DR. FENNER'S
KIDNEY -
Backache
All diseases of Kidneys, /-k w t
Bladder, Urinary Organs, f* I I IIJ
Also Rheumatism, Back ■ I J""<
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lie has spent a life tlmo curing just such
cases us yours. All consultations Free.
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Is the cause of my being alive to-day. I had
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and reduced in weight to 120 pounds. 1 now
weigh ir>,-) pounds.
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You who once possessed sturdy phys
iques aiul steady nerves, but uow have
insufficient physical force to properly
attend to ordinary duties; you who
ha vea sense of "all-goneness" after the
slightest exertion; you who are dull,
languid and old in spirits at an age
when you should l>c full of physical fire;
you who may feel that your life is not
worth the struggle—there isa scientific
means of redeeming all the precious
powers which seem to be entirely lost.
II Tave cured thousands such as you.
Don't ejq>eriment with your health or
money. We will take the risk. If six
boxes do not cure you, your money is
returned. For years we have been
curing men on these satisfactory terms.
SI .00 per box, 0 for $5 00 mailed in
plain package. Book free. Address
I'Eal Medicine Co., Cleveland, Ohio.
For sale by R. C. Dodson. Emporium. Pa. 51
FINANCIAL
Of the Emporium School District for
the Year Ending June 4, 1(>02.
F, P. RENTZ, Treasurer, in account with Em
porium Borough School Fund.
RECEIPTS.
.'ash on hand at last Audit $ 498 84
From C. 11. Jessop, Coll. tax of 1598.... 51 7o
From C. H. Jessop, Coll. tax of 1900. 433 36
From C. H. Jessop, Coll. tax of 1901. 2692 86
From State appropriation 2,165 17
Prom Sundries for tuition 06 00
From C. P. Rastian for books 75
From loan from First National Hank
of Emporium $300,00 - less discount
$5.10 29190
Total receipts. I 6,230 88
EXPENDITURES.
Paid for Teachers salaries and Institute 4,333 76
Paid for books, stationery and printing 1,015 53
Paid for freight, drayage, etc.. 28 32
Paid for Commencement expenses ... 35 00
Paid F. P. Rentz, salary as treasurer— 25 00
Paid N. J. Burner, salary as Sec'y 25 00
Paid First Nat. Rank on note 100 00
Paid First Nat. Rank dis'ct on renewal. 3 10
Paid First Nat. Bauk bal. on note 200 00
Total expenditures. $5,856 01
Cash in hands of treasurer 374 87
$6,230 88
ASSETS.
Cash in hands of treasurer $ 374 87
Due from C. 11. Jessop, Coll. 1900 tax... 36 58
Due from C. H. Jessop, Coll. 1901 tax 753 25
Total assets $ 1,161 70
LIABILITIES.
Outstanding order No. 163' 35 03
F. P. RENTZ,Treasurer, in account with Empo
rium Rorough School Ruilding Fund.
RECEIPTS.
From C. 11. Jessop, Coll. on 1900 tix ...$ 57 82
From C. 11. Jessop, Call, on 1091 tax ... 355 77
From Shippen township for seats 5 00
Total receipts $ 418 59
EXPENDITURES.
Paid for Janitors services $ 465 0 »
Paid for insurance. 28 00
Paid tor gas 302 40
Paul for sundry suppliesaud repairs . . 10i 51
Paid for painting and repairing to C. A.
Van Lew 118 00
Paid for State lax to C. H. Jessop 51 16
Total expenditures $ 1,101 10
Hue Treasurer F. P. Rent/, last au lit .... 1,831 55
$ 2,935 65
Balance due Treasurer.... 2,187 06
ASSETS.
:>ue from C. H.J s »p,Coll. for 1000 tax s2l 02
Due from C. H. Jessop, Coll. for 1901 tax 133 11
Total assets $ 154 13
LI ABILITIES.
Balance due Treasurer $ 2,487 06
F. P. RENTZ, Treasure*, in nc ount with Em
porium Borough School Bond Fund.
RECEIPTS.
