10 Cnrdg. Ji. W. tjI KEEN, ATTO R NEY-AT-IjA W, Eiaporium, l J u. A business relating to estate,collections, real est.ites. Orphan's Court and generallaw businepf will receive prom pi attention. 12-ly. J. C. JOHNSON. J. P. MUNARNEI JOHNSON <FC MCNARNEY, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW* EMPORIUM, PA. Will give prompt attention to all business en. rusted to thera. 16-1 y. MICHAEL BRENNAN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Collections promptly attended to. Real estate and pension claim agent, 35-ly. Emporium, Pa. THOMAS WAODINGTON, Emporium, Pa., CONTRACTOR FOR MASONRY AND STONE-CUTTINQ. All orders in my line promptly executed. All kitidsof building and cut-stone, supplied at low prices. Agent for marble or granite monuments. Lettering neatly done. AMERICAN HOUSE, East Emporium, Pa.. JOHN L.JOHNSON, Prop'r. Having resumed proprietorship of Ibis old and well established House I invite ihe patronage of the public. House newly furnished and thor oughly renovated. 48ly P D LEET, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW and INSURANCE Afi'T. EMPORIUM, PA To LAND OWNERSAND OTHERS IN CAMERON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. I have numerous calls for hemlock and hard wood timber lands,alsostumpage&c., and parties desiring either to buy or sell will do well to call on me. F. D. LEET. CITY HOTEL, |WM. MCOEE. PROPHIETOH Emporium, Pa. Having again taken possession of thisoldand popular house I solicit a share of the public pat ronage. The house is newly furnishedand is one of the best appointed hotels iu Cameron county. 30-ly. THE NOVELTY RESTAURANT, (Opposite Post Office,) > Emporium, Pa. WILLIAM MCDONALD, Proprietor. I take pleasure in informing the public that] have purchased the old and popular Novelty Restaurant, located on Fourth street. It will be my endeavor to serve the public in a manner that shall meet with their approbation. Oive me a call. Meals and luncheon served at all hours. n027-lyr Wm. McDONALD. ST. CHARLES HOTEL, THOS. J. LYSETT, PROPRIETOR Near Buffalo Depot, Emporium, Pa. This new and commodious hotel is now opened forthe accommodation of the public. Newinnl its appointments, every attention will be paid to theguests patronizing this hotel. 27-17 l.v MAY GOULD, TEACHER OP PIANO, HARMONY AND THEORY, Also dealer in all the Popular Sheet Music, Emporium, Pa. Scholars taught either at my home on Sixth street or at the homes of the pupils. Out oftown scholars will be given dates at iny roomsinthis place. F. C. RIECK, D. D. S„ DENTIST. Office over Toggart's Drug Store, Emporium, Pa. ra. Oas and other local anaesthetics ad- for the painless extraction '-uTHTr 0 f teeth. SPEClALTY:—Preservation of natural teeth, in cluding Crown and Bridge Work. X The Place to Buy Clieuj ) \ IS AT ? £ J. F. PARSONS. \ ? <CfSHSHS2Lb"HS2SHSHSaSPqPS^ | GROCERIES. | J. A. KINSLER, [Ji Carries nothing but the best that can bo if] pJ obtained iu the line of jy c{ Groceries and & Provisions, S In 01 [n Flour, Salt and Smoked Meats, [A Canned Goods, etc. Ijj fj] Teas, Coffees, Fruits, Confectionery, [J: TobacCo and Cigars. pj I n Goods Delivered Free any place in t|| p] Town - [n fjj Call and see me and get prices. Cl |}j .!. A. KINSLER, }{] ol Near P. &E. Depot. If] -4SHSHSiISHSHS aSHSHSHS / / /: ZiZ v' Xv Is. E. MURRY,k N PRACTICAL | PLUMBER, GAS * AND 5 STEAM FITTER. | g I have recently added an | entirely new line of Sj | Plumbing Goods to my | % already large stock. I m handle andjkeep constant- | » ly in stock | GAS AND $ STEAM FITTINGS, S SEWER PIPES, | GAS STOVES, ETC. | My store room is well sup- 1 |j plied with Bath Tubs, S <1 Wash Stands, Gas Lamps J H aud anything required in | N my trade. Contracts | |j taken for all lines of work; 3 <N satisfaction guaranteed, s Write me when you have Q any work in my line. Out of town orders promptly attended to. | n S. E. MURRY. j| iV: 71/ / /././.y /z/z/ / t A ' ES yTTRA D DE.MAIKS 1 ;l H 8 fen 1 & AUD oSD Hrs ; y ADVICE AS TO PATENTABILIi Y BP'K® ' 112 Notice in "Inventive Age " Re Ktf Eja Bh < V Book "How to obtain Patents" g g HHnlu ' Charges moderate. No fee till patent is secured, 4 Letters strictly confidential. Address, \ | E. G,SIG G E RS, Pa ton I Lanryer, Washington, O.C.j AF/Eft THE liftTTLE Some arc cun<l bleeding and sore, while others have a fit of the blues. Now if there should be any so unfortunate as to suffer from the effects of accidents we have the Balm for their pains and aches,let it be either for man or beast. Our liniment and powdersfor horses or cattle are always the best. Our medicines are pure and _ always got there. The prices | are right too. | uur patent medicine depart ment is supplied with all the standard remedies and we can supply your on short notice. Our toilet and fancy goods department we keep* up to the times. Our Prescription depart ment receives our closest at tention and all calls answered day or night. Just touch the button. In fact we are here to do business and serve the public. M. - A. - ROCKWELL, THE PHARMACIST, sslpr «•.; 1 1 Get an tj i Education I ; An exceptional opportunity offered r ; to young men and young women to fc.' prepare for leaching or for business. \ 1 ; Four regular courses; also special i ■ work Iu Music, Shorthand, Type a writing. Strong teaching force, well ft 1 graded work, /ood discipline and MS ! hard study, insure best results to M i studentc of * Central State | ! Norma! ScitsoS I LOCK HAVEN, Clinton Co., PA. [ Handsome bnlldinrs perfectly equip, >e<!. r4 I nUuna heat, ••li'ctrif lights, iil.undanct? «.f If £ pure mountain wuter. exten«ive cuinpu* ME T und athletic irrouodH. Kxpenws low. bend KJ £ for catalog. J, F.. FLiCKiNGEa, Principal, i Central Slate Normal School, ? i LOCK SIAVLN,PA. 5 T. X. BLUMLiE, I 1 I 112 (• 2 Emporium, Pa. *> (• •» Bottler and Dealer In (• '• •> A ' I BEER, | «5 *' WINES, 'i (• •) •j (• •) WHISKIES *• •j » t® (• (o And Liquors of all Kinds. ® •) «j <® „ _ (• »)i»S>i'B>9S) ) > > y <; <? (• •) *•/ '• The best of goods always carried ( *' C* in stock and everything •) § warranted as rep- J] resented. v (» (• •) - •; % (m (• Special Attention Paid to <*' ') Mail Orders. % V & c* 2 r: % t EMPORIUM, PA. 5 (• •) Lea**** s. nmmtwti J. A. Fisher, PRACTICAL J4orse $ Broad Street, Emporium, Pa. s SSOO Reward, a n| The above Reward will be paid m bl for information that will lead to the "j <• arrest and conviction of the party [V pJ or parties who placed iron and slabs n on the track of the Emporium & ui [n Rich Valley R. R., near the east N fu line of Franklin Ilousler's farm, on nj [{] the even ng of Nov 21st, 1891. Ln BI HENRY AUCHU, ™ nj 38-tf President, in 2HES7ZHHS 2HES7ZHHS iSHSHSHS a!^ »,<> Cures Drunkenness. i\eeky c^" 8 M THE & KEELEY Write tor ■ FO/JK INSTITUTE, E kto . \ure wnta< lel " MTXMIIIW, I-A. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 26 1901. | CHRISTMAS | 1 FEATURES| 112. % Interesting Facts About the 9, Mystic Mistletoe Bj.i£h the | Yule Log, the Giving of Prcs- X ents, the Carols and tiie Cue- | torn of Decorating the Home Z at Yuletide 112 Christmas was first kept as a holy day in A. I). 1)8, but for three centuries it was the most movable of festivals. The date, Dec. 2~>, was selected in the fourth cen tury by a commission of theologians. This is the height of the rainy season in Judae, which makes it improbable that shepherds would lie watching their flocks by night and that the stars would be vis ible. October is the month agreed upon by many investigators. The Decorations. The custom of decorating dwellings and churches with evergreens is a relic of pnga liism. It was transmitted to the English races af today directly from the Druids of an ient Britain, who believed that if a house were mantled in holly, laurel or bay the good sylvan spirits that loved those sjrowths and kept them green by protect ing them from winter frosts would also protect the dwelling from harm. AH a Pentlvul. In its aspect as a religious celebration Christmas entered into rivalry with the pagan festivals of the winter