The Cameron County Pre«^ oujuai »<to ESTABLISHED BV C. B. GOULD, MARCH 1866. VOL. 38. THE LATE POPE LEO XIII. George Alfred Townsend's Sketch of His Useful Life. EPOCHS IN THE REMARKABLE CAREER Of THE DECEASED PONTBT. His Influence Upon Religion and Ed ucation—A Christian Gentleman, a Superior Magistrate and a Be loved Head of the Church. Few men have left a greater or more lasting impress upon the age in which they lived than did Leo XIII.. who has just passed away at the Vatican, ex hibiting In his closing hours such phys ical vitality, mental vigor, moral cour age and spiritual serenity as come rare ly In human experience. Pope Leo's place In history will be with that of the greatest and most be nignant of the Roman pontiffs. It may be doubted if any of those who wore before him the mantle of St. Peter ev er succeeded in captivating the imagi nation and interest of the civilized world as did the late pope. None of the valiant old men of bis generation— I neither Gladstone nor Bismarck—made I I.HO XIII. 3uch a wonderful Impression as did the aged IJCO. He possessed a marvelous individuality, which was heightened by his remarkable vigor and tenacity in aid age. At ninety, when he gave Ben- j janiin Constant a sitting for his por trait, the French painter was aston ished at the brilliancy of his Intellect. Y«'t with serene poise und strength he passed on for three years more to his lubilee, retaining for more than a quar ter of a century that papal power which, it was supposed, was conferred for only a short time upon a feeble old man in 1878. He proved one of the strongest In physical endurance as well as in mental qualities that had ever been elevated to the papal throne. As the head of the Catholic church I the achievements of Leo XIII. are memorable. Even those not in the Ro man communion freely admitted his greatness, while to the devout Catholic he was the personification of goodness. He was both statesman and priest, and his views, like his ambitions, were of the widest. His services as papal nun cio at Brussels gave him that stamp of the diplomat which never left him. In close touch with the affairs of many nations, his extraordinary memory, his fresh and earnest Interest in the on-go lugs of the world, made his contribu tions to passing history of peculiar sig nificance and value. In America the late pope seemed to take an especially vivid interest, which was evinced In wise counsels to his people In this country on many occa sions. To the republican form of gov ernment he show* d himself n good friend upon more than one occasion In his encyclicals on socialism is see'.i how his sympathy for the strt'iiglin:; and aspiring musses was bulan-ed by his fine sense of the neccs ar.v ol d r and stability of society. His refined in tellect, his simplicity of life, hi." unaf fected piety, all exalted to eminence by his extraordinary career, made him an inspirini; personage even to those who did not recognize him as a spiritual ruler and teacher, and Protestants as well as Catholic* mourn his death. The story of the pope Is an exceeding ly simple and pretty one. He has been —though the pontiff as It is called, of "he most nnelent eccleslastlclsm in west ern Kurope-nn excellent citizen of oar later world. He has been a good mag istrate, H superior pastor, a gentleman and, It may be added, a prince. He was a prince In nature before he was either cardinal or pope. From the time he was elected pope the city of Rome has been In the occupa tion of the king of Italy and has indeed been the political capital of Italy, the laws of that kingdom paying no atten tion to the previous laws and formal! ties which the secular state supplanted. But the Influence of the pope as a spirit of education and of light has extended to the most remote portions of the world. Above all other popes, and somewhat beyond his own record In earlier life, Leo XIII. has been a liberal politician. He has hailed the future rather than deplored the loss of the past. He has been one of the captains In the move ment for universal education and has striven to make education and morals confide in each other. Not a single pcandul from Rome In his papacy has been conveyed to the world. HP has shown a friendly disposition to the world and could himself take place in almost any learned faculty or congress Bnd bold his own In general knowledge with scientists, belles-lettres men and doctors. Elected pope in February, 1878, he was then almost sixty-eight years of age, and he had been for thirty-two rears the archbishop of one quiet city, Perugia, which once belonged to the papal states, but stood high among the old Italian republics or feudalities