WHO 18 TO BLAME?
Throe Theories Regarding Cauae
Of Maine Disaster.
A Torpedo, an Infernal Machine or an Ac
•lilent—Which Wan It?—The Many
Safeguard* Employed on Mcn
of-Wur to I'rpvpiit Such
Catastropheti.
Washington, Feb. 17.—Naval officers
cannot agree upon any theory to ac
count for the destruction of the Maine.
Perhaps a majority are inclined to the
belief that the explosion was purely
accidental; another considerable num
ber feel that a torpedo was exploded
under the vessel, and a third theory is
that some infernal machine was smug
gled aboard the ship and set off. An
examination by a diver of the hull of
the Maine would demonstrate instant
ly whether or not a torpedo had been
used, for in case it had the plates of
the hull would surely be driven in. On
the other hand, protruding plates
would be an evidence that the explo
sion was purely internal.
• 'apt. Sigsbee's brief report, as well
as Gen. Lee's dispatch, indicates that
they now incline strongly to the belief
that the explosion was of internal
origin. Both agree that the force of it
was in the forward part of the ship
and this is borne out by the escapes of
the majority of officers, whose quar
ters are aft, and the heavy casualties
among the crew sleeping forward.
Probably in the latter case the deatli
list would have been even larger, but
for the fact that the Maine, having a
superstructure forward on the main
deck, a portion of the crew were quar
tered there and so escaped the greater
violence of the explosion as felt on the
berth deck below them. The Maine
had three magazines. The one for
ward was used for the storage of am
munition, weighing 15.000 pounds.
There was no smokeless powder on
board the ship, and the ten-inch am
munition was made up of brown pris
matic powders. Not only is this powder
carefully packed in hermetically sealed
copper cases, but its heat resisting
qualities are so great that it cannot be
ignited by the flame of a match, 000 de
grees Fahrenheit being the amount of
heat that must be applied for some
time to set oft' the powder. On the
other hand it is readily ignited, as iu
the case of the charge in a gun. by the
explosion of a good quantity of fulmin
ate. Every precaution is adopted
aboard ship to safeguard the magazine.
In its vicinity a sentry stands on duty
continually. The doors are closed her
metically except when the ship is
cleared for action. At 8 o'clock every
night the temperature is taken and the
keys of the locked door are placed in
tin* captain's hands for the night.
The records of the navy department
show that 87 degrees was the maximum
temperature in the Maine's magazine
during the past month, a very low and
safe temperature. These facts make
it extremely difficult to account for
the explosion, particularly as no visit
ors are admitted under any circum
stances to the magazine. Of course it
is possible that there was spontaneous
combustion of some fulminate or gun
cotton intended for use in torpedoes.
There were no steam pipes or furnaces
near enough to the magazine to cause
the belief that they might have ex
ploded the powder. The coal bunkers
there were in the neighborhood, and it
is just possible that in them might be
found the origin of the accident.
It depends on whether they were
empty or contained coal. It is said to
be the practice of commanders to
empty the fore-bunkers of the ship
tirst, in which case the Maine's bunk
ers in that quarter were probably
emptied, owing to the length of her
stay.
If, however, the bunkers were not
entirely empty they undoubtedly con
tained elements of danger that might
account for the explosion. The depart
ment has been greatly troubled by
spontaneous combustion of coal in the
ships' bunkers, which have endangered
the lives of the crews and the safety of
the ships. The Cincinnati twice at
least has been obliged to flood her
magazines to prevent their blowing up
during tires of this kind, and the crui
ser Boston has been in the same condi
tion. In some of these cases shelving
in the magazines which separate the
powder charges have been charred by
the intense heat caused by the burning
coal in the adjacent bunkers.
The theory advanced by the Spanish
authorities, that the disaster might
have been caused by the explosion of
the boiler, is asserted at the navy de
partment as within the bounds of cre
dulity. The Maine's boiler was sepa
rated from the powder magazine at the
nearest point by a space of about four
feet, usually filled with coal. At least
one boiler undoubtedly was kept un
der almost full steam in order to run
the dynamos and move the ship incase
of need. The explosion of such a boil
er might easily drive through the bulk
head and fire the magazine.
