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Psychology of Crowds.
In a certain fire panic in a theater
Which might be named, a calcium light
Bt the back of the house, in the bal
cony, flashed up with a loud splut
tering sound and a blinding light.
There was no real explosion—no
fire. But while all the people in
the house heard this sound, only
a few could see that the light had gone
out and that there was no danger.
Somebody screamed: "A fire!" And
then, says the New York Mail and Ex
press, came the psychological moment.
The fools tended to brean loose. A
man in elegant attire climbed from the
auditorium to the stage, and ran with
coattails flying past the actors. There
was a roar of feet in the galleries. The
large audience began to rise; it was
poised for an Instant between life and
death. But in that instant two men
in the center of the house began to
shout, with fearful oaths and denun
ciations, to the people thereabout to
sit down. Then one of these men
roared to the actors: "Why don't you
goon?" The dazed actors did goon.
The people in the galleries saw that
the center was quiet, and at last most
of them subsided —but not until many
women had been fearfully trampled on
the stairs. In this case two or three
Individual intelligences had aroused
the individuals of the crowd to exer
cise their own intelligence, and a gen
eral panic was prevented.
A Century Offered Too High.
After Mr. Sol Oppenheimer had finish
ed his remarks on length of life before
the Hundred Year club, of New York,
says the World, there was not muau
comfort left for advocates of a utrenu
ous existence. Ambition interferes with
sleep, mental strain hurts the arteries,
envy produces fever, hatred is a prolific
parent of disease, love makes the pulse
erratic, anxiety causes jaundice and
when prolonged leads to cancer. It Is
a good philosophy—for those who like
it and are willing to purchase years at a
igh price. No one who is rightly con
stituted cares for a malicious Indulgence
In hatred or envy. Anybody is willing
to escape worry if reasonably possible.
But who would exchange the achieve
ments of a reasonable ambition for a
purposeless decade of living? Or miss
the alternate thrills and chills of love
Tor a few twelvemonths more of sitting
lonely by the hearth? Take away your
century, Mr. Oppenheimer, unless you
offer it at a better bargain. The only
reasonable terms will be such as to leave
life an expression—not chain of sup
pressions.
When men oo not like the way the
world is made thay make it over to
«t:lt themselves. As nature did not
connect the Red sea with the Mediter
ranean, the Suez canal was dug. Be
cause it takes too long togo by water
from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean,
a "ditch" is to be cut across the isth
mus of Panc.ma. The Russian govern
ment has had plans prepared for a dam
across the Kertch strait, the outlet of
the sea of Azof, to raise the level of
water in the sea so that ocean going
ships may be able to call at ports
along Its shores. The sea is so shal
low —its depth varies from three to 52
feet —that only small boats can navi
gate it now.
The surest way to discountenance
grafting in public auetirs is to insist on
publicity in public auairs, says the
Kansas City Star. Of course, this can
not be "provided" by the law, for offi
cers who want to do illegal things
could evade the provisions for public
ity. But if the people themselves
would take a greater interest in munic
ipal matters and would show their re
sentment when they are denied the
confidence of their servants they could
insure a more open and candid trans
action of public business.
A worker among the wayward street
boys of New York city gives little par
ties at his house, and invites a few
boys at a time to meet decent men and
women. The influence of tne fellow
guests is at once apparent in the de
meanor of the urchins. Their pride is
touched, and they begin to show an
encouraging degree of self-respect.
"When I send out invitations among
the boys," says the worker, "85 accept
out of 75 asked."
REPUBLICAN PROSPERITY.
ShiartMl by .-*ll l h*» Soul l»«M*n Mhl«'k a ml
Ekltfclally in I lie Mute of
GeurK in*
■Republican prosperity Is marching
through Gtorgia with great strides. One
of the readers of the St. Louis Globe-
Democrat in that quarter tells us that
though Georgia was once the leading
state of the union in gold production, she
is now producing commodities that far
exceed in value the entire gold output of
the United States. Cotton is that state's
golden fleece to-day, and the value of
that raised in the state, together with
that, manufactured there, aggregated
$101,000,000 in 1903, while the gold tak
en from the mines of the entire country
in that year amounted to only about
$75,000,000.
