lIHEI I HE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOUI.D, MARCH 1866. VOL. 38. The Speckled Tribe Not Molested. Yes, we neglected to mention, last 1 week that Harry Lloyd and E. J. j Smith had gone fishing. Such neglect j as this seems to be regretted since it ( sometimes happens that fishing parties get lost, in which case a little ad. of; this kind may bo the means of putting someone on the trail, tin reby rescuing | the unfortunate. Of course Harry and E. J. only got lost twice and were set right by some of the settlers without the aid of a "stray" notice, but we i hope the next time to be more promp The strangest part of it is that actually i they had nothing along to counteract , sn ike bites. They say they carried a | heavy buggy half a mile along a nar- I row path capping a decent of several \ hundred feet, and did it successfully, j The pass was so narrow that thoy had j to use the lines as guy stays 011 the j horse to keep him from falling over j the terrible abyss. A thrilling adven- 1 ture indeed, but they are alive and , well, and hereafter their wanderings j will be perfectly safe and smooth as Mr. Blum declares that they shall have J a guard along the next time they veil- | tore outside of the Middle Ward, i They got several trout but they were a j little shaky about showing them. Advertising That Doesn't Pay. What would we say of the manufact urer, asks Agricultural Advertising, who built a fire under his boiler, then went off and allowed the fire to die out j expecting his mill to run all day on j that one fire? And yet there are ud- j vertisers who make "oue time'' j splurges or take "trial ads," and then, j because business does not keep them j up nights, say "advertisin -doesn't I pay." How about the far who j plants corn and then sits down to j wait for tho crop? Ho would bg ex-' peetel to s.iy that "farming doesn't i pay." And yet there are advertisers | who plant the seed of an ad and think their work is done. To such people advertising does nut pay and never , will. Ad vc-icising io tho lire u *.der the ( business boiler, which must be tended , and kept hot to produce the results Bought. It is the seed planted which j properly nurtured and tended, will i spring up and bear fruit "some twenty | some sixty and some one hundred ' fold." ' j Organ Recital, Friday Night. Perhaps no finer specimen of the ( organ buliders skill can be seen, than ! the handsom instrument now being placed in the First Methodist Epis copal Church. The workmanship is i the best, the finish, faultlessly beauti-' ful, the tone qualities the purest and ; sweetest. Mr. Reginald Ley McAll, who will i exhibit the resources of the organ j next Friday night, is a highly gifted I player, and he will be heard in a pro- \ gram that will meet the most diversi- ' fled tastes. As organist of the Church of the Covenant, New York City, he occupies a prominent place in rnnsi eial circles, his services being in fre quent demand for organ dedications. The opportunity to see and hear the new organ on this occasion should be taken advantage of by all. The assisting talent will be Miss Grace A. Walker, Violinist; Mr. Geo. A. Walker, Jr., Barytone. Doors open at 7:30 o'clock and the recital begins at 8:15 o'clock. For Sale. An ideal driving horse. One that will please you all day long. Also, one good, all around work or general purpose horse. Weight 1200 pounds. One light single harness, one pair light sleighs and one platform wagon. As 1 have no use for the above men tioned, I can and will give you the worth of your money. Terms: Cash, or approved paper, with reasonable time. FRANK SHIVES. HELP THE EDITOR. A Bright Newsy Paper is of (jreat Value to a Community. Every good citizen should take pride in making his home paper bright and newsy. Don't hesitate to call us up if you have any ite n of news that will be of interest to the public. 1c may boa wedding, an accident, a friend or neighbor has gone away on a visit or your lodge has elected officers. There are hundreds of little items that tend to make a newspapei of value to the community. Never lose eight of the fact that hundreds of papers goto resi dents outside of your own town. An attractive newspaper gives a stranger a favorable impression of a place. Above all when our reporters interview you give them the exact facts.—Ex. Fewer gallons; wears longer; Devoe. Corner Stone Club. We understand that a business meet ing of the Corner Stone Club of the Presbyterian church is called for Tues day, August 4th. That means another treat for the people of Emporium. Outing Party. Point Look Out, midway between Keating Summit and Coudersport was the objective point of a merry company of pic-nicers last Saturday, consisting of Mrs. Fred Julian and guests—the Bses Vosshage, Miss Coleman, Miss 1 and Mr. and Mrs. Terwilliger. • view from this elevation is said to be anrivaled in natural beauty in this section and by some is said to be with out a peer In the range of several states. Will Examine Packages. It may be interesting to some one who has slipped in "just a few words" of writing in a package of merchan dise, mailed at lower rates, to be in formed that the abuse lias become so