solstice in Itomc. Of these the most popular and the most scandalous were the Saturnalia. Making allowance for the mercurial Latin tem perament, the fathers of the church ieemed it wise to give Christians an op portunity to make merry no less than their heathen neighbors and established the celebration. The Glfta. Why should people make presents at Christmas? "l'is a gracious custom, sub ject to abuses, but what was its origin? Unlearned piety, to investigate-the mat ter, studies the New Testament and reaches the conclusion that the exchange :if gifts symbolizes the homage paid to the Infant Jesus by the kings and wise men of the east. But historians say that the early Chri-s --tianjs exchanged gifts because their pagan aeiglibors did. The Vole Log. There is nothing Christian in the Yule log, which lias almost become obsolete in these days of steam heat and "gas logs." It belonged to the Saxon feast of Jul [pronounced Yule). The custom passed into Christian ob servance when the god Jul was forgotten and the barons made their hearths big enough to accommodate the Yule log. Lighted on Christinas eve it was a sign :>f good luck if it continued to burn after lawn of Christmas day. The Mistletoe IJonuli, To the mistletoe bough our heathen an restors attached the greatest importance. The forest yielded 110 more sacred em blem. The very oaks on which it grew tvere hallowed. No significance belonged to mistletoe from any other tree than the oak—and it may be found on the fir, the lime and even the apple tree. The graceful para sitic creeper with its pale berries sym bolized the choicest blessings of the gods and was a defense against evil. The Carolu. Christmas carols were another inven tion of the early church to offset the joy -sus license of paganism. Song was an expression of rejoicing among the Ito mans. Hence the making of pious canticles, simple in form, so that they might be sung by learned and ignorant. Such is the origin of the custom, which still lin gers in certain parts of England, of "waits" going from house to house on Christmas eve and singing carols.—New York World. ClirlHtmns In the Orient. It is a strange but significant fact that the natives of India —Hindoos and Mo hammedans—call Christmas the great 3ay of the year, "Burra-din" (literally "great day"), thus unwittingly bearing testimony of the influence of the Babe of Bethlehem, the world's Redeemer. No one knows the origin of this Hindustani phrase. The Hindoos have a great many festivals and celebrate the birthdays of several of their gods and goddesses, espe fially those who were the most famous, but no one of these days is called "the preat day." Of course this expressive /lirase in India is a constant argument in favor of Christianity. Christmas is in- Iced a great day in India. People begin preparing for it three months beforehand. Merchants send to London or Paris for lolls, toys, sweetmeats, Christmas cards and a great many other things. Native shopkeepers lay in a large supply of rai sins, almonds and nil sorts of material for Dake and pastry; butter and eggs grow lea re rand dearer. The courts adjourn and European banks are closed for the holidays; visits among friends (there are very few foreigners in India who have relatives there) are planned, and great preparations are made for the festive sea son. The native people, of course, do not celebrate Christmas. They know that Christians do, however, and this simple fact, so constantly observed, causes them to think about the power of Christianity. Many are led to ask: "Who was Christ? What did he do? Why do the Christians observe his birthday?" These inquiries call forth various answers; discussion follows, and thus the whole nation, with its many millions of people, is thinking and talking about the world's Saviour. The Dinner Talile. The Christmas dinner table should be appropriately and prettily decorated with evergreens, holl.v, a bunch of mistletoe hanging below the chandelier and sprays of wintorgmn everywhere they can lie tucked. ll'-os