THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. State I ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOUI.D, MARCH 1866. VOL. 38. Items of Interest. Everybody reads the PRESS. Beat Japan tea served, August 27, at the opera house. Jos. L3chuer is having his store building reshingled. Our Fire Department will bo largely represented at the convention at Du- Bois this week. Japanese customs strickly observed at the Japanese fete, so don't object to sitting on the floor. The ice cream sale on Charles Clark's lawn last Friday night, under Presby terian auspices, netted S2O. A slight wreck occurred at west end of Emporium yard last Sunday morn ing which delayed Erie mail about one hour The very best goods at the lowest possible price at N. Seger's. Clothing that looks well, fits well, and wears well. Make him a call. While the appearance of Fourth street between Broad and Chestnut streets is greatly improved, we would suggest that the crossing be put down for the convenience of the public. I am prepared to show a most hand some line of furnishings and our aim has always been to offer goods that gives the best service. N. Seger. Japanese women are the most beau tiful in the world. Go and see them August 27, at the opera house. The price of admission will be 35c for adults and 25c lor children. All refreshments free. The home of David Marshall 011 Spring street is being enlarged, new ly weather boarded, a veranda added to the front and the surroundings put in first-class condition. It will make an attractive and commodious residence. Since our last announcement we have decided to make soma extra induce ments to customers in clothing. Tf you want something very good, and at a reasonable figure call and see N. Soger, the old reliable clothing mer chant. A> H. Farr is repairing and remodel ing his Allegheny Ave. building. He is haviiig the store front taken off" and a large porch placed at the side, turning it all into a dwelling. Welsh Bros, are doing the work. An easy way to detect spurious silver coins from good ones is to rub them with a piece of bluestone and then moisten them. The color of genuine coins will romain unchanged, while the bogus will turn black. The bluestone can ba kept in a drawer and applied without the knowledge of a customer. Simply moistening the money after the vitriol has been ap plied will accomplish the desired*;end A reward of SSOO has been offered by the commissioners of Elk county for the arrest and conviction of the person who assulted Miss Charlotte Singer, of Ridgway. on the afternoon of Au gust 10. The description of the man as given by Miss Singer is that he weighs about 180 pounds, is about 5 feet, 10 inches in height, has light hair, combed pompadour, smooth shaven face, two upper gold teeth, thick lips, light coat and trousers. An exchange offers the following: A few days ago we offored a poor twelve-year-old boy a nickle to do a little errand for us. He refused. An other boy who was well cared for and did not really need the money said he would do the job and got the nickle. The action of the boys forcasted their future careers. The first boy will naturally gravitate into the shiftless poverty stricken horde, like enough be come a tramp or die in the poorhouse, while the other boy by improving his opportunities will rise and make his mark in the world. Every lover of high standards of citi zenship will be glad to hear that there will bo an effort made to have Con gress take up the matter of naturali zation at the coming session and limit the privilege to thoie who are capable of reading and writing the language of the count ry. This ought long ago to have been done. In fact, no person of any race or nationality should bo allowed to vote until he is able to read and write or show that physical defects alone prevont demonstrating bis ability in this line. Only the weM-iuformod can understand the is.->u<'i raised a elections and the future of lh< itepublk is based upon the ti'andard of intelli gence of the average man wli » take.t part la the government ro allow the uneducated to participate is to bwr the mental strength used in managing public affairs The ability to read a d understand what is going 011 should be a requisite to participation in the selec tion of officiala In every State anil for every condition and nationality. Franklin Press From Bin to Tipple. They are building a stairway from tlie foot of the mountain to the tipple at the Shutes. However, much of the steep path must still be climed over boulders and through the dense brush, the stairway having not yet been com pleted for more than twenty yards. Perhaps it was this deplorable lack of stairs on the mountain side that im pelled our adventurous young co-tem porary, Ned Brady, to cooly swing himself into a bucket at the bin, last Monday, and ride dauntlessly, waving his hat all the way up to the tipple house. "It was bully," said the young man on reaching the top, than any of VVauamaker's moving stairway. I'd like to make the trip down, and ii it wasn't for the coal getting a fellow all dirt I think I'd climb right in and slide." When Ned came down off the moun tain, after his