THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS., ISSTABIJSHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH 1866. VOL. 3«. NO PKESS NEXT WEEK. We shall not issue tho Pauss next week, reserving tho oldAime right to enjoy a week's vacation. The office will remain open for the transaction of business and job printing, as well as receiving new subscribers for the com ing year. New Money. The First National Bank of Empori um, always up-to-date and studying how to please their patrons, have adopted the unique idea of paying over their couuter only new money, both gold, silver and paper, during the week. We bad the pleasure viewing the handsome sight—sl,ooo gold certi ficates down to ?IPO. Big riortgage A mortgage for §9,000,000, given by the Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad Company in favor of the States Trust Company, ot New York, was re cently filed in the Register and Record er's office for recording. Register Goodnough is busy recording the lengthy document, and, as the printer would say, it is a "fat take." A Great Sufferer. Mrs. A. J. Siefried, who has baea a great sufferer for several months, was brought from Cameron last Thursday and taken to the home of her sister, Mrs. Chas. Hout, West Sixth st., that her attending physician, Dr H. W. Good, might give tiio sufferer closer at tention. Mr. Seifried, her husband, is doing everything within his power ta restore his help-mate to health. Senator Harrison l>;ad. State Sonator John T Harrison who was nominated by the Bapuhlioans for i Receiver of Taxes of Philadelphia, ! die iat his hotna last Friday Ms wis ill only a short tinvj John T Harrison was born in Eng land in 1949, ao.l v/n b/ongtis to thlj country while still an i'st'ant. He I served throughout th Civil war ia tho I ! Eleventh Maryland volunteers and ! later engaged in them inafaoture of ; hosiery. Mr. Harrison was a member ] of the State House of Representatives I in IS 11, 1893, 1393 and 190), and wa« j elected to the Senate in 1902. We knew the deceased intimately and greatly respected kim. Philadel phia and the Republican party loses a valuable citizen. An Instructive Lecture. The lecture last Friday evening, by Mr Harvey Graeme Furbay in the People's Star Course was, despite some 1 irrelevant jibes at the audience and some futile attempts sit- humor, full of thoughtful and instructive matter. The lecturer is familiar with the facts of history which ha interprets in the of scientific and Christian con- | cepts Our civilization, ha said, is a develop::.ont which aw us its peculiar | character and thought to the power of j Christian ideals. In the Christian con ception of human brotherhood we iind the historic germ of a great democrat, ical nation. Tho truths pro-jlaiuaei by Christ prepared tho way for M igna Chart 1, the Declaration of Rights and the Declaration of Independence. In conclusion tho lecturer pointed to some elements of danger and disturb ance in our present conditions. The proper time on which to approach the solution of the race, trust, and labor problems, is by keeping true to tho ideal and spirit of Christian brother hood, which has been the guide of our progress in the past, and must be the star that will lead us through present perplexity to better things in the fu ture. Thirty-Five Years on Judicial Bench. At the October election, 1863, Hon. C. A. Mayer was elected president judge of this district, then composed of Centre, Clearfield and Clinton counties and presided over his first court at the December term of the same year. Since that time Centre and Clearfield counties have become separate judical districts and Clinton county has been added to Cameron and Elk counties forming the Twenty-fifth judical dis trict, over which Judge Mayer now presides. Tuesday, December 15 he oou'd be seen sitting upon the bench in the courthouse in this city, disposing of legal points with his usual dispatch and quietly celebrating the 73rd anni versary of his birth and at the same time celebrating the thirty-fifth anni versary of his service on the bench. This is the longest consecutive term any judge of any district in the State has served. Judge Mayer has five years of his present term yet to serve and judging from his appearance he will serve out that time and have sev eral years to spare to caper with the young fellows after he has rounded out his forty years on the bench.—Clinton Democrat. Pennsylvania's Prosperous rinances. There is 110 State In the Union with a financial condition in any way com parable to that of Pennsylvania. New York shows larger transactions in a year but it is heavily burdened with debt, while this State has practically none, the sinking fund being equal to all obligations. There remained in the Treasury Monday night the extraordi nary sum of $15,818,559, almost $12,- 000,000 of which was in the general fund, applicable to the payment of ap propriations. The total receipts for the year were §21,000,000 including loss than §400,000, for the sinking fund, and there was a balance carried over from the previous year of nearly $13,000,000 the not gain for tho year being almost $:5,ou0,000, nearly all of which is from the general fund. This is an astonish ing statement when it is remembered that the balance in 13!)9 was less than §5,000,000, which was the average for ten years previous. This immense sum has been raised entirely without any resort to direct taxation on real estate. The receipts