: ash in Treasury last audit $1,281 78
From C. H. Jessop, Coll. on 1898 tax.••• lis 16
From c. 11. Jessop, Coll, on 1899 tax ... 125 03
From <lf. Jessop, < 'oil. on 1900 t tx ... 135 21
From C. 11 Jessop, Coll. on 1901 tax.... 983 51
Total receipts $2,611 02
EXPENDIEURES.
Paid 22 coupons No. 16 on Bonds No-.
79. HO, 81, 82, B{, 81, hi, 86, 87, v B, 89, 90,
91, 92, 93, 91, 95, 96, 97, 98. 00, 100 $2,5 ) $55 00
Paid 17 coupons on Bonds Nos. 18.49,55,
56, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63. 64. 65, 66, 67, 68,
69, 7'», 71, 72, 7 1. 71. 75, 76, 77. 7s, 79, 80.
81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86. 87, BX, 89, 90, 91, 92,
93, 91, 9.5, 96, 97. 98, 90, 100 $2.50. 117 50
Paul coupons on Bonds Nos. is, 19, 55,
ru\ *.7, 60, 61, 62, 63, 61, 65, 66, 67, 68,
60,70.71.72,73, 71, 75, 76. 77, 7K, 81,
85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 'Hi, 91, 92, 93, 91, 95, 96,
97, 98, 00, 100 $2.50, • 105 Oil
Total expenditures, 112 '277 50
Cash in Treasury... 2,360 52
2,611 02
ASSET l'»».
i-tih in Treasury .... $2, J6O 52
|)ui* from C. 11. Jessop, Coll. 1901 tux 335 88
Total assets $2,702 40
LIABILITIES.
Following outstanding coupon-:
Coupon No. 15. on Bond 51 $2 5o
« No. 16 on Bonds Nt»5.6».72 5 no
No. 17 on Bonds Nos. 50, 51,52,
53, 51 ami 58, 15 00
i lupous, No. 18 o i B oid Nos. 50, 51, 52,
Oul Httti.dll « Boinl .. 00
Votul Liabilities .... .....
We, the uiidt*r»ik!tti-d Auditor-*, of Kmixuluiu
R iroiiab. certify that vvt have t-xaiitiiitsl uml
«udited the accounts of I P. Iteats, Tieasurer
in account with F. in nor i urn Borough Keliool
Fuud Building Fund and Bond Fund, mid
I'oorid th»* Name as stated above.
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NIGHT was falling fast, and
the snow was i>ilwl liigli
against the outer walls of
the hovel where a poor inou
jik (peasant) named Kato
mn lay dying in a little village in far
away Russia.
Katoma knew that he was going to
die. It was Christmas eve, hut there
was no gladness in the season for him.
Ilis wife, whom he had loved very
dearly, was already gone. For three
consecutive years now his crops had
failed. A few weeks before the wolves
had devoured his last cow. If he had
been entirely alone in the world he
would have said to death, "Come; thou
art welcome!"
Hut there was one other, his hoy
Ossip. The idea of death became ter
rible when lie thought of leaving his
boy all alone with not a copeck to bless
himself with.
When I tell you that it takes KMj
copecks to make a ruble and that a
ruble is less than 00 cents, you will
understand how dreadfully poor Ka
toma was.
He could not die peacefully for think
ing of Ossip's future. His dim eyes
turned fondly toward the pillow by his
side, which the hoy's thick black hair
almost covered. Ossip lay motionless
in sleep. The sick man put one feeble
hand upon his hoy's smooth forehead
and silently commended liini to heav
en's care.
The house was- very still. The hour
was late. Ossip's healthy, regular
breathing was the only audible sound.
If only kind heaven would raise up one
friend for his boy out of the millions
of good people this big world swarmed
with, Katoma felt that he should not
mind how soon he was laid away un
der the frozen sods.
While his hand rested on Ossip's
head and liis heart was filled with
these anxious thoughts tlie door of the
hovel opened softly. The motij'k
turned wondering eyes in that direc
tion, and there, coming noiselessly to
ward liiiu across Ihe beaten earthen
floor, was a tall woman with soft
brown eyes full of pitying tenderness.
She came close to the bed, on Ossip's
side of it, and, looking down upon the
sleeping child, she muttered:
"Perhaps this is the one at last."'
