4 I At* one I I HALF THE COST 1/ Lion Coffee baa better itrength and I flavor tbaa many so-call- ed "fancy" brandi. lIJ Bulk coffee at the same l*W price is not to be com- I M parad with Lion in quality. If *■ 1 k.airtlght I / Mtlod yackagM. rSHSaSHSHSHSafiSJSHSH£rHaiS Yoa can look th* county over, and you |{| {] will aot lad a more complete, up-to-data J jj line at OHM KRAI' MHHCIIANDIHH. fj 0 OCR 3 | Pall and g 1 Winter | I Stock 1 w is now in, and ready for your m (J inspection. jfl | DRY GOODS, pi » HEAVY ALL-WOOL SKIRTINGS, W *] READY-MADE SKIRTS, [n jjj LADIES WAISTS, ETC. U| in r * ur {^°t' on department is nJ [{J toil of nOW tnui&°, ]?* B jy of bargains. We have added [jj ft MEN'S, BOYS'AND YOUTHS' OVER $ COATS AND READY MADE $ n] SU,TS - [n | J. E. SMITH, $ P Cj J; Sterling Hun, I*«. (u Ssa SEND US A a cow, m Steer, Bull or Horse Bi|i3p§y hide, Calf skin, Dog ■SaffllJS fckin, or any other kind cf 1 idc or skin, and let us tin it with the hair en, soft, light, odorless and moth-proof, for robe, TO3, coat cr gloves. Ei.t first get our Catalogue, JtWg! Civiiiß prices, and our shipping BH9 ry, and instructions, s» an to tvoiC uiibtake*. We alsu buy '< > raw f 1 ■ rs. THE CROSBY FRISIAN FUR COMPANY, SU Mill St/Ht, Rochester. N. Y. IHARPERI »■ *»*■. ' • ■-< .» WHISKYQ The 'Aristocrat among-' I the Whiskies of the old ■ School. Without a peer. I For sale by Weak Nerves People cauuot help worrying when their nerves are weak. That feeling of languor, dullness and exhaustion la the (earful condition which often pre cedes insanity. The power to work or atudy diminishes ancf despondency de presses the mind night and day. If you are suffering the tortures of Nervous Debility, there is no knowing how soon you may decline to something more horrible But you can get welt The youthful strength, buoyancy and happiness can be restored by the use of They have cured thouaanda, and we have no much confidence in them that we give au irou clad euarautee with a $5.00 order. ftcnt anvwhere in plain package. SI.OO per IKJX, o boa en for $5 00 Book free. AddreNs, I'KAL MHDICINB CO., Cleve land, Ohio. For sale by K. C. lJodtou. Emporium. Pa. 51 Notice of AclinliilMtrutrfl* F*UiU- of HAZA HI) n. BPRNOK, I*ce<i»r<i, | KTTKRH of Admint.Htrallon on the Katate o' I j Hazard H. 8 pence, late of Hhipt»en townahip t.'ameron county, Pen ©aylvania. det:ca*ed, have been K'anted to Margaret K. Hpence, reaidiug in said townnhip, to whom uW pernonii indebted to taid eatate tire requeued to mitke payment, and thoHi> having claim* oi demandi* will malt*. kn-iw*; the name without deny. MAUOAHKT K. MPRNC'K, Administratrix, Emporium, Pa., Our lath, IWW IIWKN .1 Siurrct. Solicitors it «t. I.I.I'.CTION XOTICK. THE K1 ItMT NATION AI. HAN K , rpilK annual intwtiitK oftbr sUick-holds m fur I thr eleitton ofa H<«rdof II r« lor* and th« transact >eu of mm Ii ..tin r baslm »» may lie In.l brlt.M. tliriii. will bi' 1m !il at tlin Hun tin Tula ■lay. January 14, HIM, btlwrrn tin- hours til our auil three ill the alti rliiK.n T 11. LJaOYIt, I aahiar. Nolaea In Tonr Cheat The doctor hears some eurious noises ! when he places the stethoscope against your chest. When the lungs are In a , healthy condition, the medical gentle man hears tt pleasant, breezy Bound, soft in tone, as you'draw In the breath and expel it Should the lnatrumeut convey to bis ear a gurgling or bub bling sound he makes a mental note of the fact that you are In what Is known m tb» luodat stage of tironchiUs. In tbe dry stage of the same complaint the Mund la a whistling, wheeay «ue. One of th« atgiiH of pneumonia la th« itackling no<e tluit cornea through the ttetheaoaiMv U la not nnMke tfce MHind that caa be kiwtrd when your ftngor and tfcuiah h»T<« touebed a atteky aob aUncw Mid yea Rw ploce them to gether and Mac* fort Ifaui, boMtng theca uteao fo#«or eav. L>oci«aa oanMtotoßy hoar a Oripulag aauAd, a&4 tti*t tedk>o4flK ttet alt and I water ka*o nft Mo tiwn pact of tk« «IMMt v*li(*» tfco-y IHIVO ao right tt» he. Hloar fmnoai a aui you vv4U i*n» duoe a whMml vUi* la agtanJy to be Uatr4 ka yow afcaat U Ik o*u*e4 fan th« aMia 16, Agr air ya^ortaK •TOT a