daring ride, Mr. Troop, who was standing near by, brought up the horse the young man had ridden down to the Shutes, and said, "why didn't you take the nag up with you?" Ned, undaunted, replied: "Well, I would if she hadn't seemed so darned backward about going forward." With that the rough rider, Jr., swung himself into the saddle and was off in a mad race to beat the wind to Empo. rium, and from the streak of dust that was kicked up we are rather inclined to think he did it, too. • * # * As to Lynching. We noticed in the PREPS a most timely article regarding the lawlessness of lynching and how we should pre pare to meet any such occurrence should it come upon us to beartho test. One of the ways, we shall sugge.sk, by which we may fortify against any such outbreak of "human nature," as it is socalled, is to study first to know the actual or infinite meaning of crime in its minutest form, then to"know thy self." Another way is to impress our selves with the fact that not only is it criminal regarding the law of man but the law of God as well, and that only a base coward could commit such deeds as are continually reported in the press of the day. They are cowards who commit the lawless act, and cowards who shield the guilty by withholding testimony which would otherwise con vict them. It is truly anarchy—the outburst of lurking ferocity—a mind educated by its own harboring of evil imagination, and shows plainly to have been bred from wicked ancestry. Study the character of William Wal lace as given in"The Scottish Chief," and instill in our own nature a portion of his patience and forbearance under similar, but seemingly more aveang able, circumstances. One who makes any profession of Christianity and al lows his mind to dwell upon doiug such deeds is a hypocrite, else he has a vain idea of what he professes to be lieve. He is, as the Bible teaches, "a liar and the truth is not in him." "lie thinks he has eternal life but his w r ays load to destruction." The only true character is he who loves the law because, by its enforce ment, the public is protected, the criminal minded are punished, civiliz ation is advanced, and it promotes harmony and peace. But ho who abides by the law because he is afraid of the consequences of lawbreaking, because of the disgrace which a prison or the hangman's noose places upon him or his friends, is only a coward, and is as evil at heart as though he had committed the deed. Two wrongs will not make a fight, and no matter what public sentiment may be, or how many people engage in a lynching, or for what cause it is done, it is murder, and the perpetrators are, individually, as guilty as the one whom they have so disposed of, no matter what his crime may have been. For the sake of the good name our country bears, if for no other except our soul's sake, any and every American citizen ought to be willing to suffer the grief sustained by the act of even a villainous murderer rather than stain our nation with the blood of mere veangance. The long arms of the law uill take MMT* m tfie victim in her grasp, and when our foreign neighbors r«*jjoiit the of our Savior: "He who i t witimat sin c i-<t the first stone," we may load our ding as did David when |k< wuat out to meet the great i'hili .ti nt giant. It. I'. I or Sale. 1 wardrobe; 2 miceii door. j«< ik 1 kitchen < up board; 1 heating stove; I! g'« lumps; bracket lamp*; 1 small gaa ttovi; 1 refrigerator, and numerous other articles. Call at 01100 l)n AMIHA W. BAKKI:. Advertise in the PICKS*. "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable." —WEßSTEß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 20,1903. Hit by Batted Ball. While witnessing the ball game be tween Austin and Emporium last Fri day, John Welsh was hit on the right cheek by a foul tip badly discoloring his eye. No other serious injuries were sustained. Incapacitated. Owing to a mishap to one of the big engines at the furnace Monday, they could only make a run every eight hours but the difficulty was soon made right and on Tuesday the usual amount of iron was cast. It is certainly an interesting sight to see those monster engines in operation. Good Show. The Welsh Brothers circus exhibited hereon Monday to a fair sized audi ence and met the general approval of our people. The show is a one ring circus and is one of the best 25 cent shows on the road. The perfomers are all stars in their respective roles and the exhibition is clean, refined and well directed. An Alley Needing Attention. The alley back of the old Episcopal church and the house occupied by Mr. W. F. Lloyd ought to receive some at tention from the Borough authorities. There has been no time this summer when there has not been a body of stagnant water in the alley. Proper provision has never been made by the Borough for the drainage of this spot. A Pleasant Party. The Misses Ltet gave a very pleasant party to twenty-five of their young friends, Tuesday evening, iti honor of their guest, Miss Bertha Taylor, of Cres cent, N.Y. Mr.Lawronceand Miss Mary Groves, of Coudersport, were in atten dance. The young people thoroughly enjoyed themselves, as the ever unique hospitality of