R.C. DODSON,
THE
Qrucjcjist,
KXPORIVH, I" A .
IS LOCATED IN THE CORNER STORE.
At Fourth and Chestnut Sts..
THANKSGIVING EXCESSES.
Thanksgiving is hard on the diges
tion. People eat heavily of richest
sort of food and feel depressed in con
sequence. Don't be alarmed—there is
no need for worry. Doctor will give
you good advice. Will tell you what
to take. Prescription he gives will be
best filled by us. You get confidence
by taking what he recommends. You
get health from what we prepare for
you from his prescription.
K. C. DODSON.
EMPORIUM
MILLING COMPANY.
PRICE LIST.
Emporium, Pa., Nov. 21, 1899.
XBMOPHILA, per lack $1 10
Oraham, - 55
Kye " 55
Buckwheat, " 75
Patent Meal " 40
Coarse Meal, per 100, 95
Chop Feed, " 95
White Middlings, " 1 10
Bran, " 1 00
Corn, per bushel, 53
White Oats, per bushel 40
Choice Clover Seed, 1
Choice Timothy Seed, ! At Market Prices.
■Choice Millet Seed,
Fancy Kentucky Blue Grass, J
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
Abou "Bill" Bryan.
Paraphrase on Leigh Hunt's "Abou Ben Ad
hem." Contributed.
Abon "Bill" Bryan, may his tribe decrease,
Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,
And seated in the moon-ligbt in his room,
Making it bright and silverlike in gloom,
He saw an angel writing in a book of gold.
Exceeding "gall" had made "Bill" Bryan bold
And to the presence in his room he said,
"What writest thou?" the vision raised its
head,
And with a look of what he might expect.
Answered their names who'll get it in the
neck,"
'And am I one?" asked Abou, "I don't know,"
Replied the Angel. Abou spake more low
But cheerily still and said, "1 pray you sir
"Write me as one not liable to err."
The angel wrote and vanished. The next night
It came again in all the white November light,
And showed the names of those knocked ' gaily
west,"
And 10, "Bill" Bryan's name led all the rest.
Advocate.
PERSONAL GOSSIP.
Contributions invited. That which you uould
like to see in this department, let UH know by poß
tal card, or letter, personally.
Ed. Ingersoll, of Straight Creek, was
shaking hands with Emporium friends
on Sunday.
Geo. L. Jackson, who has been work
ing at the furnace, has returned to his
home in Ridgway.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Collins, of Austin,
visited llobt. Dodson and family last
Saturday and Sunday.
Herbert Olmsted, book-keeper for Elk
Tanning Company, at Sterling Run,
visited with his parents in Emporium
on Sunday.
Mrs. Orrin Easterbrooks, of West
Ward, was called to Corning, N. Y.,
last week, on account of the death of
her father.
Chas. Wiley came up from Sterling
Run on Sunday and spent the day
with his mother and sisters (and some
other fellow's sister) until mail east.
Fred Tompkins returned Saturday
evening from Friendship, N. Y., where
he was called by the serious illness of
his father which terminated in death.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. McGinness,| of
Kane, were called here last Thursday
on account of the serious illness of
Geo. W. Bupp. Mrs. McG. is Mrs.
Bupp's sister.
Geo. B. Barclay, of Sinnemahoning,
transacted business in Emporium on
Monday. We are pleased to note that
Mr. Barclay's health is greatly im
proved this fall.
Mr. Henry Anchu, while returning
from his old home in Canada stopped
and visited a few days with his daugh
ter, Miss Hattie, who is attending
school at Montreal. He reports her
well.
F. H. Murry, of Buffalo, N. Y., was
in Emporium Tuesday, guest of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. Murry, on
Third street, while on his way to
Williamsport to spend Thanksgiving
with friends.
J. B. Scliriever, wife and daughter,
Irene, returned home from Wilkes-
Barre, on Wednesday evening, to eat
Thanksgiving dinner with ye old folks.
Frank G. Hoag, of Sterling Run,
visited in town yesterday.
Ed. More is home from Titusville to
visit his mother for a few weeks.
