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Whenever the Woman's Christian
Temperance union Is touched upon, one
„ ~ , . instinctively looks
Medicine and
for controversy, for
Temperance. wha(evcr Qnc n]ay
think of the principle that organization
stands for, no one can deny that it
fights hard for wnat it undertakes, it
is, therefore, with some apprehension
that we note the fight that is being
made against belladonna and aconite
as occupants of the family medicine
chest. The South Side Woman's Chris
tian Temperance union, of Rochester,
met a few days ago, according to the
New York Post, to discuss "the
family medicine chest and what it
should contain." When the attention
of the members was called to the terri
ble fact that both belladonna and acon
ite contain alcohol, there was no hesi
tation in deciding that they should be
banished promptly. Every woman at
this epoch-making meeting was armed
with a list of the remedies an ideal
family medicine chest should contain.
When these had been well shaken to
gether and diluted with a flood of dis
cussion, it was found that the articlas
Indispensable to the chest were: Sirup
of ipecac, peppermint, wintergreen,
oux vomica, vaseline, turpentine, am
monia, baking soda, glycerine, witch
hazel, castor oil, nitre, bandages, flan
nels, borax, camphor, and quinine. Not
a word was spoken for some of the
good old remedies that have been cher
ished for generations: Cod liver oil,
sassafras tea, mustard plasters, and
sulphur and molasses —all three were
as if they did not exist. We may be
persuaded to spare aconite and bella
donna —they have a sort of homoe
opathic suggestion anyway, not to
speak of the devil that lurks in the
alcohol they contain —but it would be
only common generosity for the Ro
chester Woman's Christian Temper
ance union to let us keep the good old
remedies.
It is not often that a servant girl Is
carried to her destination by a special
, . . train, but that is
Speelnl Train (or
what happened re
• Servant tilrl. .
eently, according to
m dispatch from Westchester, Pa., in tho
Chicago Inter Ocean: "A special train
■was run over the Pennsylvania road
from here to Oakbourne last night.
The distance is two miles, and the only
passenger was a servant girl who did
not pay for the special. The girl came
■up from Philadelphia on a ticket read
ing to Oakbourne. In some way the
conductor of the train overlooked the
fact that he hail a passenger for that
station and ran onto this place. The
girl showed her ticket and refused to
leave the train. The conductor fumed
and offered to send her back in a car
riage, but she refused to compromise.
The train was held while the official
telegraphed to headquarters at Medina,
■where word came to run a special train
of an engine and one car back to Oak
bourne for the girl's accommodation.
The girl smiled broadly during the en
tire trip."
The- farmer who is out of debt and
has his corn crop in the crib, his stock
■well hous d and his larder supplied with
buckwheat flour and fresh sausage, is
in a position of greater independence
than Pierpont Morgan, Chauneey De
pew, John I). Rockefeller or any other
feller. There may be times when the
lot of the farmer is full of care and
anxiety, but most of them are content
and very independent these cool days.
Not so many, many years ago a dis
turbance on Wall street or in the mone
tary circles of the east had the imme
diate effect of throwing the west into a
condition of unrest—sometimes of panio
—but nowadays the west simply stead
ies itself when Wall street gets flurried
and eastern banks go tumbling, and
this steadiness soon encourages tho
east to take h'art against impending dis
aster and to right itself financially.
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Do women reaily want to vote? With
sadness, says the Atlanta Journal, ■wje
are compelled to state our belief that
no appreciable percentage of them do
care much about it. With sadness, we
say, because we also believe that if
the majority of thwn did care to do so,
and would take the trouble to inform
themselves thoroughly, the results of
their balloting w«*ild be very benefi
cial.
ENGLAND AND PROTECTION.
Political KoonouiUtu Trylnn to tiring
About (li<* Ainerlcun
S>'«tem.
