THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866. VOL. 35. OLD RELIABLE DRUG STORE'S ! Prescription Department j i is np to date in every par- j j ticnlar. Hundreds will at j test to the very low prices. J 30 years experience. ! Wall Paper. 2000 rolls at 3c per roll. | A great variety of high I grade paper at greatly re duced prices. ! Paints! Paints! Paints! j Paints, oils and varnishes, a full line. Enamel paints, varnishes and stains, in all colors. ! Fishing Tackle. Save money I Call for your Prcscrip j tlons. Wall Paper, Paints, Oils Fishing; I Tackle. L. TAGGART, Prop. I i inc. ill? •5? Impressive showing of TjT -T- styieful goods for F FALL I 112 and 1 | WINTER | WEAR. - 11 Now is the time yon need # W good warm underwear. I 0 Have it. Just in. All grades w <£> and sizes. <► H DRFSS GOODS. $ y The beat line I have ever JJL ft shown. Cheviots, Parolas, W .Serges, Henriettas, syd pat- W •Mj terns of Venetians 52in. wide, ,Q, W all colors. y syd patterns Ladies Cloth W rvl 52in., all colors. LT, Inviting offerings in La » dies', Misses' and Children's <> Jackets and Capes. JvL Li All new and up-to date in Q ft every particular. Prices less ft than same goods can be bought y for in any city. TT >. LADIES' WRAPPERS. £ Beauties in flannelette » and prints. ft BLANKETS. g All grades and prices. W Comfortables, bed spreads, W r) flannels, yarns, &c. .14 SHOES. * Extra values in shoes. Jvl Specially good line of rubbers, W ladies', children's, men's and ft ft boys' overs. & w All grades in lumbermen's ft i ft, gums. ♦ MEN'S FURNISHINGS. $ ft Shirts, pante, overalls, W Ar, neckwear, footwear, gloves p- O and mittens, hats, &c. Jij, The celebrated "Richey" V 'QT flannel drawers. Ladies' nice, warm, wool U ft shawls, &c , &c. ft Yours truly, jjjf C. JAY GOODNOUGH, & y Assignee. T£T >&?——- G j & ens f n Sirs- 1 .fepo isfps] cstisj lap; .fepJ ispi 'c# ] '/r > EASTMAN'S KODAK P fl C (1 " _ ~ "S^\ jj j Be Sure Vou'r uijflit, XIICII go Ahead. \ 1 hat's a safe rule to follow all through life. It's a particular-^jjW" jj j ly good rule to follow when you are shopping. We don't fdll \ y°. u to buy a single article here until you are sure that it and M JTm jcrfj&f*- '« |r|r \ price is right. We nuiy charge you a certain price for something Iffi » vni,™,,. •» , , ' , \ before you buy it, we want you to know what other CiV. filll »| You can carry it inyourhands.onyour shoul- s p„„ .i V. J wum*'«ZJ t'h.uj. 7il£Fif itJdr-"TVsfflllwl Itj ll , der, in your pocket or on yourbicyi;le. \ Charge 101 the Same tiling. I ] ff |j]l IIP press the button and the Kodak will \ >'i -•* ' \\\t .Tntta'P s L therost | HARRY S. LLOYD. J P I2OOAL_NOTieES. Foa RENT. —Furnished roorra to let. Apply to Mrs. Wm. Hackenbejg, Em porium, Pa. 41-4t ! WORTH SEEING.— Have you s»en the display of solid silver at Metzgo's? It is worth going to see. 10-4t The finest line of the best furniture, at I admitted. Write for free citalo^ue. GLOBE TELEGRAPH COLLEGE, 16-26t Lexington, Ky. "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."— WEßSTEß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6. 1900. Origin of the Fan. The following Chinese legend ac counts for the invention of the fan in a rather ingenious fashion. The beautiful Kan-Si, daughter of a powerful Manda rin, was assisting at the feast of lanterns, when she became overpowered by the heat and was compelled to take off her mask. As it was against all rule and custom to expose her face she held her mask before it and gently fluttered it to cool herself. The court ladie3 present noticed the movement and in an in stant 100 of them were waving their masks. From this incident, it is said, came the birth of the fan, and to-day it takes the place of the mask in that country—Cardiff Western Mail. The Dust of Ocean. A "dusty" ocean highway sounds al most incredible. Yet those who are familiar with sailing ships know that no matter how carefully the decks may be washed down in the morning, and how little work of any kind may be done during the day, nevertheless, if the decks are not swept at nightfall, an enormous quantity of dust will quickly collect. Of course, on the modern "liner" the burningof hundreds of tons of coal every twenty-four hours, and the myriads of footfalls daily, would account for a considerable accumula tion of dust, but on a "wind-jammer," manned with a dozen hands or less, no such dust producing agencies are at work. And yet the records of sailing ships show that they collect more sea dust than does a steamer, which is probably accounted for by the fact that while the dust-laden smoke blows clear of the steamer, the large area of canvas spread by the sailors acts as a dust col lector.