10 Business Cards. 11. W. liIiEEN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Emporium, Pa. A business relatingto estate,collections, real estates, OrpUau's Court and general law business will receive promptattention. 42-ly. J. C. JOHNSON. J. P. MONARNEY JOHNBON Hi McNARNEY, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW' EMPORIUM, PA. Will give prompt attention to all business en. mated to them. 16-ly. MICHAELBRENNAN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Collections promptly attended to. Real estate and pension claim agent, 35-ly. Emporium, Pa. THOMAS WADDINGTON, Emporium, Pa., CONTRACTOR FOR MASONRY AND STONE-CUTTING. All orders in my line promptly executed. All kinds or building and cut-stone, supplied at low prices. Agent for marble or granite monuments. Lettering neatly done. AMERICAN HOUSE, East Emporium. Pa.,» JOHN L.JOHNSON, Prop'r. Having resumed proprietorship of this old and well established House I invite die patronage of the public. House newly furnished and thor oughly renovated. 481y F. D. LEET. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW and INSURANCE AQ'T. EMPORIUM, PA To LAND OWNERS AND OTHERS IN CAMKRON AND i ADJOINING COUNTIES. I have numerous calls for hemlock and hard wood timber lands,alsostuinpagc&c., and parties desiring either to buy or sell will do well to call on me. F. D. LEET. CITY HOTEL, | WM. McGEE, PROPRIETOR Emporium, l"a. Having again taken possession of thisoldand popular house I solicit a share of the public pat ronage. The house is newly furnishedand is one of the bestappointed hotels in Cameron county. 80-ly. THE NOVELTY RESTAURANT, (Opposite Post Office,) Emporium, Pa. WILUAM MCDONALD, Proprietor. I take pleasure in informing the public that I have purchased the old and popular Novelty Restaurant, located on Fourth street. It will be my endeavor to serve the public in a manner that shall meet with their approbation. Give me a call. Meals and luncheon served at all hours. n027-lyr Wm. McDONALD. ST. CHARLES HOTEL, THOS. j. LYfc'ETT. PROPRIETOR Near Buffalo Depot, Emporium, Pa. This new and commodious hotel is now opened for the accommodation of the public. New in al Its appointments, every attention willbepaidto the guests patronizing this hotel. 27-17 ly MAY GOULD, TEACHER OF PIANO, HARMONY AND THEORY, Also dealer in all the Popular sheet Music, Emporium, Pa. Scholars taught either at my home on Sixth street or at the homes of the pupils. Out of town scholars will be given dates at my rooms in this place. F. C. RIECK, D. D. S„ DENTIST. Office over Taggart's Drug Store, Emporium, Pa. Uas and other local anaesthetics ad nimistered for the painless extraction SPEClALTY:—Preservation of natural teeth, in cluding Crown and Bridge Work. X The Place to J. F. PARS^^| | GROCERIES. | rfi J. A. KINSLER, U] J fu ; [i{ Carries nothing but the best that tan be p] obtained in the line of |jj | Groceries and | Provisions, f}i Flour, Salt and Smoked Meats, !fl nj Canned Goods, etc. |id HI Teas, Coffees, Fruits, Confectionery, [ji |n Tobacco and Cigars. ijl Goods Delivered Free any place in xl pj Town. [j; fjj Call and see me and get prices. "I [J| J. A. KINSLER, | W Near P. &E. Depot. LT| IS. E. MURRY,| | PRACTICAL [J i PLUMBER, GAS P AND I STEAM FITTER. | r I have recently added an fsj | entirely new line of IS I Plumbing Goods to my K already large stock. I,? 9 handle andjkeep constant- 0 | ly in stock jsj; S GAS AND STEAM FITTINGS, S SEWER PIPES, I 0 GAS STOVES, ETC. K K ni g IMy store room is well sup- Hi gj plied with Bath Tubs, | Wash Stands, Gas Lamps H Wand anything required in N my trade. Contracts N taken for all lines of work; r satisfaction guaranteed, ss y Write me when yon have | 0 any work in my line. J Jp Out of town orders promptly | fel attended to. | .% S. E. MURRY. | BEE /77 -/ RJ Y / / / IT A S~Y IPAflSfS^S'i > ADVICE A3 TO PATENTABILITY PBLPI" ' k Notice in "Inventive Age" as BS p BB < V Book "How toobtain Patents" g ■■■■lb ' ' Charges moderate. No fee till patent is secured. ' Letters strictly confidential. Address, ' E. G. SIGGERS, Patent Lawyer, Washington, D.C.J AFTER THE BATTLE Some are lound bleeding and sore, while others have a fit of the blues. Now if there should be any so unfortunate as to suffer from the eftects of accidents we have the Balm for their pains and aches,let it be either for man or beast. Our.liniment and powdersfor horses or cattle are always the best. Our medicines are pure and 112 always get there. The prices are right too. uur patent medicine depart ment is supplied with all the standard remedies and we can supply your on short notice. Our toilet and fancy goods 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 wo are here to do business and serve the j public. M. - A. • ROCKWELL, THE PHARMACIST, ggflasaggg ' I, ' y Get are •! Education 1 !H An exceptional opportunity offered 112,! to young men and young women to 1i * j prepare for teaching or for business. !