The London correspondent of the
Protectionist makes an interesting
presentation of the campaign carried on
by Joseph Chamberlain and those in po
litical and economic sympathy with him
who are endeavoring to bring about a
system of moderate protection for Brit
ish industries. The correspondent says
the time has come when it is possible to
gauge tho results of the work of educa
tion which Mr. Chamberlain has been
carrying on and to form some estimate
of public opinion as to the policy pro
posed. and he makes this summary:
"There Is undoubtedly a complete absence
of tintnu.fla.sm for duties on grain, meat
and dairy produce; they have no attrac
tion for either the public or business peo
ple. although it is felt that it would be
fair to make such concessions to the
colonies for an adequate preference on
manufactures. There is. on the other hand,
a very dt-eided feeling throughout the
country and among all classeo (except, of
course, the rabid Cobdenitefl, who form a
very small minority) In favor of duties on
foreign manufactures whereby they may
be kept out of this country. Nearly every
manufacturer in nearly every branch of
industry hope>s to receive some advantage
from duties averaging ten per cent, on
imports of manufactures. They may not
keep out in every case the foreign brands;
they may not even Increase the prices; but
they will alleviate the severity of com
petition. The millers, farmers and land
owners look in the same way upon the
suggested duty on imports of foreign grain,
Hour, meat, cattle and dairy produce.
Manufacturers are nearly all of opinion
that the proposed duties on their products
would not check imports. In their judg
ments such duties would in certain trades
be paid by the foreign maker and his
agents, reducing their |>rcfita In othir
casts they think they would be added to
the retail price, but in any case competi
tion, owing to the necessary customs and
other formalities, would be made more
ditticult to foreign imports, while prices
would be changed only little, If at all.
"In the engineering and machinery
trades, so far as can be ascertained only
four per cent, of the manufacturers are
against the proposed duties. This view is
based on the belief that users of machinery
in England would have to pay the duties,
and that they would tend to Increase coloni
al and foreign competition. Forty-two pi r
cent, of the makers think that the duties
would not exclude machinery; 34 per cent,
believe they would have that effect, and 20
per cent, are undecided, believing that the
duties would have no effect either way.
The opinion seems to be very general that
an average duty of ten per cent, would not
Injure exports in these trades, though it
would to a small extent reduce the imports
from abroad and improve home trade to
that extent.'
The conclusion of the whole matter is,
says the Troy Times, that there is a wide
belief that as a result of adopting pro
tection prices will go up all around, but
that the resulting benefits to the trades
most directly interested will more than
counterbalance that advance, because
British artisans will no longer be forced
to face foreign competition, especially
from the United States and Germany—
in a word, that "the Chamberlain pol
icy will help the British manufacturer
to secure a greater hold upon the home
trade than is possible under the present
regime." That is sound protection ar
gument as it has been presented on this
side of the water, and American protec
tionists have no objection to the pro
posed change. They will take their
chances in competing with others in Eng
land and elsewhere, for they do not be
grudge their English brethren the ad
vantages to be obtained from a system
which has worked so well in this coun
try.
Knot* I Them.
Certainly all the preconceived no
tions of the free traders and the predic
tions they have made as to the ultimate
result of protection have been ruthlessly
upset by actual facts. We have been told
over and over again that other countries
would not buy of the United States if it
maintained a tariff barrier. Yet the
United States is exporting more of its
products than evei before. It was also
alleged that we could never hope to
compete in the markets of the world
with our highly protected manufactures.
Our sales abroad of manufactured goods
are constantly increasing, and the su
periority and relative cheapness of our
goods receive more and more positive
acknowledgment as their merits become
known. No wonder the Englishman
with ingrained conviction as to the in
fallibility of free trade as a means of
assuring a big commerce finds himself
in a somewhat dazed condition.— Troy
Times.
£7"lt seems that the democratic party
desires togo on record once more as op
posing anything that looks like a step
forward.—Chicago Inter Ocean.
f ? Mr. Bryan remarks that "Cleve
land's friends, by supporting the repub
lican party, give emphasis to points of
similarity rather than to points of dif
ference." By way of an issue in 1004 the
democrats might, try to be as near like
republicans as possible. That course
would be within one step of good poli
tics.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
cit is pretty hard for democrats to
get together on anything nowadays, it
seems. The minority members of con
gress want to oppose the Panama treaty
but cannot muster up courage to do so.
And the democratic senatorial caucus
broke up in disagreement, some of those
present, wishing to amend the Cuban
reciprocity bill but none of them having
a very clear idea as to where they were
at. And that is about the general con
dition of the party.—Troy Times.