common that postmasters have been instructed to examine such packages and report to the department officials if writing is found. The next the senders know, will be a visit from the Deputy United States; Marshall with a warrant for their arrest, resulting in their having to pay a fine ofs2s and the cost of the action. Five Millions for Alioona. The Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany has decided to spend a total of $5,000,000 in shop improvements in and about Altoona during the present sum mer and the coming autumn. The items on the schedule of ex pense are divided up as follows: For new roundhouse at Burket, 82,500,000. For now roundhouse and shops at Blair Furnace, £2,000,000. For remodeling the vacated founder ies in the machine shops for other pur poses, $500,000. The enormous scope of the improve ment work can be appreciated when it is known that the new shops and roundhouse project will employ no less than 5,000 men. Real estate has taken a big jump since the plan be came known.—Renovo News. On Pleasure Trip. Mrs. C. M. Thomas and daughters Misßes Maud and Nellie,left. last Sunday for Somerset, Somerset county, where they will be joined by their husband and father and abandon themselves to a week of travel and sight seeing. Ligonier, Pittsburg and Cleveland will be among the places visited, returning home by way of Lake Erie & Buffalo. Secured a Large Contract. Dean & Havens of this city have been awarded the contract for the erection of a jail and sheriff's residence at Albion, N. Y., at a coat of? 17,372 They have a large gang of men al ready at work on the job, tearing down the old building and preparing for the erection of the now work. Olean ; Times. Fine Curbing. Contractor Fitzpat rick, is busily en gaged excavating and putting in eur i bing along the business part of Fourth I street, which will make a decided im provement in the looks of the street ; when the work is completed. The i stone are of excellent quality. Card of Thanks. Mrs. Michael Zimmitt and family take this method of returning their sincere thanks to the kind friends and neighbors who so generously assisted them during the sickness and death of their husband and father, especially to those parties who furnished carriages. MRS. M. ZIMMITT AND FAMILY. How to Make Lemonade. Squeeze your lemons into a large pitcher and throw the skins in too. Then fill the pitcher with boiling water , and set away to cool. Serve ic®d and sweetened to taste. In this way you will get double strength out of your lemons. Drowning Accident. Ray Dazell, aged 23 years was drowned at Austin on Sunday. He and other companions were swimming in the pond of the Bay less Pulp and Paper Co., when he was seized with a lit and suddenly sank. Ice Cream Social. The Sunday School class of Miss Byrde Taggart will hold an ice cr«im social on the lawn at the residence of L. Taggart next Tuesday evening, Aug. •Ith. Everybody invited. Foil RENT —Furnished rooms with bath for rent. Also suitable for light housekeeping. Apply at PRSWB eUce. "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."— WEßSTEß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 30,1903. How to (jet Nitrogen Into the Soli. Every farmer knows that his land needs more nitrogen, but how to get it has been the problem. Nitrates are expensive and the end of the supply is in sight. It has long been known that plowing under clover and peas will help to put nitrogen into the soil, but it has only been of late discovered what the method of the process is. It is owing to the presence of a certain microbe on the root of the plant that enables it to draw nitrogen from the air. If the microbes are absent the plant will obtain no nitr.igen from the air. The scientists of the Agricultural Department at Washington have undertaken the cultivation of theee bacteria ar.d claim that by using them the yield of crops can bo multiplied from 100 to 10CO per t cent, and that the fertility of the soil will be lastingly in creased. The microbes are being pro pagated in great quantites and can bo shipped to any part of the United States. An interesting account of these discoveries appeared in tho Satur day Evening Post for July 18th. Tho writer states that clover in a depleted soil that was producing only 200 pounds to the acre yielded as high as 2000 pounds to the same area after the ni trogen breathing bacteria were intro duced to aid the plants. Be Purposeful. We are hearing a great deal t ese days about tho "strenuous J fe." Young men are in danger of being pos sessed by the idea that strenuousness is the beginning and end of all virture,tha| if only one be strenuous it matters little what the quality of his aim may be. Strenuousness viewed as an end is apt to lead its subject into a condition of chronic tension; he does everything with a frantic rush; his one aim is to "get there," as the vulgar phrase ex presses it. The trouble with "ntrcn uousness" is that it lenda itself so easily to the purely selfish and com petitive spirit. Nino times out of ten tho strenuous young man is thinking only of his own Individual success and advancement. Of course strenuousness is a needful element in life. Like fire and