Katoma lookeJ at her anxiously.
"Whence came you. good mother,
and what seek you?"
Across the sleeping boy she an
swered softly:
"I have coine for Ossip. They told
nie in the village that thy days were
numbered, and 1 knew that Ossip
would need a friend. I will love and
"l HAVK COME FOlt OSSIf."
care for him as though lie were my
very own. 1 am called ltaboushka.
and I keep my promises."
Then Katoma, the iuoujik, died hap
py. for lie knew that ltaboushka was
a friend to all little children, and when
she gathered Ossip close into her moth
erly arms when the end came the child
ceased weeping for ids dead father.
When Italtoushka and Ossip were
well on their way to the old woman's
home, in the next village, they heard
a pitiful sound of weeping somewhere
on the tree shadowed side of the road.
The old woman stopped at the sound.
"We will go and see who Ik in trou
hie. Ossip. Our eyes and ears should
always kept well opened so that no
sign of distress may escape lis."
I ill tiled by the sound, they came to
n stone where, wailing and shivering
in the darkness of the winter night,
they found a little girl scarcely as
large as Oxsip, who was not at all well
grown for his eight years.
ltaboushka knelt down by the child
It lid, gathering Iter cold Utile feet Into
N v. 11 in clasp, muttered
"IVrhaps thi is the child."
'l'lien Mil - said aloud, "What is thy
name, little one, and what d< est thou
here alone hi the bitter ultchttluic)"
At Which the child's tears flowed
afresh, and between lier sob- she i« Id
the kllid, soft eyed Woman how she
had In" u traveling with a great colli
puny of iii n and women who were
leaving I ir uwii vitlag to s > K a In t
ter liiiiil uerusH the seas our uwn
lilrssi d .Viiii ricii, 1 make no doiiht
ntld ln>U . M licit I lie I hail elic'l lil|M it lor
i ; ; , : .
relative slo hud hi the v*<iild ii nl sent
her into tiie woimJ to gather fati
put under their mip kettle, and bin*
It . i.!Hi
CAMERON COUNTY PRKSS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1902.
BHGTUOK THE Clill'l'LKl) BOY IN 1IE1: ARMS
not been alile to find her way back to
the camp, and how she feared the
wolves would devour her before any
one should come to look for her. Then
she told Baboushka that her name was
Yasalissa.
Baboushka clasped the little wander
er to her great motherly heart.
"That, indeed, the wolves shall not.
my dear little Yasalissa. 1 cannot give
thee back to thy aunt, for I know no
better than thou dost where this great
company of men and women may be
camping for the night. But thou shalt
go home with Ossip and me. Tlion
shalt share our lire and our porridge,
and all that is mine tliou shalt share
with Ossip. I can keep the wolves of
hunger and cold away, and if thy aunt
comes to claim thee she shall find thee
rosy and happy."
Then Yasalissa quickly dried hex
tears, and with her hand clasped in
Baboushka's she trudged cheerfully
forward until they came to a tiny little
cottage set back from the road a shurt
distance. In its one window a lamp
was burning brightly.
The window and the lamp belonged
to Baboushka's cottage. She pushed
its unlocked door open, and the chil
dren entered with her into a clean
swept, well warmed room.
A large chair was drawn close up tc
the hearth. As Baboushka entered she
glanced eagerly at this chair, and again
she muttered under her breath:
"I had hoped he might have come
while I was out."
"Good mother," Ossip asked, "why
do you leave a lighted lamp in the win
dow when you go away?"
"So that," she answered, "should any
one go astray in the cold and the dark
he might tiild his way to my poor
cottage. And now li t us seu if the bean
broth lias kept warm all this time. I
made it Ik fore I left home in the early
morning hours so that if any wander
ors found their way hither they might
not leave my roof hungered."
The bean broth had kept warm. She
bade Ossip throw a few more fagots
under the pot and set Yaualissa on a
stool in thi! warmest nook. Then she
brought three bowls, filled litem with
tin* bean broth aiul put them oil the
table. Over them she asked a blessing.
Before her own wooden spoon had
made two journeys from bowl to lip
she heard a timid knock at the door.