These are great days in the old "em
pire state of the south." If Robert
Toombs were alive in these halcyon and
vociferous times in his state he would
consent to become reconstructed. Even
Alexander H. Stephens, one of the acut
est minds which Georiga ever had, did
not forseethe industrial conquests which
were to be achieved by his state within
a few years after his death. Probably
"Joe" Brown was the only Georgian of
the old order who ever got a glimpse
prophetically of the good times that were
just ahead of him. and the reality must
be far better than anything that he had
in his mind's eye. Henry Grady, the
new south's prophet, ought to have lived
a few years longer, so as to see some of
the glories which he used to picture
prospectively.
But the prosperity which has come to
Georgia is shared by ail the southern
states in greater or less measure. These
are golden days for the United States.
Republican good times diffuse them
selves through the whole country and
among all the people thereof, regardless
of race, color or previous condition of
servitude. Georgia does not contribute
any votes to the republican total, but the
republican party goes right ahead legis
lating for that state, and building up its
industries and giving themes for its edi
tors and poets just the same as it does
for Ohio, Massachusetts or New York.
Howell Cobb, if he could have forseen
some of the things that have come since
1801-65, would not have allowed hlssue
cessor, John A. Dix, to say: "If anyone
attempts to haul down the American flag,
shoot him on the spot." but would have
given this order himself.
REELECTION OF HANNA.
Rolnnrl.ll M<- Tribute ton ltomnrk
altlc Man anil it Victor
ious I'iirly.
The reelection by the Ohio legislature
of Hon. Marcus A. Hanna as United
States senator from that state is a re
markable tribute t<> a remarkable man
and to a victorious party, says the
Troy (N. Y.) Times.
When a republican legislature by a
majority of 01 on joint b'j/ilot—unpre
cedented in the history of the state —
elects its nominee, the popular indorse
ment of the republican party, resulting
in so large a representation chosen at
the last election for the legislature, is
Indeed wonderful.
As it was known that Senator Hanna
would be chosen in the event of repub
lican victory in Ohio, the immense ma
jority of last fall is a tribute to the sen
ator as well as to the party whose hon
ored representative he is.
Senator Hanna, as chairman of the
national republican committee and in
his seat in the senate, has done magnifi
cent work for the principles and policies
of the republican party. With as saga
cious a head as ever was carried on
shoulders, and with the pleasing direct
ness in public address of an intelligent
man of affairs, Senator Hanna has
grown steadily in the respect and con
fidence of the people. He is true from
the heart to the ideas of republicanism,
and he has become one of that illustri
ous group of statesmen of the past and
present to which Ohio points with so
much satisfaction.
The American people will welcome the
continued influence upon public affairs
of the active presence of so sound and
keen-witted a statesman as United
States Senator Hanna.
A 11 el** for Itryan.
William Jennings Bryan has at
tained so much popularity and promi
nence in England that W. T. Stead re
fers to him in the Review of Reviews
in these words: "England had the
opportunity of welcoming last, month
another distinguished visitor, who,
though not a crowned head or the
chief executive of a great nation, may
nevertheless be regarded as a repre
sentative personage of the first rank."
After the somewhat shabby manner ia
which America lias persisted in treat
ing William J. this must be as balm
to his spirit. However, Mr. Stead
somewhat qualifies his complimentary
remarks a little later in his article by
adding that Mr. Bryan reminds I3ng
lishmen more forcibly of the type of
the great American evangelist than as
a politician. This may be regarded as
complimentary or the opposite, just as
one looks at. it —in any case some
penalty must be paid for the gift of
oratory and a towering brow. —Min-
neapolis Times.
E7Mr. Bryan came home from Eu
rope with a "new idei" which he refused
to talk about, is refusing to talk Is
also a new idea. —Chicago Tribune.
c "An admirer of Grover Cleveland
says that he eoukl come nearer being
elected president than any other man in
the democratic party. Granted, but—
"so near and yet so l'ar!"—lndianapolis
Journal.