Gorman should not com
plain because the republican senators
circumvented him in the Cuban reci
procity matter. Nine or ten years ago
the Maryland man, when the Wilson act
was before his branch of congress, was
master of the situation in that body. A
good many things have taken place
since then in this country. Or.e of these
things is the expansion of the repub
lican party and the shrinkage of the
democracy. German is a very small per
sonage in the politics of the United
States to-day, and this is a circumstance
on which the United States is to be con
gratulated.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1904.
ANTI-ROOSEVELT MANEUVERS.
Kuccmieer Democraln Henortlnir to
Their I'miiiil Mellioiln to l)e
--feut the I'reMldent.
The Cincinnati Commerclal-Tribuna
comes forward with a third editorial,
warning the republican party against
the nomination of Mr. Roosevelt. This,
like the other two, is in e. high key, says
the Washington Star, as* very strongly
suggests the siren of a railroad locomo
tive speeding along with its wheels well
greased with Standard oil. If the Pier
pont Morgan-Rockefeller trust and mine
owners' combination, whoaeanti-Roose
velt maneuvers have been so thoroughly
exposed within the past few days, had
prepared these deliverances they would
not have differed in any degree from
their present nature. They contribute
to the purpose of that combination, and
meet its wishes. But these lively blasts
awaken no echo, and leave their author
or authors exposed and ridiculous, ff
they have served any other than the
purpose intended it has been to 6how
that the president is easily the one man
his party has in view for next year's
nomination. Outside of trust and dis
gruntled railroad circles, no other namo
is seriously mentioned at all.
The enormous amount of money rep
resented in this anti-Roosevelt crusade
is something for the people to consider.
Mr. Rockefeller is the richest man in
the world; Pierpont Morgan is very
rich; the disgruntled railroad interests
command hundreds of millions of dol
lars; the big trusts are numerous; the
coal mine owners control milionsof cap
ital. The operations of all these inter
ests are widely extended, and they em
ploy a great army of men. If they are
as active as this in the green tree, what
may be expected of them in the dry?
When they fail —as they will fail —to
defeat Mr. Roosevelt for the nomina
tion, what turn will they take to try to
defeat him at the polls? How many
"inquiries" will they make then about
local sentiment here and there, and how
many favorable responses will they re
ceive?
And the people, we may be sure, will
consider these things. The people's best
interests are menaced by them. Here is
an effort to control both parties. The
first play is for control of the republi
can party. That will fail. Then atten
tion will be centered on the democratic
party. Who is the man that this great
plutocratic crowd want for the demo
cratic nomination? And hejw will they
make play for him?
These buccaneers should be, and will
be, defeated. They are without politics
or scruple, turning from one party to
the other as time runs, and endeavoring
to use both for individual as against the
public interests. Being in a close cor
ner now, they are a little more open than
ordinary. Their tactics are a little closer
to the naked eye.
DEMOCRATS WILL OBSTRUCT.
to Defeat the Wlwhen of
Malcontent** Combine witli liullrontln
the People.
It is evident that the democratic sen
ators are about to come to the aid of the
transcontinental railroads by refusing
to advise and consent to any treaty with
the republic of Panama for the con
struction of a canal. As they have more
than one-third of the senate, it is plain
that they can preve*- the ratificatior
of any such treaty, an u as the "steering
committee" is said to be unanimously in
favor of opposition on partisan grounds,
we may be sure that the railroad mag
nates feel that the bogy of canal compe
tition is effectively suppressed for the
present, says the San Francisco Chron
icle.
The session of congress preceding a
presidential election is a time when all
other issues are subordinated by the
minority to attempts to put the party in
power in what is hoped to be "a hole."
It is certain that the present session
will be no exception to the rule, and prob
able that it will prove to be a shining ex
ample. It may well be doubted, however,
whether an attempt to prevent the con
struction of an isthmian canal by the
only route by which it now seems that
it can he constructed will be found "good
politics." The people of the United
States want the canal. The transconti
nental railroad corporations do not
want 't. The route decided upon is in
possession of the republic of Panama.
That republic wishes te> promptly ne
gotiate a treaty to enable us to promptly
build the canal. The democrats, for
what they think to be good partisan mo
tives, propose te> join the corporations
to defeat the will of the people. That is
undoubtedly good railroad politics and
should assure very large railroad con
tributions to the democratic campaign
fund, but while it may bring money, we
do not think it will bring votes.
Senator Hoar can get any satis
faction out of the fact that his recent at
tack on President Roosevelt's action in
the Panama affair has given much aid
and comfort to the democrats he is a
queer sort of republican. By the way,
can any person recall any progressive
or constructive policy that was ever
originated by Senator Hoar? As an
academic fault finder and didactic scold
he has been much in evidence, but his
achievements in the way of practical
statesmanship are nil. lndianapolis
Journal.
c?" William Jennings Bryan and Mark
Twain are both in Italy. Mark Twain
told the Italians, by way of a good joke,
| that he is a candidate for president of
| the United States. It has not been re
j ported that Mr. Bryan has yet attempted
any such witticism in regard to himself,
j —lndianapolis Journal.
Fo raker but states t he facts
when he says that the republicans will
lie stronger in the next presidential cam
paign, with the record of the Roosevelt
administration for an issue, if they put
the president at the head of their ticket
than they would be if they nominated
somebody else— Cleveland.
OUTLOOK FOR 1904.
Urndatrect*' lfovletv of Trade Condi*
(loin—Country Stronger I'liianrlally
I'liun I'lve Year* A(*o— Manufactory
Hiirliic** limy BE Looked I'or,
New York, Dec. 31. —In its annual
review of the business year of 1903,
Bradstreets says:
Nineteen hundred and three was a
year of irregularity in speculation,
distributive trade and industry—in
some cases of severe strains vari
ously applied and as differently with
stood. As the residuary legatee of at
least five years of great prosperity,
it had to bear cumulative effects of
previous years' mistakes, and at the
same time to carry burdens having
their inception in the year itself.
Yet the tests were well withstood
and, while excess occurred, tho
course of events so far has proved
that the* general trade foundation
was essentially sound, and that the
structure reared upon it was in the
main well built.
Summarizing the year's develop
ments, the review calls attention to
the excellent condition of trade and
industry during the first quarter and
the multiplication of labor troubles
•luring the second quarter, June 1
seeing the largest number of men
out of employment in many years.
Building 1 construction at many large
cities was cheeked, and it was prac
tically at a standstill at New York
throughout the summer. The high
price of cotton caused the more or
less constant idleness of 2,000,000
spindles and 100,000 operatives in the
middle of the year, while reductions
in wages of many thousands of work
ers in the last months impaired the
purchasing ability of the industrial
element.
It is with a chastened spirit,
coupled with some doubt, the review
conclueles, that the business commun
ity awaits the developments of 1904.
Unsatisfactory conditions are suffi
ciently widespread to take away
some of the buoyant feeling with
which the advent of recently preced
ing years has been contemplated.
Efforts to revise costs of production
and readjustments to meet changed
demand and supply conditions have
made good progress.
The presidential campaign may be
unsettling, though not, as In pre
vious years, a source of financial dis
quiet. The strength of the agricul
tural interest makes for confidence
in good trade in the country's basic
industry. Building operations bear
a better appearance. Free exports of
excess manufactures and minerals
are to be expected, but as yet no evi
dences exist of overproduction. Up
to the middle of 1903 the country had
been traveling at a swift pace, but no
marked signs of over extension are
visible. Moreover, the United States
□f today is in a far stronger position
than it was ten, or even five years
ago, and we owe less abroad than
ever before. There are still some
sloud shadows, but the barometer
has begun to rise, and the commer
cial world may expect a fairly satis
factory business.
BOODLERS BUSY.
'lore ICvldence lo Crooked Work
by tlie School Hoard of Kalian* City,
Hun.
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 31.—Further
evidence of boodling on the part of
members of the board of education
of Kansas City, Kan., was presented
before the grand jury yesterday,
tieorge McL. Miller testified, it is
'•id, that another member of the
board had agreed to secure for the
agent of a Chicago book firm, for a
bribe of S7OO, the contract for supply
ing the public schools of the city
with books.
tieorge Morrison is said to have tes
tified that when he tried to sell the
board of education a site for a school
building for $3,000, agreeing to divide
his commission, that the member told
him that he came too late. Later
another real estate man sold the
same site to the board for $4,000.
'.Mr. Morrison also testified that he
had paid rebates on insurance to a
cierk of the board.
An Important Dcrhion.