the young hostesses was in evidence during the entire evening. Their handsome and spacious residence on Third street alfords ample means for entertaining a large company, and these excellent young society leaders know just how to welcome and enter tain their guests. Careless Teamster. A team belonging to one of our pro minent manufacturing companies was driven through town the other day, one wheel sliding most of the time ow ing to the teamster neglecting to loosen the brake. A wagon weighing 2,OOOLbs. would no doubt run with less strain on the horses if the wheels were free to turn, but our wagon makers could per haps pass judgment upon the matter with a greater degree of accuracy than we. It may be a tip to them worthy of investigation, as, perchance this teamster who is in the habit of doing this, may have discovered a benefi ciary reason for sliding the wheels. It may be that the poor horses needed a Turkish bath. Prof. Ling a Benedict. At the home of the bride' 3 parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Shoemaker, Buffalo Mills, Prof. Edward S. Liug, of Em porium, and Miss Grace Shoemaker were united in the bonds of holy mat trimony by Rev. W. 11. Landio, pastor of the Sulphur Springs charge of the Reformed church, Wednesday evening. After the ceremony a dilicious lunch was served. The bride was tho re cipient of many beautiful and valuable presents. Prof, and Mrs. Ling will reside at Emporium, where tho pro fessor is principal of the public schools. Both bride .and groom are most esti mable young people and have a host of friends in Bedford county who wish them unbounded happiness.—Bedford Gazette, August 14, 1903. The PRESS joins with Prof. Ling's numerous friends in hearty felicitations on the happy event chronicled above. Heaven His Home. An editor died and slowly wended his way down to where he supposed a warm reception awaited him. The devil met him and said: "For many years you have borne the blame for the bad spoiling that the printer has got off in the paper. The paper has gone for one dollar, and, alas! tho dollar has failed to come in. Tho printer has be divcled thee for wages when thou had n't a farthing to thy name. People have taken thy paper without paying for it and cursed thee for not getting out a better sheet. Thou bust bet u called a deadbeat by the railroad con ductors when thou bast shown thy annual pass to their envious ga/.e. ,\li the wrong thou hast borne in silence. Thou tihall not enter here" And as tin editor turns and walks away, Satan mutters; "Heaven is his home, and h. - sides if I let him in hero hu would have h '<i:. dunning Itix delinquent übscrib er» and thus creating discord in my kingdom. Ex. Friday's Ball (lame. The game of base ball played here last Friday afternoon, between Austin and Emporium, was an exciting one being a rather old-fashioned game in some respects—a large number of er rors and several runs too many for modern playing, but when the boys got down to business it was ball to the fin ish. Emporium had the best of it at the start, and up to the seventh inning the game stood 6 to 2 for our boys, when a slight error led to considerable confusion and the Austin boys run in five scores, giving them one the best of it, which was tied by Emporium, and then it was a good gamo to the end. Not a score wa« made until the thir teenth inning when the visitors,through another error by our boys, got two men over the plate, and in turn shut out the Emporium boys when they came to bat, making the score 9 to 7 in favor of Austin. The game was, on the whole, a very quiet one, and both teams showed their manliness and dignity by the fact that no wrangling or disputes occurred. The umpire did his as well as we have ever seen it, his de cisions being firm and just. No doubt he made mistakes, if we were to be ex acting, but they were not impartial for they occurred on both sides, nor were they of a serious nature. The "rooters" on both sides filled the air with lugubrious yells occasion ally, due mostly to a good play or a point won by one or the other sides. The Austin boys are gentlemen and were treated as such by our boys who, beiug gentlemen, always do honor to their guests, therefore the too frequent wail of dissatisfaction on such occasions will justly be omitted. Too game was played on the Key stone Park grounds which were just recently putin ordor for tho purpose and a finer ball ground does not exist in these neck 'o woods. Several hundred of our ball-loving people assembled to witness the game which lasted from 3:30 to 6:00 p. m. For the first attempt this season our hoys did remarkably well, one of their number never having played in a game before. 