—The Mariner. Herb Gathering a Lost Art. It is a pity that the knowledge of herbs should rank among the lost art. Hardly any up-to-date housekeepers dry and preserve herbs for their own kitchen use. Yet the sweet, home grown, sun-dried herbs are very differ ent from the desicated, tasteless "herbs of commerce" bought in bottles. It is a delightful summer occupation to run down and preserve the fragrant mint, the sweet knotted marjoram and the dried-thyme, which gives such an ex- j quisite fresh flavor to winter soups, j sauces and stews. The old fashioned country women we read of as "aukle deep in the flowery thyme" of their green herb gardens had the pleasure of growing and bottling their own herbal harvest. Those of us who know the culinary joys of home dried herbs are tempted to regret thattbe amateur her- j halist—like many another good thing— i is rapidly going out of fashion. —Lon don Exprebs. Murder at Uidgway. Lloyd Cody, whose parents years ago j resided in Emporium, was found in his j father's hardware store at Ridgway, last Monday morning, with the top of j his head crushed in. The young man J was unconscious and died within two j hours after discovery. The previous ! night he notified his parents that he had to visit the store and not return • i ing they supposed he had passed the j night with some of his companions, j The affair is a mystery. The Ithaca Conservatory Concert Company. ! Interest in the engagement of this 1 important musical organization is wide spread. They will attract a large au-! dience and will fully meet public ex- j pectation. Tickets are in the hands of j members of committee from whom ] they can be had, or at Lloyd's book j store, Monday, Dec. 10th, when the chart for reserved seats opens. Union Services. Union meeting of Presbyterian and Baptist Y. P. S. C. E., in basement of Baptist Church, next Sunday evening, at 6 o'clock. Preaching in upper room by Rev. McCaslin, at 7 o'clock. A cor dial invitation extended to ali.to attend both of these services. Subscribe for the PRESS; only §1.50 a year in advance. Fire in Jasper Harris' Store. Wednesday morning about 12:20 o'clock Mrs. Ward Metzger and family, who reside on the second floor of Metz ger block, in this place, were awakened from their slumbers by smoke and excessive heat. They and John Treps wether and wife, who occupy the rooms on the opposite side of the hall, gave the alarm at once and assistance came promptly from the fire department, when it was found that the store room of Jasper Harris, clothier, was in flames, Fortunately the flames could not get a draft and evidently smouldered for some time. The fire was discovered in the rear part of the store among some I clothing. The stock is a complete loss, | principally from water and smoke, i Mr. Harris carries a stock valued at $9,000, upon which there is an insur ance of $5,000 in the Judd Agency of this place. It is very fortunate the smoke had not rendered Mrs. Metzger and children unconscious, and they were able to give the alarm, before the fire cobld gain such a headway that the entere block would have been en dangered, if not the business portion of Emporium. The cause of the fire still remains a mystery, Mr. Harris claiming he did not leave a fire in the stove and only the front gas lights burning. Free Mail Delivery. The Post Office department, through the influence of Hon. J. C. Sibley, lias taken the preliminary steps towards the establishment of free mail delivery in Shippen township. Frank I. Taylor, special agent for Rural Free Delivery, came to Emporium last Tuesday and drove over the routes and reported in favor of the establishment of the ser vice. Two routes will be established, as follows: No. 1 starts from Empo rium to Four Mile, via Plank Road Hollow and Portage creek road; from Four Mile to North Creek, via Waldo Run; from North Creek to Emporium. From Emporium to Howard Siding and More Hill; from More Hill to Bryan Hill; thence to Emporium. No. 2. From Emporium to David Peasley's; thence back to N. S. Cutler's; from Cutler's over Lauck's Hill to Chas. Ring's and G. T. Dixon's; thence down Clear creek to Rich Valley road; thence to Emporium. Each route will cover about twenty-five miles to be made daily. Mr. Taylor has recommended for appointment B. L. Spence and D. N. Chandler as carriers—subject to the approval of the department. In order that the service may be made efficient it will be necessary for the road supervisors of Shippen to promptly put the roads covered by the service in passable condition. This will be a great convenience to the pub lic and as rapidly as possible may be extended, and probably will be, to oth er sections of the county. Boy's Narrow Escape. John McMullen a twelve year old Renovo boy had an experience Sunday that he will remember to his dying day, and at the same time had a most nar row escape from a horrible death. Mc- Mullen with four other boys jumped a freight train at Renovo Sunday after noon intending to ride to this city. At Ferney when the train stopped at the water tank the boys got off to look around the place and when the train had gotten under pretty good headway again they all jumped aboard. McMullin missed his hold in some way and fell between the cars, landing on the ground between the rails. He had good sense enough to lie perfectly quiet and 30 cars passed over him with out doing him any injury. As soon as the cars passed over liiin he jumped up and started afoot for this city. He fol lowed the railroad and when Lock Haven was reached he went into the house of Orville Smith, where he was warmed and offered something to eat. Mr. Smith says the boy by his actions showed how badly he was frightened by the terrible experience he had had. About 8 o'clock he jumped a west bound freight train and started for his home again.