THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS.
ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866.
VOL. 34.
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'' 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).
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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.
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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.
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