Inasmuch as suspicion exists in some
quarters that a torpedo was used
against the Maine, it may be said that
the majority of naval officers believe
that the character of the explosion was
hardly such as could be attributed to a
torpedo. The latj.fr, charged with
about 100 pounds of powder or gun cot
ton, it is believed would have torn a
large hole in the bottom or side of the
Maine, but was scarcely likely to fire
the magazine, which is not near tlio
bottom.
Helknap Thinks a Torpedo Caused 11.
Boston, Feb. 17. —Rear Admiral George
Belkuap, U. S. N.. retired, said yester
day that he thought the Maine was
blown up by a torpedo. "1 do not see,"
he said, "how an explosion of the for
ward magazine could have occurred.
The keys of the magazines are always
kept in the custody of the captain. All
the ammunition is carefully eased,
mostly in the form of projectiles, and
their explosion by themselves is next
to impossible." lie said it was a very
significant thing that the Maine should
have blown up in that particular hav
bor at this particular tiuus.
ADMIRAL BEARDSLEE.
Placed on the Itetlred I.l*l on Account
of Awe l.lmlt.
Rear Admiral Lester A. Beardslee,
who was placed upon the retired list
recently according to the law of the age
limit, was the first of the eight rearud
mirals who will go into retirement this
year. CommodoreC.S. Norton was made
rear admiral.
Admiral Beardslee is now f>2 years old
and one of the most interesting charac
ters of Uncle Sum's sea-fighting depart
ment. When he was on his own ship and
when his ship was in action lie was a
good disciplinarian, and was rather
rough with the enemy. He was on the
APMIRAI. BEARDSLEE.
(Just Placed on the Retired List of the
Navy.)
Wachusett when she captured the rebel
boat Florida, and he was the lieutenant
commander who brought the prize to
Hampton Roads. When the Wachusett
came alongside the Florida Beardslee
called out to one of the seamen on the
rebel:
"Tell your captain to surrender with
out any fuss, or we'll send your il—d
craft down among the sharks. Under
stand?"
Beardslee was in the attack of the
ironclad licet on Charleston defenses.
He served for a time on the frigate Mer
rimac, and after the war was putin
command of the Aroostook. Since 1809
he has filled many important posts.
His last work upon the water was the
command of the Pacific station, from
which post he was transferred to Wash
ington as president of the naval examin
ing and relieving boards. The admiral
was born in Little Falls, N. Y., and has
been in the navy since 1850, when he was
made acting midshipsman. He was
made a rear admiral in March, 1895.
SCIENCE OF GRAFTING.
It Kuiihled l'nrmers to Itnlne Two
t'ropa on One Vine.
It has been discovered that tomatoes
and potatoes may be grown from the
same stem with very satisfactory re
sults. A series of careful experiments
lias recently been completed near
Troyes, France, which shows that by
simply grafting tomatoes to an or
dinary potato plant the fruit grown
will be larger and finer than if grown
by the ordinary method. A picture of
one of the new potato-tomato plants is
presented herewith.
The new plant, strange as it may ap
pear, is not in any sense a freak. It is
a result that is obtained by accident,
and cannot, therefore, be reproduced
at will. The theory of this grafting is,
on the other hand, perfectly simple and
natural. The potato and the tomato
belong to the same general botanic
family of plants. This general division
which the botanists have made is called
the "solanacoe" or, more commonly, the
"night shades." Among the other mem
bers of this family are the tobaecco,
THE POTATO-TOMATO.
(The Latest Triumph of the Science of
Grafting.)
pepper and the poisonous jimson weed.
Any one of these plants may, therefore,
be grafted on the stem of any other.
