. One is the abundance
( or the scarcity of the plants on which
they live; the other is the presence OF
| the absence Of man. The whites wan
the elephant for his ivory. and the black.
| for his flesh. The elephant seeks new
stamping grounds If either the whites OF
| the blacks become uncomfortably numer
1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-24
Lifting the ''Rule of Silence. "

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
In most prisons throughout the country
indiscriminate communication between in
mates is forbidden except on such occa-
sions as are prescribed by rule or through
special permit. This prohibition applies
to the convicts' meals, and generally these
are eaten in absolute silence. so far as
word Of mouth" is concerned, punish
ments for attractions Of the rule being in
some cases very severe. Thanksgiving
day the warden Of the federal peniten-
tiary at Atlanta announced that the bann
had been lifted. He also said the change
would be made permanent II 1t was
shown that the privilege was appreciated
and was not abused.
Every one knows the depression caused
by enforced silence. 1t is Numerically
opposed to the natural order Of things,
and is probably largely responsible for the
so-called "sullen demeanor'' of most con-
victs who have served or are serving long
terms The attitude of the men follow
ing the lifting of the rule at Atlanta in
dicated in certain manner the relief 1t
gave, and it will be interesting to watch
the development Of the experiment.
1t seems to be another of those humane
moves that are conducting to make our
prisons corrective Institutions rather than
mere places Of confinement and isolation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-24
Ulmus Delenda Est.

from the new 1Ork
The American elm. once the glory OF
New England, the fairest ornament OF
the college grounds and the village street
has fallen from its high estate and seems
doomed to extinction. For some years
past it has been criticised either from
the unitarian or the esthetic point OF
view; President Eliot Of Harvard, fol
instance, could see no more beauty in the
graceful elmS in the college yard than in
other trees, and had them cut down at
every opportunity. More recently the in
sect pests. the gypsy moth, the brown
tail and the other Massachusetts innova-
tons. have shown a preference for elms,
and the elm beetle has displayed unpre.
cedented activity. When an elm goes now,
no longer Is another elm planted In its
place; some harder or more fashionable
tree is substituted, where asphalt is not
preferred.
Traditions of the elm's longevity are
no longer believed. The old elm thai
stood on Boston Common before the
Pilgrim fathers landed, that other elm
in Cambridge under which Washington
assumed command. the Franklin elm II
New Haven, are looked on skeptically
and their fragments and offshoots will
soon be regarded not as historical me-
mentoes but as curious survivals OF ar
extinct species. The time is not fal
distant-there Is a generation not YET
Harvard. and g. younger one OF Yale
when one picture would do for nearly
all New England colleges; one unattrac-
tive, unadorned brick dwelling, or a num-
Der of them arranged either in straight
row or so as to make a right angle. but
all overshadowed by tall, symmetrical
beautiful elms. Under those elms,
whether they called 1t yard or campus
lessons were learned more valuable and
more lasting than in the recitation room;
the memory Of those elms was carried
away into the struggle OF life. and to
those elms every American singer Of
note at some time addressed his song
Yale lost her elms when the old brick
row went and the marble and brown
stone magniticence took its place: the
transplanted fence was preserved, but
the trees departed forever. Those in
the city followed them, and only an an
tiquarian today can explain why New
Haven was called the -"City Of Elms. "
Harvard has held out longer, but her
turn has come apparently: the old gradu-
ate already grieves over the ravage In the
yard and will soon have to deplore its
complete denudatfon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-24
Clerical Humor.


local preacher who occasionally got
his metaphors mixed was preaching on
self-righteousness and ended his dis
course by saying: Let us remember
that, after all. our Righteousness is but
filthy rags hanging on the branches Of
barren fig trees" On another occasion
he was preaching on besetting sins, and
when comparing these to obstacles in
our path exclaimed: Let us beware Of
these stones by the wayside, lest they
turn again and read u.s.
The at one time we'll known preacher
among the Wesleyans, Peter Mackenzie.
in reading the third chapter of Daniel
invariably abbreviated the nth verse,
wherein are enumerated the instru-
ments Of the Babylonian band, most of
them with hard names, to the "cornet,"
etc. and when the names were repeated
in verses 10 and 10 said: THE band as
before" He was lay preacher Of the
old order who was admitted on to full
plan without having read the pre-
scribed ''Wesley's Sermons" etc. He
boasted of his lack of book learning"
and scornfully told student of the
new school who was learning Latin
that English was good enough for
Paul; amt II good enough for your
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-24
FISHING WITH STEAM PUMP.
"A Practice Which French Authorities
Found It Necessary to Stop.

from the Scientific American.
One of the most singular fishing devices
imaginable was discovered by accident in
France. Though extremely simple, the
system is revolutionary.
A pond on the farm Of La Marlequette
bordered by rocky shores, was drained
one year by the aid Of a steam pump.
Each stroke Of the piston drew up TWEEN
ty-fve gallons Of water and the pond was
emptfed in a few hours, and not only was
the water drawn of, but all the fishes
also were transferred to a new element.
This was a revolution. The owners of
ponds in the neighborhood followed suit,
and the proprietor Of the pump made a
speciality of this sort of work. He let
one of his pumps, modified for the pur-
pose. The peasants of the region called it
''the fish pump" Each stroke of the
piston brought up torrents of water, in
which were fish and crawfish, together
with mud and debris.
One pond of several acres was cleared
of fish at an expense of SO francs, or
$40. The process was ingenious, but as
one cannot have his fish and eat it, too,
and as such rapid consumption would
have led to equally rapid determination,
the authorities put stop to the practice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-24
Four Principles Of Selling.
From Business.