steam it must be controlled and wisely directed if it is to render valuable service. The merely strenuous man is too feverish and self-absorbed to have a clear and whole vision. He cannot think calm ly; he cannot form an adequate life purpose. What is needed before strenuousness is vision and purpose. If one's life is purposeful it cannot fail to be strenuous, but its strenuousness will not be of the superfieal, competi tive feverish sort. Life is too short and too serious for that. Protecting Young Ciirls. An editorial under the above head ing appeared in the Public Ledger of I Philadelphia one day last week. A recent distressing occuranee that was brought to the notice of some of the authorities and townspeople of Em- j porium makes timely the following strong words of warning and counsel from the articlo referred to. No observant person can have failed to notice the grievous laxity in the or dinary American home in the training of girls, even where the parents are sound-hearted and respectable. Young girls in Philadelphia, or in almost any city, may be seen parading the streets free from all guidance and supervision in a way which forebodes evil results, at the very least, in bad manners. Many of these girls have no thought of evil; but the flippant manner, the lack of reserve where strangers are con cerned, the reckless behavior, and the habit of gadding about at their own free will on city streets and in public places, lead inevitably to a hardening of character and a hopeless vulgariza tion. Many a tragedy, too, has its begin mng in this way. Parents who have toiled and moiled for their chidren, and who would give and, in fact, literally have given t.beir own lives for them, fail;and the failure is directly trace able to the lack of restraint upon the too great freedom of young girls. On Sowing Wild Oats. The most damnable doctrine of devils that was ever promulgated is the as sumption that a young man must beex pected to sow his wild oats. Many young men in Emporium, some of them of good families, are treading in forbidden paths, and at the same time are lay ing the flattering unction to their souls j that in a few years they will ripe:t , into a type of manhood that will bo all j the better and stronger for their pre sent vicious experiences. The great est delusion. Unmanliness never ripens into manliness, debasement never ripens into high character, im | purity never ripens into parity. Un j less they abandon their vicious creed i and paaatics they will realize the doom ' expressed in the words, "He that is j filthy let him be filthy still." DEATH'S DOINGS. HARRIS. Miss Carrie M. Harris died very sud denly at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Harris on East Fourth street last Tuesday even ing from heart failure superinduced by Brights disease. Deceased had been a lifo long sufferer and though recently somewhat worse the end was not anti cipated so soon and the shock to her friends is very severe. She was a young lady of many bind and amiable traits of character. Because of her af fliction she lived much in retirement and devoted herself to the members of ] her family in faithful and loving ser- j vice. She was 21 years of age. Funeral services take place this (Thursday i afternoon from her late home, the Rev. O. S. Metzler having charge. Should He Have Proposed. I his dainty story, "The Require ments of the Situation," in the August McCluro's, George Hibbard puts an in teresting and debatable case. A man loves a girl and lias reason to believe that a proposal would be acceptable. But instead of smoothing the hero's path by, say, the hoary device of allow ing him to perform some valorous ser vice for his sweetheart, such as saving her life, the author reverses the usual method by making the girl save the man's life. Isa proposal still in order? How will the girl interpret it? How are the requirements of the situation to be met? The authors solution is clever and unexpected.—George Hibbard's Story in McClure's for August. Reptiles Beside Baby. Xo Pennsylvania mothor in Indian times ever had a more thrilling expe reince than fell to the lot of Mrs. Jos. Button near Hayneville, Pa. She saved tho life of her child in a unique way and then dispatched a merciless enemy that menaced her own life. Mrs. Button had gone to a pasture to milk two cows. The pasturo was hardly a rod from the door of her home. She left her baby fast asleep on a deerskin mat on the floor of the kitchen. On the way out she stopped at the garden patch to pick some veg etables, so that when she finished the milking and started back to the house more than half an hour had e'apscd. RATTLER NEAR THE BABY. As she neared the house her ears caught the prattling of her baby boy. Hastening to the house, Mrs. Button was horrified to see a monster rattle snake half coiled on the floor within two feet of the baby. Its rattles were buzzing furiously and the ugly head was elevated and swaying from side to side. Mrs. Button realized that it was about to strike. The baby had in his hands a birch switch, and with this was endeavoring to strike the serpent. It was this that aroused the snake's temper. The child had the switch up raised