THE CAMERON COUNTY PHESS. i■> 112 A HLISHKD BY C. B. CIOULD, MARCH 1866. VOL. 38. KitpaMicuii County Convention. The Republicans of Cameron Couuty will meet in Convention at the Court House, in Emporium, on Tuesday, Sept. 15th, 1903, at 1:30 o'clock,p. m., for the purpose of electing a Chairman of the County Committee and imminu candidates for Vssociatc Judge, Prothono'ary, Register, Record er etc., District Attorney, Coroner and Jury Commissioner and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before said Convention. „ „, . A. O. RLUM, Chairman. ATTEST:— J. P. MCNARNKY, Sec'y. Republican Primary Election. The Republican Primary Elections for Camer on county will be held on SATURDAY, SEPT. 12th, 1903. Emporium Borough West Ward, at City Hall, at 7:00 to 9:00 p. m.-5 delegates; Middle Ward, at Council Room, at 7:00 to 9:00 p. m.—l delegates; East Ward,at Hose House,at 7:00 to 9:00 p. m.—3 delegates. Shippen Township, at Court House, at 2:00 to 4:00 p. m.—7 delegates. Portage Township, at Sizerville Bath House, at 0:00 to 8:00 p. ill.—l delegate. Lumber township, at SlcConnell's Store, Cam eron, from 13:00 to 8:00, p. m.—3 delegates. Gibson Township, at Curtin House, Drift wood at 2:30 to 1:30 p. in —3 delegates. Driftwood Borough, at Curtin House, nt 7:00 to 9:00 p. in.—3 delegates. Grove Township, at Shaffer's Hotel, from G:00 to 8:00 p. in.—s delegates. Saturday, Sept. sth is the last day for filing nominations for delegates to Couuty Con vention. Monday, Sept. 7tl), at 2:00 o'clock, p. in., the vigilance committees will meet and open and announce the nominations for delegates toCounty Convention, reducing the number of candidates by lot to twice the number to be elected. Bv order of County Committee, A. C. BLUM, Chairman. ATTEST: — J. P. MCNAISNEY, Sec'y. ■ i.« !■ ■■■ i Political Announcements. All Announcements under this head must be signed by the candidate and paid in advance to insure pit blteation. ASSOCIATE JUDGE. El iar Press:— Please announce my name as a candidate for Associate Judge, subject to the decision of the Republican Countv Convention. .JOHN MCDONALD. Driftwood, Pa., Aug. 25, 1903. PROTHONOTARY, REGISTER, RECORDER, ETC. Editor Pre**: — Please announce my name as a candidate for Prothonotary, Register, Recorder, etc., subject to the decision of the Republican County Conven tion. C. JAYGOODNOUQH. Emporium, Pa , Aug. 20, 1903. DEATH'S DOINGS. HI FAUCETTE. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Faucette's four months old daughter MARGARET, died on Saturday last of cholera infantum. The funeral look place on Monday and was largely attended, Rev. J. M. Robertson officiating. *** HOLBHOOK. MRS. H. FRANCES HOLBROOK, aged 70 years and one month, died at the family residence, Fourth street, on Monday after an illness of several years, suffering from a complication of diseases. The family came to Empori um in 1870, when A. G. Holbrook, de ceased, engaged in the hardware busi ness. Two daughters survive the lather and mother, Mrs. Minnie Forbes Marietta, 0., and Miss May, who, has lived with and cared lor her mother. Funeral services will be con ducted this afternoon at the residence. Dr. D. H. Lamb Visits Emporium. D. H. Lamb, one of Galeton's most prominent business men, accompanied by his wife, came to Emporium last Saturday to visit old friends, guests of Prothonotary C. Jay Goodnough and wife. This is Mr. Lamb's first visit hei'e since the terrible accident befell him last May, which resulted in the amputation of his right arm. The Dr. takes his misfortune like a soldier and appears to get along quite well —in fact the Dr. says he can catch just as many fish with one band as two, which he demonstrated recently at Kcuka Lake, while visiting his vineyard. Mr. and Mrs. Lamb ai'e meeting many of our citizens and evidently enjoying their visit. Found a Diamond. A large excursion from Washington and Philadelphia passed through this city on Friday on its way to Niagara Falls, and one of the passengers was a wealthy lady of Washington. Before the train reached Emporium the wo man told Conductor Beachler, of Har risburg, that she had lost a valuable diamond ring since starting on the ex cursion. She was told that everything possible would be done to find it for her. Upon his return trip Conductor Beachler told Stationmaster Hyman at the upper station of the loss of the diamond. "Yes," replied Mr. Hyman, "and we have it for you." The excur sion train had stopped 20 minutes at the station here, and during that time the Washington woman had left the train and gone to the toilet room in the station. Shortly after the train had departed, Mrs. Obourn found a dia- 1 mond ring on the washstand in the toilet room. She promptly handed the gem over to Superintendent Lincoln and the latter sent it to the owner.