>•, B J'our regular courses; also special Ji{ E work in Music, Shorthand, Type- M K v/ritiag. Strong teaching force, well i E {traded work, good discipline and S* hard study, insure best resuitß to *4 K students of i i 112 Central State j< ! Normal School •* jj LOCK HAVEN. Clinton Co., PA. J II Handsome buildings perfectly equipped. rl Ft cam heat, electric lights, abundance of m fcj ijur« mountain water. extensive raiupus (••* *1 and athletic grounds. Ex penses low. Htnd J'-J »| for catalog. *1 J. R. FLtCKINGErt, Principal. L Central State Normal School, LOCK HAVEN, PA. •> W 3 P. X.BLfclMbE,! C* (• 5 $> •) (• Emporium, Pa. '• •) •) Bottler and Dealer In (• (• i> •) v:.(• (• •) •) •> (• "DTTTTT? • • (2 % WINES, S I WHISKIES S •) •> (• (• (• And Liquors of all Kinds. (• •> •) ( * „ <• •)S»S.«>S<B"S) V > T ' (• (• •j The best of goods always carried 2 (• in stock and everything •) , , 8 (• ,« warranted as rep resented. <9 I S | <• Special Attention Paid to £ •) Mail Orders. •, 9 <« » S) I I EMPORIUM, PA. I <• * •) J. A. Fisher, PRACTICAL fiorse $ Sboer, Broad Street, Emporium, Pa. | SSOO Reward. | Lfl The above Reward will be paid ru K for information that will lead to the Jjj (• arrest and conviction of the party £ ru or parties who placed iron and slabs n [J] on the track of the Emporium & Lrr [n Rich Valley R. R., near the eastfjj nJ line of Franklin Housler's farm, on f}J the even ng of Nov- 21st, 1891. In $ HENRY AUCHU, nj 38-tf President, in 2HHSHSHS 2HHSHSHS HSHSHSHH <Mf i| Cures Drunkenness. |Ceeley Cu sr a m* THE M KEELEY Write for H iff INSTITUTE, Bieklfct 4218 Fifth Avt., | u*SMkl. |w tfITIMIUIW, fA. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1901. THE MAJOR'S VENGEANCE. WcKlnley nml the Ileiiorter \Vl»n Persistently Assailed Him. During one of his congressional cam paigns Major McKinley was followed from place to place by a reporter for a paper of opposite political faith, who i-i described as being one of th< ;. "shrewd, persistent fellows who are al ways at work, quick to see an oppor tunity and skilled in making the most of It." While Mr. McKinley was an noyed by the misrepresentation to which he was almost daily subjected, he could not help admiring the skill and persistency with which lie was assail ed. His admiration, too, was not un mixed with compassion, for the re porter was 111, poorly clad and had an annoying cough. One night Mr. Mc- Kinley took a closed carriage for a near by town at which lie was announced to speak. The weather was wretchedly raw and cold, and what followed is thus described; He had not gone far when he heaid that cough and knew that the reporter was riding with the driver 011 the ex posed seat. The major called to the driver to stop and alighted. "Get down off that seat, young man,"he said. The reporter obeyed, thinking the time for the major's vengeance had come. "Here," said Mr. McKinley, taking off his overcoat, "you put on this overcoat and get into that carriage." "But, Major McKinley," said the re porter, "1 guess you don't know who I am. I have been with you the whole campaign, giving it to you every time you spoke, and I am going over tonight to rip you to pieces if I can." "I know," said Mr. McKinley, "but you put on this coat and get inside and get warm so that you can do a good job."— Cliaut uuqunn. THE MAGIC NUMBER. A SnKKCNtion by the Cynic That Set the Others Tlliiiklnpr. "I often hear of the magic number," said some one. "What number is it?" "Why, nine, of course," replied some one else. "There are nine muses, you know, and you talk of a nine days' wonder. Then you bowl at ninepins, and a cat has nine lives." "Nonsense!" broke in another. "Sev en is the magic number. Seventh heaven, don't you know, and all that; seven colors in the rainbow, seven days in the week, seventh - son of a seventh son—great fellow—and"— "Tush, tush!" remarked a third, "Five's the number you mean. A man has five lingers on his hand and five toes on his foot, and lie lias live senses, and"— "Three is undoubtedly the magic number," interrupted another, "because people give three cheers, and Jonah was inside a whale three days and three nights, and if at first you don't succeed, try, try again—three times, you see!" This was received with some con tempt by the company, and a soulful youth gushed out: "Two, oil, two is the magic num ber—oneself and one other, the adored one—just two!" A hard featured individual, who bad been listening to the conversation hith erto unmoved, here remarked in a harsh voice: "The magic number is number one in this world, and if you want to suc ceed never forget it." An interval of deep thought on the part of all followed, after which tliej went In silently to supper.