Until some ten years ago It was an
axiom in the big packing house circles of
Chicago that a salesman should be guided
by four rules as laid down by one of the
famous heads Of that industry. He was
noted for his brusqueness, and also q DEM
ocratic nature that scorned the usual
hedge Of clerks that stands between q big
man and his callers.
A bright, manly looking chap entered
the Office one day when he was very busy.
Good morning" he began politely.
The packer gave him a hasty glance.
"Well. what the lankety-blank-blank
do you want?' he growled.
81 want civil treatment, and want il
Ablankety- blank-blank quick" came the
sharp answer.
"Ohw The packer looked up In surprise.
Modulating his voice q trifle, he asked:
What can do for your
II want job as q salesman. ! have
worked as q butcher. / have worked in
the packing houses. and have sold small
er lines to the meat trade. I have refer
enceshto prove that ! deliver the goods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-24
trades inducing specific infections, such
as anthrax and 90 forth

trades inducing specific infections, such
as anthrax. and so forth.
Ignorance of the value of measures Of
safety and considerations of profit and
loss combine in varying proportions to
depress the health and take the lives of
workers. Whether the employer really
saves money, or only thinks he saves IT,.
at the expense of the lives and health OF
his employees, is practically immaterial.
except that in the latter case he must be
educated, and I'm the former he must be
penaIized.
BY commissions, by clinics especially
devoted to industrial diseases by state
appointed medical inspectors. by period
zeal examinations of working people and
by the passing of employers liability and
compensation acts, very much may be
done. The ascertainment of facts and
their wide publication are most essential
measures: for above all else. a humane
popular sentiment must be aroused. Then
the really civilized portion of the body
polite may fall in line with organizations
akin to the National Consumers League,
which refuses to purchase such products
as have been ascertained to be sweated
out of the blood and the lives of their fel-
low beings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-24
Prevention Of Industrial Diseases.

From Journal of American Medical Association.
Industrial diseases come about In two
ways: Special industries give rise to their
own peculiar ailments; as "phossy jaw
among matchmakers. lead. arsenic or mer'
curry poisoning. caisson disease and the
like. In.the second place. special industries
render the workmen susceptible to certain
common types OF disease; as whether labor
ers in dust-evofvfng trades succumb to
tuberculosis and pneumonia. Among dis
ease engendering occupations are glass
blowing: work in cotton factories: the
work which young girls must do in the
trimming rooms OF packing establish
r1aents. at temperature lower than that
generally obtaining in refrigerators; the
nystagmus inducing worn Of mtnsrs;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-24

and have them with me. want to get
into bigger field, and am here to make
good. Have you got a job open?
eff we haven't. we'll make an opening
for you. Report to the sales manager
Monday morning"
AS the young man started to leave the
Office the brusque old packer called him
back.
do you know why you got that job g
he asked.
mo, SIR
well, you have the three essentials
that make good salesman. I'll point
them out to you, so you'll remember 'em.
First, you don't think any man Is better
than you are, and you have the nerve to
stick to it. Second. you knew the good
points of what you had to sell. Third,
you stated them in the fewest possible
words. I'll add fourth-get out before
1 change my mind
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-24
One Perfect Woman.
From the Chicago Post.

From the Chicago Post.
At meeting Of the Fortnightly Club,
when, following a general rule. SYM
postum was held on a standard topic a
paper upon 1.-THE Perfect Woman" had
been read. There was open discussion
and the widest range Of opinion had been
expressed.
The last word had been said. 1t would
seem, when little woman OF retiring
manner arose.
Ladies'" she said. there seems to be
little to add to your conclusions. Yet
many Of the opposite. There are others
who do not believe that the perfect
woman ever existed. wish to settle
every doubt in the minds of all Of YOU
for / know who the perfect woman is
or, rather, was.
.She was my husbands first wife,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-24

my wife made me what am!'' s.Heye
YOU forgiven her yet?"-Satire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-24
Notes.

How many Washington school chill
dren asked Santa Claus to bring them
school books for Christmas?
The regimental dance, which afforded
pleasant anticipation for many Of the
high schoolers for several days, is now
a matter Of history.
The third issue of the Balance Sheet,
the official organ of Business High
School, made its appearance just before
school closed for the holidays
It seems there were about hundred
Santa Clauses in the schools Thursday
As many of the grades had their own
individual Santa the result was that
the old man was portrayed as being of
every size and nationality.
Not to make any one feel bad-just
a sort OF reminder, you know-school
will reopen January 2.
When The Star photographer took a
1ashlight photograph at the Thomson
school kindergarten Thursday, he was
urgently requested by one of the chill
dren to please Mister, do it again."
The school officials did not deem 1t
necessary to warn the children against
overstudy during the holidays
Candy canes were distributed at some
Of the schools. The canes of other
school days were not so much enjoyed
And now very merry Christmas to
all!