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JOB PRINTING, rhe Job department of the PHI.SS is complete, and affords facilities for doing the best class of work. PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO Law Printing. No paper willbe discontinued until arrearages are paid, except at the option ofthe publisher. Papers sent out oftliecounty must be paid for in advance. Is Kansas becoming dis-jointed? It'sa pity the old Sampson-Schley fight should burgaon over into the XX Century. Why don't the allies demand the head of Dam Li, and thus put an end to some of the misreports from China? Mrs. Nation has set an example which will he widely followed, whether it meets with the approval of the major part of the population of the country or not. There are few things more out rageous than to try to blacken a man's reputation by means of, or 011 the sttrength of, an anonymous letter. Mr. Sulzer's attempt to in jure Perry Heath will hurt 110 one but himself. Gov. Beckham, of Kentucky, says that there shall be 110 prize lighting in his State, the moral sen timent, of the people there standing in the way. This from Kentucky, where the innocent bystander is al ways in peril. Washington men are cowering n terror, before the incoming hosts of D A. R. At their last conven tion there they outdid even Con gress, while at the coining one they are expected to break all records. After making a strong effort to dispose of necessary business so as to avoid an extra session, the Sen ate seems to have about given up the task, resigning itself to stay in Washington for some months to come. A Pennsylvania man has taken the cake for devising a new way to make a living. Hegothimself sent to jail seven years ago for contempt of court in refusing to sign a paper, has remained there ever since, and still refuses to leave. Ohio is certainly a queer place. Recent ly a man there stood his wife on her head as a means of celebrat ing the receipt of news that he had fallen heir to $200,000. More wonderful still, his wife wants a divorce, notwithstanding the fact that he has the $200,000. The nobility of France is said to have organized a company, which will guarantee the title of its mem bers, and make stiff bargains with American heiresses who wish to acquire the same. This certainly is the age of organization. The United, States Government is very generous in giving pensions, but it must draw the line at the request of the Pennsylvania man who not only wants a refunding of the money which he paid for a sub stitute, but also wants a pension for the substitute, who was killed. In the face of the fact that Rich ard Crok';r was compelled to pay 85,000 income tax in England, this sum representing an income of at least SIOO,OOO, which again repre sents a capital of some $2,000,000, he has been assessed at only $25,- 000 of capital in New York. But , of course, it is the mistake of the British. CINCH WENT FISHING HE USED HIS HOOK AND LINE IN A BIG CLOVER FIELD. It ruulril 11 lit ('omradpH to Dlarovrr What lie Wait AIIKIIIIK For, but He Finally Landpd the Crlie For Which He Wn■ Striving. Some young men wbo enlisted dur ing the Avar with Spain, but never saw jtny active service, were talking over their days in uniform one night and old, interesting stories of camp life. The young man who had been a hospi tal steward told this story: "A month in our camp in Georgia was enough to drive a man to despair, for not only was it hot, but every day iucroased our belief that the govern ment had no intention of giving us a chance to get into action or to let us go back to our homes. It was a mighty tough predicament for a lot of young men who had left business and every thing else in a burst of patriotic enthu siasm and expected to get into a scrap in short order. The men worked every ■wire they could to get their discharges, but it was at a time when the man with a pull couldn't get any more than the man without a friend. After awhile the boys gave up trying to get their discharges and made up their minds to grin and bear it. "As a hospital steward 1 used to hear a good deal about the health of the reg iment from the surgeons, and one day I was very much surprised to hear one of them say that he was afraid Cinch of Company C was going to lose his mind. I knew Cinch as a big, good na tured fellow, who tried to get a dis charge as soon as he learned that we were not going to have a light. When he failed, he became sullen and moody. The more we watched him the more convinced we became that something was wrong with him. Every time we came around we found him mumbling to himself, and one day a crowd of Tis found him seated on a stump in the middle of a big clover field, holding in front of him a long pole, attached to which was a piece of cord, on the end of which was a pin bent to resemble a fishhook. He would drop the hook In to the long grass and let it stay there for a time. Then he would make a cast and when the hook fell would sit and watch the end of his line intently. Every once in awhile he would jerk the line