—Pearson's. No Word For Love. In comparison witli the English tongue foreign tongues seem parsimo nious in some ways of expression and wasteful in others. For instance, it is impossible to "kick" a man in French. You must give him a "blow witli the foot." The Portu guese do not "wink" at one; they "close and open the eyes." In the languages of the American In dians there is 110 word with which to convey the idea of "stealing," perhaps because the Idea of property Is so vague. It Is related of one of the early missionaries that in attempting to translate the Bible into Algonquin he could find no word to express "love" and was compelled to invent It. A Spelling Bc*e. Some of you who think you are well up in spelling just try to spell the words in this little sentence: "It is agreeable to witness the un paralleled ecstasy of two harassed ped dlers endeavoring to gauge the sym metry of two peeled pears." Read it over to your friends and see how many of them can spell every word correctly. The sentence contains many of the real puzzlers of the spell ing book.—London Tit-Bits. Hlm Everyday Suit. Dixon—l don't believe young Short leigli is half as extravagant as people say he is. Ilixon—Perhaps not, but I've noticed that he has a suit of clothes for every day of the week. Dixon—ls that so? Why, he has al ways had the same suit on every time I met him. Ilixon—Well, that's the one. No Climbing. "Ah, my friend," sighed old Skln flynt, who was dying, "I'm going a long, long journey." "Never mind," replied the friend, who knew him. "It's all down lilll."—Phila delphia Record. A Wicked Insinuation. Miss Sereleaf— Fashion seems to tend toward costumes of the last century. Miss May Budd—How nice! Some people will lie able to make over their old druses.—Town and Country. A hypocrite is like the letter p—the first in pity and the last in help.—Chi cago News. ABOUT GAS METERS. WHY THESE ERRATIC INSTRUMENTS DO NOT EXPLODE. Inch an Accident In No More Likely to Happen to Tliein Than to Milk Bottles or Salt 1Iu»h —What Does Happen la Cone of Fire. The proneness of the average news paper reporter to attribute cellar con flagrations to the explosion of gas me ters represents what appears to be an Ineradicable race trait. No amount of contradiction and no accumulation of -troof that such an accident is an im possibility seems to reach the news gatherers, who goon reporting the ex plosion of gas meters, doubtless be cause the liremen have a tradition that meters are explosive and give this ex planation of every lire which they can not otherwise account for. For the reassurance of nervous peo ple it gives us pleasure to say that no gas meter ever exploded since the world began, and until they are made 011 very different plans and contain gas of very different composition from that now used for illuminating pur poses such an accident is 110 more like ly to happen to them than to milk bot tles or salt bags. The domestic gas meter lias a more or less well deserved reputation for habitual mendacity, though as likely to lie against the gas company as for it; but it lias never done anything to warrant the suspicion that it is liable togo off with a bang. It is a tin box of a little less than one cubic foot capacity, put together with soldered seams and japanned. Into and through it passes the gas, which enters through the service pipe connecting the main with the house, usually of half an ineli diameter. It lias very little capacity for gas storage, and is not strong enough to carry gas under a greater compression than, say, half a pound per square inch. More than this would bulge its sides, in point of fact the pressure of gas in meters is rarely more than enough to balance a column of water two or three inches high. If a gas meter is exposed to great heat from external fire, nothing very serious happens. The soldered seams will probably melt, allowing the gas to escape. This gas is not explosive, however. It becomes so only when mixed with air in certain definite pro portions. Should this admixture exist in a meter, which is almost impossible, its shell is not strong enough to offer any great resistance, and should an ex plosion occur by reason of fire reach ing this admixture of gas and air the meter would be wrecked, but it is doubtful of any other damage would result. None has been wrecked from this cause. If the seams of the meter are opened by the