She ran quickly to answer it. A tall,
pale lad stood outside. In bis arms he
carried a small mite of a boy, about
whose shoulders was wrapped a worn
and soiled woman's shawl.
The toll, pale lad looked into the fire
lighted room with longing eyes. Ilis
teeth chattered with the cold as he
asked: "Good mother, may we ask
shelter for the night? The cold bites
bitter hard, and my little brother Pe
truslia is but a sickly cripple."
Then Baboushka opened wide her
door with an eager hand and fust beat
ing heart. IVrhaps, at last, this was
the child. What she said aloud was:
"That indeed thou mayest. But why
art thou abroad on such a bitter night
with the little one?"
She took the crippled boy In her
strong, loving arms and carried him
Straight to the greui chair In the chim
ney corner. She rapped her own
best shawl about him and chafed his
small, withered feet until they glowed
with warmth. The tall, pale latl
looki d on gratefully.
"I am eekini; an asylum for the lit
tle one," lie said. "I have to work hard
to keep hiir and myself froui want. A
i ieh merchant I .is promised me work,
but lie xuys 1 must not brlllg Petl'llsbu.
That he would take too much of my
lime."
"And whi re seek you mi asylum for
Idm V"
BuhoushUu looked pitifully at the
small, siid face of i! < i-ripple. The tu!)
brother an wi red sadly:
"Aln that I know not yet. ! wn*
sceklllK the nearest town to uhU eollll
fct I Ol' tilt' |. 1 - • I
Balioti ,hl,a laid a kind band on lilt
boy's arm
"Put i are auny from lliy yo»ni«
heart. 'I hoti hunt found an asylum
for i h> crtppled brother lb- shall
(ravel no farther on the fruaea roailx
, ..,M| I ' ll'
have a Wn> trin kle bed into u hit-is In
Wthll tin- Ihltf .Midi en, 11.MP V hni
Ilssa and Petrusha, ft d, warmed and
comforted, were sleeping the care fret
sleep of innocent childhood.
Only the tall lad and Baboushka sat
by the fireside, because there was 110
bed left for them.
"Tell me, good mother," the boy said,
looking straight into her kind eyes,
"why are you so good to all childrenV
Your fame has gone abroad."
Baboushka did not answer him at
once. When she did, her voice sounded
as sweet and solemn as church chimes
at vesper time.
"Yes, I will tell you, my son, for you
are nearing your own years of respon
sibility, and it will be well for you to
learn in good time the solemn lesson
that an opportunity once lost is lost
forever.
"Many years ago I was setting my
house in order when three men stopped
at my door with a great piece of news.
" 'We have seen a radiant star in the
?ast,' they said, 'and we know that the
Christ Child must be come. -Leave thy
labor. Come with us to find him and
to do him honor.'
"But I sent them away with words
of foolish impatience. 'Scest thou not
that I am setting my house in order?
Go thou to where the star beckons
thee, and I will follow at some tnore
'•nnvenient time, I can see its light
■without thy help.'
"So they went their way and left mr
togo mine. But when the time came
that I found it convenient to follow
the star clouds obscured the heavens,
and there was no star to be seen, and
so I knew not how to seek the Christ
Child.
"I have been seeking him ever since,
up and down in the land. Whenever,
wherever I see a little child I think
perhaps I have found the One I seek,
and my heart yearns over him. But
not yet have I found tlie Christ Child,
whose face must shine with the radi
ance of the star 1 lost."
With tears of s< :row wetting h<r
eyelashes Baboushka fell asleep in her
chair. She laid tilled all of her beds
with eoltl and friendless children.
And as she slept a tender hand
seemed to dry her tears and a loving
voice to whisper in her ears:
"Inasmuch as ye have done it unto
the least of these little ones ye have
done it unto me. They were homeless,
and ye took them in. They were hun
gry, and you have fed them. They
were cokl, and you have warmed them.
The Christ Child is in thy own heart."
And on that glad Christmas morning
Baboushka awoke with a great peace
in her soul, for she knew that she had
found him she hail been seeking far
and wide.
Facts about Medicine.
"If yourVinol is such won
derful stuff, what's the need of
harping about it so much in the
paper? There are twenty medi
cines advertised in every sheet,
and I don't believe what they
say about any of them." Such
was a remark heard in the
store.