come from various sources,largely from corporations and corporate stock. There is no State where the burdens of taxation are less felt, not even in New Jersey, where the people live off the taxation of the trusts. The balance now in the State Treasury is drawing interest, and the sinking fund will this year have a net balance to its credit be yond the total obligations of the Com monwealth. This is a condition which no other State can equal, and it cer tainly is a justification of the policy of the Republican party, which has paid off a debt of more than $40,();j0,000 and has increased the revenues from less than $4,000,000 to the present magnifi cent total. This State spends nearly §0,000,000 :i year on the public schools, and is now building oat of current re- Capitol in the country, a v.i rk of art as well as a useful structure. Large as were the appropriations by the last Legislature, it .is ev'.-J • r. t i it there will be a handsome surplus wi; a it meets again, and there will l>o many agencies for good which it can estab lish without danger of a deficit.—Phil adelphia Inquirer. Farmers' Institute. The attention of our farmers is called to the list of institutes, to be held in this county this winter, by the State Department of Agriculture, assisted by the local board of institute manager* for the county. These meetings are in tho interest of all our farmers, and opas to all. The expenses of conduct ing them is bore by the State. No col lections are allowed or 'ha advertising of atiy business. Tho discussions are upon farm topics for the benefit of farmers. Arrange vour business HO as to attend to take part in the exercises. All class-as of citizens are welcome, and interesting programmes have been pre pared. The county chairman is W. H. How ard, of Emporium, Pa., who will b* glad to send programmes or informa tion to any one who will make tiie re quest. The State Speakers who will be pre sent are: Ilobt S. Seeds, of Birming ham, Huntingdon, Co., Pa., and C. I). Northrop, of Elkland, Tioga, Co., Pa. The institutes will be held at tho fol lowing dates and places: Jan. 19th and 20th, 1904, at Emporium, and Jan. 21st at Driftwood. Come out to these meetings and bring your families and friends. James Hundy Dead, James Mundy, aged about 43 years died at ths Austin Hospital this (Thurs day) morning about ten o'clock. De»th was caused by pneumonia. Be fore being taken down with his fatal illness Mr. Munday met with on acci dent from the effects of which he had not fully recovered at the time of his death. In his home at Hulls where he ran a hotel, in starting down stairs he tripped and fell the fnll length of the staircase and was quite seriously in ?ured. Mr. Mundy was born in Emporum and was u worker in the woods in thie vicinity before Austin existed as any thing but timberland. In the early days of Austin he work ed on the log and spike trains, but of later years he has been engaged in the hotel business. He was married Au gust 25, 1890 to Miss Esther Boyington, of Wellsville. He was probably one of the best known men in this part of Potter. Mr. Mundy leaves a widow and two brothers, John and Charles, and Mary Ellen, of Emporium. —Austin Republi can. Pipes, briar and mereschaum, suit able for Holiday presents at John Cruice's Cigar Store. < "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."— WEßSTEß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1903. ■ The years are going by with a steady, resistless sweep that no human power, whether of brain or hand, has ever been able to check or stay. There is a final period set to the continuance of all sublunary things, and sooner or later the point 3s reached at which our places, our plans and' our positions become the legitimate subjects of a change as invincible as the diameter of a sphere. Since it is true that our stay in this world is limited, and our op portunities for doing good are pass ing and will not tarry to sidt our convenience or our moods, it is therefore just as true that we should live above that selfishness which refuses to others that meas ure of kindness that makes life's pathway smooth and the sky bright. I % - r • :■ * i" 'p. ' v -v ..?■ " V .1 . F -V; D ,Y <:■■■ ■'<'> V * / '■[ fe * r i 4 '''' 1 * r-i ■■ 'V- -» F B- •*! « i »'' T Latest Popular Music Miss May Gould, teacher of piano- j forte, has received a fail line of the lat est and most popular sheet music All the popular airs. Prices reasonable. _ 44-tf. Dance Christmas Evening. T. L. Wheaton wishes to announce to the public that he will give a public dance at Sizerville Hotel, Ohrisuias evening, Dec. 25th The public cord- j ially invited. Dunce ticket#, ten cents, j License Court. License court was held at Empori-, um on Monday, Judges Mayer and As sociates Walker and McDonald presid ing. All licenses were granted, except the following: Wm. Hathaway, re fused; Jas. B. Hayes, Harry McGee, Dan'l McCormic* and Peter Shoup held for future decision. Tije Judge delivered himself in plain language to those applicants to whom the court granted licenses warning them (as has been done many times before) that violations would be severely dealt with. Christmas Greeting. 