'Gene Mumford says he is getting too many gray hairs in his head to hold the position of catcher much longer. He is mighty active behind the bat, for an "old" man, notwithstanding, and we are of the opinion that he will be able to hold 'em for several years yet. James Farrell is still as active on first base as a cat in a nest of rats, but he made one of 'em pesky mistakes which we never saw him make before. Jesse McFadden, the terror at the bat, was just a little shy of his old-time record. A little practice will bring the team up to standard. Mr. Stetcher pitched a fine game and proved his ability as a ball tosser to be far above the average, while our short stop, Mr. Miller, don't let anything pass him that is "stopable." Ganey, Logan, Collins, and Cutu rnings all did good work, and with the needed practice our boys will be hard to beat. Severe Injury, Wm. Pye, teamster for the Keystone Powder company, met with a painful and serious accident Monday morning while hauling a heavy load up to tho works. As is usual he got off the wagon to walk, and taking the side next to the hill, he found poor footing as when the team started, a stone slip ped from under William's foot letting him slide under the wagon, the wheel passing over both feet, breaking one and badly smashing the other. As a consequence he is up for repairs. John E. Smith Injured. Mr. John E. Smith, of Sterling Run, met with a painful accident Wednes day morning. While pressing a cork into a bottle of carbolic acid, the liquid exploded, severely burning his hands and face. Fortunately the eyes are not seriously involved, and we con gratulate our neighbor on his almost marvelous escape. Dr. DeLong treated the burns, and though in extreme dis comfort. Mr. Smith is able to give at tention to business affairs. L. O. T. M. Picnic. The ladles of Gladioli llive, L. O. T. M. are notified that tho llive picnic will be held Thursday, Aug. 27th, at Kej tone Park. Ail bukctiMl at tho II ill, >lrs. Mary Winfield's store, F. 11. Pe irs.ill's and Rob't Clark's residences lis 10 a. in., will he taken to grounds. Fill your !•:.-kets, come and haven good time. I i M.K.N A G ill'l I.Kit, It. K. Public Dance. The undersigned will give a grand tlanee, Frlda> evening, August 2s, IWiU, at New Park pavilion. Ten cents per set AID it IK TIIIIUI.T. Unwelcomed (juests. A funny case will come up in a Dun kirk court this week. A woman named Mrs. McCormick accused a neighbor Mrs. Dubert, of transfering a lot of bedbugs into her house. The plaintiff alleges that she had occasion to rise as early a 5,4:30 o'clock one morning last week and detected the defendant man euvering around a side window. She watched closely and saw her deposit a supply of the unwelcomed guests on the carpet and then skip homeward. Slain in Hisi ike for Ground Hog. Mistaking his long brown and gray beard for the skin of a ground hog, William Carey of Brookville, Wednes day shot and killed aged Thaddeous Hall, a resident of Lanox township. Carey had chased a groundhog into a thicket, where Hall, unknown to him was picking berries. He saw only Hall's beard, and fired at short range. Hall exclaimed: "I'm killed!" and that was the first Carey knew of his mistake. The old man died in a few minutes. Carey was arrested, but was released when the shooting was proven to have been accidential. He is The Same Man Still. The following story, we believe, has never before appeared in print. In the early eighties the present rector of an uptown parish in New York was spending his holiday in the Alps. As he entered the inn parlor at Zermatt one evening he found it already oc cupied by a young couple whom he supposed to be English. He buried himself in a newspaper, but soon his attention was attracted by soma forci ble remarks from the young man. He caught the indignant wjrds, "impu dent Englishmen." Presently the clergyman said,"Pardon me,butareyou not English?" "No," was the reply, "we are Americans." "So am I," he said. Having established cordial re lations with his compatriots, he made bold fco a3k the young man why 110 had used the words, "impudent English man." ~ "When I came to Switzerland a few weeks ago with my bride I chanced to meet an Englishman who spoke con temptuously of the mountain climbing ability of Americans. He said that the Americans are equal to the ascent of the easy slopes of their own mountains, but that when it comes to real mountain climbing they cannot do it. 'What mountain in the Alps do you consider would furnish a fair test?',l demanded. He answered that the Jungfrau would do very well. At some inconvenience to my plans, I made the ascent of the Jungfrau, and when I met the English man again, I told him what I had done. 'That is nothing,' he said: any ordinary climber can get to the top of the Jungfrau, but no American can climb the Matterhorn." Well, I am here for the purpose of ascending the Matterhorn. I have delayed my de parture from Switzerland for that very purpose. I have hired my guider and have made every preparation to begin the ascent in the morning. After his return to America, the clergyman received a note from the young man stating that he had been successful in his attempt. It was sign ed Theodgre Roosevelt. The Doctor was Satisfied. Senator Burton of Kansas, while in Hawaii with the Congressional Com mission, was sitting one morning in the dining room of a Honolulu hotel. A Japanese in occidental dress of ex treme fashion, who was sitting close by, heard Mr. Burton ad lressed as Senator. He rose, walked over to the Kansan and presented his card. "If your charming excellency should become contaminated with the climatic anhelation," he