The discovery promises to be of the
greatest importance in the limited gar
den space of Europe. In America, where
land is not so thickly populated, there
is little object in such economy, but in
tlie truck gardens of the low countries
and in France it will doubtless prove to
be an extremely important economical
discovery. The farmers of these sec
tions may now raise crops both of to
matoes and potatoes on the same land
at the same time.
Squirrel* Invnile il llonne.
On several occasions recently the fam
ily of Isaac Batz, living at Round Top
Valley, Berks county. Pa., observed
rather queer looking flying objects en
tering through a broken window in the
attic of thrir home. For a long time the
garret of ihe house had been used only
for storage purposes, and had not been
entered by anyone in a number of
months. Mr. I'atz entered the garret
and was astonished to find the place in
possession of a small army of flying
squirrels. The animals became greatly
disturbed by the intrusion, and were
driven from the place, killed or captured
alive. The prisoners cumbered 3.'!. The
finding of such a large number of flying
squirrels under the circumstances is
considered most extraordinary here.
New Vork'H llnhy Receipt*.
There are 90,000 babies born in the
city of New York every year. They
number 250 a day, or one each six min
utes. Take them out together for an
airing, and the row of baby carriages
would extend up the Hud*' 'i to Alba* y
ISO miles.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1898.
A COURT OF INQUIRY.
It Will Invea'igate the Tragedy
Under Morro's Gunsi.
NO More AIIUTII UII WarHliipn Will L>e Kent
to Havana at l*re«ent—Many Sensa
tional Humor* Denied by tlie
Navy Department.
Washington, Feb. IS. —The govern
ment lias settled back into a waiting
attitude in respect to the terrible ma
rine disaster iu Havana harbor. The
great shock caused by the news has
given way to a calmer state of mind,
realizing that the court of inquiry is
the sole dependence in the search for
the cause of the Maine's loss. Naval
officials now await the results of that
inquiry by a court named yesterday by
the navy departmeift.
All the news of the day came in the
late afternoon in the shape of ('apt.
Sigsbee's report of the authorization
of the funeral of his dead sailors, and
Consul General Lee's story of the terri
ble struggle for life in the hull of the
Maine.
The officials at the navy department
devoted the day to an effort to correct
the list of living and dead; to audwer
ing frantic telegraphic appeals from
relatives of men on the battleship and
in meeting the demands of the press
representatives.
The disposition of the survivors.
Capt. Dickens, acting chief of the navi
gation bureau, has arranged for. The
wounded sailors in the Havana hos
pitals and elsewhere, when not in con
dition to be brought back to Key West,
will be carefully looked after by Miss
Clara Barton, who has been given carte
blanche to buy everything necessary.
The wounded able to get across to Key
West will be taken care of in the ma
rine hospital there. The sound sur
vivors will be quartered in the spare
army barracks there.
As for tlie Maine herself, notwith
standing discouraging reports from
Lieut. Hood as to her condition, the
navy department will make an effort
to raise her. They say they are bound
to remove the hull from the small har
bor iu any case, and it may be as easy
to raise her as it would be to destroy
the hull and machinery by the use of
divers and dynamite. It is believed
that this work can best be done by
private wrecking corporations and ne
gotiations are already afoot for plac
ing the contract at an estimated cost
of 8200,000.
At the navy department denial was
given of a report from Madrid that a
torpedo flotilla was about to leave Key
West for Cuba. It was stated that
only two torpedo boats, the Cusliing
and Ericsson, are at Key West, and
these will not be ordered to Cuba. It
was strongly asserted that no present
purpose existed of sending any war
ship there. Senor Dubose, the Spanish
charge, had received no instructions
up to li p. m. as to going to New York
and stopping the Spanish ship Vizcaya
from entering the port, and reports tc
this effect were discredited.
Capt. Sigsbee suggested to the navy
department that it would be well t<:
detail some small craft to watch over
the wreck of the Maine. As the uppet
works are above water and much valu
able property is thus exposed, the de
partment has authorized one of the
vessels now at Havana, the Mangrove
probably, to be used for the purpose.
It is said at the department that the
naval court of inquiry which is to in
vestigate the disaster can scarcely as
semble for the work at Havana before
next Monday.