EJ'The people have already selected
the head of the republican ticket for
1904, and Senator Hanna is to be al
lowed to name the tail. The democratic
party, as usual, will contribute the hide.
—til, Louis Globe-Oimocrat.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1904.
VINDICATE THE PRESIDENT.
Current Evenl* Show I nml*ta It a 111 112
the W 1 Milom of 11 In I'lliiunit!
l'olley.
Those senators who persist in attack
ing the president's action in the Panama
affair in the foolish hope of making an
issue for the democratic party, fail to
perceive that the president is being com
pletely vindicated by current events,
says the Indianapolis Journal. In his
speech a few days ago Senator New
lands, of Nevada, admitted that.it would
be impossible to undo what has been
done, or to reestablish Columbia's sov
ereignty over Panama, but he insisted
that "the honor of the United States de
mands prompt disavowal by congress of
tho lawless and unconstitutional acts of
the president."
It seems incredible that, a man fit to
be in the United States senate, even from
a rotten-borough state like Nevada,
should lie willing to put congress in the
position before the world of disavow
ing and repudiating important interna
tional acts of the president, thus array
ing one coordinate branch of the gov
ernment against another, and holding it
up before the world as a house divided
against itself.
But while a few senators are thus
making an unpatriotic exhibit of them
selves, events are vindicating the presi
dent. All the leading powers of the
world have signified their approval of
the president's action by themselves
recognizing the independence of Pan
ama. How could congress disavow his
action without insultingthem? Hut the
senate is barred from such a course by
its own action in confirming the ap
pointment of Mr. Buchanan as minister
to Panama. This confirmation by more
than two-thirds majority, there being
only 16 negative votes out of 90 senators,
Is equivalent to a recognition of the
independence of Panama, and shows
that the treaty will be ratified by about
the same vote.
Another significant vindication of the
president's action is the complete eliin
ina! ion of Senator Gorman from the list
of presidential candidates since his fa
tal blunder at the beginning of the ses
sion. The history of American politics
may be searched in vain for a parallel
to this remarkable case of an engineer
being hoisted by his own petard. Two
months ago Senator Gorman was eas
ily in the lead among candidates for
the democratic nomination, and if he
had adhered to his customary policy of
"saying nothing and sawing wood," he
would probably still be in the lead. But
he opened war on the president's Pan
ama policy, and where is he now? Black
listed by his own party as an available
candidate, and as completely removed
from serious consideration as if he had
never been mentioned. His elimination
from the list of candidates is a vindica
tion for the president.
Democratic senators, like Bacon, of
Georgia, and Newlands, of Nevada, can
afford to denounce the president's ac
tion in the Panama matter because they
have nothing to lose. There is no dan
ger of their eliminating themselves from
the list of presidential candidates, as
Senator Gorman did. because they are
not in it. But their failure to elicit any
sign of approval from the people em
phasizes the vindication the president is
receiving
OPINIONS AND POINTERS.
tc?"Bryan declares he is not for Hearst
for president. Of course not. Why
should Bryan be for anybody but him
self? —Philadelphia Press.
democratic see-saw from
Cleveland to Bryan and then from
Bryan to Cleveland is an interesting ex
hibit of a party that doesn't know where
it is at.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
C-?' The democrats cannot iose Mr.
Bryan. Like a sore thumb, he is al
ways on hand at committee meetings
and conventions. A professional candi
date with no other visible means of sup
port will naturally stay in the business
as long as possible.—Chicago Chronicle
(Dem.).
tcrif the democrats had the confidence
of winning the presidential election
this year they pretend to have none of
them would be opposing the ratification
of the Panama canal treaty. They would
want, to put the canal enterprise In such
position that it could be promptly taken
up by their administration. —Philadel-
phia. Press.
