R.C. DODSON,
THE
firucjclist,
KMPOHII'M, J»A.
IS LOCATED IN THE CORNER STORE.
At Fourth and Chestnut Sts.,
DODSON'S PHARMACY.
WHAT'S THE TROUBLE?
Perplexing questions often con
front the prescription clerk. Our con
stant study enables us to fill perfectly
your wants.
When its completed, you may
be certain your remedy con
tains all the excellence of pro
per compounding of best drugs.
R. C DUDSON.
EMPORIUM
MILLING COMPANY.
PRICE LIST.
Emporium, Pa., June 15, 2890.
N'BMOPHILA, periack $1 20
Graham, s 60
Rye - 60
Buckwheat " 65
Patent Meal " 40
Coarse Meal, per 100 95
ChopFeert, " 95
White Middlings. " 1 00
Bran,. " 95
Corn, per bushel, 53
White Oats, per bushel 10
Choice Clover Seed, 1
Choice Timothy Seed, ! Market Prices.
Choice Millet Seed,
Fancy Kentucky Blue Grass, J
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
PERSONAL GOSSIP.
Contribution* invited. That which you would i
tike to nee in thin department, let us know by pos
tal curd, or letter, personally.
Mrs. Fowler, of Oshkosh, Wis., is
visiting Mrs. Fred Julian.
Mrs. Dr. Wright, of Erie, was guest
of M. P. Whiting and wife on Monday.
Mrs. John J. Hinkle and Mrs. J. D.
Logan visited Driftwood on Monday.
Geo. Towers, of Driftwood, trans
acted business in Emporium on Mon
day.
Miss Ella Ilerrick has returned to
her home at Sterling Run, greatly im
proved.
Mr. W. H. Waters, of St. Louis, Mo.,
was guest of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Julian
last week.
Mrs. Vosage and daughter, Miss
Gussie, of Ashland, Pa., are guests of
Mrs. Fred Julian.
The Olean Times says Jas. S. Douglas
of that city, is making a two weeks
visit in Cleveland.
Wm. Schneider and family have
moved into one of Mrs. Rockwell's
houses on Cherry street.
Miss Rose Bair and brother Leo have
been visiting their brother, Dr. Ed.
Bair, at Buffalo, this week.
Miss Flora Schlecht has returned
home from Johnsonburg, where she
had been visiting her sister.
Mrs. E. M. Hurteau, of Emporium,
was the guest of Mrs. John Norris yes
terday.—Kane Republican, 28th.
Miss Emma Yonker, of Johnsonburg,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. John
Schlecht, and family, on E. Fourth
street.
Mrs. Dr. Heilman is expected to re
turn from Titusville to-day, where she
attended a family reunion and met
brothers she has not seen in twenty
five years.
Street Commissioner P. R. Beattie
took time to drop in and see the PRESS
on Tuesday. He feels tip-top—"just
like a fighting cock," he says.
John L. Johnson, who conducts the
Central House, at this place, was a
welcome caller at the Press office on
Saturday. Mr. Johnson is keeping a
good house and prospering.
Mrs. Josiah Howard accompanied
her guests, Mrs. Emma Andrews and
Mrs. Wm. Andress, of Wiiliamsport,
to Ridgway, where they visited on
Monday and Tuesday.
Miss Maude Brookbank, one of Drift
wood's fair damsels, was the guest of
her brother James at the Renovo
Hotel from Saturday until Monday.—
Renovo Record.
Mrs. Delia Golden, of Ridgway, who
accompanied her little daughter Bertha
to Orthapedie Hospital, Philadelphia,
stopped on her way home to visit her
sister, Mrs. George Stevens, at this
place.
Mr. C. R. Kline, of Beechwood, was
transacting business in town on Mon
day Miss Stella Garrity, the affable
cashier at the Great Combination Store
left last Saturday to spend a few days
with her parents at Emporium. —St.
Marys Gazette.
Ralph Hemphill is visiting friends in
Clearfield county.
Joe Cavanaugh is no driving de
livery wagon for Jos. Kinslor.
Geo. W. Williams of Wellsboro, Pa.,
was in Emporium on Tuesday.
Geo. Exstine and family spent Sun
day with friends in Rich Valley.
Miss Lena Moxley, of Renovo, Pa.,
is the guest of Miss Martha Kaye.
David Hayes is happy once more.
His wife has returned from her visit.
