Agriculture!
AND
PIC-NIC
TO BE HELD AT
KEYSTONE PARK, EMPORIUM, PA.,
Saturday, October 3d, 1903
Under the auspices of the
CAMERON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.
EVERYTHING FREE. ONE DAY ONLY.
Bring your lunch baskets and have them well filled with good
things to eat. Come prepared to have a first-class day's outing
and enjoy a good time. The invitation is extended to everybody
throughout the county. Don't wait for a personal invitation.
Come anyhow. You will be welcome.
If you have anything of merit, bring it, and place it on exhi
bition, no matter whether it is on the list of prizes or not. A
prize will be given in every case where there is merit and compe
tition.
If you have anything of merit bring it even though you do
not think it will win a prize. There will be several who will be
glad to see it.
Report all exhibits to the Secretary, Mr. N. A. Ostrum or F.
G. Judd not later than nine o'clock 011 morning of fair and be
ready for inspection by ten o'clock, if possible. All exhibits to
be by number which the Secretary will give the owner when he
reports his exhibit. One exhibitor may have any number of ex
hibits.
Ample building accommodations will be furnished free for
all stock and every kind of exhibit. Each exhibit should be ac
companied by an attendant.
In order to receive a prize for any exhibit there must be not
less than two competing. Competent Judges will be appointed in
each department for awarding the several prizes.
See the following list of prizes. An effort will be made to
have everything on the list represented: v
Best Baby under 1 year old $5.00 Best Beef Steer . . . . SI.OO
Second best baby " 3.00 Best Spring Lamb.. . . 1.00
Third best baby " 2.00 Best Buck Sheep. . . . 1.00
Best Colt under r year old 1.00 Best Ewe 1.00
Best Colt between 1,2 years 1.00 Best Angora Goat . . . 1.00
Best Stallion, of any breed 1.00 Best Sow and Pigs. . . . 1.00
Best Calf under 1 vear. . . 1.00 Best Brood Sow .... 1.00
Best Bull and Heifer. . . Best Boar i.oo
between 1 and 2 years 1.00 Best Angora Cats . . . 1.00
Would like to have represented as many different breeds of
milch cattle as possible, but can offer 110 prizes for them this year.
For best pen (one cock and Best bushel Oats 50
four liens) of the follow- Best bushel Corn 50
ing breeds of Poultry Best bushel B»<*wheat. . .50
c ■ . , Best bushel Rye 50
of any variety: Plymouth Best bushel Beets 50
Rocks, Wyandots, Leg- Best bushel Tomatoes .50
horns, Hamburgs, Polish, Best bushel onions _
Langshangs and Cochins, Best six heads Cabbage >SO
each. SI.OO Best six "Cauliflower .50
Best pen of Ducks. ... 1.00 Best six "Celery.. . .50
Best pen of Geese .... 1.00 Best six Pumpkins ... .50
Best pen (1 male, 2 female) B est six Squash 50
Turkeys, any variety . . 1.00 Best exhibit of canned
Best pair Peafowls " . 1.00 Fruits and Jellies.. . .50
Best pair Guineas " . 1.00 Best exhibitseverel varie-
Best cot of five pigeons . . 1.00 ties G f Apples or other
Best pen (1 buck, 3 does) . p ruits
Belgian Hares 5 o Best home baking (bread,
Best bushel Potatoes .. . .50 Pies or Cake) S o
Best bushel Turnips 5 o Best Needle Work . . . .50
« eS ! >US ,C ! PPkS 50 Best . Fanc V Work (Crock- '
Best bushel Pears 50 eting, Embroidery or
Best bushel Peaches 5 o Lace, etc 50
Best bushel Wheat 50 Best Quilt Pattern 50
OonAn One hundred yards by boys under 12
rUUI UmifiS >' cars - First,7sc; second. 50c; third, 25c.
iUVI Not less than five starters.
Race of two hundred yards by young men under 20 years.
First, $1.00; second, 50c.
Race of two hundred yards by men over 20 years. First,sl.oo;
second, 50c.
Race by girls between 10 and 16 years, one hundred yards.
First, st.oo; second, 75c; third, 50c.
1 ——
Possibly a Foot Ball Game in Afternoon.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER i, 1903.