1 j AH seasons are alike propitious » for doing good, because all seasons "| have their sufferings; but there are | special times when it is, indeed, "More blessed togivethan receive." The. season of Christinas festivities j will have dawned upon us before I another issue of the PKI:SS shall have come to your homes. Permit j ; us, then, to express our gratitude - , for the many acts of kindness which the old paper has received from the I people in the very many years of j toil and struggle and triumphs j through which it has passed to the! present, now. We do not intend to weary you j with a long article, as we certainly should were we to write what is in | our heart to-night. We will leave that part of the work for others, j ; and confine ourself to tho perform-1 Severely Burned. Mr. Daniel Ericsson, chemist employ-1 ed at Keystone Powder works, met | with a serious and painful accident, j Monday morning. Whilecarrying two i glass jarsof acid he attempted to cross a ' small stream of water on a plank or slab. ] The s'ab rolled, throwing him to the' ground. Bome of the acid entered his : left eye and onto his hands, causing great pain. Supt. Geo. W. Van Wert hurried the chemist to Dr Good's of fice for treatment. While his eye is In a very serious condition it is hoped the ; ] sight may be saved. Ex-Congressman Dead. Hon. ft. J. C. Walker, died at Phila delphia last Friday, aged 85 years, j When a resident af Williamsport he represented the old 18th district in Con-1 gress. He leaves a wife. Choice line of Ave and ten cent ! Cigars, especially for our Holiday trade. Leave orders early. Union j mode. JOHN CRUICS. i anee of a plain and important duty. Let us not forget, in the midst of unnumbered blessings, those who are less favored than we have been since the Christmas bells were rung i one year ago, and let us, as far as ! we are able, endeavor to make some ! heart and home brighter and hap pier by our helping hands. The 1 fact that wo have made some bur den lighter and some path a little ; smoother will make our Christmas ! dinner taste better. We hope that every tabic in Em porium and Cameron county, in J fact every PKUSS reader, will be supplied with one brown, tender j and juicy turkey, and that every I little stockingand big stomach will Ibe filled to repletion. To the pat ! Rons of the PUKSS, and all others, Iwe wish a Merry Christmas and I Happy New Year. I Finger Pinched. Julius Skinner, a lad fifteen years of I age, while working at a shell machine j in Climax shell room, lost the tip end of the index finger of left hand. Dr. j Good dressed the injury and the young ! man can now view the shop windows 1 until after Christmas. Special Jury Court. There will be a special jury court for Cameron county, to be held Monday, Feb. 22d. This will be the first jury j court convened in over twenty months, j although the attorneys claim they have suffered by the lack of same. Four prisoners and, we understand, several important cases await trial. Baptist Church. Morning Subject: "The Infantile j Telegraph of Love." In the evening the Pastor will preach from a text in a ! way descriptive of Emporium, and in closing will ring out the patriotism it contains Public most cordially in j vited to attend the services. I Colored paper, suitable for Ohrist maa chains at Pases office. TERMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCE. WEATHER REPORT THURSDArFuir t . byT - B - L,oyd - ) FRIDAY, Fair SATURDAY, Rain and Snow. 20 PAGES" BRIEF fIENTION. Everybody reads the PRESS. MeClure, Phillips & Co , will pub lish, during the month, a boot: on "The Lyceum and Henry Irving," by Außtin Bereton. The moat welcome Christmas present to yoor absent friends would b a. re ceipt for a year's subscription to the PRESS. Drop ns a postal—we'll do the rest. People who care to know how a prac tical naturalist lives and works should 1 read "Our Naturalist at Home," which is the story of the daily life of a lover of animals and birds, and appears in the Woman's Home Cnmpanion for January. Juiy Ist William Weeks, of Jersey Shore, had his right foot nearly sever ed, causing lockjaw and eventually death. Five weeks later the wife died of blood poisoning and last week their infant child died from of an operation for spinal trouble. Mr. Henry Irving has himself taken a keen peronal interest in the book, and has lent the use of a great part of his valuable collection af Iyc?tim momentos. An edition de luxe will be painted on Japan vellum, and wil! c c t:iin the original au'ograph of Sir Henry Irving and Ellen r< rry. Noah was the first man to advertise. Ho advertised the ft . 1 and if. enia atl right. The fellows who 1:>I: ; -IH lat the advertising got drowned and it served them right. Ever since Noah's time the advertiser has been prosper ous, while the other fellow has b. in swallowed up in the flood of dii-a ler. --[Ex. Win. Murray, another member > (he Bennett Moulton Stock Company, died at the Bradford hospital Thursday. This is the second death from typhoid fever in the company. The disease was contracted while the company was playing at Butler a few weeks .ago. Three of their members were stricken while playing in Bradford, two of them dying, and two more were stricken at Titusville. Mr. Bereton is one of the best auth orities on the history of the English stage, and also a close friend of Henry Irving. He has been able to unearth matters of great interest, and his his tory of the "Lyceum" will contain much that is unknown and heretofore unpublished. It will be a cum[ 'ete history of the theatre from its earlii st phrases up to the timi of the last ap pearance of Henry Irving, and it will be illustrated with unique ii rtr iit i>f the actoisin their variou co*: