THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866. VOL. 34. \\ \ \ \A \ S \ N \.\ V/ % YOU DON'T NEED A LIGHT / to find out the difference \ <§ between buying goods at € i p the right prices of ' McDOUGALL, |i < %'■ / and paying the "long j / price" elsewhere. / j iy / Our goods and prices are ' / examples of what you / can do at an up to date / Grocery. / * Our stock is larger and / more varied than ever be / tore and our aim is to '■ / give you the Highest pos- / possible Quality at the Lowest possible Price. / Leave your orders for / Fresh Fish, Thursday / Polite Service. / / Prompt Delivery. \ < ' Si ' Alex. McDougall, < / ''/■ ■ Groceries and fleat. j ✓ v \ \ v xx.. .v x; v ,x-: x: v N AND S 1 ■ Rugs. | [{] There is a magnificent array of m m Carpets and Rug 3 gathered here pi 1 i Cj for the supplying <>f the season's S [" demands. A splendid represen- |{] n] tation of choicest patterns from a |n In famous Philadelphia firm of pJ [}j world wide fame All are NEW n] and worthy Carpets and Rugs, m Ln marked at prices within the fu [j| reach of all. Lowness is the key- jy n] note by which every price is [n Ln pitched. [u [jj M. C. TULIS. f{] , 1 Ladies j I Waists. It will be a pleasure for you to fjj (jj look at what we have. Every H] i ■ § I ''IMIK 1 1 | ground for believing is the j{] pi brightest, prettiest waist area ir "] hereabouts. We will surprise J [n you with the values you will jj [li get at a fair outlay and tfl }{] our finest creations have not the [[! jn least element of costiless. New- nj ru ness is the chord to which the lij whole stock is tuned. [Jj w 3VE- <C. TULIS, d |T Lloyd's Long Range Forecast of the Weather. |i ft FRIDAY, Pair. jl '' SATURDAY, Fair in morning, pro- •'Because I can do better there, "tsaid a careful housewife, when ill It bably showers in evening. < Uf( n C fiUt iFO > wLy ?, m l vanab, .V bought her wall paper and stationery at fp J: c* jl otl £>2 lAI i1 B l Lloyd s, no matter how much she shopped around. The woman who h - SUNDAY, Probably showers. if lays out the family income to best advantage is quite equal partner i<. with her husband as bread winner. Emporium is full of careful wives. '! The confidence we have in the ehar- Tl, . is is , t ! ,e | l '. st , ore ', a '"! tl "' st;( ? re of otjier thrifty folks who know how much cheaper it really is » 1 11 acter of the goods we sell, and the to buy their bicycles, kodaks, music, standard patterns, cigars, hooks and stationery at this store. Ml If prices fixed for them, make us ijj r i eager at all times to take back any- ; , 1 thing that fails to please our I| <-ust<iiners. M.urtli Htreet. H. S. LLOYD* |l "THE BATTLE IS NOT YOURS, BUT OOD'S." An Appropriate anil Eloquent Sermon Preached at the Union Memorial Services at the Methodist Episcopal Church on Sunday. About three hundred people j gathered at the M. E. Church on Sunday evening last to witness the | memorial services, in honor of the | battle-scarred veterans of our | Nation's wars. The program was opened with ■ a beautiful anthem, "Hark, Hark, j My Soul," by the Emporium Glee | Club, a newly organized musical, combination of about thirty-five' well trained voices under the able i leadership of lion. 1. K. Hockley, 1 after which the Rev. J. M. Robert son, of the Emmanuel Church, read the With Psalm. The congre- ! gation arose and sang the hymn i "America"and repeated the j Apostles' Creed, which was fol-j lowed by a prayer and the reading j of the thirteenth chapter of Romans I by the Rev. Robt. McCaslin of the ] Presbyterian Church, and < Jloria i Patri and an anthem, "O, Jesus j Tliou Art Standing, " were rendered i by the (He© < Jlub. At this point the Rev. Wilford P. Shriner. of the M. E. Church, who was to deliver the memorial 1 sermon, arose and announced his j text, "For the Rattle is not Yours, but God's," and gave a historical introduction thereto. The sermon, j greatly epitomized, which we pub lish herewith, is pronounced by all who heard it to be one of the most appropriate and eloquently de lived it has been their good fortune to listen to. Rev. Shriner, although a young man, is possessed of an exceptional ability, and has a faculty of tin-ow ing his whole energy into his work, which makes 11is arguments and sermons toe u with forceful logic anil brilliant eloquence, and this one was no exception to the rule. Indeed it was a masterpiece of oratory, radiant with effulgence upon the prevailing sentiment, paying a gallant tribute to the veteran defenders of this noble country, and reminding them of the presence of the invisible hand of the Omnipotent Being in the outcome of that irrepressible conflict of which they are the heroes. It was highly commend able from an ecclesiastical point of view, and if there was any doubt in the minds of his hearers as to his ability, divinity or patriotism it was dispelled on Sunday night. THE SERMON. TEXT: —''For the battle, is not yours, but God'#." —II Chrr/n ., SO, 15. It is not any clearer that God fought the battles ! of Jurlah than that He fought our battles. Our greatness is the result of a Divine superimen dency rather than human skill. Our history ! reads like a romance. We enjoy conditions as a i nation for which no human philosophy can ac- I count. No one can read our history correctly unless he discerns that the battles 01 arms, pen unci brains have been fought by Almighty God. Ah an evidence of this, consider; first, the time of lhe discovery. Long before Columbus sighted this continent its existence was known to the 1 nations of the Old Wor.d. The Norsemen had 1 knowledge of it. Lief Erickson made the dis covery 500 years before Columbus. But some how the ifates of the New World refused to open ; to the oppressed of the Old World until the end of the Middle Ages. We plainly see God's hand in this. A different class of people would have come at an earlier period, people who could not have formed the neuclus of the great nation we are to-day. Second, national supremacy. Spain . and Portugal had the start; Holland and Sweden | made earnest efforts; France made a desperate 1 struggle, but the Anglo-Saxon became dominant, ft is plain that God did not intend the Latin races to give temper t«» the new nation. The institution of the Anglo-Saxon race alone was compatible with an advanced civilization. Third, j the character of the colonists. They were men of piety and religious enthusiasm. In the cabin of the Mayflower they declared a covenant of Government "for the glory of God and the ad vancement of jhe Christian faith." Who were j they? The French Huguenots in the Carolinas, i the German refugees and devout peasants of Switzerland, the noble Oglethorpe in Georgia, the Moravians with their devout spirit, Lord ' Baltimore in Maryland, Roger Williams in Rhode island, and last but not least, the Friends in Pennsylvania. What choice seed for a great ' liberty-loving nation! Fouth. the Revolutionary I struggle. It has been aptly characterized a | "struggle of poverty against riches." England I had humbled the House of Bourbon and over powered the armies and navies of the greatest powers of Europe, only to be defeated by a I handful of untrained men whose only power was their patriotism. God fought that battle. Wash ington knew it, for he said: "No people can be I bour.d to acknowledge and adore t he invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men, more "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."—WEßSTEß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 1,1899. than the people of the United States." Fifth, the rapid and great development of our territory. The original colonies possessed only 441,000 square miles. Then came the great Northwest, bringing five mighty states. Then came Ken tucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, which doubled the original area. Still Spain held everything west of the Mississippi. In 1800 Napoleon compelled Spain to cede to France the vast tract called Louisiana. But in 1803, finding he had too much to do at home, he sold it to the Uuited States for $15,000,000, again doubling our area. Next came the Mexican cessions, then the sale of Alaska by Russia for $7,000,000. God fought our battle of development. Sixth, the Civil strife. July 21, '6l our troops were beaten at Bull Run—how it galled us! Then the dis asters on the Peninsula, and before Richmond | the next year, then the retreat, then the bloody and indecisive Antietam. Then Lincoln read his Proclamation on the22nd of Sept., 1862. From that moment God granted victory to the armies of freedom. Then came Vicksburg, Gettysburg, .tn<i Appomattox. The selection <»f Abraham Lincoln to guide the Ship of State through such a bloody sea, can be explained only by my telt. Let us notice, now, that while God promised to fight the battle for Jehoshephat he and his hosts were commanded to get out against their enemies. < »od honors us hv making us the means to accomplish His ends. When a distressed peo ple in Egypt appealed to him for liberty He raised up a Moses to lead them. When the necks of our forefathers were galled by the yokes of for-I eign servitude, He raised up a Washington to lead them to liberty. When three millions of our brothers in our own Southland presented their grievances to Heaven He raised up a Lin coln to break the shackles from human ankles, j Lincoln's call to arms you obeyed, my noble veterans, and thus entered the service of your God as well as your country. A nation rises up j to call you blessed. But let us never forget that i Clod fought those battles and you were only the instruments in His hands. Now what heritage has there been won for us? I First. We have the only successful government "of the people, by the people, and for the peo-i pie" the ideal goverdment of the world. Second. We are a great land socially. Here manual labor is dignified. We esteem a man rather for what he is than for who he is, Blood I has its value. It creates predisposition. But no j man has a right to occupy a place in the social i world on the merit of his great-grandfather. This is the temper of our social fabric. The only just social standard on earth. Third. We are 9 great land scientifically. We need only to think of Fulton and the steam-en gine; Prof. Morse and telegraphy; Edison, Bell and Fields to be reminded of our contributions to our higher civilization. Fourth. Our wealth is enormous. In 1880 it was great enough to buy the Russian and . Turkish Empires, together with Sweden, Nor way, Denmark, Italy. Australia, South Africa and ail South America. Our country produces one-half of the gold and silver e>f the world. We have twenty times as much coal as all Europe combined. Having this great heritage, what shall we do with it? The future is before us; how shall we meet it? What will the future historian write of us? This is a serious question; we must meet it. On what does our national perpetuity depend? Some think our safety is in our wealth. But I would remind you that ancient Babylon was the world's metropolis, situated where the caravans of Asia »nd Africa could dump their wealth in her lap, but where is Babylon now? Some think it is in our culture; that our only safety is in educating the masses. The value of this cannot be overestimated! But I desire to remind you of a cultured Greece which lives only in a dead language and in the classics. The righteousness of a nation is its only safeguard. If a nation is true toGod He will fight her battles. Righteousness stimulates culture and wealth. If we turn our back upon God nothing ein save us from disgrace and defeat. We must bring our National life up to the standard of God's word. We must preserve the sanctity of our American homes-the foundation stones of our national ! greatness. The Roman Catholic Church deserves I our thanks for her high position on the divorce ; question. An when, in the Episcopal Church, a perverse social world demanded her to lower her standard she had moral courage enough to pre serve her sacred Canon which insiststhat "what soever God hath joined together, jet no man put asunder. 1 The drink traffic is another deadly cancer on the body politic, Her influence is inimical to all that is pure and American. Clod grant that a righteous public sentirnnnt may soon be able to throttle this deadly monster. Our duty as patriots is plain. None of us can fail to under ! stand it. Many battles are yet to be fought, i battles of the pen and battles of ideas. We are I not yet done with God; we shall need Him in the i future. "Breathes there a man with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land. If such there be go mark him well. No minstrel raptures for him swell; High though his title, proud his name, Boundle*ss his wealth as wish can claim. Despite those titles, power and pelf, The wretch! Concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown. And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, i Unwept, unhonored and unsung." May Weather. Moan temperature 59.1, which is | l.ii degrees below normal; highest i s«.)° on the first day; lowest .'s")° on till; tenth; average daily range | LM!.7°, which is normal; rainfall | inches, which is 1.N7 inches j below normal. Clear days 10; ' cliuly days 5; partly cloudy 1<»; j rainfall on 11 days. The average j daily temperature for June is 70°. | Normal rainfall is 4.75 inches. Portage Oil Company. ; The Portage < >il Company was | organized l;ist Monday, at the ! Warner House with the following afticers: President, Delos Burlin gauie; Secretary and Treasurer, W. S. Walker; Trustees, A. A. Me i Donald, Henry Auchu and Burlin game. The company has the stock subscribed and will drill one well on Sizer Run. having secured a number of leases. Russell & Niver will do the drilling. Unterrifled in Council. The Democratic County Com mittee met last Saturday and all the "faithful and true'' were 011 hand and elected C. W. Shaffer delegate to tlio state convention, j instruced for Hon. C. A. Mayer for Supreme Court. Full of Trouble. '•Man that is married to a woman is of many days and full of trouble," says Bob Burdette. "In the morning he draweth his salary i and in the evening behold it isj gqjH>. It is like a tale that is told. ! It! vanislieth, and 110 one knows 1 whithereth it goes. Jle riseth up, | clothed in the chilly garments of j the night and seeketh soninambu- i lent paregoric, wherewith to sooth j his infant posterity. 1 1 coinetli ! forth as the horse or ox, and draw - j eth the chariot of his offspring, lie spendeth his sheckels in the j purchase of line linen to cover the | bosom of his family, yet himself is j seen in the gates of the city with j one suspender. Yea, he is alto gether wretched." Fatal Accident. Last Monday evening, Michael I Hutchison, a woodsman, after ] "doing the town" all day to his evident satisfaction, made inquiries as to the wages paid at St. Marys for bark peelers, expressed a deter mination to jump a fast freight then due, saying that "he never paid fare." The train was going at a fast spaed when "Box Car Mike," as he styles himself, made the attempt. lie was thrown! under the ear directly in front of! P. iv E. passenger depot and drag ged to Maple street crossing, near C. 15. Howard & Co.'s ofiice w hen the train was stopped. Hutchin son was found to he frightfully in jured—both legs being crushed an! sustaining a severe cut on the head. The injured man was removed to the Cottage Hotel and l)rs. Smith and IVLong sum moned, who decided to postpone amputation of the legs until the reaction set in, hoping he might rally from the shock. <>n Tuesday Poor Master J. W. Kriner caused him to be removed to a vacant store room in Parson's Bazaar, where attendants and l)rs. Smith and DeLong looked after him. Not having sufficiently recovered from the shock to warrant an oper ation. the poor fellow is slowly : sinking and as we goto press (at p. 111., Thursday) his death may be expected at any moment. M. Hutchison is .'U years of age and came from Lewiston, Maine, where a sister resides. He has always been a rover, although well known in this section, where he has occasionally worked in the woods during the past fifteen years, but never long at one place. In case this item may reach friends or relatives of the deceased it no doubt would be consoling to 1 them to know that the dying man realizes his situation and remark ed to his attendants that he was praying to his maker that his soul might not be lost. Revs. McCas lin and Robertson visited him and prayed with him. This accident should be terrible warning to the numerous boys, as well as men, who are in the daily habit of jumping on freight trains. It is a wonder we are not daily called upon to witness the mangled bodies of small boys, children of parents w ho little think their boys are daily in the habit of train jumping. This practice should be stopped, if there is any effective way to enforce the law. How often have we been called upon to write this same caution, only to be forgotton in a few days —until the next accident. THE IRON WORKS. Extensive lmprovements--,\\ore Coke Ovens--Coal nines to be Operated. KMPORIin WILL BOOM. Last Saturday, Mr. Frank B. Baird, of BufTalo, N. Y., represent ing the firm of C. R. Baird & Co., of I!uffalo, Philadelphia and other cities, with headquarters at Phila delphia, visited Emporium, where be met the Supt. Mr. A. Brady,and talked over business matters in connection with the resumption of business at the plant formerly owned by the Sinnemahoning Iron and Coal Co., but now passed to the firm of C. R. Baird & Co., com posed of C. If. Baird, of Philadel phia, Frank J». Baird. of I'nion Iron Works, of Buffalo and other members of the Baird family. While the PRESS does not deem J it policy to inform our readers of all the many improvementsand in tentions of the new firm, yet we violate no obligations to secrecy when we state this Company are making arrangements for a large business at this place, the magni tudeof which will be seen and appre ciated in the future. The present furnace will be thoroughly repaired in a substantial manner and putin blast about August Ist. The im provements to be made at the fur nace, Mr. Baird informs us,will be not for a. day, week or month, but of such a nature to enable the furnace to turn out 150 tons of iron each day for years. Mr. Brady left Monday morning to purchase fire brick and procure some expert workmen and is ex pected to return today, when the work will be pushed. It is also the plan of the Com pany to make a thorough test of their coal for coking purposes and should their tests prove satisfactory one hundred more ovens will be erected, making two hundred in all. The hundred ovens erected some years ago, but never fired, can be used with some repairs. The coal mines will be reopened and coking carried on in a large scale, provided it proves suitable, as we said above. New railroads, trestles and every necessary im provement will be promptly made. The prospects are very Mattering for an extensive business in the near future, that will greatly aid Emporium, as well as the entire county. Should the new eompanv meet with the desired success no doubt another and more modern furnace, to cost 8250,000, will be erected here. The firm of C. R. Baird & Co., are solid business men and practi cal furnacemen, largely engaged in the manufacture of iron and are heavy stockholders in prominent business concerns in several states. The firm now own the I 'nion Iron Works of Buffalo, and are interest ed in many other important Buf fulo industries; are owners of large iron ore mines in Michigan, the Mt. Sterling ore mines in New York; two furnaces in Virginia and largely interested in the Potts town. Pa., 1 iridg eworks. The ores will be shipped in chartered j boats to Buffalo and deposited up on their own docks and thence to Emporium in their own cars. Mr. Baird met many of our citizens and all who had the pleas ure of conversing with him were pleased to see the interest he mani j tested in our town, outside of his I purchase, when lie expressed a I willingness to aid financially in the establishment of other industries iin Emporium, or surrounding j country—having quietly visited I our county months ago and made | an investigation of our ad vantages. 'W e believe this enterprising com pany will greatly aid the prosperity I of our town and county. Mr. \. Brady, of Lebanon, has j accepted the position of Supt. and j has entered upon his duties. He ; is a gentleman highly recommend ! Ed and conies here from one of the largest iron plants in the state. If you want to Borrow money, Advertise in the PHESS. DIKII. j LEWIS. At (lardeau. Pa.. May 26th. IMI9, MRS. ADAI.IM; I.T:\VI.S, aged 45 years, wife of Abr.-un Lewis. HARKIKI). ■ COR M Y A McINNES.-On Wednesday. May 31, 1899. at 8:00 p. ni.. at the residence of'her mother Mrs. A. M. Hamilton, Emporium, Pa., MISS M AKKI, CoitMYA to JOHN J. M( l .NNI s. both I of Emporium. TERMS: s2.cjo—sl.so IN ADVANCE. EDITOR'S_ NOTICE. XWHEN you see this item mark ed with an X, in blue or black pencil mark across its face you will know that your subscription is due, or past due. Your name will be found printed on each copy of the PRESS, as you receive it and gives the last date to which you have paid. Our terms are $2.00 if not paid in advance, $1.50 in advance. Many, very many, of our patrons allow their subscrip tions to run year after year. This we arc unable to stand—it is not right, lair nor honorable between man and man. To Post 24 !. This lovely, quiet, sweet Spring day, Out to the hillside they wend their way; A sad, fitting tribute of love to pay To the memory of those who have parsed away With flowers sweet and a flag of the fret*. Yea; dear old comrades we remember thee. As lonj* as we live you'll remembered be Until we sleep in peace by the side of thee. These are the boys who wore the blue And stood by the flap, so brave and true; Their numbers lessen, there's only a few Of those brave old boys who wore the blue. Emporium, Pa., May 30th, 1899. G. L. L'OC A LTNQT IG ES. FARMER'S butter at the Creamery, 12c. per lb. CREAMERY butter 19c. per lb. in 5 lb. lots, single lb., 31c. N. SEGER has just received a fine lot of gent's straw hats. Prof. O. B. Hummel arrives in town on Monday and will be ready for any work in his lino. We have received another large in voice of gent's fine underwear. Call and inspect it. N. SEOER'S. THOSE bargains in clothing at N. Seger's are still going and our poople are receiving some great benefits therefrom. LADIES! clean your kid gloves with Miller's Glovine, for sale only by lialeom & Lloyd, headquarters for kid gloves and the famous Dartmouth gloves; all the latest shades. 5-ly HOME GROWN BERRlES. —Metzger <S: Bliss will have twice as many straw berries this year .is ever before, thus giving a chance for the lovers of this lucious fruit to gratify their wants fully. STAWBERIUES.- The scientific method of strawberry cultivation practiced by Fred Bliss enables him to raise berries that have never been equaled in this market. They will be on the market June 15 —the largest crop they have ever had. CABINET PHOTOGRAPHS.— $2.00 per dozen. I have on hand 5,000 Ivoryette finish Cabinet Cards. I will make Carbonette finish pictures, mounted on these cards.for $2 per dozen—regular $4 stock. As lam not making any more Ivoryette finish pictures and have this stock on hand, 1 will make photographs mounted on the same for the above price, until all this stock is used. I will not make any cabinets at this price after this supply is gone. Come early as this stock will not last long. Very truly, J. B. SCHRIEVER, 12-3t Emporium, Pa. The Health Giving Rhubarb. Rhubarb is a highly medicinal vegetable which should be used as much as possible during this season. Rhubarb sauce should form a. part of at least one meal a day, and even the much criticised pie need not be vetoed if it taks the l'orni of rhubarb. But new ways of serving it are in demand, and it is not only a valuable tonic, but a delicious dish when made into a ''rhubarb charlotte." Butter a baking dish thoroughly and cover the bottom an inch deep with line bread crumbs, then with a layer of rhu barb that lias been peeled and cut into small thin pieces. Scatter the rhubarb thickly with sugar, cover it with a second layer of bread crumbs and over the crumbs put bits of butter. Continue to lill up the dish in this way to the top. having the top layer of bread crumbs thickly sprinkled with pieces of butter. Bake this pud ding in a slow oven for an hour, or until the rhubarb is thoroughly cooked all through and the top is nicely browned. To Avoid Errors. An exchange gives the following i good advice: When a death occurs | in a family one of the members j should make it a point to secure i whatever is necessary of the family ! record, write it out and leave it at j tlie local newspaper ollice. If this 1 precaution was taken there would be less kicking about errors in | death notices. The average editor 1 knows considerable about many ' things 1 nit he don't know quite all i the history of every family in the j vicinity, in fact it frequently hap i pens that information given by members of a family are incorrect. ! All editors are anxious to print ; correct statements and it is the I duty of those concerned in cases of j this kind to assist him as far as ! possible. NO. 14.
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