said, "he will find pal liative febrifuges at the above indicated location." The Senator was astonished, but long years in politics have developed a singular readiness, and he answered in kind: " Your Samaritan commiseration overcomes me, sir. Should I stand in need of proficient medication, i will call at your jus»ly famed establish ment. If I have appeared stultified in my paraphrases of gratitude, it is due, believe mo, rather to a paucity of vo cabulary than to an insufficient appre ciation of your beneficence." The little Asiatic bowed away, da/t d, hut beaming. The Public Ledger. Reaches the Philippines. A cable gram was received Mrs. Fred Julian last Thursday announcing the safe arrival of Iter husband In the Philippines, Wednesday, August 12. Mr. Julian will remain there several weeks, afterwards visiting Japan and luturning home hv the Pacific coast TERMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCE. WEATHER REPORT. (Forecast by T. B. Lloyd.) FRIDAY, Fair. SATURDAY. Showers. SUNDAY. Showers. BRIEF fIENTION. A man cauld talk almost 38 well as a woman if he had time to practice. The editor of one of the exclirnges says that to rid place of rata, one good way is to sprinkle concentrated lye where they walk. The lye gets on their feet and Mr. rat will leave his "happy home" for pastures, new never to return. Try this, it will surprise you how soon they get away. It may interest housewives to know how flies may be effectively disposed of without the use of poison. Take half a teaspoonful of black pepper, powder one teaspoonful of brown sugar and one teaspoonful of cream. Mix ingre dients well together in a saucer and place in a room where flies are trouble some and they will very soon disap pear. One of the most interesting exhibits at the St. Louis Exposition will be tho liquid air factory. A kettle of the air will be shown boiling on a cake of ice while "steam" issues from the spout and the boiling will be increased by throwing a cake of ice into the kettle. The air thrown 011 a lighted candle will make it burn more brightly, while alcohol and whiskev will nrorontlv be frozen by it. Strawberries will be frozen and steel melted by this extra ordinary substance at one and the same time. A snow storm in summer will also be produced by it.—Ex. (Jalefcon Leader: Last Sunday eve ning as some young boys were fooling near the Bridge street station, Albert Lehman place ! a fifty cent silver piece in his mouth and accidentally swallow ed it, the piece of money lodged in the lower portion of his throat. Drs. Brown and Hurd worked faithfully for several hours trying to remove it, but their efforts were unsuccessful and Monday morning Albert took the 8:23 train for Buffalo, where Dr. Mann lo cated the obstruction with the X-ray and then successfully removed it. Al bert returned to this borough Tuesday evening a much harmior and wiser boy. It is a trifle hard on the frogs, per haps, but the discovery that their skins can be successfully grafted on a human being whose cuticle has been destroyed is one that will in the future save the friends of such unfortunates from the necessity of sacrificing portions of their own skin fjr grafting purposes. These sacrifices are made willingly in most cases, but at the best there is a good deal of wear aad tear on the nervous system over the denuding of the flesh. Frogs, being "cold blooded," will not mind it much, of course. Let the good work goon. When do the "dog days" commence? We always thought they were an Au gust affair, but that pestiferous being, the weather expert, says they begin on July 12th. ITow long do they run? There seems to be no means of ascer taining their limit or of shutting them off. They say these dog days are bale ful and unhealthy, making us all doubly liable to attacks from disease, blues, bile, etc. Well, really, judging from the cool nights and the general comfort, we'll bet a litter of pups that there's a lie out somewhere in regard to these deadly dog-days.—Franklin Spectator. A writer iu the Woman's Home Com panion gives this recipe for preparing eggs so they will keep: " Have a kettle of boiling water on the stove, and into that dip the eggs. Let theci remain as long as it takes you to fount 10 fast. This recipe has been in use in my fam-1 ily for 40 or SO years. The eggs cannot be told from perfectly fresh eggs, as the hot water cooks that fine inner skin, and there can be no evaporation. It is a fine thing for country women who want to hold for better prices, aud also for the city woman who wants to pur chase for future use while eggs are cheap." For Sale. An ideal driving horse. o*o that will plat 10 v oil all day long. Also, one good, all around work or general pari >se horse. Weight 1200 pounds. One light sir: ,k' liarne-u, on.' pair light sleigh and one p'.attorm wagon. Ax I hive no use for the above iiveu tioned, ! o*ll and will give y»j the worth of your money. Term Cn*h, o* approved yHi» r, witii reasonable time. ti. rjANK iuiiN I*. l or Kent Nicely funiisuod roouis with bath for rent. Also suitable for light housekeeping Apply at Prbh office NO. 20.
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