C .'What an enormous amount of eat
ing is going on among the democrats
this year! Wherever there is a party
gathering there is a banquet, and there
are dollar dinners, five dollar dinners
and 50-cent dinners in every part of ;he
country. Perhaps the principle is: "Eat,
drink and be merry, for to-morrow we
die!" —Indianapolis Journal.
are some democrats in
Washington and perhaps a few scat
tered around the country who are in
clined to give Colombia the same kind
of sympathy and help they gave
Aguinaldo. But there are other demo
crats who remember what happened to
Aguinaldo and also to the'.r party p.s a
result of furnishing aid and com tort to
the enemies of their country in this
way, and they are not enthusiastically
indorsing the anti programme.—Troy
Times.
c The reelection of Hon. M. A. Hanna
by the Ohio legislature to be his own
successor for the term of six j ears, but
carries out the verdict given by the
voters at the polls on November !!. To
Mr. Hanna the tremendous majority he
received in the two houses of the legis
lature must have been particularlj
gratifying, considering the vicious ant 1
persistent attacks that were made upon,
him during the campaign, of which he
was the chief issue. No inac was ever
more bitterly assailed in a political
campaign; none ever won a more signal
victory over his enemies and detractors.
—Cleveland Leader.
AWFUL CALAMITY.
About 180 Minors Entombed
at C lies wick, l'a.
Aii llipluoloii, t'liimed l> v Firedamp,
\* rfi'kfd Slialt ol lfar<l\vl< lt
lfliu*!«'<l '.£<><> IM*CI
Away ICi'M'iilnix 3*artle«»
II fi <1 .11 any ISodicH.
Pittsburg*, Jan. 26.—Retwcen ISO
and I<K> men are lying 1 dead in the
heading's and passageways of the
iiarwick mine of the Allegheny Coal
Co. at Cheswick, the result of a ter
rific explosion Monday. Cage after
cage has gone do.vvn into the mine
and route up again, but only one
miner of all those that went
down to work in the morning lias
been brought to the surface. '
The explosion occurred at 8:20 a.
m.and the first, warning was tlte sud
den rumble underground, and then a
sheet of flame followed up the deep
shaft. Roth mine cages were hurled
through the tipple, 20 feet above the
landing stage, and the three men on
the tipple were hurled to the ground.
Mr. Scheetz, the manager of the
mine, said: "The explosion was ter
rific. Roth cages were blown from
the shaft, one of them a distance of
over 200 feet."
All day long there was a jam of
women and children waiting about
the mouth of the pit. There were
calls for assistance and for surgical
aid from the men in charge of the
mine, but it was not until 4 p. m. that
the first attempt at rescue was made.
l'ittsburg, Jan. 27. Even the ele
ments seem conspiring to prevent the
work of rescue at the liarwick mine.
Almost zero weather and a bitter,
cruel wind late Tuesday afternoon
swept down over the little valley
where the mine is located and nearly
added another list of dead to the long
black table already measured oil. .
At :i o'clock in the afternoon 16
men went down into the shaft to do
the work of brattieing, bolstering,
tunneling and removing the debris
that litis so far barred their progress
into the workings whore the men
were at labor, when the explosion
came.
•Shortly after they were let down,
two at a time, in the bucket, a tem
porary hoist that had been rigged tip
to bring up the debris and the dead
was started down the shaft.
Then.came the snow and the cold
and the wind again, and again efforts
were made to reach the living men at
the bottom of the shaft, but the
wooden sides of the hoist, swollen by
the water, stuck to the iron guide
slide and then came hours of man
euvering to reach the bottom.
It was !i o'clock when the first
three men of the party who went
down at o'clock were brought to the
surface. Not one of them was able
to walk, so numbed by the cold, and
then they told of the experience in
the mine below.
Henry Reckert, one of the first
men out of the cage, after 20 min
utes of warmth managed to say:
"It was a frightful experience. The
cold and hunger—and no good that
we could do. We were too cold to
work. There is apparently no one to
rescue. Wc had a hard time to find
many of tin' dead. A shred of cloth
ing here and another there, a jacket,
a pair of overalls; but few bodies.