env^g. M* kasfc m 4 ttmisrve, "Ho had- no neserre." How tjftwn wo he«u- this oxi>i't*B4wn on or In tho stroct wheu u firm hn« fttUetl or wheu a business man ltaa beou pushed to th» w«JU Lt would mako a tlttlng epita|>h fpr tJi« grave of miuiy a fali ura A man w4thyg% retiorvc la like a ccmdwtnucd, lc«Uy \csa<i. On a calm (Jay It ca4i ho towed from port to Out it would be nttcfly hoJi>l<N*a In 4 t Ktoria. Many fail frotij lack of r*6orv# of educaTlMi, <d eariy training, of Bolid, IngralnWl habit. Othera fall from lack of reserve of savings, of aipital, MnJijr have goup dotyn hick &112 char actbc reserve, of bealtii lewrve, of frlendahlf) roacr:re. It pays to store up reserve of erery kind, to be prepared for every emergency. Too exhausting effort, too extravagant expenditure, too reckless daring or too much reliance on unknown factors loaves no margin or reserve, that a nltyj would mean a certaih fall.--Buccoss. A Si'Otvh Su|>er»tltloo. "In a recent visit I paid to friends abroad I came aerosa a superstition that was now to me," said a traveler the other day. "One day at dinner somebody hit a glass, which began the ringing, jingling noise that la familiar when glassware Is struck, and Imme diately another gueat covered the piece with hla hands so as to mulfle the sound. Every one preacnt said, 'Tlihf a right; stop the ringing.' I Sound out on Inquiring that when one causwa this ringing of a ghtsa piece to ceaae It saves a human life from drowning. How the notion originated I cun't ex plain, but these people I apeak of were intelligent and not generally given to cherishing absurd notions. It Is said to be a Scotch superstition, but none of my friends could throw light on Its origin." A Story of Ckarles Jnmra Fox. A gambling story is told of Charles James I'ox that rather reflects on his honor. lie was one of the ardent ad mirers of Airs. Crewe, a noted beauty of her day, and it Is related that a gentleman lost a considerable sum to this lady at play and, being obliged to leave town suddenly, gave Mr. Fox the money to pay her, begging him to apol ogise to her for his not having paid the debt of honor in person. Fox lost ev ery shilling of it before morning. Mrs. Crewo oftea met the supposed debtor afterward and, surprised that he never noticed the circumstances, at length delicately hinted the matter to him. "Bless me!" said he."l paid the mon ey to Mr. Fox threw mouths ago." "Oh, did you. air?" wild Mra. Crewe good uaturedjy. "Then probably ha paid me and I feegot it" a witty ite»ir. At a London dinner General Horace Porter waa once referred to by the chairman In the following way: "We have here tonight General Horace Por ter, and I call upon blrn for a speech. The gentleman Is like a slot machine— you put lu a dinner, and out cornea a speech." The witty general rose and replied with a quick Are of satire: "The chairman haa thought tit to liken me to a slot machine. May I return the compliment and say that he la like one also? He puts lu a speech, and up cornea your dluner." A Chaaco to Kat Maaael*. A story la told of a man condemned to death lu France who waa aaked, ac cording to custom, what tie would pre fer for his last meal. He chose mus sels, which, though hla favorite dlah always, he nuid, caused tilui a terrible indlgeation. "Thla time, however," he added grimly, "they will not have the chance." Uars of Cklvalrr. Wife (drearily)—Ah, me! The daya of chivalry are paat. Husband— What'a the matter now? Wife- Hlr Walter ltalelgh laid hla cloak ou the ground for Queeu Elisa beth to walk over, but you get mad simply lieeniiNe poor, dear mother aat down mi your hat.