Tlir KnrllrM ruiiftnatlnn.
Punctuation by means of stops or
points, so as to indicate tin' meaning
of sentences anil assist the reader ton
proper < to .miici:ition, is ascribed origi
nally to Aristophanes, an Alexandrian
grammarian, who lived in the third
century B. Whatever his system
may have been, it was subsequently
neglected and forgotten, but was rein
troduced by Charlemagne, the various
stops and symbols being designed by
Warnefrled and Alcuin.
The present system of punctuation
was introduced in the latter part of the
fifteenth century by Aldus Mauritius, a
Venetian printer, who was responsible
for our period, colon, semicolon, com
ma, marks of Interrogation und excla
mation, parenthesis and dash, hyphen,
apostortjfeffand quotation marks. These
were copied by other
their use became univer
sal.
Most ancient languages were inno
lent of any system of punctuation. We
find in many early manuscripts that
the letters are placed at equal distances
apart, with 110 connecting link between,
even in the matter of spacing, au ar
rangement which must have rendered
reading at sight somewhat difficult.
Barrie nml the Kdttor*.
Soon after J. M. Barrie leaped into
fame the editors of three London Jour
nals for which he had done a good deal
of work determined to give a dinner in
his honor. Mr. Barrio accepted the in
vitation, and indue course the three
knights of the pen and scissors and
llielr distinguished guest sat down to
gether. The hosts, knowing their con
tributor only by his work, fully antici
pated a "feast of reason and a How of
soul." However, the soup and tisli
were consumed without a word from
Mr. Barrie, or, at least, with nothing
beyond noncommittal grunts. Despite
frantic efforts to lure him into conver
sation, it was not until he rose to put
on his coat that he made the first and
last remark that he uttered during the
evening, "Weel, this is the first, time
I've ever had dinner with three ed
itors."
A Perfectly Plain "Direction."
Once upon a time Judge Carter was
riding through a rural district in Vir
ginia. Tie stopped at M negro's cabin to
get his direction. "I'nele," said lie,
"can you direct me to Colonel Thomp
son's?''
"Ves, sail," replied the negro. "Vo"
goes down this yah road 'bout two mile
till yo' comes to an ol' ailm tree, and
then yo' tu'ns sha'p to the right down
a lane fo' 'bout a qua'ter of 11 mile.
Thah yo' sees a big white house. Yo'
wants togo through the yard to a paf
that takes you a spell to a gate. Yo'
follows that road to the lef till yo'
comes to three roads goin' up a hill,
and, jedge, it don' mattali which one of
them thah roads yo' take, yo' sure gets
lost anyway."—Stewart Edward White
in Outlook.
Betrothed at nirth.
In some parts of west Africa the
girls have long engagements. On the
day of their birth they are betrothed to
a baby boy a tritle older than them
selves, and at the age of twenty they
are married.
The girls know of no other way of
getting a husband, and so they are
quite happy and satisfied. As wives
they are patterns of obedience, and the
marriages usually turn out a success.
This way of managing the affairs of
the heart would hardly suit an inde
i pendent American girl, but it seems to
i answer 011 the west coast.
Sho find Noticed.
He was talking to the pessimistic,
sharp tongued damsel.
"Have you noticed," he asked "that,
as a rule, bachelors are wealthier than
married men?"
"I have," she replied.
"How do y-ou account for it?" he in
quired.
| "The poor man marries and the rich
| one doesn't," she answered. "A man is
| much more disposed to divide nothing
j with a woman than he is to divide
| something,-you know."
Novel Sobriety Teat.
j To ascertain whether a man was
drunk or sober a Dublin doctor made
! him hop twelve feet on the right foot
j and the same distance on the left and
then stand on one leg for seven sec-
I onds and the other leg for four sec
; onds. The man stood the test and the
| magistrate accepted it as proof of his
| sobriety.—London Mail.
Her View of It.
"Pshaw!" she exclaimed disgustedly
as she caine to the most interesting
part only to read "to be continued." "I
don't see Why they call these things
'continued stories.'"
"No?" queried her husband politely,
i "No; they should be called 'discontin
j ned stories.' " —Exchange.
Mncli In I.lttle.