"When we left the bottom of the
shaft there were 12 bodies lying there
ready to lie brought up. There are
many others there and the bodies of
many will never be found."
Pittsburg, .lan. 2s,—Three days
have elapsed since toe terrible catas
trophe at the liarwick mine of the
Allegheny Coal Co. and last night at
midnight 71 bodies had been recover
ed and brought to the surface. Only
18 of these have been identified.
The Allegheny Coal Co. last night
in an official statement positively ad
mitted that all of the men who were
in the mine when the explosion oc
curred are dead. There are 171 names
on the list, which does not include
Selwyn M. Taylor, or either of the
two men who were on the tipple
above the mine shaft when the explo
sion came. Nor does the list include
the name of Daniel I.ysle, of Castle
Shannon, whose body was found in
the mine yesterday morning, lie was
one of the men who went down in
the mine to work Tuesday night, but
became separated from the rest and
wandered far ahead of the air.
S'ultoway l'CMlKlOll DUII.
Washington, Jan. 2S.—Representa
tive Sulloway, of New Hampshire,
chairman of the committee on invalid
pensions, has introduced a service
and age pension bill, which will give
to each soldier who served !)0 days
and who reaches the age of 62 years,
per month; 66 years, $lO per
month, and 70 years, .sl2 per month.
In addition to the above rates his bill
gives to the liieu who served two
years or more an additional increase
of $2 per month in each of the above
classes. The bill increases the mini
mum of pensions allowed to $8 per
month, instead of SO.
Collision Cnitarit Three Dentil*.
St. Louis, Jan. 26. —The Denver ex
press on the main line of tin? Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy road was run in
to last night from the rear by a local
passenger train while taking water
at Garden Creek and three persons
were killed, four were severely in
jured and seven were hurt. The
wreck occurred on a bridge over Gar
den creek. The bridge, two cars of the
local train and the locomotive were
burned.
The Bridge* Will Not lie Kipvnletl.
Washington, Jan. 26.—Secretary
Root has decided a question involving
several million dollars, growing out
of'the application to compel the ele
vation of the six bridges over the Al
legheny river connecting Pittsburg
and Allegheny, The secretary denied
these applications. In his decision
the secretary points out that to grant
the applications, which were opposed
by the cities of Pittsburg and Alle
gheny, would Involve the practical re
building of some of the bridges, an
extensive change of street grades and
the whole would cost several million
dollars.
ROSE'S PECULATIONS.
He Ooclnrea I'lat Every (rut of Iho
*1M7,000 Ho Mole While < ualiler ol
the I'roilncc ICxilni!i«« Hunk \va«
I.fxl In Siieciilnliun.
Cleveland, Jan. 2'.). —George A.
Rose, tin- defaulting cashier of the
Produce Fxchangc hunk. wliieli closed
its doors January made a confes
sion last evening telling his method
of using the hank's money of which
he is said to have lost $157.000. The
confession was made to I'roseeutoP
Kecler and while brief is ample in ex-
I plana!ion. Rose said that he was
! alone in his peculations and that his
use of the hank's money began about
six years ago.
lie said that about three years ago,
when the loss had reached only $20,-
000, an auditing committee was ap
pointed togo over the bank's books.
] Kose had hoped that his shortage
would be discovered then, but at the
end of a week or so of investigation
! the committee reported everything
satisfactory with the bank's affairs.
Rose declares that lie lived within
j his salary of sl2"> a month and has
; Dot got a cent of the money lost to
I the bank by lii.s peculations. When
J his shortage had reached $-0,000, I.ose
I said that he knew that he would have
to replace that sum and, seeing no
other way of doing it than by specu-
I kiting, he continued to do so until
I the amount reached slß7,('°o. His
j mental state has been miserable ever
i since his peculations began, he said,
j and oftentimes he had been tempted
j to commit suicide, but did not do so
i because of his wife and family.
All of the entire sum of $187,000,
Rose declares, was lost with grain
j speculators in Chicago. His willing
| ness for a speedy trial and imprison
rnent, he said, was to relieve his mint
| of the worry that he had undergone;
also his desire to be sentenced and to
serve his term and afterwards begin
life anew.