for [ its painters and men of gifts. This re gion, generally called Umbria, pro duced the highest triumphs of art in Raphael. In Perugia and its province the archbishop was as distinctly the foremost citizen or subject as the late Phillips Brooks undoubtedly was in Boston or Henry Ward Beer her in Brooklyn. He was boru at a mountain town in the Apennines, not far from Rome, called Carplneti, on March 2, 1810. To this little place of about r>,ooo people his ancestors had been expelled from Siena about 350 years before. They were nobles In Siena, but had taken part against their cpuntrymen when peno»nt republic with pas sionate hatred against Florence, made a memorable defense, but the odds were too strong. Retiring Into the state of the church, ( the pope's family, named Pecci (pro ' noil need Pechl), formed new friend ships, and the pope's father was n count wlio eltlker volunteered or was drafted into service when he over ran Italy. The pope's mother was a countess, who brought property to her husband. They lived in what Is called a palace U> Italy, a large building rising from tiie rocks, two stories and an attic high, with flowers and terraces about Its base. It appears that the pope durl&g all his life has known no want, but hoe enjoyed a private revenue such as a gentleman of noble descent would be apt to have In any country who bad kept his estates. He was born after the French repub licans had overrun Italy and been ev erywhere victorious and the greatest change had takefi place not only In the Italian people, but even in the priest hood. The pope himself, Pius VII., had been taken captive from Rome to France and was only returned to Rome at the fall of Napoleon in 1814. He restored the Jesuits, who were the secular school masters within the church, but they had fallen under the hostility of several of the kings and been for some time suppressed. Upon their return they opened schools and gave the city of Rome something of its o!d clerical and literary character. In 181" the lute pope's mother took her sons to Rome aud the next year put them at school at ViterlK), a city on a hill but a few hours' carriage ride from Rome. This lady belonged t» one of the orders of the Franciscans aad when she died was burled in their brown cloak and cord. Her death wus nearly at the same tirtie with that of Plus VII. | The next pope, Leo XII., branched ! out as an educator. The Jesuits' college j was opened in Rome in lSii4 with 1,4(10 j students, and among these were the i two I'ecci boys, of whom Joseph was a ' Jesuit. He was three years older than ' his brother. These boys went home to their mountain town on holidays, wid the pope was an active hunter and fowler in the mountains. Rome was to ' them like any American city to a fami ly which lived In the neighboring coun ' try and spent the winters in the efty. The name of the pope was Joachim Vincent Raphael Lodovico Pecci. lie r always went by the name of Vincent Pecci until at a certain period uftwr his mother's death, when he became gcu y erally known as Joachim Pecci. 11 He became fluent in the Latin and " wrote verses and orations hi if and .1 gained prizes. After his mother\degth s he lived with his uncle in me ffriitl palace in Home. He somewhat knew 112 Pope Leo Ml. and chose his papal 11 name with reference to that prelate, if Continued on NintUi "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable." —WEßSTEß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 23,1903. Foot Injured. Burgess Josiah Howard, while as l sisting in the improvements at Howard , Park injured one of his feet by drop ■ ping a piece of iron on it. As a result he uses crutches to nurse the foot. It would take nothing leas than a car load of iron to keep him in the house— haa too much to look after. Elopement. Geo. Swich, who has resided in Em porium for two weeks, eloped with a young girl sixteen years of age from Austin, last Tuesday. The heart broken mother came to Emporium and sought the aid of Chief of Police Mundy and every effort was made to capture the runaways, but they eluded ! the officers and left here Tuesday night on mail east. Later advice locates them at Baltimore. The young girl is an only child. Overcome by Gas. Assistant chemist Armstrong, em ployed at Climax Powder works, was ! overcome by the fumes of ammonia, j last Saturday and remained uncon- ' scious for Ave hours. Dr. Bard well was taken to the works, almost one nile from Emporium, who promptly had him removed toSup't VanGelder's rooms, at Wm, Hackenberg's, on Fifth street. 