County Commissioner Ira Barclay,
of Potter county, was in Emporium
last evening.
B. W. Green and family are eating
Thanksgiving dinner on iheir farm in
Tioga county.
Mrs. John B. Wykoff and Mrs. J. F.
Wolfe, of Sinnemahoning were shop
ping in town yesterday.
Miss Eva Brooks, of Sinnemahoning,
visited in Emporium last Saturday,
guest of Miss Elvia Whiting.
Albert Bairand wife, of Jersey Shore,
arrived in Emporium last evening to
visit Mr. Bair's parents for a few days.
We are pleased to learn that our
young friend Olivine Downey, who is
under medical treatment at Harris
burg, is improving.
N. N. Metcalf, General Supt. of F.
H. Goodyear's lumber operations was
in Emporium last evening, guest at
the Warner House.
Chas. Gleason, county commissioner,
came to Emporium on business, Mon
day. Incidentally he inquired after
the general health of his friend, Good
nough, whose marriage was danger
ously near, and desired to give him a
few pointers.
L. G. Goodnough, editor of the
Cornwall (N. Y.) Local, accompanied
by his estimable wife, favored the
PRKHS with a pleasant call on Tuesday,
while here attending the wedding of
the former's brother, Prothonotary C.
J. Goodnough.
Mrs. Geo. Taber, of Cal., was the
guest of Mrs. Riley Warner over Sun
day. Mrs. Taber is the widow of
Geo. Taber, who will be pleasantly
remembered by many of our citizens
as a popular P. &E. conductor. Mr.
Taber has been dead about five years.
James M. Davison came up from
Sterling Run on Saturday and visited
with friends. He has been appointed
manager of McOwen & Company's
store at Sterling Tannery, to succeed
Mr. T. H. Norris, who recently moved
to Portland Mills.
We were pleased to meet our old
and greatly esteemed friend Thos. H.
Norris, of Portland Mills, last Tuesday
evening. Mr. Norris came to attend
the wedding of Prothonotary C. Jay
Goodnough to Miss Florence Olmsted.
The many friends of Mr. Noiris were
glad to meet him.
F. A. Leet, Esq., of Coudersport,
while in Emporium last Tuesday at
tending the Olmsted-Goodnough wed
ding called to see the PRESS and made
us happy "for a minute," as he put it.
Mr. Leet is now in Moore & Cran
dall's law office at Coudersport. We
shall be mistaken if our young and
greatly esteemed friend does not make
his mark in his chosen profession.
Charles A. Bell and S. J. Bell, of
Lebanon, have been in Emporium for
several days, being called here by
Supt. Brady to make some slight re
pairs in the furnace. The former
gentleman will be pleasantly remem
bered as the gentleman who had charge
of the furnace repairs last summer,
and, in company with his estimable
wife, made many friends in Emporium.
The gentlemen were out pheasant
hunting on Monday and no doubt their
Lebanon friends will feast when they
receive that baker's dozen.
Henry Auchu, who has just returned
from visiting his mother in Canada,
was a doubly welcome visitor to the
PRESS sanctum on Monday, accom
panied by Albert Boutain, another of
our substantial French citizens, whose
recent return from Alaska has enabled
him to live in ease and comfort. While
both gentlemen delight to talk of olden
times in Canada and believe it is a
country of untold riches for the future
generation to develop, yet they are
enthusiastic American citizens and be
lieve this the greatest, grandest and
best government on God's green earth.
We enjoyed the gentlemens' visit and
hope they may drop in often.
Millions Given Away.
It is certainly gratifying to the public
to know of one concern in the land who
are not afraid to be generous to the needy
and suffering. The proprietors of Dr.
King's New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds, have given away over
ten million trial bottles of this great
remedy; and have the satisfaction of
knowing that it has absolutely cured
thousands of hopeless cases. Asthma,
bronchitis, hoarseness and all diseasesj f of
the throat, chest and lungs are surely
cured by it. Call on L. Taggart, Drug
gist, and get a free trial bottle. Regular
size 50c. and sl. Every bottle guaran
teed, or price refunded.