melting of the solder or by frac ture from accident, the gas within it would escape, and, if it had the chance, burn. Outside the meter it might have opportunity to form tlie explosive mix ture with air and do some damage. What actually happens in the case of tires attributed to the explosion of gas meters is usually this: Gas which has leaked from defective pipes or worked into the cellar from broken or defective street mains accumulates in pockets formed by rafters and else where and remains there until it comes in contact with an accidental fire of some sort. A fire starts in the cel lar and the temperature gradually rises until the smoldering rubbish bursts in to flame. This reaches the mixture of gas and air along the ceiling and an explosion follows. The meter, naturally enough, is thrown down and probably torn from its connections, and the conclusion is reached that, instead of being the vic tim of the accident, the inoffensive me ter is the cause of all the trouble and has indulged its inherent propensity to set the house afire after lifting it from Its foundations. It is a perfectly safe generalization that the gas which makes trouble in cellars is wholly outside the meter and never Inside of It. Grindstones some times explode with fatal results in saw factories, but the excellent old lady who, after reading of such an accident and recalling that there was an old grindstone In one corner of the cellar which had been there twenty years, hired a couple of tramps to carry it to ilie extreme corner of the garden and pour water on it for an hour, mean while giving tlimnks that it had not blown herself and family into eternity "unbeknownst to any of us," was of the type of those who, through fear of •fas meter explosions, are all their life time subject to nervous chills. There is not a gas meter in use under which it would not be perfectly safe to build a bonfire, provided, of course, there was not a quantity of gas out side of it which the same fire could reach.—New York Times. Why Snow 1m Not lilnck or lied. Why is the snow white? is a ques tion frequently asked. Because black snow would be dangerous; so would red or yellow. These are "warming up colors," and they change the sun's rays to heat. Such snow would soon melt again and prove a very poor pro tection. But white snow throws back the sunlight in just the form in which it receives it, and thus the snow can be long 011 the ground. Throw dirt on the snow and its dark color quickly makes it eat its way in whenever the sun shines on it. After a snowstorm, once let the horses' feet mingle the dirt of the road with the snow nml sleighing will soon t»' over.—Professor S. C. Schmueker in Ladies' Home Journal. To be sure, faint heart never won fair lady, but, on the other hand, dis cretion is seldom sued for breach of promise.—ludiauapolls News. QUAINT COLLEGE LAWS. Itnlen PrenerlhinK the Dress of Har vard Sludi'iitN 111 Dygonc Duyn, TLo curious laws regarding students" dress wliieli prevailed at Harvard up to the middle of the last century art* illus trated by two eighteenth century waist coats which are among the collections of the Boston Art museum. One was worn by a member of the class of 1740 and the other by his sou in 1784. The latter waistcoat is olive green in eolor, conforming to the college regula tions, which required either blue gray, plain black, "nankeen"—a kind of buff —or olive. The coat and breeches which originally went with it, as one may read in the old time Harvard "Laws," were blue gray. Freshmen of that date were allowed only plain buttonholes, sophomores leaped to the dignity of having buttons on their cuffs, juniors might have Inexpensive frogs to their buttonholes except that they might not have them on their cuff buttonholes, and the senior enjoyed frogs, button holes and buttons complete. Seniors and juniors were permitted also to wear black Oxford gowns, such as are worn at graduation today, and a "night gown," or dressing gown, was per missible on certain unimportant occa sions. It cost "not more than 10 shil lings" for every appearance of gold or silver adornment. Tlie rules of costume were changed, of course, from time to time. In 1828, for example, the prescribed dress con sisted of a black mixed coat, single breasted, "with a rolling cape square at the end and with pocket flaps, the waist reaching to the natural waist, with lapels of the same length." It is explained that "black mixed," called also Oxford mixed, was black with not more than one-twentieth nor less than one-twenty-fifth part of white. The senior was allowed to support his dig nity with three "crow's feet" of black silk cord on the lower part of his coat sleeve. Two crow's feet were permitted to the junior, one to the sophomore and none at all to the freshman. The waist coat was of black mixed or of black or, when of cotton or linen fabric, of white; single breasted, with a standing collar. The pantaloons were of black mixed. APHORISMS. Good counsels observed arc chains of grace.