—New York Weekly. Kurvtkuuckt. Gllhooley Ol jlst liought luu a bottle of hair restorer. Muteahey Hut your hair aiu't full ing out. Gllhooley Tliot'a Jlht IM If Oi Mbtnfl UNIII' It lio W, Ol won't Kit Imld when me hitlr full out. Ktlilaunlori', "I" '• Ihe llr*l utti Ulpt lit pilbMe," »!»ld Iter frli'inl encouragingly, "I Ihuiiglit J'OII Mllllg Wltll II K ,mm l deltl of feeling." "I don't wonder at I hat," replied the aiiibltloUN young Mnallat; "my heart I wn« In my IhriHit all the time" thi I cagu TrlUun* CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY DECEMBER 25, 1902. Cagntchil l)Mei Bess. Her majesty's service ya« apt to be ! more plentifully supplied with kicks than ha'pence. Every one who ever did anything f»r Queen BeHs seems to , have been left with a had debt on hla books. So we llnd an unfortunate John Donley writing to Sir Itobert CocU that for the teat tw« year* he had beta lultor for £lO6 for "bmw for the army," and oeiu plaining that "unlf*s some order b« ta*m I sSaB b* mm done." Sir Kdwari Hutyaga, «Msr (pending hla lite la aerrlne tba-qtMVt had to pawn Ma vMi'i Jeweis a«A beg her "te boUwr aouietfilug uy*J me hi this tattar a«w" So Lwdly wna tfca l«l Omt laU ttna armada tuiMmal that flusaats Draka ka4 to m+m M- ba«a nt m4 Am —Jtaato—i>> aposr w. aftae tm r*a* mm m> fuaod htmm wa attov iMaaxy Tlntoad m*s tm ** uary." ifm M 00mmum twiittpa ftr» bwßac. Xba atatatf —U/tf «T a* HUah tetbte awla>a|iay to ktn b«4B tuMor to aar* ih4 -mug " Lasdao TdippajH*. bv tba el4e» lkn» to ~~~gi*tia< tamtm and Imltai n|*~r" hianltt fiaaav HiuMMOiixaattk 'JZlu# war* the lookout tar miton naaaitg. ao4 «a*» of the Ktraoges t th»y dlseoTwred vrw liaMiijj by a naema X ldm»wWt a hook attaohud kit ring beea faateaeA to. thii |{oos<4 tied to ito log, At vrtwi Saa* Uito tho watnr firoaa tk» bo*4 la wMah were ail tke gay Utcde aud la dim Xtuat, whoa a pika ~tbM tka bait, ska xai I 8 ladaed, a rojuat Uattta hofrwaap hlrd'anfl *** »***» tliac between the loud • v* ike aulaitka* * ** *** giving yout to their teciiaga iu Uandelappinca and b&adkarohief w«r lug. Hat the hixmmj \rua iwnaMy Mm riot**, and ended the struggle by loading ita prisoner ou the aliowi, vvUpro Ua <m«>ck. quack, as it cleared Use If trpw tkaliao and waddled away cudeU tku sooue. The iuke ui Moatcith la tho soutfcweat of rarthshlre wm yfteu the soeue af such wiUvAua. Tho Bible t»4 Law. A certain well known lawyer, wti'M wife Is almost an Invalid, is telling a story which illustrates the oftea potot ed, If unconscious, wit of the (larky. Ou one occaslou, it seems, hla wife was suffering intensely from a nerv ous headache and. thinking, perbopa, his voloe might soothe her to sleep, asked him to read aloud to her, which he did as tho colored maid went back and forth absut the rxtom wotting things in order for the night. Presently the maid quietly withdrew to the kitchen below, where the old cook, Aunt Phylliti, was making ready to lock up and depart. "Mr. Alex sho' is a good num." aald the maid, beginning. "He settln' up dar readin' de Bible to Miss Alice, an* she sick." "Goon, chile," answered Aunt Phyl lis; "don' yo' know Mr. Alex aln' read- In' no Bible? He's a lawyer!"— New York Herald. Lived Ly to Her FBame. Apropos of the eternal domestic ques tion, an Englishwoman relates this ex perience: "I engaged a maid named Pearl, and as I simply couldn't ask a Pearl to fill the coal scuttle or to holy stone tho doorstep, I said: 'X would rather call you by some other name. Have you a second oneV 'Yes," replied the damsel brightly, 'my second naino is Opal.' So 1 stuck to Pearl. At one time 1 all but engaged a maid named Hermione, but upon asking her, 'Have you a black dress, white caps aad aprons? she replied acidly: 'Yett, I have; but I'm not going to wear 'em. Ma didn't christen mo 'Ermlone far to wear a livery.' " Pr<«lu •! tka IWtff. The foMowing amusing details at tfca freaks of the custom house aro told in the Muacbeoer Keltung; A German gen tleman returning from southwest Afri sa brought with him a tiny monkey weighing about two pounds. Frotn Tanga to Genoa the aniuial was con veyed gratia. Thonca to the Swiss frontier lSd. was charged 00 It as "a bird." The St. Gothard railway of ficials, however, viewed it as "a dog," and charged Ts., while on the Busteru Swiss railway it became a mere "paefc uge," liable to Bd. Through ISadeu and Wurttemberg the animal was imsaed free, but at Stuttgart It again became "a dog" and cost another 17d. Cockney Blddlea. "Why is a crane like a well known shellfish?" "Because It's an oyster" (a bolster). It is stated that a welt known riddle was written by a costermonger. The riddle in question is a charade and I runs as follows: My first's a little bird aa 'ops, My second's nesdful In "ajr crops, | *y' 010 la good with mutton chofia. 