Crusty Old Gentleman—Your singing,
j Miss Taylor, Is like attar of roses—
Miss Taylor (with a gratified smile) —
j Oh, you are too Mattering.
1 Old Gentleman (continuing)—A little
j of it noes a very long way.
Currency Preferred.
"So far as I am concerned," observed
j Spendahl, "I don't care whether we
; have an elastic currency or not; but, by
; George. I'd like to have it a little more
j adhesive!"— Chicago Tribune.
I'repr»re<l Par AujrtliliiK.
Lowlek—Y'oll say the unexpected nev
\ er happens to you, eh?
Stowiek—Exactly. I've got so used
; to it that I always expect it now.—Phil
adelphia Public Ledger.
Mother Nature is the greatest and
noblest of teachers. Study her rules
and laws, and if you .follow and obey
I them you will not go far wrong.—Max
i Well's Talisman.
How He Won III* Hi't.
In a certain office building in the
downtown district there is a club on
<lll upper floor, with an express eleva
tor service for members. The other
day two of the latter emerged from the
dining room, where they had eaten
luncheon, and eyed the elevator floor
indicator. The arrow moved in two
shafts, one of them the club elevator
express route.
"It's wonderful how much time a
jinn can save by these expresses," re
marked one of the pair.
"Nonsense." said his companion. "I
ran get to the bottom on a local and
beat you while I am doing it."
"Ten dollars that you can't," was the
reply.
The cages in both shafts opened with
a click, and without fnrther parley the
two men separated, entering the differ
ent electors. The local got away a
fraction of a- moment ahead of the ex
press. When the man in the latter
stepped out his acquaintance was wait
ing for him.
"llow did you do it?" gasped the ex
press passenger, digging down for the
forfeited bunk note.
"That was easy," said his companion.
"I gave my elevator man half of the
bet—ln advance—and lie didn't make
any stops."—New York Post.
Worlted N YJVIIIK Chain.
Dr. P. L. Hurt's pointer dog was the
cause of a good deal of amusement and
excitement in Boonville one day. The
doctor stopped at a trough to water his
horse. A sewer pipe about a hundred
feet long passes under a crossing at this
place, and the dog. being warm from
running, crawled into the pipe to get
cool. When the time came to leave he
could not turn around, and as the pipe
was crooked he could not see the oppo
site end of it, so there lie stuck. After
various suggestions had been made for
getting him out a small negro boy was
sent in after him. The boy got him by
the leg, but then found that he himself
could not back out. Here was a pretty
howdy do. Finally a second negro boy
was sent in. His legs remained within
reach from the outside, and when he
had caught the first hoy by the legs
and the first boy had got a secure hold
011 tiie dog's legs some strong men took
the second boy by his legs, and thus
they were all pulled out.—Exchange.
To Stiver the Drowning.
Many a swimmer stops short before
learning how to approach 11 drowning
person, but lie should add a knowledge
of this as of the proper means of arti
ficial respiration before he can be ac
counted a master of the art. So says
the London Chronicle, and adds: "The
swimmer 111 difficulties may always be
assisted, even by a tyro, provided he be
himself a strong enough swimmer, but
the bather who cannot swim at all or
who lius entirely lost Ills presence of
mind should always be approached
from behind and seized by the arms.
Then by swimming 011 the back it is
easy to tow him to safety. Further,
the bather in difficulties should remem
ber that throwing the arms out of the
water tends to sink the whole body, the
air belli? a poor supporting medium for
their weight."
The Pecullnr Gunge,* Water.
There is a scientific basis for the uni
versal faith —usually culled supersti
tion —among Hindoos in the cheanslng
qualities of the Ganges as well us in Its
peculiar sanctity. Careful experiments
lias shown that the river possesses ex
traordinary and inexplicable antiseptic
properties. A government analyst took
water from the main sewer of Benares
which contained millions of cholera
germs. When emptied into a recepta
cle of Ganges water in six hours they
were all dead. He took undeniably
pure water and threw 11 few of these
cholera germs In. They propagated
and swarmed. These tests were tried
repeatedly.
"I.lve null" For Alliicatorit.