11 was a very close call and thoroughly alarmed hia friends. Mr. Armstrong was able to resume work yesterday, although yet very nervous and weak. The New Fad. An exchange says one of thenew fads is men's socks for women. There is a rumor prevalent that some wives wear the trousers but no one imagined that ' the sock would bo appropriated. If ' the women continue the invasion of the ' wardrobe of the men there will be very ' few articles of wearing apparel that man can call his own. His hat, shirt, vest, coat, collar, tie, and sock 3 are gone. ] He has remaining his chewing tobacco ( and suspenders—not much of a layout } for a cold day. . . . 112 Isaac Hanson, who was brought here last week, from Sinnamahoning, and ( placed in jail, in a crazed condition from drink and disease, was yesterday taken to Warren Insane Asylum by Sheriff Harry Hemphill, assisted by < Bing Hemphill and Mose Minard. i Hanson came to this county in 1868 I from Milltown, Maine, and followed I the vocation of cook Drink got the i better—or worse—of him until he no : longer cared for anything but red liquor. Mr. G. F. Balcom, who knew the family when he resided in Maine, says his people, who are all well-to-do, have tried to reform him and take the unfortunate home. Especially Reduced. While we do not, as a rale, adver tise cut-price sales, we have decided to make an exception at this time and of fer our entire line of hats and trim mings at a discount of 50 per cent, to close out the season's styles to make room for early fall goods. Some extra bargains in wash silks, former price 55c per yard, now going at 40c. A general reduction in all white goods. These goods are all new and up-to date. First come gets the cream. LUDLAMS. Two doors east of Bank. Notice. A number of complaints have re cently been made of the stench from pig-pens and chicken yards in the bor ough. It is unlawful to keep pigs in the borough without a permit from the Board of Health, and then only when the pens are constructed according to specifications prescribed by the board. Chicken yards must be kept so as not to become a nuisance or they will not be tolerated. A. W. BAKER, Health Officer. Girl Wanted. A good girl for general house work wanted at once, I Apply to P. C. DEMXNO, 21-tf. Cameron, Pa. Have you seen those nobby suits at ' N. Soger's? They are beauties;ca!) and ' see them. Will Drill for Oil or Gas. A Wealthy Corporation Leases a Large Body of Land Near Gardeau. For some months quiet preparations i have been shaping to develop a large body of land ne;ir ( iardeau, owned by Wm. Ilackenberg, of Emporium. Or ders have been placed with C. B. How ard Company for rig timber and Pipe Organ on the Way. The pipe organ to be placed in the First Methodist Episcopal Church, is expected to reach hear the latter part of the week and will be in place by Frl da" when a grand recital will be by Mr. Reginald Key McAll, or ganist of the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant, of New York City, assisted by Miss Grace A. Walker, violinist, and Mr. George A. Walk er, Jr., basso. This insures a fine musical treat. The desire to hear the organ is very general and a large at tendance is expected. 1 The price of admission, 26 cents, is but nominal. Tickets will be sold by i the ladies of the church. Tom Lysett Buncoed. T. J. Lysett, proprietor of St Charles Hotel has been as proud Lucifer over his new colored porter and never fail ed to point with pride to the champion tip-chap. Last Tuesday Tom sent Mr. Porter up to John Cruise's after a box of cigars, giving him $5.00 and Mr. Porter never came back—in fact he took the railroad for St. Marys. Tom followed and at hist account he passed Howard Siding making a desperate ef fort to capture his man. No doubt he is going yet unless the rain caused him to hang up until Pat Fitzpatrick and Sam Kline caught up with him and assisted in the capture. Rushed With Work. The PRESS job presses have been kept very busy during the present month in ourendavor to catch up with ttie orders. However we are still pre pared to execute,in first-class style,any thing in the printing line, at fair living prices. The latest'styles in papers, en velopes, cards and invitatious always in stock. Holding His Own. JohnJ. Hinkle, who recently came home from Philadelphia in very feeble 1 condition, continues to improve and 1 has gained several laps within the 1 cfozen dead men al- ' ready. Hang to it, John, you'll come ] out on top, sure as oil does. Substantial Improvement. » R. Seger & Company, merchant tail- 1 ors opposite M. E. Church, have greatly i improved the interior appearance of i their establishment. The ceiling has been lined with pressed steel of a hand some design, neatly painted. The room makes a fine appearance, just as the man or boy does