find was abc to give the snake a playful blow. ANOTHER KA7 LER AT HAND. Almost fainting, the mother tottered toward her child. Her strength gave way and she fell against the baby's high chair, which stood near the door. Her arm rested against something soft, and an angry rattle roused her to ac tion. Another rattlesnake was coiled on the seat of the chair. The woman was in the same peril as the child. Springing forward, she hurled the two gallons of milk that she carried at the reptile on the floor, at the same time deluging the baby. The effect was instantaneous. Ceas ing its rattling, the reptile on the floor started for the door. Mrs. Button seized a broom and with a single blow broke its neck. ANOTHER FOE TO DEAL WITH. At this moment the snake on the high chair struck at the woman, and, barely missing her, fell upon the floor near the baby. Here the reptile's pe culiarity gave the woman the victory, i A rattler never strikes except from the j coil. It could have bitten the baby as I it lay stretched upon the floor, but, | true to its nature, it began to coil first. J Before it could arrange itself in its po j sition the woman dispatched it with j the broomstick. Severe Shock. Mrs. S. A. Harris is quite ill, having ! almost fallen into nervous prostration from the shock sustained by the sudden death of her daughter, especially com ing as it did so closely succeeding the death of her mother and the fatalifcy of her brother-in law, Mr. Lewis, who was buried from her residence a few weeks ago. Arm Broken. Ruth, the little two year old child of Mr and Mrs. Lee Halderman had the misfortune to fall last week, breaking • an arm. As Others See Us. A young society lady who spent a couple of weeks visiting in our town, when asked for her impressions of Em porium, spoke enthusiastically of the girls, but said the boys were lacking in courtesy, gallantry and gentlemanly bearing. We are sorry to .admit this to be true. To some boys it may seem silly and affected to raise their bats to girls, with whom they have played as children and only recently gone to school with. But they can feel sure the girls know what is their due and resent having afinyer pointed at a hat, or if the boy's hands are too deep in his pockets to be taken out without considerable effort, have something grunted at them. The writer, when a small boy, noted a young man who al ways raised his hat to his sister when meeting her on the street, paying her the same honor he would have paid to the pretty sister of some other fellow, and has always remembered him as a type of the true American gentleman. No relationship or degree of intimacy is any excuse for lack of gallantry. In fact, in our town, it should be the greater as we have a peerless lot of girls just budding into womanhood and older. For nobility of character, ladylike bearing and gracefulness, are an honor to their sex. These girls are not con fined to any sect, or so-called class, but are representative of our town, and to acknowledge their pleasant smile of greeting with a grunt or a finger pointed at the hat is a slight and offense against good breeding, which any boy should be ashamed to see others do much le.ss do himself. Is it surprising that the girls at times seem to prefer the society of tho boys of other towns? When our boys have learned to treat the girls in tho gallant way they should, and pay them the homage that i;i their due, we will hear this sad lament no more. Pennsylvania /lay Grow Oranges. " I cannot prediet the time, but I believe it to be within the range of possibility that in twenty years the people of Pennsylvania will be able to produce oranges in their own State." This statement was made recently by Prof. Herbert J. Webber, chief of the Laboratory of Plant Breeding in the Department of Agriculture. Dr. Web ber is very hopeful that it will be pos sible to grow good eating oranges in Pennsylvania in five years if the expe riments he is now making are as suc cessful as those in the past. In the winter of 1895-96, when nearly all the orange trees in Florida were de stroyed by the blizzard which swept through the south, Dr. Webber and his corps of assistants set to work to secure a hardy orange that could withstand the freezes and build up the industry to its former state. These experiments have been most successful, as the ex perts of the department have produced an orange that will not only grow in Florida but in Alabama and Mississippi, and in farther northern climes. The new orange—for it is a new one —has not yet been christened. It has been produced by the hybridization of the trifoliate orange with the quality of the sweet orange of the ordinary kind grown. The trifoliate orange is now grown in Pennsylvania, but it is only a small fruit and not fit for eating purposes. Dr. Webber has obtained fruit from the first generation by the crossing of the trifoliate with the ordi nary sweet orange and has also gath ered seeds from them which he believes will produce in the next generation wonderful results. However, this, he says, will not be known for nearly five years. If the expectations of Dr. Web ber are realized he is quite hopeful that the new orange can be grown