Pittsburg. Dec. 31. —In the United
States circuit court yesterday Judge
Acheson handed down an opinion in
the case of William Doyle vs. the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. which
will be far-reaching in its effect. In
the opinion Judge Acheson virtually
says that a railroad company is re
sponsible for tin? full value of goods
lost in transit, notwithstanding the
printing of a clause on the face of
the bill of lading calling for a maxi
mum allowance for release, unless
the agreement us to value shall have
been made between the railroad and
the shipper, anil also agreement as tc
freight rate, and the signature e>f the
shipper secured to the agreement.
A Kepubllcaii Love feast.
Indianapolis, Dec. 31.—Republicans
from every section of Indiana at
tended the annual "love feast" of the
party in this state yesterday. Sena
tor Charles W. Fairbanks made a
brief address in which he said he had
no doubt that President Roosevelt
would complete the work of the
i&thminn canal without any act of na
tional dishonor, although his way is
beset by serious embarrassments.
Senator Beveridge also spoke.
Kxploftlon In a Brewery.
Qttincy, 111., Dec. 31. —l!y an explo
sion of a rice cooker in the main
building of the Dick Brewing Co. yes
terday the building was almost com
pletely wrecked. Parts of machinery,
brick work and girders were hurled
a hundred feet or more. Leo J. Goor
res, a watchman, was the only per
son in the building at the time and
was badly hurt. Loss $60,000.
KTxiiikl Silver 111 Colller'x 'l'l'liiilc.
Atchison, Kan., Dec. 31. —iA trunk
belonging to W. N. Lockett, the con
fessed counterfeiter arrested at
Leavenworth and containing ten
pound of mcltud silver, was found
yesterday in bis room on a farm
north of Atchison where Locketl had
worked a - a farm hand. The police
are certain that. Lockett. had confed
erates and that they have operated
extensively in this section. I
DUN'S REVIEW.
A Summary or Trade Condition* Hcir-
In IT Holiday Week.
New York, Jan. 2. It. G. Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says:
Violent, fluctuations in cotton and
uncertainty regarding' the situation
in the far east were the only signifi
cant factors in the business situation
during the holiday week. Numerous
expressions of confidence are heard
regarding tbe future, especially at
the west and south. Manufacturing
plants have taken a longer vacation
than last year, but many announce
resumption of work on Monday.
. Textile mills are confronted with a
lack of proper proportion between
prices of raw material and finished
products, and it is evident that costs
of production must be held down in
some way or much machinery will be
come idle. Transportation lines are
well engaged in handling grain, live
stock. fuel and lumber, while earn
ings thus far reported for December
exceed the previous year an average
of 5.6 per cent.
Few new contracts for iron and
steel are reported, yet the general
level of quotations is fairly main
tained. and better conditions are ex
pected early in 1!>04. Several special
transactions are reported in billets
and wire rods at concessions, but
these do not affect list figures.
Failures this week numbered 232 in
the United States, against 2!>B last
year, and in Canada 17, compared
with 8 a year ago.
WE WANT THEM.
Crrmauy Will Not bo Allowed to Ac
quire it Coaling Minion In tlio l»an-
Ixli West Indie*.
Washington, Jan. I.—lnformation
! has reached Washington to the effect
that Germany is making a quiet but
! determined effort to secure posses
i sion of a coaling station at St.
; Thomas, one of the Danish West In-
I dlan islands. The news comes in a
i manner that requires further con
firmation before official notice can be
j taken of it, and as such rumors have
not been infrequent in recent years
, and generally proven to be ground
less the state department Is disposed
ito move with the greatest clrciun
j .spection in the matter.
As the United States government
has offered a fair price for the Dah
! ish West Indian islands, a prices
which the executive branch of the
Danish government consented to ac
| cept by the signature of a treaty,
! even though the latter was rejected
! by the Danish rigsdag, it is the feel
| ing here that the matter has
| progressed too far to allow any
I third party to come between the
United States and Denmark in this
I transaction. In other words, Den
| mark is expected to sell the islands
to the United States or to retain
them.
Engineers Strike.
Chicago, Jan. I.—a strike of en
gineers was declared Thursday
against 125 office buildings in Chicago.
Agents of the union said men would
be called out of 20 more buildings.
At the Masonic Temple one engineer
refused to leave his post. One obeyed
union orders and quit. The elevators
continued to run. The strike was or
dered upon the refusal of the Busi
ness Managers' association to pay the
scale demanded—37% cents an hour.