Miss Mary Davison is guest of the
Misses Huntley at Driftwood this week.
Miss Mary M. Groves, of Couders
port, is visiting P. C. Leet and family.
Misses Lucy and Elida Wright, of
Smethport, visited in Emporium yes
terday.
Geo. Rieck, of Benezette, is visiting
his brother, Dr. P. D., at this place
this week.
Miss Mary Bender, of Shippensburg,
is the guest of Miss Grace Walker, at
this place.
B. W. Green and C. P. Mankey
transacted business at Lock Haven
last Saturday.
Harry Weaver, of Kane, was in Em
porium this morning, and dropped in
to see the PRESS.
Rev. McCaslin has returned from
Ohio, where he was called to attend
the funeral of a sister.
Miss Josie Deavor, and Miss Golda
Lyons returned Tuesday from a two
weeks' visit at Renovo.
Mrs. Orville Proudfoot and children
visited in Cameron over Sunday,
guests of Patrick Clare and family.
The Misses Andrews, ofCoudersport,
daughters of P. L. Andrews, are guests
of the Misses Olmsted, at this place.
Miss Lottie Webber, ofOlean, who
has been visiting Emporium friends
for the past week, returned home
to-day.
Thos. Lyons returned to St. Marys
this morning, after a few days' visit
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will
Lyons.
John Cumerford and family, visited
in Emporium the latter part of last
week. "No place like Emporium," so
says Jack.
Henry Crawford will soon drill a
well on his land at Sizerville. The re
sult will be what will follow.—Potter
Enterprise.
Miss Grace Ullrich, who has been
visiting relatives and friends here for
the past three weeks, returned to
Elmira, N. Y., on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Prank Pearsall and
children returned on Tuesday from a
pleasant visit to Coundersport friends.
They drove across the mountains.
Freight conductor W. C. Driver fell
through a culvert at Grove Station, on
Monday night, breaking his left leg.
He was taken to his home at Renovo.
Mr. T. Lawrence Padden, of Andover,
N. Y., who has been visiting M. C.
Tulis and family the past two weeks
left on Sunday to visit friends in Buf
falo and other cities.
Mrs. W. G. Egbert and daughter
Gladys, leave this week for their home
at Ithaca, N. Y., after passing a very
pleasant visit with Mrs. Egbert's par
ents—Goe. A. Walker and wife, at this
place.
The Misses Anna and Thereasa
Blumle, of Emporium, who are spend
ing the week with friends in Olean
and vicinity, were guests yesterday of
Mrs. P. Yalin, of N. Ninth street
Olean Times.
Mrs. H. W. Martindale, of Sizerville,
was the guest of Mrs. W. B. Moore
this week Mrs. Knickerbocker, who
is spending the summer at Emporium
was in Port Allegany briefly, this week.
—Port Allegany Reporter.
A. F. Vogt, of Emporium, spent a
few hours in town yesterday with re
latives We are sorry to learn that
the condition of our esteemed towns
man, Andrew Laumer, who has been
confined to his home for the past six
weeks is not much improved.-—Port
Allegany Press.
John Collins, Sr., of Emporium, was
a guest of his son Dan, for a few days
this week "Sully" Cavanaugh, of
Emporium, an old member of the once
famous Austin athletic base ball nine
was in town this week John Ander
son and wife and John Olson and wife
went to Emporium Monday for a few
days visit.—Austin Republican.
Harry George, formerly of this place,
now conducting an insurance business
in Emporium, was a welcome caller at
the "Press" office on Monday. Harry
does not confine his business to his
Emporium office, but has worked up a
wonderfully lucrative trade at Eldred
and other northern points. The
"Press" wishes him success in this, as
in all other business ventures.—Port
Allegany.
Mrs. Geo. Shaffer and children re
turned Thursday from a month's visit
|in Sterling Run M. J. McLaughlin,
! of Allegany and A. H. Shaffer, ofEm
i porium, were registered at the Good
' year yesterday F. G. Yonker and
j G. H. Swift, of Emporium, and M. B.
I Keefer and Roy Carter, of Smethport,
! were among the Sunday visitors at the
i Hotel Goodyear. During their stay in
' town they were the guests of Ray
; Wolters.—Austin Autograph.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1899.
Mrs. J. P. Felt and two sons are
visiting Jay Felt and wite in Philadel
phia.