and chrysanthemums seem to be the favorite I!users. Wher ever ribbons are used let them be of a rich, bright red. for that is n warm and glowing color, and especially fashionable this season. Branches of holly placed tastefully among the draperies of an apartment add much to its cheerful feast day appearance. PRINCE GINJAN. A Christmas Fwr y Story For the Children. BY JANE ELLIS JOY. Copyright, 1900, by Jane Ellis Joy. eldest of the royal children, I I Prince Ginjan, was a very ini ( portant young person. His par (■ l '" <s lavished on him all the good things that love could suggest and money procure, while the nobles of the kintrdom and the great ladies added gifts until it required several rooms of the pal ace and a village of outbuildings to hold the prince's possessions. In spite of all this devotion, however, and with the knowledge that a kingdom full of people were eager to do him hom age, Prince Gin- jan was discon- 7| F tented. It is said J ji that his unliappi- - jJ j \ j ness began with -I the study of the ~ p multipiication ta- .'Jj I P'''y. / ble. No sooner /M'' >. had he learned v ' that two times ' —— two are four than he wished for Jw. four toy watches if 1 instead of two, I j 112 and likewise that I 1 I P', his three dappled ponies should be A "' TnAT MULTlPLlCA uiultiplicdby two. HON IABI.E. The same thoughts came to him when he studied the line of threes and the fours. When it came to the study of the eights and the nines, the trouble grew worse, for now be wanted all his treasures mul tiplied by eight and nine. His father, the king, reasoned with him about the extravagance of his wants, and the queen, his royal mother, was sorry that it was impossible to indulge him, but it remained for his grandmother— partial old lady that she was—to say, "It is all the fault of the multiplication ta ble!" Ah, that multiplication table! It has occasioned a good deal of trouble to many people, though perhaps never before or since lias it been charged with an offense so serious. One day when Prince Ginjan was a well grown youth a strange thing hap pened to him. According to the ancient tradition, the prince was industriously applying the principles of multiplication in computing the number of presents he hoped to receive oil Christmas, which was close at band. For some cause or other interest in the fascinating tables flagged a little. Perhaps the prince saw how pre posterous it would be for one boy to have U times !t saddle horses or 12 times 12 sailboats. Anyhow he fell asleep in hi* study chair with his book and slate be fore him. II e might have slept for an hour or two when he was awakened by a touch ou the shoulder, and, opening his eyes, he saw an odd looking little hunchback the like of whom he had never beheld before. "What do you want ?" he asked, not al together liking the familiarity. "What do you want yourself?" re turned the intruder in a funny little squeaking voice. Fully awake, Prince Ginjan now rub bed his eyes and stared. All at once it occurred to him that the little hunchback was an elf and that the present might be a good chance to gratify some of his de sires. "What do I want?" he repeated in a more conciliatory tone. "Well, since you are good enough to ask, I want consid erable. To begin, I would like 10 char iots and 21 thoroughbred horses. (Jive me 0 lakes of my own in which to catch fish ami about 150 new suits of clothes. You might let me have a couple of thou sand new books, and a few hundred of the latest toys and games and 30 gold chains to wear around my neck. Instantly the request was granted. "Anything more?" inquired the elf in a matter of fact way. "Oh, yes. As I said, I'm only begin ning," answered the prince quickly. "I want some spending money. Just let me have a couple of million dollars, please." (The amount is expressed in dollars for the enlightenment of American readers.) "Is that enough?" asked the elf. "Well, now that I think about it, per haps I had better have a little more," cor rected the prince. "Suppose you