—Lock Haven Republican. riessage from the Burgess. To the Common Council of the Borough cf Em porium, Pa. Oknti.kmen: -fcince sending you my message on the subject ot street lights, I am informed that quite a number of onrcitizens are in favor of installing an Electric Light Plant. I am most heartily in favor of this plan, gentle men, and it so happens that I have given this matter some study. It had not occurred to me, however, that our people would be willing to in cur the preliminary expense, as the subject has been agitated several times tfuring the past ten years and fallen flat each lime. Electric light is the best artificial light in existence and the cheapest, all things considered. \f the munici pality owns its own plant. lam unalterably opposed however, to granting any right of way, or entering into any contract for public lighting with any private corporation. No private com pany will enter into any such contract unles they are sure of a nice profit, and that profit rightly belongs to the people in a reduction of cost of service. I can give you, gentlemen, complete statistics of a large number of towns that will prove to your satisfaction that any municipality, with a few honest officials in it, can furnish its own electric light at about one half the price the taxpayers would have to pay a private corpo ration for the same service. Fifteen arc lights would light Bmporium streets, much better than they have ever been lighted. One arc light would be equal in light ing capacity to eight or ten of the large torches, corner Broad and Fourth streets. A plant of fifteen arc capacity, would however, be too ex pensive per arc as the same expence for labor would run fifty arcs equally well, and labor is the principal part of the operating expense in a small plant. Expert electrician, Metzger informs us that at present prices for wire, labor, etc. the borough can be wired for electric street lights at a cost of not over *1.400, for wires, pulleys and all acces sories. This added to the cost of building, en gine, dynamo, etc., should not bring the cost for a complete Hf*y arc plant ready for business to over $5,000. Carbon costs three cents each or about SI.OO per year per lamp. With good steam coal at $1.75 per ton delivered, coal per year should not cost over #385. Six hundred dollars per year is a fair estimate for labor, and this added to cost of coal and carbons makes a total for operating expenses of SI,OOO per year. To this we must add 5 per cent, interest on $5,000 bonds which is $250 per year, and SSOO. payment on bonds each year which would pay for the entire plant at the end of ten years and would bring tlie entire Co9t per year to $1,750. This amount would pay for fifteen street arcs and 35 arcs in reserve. Now one street arc equals about ten incandescent lights in operat ing and consequently we would have 350 mcan destants to sell. If we can be assured that pri vate individuals will use these 350 incadcstants at 25c per month each, which is about one half what many prvate companies charge, and one fourth the price charged by others for the same service, then we can at once reduce the cost to S7OO per year for 15 arcs, and the S7OO per year will be the total amount the borough will have to pay and at the end of ten years will own its own plant free of debt, and from that time on the incandescents will pay all operating expen ses and insurance on the plant and the street lights will cost nothing. It should be remember ed that while the borough is paying this $703 per year, she is paying it for street lights at $-16.60 per arc, while Philadelphia is paying under a re cent contract with a private company slll per arc for the same light. TO RECAPITULATE. DR. To cost of plant complete, $5,000 00 Operating expenses der year, 1,000 00 Interest on $5,000 per year, 250 00 Payment on bonds, 1-10 principal, year.. 500 00 Expenses per year for plant principal and interest in ten years $1,750 00 CR. By 350 incandescents at $3 per year, $1,050 00 By 15 street arcs at $40.66 per year 700 00 $17,500 00 These figures are not exact but they are ap proximately correct, and I am satisfied that they are rather high than low. There will be a slight additional expense for repairs and depreciation, but on the other hand no account has been taken of the gradual reduction of interest in the yearly payment of bonds, and one will about off set the other. No account has been made for expense of land for site, as