Arch F. Andrews and wife have re
turned to Emporium from an extended
visit to Coudersport.
Mrs. Bryan and daughter, .Miss Nina
have returned from an extended visit
to Erie and Chautauqua Lake.
Chas. Van Lew directs us to "send
his PRESS to Round Island until further
notice," JIB he hurried for the train
this morning.
Mrs. F. C. Reick and children left
on Tuesday for Berlin, Ont., where
they will visit relatives and friends
about two months.
Wm. Weinman, of Lebanon, ap
pointed chemist at the furnace, has
arrived in town and entered upon the
discharge of his duties.
Mrs. Alex. McDonald and daughter
returned last Friday from an extended
visit with her parents in Canada.
Alex, went to Buffalo and accompanied
them home.
Dan Gratton, the man who was
stabbed at Blowville, by Wm. Anson,
was in Emporium on Monday, looking
for Anson and wife, who were near
Emporium on Sunday.
We were pleased to shake hands with
our old fried Jos. Strayer, who was
calling on friends in town last Satur
day. "Joe" is now one of Sinnema
honing's most prosperous merchants.
Supt. A. Brady, of this place, was a
personal friend of Col. Hawkins and
keenly feels his death. Mrs. Brady's
brother, Capt. L. M. Porter, is a mem
ber of the Tenth and served with Col.
Hawkins.
Wm. T. Seger came over from
Smethport on Wednesday to visit his
parents this week. His father has
retired from the firm at Smethport and
is succeeded by A. D. Doyle. The firm
name is now Seger & Doyle. Wm.
has retired from the Emporium firm.
Archbishop John B. Ireland has re
turned from a three month's visit to
Europe. Being interviewed he de
clined to respond to many questions,
but did say: "What is new in
America?" he asked. "I see you have
buried Ingersoll. No, no," he added
hastily. "I have nothing whatever to
say about him; I have formed no opin
ion."
What in your journey abroad im
pressed you most?" was asked.
"I was most impressed, I think, with
the contrast between the masses of
Europe and the masses in this country.
The American poor are better off in
every way. You will find them more
intelligent, and their surroundings are
certainly conducive to greater happi
ness."
Over the ''Mump."
Did you ever ride over the new route
traversed by the Emporium & Rich
Valley It. 11.? 11 not, you have tailed
to enjoy one of the line.it .scenic stretches
of travel.
The valley through which one winds
iu the early stages of the journey is
watered by a down-Howing stream cours
ing to the Susquehanna; und the sun
illumes the giant shoulders of mountains
liigli above the train, which leads through
green forest aisles, past clumps of flowers,
veidure covered rocks, and trout pools
glinting beyond dark lines of hemlock,
intermingled with the lighter tints of
maples, elms and oaks.
After passing the cultivated foothills
of Lawnview, we gradually surmount, by
easy grades, the skirmish ascents mount
ing to a region which bears a striking
similarity to the famous Marshall's Pass
—one of the grandest mountain scenes
flanking the Rockies. The wheels squeak
their complaint as we toil higher and
higher; aud "old Dan" puts his nose to
the ground as if he scented difficulty
ahead, as he sturdily grinds back and
forth, sometimes acting as pusher, and
anon and dragging us behind him up the
steep grades. The train halts in little
Italy, to afford us an opportunity to ac
quaint ourselves with the novel customs
and costumes of foreign babyhood ; and
then, piff, paff, pouf, we are speeding on
again amid the varied phases of weird
and stupendous scenery.
The air is like ctherial champagne;
the ozone laden atmosphere has a marked
tonic effect, and we breathe it with con
scious delight as we glance down, down—
way down ciyht hundred and seventy-five
feet to the narrow ravine through which
the road over which we came runs in
zigzag silver threads. Ah ! Here is the
point of intersection with the St. Marys
railroad; and presently the engine utters
an aststetniatic snort that sounds like a
derisive echo of "old Dan's" voice. But
it is a note of triumph for all that—we
have scaled the king ot peaks, aud are
skimming over the air line with fields of
hewn logs belonging to Elk county on
one side of the ridge, and the Howard
model lumber camps in Cameron county
on the other.
After sampling ten different kinds ot
cake, each better than its fellow, we com
-1 mence the return journey.