multiply the sum by two. You know the multi plication table?" "Quite well," said the elf, calling off the sum. "Four million dollars." "It might be a good idea to multiply again—this time by three," suggested Prince Ginjan. "I'll soon be a young man, and I don't want to run short." "No. That would be inconvenient," agreed the elf. "Twelve million dollars. Are you sure you won't need any more?" "Twelve billions would be better," —yn smiled the hi hrr-H : ' I prince. I _7. jj j "Twelve bi 1 - "Hr>) lious it shall be," MH said the elf. liST/ "What do you r *° mn k' n 8 j "All right; a / "Wait! Hold (yj&b•„- r,~ ~r~rv ■■■- \ on!" putin the I *') prince breatliless ;- —*— ? » - 1 ' -1 ly. "Since it WHAT DO YOU WANT GCCM3 NLL THE YOURSELF? game to you, just multiply by 3,000: Money is a good thing to have. Call it a round quadrillion at once, and I'll never ask you for an other dollar." "Very well," said the elf. "You will want storehouses for your money." "Yes; of course," said the prince, "and that reminds me that I want a lot of oth er things. I would like two summer palaces all to myself and two winter palaces. I want two or three big depart ment is to res and several miles—square miles—of forest in which to hunt. Let uie hare 10 parks ornamented with flow ers and 11 castles." The elf nodded. "Well, anythiug more?" he asked. "Yes," sniil the prince, reflecting. "I would like to own 8 big ships and Hi little yachts. By the way, those lakes you gave me will do only for small craft. I must have a couple of oceans to sail my ships on, and you might throw in a couple of rivers. Mind, I want these • things nil to myself." "A pretty good order," said the elf. "But you shall hure everything that you have asked for, oceans and all." Now, since the objects enumerated by Prince Ginjan required space, territory. It will be obvious that when the goods were delivered, so to speak, the prince awoke to the fnct that he was all alone in a world of his own. Everything in the prince's world was arranged most conveniently. His castles and palaces, nil beautifully furnished, were stocked with imperishable provi sions. lie had but to ring a little silver bell, and the table would be set for him with a sumptuous feast; another bell, and the meal was cleared away. His -ses groomed themselves. His ships were managed by an easy apparatus that wound like a clock. lie needed no crew, no servants, no anything, being undls j puted master of the whole world—a sov | ereign, in fact, with no one to disagree ; with him or say nay to any of his propo sitions. For awhile Prince Ginjan fancied that he enjoyed his vast possessions, but grad ually life grew a little monotonous even with a new pleasure for every day in the year. If he had only some one to share his enjoyments, some one to listen while he talked of his sea voyages, some one | to look over his parks ami through his castles, some one even to say, "Ginjan, won't you lend me a couple of dollars ?" The prince, however, had desired that he might have his possessions all to him self, and this stipulation was rigidly car lied out by the elf. ; "I wonder if I didn't make a great mis take," thought Prince Ginjan. "That forest is big enough for a hundred people to hunt in. llow the pretty things in my stores would please Sister Mclina! I wish mother was here, so that I might give her a diamond necklace, and grand mother would be pleased with a set of nice warm furs." Since he owned the whole world the j prince had no use for his money. At j times the sight of the huge piles of coined | gold and silver affected him like a grim j joke. To amuse himself now and then ' lie pretended that ho did not own every , thing and would go through a little im- I aginary form of buying from an imag j inary owner. Anything to get rid of some I of his money. But these little weak make believes 1 soon tired him. and he wished more than ; ever for u real way to unburden himself. : r-, — ——. vp. « But there was no i (// one ., to accc, I ,t , a I *.L t I castle or a