The navy department authorizes a
denial of the statement attributed tc
Capt. Sigsbee that lie recommended ti:
the department before he sailed fot
Havana that another ship than the
Maine be sent to Havana, because th
harbor was too dangerous, owing tc
tlie number of torpedoes planted in the
bottom. Asa matter of fact Sigsbee
had not the slightest hint given him
that his ship was to be selected for the
visit 12 hours before his departure.
As to the number of torpedoes plant
ed in Havana harbor it is said at the
navy department that nobody aside
from tlie Spanish officers in Havana
knows what has been done to protect
the harbor in that manner. It is not
usual to keep the torpedoes in their
berths in the water in times of peace:
they are placed in the position assigned
to them only as a war measure. There
are some exceptions to this rule, for in
stance at Hong Kong, where the tor
pedoes are at all times kept in position
and it may be presumed that the same
precaution has been taken at Havana.
MAINE MARTYRS BURIED.
Hugo Funeral I'roceHslon KxcortM the Ke
iintinH of the Vlctlmn to Their ti raves.
Havana, Feb. 18.—The interment of
tlie Maine martyrs took place Thurs
day afternoon. Showily before the
hour all Havana was in movement.
The flags on the public buildings were
at half-mast and many houses were
draped in mourning. All classes were
represented in the throng that tilled
tlie streets along which tlie huge
funeral procession passed to the ceme
tery. Funeral music was furnished by
the bands of tlie Isabella la Catolica
and Porto Rico battalions, which ac
companied the bodies. The funeral
cortege started from the principal en
trance of the city hall.
Crowns were received from tlie cap
tain of the port, the mayor of Havana
and officers of tlie port. These were in
the Spanish national colors and were
inscribed "to tlie victims of the Maine."'
••Touched" IHHOIIH for Hi:tO,IMM).
Ruffalo, N. V., Feb. IS.—The Courier
says that "clairvoyants," masquerad
ing under the names of "Prof." Bald
win and Mme. Worthington, have swin
dled people out of more than $!>0,000
and disappeared. They advertised ex
tensively and promised to do every
thing—to gratify every hope and am
bition; to unite the parted, to bring
lover!) together, to avert calamities, to
conquer enemies, to give important ad
vice on marriage, divorce, business.
They read palms, disclosed character
by feeling any articie the victim might
furnish, but their most successful oc
cupation was "touching" poeketbooks.
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
—Apparently.—"l don't think the
Cubans are anxious for autonomy."
"No. The demand for autonomy does
not seem to be equal to the supply." —
Puck.
—"When a man stahts out ter live
on 'is wits," said Uncle Kben, "dat very
purceedin' 'rouses suspicion dat he liab
a mighty small capital."—Washington
Star.
—No Money in It. —Miss Van Rocks —
"So you asked father, did youAnd did
lie talk business?" Lord I.'e Liverus —
"No; lie said all he could give was his
consent."-—Puck.
—Roth Had Their Merits. —"Uncle,
which breed of chickens is the best?"
"Well, sail, de white ones is de easiest
found, an' de dahk ones is de easiest
hid atter yo' gits 'em."—lndianapolis
Journal.
—Probably the Last—"ls this the last
edition of the paper?" inquired the
severe-looking old lady of the keen-eyed
newsboy. "Yes'm," lie replied, "I guess
it is. Tli' sheriff was just elosin* up th'
office as I came out." —Cleveland l'lain
Dealer.
—lndignant Constituent—"The peo
ple are getting roused, sir! Your day is
coming! If you'll look, sir, you can see
the handwriting on the wall!" Roodle
Alderman—"l don't give a darn for no
handwritin' on walls. De fellies dat's
puilin' fur me don't read."—Chicago
Tribune.
—Mattie—"What has become of your
antislang society that you took so much
interest in a few months ago?" Helen
—"Oh, it's in the consomme. The presi
dent got nutty and imagined she was
the only dent in the pan, so we gave her
the willies and the dinkydink associa
tion shot the shutes." —Chicago News.
ANCIENT REMEDIES.
Alchemy nnd Superstition—Some 111-
Compoiiii<lM.
It is strange to notice the grent be
lief which the ancients appeared to have
in the restorative properties of human
blood. So, for epilepsy, disease of the
brain, and even for spleen, human blood
was much recommended. "In the
month of May Like a considerable quan
tity of healthy young men's blood."
The blood was distilled twice and dried
in the sun. One wonders what the
"healthy young men" had to say on
this subject of blood letting, especially
as "a considerable quantity" was taken.
In olden times no one need remain
wrinkled. All that was necessary was
to "smear the face with a mixture of
water and pounded root of wild cucum
ber." If anyone was afflicted with
freckles it was liisown fault; the reme
dy was simple if scarcely pleasant; he
must "rub a bull's gall on the face." To
us who are apt to be irritated oy dust
■or smoke in the eye while on the rail
way, the following prescription should
be valuable: "Chant the psalm "Qui
habitat' thrice over water, with which
then douche the eye." A certain reme
dy for curing an inebriate was to give
him as many eggs of the screech owl
boiled hard as he could possibly eat,
when he would ever after be a total ab
stainer. This is surely worthy the at
tention of the temperance societies.
The search for"the philosopher's
stone" seems to have been no mere
c.-aze of the unlettered. Men of un
impeachable ability and great learn
ing wasted the greater part of their
lives on this quest. Some supposed
mercury to be the chief transmitting
force; others thought that by sulphur
the bodies of metals could be turned
into "the most fine pure gold and sil
ver." Though Bacon was a firm believer
in the elixir vitae, Paracelsus was the
most diiligent inquirer after this won
drous liquid. He prepared a remedy
called "Primum Kns Melissae." which
was made of pure carbonate of jX/tash
and the fresh leaves of the melista plant,
on which was poured pure alcohol. Gen
erally, however, the idea seems to have
been that the elixir of life was com
posed of the four elements blended to
gether. —London Spectator.
MAORIS BECOMING EXTINCT.
\cw Zcnlnnil Colored Knee 1H l-'nat
SR.ecnnihlim Ilcfore the Whiten.
The Maoris of New Zealand seem to
be doomed to extinction in spite of the
fact that all the conditions surround
ing them appear to be favorable to
their survival. The quarrel between
the races is ended, and large tracts of
land are reserved for them. The young
men are educated, 90 per cent, of them
being able to read ami write. Their
chiefs in many cases derive large in
comes from rents of laml, and are rep
resented in the legislature. A great Ma
cri college stands at Te Auti, Ilawke's
bay, and not a few of the cleverer
Maori youths have passed through the
classes of the New Zealand university.
And yet the Maoris, under that mys
terious law which makes a colored race
vanish before the breath of the all
conquering white, are passing away.
A conference of educated Maoris was
held a short time ago, and papers were
read on the condition and prospects of
the race. These are now published in
pamphlet form, and make a very melan
choly bit of literature. It is declared
that 90 per cent, of educated Maoris go
back from their schools to mere sav
agery. The race, these representative
Maoris declare, is IOWCT both in mor
als and in vitality than it has ever yet
been, and threatens to perish. Yet phy
sically and intellectually the Maori is—
or was —the finest colored race in the
southern hemisphere.—N. Y. Post.
Social Expedient.
Foxcy Hid you send the Borems a
card for your musicale?
Mrs. Foxey—Yes; how could I get out
of it ?
"Well, I'll tell Rorem that Smith is
goinir to come. Rorem owes him
money."—Philadelphia Record,
A Point of THKIP.
JO libretto —Don't you think the gen
.tenian who sent these flowers to me
showed good taste?
Comedian —In the selection of the
flowers —yes. —Up-to-Date.
SPAIN'S DISCLAIMER.
Dona' Government Doea Not In
dorse Do Lome's Letter.
Criticisms of Prcsldenv McKlnley that
Wn« Contained In tlm Kx-Minister's
Nut« to Cwnalejas are Not In
dorsed by the fast lliaiis.
Washington, Feb. 18. —Spain has offi
ciall.v disclaimed in a positive manner
the reflections contained in the De
Lome letter and as officially announced
by the state department the incident
is satisfactorily closed.
The following Is an abstract of a not? sent
Wednesday evening by the Spanish govern
ment to Minister Woodford at Madrid:
The Spanish government, on learning of the
incident in which Minister De Lome was con
cerned, and being advised of his objectionable
communication, with entire sincerity laments
the incident which was the cause of the inter
view with the minister and states that Minis
ter Do Lome had presented his resignation and
it had been accepted before the presentation of
the maner ly Minister Woodford.
The Spanish ministry, in accepting the res
ignation of a functionary whose services they
had been utilizing and valuing up to that time
leave it praet cally well established that they
do not share and on the contrary disauthorize
the criticisms tending to offend or censure tha
chief of a friendly state, although such criti
cisms had been written within the tleld of
friendship, and had reached publicity by artful
and criminal means. This meaning had taken
shape in a resolution by the council of min
isters before Gen. Woodford presented the
matter, and at a time when the Spanish gov
ernment had only vague telegraphic reports
concerning the sentiments alluded to. The
Spanish nation, with equal and greater reason
attirms its view and decision after reading the
words contained in the letter reflecting upon
the president of the United Stipes.
As to the paragraph concerning the desira
bility of negotiations for commercial relations,
if even for effect, and the importance of using
a representative for the purpose stated in
Senor De Lome's letter, the government ex
presses concern that in the light of its conduct,
long after the writing of the letter, and in view
of the unanswerable testimony of simultaneous
and subsequent facts, any doubt should exist
that the Spanish government has given proof
of its real desire and of its innermost convic
tions with respect to the new commercial sys
tem and the projected treaty of commerce.
A WAR MESSAGE.
GOT. Tanner, of Illinois. Send* a Ncnsa
tlonal Document to the legislature.
Springfield, 111., Feb. IS.—Gov. Tan
ner yesterday called on the legislature
to authorize him to tender to the pres
ident of the United States "the moral
and material support" of Illinois, "to
prevent or punish any attempt at hos
tile invasion of our country."
This he did in a message to the sen
ate and house. In the senate the mes
sage came as a profound surprise.
While it was being read by the gov
ernor's private secretary there was the
deepest silence in the senate, and at
its conclusion there was a burst of ap
plause from both sides. Following is
the governor's communication:
"To the Honorable Senate: The
news of the calamity which has over
taken the United States battleship
Maine and its ill-fated crew tills me with
grief and horror, and I assume that
the general assembly will by joint res
olution express the sympathy of the
people of this state for the gallant
dead and wounded of our navy and tor
the surviving relatives.
"I am willing to believe that the loss
of the Maine was the result of inten
tion, and trust that the investigation
ordered by our government may dem
onstrate that it was due to accidental
cause. In view of the uncertainty
which exists as to this point, it would
seem that before the legislature ad
journs sine <lie it should authorize the
executive to tender to the president of
the United States, on behalf of the
state of Illinois, whatever moral and
financial support may be necessary in
this emergency to maintain the honor
of the American flag and to prevent or
punish any attempt at hostile invasion
of our common country.
"JOHN R. TANNKR, Governor."
Both houses of the legislature unan
imously adopted a joint resolution in
dorsing the action of the governor in
issuing the message.
MISS WILLARD IS DEAD.
World Famous Temperance Leader Joins
the <;reat Majority on the Other Side.
New York. Feb. 18.—Miss Frances K.
Willard. president of the Woman's
Christian Temperance union, died
shortly after midnight this morning at
the Hotel Empire, this city.
Frances Elizabeth Willard was born
in t'hurchville, N. Y., September 28,
1839. She graduated at Northwestern
female college, Evanston, 111., in 1850,
became professor of natural history
there in 180'J and was principal of Gen
esee Wesleyan seminary iu 1800-07.
The following two years she spent in
foreign travel. In 1.871-74 she was pro
fessor of aesthetics in Northwestern
university and dean of the woman's
college, where she developed her sys
tem of self-government, which had
been adopted by other educators. Miss
Willard left her profession in 1874 to
identify herself with the Woman's
Christian Temperance union, serving
as corresponding secretary of the na
tional organization until 1879 anil since
then she has been president.
On the death of her brother, Oliver
A. Willard, in 1879, she succeeded him
as editor of the Chicago Evening I'ost.
In 1880 she accepted the leadership oi
the white cross movement in her own
anion, which has obtained through her
influence enactments in 1 - J states for
the protection of women. In 188,8 she
ivas made president of the American
branch of the international council of
women and of the World's Christian
Temperance union, which she had
founded five years before, and she was
repeatedly re-elected.
AM <iu Hoard Lost.
Nanaimo. I>. Feb. 18.—A special
from Juneau, Alaska, confirms the
news of the loss of the steamer Clara
Nevada and says:"The cause of the
disaster was doubtless the explosion of
her boilers. Of the 50 people on board
none are believed to have been saved.
The Clara Nevada was a tramp steam
er, and as she was plying between
United States ports she did not file her
passenger list with the customs house
officers. Those whom she had aboard
had been picked up at Skaguay. It is
thought that she carried about 'M pas
sengers. of whom two or three were
women."
SSOO Reward
The abort R«wmrd will be paid fcr bta
formation that will lead to the asreat mi
conviction of the party er parties wha
placed iroa and a'aba oa the track «112 At
Emporium A Rich Valley R. R , assi,
the east line of Franklin HooeUir's Am.
aa the evening of NOT. 21st, 1851.
HBKBT ADC 18,
88-tf. AuuUi.
FINE LIQUOR Si ORE
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EMPORIUM, PA.
THB undersigned has opened a
class Liquor a tor*, and Indies Ik*
trade of Hotels, Restaurants, Jte.
We ah all carry none bat the beat laaa
loan and Imported
WHISKIES,
BRANDIES.
GINS AND
WINES,
BOTTLED ALE, CHASPABME, EM.
CMnUaarf
Bottled Goods.
CIGARS AND TOBAGCOt
WPoel oad aUHard Boo— U am
CALL AID m «
A. A. MoDONALD,
pbopbiktob, ncromiUM. »a.
aFTxT BLUMLE,?
* EMPORIUM, rA. M
Bottler ai mmt Baalar b U
& WINES, J
& WHISKIES, 3
M And Liquors of All Klada. j ■
« The beat of goods always J
gg carried In stock and every- J| [
y thing warranted as represent
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«T Especial Attentlea Pal" «• I
M nail Orders. « |
§ EMPORIUM, PA. $
112 60 TO 3
Sj. A- ftinslef'U
1 Bread Street, Pm,, J
1 Where yeo cu get anything yea vaat la C
C tha llaa of /
s Groceries,
l Provisions, 112
? FLOUR, SALT HEATS, )
C SMOKED HEATS, \
J CANNED 60(138, ETC., ?
) ftu, Caffea, Fmlti, CaiffttUoßtry, )
S Mate* u< Cigara. C
\ Goads Delivered Pre* mnw /
J Place In Town. l
1 CIII all SEE IE ID CET rUCKLN
? IEIE r. A S. BEFIT (
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Bottling Works,
IOHN McDONALD, Proprietor.
lau P. a B. Depot, Baapoilum, Pa.
Bottler and Shipper a#
Rochester
Lager Beer,
BEST IUJDS OF ETFO&T.
Tka Manufhcturar at But l
~>rtnke and Daalar la Oh ok*
Wlnaa and Para Li qaor a
We keep none bat the very beat
Seer and are prepared to fill Orders ea
ihort notice. Private families served
dally If desired.
JOHN MoDONALD.
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jent buiiaeaa conducted for WoocntTt Puce.
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