THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS.
ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866.
VOL. 34.
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NEW STORE. FRESH GOODS.
CRAMER'S
' Popular Variety Store
New line of winter Coats and
! Capes. Elegant in texture anil
| make. ]
Newest styles in Fancy Dress | ,
! patterns.
Fine line of Ready-made Cloth- |
| ing of the best manufacture.
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Ladies' ■ Furnishing • (Ms. i
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112 Tinware. Glassware,
! I Silverware, Dishes, by sets, 1 i
r One hundred piece
I Dinner and Tea Sets,
112 Crockery,
% Lamps, Lanterns,
112 Clocks,
112 Table Oil Cloth,
112 Clothes Wringers,
112 Window Shades, Wall Paper,
112 Sewing Machines,
D. F. CRAMER,
Emporium, Pa. i !
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SasaS^
I Dress Goods. !
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ru We assert that our snow
nJ ing of Dress Goods form
a] Autumn wear is without a [n
peer in the matter of variety [Jj
w and refined selection—a j"
Di claim that is supported by a p]
Uj volume of business which is r{]
wholly unprecedented and:{]
[u is still rapidly growing. £
nj Not only are these offer- Lr,
n] ings superior, but the prices [n
W are most favorable. $
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uj seen to be appreciated. n!
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| Fall Capes * Jackets J
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uj suallv active, and purchasers ["
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the forehanded methods }{]
[J{ which gave us a large stock }£
[u of Jackets and Capes for this"l
nJ season's trade, at prices ex- uj
p] tremely low for first-class [n
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m her plans this fall. Her de- t]
Cj cree seldom bends with n]
Q, economy; but for once the j{]
N two are yoke mates. JQ
nJ The latest Fall Styles are m
n] here at the LOW prices that [n
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EASTMAN'S KODAK « , _ _
1 -X- ] LLOYD'S LONG RANGE FORECAST OF THE
1 ?4 :(■! WEATHER AND EASTMAN'S KODAK.
fij \\ i « /w ' v - With the great teast day of the year just ■ " ad, the house- jfjl]
]J X r// ) \ Tlinnirn rfiirinrf \ wife's thoughts divide attention between good things to eat and i |
[I QS £ iliailKSfilVinfi. < good things to buy at Lloyd's.
|F WILL PHOTOGRAPH THE WEATHER. \ 112 $ If ever there was a time when thankfullness should find gen- 1
ft SA'™ u Y ui ":, i ' i ; ; r " ingto SROW ' } twwwAv^ eral expression, it seems to be now No matter what form the JJ
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-Ji \ fullest evidence. Our store is stocked with books, stationery, kodaks, wall paper, guns, W
liJ You can carry it in vour bands, on your shout- 112 ammunition and good cigars CtC. [ȴ
<ler, in your poi ket or on your bicyle. i " ' r-1 1
1 \ o'l press ti.t butiou :u?'i 1 .;e ICodak will c * «i wm ~
t _ HARRY S. LLOYD,
L2OGAL JJOTICES.
FOB a good bargain in overcoats go
to N. Seger's.
THE KINO of oratory at M. E. church
Friday evening. Doors open at 7:15
p. m.
The doll baby exhibit at Taggart's
Drug Store is simply fine and prices
within the reach of all.
LADIES! clean your kid gloves with
Miller's Glovine, for sale only by
Balcom & Lloyd, headquarters for kid
gloves and the famous Dartmouth
gloves; all the latest shades. 5-ly
Hellow ! John, how much did you
you pay for that four ounce prescrip
tion? Fifty cents. Well I am fifteen
cents in. Only thirty-five. I went to
Taggart's.
NOTICE! —All persons indebted to C.
B. Howard & Company, for wood, on
or before Nov. Bth, 1899, are requested
to make payment to me.
REUBEN FOUNTAIN.
China is as appropriate for birthday,
wedding and Christmas presents as
anything you can find and Taggart has
the best line in town. Call and ex
amine.
ALL LOVERS of prose and poetry, wit
and humor, monologue, dialogue and
polylogue, from the best literature of
the world, should come and hear Dr.
King at M, E. church Friday evening.
FOR SALE.—A number of fine dwel
lings and properties for sale in Em
porium. Well located and provided
with all modern conveniences. Terms
reasonable. Inquire of
B. W. QUEEN,
38-41. C. W. SHAFFER.