If you want a Tenant.
If you want a Boarder,
If you want to Sell Anything,
If you want to Borrow money,
If you want to Buy Anything,—
If you want to Lend Money,
Advertise in the PIIESS.
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CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1899.
A CURIOUS PROCESS.
STRIPPING SALMON CF THEIR EGGS
AT FISH HATCHERIES.
After tlx* Operation tlie IIIk Fifth Are
Placed l!n<»k In the Witter None the
Worm* For Their Kxpcrlenre Oat of
Their Xntnrnl Element.
There are two methods which are
employed by fish cultnrists to propagate
food and game fish. One is to catch the
yonng fish, the fry. and transport them
to other waters where it is desired to
introduce them. The other is to strip
the female fish of her eggs and to im
pregnate them artificially.
All the attempts that have been made
to propagate black bass by stripping
the female of their eggs have been fail
ures so far, and the only method that
can be applied to them is to catch the
fry and nnjse them till they are strong
enough to fce liberated. Other fish, nota
bly the shad and the salmon, are readi
ly stripped, and the resnlts are wonder
ful, as the percentage of eggs that fail
to hatch is exceedingly small.
Were either fry or eggs left to nature
only an excessively small proportion
would grow into adult fishhood. Apart
from those which would die naturally a
tremendous quantity would fall prey to
the host of enemies—insects, crustacea,
fish, birds and mammals—that is wait
ing for the spawn or the tiny fish.
Any one who has handled fish freshly
caught knows how delicate they appear
to be and how quickly they die after
leaving the water. Yet the experts in
the service of the various state and of
the United States fish commissions han
dle millions of the most sensitive food
and game fish every year, and few of
them die from the process.
The process of handling a female salm -
on that is heavy with spawn which it
is desired to take from her is a decided
ly interesting and extremely simple one
and may be explained so as to be read
ily understood. First the fish are led to
swim into a confined space where they
can be reached with the landing net.
The manipulation of this dip net alone
requires no mean skill. It must not
bruise the floundering fish and must lift
the creature in such a way that it does
not scrape the scales from its sides as it
struggles. Wherever a scale is torn
from a fish, particularly in fresh water,
fungus is almost certain to form, and
that is generally fatal.
After the fish is in the net the latter
is lifted carefully, and the operator's
hand slides downward, gently but firm
ly, till it grasps the body immediately
above the tail. Then he draws the fish
from the net and holds it head down
ward. That serves to show at once
whether the fish is "ripe"—that is,
whether the eggs have reached that
stage of development which permits of
stripping. If the fish is perfectly ripe,
the eggs sink toward the head.
If the fish is found satisfactory, the
operator i>laces a pan between his legs
and holds the fish firmly in his arm.
With the right hand he encircles the
salmon just back of the gills and,
squeezing the fish gently, slides the
hand down toward the tail, when the
eggs spout into the pan. They are hard
then and rattle into the receptacle like
peas. Later, after they have been in the
hatching frames for a time, they get
larger and softer, having absorbed much
water.
After the eggs have been drawn from
the female fish she is placed back into
the water, none the worse for her trials.
Then the milt from a ripe male fish is
pressed into the pan in the same way,
and the impregnated eggs are ready to
be hatched.
Under favorable conditions 90 days
is the period of incubation for the grand
landlocked salmon, one of the finest
game fishes in the world and hardly in
ferior to any as a good fish. The first
Bign of life in the eggs is the formation
of a little clot, generally red or pink,
which increases with remarkable rapid
ity, until in a few days the complete
form of a little fish is plain to the eye.
But it is rather a hideous little mon
ster that wriggles out of the egg finally.
It resembles a fish only because it
wriggles and moves like one. Otherwise
it looks more like a fevered dream after
too much broiled lobster or Welsh rab
bit. It is a transparent body, with a
globular swelling where its fine, fishlike
lines ought to be, and its eyes are im
mense goggles. Then the fish wise men
watch the things most carefully.
This is a critical period of the young
things' growth, and a fall or a rise of a
degree in the temperature of the water
may mean death to millions of salmon.