It was announced that the union was
I backed by the steam power council
| and expects to shut off the coal sup
: ply of the buildings under the union
j ban.
Three Killed, I'onr Injured.
Chicago, Jan. 2. —Three persons
were killed and four others injured
in a fire last night that destroyed
the Louvre Hotel, 3i>ll-3G23 Lake ave
nue. Nearly 100 f>.iests were in the
hotel at the time the fire broke out,
several of whom had retired for the
night. With the remembrance of the
Iroquois theatre horror fresh in their
minds, every one in the place became
panic-stricken and rushed madly for
the streets as soon as it became
known that the hotel was on fire.
At a late hour the dead had not been j
identified. The building was prac- j
tically destroyed.
itfllcM illnkci a s'redlctloji.
St. Louis, Jan. 1. —Lieut. (Jen. Nel
son A. Miles, U. S. A., retired, who
stopped here Thursday, en route east,
said in an interview "If war is dei
clared between Kussia and Japan it
will involve all the nations of
Kurope." Asked if he meant that ail I
the nations in Kurope would come to '
the aid of either Kussia or Japan, he j
said: "Yes, they would become in- 1
volved in that way." He declined to
say whether he thought this country
would become involved or not.
A IJlt; (111 111 Wage*.
Pittsburg, Jan. 1. —The employes of
the Homestead steel works received
definite news yesterday as to flic ex
tent of the wage reduction and great
dissatisfaction was caused. The ton
nage men suffered a severe cut and
the rollers averaged a 40 per cent, re
duction. The shear men, who for
merly made $3 or $9 a day, will now
have to work long hours to make $5.
A considerable number of the em
ployes walked out of the mills.
Depot by Fire.
Bethlehem, Pa., Jan. 2.—Fire last
night gutted and badly damaged the
large Union depot of the Lehigh Val
ley and the Philadelphia iV- Heading
railroads. The United States Ex
press Co. removed safely all valuable
packages and over $200,000 in money
to the Wilbur bank. The damage will
amount to many thousand dollars.
!HcClel!nn I* mayor of New York.
New York, Jan. 2. —George I!. Mc-
Clellan became mayor of New York
City yesterday. He arrived at the
city hall accompanied by his secre
tary. and walked through lines of
democrats under an arch of plants
and flowers to the mayor's reception
room, where he was greeted by the
retiring mayor. All the democrats
in town seemed to be on hand, and
long lines, reaching to the city hall
steps, were formed by file police. It
took a long time for the democratic
enthusiasts to tile by the mayor's
desk. After the reception the new
heads of departments were sworn in.
On the Spol.
He—Q'reer habit Miss Passay ha*
when you're talking to her.
She—Doesn't she listen?
He—Oh, very attentlvevly, but she
keeps nodding her head and interject
ing "Yes, yes," all the time.
She —I think she has fallen into
that habit waiting for some man to
propose.—Philadelphia Press.
I)l««liulliir Opinion.
"I found a four-leavcl clover this
morning," said the young lady boarder.
"There is an old saying that the Under
will be married within a year."
"Huh!" growled the old bachelor at
the pedal extremity of the table. "I
always thought the finding of a four
leaved clover was an omen of good
luck."—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Predate.
Miss Wabash —Last Saturday was
your birthday, wasn't it?
Miss Boston —Preposterous! How can
you be so silly?
Miss Wabash —What's the matter with
that?
Miss Boston —Last Saturday was the
| anniversary of my birth. I'm not an
I infant.—Philadelphia Press.
Matter of Choice.
"George, dear," said the homely
j bride who had half a million in her
| own right, "why did you ever marry
j such an ugly girl as me?"
"You may not be a beauty, dear,"
answered truthful George, "but you're
worth your weight in gold; besides, I
either had to marry or goto work." —
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Clone Season Now.
Gaylord—Nice reputation you've got.
Wildairs—What's the matter with it?
Gaylord—Well, Mrs. Freckledby was
j telling me how g-lad she is you don't
! call on her daughters.
! Wildairs —Huh, she needn't be afraid
: —the season for "speckled beauties"
I don't open till April.—M. Y. Times.
A i>i ■■ 11H K 111 in- PenoMtt.
"I'm sorry," said the private secre
tary, "but the president will not see
! you."
| "Try again, won't you?" persisted the
white house visitor, "tell him I'm the
I man in the brown hat that stood in the
; crowd when the rough riders left Tampa
: for the front." —Philadelphia Press.