—Fuller. The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it.—Bovee. Admiration is the daughter of igno rance.—Franklin. In great attempts it is glorious even to fall.—Longinus. The one prudence of life is concen tration. —Emerson. The golden age is before us, not be hind us.—St. Simon. Levity in behavior is the bane of all that is good and virtuous.—Seneca. Better be driven out from among men than to be disliked by children. — Dana. Loving kindness is greater than laws, and the charities of life are more than all ceremonies.—Talmud. Have you so much leisure from your own business that you can take care of that of other people that does not belong to you?— Terence. A Rattlesnake';; I'msss. You often hear of rendering a rattle snake harmless by pulling out its fangs. Then, again, you read of cases where a serpent so treated has bitten persons fatally. The reason for this-is that a poisonous snake is deprived only temporarily of its venomous powers by the extraction of the two incisors in the upper jaw, at the bases of which are the poison glands. Of course you know that the fangs are hollow, so that when the animal strikes the ven om gushes through them Into the flesh of the person struck. Now, by draw ing the two teeth the snake may be rendered harmless for a few weeks, but after a short time the two teeth just behind tin; original fangs move up and take their places, making connec tion with the poison glands and thus becoming poison fangs as good and ef fective as the old ones. Horneff and Cold. Colonel Sir T. 11. Iloldlcli. writing in 'The Indian Borderland" of the terrible storms and wind and snow which over take the traveler on the high passes of the Herat mountains, remarks 011 the superior power of the horse to with stand cold. In one such storm "over twenty men perished and many mules. All the dogs with the caravan were lead, but, so far as I can remember, ao horses, l'et some of the chargers of the Eleventh Bengal lancers got slowly an their legs the day after the blizzard literally sheeted with ice as an ironclad s sheeted with steel." It is a fact worth doting that the horse will stand cold where a mule or a camel will not and where a dog will die. CxutcM In Norway. A curious feature to travelers in the highroads of Norway is the great num ber of gates—upward of 10,000 in the h'hole country—which have to be open ed. These gates, which either mark the boundaries of tiie farms or sep arate the home fields from the waste lands, constitute a considerable in convenience and delay to the traveler, who has to stop his vehicle and get flown to open them. Cruel and Unnsanl Punishment. Mrs. Boerum (hopelessly)— Mortimer, I cannot make Willie mind. Mr. Boerum (sternly)— William, do as your mother wishes, or I will make you go and sit in the cozy corner.— Brooklyn Eagle. Hurry's Declaration. She—Ob, Harry, it is awful! Papa has forbidden you the house! He—That's all right. It isn't the house I am after; it's you, darling.— Boston Transcript. - Our New Fall Goods. Have arrived and we are ready for the Fall and Winter campaign. During the past few months we have almost entirely closed out all left over stock, therefore start in with an Entirely New Stock. BEADY-MADE CLOTHING, (Stylish make.) ELEGANT LINIi of FURNISHINGS, TRUNKS, SATCHELS, &c. I We are agents for the LION Brand Shirts and have recently received a very fine assortment of these celebrated SI.OO SHIRTS. They Are Beauties. We continue to keep the. MAC HURDLE S DRESS SHIRTS. i We want every citizen of this B county to call and inspect our H present stock, feeling assured 1 that you will be pleased. [ R. SEGER & SON. }ji Next to Bank, Emporium, Pa. - -TMI MflHrt'tfy i Hiirnitnw 1 9 ill siiiiiii 1. Everything ing stock that goes IP to make up a ||J p|j first-class Fur- ;j|| |t| niture Store. . jm W Will not be nn- w der sold by ij|j ||| any one. || Carpets, || jgj Oil-Cloth, jg Linoleum, If Mattings. a* UP IN QUALITY. , ii DOWN IN PRICE. |f ffi. One of the best (1) M Sewing Ma |f|l chines in the 'i^li world, sold ||| here—the |pj | "fjomestie." | I|| Undertaking m in all its ||| >t| branches & B promptly A' |®| attended to. |||l 111 You all know |i| <jf| the place. HI 1 GEO." J. Lfißflß, 1 fci p! ! THE BIG BRICK STORE, y|: Cor. Fourth and Chestnut St., jM| p-; EMPORIUM. PA.
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