The negroes of Jamaica, In the Brit
ish West Indies, use "live bait" to
catch alligators. They ticva puppy to a
tree near the alligator's haunt and
await developments with a gun. The
puppy's yeli> is exactly like the bark of
the baby alligator. Naturally Mrs. Al
ligator conies out of her mudhole in
the lagoon, thinking somebody is trou
bling her offspring. Then the negro
gets to work with his gun, and Mrs. Al
ligator falls a victim to her maternal
affection.
A Servlnn Idiom.
"Greenlee says that when he was
abroad he courted a Servian girl."
"Custom any different from ours?"
"I guess not. Greenlee says when he
called on her they usually sat vis-a
vis."
"I don't believe a word that Greenlee
says."
"Why not?"
"There's no such expression as vis-a
vis In the Servian language. It's viteh
a-vitch!"—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
What He Took Her For.
"What! Marry you!" snorted the
fiery tempered maiden. "Huh! What
do you take me for?"
"For better or worse," he replied
promptly. So they were married and
lived unhappily ever after, for, alas,
she was worse than he took her for.
A DlNtlnetion.
"I dislike so much to be called a 'po
etess.' " said a young woman who some
times wrote verses for publication.
"Perhaps," suggested her matter of
fact brother, "if you will write a little
better quality of poetry people will call
you a poet."
For Company Use.
Visitor (during temporary absence of
hostess)— What beautiful teeth your
mamma has. Tommy.
Tommy—Yes'm; she never wears that
set 'cept when she has callers.—Balti
more American
1 IIOTT PlnnetN Are Welched.
The planets exercise as certain an in
fluence upon each other as do two
pieces of wood floating upon water in
a basin. As they fly through their pre
scribed ('."bits and approach or travel
from each other they are observed to
deviate from the course which they
must have pursued but for the increase
or the decrease of some influence of at
traction.
By making observations of this tend
ency at various times and by compar
ing a number of results it Is possible to
weigh accurately any planet, however
vast and however distant.
All such calculations are founded
upon the law of universal gravitation.
The mass of a planet attracts other
masses in the solar system, so that cer
tain movements result. We can ob
serve the character of these movements
with our telescopes and ascertain their
amount, and so from our measure
ments and estimates we can calculate
the mass and weight of the planet by
which such movements have been pro
duced.
Difference of Opinion.
"What is genius?" asked the man
who has a liking for abstruse questions.
"There Is a difference of opinion on
that question," answered Mr. Slrius
Barker. "Some people think that gen
ius is an infinite capacity for taking
halns, others that it is the ability to get
lou without doing any work worth men
boning."— Washington Star.
Matured.
"So you met the usual fate," said the
man who sneers. "Yoirwent into Wall
street intending to be a bull or a bear
and find yourself merely a lamb."
"No," was the answer. "I'm not a
lamb. I've been on the losing side per
sistently for years. I'm a sheep."—Ex
change.
Ills Surprise.
Mrs. T.—What are you making those
grimaces in the glass for, my dear?
j J^r.^T.—l'm to practice a look
of (astonishment. Some of my friends
are going to make me a present to
night, and I am supposed to know
nothing about it
The Way It (JOCK.
"I heard lironnick remark that he
never hud such luck in his business as
he's having now, but I didn't catch
whether it was good luck or bad."
"Oh, he meant bad luck, of course.
If it were good luck he wouldn't speak
of it as luck at all."—Philadelphia
Press.
Scanning Hit* Motive.
You can't be dead sure that a young
man is saving to get married just be
cause he stops smoking cigars and be
gins to smoke a pipe.—Boston Globe.
No, he may be smoking the pipe to
get even with the neighbors.—Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
THE CHAMPION
MIXED PAINT
Sold by I*. TAGGART has nr
superior.
Fourteen years ago I painted my
house with these paints and am now,
for the first time since, repainting it.
H. L. Smith, the painter, says he never
knew of a house in better condition
for painting after having stood so long.
A gentleman, whose name I will not
mention, living in our town, painted
his house thirteen years ago, with
these paints and he has engaged some
paints to repaint, saying that lie would
have no other.
Dr. Heilman will also testify as to
the merits of these paints. County jail
painted four years ago. John Lind's
two houses painted two years ago and
many others, all speak for the virtue
and staying qualities of these paints,
and is better evidence than any man's
word. Look at them; then buv the
Champion paints and paint your house
and be happy.