— Williamsport News. Eye Specialist. Prof. W. IT. Uridine, the well known Eye Specialist, of Binghamton, N. Y., will be at R. If. Hirseh's jewelry store, Emporium, Pa , September 18th and 19th. If you can't see well or have headache don't fail to call and see Prof. Budine, as he guarantees to cure all such cases. Lenses ground and fitted in old frames. Eyes tested and ex amined free. All work guaranteed. Ready Tor Fall Trade. The Misses Ludlum have returned from a two weeks visit to Cleveland, where they purchased and elaborate line of millinery and dress goods, care fully selected especially for this trade. WASHINGTON LETTER. (From our Regular Correspondent.) Washington, Sept. 7, 1903. Editor The Alaskan Boundry Commis sion is now in session in London and the proceedings arc being fol lowed with intense interest both by officials of the State Department and by those citizens familiar with the contentions of the United States and Great Britain. Already the American commissioners have made a strong point. It is that the United States has, from the time of the cession of Alaska to the present day, maintained but one interpretation of the treaty of 1X25. The Canadians or British contentions, on the other hand, have varied repeatedly. From a demand that the dividing line be drawn on the -list meridian, down to the contention that the line be drawn straight across such arms of the sea as Glacier Bay and Lynn canal, the British have been modi fying their demands and giving evidence ofpossesing a claim which must depend for success on skillful diplomacy rather than on an equitable interpretation of (lie facts. The presence of ex-Secre tary of State Foster as ' agent'' of the American commissioners is a source of gratification to the State Department as it is realized that he is more than any other individ ual. able to present the case of this country in its strongest light and hopes arc running high as to the eventual outcome of the proceed ings: The European squadron has ar rived at Beirut but so unsettled are conditions in Turkey reported to be that the State Department is waiting for further advises from Minister Leishman before instruct ing Admiral Cotton to open the sealed orders lie found awaiting him. The situation in Constanti nople has become so grave that the government has been obliged to advise the ambassadors and minis ters to guard their embassies and legations with unusual care. The Turkish government has added to the street patrol in the vicinity of the foreigli quarter and the diplo mats have generally called upon the station ships of their respective nations for guards or marines. The United States legation now has a small guard of paid police but Minister Leishman had been authorized to call upon Admiral Cotton for a squad of marines if the situation seems to warrant it. It is also possible that one of the American vessels, probably the Macliias will go through the Dar danelles and another oft* Constanti nople in order that it may be in readiness to receive the Minisiter and his family in the event of a general uprising. While there is a provision in the treaty effected just after the Crimean war pro hibiting war ships from enterning the Dardenelles there is also a I clause which permits the entry of one ship of each friendly power when Turkey is itself at war. Fatal Accident. An Italian employed on P. & E. R. R., cinder crew, was almost instantly killed at the furnace on Sunday, living but one hour after the accident. He was leaning over the side irons of the elevator watching the hoist and evi dently did not know that another elevator was coming down. The top of his head was crushed. Dr. Bard well was called but the poor unfortu nate, who had only been in this coun try a very few months and leaves a wife in Italy, soon passed to the great beyond. His remains were bur ied from St. Marks church on Monday. This makes the fourth death that has occurred at the works and neither of the unfortunates being