lake j srffi orsloo,ooo. ( *r°L GOV'T l' "Ah," the prince SA-NLTA _ would often sigh, r ' s no ' ; a A r\ /coLor fiue tllin s to own I < * oto B WOr ' ( l 'lH'l I Mu nothing else. My I /AOUP / ** wM separates I me from the ppo- I my father's little kingdom. llow mi. ntiNCE HAI> xo Brother Felix and USE FOR ms MONEY. j USE J enjoy fishing in the brook behind the gardener's house! I was far happier then before I met that miserable little elf that tricked ' mo by giving me all I asked for." One day Prince Ginjan was more lone ly and miserable than usual. He was fishing on one of the lakes, when all at once this thought came to him: "What is the fun in fishing when there is 110 one to eat the fish or to care how many I catch? I wish I could give a string of them to somebody." lie turned the- boat shore ward and stepped out just as the little elf catne along. "Oil, is it you?" he said indifferently, wishing it might have been some one else. "How are you enjoying your world?" asked the hunchback, with an odd smile. "I'm tired and sick of it," answered Prince Ginjan dismally. "I haven't had a pleasant hour since I've been here." "Dear me, that is strange! Do you want another ocean, or maybe an extra bil"— "Xo; not I," interrupted the prince. "I'm poorer with what you have given mo than I was before I saw you." "Poorer!" ejaculated the elf. "Yes, poorer!" emphasized the prince with a kind of desperation. "Isn't a per son poor when he can't give anything away ?" The elf looked thoughtful. "Well, yes," he felt obliged to admit. "If you really waut to be kind," said the prince, brightening, "take me back to my old home in the little kingdom that my father rules." "You couldn't take your possessions with you," explained the elf. "There isn't room for them there." "I know that, and I don't want them." said the prince. The elf now passed a magic wand three times over the prince's head. At the third movement the oceans, lakes and rivers dried up; the ships, the parks, j \K} / ! -JllW the stores, the vyiJ|l[KL castles, the pal- JSiJ accs and the heaps of money -"^1 into the clouds, jan found him- " 'to in tlie palace of his father. Those w ho have studied old an- •-* ■: nals say that .< OII Is IT Y oc?" Prince Ginjan now covered himself with glory by mak ing a contribution lo science in the shape of the division table, which up to this time had not been invented. This is, of course, only a myth and may have orig iuatcd in the historic entertainment given on a certain twenty-fifth day of Decern ! ber, at which this prince distributed quan | tities of his treasures among the poor. | By this act Prince Ginjan won for him self the title of"The Generous," a dis tinction by which he was known through out his long and happy reign. [Our New Fall Goods. Have arrived and we are ready for the Fall and Winter campaign. During the past few ' months we have almost entirely closed out all left over stock, therefore start in with an Entirely New Stock. READY-MADE CLOTHING, (Stylish make.) ELEGANT LINB of FURNISHINGS, TRUNKS, SATCHELS, &c. We are agents for the LION Brand Shirts and have recently I received a very fine assortment of these celebrated SI.OO SHIRTS. 1 They Are Beauties. We continue to keep the. MAC HURDLE DRESS SHIRTS. We want every citizen of this ■ county to call and inspect our B present stock, feeling assured M that you will be pleased. R. SEGER & SON, I 1 Fiimiliiß | |j Everything in i stock that goes WJ to make tip a |i§ ||j first-class Fur niture Store. . Will not be tin- w der sold by J any one. . . || Caipets, gjj | Oil-Cloth, | Linoleum, | Mattings. | |j| UP IN QUA LITY. B DOWN IN PRICE, ffi 111 One of the best Ig Sewing Ma- A |pf chines in the "1$ H world, sold here—the | "flomestie." j ■ I ftjj Undertaking iffi in all its ® Ifj , , ,i brandies K promptly ||| attended to. Yon all know I .1,0 place. I ill 1 I GEO. J. LABSB, i'*' 1 111 M THE BIG BRICK STORE, ij ■ Cor. Fourth and Chestnut St., }[|Jj| m EMPORIUM, PA. ||
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