Hep Moment of Victory.
Bella's watch slipped out of her belt
; and fell upon the-stone sidewalk.
[ "Oh, what a pity!" exclaimed the oth
| er girls.
"Not at all!" 6aid Bella, with a cry
of triumph. "Papa is always telling me
: I pinch my waist. This will show him
I don't!"— Chicago Tribune.
111. Ideal.
Editor —What do you mean by "a girl
| of rare intelligence, and one who refused
| to take advantage of alleged advantages
; offered her?"
Critic —Simply this —she does not
dance, sing, or play, but she can sharpen
a lead pencil, drive a nail and keep a se
cret. —N. Y. Times.
JuMt Like Politician*!.
"What are the wild waves saying?"
murmured the woman as she stood on
the silver lining of the mighty main.
"Nothing, Maria," replied the man.
hoarsely; "they are like some people we
know —they make a great deal of noise,
but don't say anything."—Tit-Bits.
L— . _ . !j
Business Cards.
B. W. GREEN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Emporium, Pa.
A buslnesnrelatingto estate,collections,rmi
wtntes, Orphan's Court and generallaw business
will receive prompt attention. 42-1 y.
J. C. JOHNSON. J. P. MCNARNB*
JOHNSON & McNARNEY,
A TTORNE YS-AT-LA W*
EMPORIUM, PA.
Will give prompt attention to all business en*
rusted to them. 16-ly.
MICHAEL URENNAN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Collections promptly attended to. Real estate
and pension claim agent,
85-ly. Emporium, Pa.
THOMAS WADDINGTON,
Emporium, Pa.,
CONTRACTOR FOR MASONRY AND
STONE-CUTTING.
All orders in my line promptly executed. AIJ
1 tndsof building and cut-stone, suppled at low
prices. Agent for marble or granite monument*,
Lettering neatly done.
AMERICAN HOUSE
East Emporium, Ta.."
JOHN L. JOHNSON, Prop'r.
Having resumed proprietorship of this old and
well established House I invite the patronage of
the public. House newly furnished and thor
oughly renovated. 4Sly
F. D. LEFT.
VITORNEY-AT-LAW and INSURANCE AG'T.
EMPORIUM, PA
I>> LAND OWNENS AND OTHERS IN CAMERON AND
ADJOINING COUNTIES.
I have ntiuiß'ous calls for hem'ock and hard«
•rood timber lands,also stumpage.tc., and parties
desiring either to buy or sell will do well to fall
on me. F. D. LEET.
CITY HOTEL,
WM. MCGEE, PROPRIETOR
Emporium, Pa.
Having again taken possession of thisoldand
popular house I solicit a share of the public pat
ronage. The house is newly furnishedand is on#
of the best appointed hotels in Cameron county.
80-ly.
THE NOVELTY RESTAURANT,
(Opposite Post Office,)
Emporium, Pa.
WILLIAM MCDONALD, Proprietor.
I take pleasure in informing the public that J
have purchased the old and popular Novelty
Restaurant, located on Fourth street. It will be
ray endeavor to serve the public in a maunei
that shall meet with their approbation. Give me
a call. Meals and Inncheon served at all hour*.
n027-lyr Wm. McDONALD.
ST. CHARLES HOTEL.
THOS. J. LYSETT. PaoPßiirroß
Near Buffalo Depot, Emporium, Pa.
This new and commodious hotel is now openeO
forthe accommodation of the public. New in tj
Itsappolntments, every fctlention will be ps.i' to
the guests patronizing this notel. 27-17 ly
MAY GOULD,
TEACHER OF
PIANO, HARMONY AND THEORY,
Also dealer in all the Popular sheet Mutic,
Emporium, Pa.
Scholarstanght either nt my home on Sixth
street or at the homes of the pupils. Outoftown
scholars will be given dates at lay rooms iuthia
place.
P. C. RIECK, D. P. S„
DENTIST.;
Office over Taegart's Drug Store, Emporium, P*.
(las and other local anaesthetics r.d
ministered for the painlesd eitrnclioß
•-UTTTy* of teeth.
SPEClALTY:—Preservation of natural teetil, l»
iluding Crcwn and Bridge Wcrk.