I have assumed that some of our public spirited citizens will kindly donate land for that purpose. I believe, gentle men, that this subject and these figures are worthy of your close and critical attention. E. O. BARDWELL, Burgess. Emporium, Pa., Dec. 3rd, 1900. Emporium vs Port Allegany. There was a good sized crowd at the fair grounds Thursday to see the foot ball game between the High School eleven of this place and the High School boys of Emporium. The visitors wer en't in it,in gridiron vernacular, though they were hot stuff. The game was called rather late in the afternoon on account of the disagreeable weather, but the hour and game went at an auto mobile pace. In four and one half min utes after the game was called a touch down was recorded in favor of Willie George of the Ports. Though the Em porium boys made excellent resistance and good plays their line was gradually and continually crowded back for three touchdowns and a goal, making sixteen points in favor of Port Allegany to a goose egg for the Empoaium boys. The Port Allegany boys are soggy fellows and for kids are the real thing. Jersey Lemon was referee and Harry George time-keeper.—Port Allegany Reporter. P. R. R. Latest. The report that the Pennsylvania railroad is to obtain an entrance into Michigan is being revived. According to the rumor, it will connect with a short line running from Wilkcrville, Ont., which was built by the Wilkers. I This road now runs from Wilkertown | to Ridgetown, Ont., and is being push jed to St. Thomas. From there it is ; proposed to extend it to Buffalo, and I and here it will connect with the Penn i sylvania. I The Lake Erie road is important more because of its connections than of itself. It has connections with the Pere Mar ! quette in Michigan and with the Pitts burg, Bessemer & Lake Erie in Ohio. It leased the London & Port Stanley I road in 1894 for 20 years and operates : the car ferries on Lake Erie between i Port Stanley and Canneaut, where con nections are made with the Pittsburg, Bessemer & Lake Erie road.—Buffalo Commercial. HAVE YOU SEEN IT?—That elegant line of "real French ebony," with gen uine silver mountings, engraved free, finest bristles, warranted solid backs, They are the "correct" thing. 40-4t METZGER's. TERMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCE. WEATHER REPORT. (Forecast by T. B. Lloyd.) FRIDAY. Fair. SATURDAY, Fair. SUNDAY, Probably Fair. EHsaassi cj Store News. 3 I LADIES' FFL JACKETS nj Garments of the very lat- jj! y] est styles. Materials are of (" m Kerseys and Cheviots, both $ U rough ahcl 'smooth, nearly nj [}{ all satin lined throughout, jfl [}j colors are black, blues, tan m ju and popular castor shades. ffi ru All lowly priced. [}{ s * i jjj LADIES' S FURS. 1 § S [}j Great values in Furs here "j re just now. An uneqealed Oj ™ line of all that is newest and Oi TJ best in style and quality, at [J: j(j prices much below those'of $ n other stores. ru H 1 uj M. C TULIS. g L2SHHSHSHSHSaSHSHSHS2SHSSH£i AFTER THE BATTLE Some are found bleeding and sore, while others have a fit of the blues. Now if there | should be any so unfortunate as to suffer from the effects of accidents we have the Balm for their pains and aches,let it be either for man or beast. Our liniment and powders for horses or cattle are always the best. Our medicines are pure and _j always get there. The prices rfjw j are right, too. sW Our patent medicine depart- ment is supplied with all the standard remedies and we can supply your 0:1 short notice. Our toilet and fancy goods I department we keep up to the times. Our Prescription depart ment receives our closest at tention and all calls answered day or night. Just touch the button. In fact] we are hsre to do business and serve the public. M. • A. - ROCKWELL, THE PHARMACIST, \\;v\.\ \ \ \ \ N \ v.\/ 11® Winer! 1m * 1 / | 1/^j o ojn We do not y % se^,a^^ %. ffaiJ ij Jj&kk Jackets, K. % Capes, % y Callarabt and Tailor-Made Suits sj& in Cameron county, but we do % claim that we sell more Winter $. / Wraps than any other store, be- j* . cause we have the only complete > % line. i P Our prices are within the bounds of all ft /■ classes. We invite the public to inspect / , ■s, our line of SKIRTS, and SHIRT WAISTS \ y- A complete line of Ladies' Fall and / ■%i. Winter Shirt Waists, Walking Skirts, ■s. Winter Wrappers, Gloves, Hosiery and / underwear. .<• % I I I | W. H. CRAMER'S > ■A -A The Popular Variety Store. k 4 /\ \ \ \ s \ \ \ \ \x.\S The Fad. Photographs will be the fad for Xmas presents this year. Come in and see our latest finish. Do not wait until the last day. Everybody wants your picture. Why not make them a pres ent of one this Christmas ? We make the best at Schriever's Art Gallery. 41 W. G. BAIR, Prop. A SPECIAL INVITATION—IS extended to the public to inspect our line of Christmas goods now coming in every day. The nicest line of fine goods ever shown in this town. Our prices can not be beaten by anyone, for good goods. METZGER'S. 40-4FC NO. 41.