out of the grass as though he had felt a nibble. Once one of the boys stepped up and said: " 'What are you fishing for?' "He got 110 answer. All Cinch did was to turn a pair of hollow eyes on him and then resume his fishing. After that a gang used togo out and watch Cinch every afternoon. They would hide in the grass and almost burst with laughter at the seriousness with which the poor fellow would cast his line of wrapping cord and his pin hook and then sit and wait for a bite. Every once in awhile one of tlie boys would saunter out and say: " 'What are you fishing for. Cinch ?' "It got to be the regimental saying, and I suppose that the question, 'What are you fishing for. CinchV' was thrown at the man from Company C a hundred times a day. By and by the news got to the officers that Cinch was going fast. They heard about his fishing in the fields, and one day the surgeon major went out and witnessed the per formance. lie went back and reported to the colonel that unless Cinch was discharged at ouce he would be hope lessly insane. The result was that his condition was telegraphed onto Wash ington and discharge papers were re turned at once. "The colonel in the goodness of his heart went to look up Cinch and give him the news. He found him sitting on a stump in the field fishing away, while around him sat about 50 of the regiment, one of whom would yell, 'What are you fishing for, Cincli?' every few minutes. The colonel step ped up and touching Cinch on the shoulder said: " 'Cinch, we think your health de mands that you leave the service, and so we have procured an honorable dis charge for you. Here it is,' and he handed Cinch the papers. "Cinch dropped Lis fishing pole and grabbed the papers. He gave one look at them, and when he saw that they were all right waved them triumphant ly over his head and shouted at the top of his voice: " 'This is what I was fishing for, dang ye all. This is what I was fish ing for, and I got It too.' And with that he went dancing over the field, leaving us standing there, the first gleam of the truth creeping Into our brains. "The colonel looked foolish, and by and by we began to sneak away one by one. There was no doubt but what the regimental question, 'What are you Qsliiug for, Cinch?' had been answer ed and in a most emphatic and sur prising fashion. Cinch was as sane as anybody, but when he found he could not get an honorable discharge in one way he tried for it another."—New York Sun. Couldn't Krcii It. After hearing evidence in an assault case between man and wife, in which the wife had had a deal of provoca tion, the magistrate, turning to the hus band, remarked: "My good man, I really cannot do anything in this case." "But she lias cut a piece of my ear off, sir." "Well," said the magistrate, "I will bind her over to keep the peace." "You can't," shouted the husband; •'she's thrown it away!" Pearson's Weekly. The Flrnt Instance. Wife—Do you mean to insinuate that your judgment is superior to mine? Husband—Certainly not, my dear. Our choice of life partners proves it Isn't.—Chicago News. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2 T, 1901. *A Chinee Cnrlo»lty. "A Cblnanian In San Francisco," says a gosslper In the Philadelphia Record, "showed me once an Ivory ball ns big as your two lists, with six smaller bulls Inside It It was the most wonderful thing I ever saw. The Chinaman said that the balls had been begun by his grandfather and that he was the third generation to work on them. lie told me how the -work was done. "It begins with a solid block of Ivory, which Is turned Into a ball and then carved Inn latticed pattern with tiny saw toothed knives. Through the lat tice, with other knives that are bent in various shapes, the second ball is carv ed, but Is kept fast to the first one by a thin strip of Ivory left at the top and by another left at the bottom. Then the third ball, with still finer knives, is tackled through the first and second ones, and so the work goes on till all tin- balls are finished, when the strips that hold them firm are cut away, and they all revolve freely, one Inside the other. "This Chinaman said it was a com mon thing for families to have such balls for hundreds of years—grandfa ther, father, son and grandson working 011 them when they had nothing else to do. They are priceless, of course. Some cheap balls are made of vegetable ivo ry, being carved while the material Is soft, like a potato. These, though, are not worth more than a few dollars at the most." Tlie Evolution of die Pocket. The ancient wore a single pouch at his belt. The modern has—how many pockets in an ordinary costume for out doors? Let us count them: In the trousers five, in the waistcoat five, in the jacket five, in the overcoat five, making 20 in all, a full score of little pokes or bags, and arranged so conven iently that they are scarce noticed. Truly this Is an evolution! How long may it be before we have pockets in our hatbands—where the Irishman car ries his pipe, the American soldier his toothbrush and internally the pettifog ger his legal papers, the papers that his predecessors in England thrust into the typical "green bag?" How long before there may be pockets in our gloves—for there are, I believe, patents covering this invention—and in our shoes? The cane also, with its screw top. begins to be a useful receptacle. Two centuries from now, so the man with a long foresight can clearly see. the main Idea underlying the wearing of clothes will have entirely changed. The chief purpose of garments will 110 longer be considered to protect tho body. They will be regarded first of all as textile foundations for innumerable pockets.