in the Keystone State. The first generation of oranges obtained after the crossing between the trifoliate and the ordinary i sweet orange has produced a remark ! ably fine specimen and is almost as ! sweet and of as good a quality as the l ordinary sweet orange. "Some of the ! hybrids we now have,"said Dr. Webber, ! "give promise of great value in the not i distant future. It is my firm belief j that there will be produced in the I State of Florida not less than 1,000,000 , boxes of oranges during the coming season." Quit Circus for Wheat Field. I The Forcpaugh & Sells Bros.' shows which have been touring South Da kota, ure short about 200 tent men. When the wheat territory was reached the allurements held out by the far mers were so strong that the greater part of the helpers quit and went into the harvest fields. When the show reached Sioux City 100 men and boys i had to be hired to help put up the i tents. IKRMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCE. WEATHER REPORT. (Forecast by T. B. Lloyd 1 FRIDAY, Pair. J SATURDAY, Fair. SUNDAY, Probably Fair. BRIEF HEN! ION. Trunks, valises, telescopes in endless variety at N. Soger's l Something exceptionally fine m gents furnishings at N. Seger's. A large number of Emporium peoplr took in the excursion to Portage Falfe last Sunday. The Pennsylvania R. R. Co., will erect a new depot at Port Allegany in the near future, to cost §20,000. Bellefonte is now assured of the new state fish hatchery for which the lam legislature made an appropriation. All Smokers smoke the 'W. 11 Mayer" hand made cigar, the best live cent cigar on the market. Be sure v<w ask for it. 2 4-tf, The Episcopalians of Coudersport have awarded the contract for the erection of a rectory, to co3f. f29OG. i he building to be completed by April 1, 1904. 1 Tie Barnuru and Bailey circus will exhibit at Bradford on August 20th ant: on the following day at Dußois, ihe date of the North Western Pa., Voluiv teer Firemen's meeting. If you desire to be well dressed yoc must buy up to date clothing and that is all that Is'. Seger the popular clother handles. If you will call on him he will fit you cut in the latest stylo for the least money, Misses Elizabeth and Julia Schriever. who are touring Europe, were due ir. Rome yesterday and will undoubted** have au opportunity to view the re mains of the dead Pope in St. Peters. They will bain Paris the 30th.—Kane. Leader. The trouble with many school teacfe era is that they have no heart in the work, complains the sage of the Punxsn tawney Spirit. It might he added thai many of them h.ve 110 bieakfast is their stomachs, at the present price* paid for their work, remarks, th* War ren Mail. After a country newspaper has "hol ered" itself hoarse in efforts to per suade people to patronize the hora.fe merchants, and accidently stumble# onto the fact, that some of the fellows whose interests he is endeavoring to protect are sending away for their joU printing, it rather shakes his faith in humanity and makes reciprocity look like a penny with a hole in it, says aw Exchange. A lot of young fellows in an Ohia town had a good time with a tramp re cently. They took him to a shed, gave him a good bath, shaved him and cut his hair. They then bought a tie\» suit of clothes, white shirt and stand up collar and dressed him up complete, but when they attempted to burn his old clothes he objected and fought with such desperation their suspicious were aroused, and upon searching they found $l,lOO sewed up in the coat. The heirs of the late O. E. Connoll r of Port Allegany have commenced pro ceedings against the Penn Tanninp company for SIO,OOO damages, say? Glean Times, for alleged neglect. r*>- sulting in the death of the above named, who was an employe of tbe company. Connolly contracted anth rax by reason of working around a vat without proper protection to his hands; and the plaintiffs aver that the com pany should have warned him of the danger and to have also supplied him with rubber gloves. A negro preacher down South ha* discovered the real cause of the recent volcanic disasters. He says: l#e earf, my friends, revolves on axles, ae wo all know. Somefin' is needed tc keep the axles greased; so when dc earf was made petroleum was put in. de inside for dat purpose. De Standard Oil Company comes along an' sbrar dat ptroleum by borin' holes in de earf De earf stix on its axles an' won't gc 'around 110 more; den dare is a hot box. just as ef de earf was a big railway train-aud den, my frien', do re i« trouble," A minister on a recent Sunday preached a brief but beautiful serniua using these words: "Post morteut praises and love in the air. People kiss their dead who never stoop to kiss their living; they hover over caskets ID hysteric sobs but neglect to thro\* their arms around their loved ones whoare lighting (ho stern battles of life. A .rord of cheer to a struggling soul is worth all the roses of Cristen dom piled high on casket covers. The dead can't smeM flowers, but the living can; scatter them generously in th«ir pathway, therefore, and pluck out -"fit thorns before it is to late."—MoKea* County Miner. NO. 23
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