Also paper your house with the ele
gant wall paper at Taggart's and be
doubly happy.
THE EinPORIIJM
Bottling Works
HENRY KRAFT, Prop.
Is prepared to make
your summer season
one of good cheer.
Finest Domestic
Wines and Beers,
Embracing all the pop
ular brands. Fine line
of light wines, guaran
teed absolutely pure.
Celebrated Erie Beer
ALWAYS READY.
Send your orders by
letter or 'phone early.
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AUDITORS' REPORT
OF SHIPPEN SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE
YEAR 1902 ANO 1903.
I ROBERI WARNUH, Tn .i.Hiirer, i:i :t runt with
Slii|>pen I'ov.-n.-hip School Fund
DR.
; To amount Bec'd from O. S. Peters Ex-"
| Treasurer,. j, (m 7 6r>
I to cash from P. H. Culver, Coil. 1901,... :i0 00
:To do do County Trcas 1900,.. 100 0O
ITo do do do do 1901... 200 0d
To do do State appropriation 1,727 93
„ , Special <lO 83
To do do P. 8. Culver 1&02, . 52135
To do do do do 1901,.. 210 00
To do do County Trea5.,—1902... 1,500 Of)
To do do Kurt/. Bro. freight re
turned 5 kj
To do do County Treas., 574 21
To do do P. 8. Culver, 1901, . 205 00
$0,233 12
C*.
By paid H. J. Lewis, *.Ui 00
By paid C. R. Kline, 9 31
By pajd C. B. Howard fc C 0.,. 2 70
By paid Murry & Coppersmith, 8 52
By Paid George Barker ti 50
By paid Balcom &. Lloyd 13 80
By paid W. F. Lloyd, 21 59
By paid H. G. Phillips 48 69
By paid Edwin Brink, 20 00
By paid Oscar Reed 60 00
By paid American Book Co 216 81
By paid Johnson & McNarnev, ;;2 00
By paid H. J. Newton 1 00
By paid Harry Lloyd, 5 00
By paid Frank Moon 113 75
By paid W. F. Lewis, 16 00
By paid Archie Carter, 1 50
By paid Allen Russell, 16 00
By paid O. S. Peters 39 00
By paid F. K. Zimmcr,... 2 00
By paid Ray Lyons 27 25
By paid Frank Dodge, 12 00
By paid F. X. Blumle, 7 00
By paid W. L. Dixon 5 50
By paid Wlll. McDonald, 44 00
By paid D. A. Hkinner, 15 00
By paid Roberts; & Meek, 5 76
By paid 1. K. Hockley, 4 60
By paid W. H. Jollif, 10 00
By paid Margaret Nicier, for teaching
and institute, 235 02
By paid Bessie McCaslin, for teaching
and institute, 20174
By paid Rose Ganev, for teaching and
institute, 235 62
By paid Katie Welch, for teaching and
institute 235 62
By paid Ezra Smith, tor teaching and
institute 235 62
ily paid Ida Racket, for teaching and
institute 23.5 62
By paid Anna Cleary, for teaching and
institute 235 62
By paid Drucie Evers, lor teaching and
I institute 235 62
: By paid George Leavitt, for teaching
and institute 290 00
By paid William Leavitt, for teaching
and institute 325 00
By paid Jessie McCain, forteacliingand
institute, 252 75
By paid Violet Housler, for teaching
and institute 35 00
By paid Beatrice Divai.y, for teaching
and institute, 253 75
By paid Ida Hummerson, for teaching
and institute, 235 62
By paid Lora ftlcQuay, forteachingund
institute,. 251 87
By paid Mary Blanch Moon, for leach
ing and institute, 253 75
By paid Nettie Moore, for teaching and
institute, 271 87
By paid Mabel Mulliner, for teaching
and institute 235 62
By paid Annie May Aioun, for teaching
and institute, 253 75
By paid Cameron County Pre 55,....... 40 00
By paid C. ,1. Goodnougli, 5 00
By paid Pa. School Journal, 7 00
By paid S. S. Hacket 62 85
By paid Gilinaii Leavitt, 7 00
By paid Mike Ziminett 1 00
By paid Elihu Chadwick 27 50
By paid Kurtz & Bro., 143 94
By paid L. Lockwood, 2 00
By paid Henry Lyons, 3 00
By paid Robert Clark, 50
$5,659 09
RECAPITULATION.