who wears their Btyli9h clothing. A Generous Response. June 20, the Supreme Hive, L. O. T. M., issued an appeal to all subordinate Hives, for voluntary contributions for the aid of its members, who were suf ferers by the recent floods in the west. Up to July 15th the amount had already reached the sum of $1,279.65. Gladioli Hive, No. 32 donated ?10.00 from its general fund. Mr. Ferguson Leaves Town. Mr. Peter Ferguson, with his family, left town last Monday for Cape Briton Island, where he will reside. Mr. Ferguson's long residence here has gained him many friends and his de parture is greatly regretted. His aged parents reside on Cape Briton Island and needing his care, he decided to make the change. Ice Cream Social. The Richard Martin Sunday school class will serve ice cream and cake on , W. B. Thompson's lawn, Friday evening of this week. These busy , little fellows are doing all in their power to make money for the new ; church and deserve the patronage of ; the public, which they earnestly invite. Kenovo Picnic. The annual pic-nic by the employees . of Renovo shops is being held at Tun nel Hill, below Sterling Run, to-day. N. Seger is offering some special in- L ducements in clothing this week. I Don't fail to call and examine his , goods before you purchase. i operations will commence at once. There will be several wells drilled on the !i,OOO aero lease. Experts fully I bulieve this to be the connecting link betwoen the McKean and Totter field. This land adjoins Cameron county I and may open tip a field in this county. A DIRE NECESSITY, Rapid Increase in Population Calls far More Houses- None to be Han. Freight House Filled with Household Goods. t The continued increase in the popn . lation calls for immediate action on the } part of our citizens if.the new comers , are to be provided with ho.nes. We are informed the freight houses are blocked with household goods, held , there by persons who came here tore . side and arecompelled to board, being unable to secure houses. The flattering condition of Empori um, our manufacturing plants giving steady employment to a large increas ed number of men—the furnace and Howard & Company giving employ ment day aud night—will warrant our citizens in providing a large number of j Too /luch Haste. An Ohio paper hits the nail on the head when it says: "Man's business | requires haste. The average business ! and professional man eata in a hurry ; aud gets dyspepesia. He walks in a hurry and gets apoplexy. He talks in a hurry and gets the lie. He does business in a hurry and becomes bankrupt. Ho reads in a hurry and is superficial. He votes in a hurry and produces corruption. He marries in a hurry and gets a divorce. He trains his children in a hurry and develops j spendthrifts and criminals. He geti ' religion in a hurry and forgets it in a hurry. He makes his will in a hurry 1 and leaves a legal contest. He dies in a hurry and goes to the devil—and his ' tribe increases." Camping-Out Parties. Camping-out parties appear to be a more popular here this season than c ever before. A large number of moth- i ers, accompanied by their children H tasv * JJVUft VUU —UJi ill CUO clouds—while another party left on g Friday for "Punkey Camp"on Hick's c Run. This last party is composed of ( Chas. T. Felt, H. C. Olmsted and Her- a bert Day, accompanied by their wives e and children. They took plenty of -j substantial along and all being strict c Baptists and Presbyterians will enjoy the pure mountain spring water. Barr«Mlller. 1 At the parsonage of the First Meth- ' odist Episcopal church, last Tuesday 1 morning, at 11 o'clock, MR. WALTER ' E. BAKR and Miss MARGARET G. 1 MILLER, of Sterling Run, were united 1 in marriage by the pastor, the Rev. O. S. Metzler. Attending them were Mr. O. D. Miller, of Buffalo, and Miss Ethel Barr, of Sterling Run, brother and sister of the bride and groom respect ively. Mr. and Mrs. Barr will reside \ in Sterling Run, where they enjoy the | esteem of a large circle of friends and where Mr. Barr is identified with a leading industry of that place. Death of Popular Railroader. Mr. W. M. Swart/., our townsman, who is cook in Craven's camp (How ard's No. 18) was called to Clearfield last week to attend the funeral of his brother-in-law, Mr. C. C. Moore, aged 38 years, who died very suddenly of peritonitis, on July 13th, leaving a wife and five children. Deceased was in the employ of the New Central R. R., at Munson, in charge of the car de partment. The United Mine Workers * attended the funeral in a body, eleven collieries closing down for the funeral, over 500 men attending. r Wrist Broken. Hugh Swartz, aged 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Swartz, who is em ployed in Howard Company's mill met i with an accident last Monday. While . attempting to step around a lumber truck he fell to the ground, a distance of eighteen feet, breaking his left wrißt. Dr. Smith reduced the fracture and j . while the injury is quite painful the s young man is doing as well as could be expected. St. Louis Flood. About $45.00 was collected at the various churches last Sunday evening, and arrangements has been made with j the Bank to receive money from any . | ono wishing to increase the amount j The subscriptions are entirely volun j tary, and the Bank will recivesums of 1 one penny or more. >. Stolen. 