RUSSIA'S ANSWER.
\ Senii-Oflleliil Iteport Na.r« She Sin#
Jlailo CoiieeasloiiK Unit Will Sallufy
Japan.
Washington, Jan. :>o.—The Asso
ciated Press has the authority of the
Mritish ambassador at St. Petersburg
for the announcement that the Itus
sian reply, which it is expected will
be delivered today, is satisfactory.
Although no further details are ob
tainable, it is assumed if the informa
tion of the ambassador is correct
that Russia has made certain conces
sions and that Great Hrituin will pre
vail on Japan to accept them as satis
factory.
The statement of the liritish am
bassador was sent from St. Peters
burg to the Mritish legation in Tokio,
where Mr. Griscom heard of it and
cabled the news to the state depart
ment .
London, Jan. :10.—The Cliefoo cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says a
foreigner who has arrived there re-
I ports that the Russian steamer Ar
| guu, upon' which he w;is a passenger
| from Nagasaki to Port Dalny, was
fired at by a Japanese warship out
side of Chemulpo harbor. Three
shots were fired across the Argun's
bows, but no further attempt to stop
her was made.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 30.—An admiral
who is influential in the councils of
the empire was interviewed Friday
by the Associated Press and said:
"The enormous loss which the com
merce of Japan is sustaining as a re
sult of the mobilization of steamships
for transport .service probably ac
counts for the impatience the Japan
ese are displaying over the delay in
the Russian reply, but this reply will
be so conciliatory that I do not fore
sec other than a peaceful settlement,
although it is difficult to feel certain
in this respect because of the erratic
course of the Japanese government
during the later stages of the nego
tiations.'"
MINERS AND OPERATORS.
Tlie Joint Conference lllaciin«c* the
Wane (Inositol!* but arc ('liable to
Agree.
Indianapolis, Jan. 30. —The opening
of the joint conference of Indiana,
Ohio, Illinois and western Pennsyl
vania coal operators and miners was
delayed Friday by the operators hold
ing a caucus to formulate their de
mands.
The report of the credentials com
mittee showed :!.">:i operators and.'>."> 7
miners present at the conference.
In opening the argument for the
operators Mr. Robbins, of Pittsburg,
called attention to the fact that the
miners have had an increase of (50 per
cent, during the last seven years. He
referred to low priced coal mined in
the ('onnellsville coke region. He
said the Meycrsdale (Pa.) district
and West Virginia coal was being
dumped in on the Ohio and Pittsburg
operators' markets and that it was
taking the place of their coal in open
market and on the riser.
He said the producers of Pocahon
tas and Fairniount coals and other
large producers were planning to put
in effect a 20 per cent, reduction ill
wages. Wages in all other lines of
industry were now being reduced. In
reply to Mr. Robbins. President
Mitchell spoke for the miners. He
said:
"A reduction in wages will benefit
no one. The operators would not be
benefitted. They would have to give
it to the railroads."
The propositions of both the miners
and operators were voted down and
afterward were referred to the joint
scale committee.
The conference adjourned at 5
o'clock, subject to the call of the scale
committee.
The (iatckeepei- \va« Carole**,
Detroit, Jan. 20.—The coroner's
jury that investigated the grade
crossing accident of January t.">,
which resulted in two deaths, and in
which more than 30 people were in
jured, returned a verdict yesterday.
The jury finds that the collision be
tween the passenger train and trolley
car was due to gross carelessness oil
the part of the Grand Trunk gate
keeper at (iratiot avenue and Deqitin
dre street in not closing the gates,
and also to the fact that the conduc
tor of the trolley car failed to see the
approaching train.
CURRENT TOPICS.
Europe loses 80,592 lives a year by
accidents.
lowa pays women schoolteachers,
less than any other state.
'I he 1902 coffee crop of Mexico is of
ficially estimated at 47,749,529 pounds-
American agricultural implements
and machinery hold the lead in Rus
sian favor.