We answer: We advertise
Vinol because we have found
it a good thing for cough, lung
troubles, insomnia, weak
women and children, old
people and run-down folks.
We advertise Vinol underour
own name, and with our own
guarantee because it is different
from the twenty medicines our
friend alluded to. For instance,
it is not a secret preparation.
It is endorsed by physicians.
It has a surprising record of
cures right here in town. It
has our absolute guarantee of
money back if you are not
helped.
We advertise Vinol to in
crease its usefulness.
It's pleasant to take.
L. TfIGGfIRT.
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Mail Order* Supplied f\ per l!i>ttl>
1 vci» m•£»*** trm
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| In every town tj
jL and village n;
may be had, |
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• Adam,
Meldrum &
: Anderson Co.
BUFFALO, N. Y.
:i()6-408 Main Street,
GRAND OPENING
Holiday
Goods
From now on the great
store will have more than
its nsnal interest to onr out
of town patrons. Every de
partment has taken on a
holiday appearance, and all
the new and beautiful gifts
have been brought ont for
your inspection.
Toys and Dolis.
There's a world of toys
and dolls for the little ones.
We have a lot of 350 im
ported sample dolls, 110 two
alike, and ranging in price
from 25c to $25.00.
The toys and games are
more pleasing and interest
ing than ever. Everything
from a whistle to an auto
mobile or a train of cars.
The Restaurant.
Our restaurant on the fourth fioc.r, re
moved from the bustle of business, is a
delightful place where one may relieve
the tedium of shopping. A light lunch
or a full meal. Excellent service and
moderate prices.
' (iet acquainted with Our Mail
| Order Department.
\ Adam.
Meldrum &
Anderson 00.
TheAmericai Block,
BUFFALO, N. Y
I of urniture
i
We secured under most favorable conditions, the
-I entire stock of
&
' The Mankey Mfg. Company,
1
AT BANKRUPT SALE.
I
This purchase, a very fortunate and opportune
Iji' one —brought to us about SIO,OOO worth of
bed room suites, dressers, washstauds and sideboards,
• bright and new, direct from the factory, which we
112! will dispose of at virtually next-to-nothing prices.
Now we arc ready for this great sale, the most impor
.; tant furniture event .ever offered you. A sale that will
make new history in our business. High class, up-to
! date, thoroughly reliable furniture at much less than
cost of manufacture. We want you to come to this
sale, to see and compare the furniture with that you
can lnry elsewhere at even double our prices. We will
leave it to you then, as judge to say where the greatest
values can be had. It is only through a purchase of
tliis kind, that these stupendous bargains are made pos
sible—a chance that comes your way but seldom. This
will be a quick decided event, the stock must be clear
ed out at once,as we have no room for storage purposes.
If you have any particular fancy about style, wood or
pattern, you had better come early or the very thing
you want may be gone. Judges of furniture making
and exceptional values are especially requested to in
spect these goods, and examine every detail of quality,
workmanship ami durability. Owing to limitation oi
->pace, we cannot give details of this irresistable sale.
We cord'ally invite correspondence from prospec
tive buyers who cannot visit us in person.
(I. J. LAUA R\S
OLD RELIABLE FURNITURE STORE,
KM l*<> WI I'M. P.I.
Our sew
Goods.
Have arrived and we are
ready for the Summer
campaign
During the past few
months we have almost
entirely closed out all left
over stock, therefore start
in with an
Entirely New Stock.
READY-MADE CLOTH I NO,
(Stylish make.)
ELEGANT LINK of FURNISHINGS,
TRUNKS, SATCHELS, &c.
We are agents for the LION
Brand Shirts and have recently
received a very fine assortment
of these celebrated
SI.OO SHIRTS
/&£ ,l UON BRAND"
TRADE MARK
% i | j#
IS |. :P
IlJn
They Are Beau tie
We continue to keepthe.
MAC HURDLE
DRESS SHIRTS.
We want every citizen of this
county to call and inspect our
present stock, feeling assured
that you will be pleased
R. SEGER & SON,
Next to Hank, Emporium, Pa