in Mr. Brady's employ. Holding His Own. At this writing our friend Hinkle, who has been very near death's door for several weeks, is somewhat better and holding his own. Dr. H. W. Good came up from Philadelphia last Sun day and, at the reqest of the family, a consultation of physicians held, which was attended by Dra. Good, Dcbong, j Heilman and Bardwell. The doctors j see a hope and are fighting for that | hope. For Sale. An ideal driving horse. One that | will please you all day long. One light single and one light double harness, one pair light sleighs and one platlorm wagon. One yoke oxen, one two seated car riage with top, one road cart with top, i and two open road carts. As I have no use for the above men | tioned, I can and will give you the I worth of your money. I Terms: Cash, or approved paper, | with reasonable time. I 27-tf. FRANK SHIVES. "Liberty and Unioa, One and Inseparable." —WEßSTEß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10,1903. The Civil War in England. Apropos of tho pleasing and in structive spectacular entertainment which will be given in the opera house next week and which will no doubt re ceive the largo patronage it deserves, a few words regarding the Civil War in England in the seventeenth century may be in place. There is a common tendency, due in part to prejudice and in part to in tellectual sloth to try to simplify too much our views of historical epochs. "The passion for broad generaliza tions," says Morley, "works havoc with truth'" We try too much to see in every great contest a plain issue be tween right and wrong, between ty ranny and freedom, or between law and anarchy. This undiscriminating tendency may very easily lead either to the apotheosis of Cromwell as "the transcendental hero and liberator of mankind," or to the vilification of him as a hypocritical and blood stained usurped As regards tho religious aspect of the strife, it is a mistake to suppose that the issue centered in the principle of toleration. The contest was be tween opposing and mutually intoler ant systems. King Charles and Laud contended for the divine right of epis copacy. The theory of divine right is in its nature doctrinaire and visionary; it is up in the air; it is unrelated to practical human experience. Had Charles and Laud held to the sober position of Richard Hooker, who vin dicated episcopacy on the substantial and comprehensible ground of exper ience, they would never have inaug urated the trivial and visionary policy which led to such acts as the cropping of Prynne and Post wick. On the other hand, the Puritan opposed episcopacy on grounds quite as doctrinaire and visionary as those on which Charles and Land contended for it. Against the theory of the divine right of epis copacy they set up the equally irrat ional theory of the divine right of presbytery or congregation, as the case may be. They did not oppose episcopacy on any broad and intelligi ble ground of experience, but on the fantastic ground that episcapacy is divinely wrong. In this clash of op posing systems, each claiming exclu sive devine right, it is difficult to see how the Puritan of the seventeenth century can be regarded as the cham pion of the principle of religious tolera tion. Moderate royalists like Folk land and Jeremy Taylor had that prin ciple at heart in an unspeakably larger measure than had the zealots of the Parliament of 1656, who punished a crazy fanatic by tortures as horrid as any that Laud ever inflicted. The friends of toleration, such as Folklaud, Taylor and Hall, on the one side, and Seldom, Baxter and Milton, on the other, were men whose level of thought was far above that of the visionary exthemists who precipitated the strife. It is probably safe to say that although Cromwell was singu larly free from the vice of a religious intolerance, toleration as a principle or cause in itself was not a part of his defined policy. He had nothing to do with abstract principles; it was always conditions and not theories that con fronted him. As Lord Protector his single aim was to establish a settled and firm government, and he was well content to leave religionists of every sort unmolested so long as they did not seek to undermine his power. But even in this attitude the Puritans as a body gave him little or no support. Though the strife under its religious aspect was not waged about the issue of toleration, it