—Tudor Jenks in Woman's Home Companion. Sometime**. "Do you subscribe to this statement that a woman ought to look up to her husband?" inquired Mr. Meekton's wife. "Well, Henrietta," he answered cau tiously, "I do think that when there is any picture hanging or anything like that going on in the house it's a man's duty to assume the position of perilous responsibility at tiie top of the step ladder."—Washington Star. and KKPI, First Actor—lt was a ease of Greek meeting Greek last night. Second Actor—llow was that? "You know what a bad egg our come dian is?" "Yes." "Well, he was struck by another just as bad."— Life. If you want to Buy Anything,— Advertise in the PRKSS —Mil ALL AROUND THE COUNTY. Sterling Run Tannery News. Editor Press:— Mrs. J. 11. Desmond had au attack of grippe, last week, but is some better at this writing. Some of the young folk of this place enjoyed a fine sleigh ride to Emporium last Saturday night. Misses Minnie and Millie Berry visited friends in Emporium one day last week. Mrs. S. It. Hess, of Johnsonburg, is visiting her daughter. Mrs. Chas. Norton, at this place. William Sprung, of Emporium, is now hauling logs for A. W. Mason. Waltzing schools is the latest now. Alfred Berry, who lias been working at Caledonia, is visiting his parents at this place. S. L. Bunee and Wm. Berry made a flying trip to Emporium 011 Wednesday with the election returns. + + Huston Mill. Kditor I*i chh: — Our sleighing is going off. C. Williams and O. B.Tanner are done hauling ties from this place. Miss Lelo Williams is guest of her par ents here this week. We are sorry to hear that Mrs. Dill is not improving. C. C. Connor spent a week on the Hill with his family. A. H. Barr was home over Sunday. Mr. H irald, who has been working at Grant, is home nursing a sore hand. < )rla l>. Miller has returned to Buffalo after a short visit with friends here. The champion of Mason Hill was over and frightened all our people. It is really too bad that some people cannot see anything lying by the roadside without picking it up; just as though an axe could not lie alone over night. GUESS. FOUR niLE HAPHENINOS. Destructive Fire—E. C. Davy's Barn and Stock Cremated—Per sonal Items. Editor Press: A very sad and destructive fire occur red at the farm of E. C. Davy last Sat urday night, the 1 (Jth, inst., at 12:30. The raost vivid light ever seen awakened the family from their sleep ot about one and a half hours' duration, as they did not retire until after 11 o'clock. They sprang from their beds and witnessed a scene most appalling and heart-sickening. The barn was completely enveloped in flames, not the least chance or hope of saving anything therein; the roof was then falling in, burying eight cows, three calves, and the beautiful little driving horse be longing to Albert Farr, of Emporium. A yearling Durham was tied to a manger and after his rope burned off lie made good his escape through a door left open by the fiend who applied the fatal torch. The nose of the yearling was severely blistered and his body badly singed. There was in the barn, beside the stock, one almost new surry, one single carriage, one platform wagon, two cutters, lap robes, a Buffalo robe, one light sleigh, one set of double and two single harnesses, and nine tons of hay besides many other use ful belongings to a farm. Thus in one brief hour the accumulation of fifteen years of earnest endeavor and strict economy to secure a competency for old age vanished from sight forever. Mis. Charles Sykeg, ner Louie Stevens, is one of the busiest, and perhaps the happiest woman in the valley just now, getting ready to occupy the comfortable home her husband has prepared for her at Galeton, where he is employed. We shall miss this estimable young woman sadly, for her's is a heart all aglow with love and good-will, and her willing hands are ever extended to help those less for tunate than herself. We bid her good bye with many fond wishes. J. 15. Davy, who has been making his home with his parents for about six months and conducting a bark train on Cowley Run, decided to leave that work, and went to hauling cord-wood for H.W. Martindale, with his father's team, so the faithful horses were providentially saved from cremation. To the boys who so bravely rode their horses to the burning barn, and others who waded through snowdrifts, at the midnight hour, to render some help, it possible, to E. C. Davy and wife, we would sincerely say,