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THE ladies of the Presbyterian ■
church will continue their sale of
Home-made Bread and Cakes at the
usual place—next to Dodson's drug
store. Saturday, Nov. 25.
TURKEY DINNER— The ladies of the
M. E. Church wil serve a Turkey Din
ner, Thanksgiving day, in the parlors
of the church. We earnestly solicit
your patronage. Price of diuner '25 j
1 cents.
ALL the requisites for man's comfort,
and protection against winter's icy
blasts may be found in the largo stock
of men's underwear, shoes, hosiery, 1
! gloves and mittens, hats and caps, and
a fine line of ready-made suits and j
overcoats at N. Seger's.
LOST.—An Armenian boy, George 1
Allen, age 13 years, 3', feet tall, light \
complexion, speaks English, and when
last seen was peddling notions, etc.,
from a box strapped over right shoulder
and telescope satchel over left shoul
der. Any information as to his where
abouts will be gratefully received by
Ilesne Allen, 104 Dandoff St., Carbon
dale, Pa.
GOOD THINGS FOR THANKSGIVING—
Plum Pudding and Mince Meat to
the Queen's taste, pure Spices, Season
ings, Flavoring Extracts, pure Fruit
Jellies and Preserves, Cluster Raisins,
Nuts, Confectionery, Pickles, Olives,
Fancy Cheese, Florida Oranges, Choice
Apples, Celery, Sweet Potatoes,
"Royal" Mocha and Java Coffee.
Your orders solicited, and satisfaction
guaranteed. Store open until noon on
Thanksgiving Day.
DAY'S.
FLAT TO LET.—One groundfloor fl at
in the Odd Fellows Block, to let to
1 the right party. These rooms are in
first-class condition, well ventilated,
| | supplied with gas, water, bath and
j closet. They are the most desirable
, residence locations in Emporium. Ap
| j ply at once to
C. JAY GOODNOUGH,
FRANK 11 ALDERMAN,
E. W. GASKILL,
Trustees,
, or, J. 11. SWAIN, on the premises, who
1 will conduct you through the rooms.
36-3t. e. o. w.
"Liberty and Union, One and " —WKBSTKR.
EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23,1899.
A Curiosity.
In last week's issue of the Indepen
dent there appeared a wall from some
individual, with a sour stomach, who
styled himself "Republican" (?). A
perusal of the silly stuff may delude
those citizens not familiar with the
situation in this county, yet none will
be caught by the wails of the writer
who neither supports nor labors for
the success of Republican candidates,
yet lias the cheek to pose as a Republi
can. We care nothing for the "rot"
hurled at us—yet we must have more
influence in Cameron county than the
writer gives us credit, when the fact is
taken into consideration that Messrs.
Gleason and (iaskill received the al
most solid endorsement of the Repub
licans of the county at the primary
elections. It was the general senti
ment of the tax-payers of the county
that Messrs. Gleason, Gaskill and Vogt
were safe men for county commission
ers and should be re-elected. The de
feat of Mr. Gleason was simply owing
to the fact that he declined to canvass
the county, in accordance with an
agreement made by all the candidates
some time before the election and was
violated by some, who did solicit.
Mr. Gaskill and Mr. Vogt declined to
violate the pledge and remained at
home attending to their business until
the day before election, while Mr.
Mason was hustling for votes for him
self and received the "dead" votes
of all such individuals who have the
gall to style themselves "Republicans."
As to Mr. Burlingame the PRESS has
none but the kindest feeling and, as
we informed his son H. D., early in
the season we should support his can
didacy unless Mr. Gaskill would be a
candidate for re-election. Delos Bur
! lingame is not to be caught with any j
such clap-trap stuff as that emanating j
t from the self-confessed sore head. |
During the campaign for the nomina- ,
tion not a word was said by the PRESS i
for or against any candidate —that was j
left to be expressed by the voters at i
at the primaries, where they voted for i
the candidates direct and instructed
the delegates.
Every line of the article published in j
the Independent is a tissue of false- 1
hoods, from start to finish.
Big Excitement.