did indirectly pro mote the cause of toleration by demon strating the futility and harmfulness of intolerance. Under its civil aspect tho cause of the Puritans was the cause of consti tutional freedom as long as the puri tans were merely the opposition party. But with the establishment of the Commonwealth and the Protectorate the face of things was changed. No English sovereign ever based his rulo upon principles more arbitrary than did Cromwell. He was at constant strife with his Parliaments. The ex plusion of the Long Parliament was as high handed an outrage upon the prin ciples of constitutional government as was the ineffectual attempt of Charles to seize the five members in 1641. The Lord Protector imposed taxes upon the nation without Parliamentary auth ority, the very thing by which Charlet precipitated the civil war. James I. declared that his rule was based upon the common weal, not the common will, and Charles from the scaffold as serted that "people are free under a government, not by being sharers in it, but by due administration of the laws of it." Singularly like these utterances are those of the Lord Protector: "The people will prefer their real security to forms." "Yet 1 have another argu ment to the good people of this nation whether they would prefer having their will, though it be their destruction, rather than comply with things of necessity." The difference between Charles and Cromwell was that Charles was arbi trary because he wished to be, while Cromwell was arbitrary because condi tions obliged him to bo. Furthermore, althoHgh Cromwell came finally to stand on Charles' principle that people are to be ruled, not according to what they like, but according to what is best for them, the ideas of Cromwell with regard to tho good of the people were immeasureably nobler and more I real than those of Charles. Cromwell j was an Englishman through and j through, and he had the Enplishman's | instinctive perception of the practical | both in ends and means. Charles was j a foreigner in blood, in temperament ! and ideas. He was moreover a vision- I ary pedant. "His fault," says Morley, —and no statesman can have a worse —was that he never saw things as they 1 are." J. M. R. Handsome Front. The handsome pressed brick front just completed in N. Seger's block, oc cupied by R. Seger & Son, next to Bank, is a very great improvement and a credit to the wide-awake citizen. Limestone Coating. Manager Brady of the iron works, who is a firm believer in good roads, has given the Borough 250 tons of crushed limestone, which is now being placed on Fourth street cinder road way. It bids fair to be a success when once rolled sufficiently. The Piano Fund. While the audience in attendance Friday evening was not as large as wished for such a worthy purpose, those who did attend were given a rich treat. Miss Gilmore, the elocu tionist, was well received and repeat edly encored. Miss Frank Huntley's singing was simply grand and com pletely captivated the audience. Hope we may have more ot it. Outing. The I. F. F. club gave a dance at Keystone Park Pavilion last Friday evening, the party being chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. S. Kline and Mr. and and Mrs. John Butler. Among the out of town guests were: Misses Mayme Walsh, of Johusonburg; Etta Fotchman, St. Marys; Messrs. Jessee Young, Horace Smith, Pat Duffy, Frank Anderson, Bud McManigal, Re novo; John Hackett, Ned Hackett, John Riley, Driftwood; Leo Snyder, Dußois. All report of having a jolly good time. Council Proceedings. Regular meeting of Borough Coun cil, Emporium, Pa., Sept. 7th, 1903. Present: Messrs. Friendle, Green, Catlin, Nelson, Shaffer, Balcom and Cummings. Absent: Messrs. Housler and Mar shall. Minutes of last meeting read and ap proved Veto messages of the Bur gess read. Moved by Mr. Friendle, seconded by Mr. Green, that resolution of August 3rd, last, relating to a ditch on Sixth street be passed notwithstanding the Veto of the Burgess. Aye:—Messrs. Friendle, Green, Cat- V % B'tlcom, Cummings.—s. Nay:—Messrs. Nelson, Shaffer.—2. The motion was declared lost. Moved by Mr. Cummings, seconded by Mr. Shaffer, that veto of Burgess in matter of ordiances of Aug. 15th, be sustained. Aye:—Messrs. Friendle, Green, Cat lin, Nelson, Shaffer, Balcom, Cum mings.