Generally men remain on guard night
and day in the big hatcheries to watch
their charges at this time. If they pull
through, it is beautiful to see the suc
cessive changes as tho tiny swimmers
cast off their hideous appendages and
turn into dainty, slender, silvery crea
tures that dart through the water like
bubbles of air and form in thick swarms
in the corners of the tanks, where they
hang like bees.—New York Press.
What's in a Name ?
JUST THIS.
When you goto J. I). KILLHEFf-EK,
the EYE SIGHT SPECIALIST,
to have your EYES
You know he will treat you honestly
and lit you with the proper
Glasses.
Will be at Store of
R. IX. HIRSCH.
Emporium, Pa.,
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7th, 1899.
Home Office and Factory, 1018 Chestnut Street,
Philapelphiu, Pa.
BELLATI, KILLHEFFEU & Co., Ltd., Opticians.
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I Greeting: \
/ We are having a big trade %
, in groceries and meats, the 'p.,
£ biggest we ever remember.
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/ We carry a complete line of y :
Groceries and Meats and the £
quality is always the best.
Give us a call.
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Groceries and neat.
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is. E. MURRY,|
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S Plumbing Goods to my |
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5 SEWER PIPES,
H GAS STOVES, ETC.
W My store room is well sup- s
g plied with Bath Tubs,
B Wash Stands, Gas Lamps j
and anything required in j
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Write me when you have |
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SJ Out of town orders promptly 1
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| TURKEY, |
IS an esssential part of the '
Thanksgiving Dinner
and to insure against '
dis appointment you
should place your order
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This New England \y
s day of Thanksgiving
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( ally observed through- /
out the United States
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$ oughly everyone wants %
% a good dinner. The
articles necessary to the
satisfactory supply of \ y
<} this want can be found p
in our store, and any %
fi and all orders, great or
<:■ small, will have our
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Will have fresh oys-
ters Thursday morning.
WE are thankful for past _
favors, and hope for a . <
continuance of same, %
'A trusting we may be able %
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"/ in the past.
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■g: of Dry Goods, Shoes, etc., at once in order to make
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jU!. Gj 50 Pieces Apron Ginghan, jc, former price, Bc. nj
w (jj 20 Pieces Cambric Lining, 3c, former price, 6c. }{]
A f}J 10 Pieces Shambra, roc, former price, i2]/iC. U] W
nl 20 Pieces Dress Goods, at one-halj former price. (n
* n] /j Pieces Canton Flannel, at cost. [s Q
yj /j Pieces Outing Flannel, best quality, Bc. [}j
J uj 2<o Pieces Toweling at cost. ru U
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M and Children's Hosiery, Colt's 5*
Spool Cotton, Corsets, White «
w Goods, Notions, Ribbons,
j*i Carpet Warp, Table ft
Oil Cloth, Yarn, u
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S Large Line of Corsets at and below Cost. X
o NO FAKE SALE. YOURS FOR THE MONEY. V
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$ Odf gopdlar Grocery and JWeat Jflaritet, ♦
Is more popular than ever and we shall continue
W to improve to meet the wants of the people. New *o*
JvL goods received daily. In Meats and Poultry we have jvL
tJi always been 011 the front seat of the band wagon and TT
££ held the reins. Our meats are always nice, fresh o
and healthful. Home-fed cattle have always been
our motto, and you know what you are eating when $
5$ you buy of us. &
£ Your Patronage Respectfully Solicited. &
| FRANK SHIVES. |
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We extend our compliments to the citizens of j
Cameron and adjoining counties for their rapidly and i
; increasing patronage. We would invite all to see j
our large display of GENERAL HARDWARE and
| BUILDERS' MATERIAL. We would call especial
attention to our
MI. HI I HAS STOVES
1* hat we ha\ e.
We again desire to call attention to our OIL and
GAS STOVES. The Ladiesdelight
THE WELSBACH LIGHT.
This popular light the great HH
gas saver, is growing in popular MbL
with our people. All who de
sire to economize in gas
should use these burners. Call
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