Last Friday a cfeer made its appear
ance in C. B. Howard & Company's
| mill pond, causing great excitement
' among the men. The doe, for such
| it was, evidently had been chased by
j dogs, bounded into the pond among
j the logs and men working there. All
i hands made for the frightened animal
| with pick-levers, poles, etc., but the
[ deer was too fast for them. Bob Clark
i struck it several times over the head
j and Ed Litrenau endeavored to catcli
jit by the horns and was astonished to
to see it leap over him. Ed says,
j "How him fly." The deer got away
! and made for the mountain, followed
| by a number of men.
University Association.
, Nov. 27: Nathaniel Hawthorn, Rev.
Robt. McCaslin; Daniel Webster,
; Josiah Howard; The Age of Orators,
j Miss Nellie Hogan.
! Dee. 4: Religious Movements of the
! Nineteenth Century, Rev. W. P.
j Shriner; Emerson as Essayist and
Philosopher, Prof. Stauffer; Emerson
|as Poet, Miss Blanche Ludlum; The
i Alcotts, Miss Rose Bair; Margaret
j Fuller, Mrs. Burlingame; Theodore
Parker, Miss VanValkenberg; Henry
! David Thoreau, Miss Bonham.
Some Sort of a Critter.
, Chicago News.
A prominent clergyman of the Epis
copal church, while traveling down in
the backwoods of Maine, was obliged
| to spend the night at a farm house.
In conversation with the farmer's wife,
he asked: "Are there many Episco
palians about here?" She replied:
"Wal, really, I dunno; the hired man
killed some sort of a critter the other
day out back of the barn, but I think
he 'lowed 'twas a woodchuck."
Your Attention, Please.
Anyone is liable to make a mistake,
and many are just as liable to be mis
taken. We haye no apologies to make
but some people have, in some way,
grasped the idea that Prof. King is to
deliver a lecture Friday evening, at
the M. E. church. Such is not the case,
however. He is going to give a pro
misciously arranged program that will
be highly pleasing to everybody. Re
member that Mr. King possesses hu
morous talent unsurpassed, and all who
hear him will acknowledge that the
Irish, German, Scotch and American
dialects are spoken in all their genu
ineness. If you want to laugh, hear
him; if you wish to acquire knowledge
from the best elocutionary teacher in
America, hear him.
Prof. King gives special notice that
no extra charge will be made for dys
peptics; no rebate given where an
auditor faints from laughter, or where
benefits are received. Come all and
sit in the sunshine of good humor and
mirth. Be good, be happy, be good
natured, be sympathetic, and the ways
of life will be smoother and brighter.
Friday evening of this week, in M. E.
church. Admission 35 cts., children
15 cts.
EPWORTH LEAGUE.
Three Thousand Feet Deep.
A Bradford correspondent says:
Mike Miller has the deepest oil well in
the northern field. It is more than
3,000 feet in depth. The cable which
he used in drilling the well broke
some time ago, and since then he has
done no drilling. He is about to get a
new cable and commence where he
left off. He hopes to find in the re
mote depths another productive oil
sand. There are quite a number of oil
people who believe that he will get
something if he perseveres. It would
be remarkable if he should. There
would in that case be an immediate re
drilling of thousands of oil wells
throughout this section of the state.
"Frank Harvey's play 'The
World Against Her,' was produced for
the first time in Brooklyn last night at
the Grand Opera House by Agnef
Wallace Villa, supported by a remark
ably well-balanced company. The
plot of the play of which a sketli has
already been given, proved to be a
strong melodrama of a much higher
order of merit than one is accustomed
to find or to expect in pieces of its
class. It scored a decided success, the
principals being recalled after each act.
The story is in itself of exciting inter
est, and as worked out in incident,
situation and dialogue appeals strongly
to the common sympathies and excites
the purest emotions of human nature.
The self-sacrificing, fearless love of
mother for her child, the sufferings of
wronged and much injured wife, the
bright side of life among the poor,
contrasted with its hardships and
gloomy surroundings, the Christian
kindness which the lowly extend to
each other and to those more destitute
than themselves —these are all phases
of life which are treated naturally and
with such simple power. The pre
valent sombre tone of the play is re
lieved by touches of humor, introduced
by the showman and his wife and the
love by-play of a romantic girl in her
teens and her not very demonstrative
sweetheart.