—7. Motion was declared carried. Moved by Mr. Cummings, seconded by Mr. Shaffer, that Mr. C. H. Jessop, tax collector be exonerated from the payment of taxes for 1900 as fol lows: Dog tax §l2, borough tax $27.- 31, borough bond tax, $19.63, water tax $33.04, and from the payment of taxes for 1902 as follows: Dog tax sll, bor ough tax $204.71, borough bond tax $144.95, water tax §104.46. Carried. On motion by Mr. Nelson, seconded by Mr. Friendle, the following bills were ordered paid. St. Marys Gas Co., for August f2l 75 John Montgomery, work on streets, etc.... 1154 K. Kinney. " 15 29 George Minard, " 16 29 Thos. Cavanaugh, " 15 75 W. F. Lloyd, paid for work on streets 54 31 Jos. Friendle, police service, 850 Clarence Richie. " 4 00 Kit Dalphy, " 4 00 ll.Day, work on streets., 15 20 Michael Mulcahey, " 6 79 Frank Haviland, '! 1 75 Thos. Couroy, •' 3 50 O. O'Dell, " 2 -10 John Roots, woik on streets 12 00 S. Hilyard, elecric light plant 1 00 C. B. Howard Co., invoice (2) 40 45 Emporium Machine Co., invoice 3 30 W. F.Lloyd, frieght |>aid, 1 77 Western Elecric Co., invoice 46 91 Orren Eaterbrooks, repairs to Ci7y Hall— 2 19 Moved by Mr. Shaffer seconded by Mr. Cummings that John Montgomery be paid sl, for police service in small pox case. Carried. Moved by Mr. Shaffer seconded by Mr. Cummings that secretary be auth orized to purchase... feet of 12 inch sewer pipe and that St. Com., be in structed to place same in the ditch on •north side of Allegany Ave., between property of S. D. McDonald and Pine St., provided that property owners will pay for the work and do all neces sary Ailing. Aye:—Messrs Friendle, Shaffer, Cummings—3. Nay:—Messrs. Green,iCatlin, Nelson, i Balcom—4. | Motion doclared lost, i Moved by Mr. Friendle seconded by ; Mr. Cummings that Chairman of | Electric light committee be authorized to make arrangements with Railroad Company to furnish on arc light near ! their depot at crossing. Carried. Moved by Mr. Friendle seconded by | Mr. Cummings that matter of light at ! Broad street be laid over one month. ! Carried. , Moved Mr. Cummings, seconded by ; Mr. Friendle, that all persons obstruct ing streets or alleys be notified to re move the obstructions at once and that street Commissioner be instructed to enforce this resolution. Carried. Moved by Mr. Friendle, seconded by Mr. Green that John Crosby be re funded dog tax in sum of $3, and that Wm. Crosby be refunded dog tax in sum of sl. Carried. Moved by Mr. Friendle, seconded by Mr. Cumminps that a substantial plank platform be built in front of City Hall. Carried Moved by Mr. Shatter, sesonded by Mr. Green that Frank Munday be given one week vacation in Sept. Carried. On motion the council then adjourn ed. C. J. GOODNOUGH, Sec'y. Oliver Cromwell Entertainment. Elegant costumes, capable partici pants, splendid music and beautiful lessons of the 17tli century life in Eng land will be some of the pleasing fea tures of the Cromwell entertainment at the opera house on next Monday and Tuesday evenings, Sept. 14th and 15th. Oliver Cromwell was the great man of the 17th century. The forces he set to work brought about religious tolera tion and a church supported by volun tary contributions. Macaulay, the his torian, says:"The work of Cromwell contained the principle which has made life tolerable inSaxton countries. It gave religious freedom to the Dis senter, it secured the independence of judges, it limited tho duration of Parliaments, it placed the press under the jurisdiction of juries, it brought about the law which relieved Roman Catholics of civil disabilities, it reform ed the system of representation, and his work enlarged the civil liberties of the race. The costumes used in the entertain ment are intended to be part of the great object lesson in history. They are elaborate and gorgeous, of silks, satins and velvets,costing nearly §3,000. The Scottish soldiers' suits made in Glasgow, Scotland for Mrs. Monroe alone costing S4OO. In the summer of 1900 Mrs. Monroe visited the Paris Exposition and the costume of each lady in the third scene (the scene in which the crown is offered to Crom well) is a reproduction of the cos tume worn by some great women con temporary with Cromwell. Marie de Medici, Annie of Austria, Henrietta Maris, etc , the original of these being shown in the Palais de Costume at the Exposition Rehearsals for the entertainment have been in progress for nearly two weeks and the participants are doing splendid work and