Total receipts ?6,203 12
Total Expenditures, 5,059 09
Cash on hand,. $514 03
ASSETTS.
Cash on hand $544 03
Due from P. S. Culver, 1900, 20 00
do do do do ....1901, 419 69
do do do do ....1902, 979 35
$1,962 98
ROBERT WARNER, in account with Shippen
Township School Building Fund.
DR.
To cash from O. S. Peters, $93 30
To cash from P. 8. Culver, 211 56
To cash from County Treas 779 23
$1,086 09
C'R.
Paid A. H. Shafer, $6 60
Paid Samuel Dinney 292 97
Paid Jonathan Lockwood, 12 00
Paid Chas. Speclit 9 00
Paid Chas. King, 39 30
Paid Oscar Reed, 5 00
Paid Casper Sipple, 2 7.'
Paid Chas. King, 15
Paid M. McNeil, 18 (
Paid H. J. Newton, 77
Paid Jas. Granger,. 7'
Paid George Markett \\£
Paid Oscar Heath, •'
Paid Allen Russell,
Paid Ray Ostrum,... 0®
Paid Mr. Colson, 00
Paid Murry & Coppersmith, ' j®
Paid Frank Lewis, "J 00
Paid J. A. Fisher,
Paid George J. I.aßar, 5 80
Paid Emporium School District J?
Paid Mrs. E. Close, 2 00
Paid W. J. Leavitt, 2 00
Paid Fred Streich, If 00
Paid Thos. B. Levey, 65 83
Paid P. S. Culver * 00
Paid Fred Zimmers, jjJ
Paid Frank Judd
Paid Jos. Bessig, 2 00
Paid William Lewis J
Paid Frank Moon, • • 1 50
Paid George Leavitt, •• 2
Paid G. W. Spangler, •• •
Paid D. Toner, * 00
Paid S. S. Hacket • • • • 47 17
Pnid 0.8. Peters, 100
Paid Robert Faucett, ® 2S
Paid Frank Lockwood 16 00
Paid C. B. Howard U Co., MO H
Paid L. Lockwood 22 6, >
Paid Mrs. Gill Leavitt 4 0O
Paid W. W. Lewis, 12 00
Paid 2 per cent, commission. 24 41
*1,216 44
Balance dueWWa r
Total receipts.®® 0 :^™"" 1 ""' *>.<>B6 09
Total expenditures, i,24b 44
Balance due
Due from P. S. Culver,!®:,?®- 97 ' $998 23
Due from L. Lockwoo'®®®' 91 64
$1,089 87
Lcfr amount due Trr 1 60 35
Ba ce 1929
ROBERT WARN! Scl >° ol Treasurer, in ac
count with SI- en Township School Bond
FUUtI - DR.
Cash received frrj?-!J r , e , as , ?S0 oo
Cash received fr/, • Culver, 101 90
Cash received fr t°*,„ reas -» * • 326 00
Cash received fr 2°' ™ reas '' 10 87
Cash received 112 x° 4 Treas. 11 54
Cash received , 112 47
Cash received' 11 > eters, 913 44
$1,565 22
By paid 70 c °" s at J2 - 5 9-': $175 00
By paid 2 p ent commission 3 50
Balance due fund, $1*386 22
RECAPITULATION.
Total re/Vh $1,565 22
Total ex Jditures 178 50
Cash o ' an<i $1,386 72
ASSETTS.
Cash tland £1,386 72
n .. nP. S. Culver, 1901.... 99 20
j) ue m P. S. Culver, 1902,... 160 03
Total assetts .$1,645 95
• the undersigned Auditors ol the Town
sH 1 ' Shippen, do hereby ceriify that we have
.iined, audited, adjusted and settled the fore
.M accounts of the School Treasurer and that
{above is a true and correct statement of the
le.
fitness our hands this 23d day of Sept., A. D.,
W. W. LEWIS.
W. D. SWESEY,
Township Auditors.