Mr. Harvey's play had considerable
I success in England before it was secur
ed for this country. It is beyond a
| dout, destined to become popular here
j with the vast multitude of play goers
who like melodrama, pure and simple,
i The individual members of the excel
; lent company elicited warm applause
! from the crowded house. It is cleverly
! acted and handsomely staged."—
| Brooklyn Eagle.
i At the opera house, Friday evening,
Nov. 24. Admission 35c. children, 25c;
! Reserved seats 50c. Tickets on sale at
iH. S. Lloyd's Many of our citizens
will remember the Wallace Sisters,
who used to visit Emporium years ago
and no doubt will give Miss Agnes a
good audience. Remember the date,
to-morrow evening.
Vice President Hobart Dead .
PATKKSOX, N. J., NOV. 21. —
Vice President Garret A. Hobart
died at 8:30 this forenoon.
The Vice President had been
failing since late yesterday after
noon, although the reports given
out at the house were that he was
holding his own.
At midnight he became uncon
scious, and at seven o'clock this
morning lie had an attack of agina
pectoris, from which lie never
rallied, i1 is death followed at 8:30
o'clock.
Mrs. Hobart, Garret A. Hobart,
Jr., Dr. Newton, Mrs. Newton,
who is a cousin of Mrs. Hobart,
and the nurse were at the patient's
bedside constantly from the time
lie became unconscious.
At 7:30 o'clock the Vice Presi
dent's secretary, Mr. Evans, called
up the White House by telephone
and notified President McKinley
that Mr. Hobart was dying. At
9 o'clock Mr. Evans communicated
again with the President, notifying
him of the Vice President's death.
The flags on public buildings
and many private residences were
immediately half-masted when the
news of the Vice President's death
became known.
The bell on the City Hall be
gan tolling at 10 a. m., and con
tinued at short intervals.
The Passaic county court met at
10 o'clock and adjourned in token
of respect to the dead Vice Presi
dent.
The funeral will probably be held
next Saturday, although no public
announcement of this fact has yet
been made.
Although the Vice President's
death had been expected at any
time, there was still hope among
his personal friends in Patterson
that he would survive for some
time to come. The neighbors and
life-long friends of the Vice Presi
dent were deeply affected over his
death.
Soon after the news of Mr.
hart's death was sent over the
the wires, telegrams of condolence
began to arrive at Carroll. Among
the first to send words of sympathy
and condolence to Mrs. Hobart
were President and Mrs. McKinley.
Before Mr. Hobart became un
conscious he was able to converse
with Mrs. Hobart about some pri
vate affairs. He was very patient
and showed his remarkable will
power to the last.
President McKinley sent word
that he would endeavor to have a
talk with Mrs. Hobart over the
telephone.
The business houses and public
buildings in Patterson have been
draped in black. Telegrams an
nouncing Mr. Hobart's death were
sent to many of his old friends in
public and private life. Among
them Senator llanna of Ohio,
Senator Sewall and Gov. Voorhees
of New Jersey. During the fore
noon many of the Vice President's
intimate friends and neighbors
called at Carroll Holland left their
cards.
An Apology.
Our morlest friend, Hon. I. K. Hock
ley, feels sorely grieved over our inno
cent reference to the fact that as Chair
man of the Democratic County Com
mittee, he was made a tool by design
ing politicians to injure Col. Barnett,
candidate for State Treasurer, and
feels aggrieved that we classed him
with the character assassins. Since
Col. Barnett is elected by the hand
some majority of 110,000 in the State
and led the ticket in Cameron county,
we are ready to whitewash you, I. K.
Prepare your manifesto, a la Andrews,
and we shall gladly wipe out the stain,
but don't do it again.
Harry Harrison, the Syracuse boy,
known as the "human ostrich" has
been amazing the students of the Uni
versity of Buffalo by his wonderful
performances. At a recent exhibition
of his ability to swallow different things
j in the line of hardware, he started in
| with a couple of good sized knife blades
i which he calmly bit off the handle and
! gulped down with much relish. Fol
| lowing this feat with the knife blades
Harrison swallowed a one and one-half
J inch screw, two lath nails, which he
! bit in half, fifty two-ounce tapestry
j tacks, three one-half inch screws and
finished by chewing up and swallowing
j a good sized glass goblet. Ho is a
puzzle to the physicians, who say his
act is nothing short of marvelous.
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Silence is duubly golden when you
can't think of a satisfactory answer.
TERMS: $ 2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCE.
BkIEF nENTIUN.