will give the pro duction an excellent rendition. Mrs. H. E. Monroe, of Washington, D. C., the originator and lecturer of the affair is a distinguished woman. For fifteen years she was president of what is now Midland College at Atcli isoi , Kas. She is the author of four books—"The Art of Conversation," "Heroine of the Mining Camp," "Washington, Its Sights and Insights" and "Historical Lutheranism," the last named having been translated in to thirteen different languages. In her travels in England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, France, Switzerland and Italy she has seen most crowned heads of Europe, including the late Pope Leo XIII by whom she with other Americans was received. The entertainment will begin promptly at eight o'clock. Chart for reserved seats opens Friday morning, Sept. 11th, at eight o'clock at H. S. Lloyd's. Following is the elaborate program: Overture Orchestra Pianist Miss Byrde Taggart Class Instructor Miss S. Ethel Brown Stereoscopist W. O. Weaver PART I. Allegorical Processional Puritans land Cavaliers vie with each other in Praising God. Chorus of 7-5 voices "How Lovely is Thy Temple" "Praise Ye the Father, from Gounod Story of Cromwell and Charles I.of England, told by Mrs. H. E. Monroe, with sixteen views: Cromwell, Home at Huutingdon, Charles I. Statue of Charles I.; Mary Queen of Scots, Mary Tudor, Elizabeth, Thorwaldsen's Christ, Luther, Calvin, Archbishop Laud, Man in Pilloroy, Cromwell a Hampdon Attempting to Leave England, Riot in St. Giles' Cathedral, Singing the Covenant (1613), King Charles with his Horse. PART 11. Scene at Cambridge University. Male Chorus "Germany," "Bethlehem." Arthur Hazelrig A. P. Van Gelder John Pym H. G. German William Coke Frank Felt Denzil Hollis Bert Olmsted Oliver Cromwell Rev. Robert McCaslin John Strode Floyd Felt John Milton Geo. A. Walker, Jr John Elliot W. H. Howard Miles Hobart \V. C. Zuber John Hampden I. K. Hockley John Seldon E. D. Armstrong Walter Long R.R. McQuay Philip Wharton Dr. R. P. Heilman Peter Hayman Charles H. Felt John Hotham C. C. Wiley Wni. Black Rev. J. M. Robertson Story continued with ' nineteen views; Hen rietta Marie, Henrietta and Children, Geo. Vil lers, Duke of Buckingham, Buckingham Assassi nated, Oliver Cromwell, The Star Chamber, House of Lords, House of Commons, John Pym, John Hampden, Old Parlia ment Buildings, Arrest of the Earl of Strafford, His Trial, Laud Blessing Strafford, Jerusalem Chamber, The Westminister Asaem sembly (1) Westminister Assembly (2;, Holding Down the Speaker, King Charles 1., in Speaker's Chair. PART 111. Scene in Parliament under Charles I. Speaker of the House W. H. Howard Chaplain Rev. J. M. Robertson Sergeant at Arms Herbert Day Clerks R. R. McQuay, R. M. Overhiser King Charles I Geo. A. Walker, Jr Prince Rupert C. W. Shaffer Cromwell Rev. Robert McCaslin Hampden I. K. Hockley Pym H. G. German Merchant C. H. Felt Lightfoot Dr. R. P. Heilman Sir Will. Whitefield Frank Felt Sir John Hotham W. B. Thompson Sir John Ridley Bert Olmsted I Sir Thos. Hepwortli Russell McQuay I Sir William Black Joel Jordan j Messenger Puritans, Cavaliers, Halberdiers, Scotch Soldiers. Story continued with twenty-two views: Hampton Court, Prince Rupert, King of Not tingham, Earl of Essex, The Ironsides, Battle of Marston Moor, Battle of Naseby, Cromwell on Horseback, Vignette of the King, Arrested, King at Holmby, His Attempt to escape, His Confer ence with llfteen Commissioners, Letter Found Continued on Fifth page. TERMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN AD/ANCE WEATHER REPORT. (Forecast BJ T. B. Lloyd.) FRIDAY, Fair. SATURDAY, Fair. SUNDAY, Fair. Interesting Letter from Mr. Fee. Editor Press: DEAR SIR:—I was requested by several friends to write The PRESS on my arrival here, how 1 found things, etc. I left Emporium with feeling of regret, and the last glimpse 1 had of the town was mixed with a pathetic picture of the gallant Junction ticket seller, anxiously feeling of a spot on his lip where a hair of a fixture mustache was expected to appear. 1 arrived here Tuesday morning, on schedule time, coming in at the magnificent new station of the Rock Island Iload which was not completed when 1 left, getting down onto the street. The rush of cable trains, trol ley cars and teams was bewildering, and to eros.s, loaded down with a well worn grip in one hand and two um brellas in the other, seemed hopeless, until I realized I must run and "duck" for it, suceedad fairly well, onlv call ing down the wrath of an Express driver who shouted something with "rube" mixed up in it at me, I turned and said a few things to him iu chofce Chicago- 6.