1 Tho answer, of course, is "sparrow | grass," which the learned Dr. Parr al- I ways insisted on using lu preference to 1 the politer "asparagus."- Note* uud | Queries. Pstlfst Wallers. "Mary, what am you sitting out on that damp porch for? Don't you know | Jt'a 11 o'clock ?" "George and I are looking for the new comet, ma." "Hut the new comet Isn't dau fur several uights" "Well, we are iu no hurry, iua."— Cleveland I'ialn Denier *«• ftu SlruatM*. It dorsu't Hueiu so ri<mu> table that 11 diamond will cut glaaa when >ou eon ' alder that It will even make au liuprsa alon on a woman's ht<art The heart of a mania uev«*r aa hard as bis head, laiuiartlua. I A BANK of Information as well as of Deposit. |l| FIRST | NATIONAL BANK,! EMPORIUM. PA. gM The Best Place 11 TO put your money is in a reliable bauk. You can deposit when you like, withdraw when you please. All sums accepted. gin How People Lose their Money | ||| Concealing it about their person; stowing it away in mugs, jugs and jars; sewing is up iu skirts and ticks; tucking it under the couches and carpets; putting it in cujiboards and bureau drawers. These are some of the ways by which people lose their money and some times their lives. Siro Success. || ffijS On October 7th, 1884, this bank its doors for business. During all these years its record has been 011* unbroken success; as attested by the following figures: j *4Total Resources, N } J Y/i&ty |g|S iSsB January 1, 1886, - $125,239.60 January 1, 1887, - 143,417.52 ! January 1, 1888, - 151,838.23 January 1, 1889, - 207,022.07 ||| January 1, 1890, - 225,589.25 kHI v January 1. 1891, * 215,049.22 J \ January 1, 1892, - 209,596.63 J jgjjjgv \ January 1, 1893, - 241,743.97 ( J January 1, 1894, - 209,770.47 V< January 1, 1895, - 197,300.07 ! I / January 1, 1896, - 213,459.52 \ - 204,479.61 > ' January 1, 1898, - 222,937.66 January 1, 1899, - 247,751.76 ||| |||| January 1, 1900, - 287,972.02 51^ January 1, 1901, - 341,382,71 January 1, 1902, - 396,639.67 f|!|) Dec. 20, 1902, 531,025.05 J jggv WE SOLICIT You never can know the convenience of a checking account, wlgl' vgShjj YOUR ACCOUNT We supply you with a bank-book and a check-book, so that you can draw checks against your deposits in favor of other persons, I Depositors are thus enabled to pay bills or withdraw money with- gag?; out coming to the bank. We aim to give satisfactory service. gaßa Savings Department. H ■ Begin early to save. The saving bank is the gateway of success. Xi^sr ■ Teach your children to be honest and industious. Teach them to save III'CM • ■ their money, and where to put it. The young man who early begins wflgr wtlfiJw to save is squarely on the road that leads to wealth. ■ The savings bank is a developer of character, thrift and energy, ■ It is also a wise counselor, and a steadfast friend of every young person '■ The Home Savings Hank is patronized by the laborer and me ( 1 — HP chanic; it is patronized by the man of business and the man of leisure; in fact it is patronized by all classes, and during the year and a half past they have saved thousands of dollars. 888 All you have to do is to deposit two dollars, we give you a bank-book with a credit of two dollars to start with, you take the savings bank which has a clock in it; keeps correct time, and is a daily reminder to you to save your money. Money Orders |l| We issue Bankers' Money Orders, good anywhere in the United States and Can ada. We also issue Foreign Money Orders, good in any part of the world. SiEr! Safe Deposit Boxes If There's a feeling of comiort in having one's valuables beyond the reach of tire and theft. We rent boxes for the safe-keeping of bonds, deeds, notes, mortgages, insurance policies, wills and other important papers. You cannot afford togo without such protection. According to sue of box, we rent for one year at cost of $1.50, £2. 50 Wishing you a MKKKY CHRISTMAS, we beg to announce that this Bank will l»e rjjjjjX FIRST NATIONAL BANK, || i
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