Howard C.Ben ham will be electrocut
ed January 2d.
Harry Harris, who murdered his
young wife in Baltimore, some time
ago, entered a plea of "Not guilty," at
the preliminary hearing last Saturday.
The Ross House, at Ridgway was de-
Btroped by fire last Wednesday. The
fire originated in the third story, sup
posedly from the gas jet. Covered by
insuranee.
One of the contemporary poets asks*
"Where are the bright girls of the
past?" Our own observation is that
some of them are administering cau
tious doses of paregoric to the bright
girls of the future.—Ex.
All the local puddle and rolling milie
of the American Iron and Steel Com
pany, at Lebanon, have suspended
operations. The cause is an exhausted
coal supply, resulting from the car
famine.
Some dogs chased a deer into How
ard's pond a few days ago, and in an
attempt to capture it some of the men
severely wounded it, and it is re
ported that some boys found its lifeless
carcass a few miles above town the fol
lowing day.
Private .Jesse J. B. Wall, of the Tenth
regiment, has been appointed millitary
instructor at the Uniontown Soldiers'
Orphans' School. Private Wall is a
son of J. Sutton Wall, chief draughs
man in the International Affairs De
partment, and accompanied Colonel
Barnett in his stumping tour of the
State.
Two young girls, the Misses Rider,
of Short Mountain, Blair county, made
a record for corn husking this fall. In
eight and one-half days they husked
1,448 bushels, and in eleven days 1,923
bushels, an average of 175 bushels per
day. During the first eight and one
half days they had the nubbins to con
tend with; the last two and one-half
days the best of corn.
A Pasture in the Woods.
Alii' i.: tin- prominent cuttle dcnlcrd
who visit Buffalo at regular intervals foi
the purpose o! purchasing stoci; is George
E. Brown, of Olean, says a recent dis
patch. Jcist at present Mr. Drown is
conducting an experiment in attempting
to use the hemlock slashings, as the
timber tracts which have been cut over
to obtain bark are termed, as cattle and
sheep ranches.
About a year ago Mr. Brown pur
chased of C. W. & F. H. Goodyear, the
Buffalo lumber dealers, who own an im
mense acreage of the finest hemlock
timber in Pennsylvania, 18,000 acres of
deuudad hemlock lands in l'otter countv.
Fifteen thousand acres of it is in a solid
block. The Goodyears had stripped the
hemlock bark and timber aud left the
hardwood standing, such as was not
broken of: bv the falling hemlock. The
price paid was less than a dollar an a re
It is a rough, mountainous section,
watered by trout streams that for years
have made this section famous among
fishermen, and the soil is very productive.
Little of the tract is level or suitable for
farming, the valleys being very narrow
and the hills steep.
Brown's idea is to burn the land ov;r.
after saving what hardwood he can, sow
timothy seed and fence the entire tract
in with wire. This is the first season he
has experimented and he is well pleased
witii results. Last spring he bought
700 head of Canadian cattle at the East
Buffalo market and turned them out to
run over his l'otter county ridges.
This fall he sold the herd to Eastern
dealers. Ife found that the cattle did
tar better on the new land than other
herds he owned did on his worn out pas
ture lands in Western New York. His
idea is not to winter the cattle; he has
never done that, but to buy lean cattle
on the Buffalo market every spring and
pasture them on his Potter county range.
The Buffalo & Susquehanna railroad
runs through his lands and he can get a
direct line to take the cattle in and to
whip them out in the fall. Next spring
he expects to turn an immense herd out
on his ranch and also a large number of
sheep
The country is admirably adapted foi
grazing sheep, which he will winter there
on a big farm he will have cleared uf> for
that purpose. For years thousands of
acres of denuded lands that comprise the
I timber belt of Western Pennsylvania
I have been sold for taxes, being counted
j absolutely worthless by their owners, who
; were only interested in the timber.
Mr. Brown is very enthusiastic over
! the outlook and other cattle dealers are
| turning their attention to the possibilities
| that his experiment has revealed.
That section of Pennsylvania is one of
I the best watered in the 1 nited States,
! the lands are cheap and the expense of
j burning them over, seeding down and
j fencing with wire is not great. On these
! new lands the timothy grows to the
J height of five feet. Only one man was
i required to take care of Mr. Brown's
I herd this season, he says.
NO. 39.