Gee-whiz! There are evidences of
| sorcery abroad ! We arc traveling with
| out any locomotive. What fun! Let us go
out on the front platform. Glory, but this
J breeze is invigorating! Our hair is
blowing six ways from Sunday, and we
I have to hold onto our eye-lashes as we
J sweep around curves ; but that nevcr-to
| be-forgotten ride, and Mrs William
' Howard's courtesy are stored among the
delicious memories of life.
EM MA MKIISKREAI' NEWTON.
IKON TRADE.
Frank B. Baird Told the Commerce
Commission About It.
Mr. Frank B. Baird appeared be
fore the New York state commerce
commission, at Buffalo, last Satur
day, the commission being in ses
sion to take testimony relative to
the Erie canal. Mr. Baird who is
one of the owners of the Emporium
furnace, is one of the leading iron
men of the country and his testi
mony will be read with interest by
the PRESS readers. Mr. Baird's
remarks are taken from the Buf
falo Commercial.
After a brief session, Frank B.
Baird appeared and was sworn,
lit; said : "I am an iron manu
facturer. I built a furnace in
Ohio in lH7t>. Before that 1 was a.
mine owner for six years. My
father was in that business before
me and my grandfather built the
first furnace in Ohio, in Adams
county, in 1819. I am familliar
with the iron industry, and the
iron ore trade in the northwest."
Mr. Baird traced the history and
growth of the iron ore trade in this
country, and his narration of the
primative methods of mining was
interesting, lie said in 1840 the
fairy tales of iron ore in the north
west were generally disbelieved
until the ore from that region be
gan pouring in. The northwest
ore was much superior to the ore
found in Kentucky and other ore
producing states. During the civil
war the demand for iron was
enormous and deposits of fine iron
ore were discovered right along.
Pittsburg was the first city to take
advantage of this and became the
pig iron centre. In 1863 the coun
try passed the million ton mark in
the production of pig iron and last
year 14,000,000 tons were made.
In 17 years, he prophesied the pro
duction will exceed .10,000,000
tons.
The deposits of iron ore in Eng
land are practically exhausted and
the ore for the manufacture of iron
in England is mainly secured in
Spain and Africa and some is ob
tained in Venezuela. He predict
ed that the world would in the
future, have to depend upon
America for iron.
Mr. Baird told what Russia and
Canada are doing to protect their
iron trade and said the deposits in
northwestern part of this country,
especially in Michigan arid Minne
sota and Wisconsin, are practically
inexhaustible. The chief deposits
cover areas over 200 miles in ex
tent and the quality is very liue.
The mines are for the most part
situated from 80 to 150 miles away
from the lake coast and the rail
rates to the lake ports are quite
steep. It is now a problem to get
this ore and its products to tide
water advantageously and profit
ably. New methods of using coal
and coke and their products have
tended to revolutionize old methods.
(Jood coal has been discovered
within 150 miles of Buffalo.
"Bringing the ore to Buffalo,
also the new coke," said Mr. Baird.
"guarantees to Buffalo the great
est iron centre in the world."
Canada, lie said is to become a
great competitor in the iron in
dustry. That country lias offered
for five or six years, a bounty of
§2 a ton 011 pig iron. He said be
had examined, within a week,
four different sets of plans for
furnaces in Nova Scotia, and scores
of others are planned. A great
deal of capital will thus be invested,
lie said there was much to fear
from this source. Buffalo's great
menace at present is the Welland
canal.
"I would rather have,"he said,
" a blast furnace in Buffalo than
in any other place in this country;
but 1 would rather have a blast
furnace 011 the Welland canal than
any other place in America."
The bounty offered by Canada
and the facilities for shipment 011
the Welland canal, he explained,
were certain advantages.
"What will this bounty cost the
people of Canada in five years?"
asked Mr. Schierne.
•'I should say it would bankrupt
that country." Said Mr. Baird.
lie said that hundreds of furnaces
would be started and would be
continued, even though the bounty
was withdrawn. One contemplat
ed furnace, said Mr. Baird, would
draw $2,000 a day bounty, "and,"
he added, "I don't think Canada
can stand that sort of thing very
long.
"I expect,"continued Mr. Baird,
"to begin building a furnace on
the Welland canal next spring and
also another one here in Buffalo
within a few weeks."
