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.
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