=- -, ho laughingly admitted his mistake and apologized. [ found a few change-. other places and faces so familiar as to make me feel I had not not been away al all; I found the same barber who had told he had solved the problem 01 beating the races and if some one would only stake him for twenty-five dollors, he would make a hundred thousand before September as he was still shaving people. Presume lie could r.ot get any one to stake him. Hunted up our !w town's bovs. Harry and Oriow Jordan, Or low had his coat off and hair in his eyes, star ing hopelessly at a long column of iigures and complaining that they took his appetite away. Harry was keep ing things on the move in a big whole sale grocery house. lie told me he had generously looked after my pretty little girl, while I had been gone, and had secured first place;that Iconld play the gallant to her widow chaperon, such a lovely arrangement—for him. When I went to ray old time restaur ant for my breakfast of coffee and rolls, I found the three large rolls had shrunk to two small ones, which left a crying need for more, a3 I brought a country appetite back with me. They have had waiter strikes here all sum mer and I am going to strike one to— when I get ehi'i heavy enough. I ordered whitcfish, without tomato sauce. I got the sause all right, which pored over my flsh puts me in about the same kind of humor as does a cup of hot coffee spilled down the back of my neck. I scraped the sauce off and called the waiter's attention to the speckled skin, telling him it was trout. He said it wasn't,they were only freck les the whitefish got from swimming on top of the water in the sun. When I gave the baggage man the check for my big telescope grip, which con tianed my worldly possessions, I found both ends burst out, the handle off and a big tare in the top. The bag gage man smillingly informed me, it might have been worse. Chicago peo ple are a rushing, generous, optimistic lot, who put up with things which would set people of the east kicking. I am glad to be back but would like to be able to attend the socials and en tainments oi the Candy Kitchen Clnb, The Corner Stone Club and others, who always enter so heartilly into overything they do Very Truly, S. J. FEE. Chicago, Sept. 6tli, 1903. BRIEF~TIENTION. Fewer gallons; wears longer; Devoe. If yon want the best in clothing go to N. Soger's, the Allegheny Avenue clothier. N. Seger has just returned from New York where he purchased a most hand some line of fall and winter clothing. Call aud see him. Carrie Nation, the saloon buster, has been relinked to her husband. Mr. Nation must be a man of great courage, nerve and endurance. LOST.—A pig about two months old; been missing about one week. Any in formation as to its whereabouts will be appreciated by Mrs Michael Hout. The old reliable clother N. Seger is offering some big inducements in clothing in order to make room for his big fall and winter stock which is ar riving almost daily. The Puget Sound salmon crop is re ported to be a total failure. The poor man will havo to live on apples, of which the United States has x-aised a little over a half barrel for every man. woman and child in the country. Bishop Potter said recently, "You cannot servo your fellow men unless you are willing to touch them." The Bishop evidently has no faith in charity administered with a pair of tongs. He does not regard it as "the greatest of these." The Rev. Thomas S. Wilcox, D. I)., Presiding Elder of the Wiiliamsport District of the Methodist Episcopal Church, together with the pastor of the Cameron Circuit, drove to More Hill, Wednesday 9th, where the "Se cond Quarterly Conference," of the charge was held. Rev. Wilcox preach ed a powerful sermon at 7:30 p. m., after which lie administered the Com munion. A special collection was lifted with which Ihe trustees purpose purchasing new window lights for the church. The full amount necessary was raised. This is the begining of needed repairs on the church, which the pastor hopes to make, as well as lift the debt hanging on this charge. NO. 29-
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