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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,
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[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,|
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I Plumbing Goods to my
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0 any work in my line. J
Jp Out of town orders promptly |
fel attended to. |
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> 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,
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•! 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
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112 Central State j<
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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.
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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
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2HHSHSHS HSHSHSHH
<Mf i| Cures Drunkenness.
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Write for H iff INSTITUTE,
Bieklfct 4218 Fifth Avt.,
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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.
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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.