Mr. Baird said there was
much talk about a vast com
bination to control the iron ore
output, but said it was visionary
as well as impracticable. No ten,
twenty, thirty or any other num
ber of interests could very well
control the iron ore. owing to the
almost unlimited deposits. He
said lie had heard of rumors, very
vague, of great iron ore deposits in
the interior of China, and a fur
nace had been started there 011 the
American plan. But in no event
did lie anticipate that the Chinese
deposits would surpass in extent
and quality the deposits in the
United States. Mr. Baird pointed
out several advantages Buffalo en
joys over Pittsburg as an iron
centre and said the difference in
the long haul and the short haul,
the smaller quantity of coke re
quired here, etc., would enable
this city to make iron more cheaply
than Pittsburg.
"The closing of the Erie canal,"
said Mr. Baird, "would injure
New York, the Hudson River the
Mohawk Valley, the entire state
except Buffalo. You can't stop
Buffalo, however as a great, the
greatest of iron-producing cities in
the world. 1 don't think we are
more enterprising here, but Buffa
lo is the natural highway for this
product and has superior facilities
for manufacturing the product."
Mr. Baird explained that the
canal was very advantageous to
the iron trade, as the canal rates
are lower than the rail rates. lie
said he could ship by canal to
Albany and intermediate points at
much less than rail rates, and if
the canal boats could be enlarged
so as to double the tonnage of
the boats, the bulk of the pig iron
and export manufactured iron
would unquestionably go by the
canal route.
"Have you ever had a rate from
the New York Central," asked Mr.
Smith, "of three mills per ton per
mile?"
"No," answered Mr. Baird. "but
we have had as low as about four
mills per mile. Our usual rate is
five or six mills." He advocated
the building of iron canal boats of
double the present average ton
nage.
In answer to Chairman Scliieren,
who asked for an expression as to
the advisability of expending more
money to improve the canal, Mr.
Baird said: "I am unquestionably
in favor of it. It should be done
to save the commerce of the state.
If the canal is offered for sale, it
would be quickly bought by pri
vate individuals."
"Do you think it would be suici
dal to abandon the canal ?"
"Yes; but Buffalo would suffer
less than the rest of the state,"
was the reply.
Mr. Baird said he felt that the
filling up of the canal would to an
extent cripple Buffalo, but this city
would have an outlet in the Wel
land canal. He said Mr. Hewitt
did not take the iron trade into
consideration when he advocated
the closing of the canal. It would
be decidedly beneficial to the state,
Mr. Baird reiterated, to improve
the Erie canal.
Barber Shop Thoughts.
It pays
To have a beautiful front yard.
There's a profit in it, as well as in the
garc 311.
Plants and flowers are better pets
than lap dogs.
Who would dare spurn the flowers ?
Flowers and plants are grown purely
for beauty, and yet one weed mars the
picture.
While you are working among the
flowers are you planning for next
year's work?
A stock of phlox, in the corner of your
yard will in time spread so that you
will not be troubled with weeds in that
corner—nothing but flowers.
A wild cucumber seed putin the
ground this fall, will next summer
shade a window, or hide a shed or
cover ten feet of your fence that needs
paint or whitewash.
If you goto the woods in the month
of May, you can get ferns that will
make a beautiful spot in a shady cor
ner of your yard, year after year with
out attention. Weeds do not like
them.
A Viginia creeper you can find in
the woods, a beautiful vine, a rank
grower and will hide a multitude of
short coinings.
A ten cent pack of sweet peas will
give you flowers every morning for
your table, and your flies will look for
another place.
A twenty-five cent bulb—elephant
ear—will in a few years increase in
numbers and give a tropical appear
ance to one corner of your yard.
A dollar invested in cannas will
start a beautiful canna bed that will
flower all summer. The stocks in a
few years well multiply so fast tha
you can make your friends happy.
If you do not own the house you
are living in, a ten cent package of
flower seeds will cover it with vines
and flowers for one season, and the
glory of it will remain with you and
your neighbors much longer.
A lawn mower and after supper
muscle will change the appearance of
your front yard, and make the weeds
liang their heads in shame.
Fifty cents invested in a good flori
culture magazine will teach you how
to grow flowers all the year around.
A few dollars spent each year in
flowers and shrubbery, and time
you idle away, will beautify your
property; increase its value; give pleas
ure to your family and friends, and
help to make your town attractive.
"Give me from some kind hand a flower,
The record of one happy hour."
NEXT.
The man who can get drunk and not
| make a fool of himself is a hero in his
I particular line. I have not met many
I heroes of this sort.
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