1 That chap who borrowed or stole a y bridle at A. Smith's camp, on Hick's k Run, on the sth of July, will save some I. trouble by returning said bridle not y t later than next Wednesday. r . j GEO. A. WALKER, JR. TERMS: #2.00—51.50 IN ADVANCE dwelling houses that would command a reasonable rental. The Emporium Iron Company, since Mr. Andred Brady took charge of the property, has increased its business and now that more extensive improve ments havo been completed that will result in the employment of two or three hundred additional men, on doubt many will desire to reside here. Let as get together and see what can be done to relieve the scarcity of houses. Il individuals do not care to attempt , the undertaking iefc us organize a stock j company and erect fifty houses atonca Who will acv? BRIEF riENTION. All Smokers smoke the 'W. H. Mayer-' hand made cigar, the best five cent cigar on the market. Be sure you ask for it. 24 tf Congressman S. R Drosser is erect ing a handsome residence at Bradford to cost §IOO,OCO. At the state fish hatchery at Corry this year 1,000.000 small-mouth black bass were hatched, but a flood permitted most of the fry to escape from the ponds. The Elred Eagle says: Ed. llouden found a ginseng plant in the woods near here that was a dandy. He used great cire and got it out whole. It weighed 11 ounces groen, ind was probably worth nearly §I.OO An exohaugo tolls of a dead editor it whose funerai 077 delinquent sub :ribers marched by and viewed the re gains. Of that number 676 muttered Iflrllv "Un —- Thu Cochran Coal company, capita! 500,000 has been incorporated. The sompany of which Garret Tinsman, leorge L. Miller, J. Henry Cochran md Seth T. McCormick are stockhold ers, will mine coal in Indiaua county. They are now shipping 300 cars of coal laily. Some experimental fields are to be seen in this locality of alfalfa, that rind of clover whose top roots go down o water through the distance of thirty "eet, and from which in favorable ocalities three and even four crops of bay are cut a year. It is said te have a greater feeding value pound for pound than any of the other clovers.—Mans field Advertiser. If we had to take choice between Cleveland soup and Bryan starvation we would prefer to commit suicide. A man whose lasting aparatus is so badly out of whack that he can't tell the dif ference between Republican biscuit and Democratic soup—well, you can put some gravy on a rubber overcoat and the fool would eat it for salad.— Yellow Jacket. An exchange tells of a knowing young wife who cured her husband of staying out late at night in an original way. Before going to bed she would place two easy chairs together before the sitting-room grate and then hold a light ed match to a cigar until the room had a faint odor of tobacco smoke. Al though her husband never said a word to her about noticing anything, three ' 'applications'' effected a complete cure. Speaking of Crawford county's claim to having the oldest goose in the country, aged 69 years, which antique specimen is alleged to have laid four eggs last spring and hatched out as many goslins, the Bellefonte Watch man says: "We have a lot of old geese here in Center county, but they don't lay eggs. They borrow other people's newspapers, then cackle away because the editor doesn't run it to suit them." A Philadelphia paper states that the wearing of socks instead of stockings is a fad among the fashionable girls of the Quaker City. There's no use in trying to muzzle the press of Pennsyl vania. It is boand to get the news and print it uo matter how personal or secret the news may be. In this con nection it would probably be safe to say that Bradford girls have not as yet adopted the masculine sock. "They would put their 112 >ot in it if they should become so mannish," one of their number who opposes innovations Era. WEATHER REPORT. (Forecast by T. B. Lloyd.) HKIDAY. Pair. SATURDAY. Showers SUNDAY. Probably Fair. NO. 22-
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