Sockets have heen placed for 12.000
incandescent electric lamps on t le pal
ace of education at the World's fair.
lx>ng engagements are rather ex
pensive in Russia. An engaged man
is expected to send a present to his
intended every day.
Alpine flowers and plants are so
quickly becoming extinct that, strong
measures are to he taken in the future
for their preservation.
There are 227 lead pencil factories
In Germany, which employ 2,513 per
sons ami export each year 1,014 tons
of pencils, worth $2,000,000.
Goosequill pens and drying powders
are still used in English law courts
and the hduse of lords and in the
French chamber of deputies.
A new typewriting machine returns
the carriage automatically when the
end of a line is reached, so that the
operator is not compelled to pause.
Swiss watches, according to a report
just published, are becoming popular
in China. Those with fantastic de
signs on the face find the most ready
sale.
In Germany 435 piano factories.
! make 80,000 instruments annually,
j Half of them, or about $0,000,000'
worth, are sold abroad, principally in
I England.
A mechanic formerly employed by
M. Santos Dumont has constructed a.
navigable balloon on which great
hopes are built, and which will short
ly be tried at Toulon.
According to Finnish newspapers
there is reason to apprehend a famine
in several parts of Eastern Finland,
where the harvests were very bad ow
ing to continual rains.
An official of the English war office
estimates that half a million has been
spent in that country last year on
memorials to those who fell during
the South African war.
A curious characteristic peculiar to
the California redwood tree is that if
the head is cut off by lightning a new
one wili gradually grow out in place
as shapely as the first.
American machinery, electrical'
goods, tools, leather, shoes, canned
and dried fruits, prepared meats, oils,
cotton, sanitary supplies, etc., would
find a ready sale in I3ohemia.
In the village of San Raffaele, Italy,,
a man named Bongiovanni, rendered
desperate by a hopeless love affair,
committed suicide by exploding a dy»
namite cartridge in his mouth.
The longest canal in the world is
that which extends from the frontier
of China to St. Petersburg. 4.472 miles.
In India there are 14,000 miles of canal,,
irrigating 8,000,000 acres of land.
According to a dispatch from Kings
ton. Jamaica, dated November 12. tiie
government of that island intends to
•iake extensive experiments in cotton:
growing and to push that industry.
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Business Cards.
B. W. GREEN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Emporium, Pa.
A businessrelatingto estate,collections, real'
Mtates. Orphan's Court and generailaw busineu
will receive promptattention. 42-1 y.
J.C. JOHNSON. J. P. MCNARNKTB
JOHNSON & MUNARNEY.
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW*
EMPORIUM, PA.
Will give prompt attention to all business en];
rusted to them. 16-17.
MIC UAELBREN NA N,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Collections promptly attended to. Real estat#
and pension claim agent,
85-ly. Emporium. Pa.
THOMAS WADDINGTON,
Emporium, Pa.,
CONTRACTOR FOR MASONRY ANI7
STONE-CUTTING.
All orders in my line promptly executed. AIJ
Mndsof building and cut-stone, supp -ed at lo»*
prices. Agent for marble or granite monument*,.
Lettering neatly done.
AMERICAN HOUSE.
East Emporium, Pa..
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. 48!y.
F. I). LEFT.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW and INSURANCE AO'T,.
EMPORIUM, PA
TJ LAND OWNERS AND OTHERS IN CAMERON AND
ADJOININO COUNTIES.
I have numerouscalls for hemlock and hard
wood timber lands,also stumpuge&c., and parties
desiring either to buy or aidl will do well to "aIV
on me. F. D. LEET.
CITY HOTEL,
WM. McOEE, PROPRIETOR
Emporium, Pa.
Having again taken possession of this old anA
popularhouse I solicit a share of the public pat*
ronage. The house is newly furnishedand ison»
of the best appointed hotels in Cameron county,
_3O-ly. _
THE NOVELTY RESTAURANT,
(Opposite Post Ottice,)
Emporium, Pa.
WILI-IAM MCDONAI.O, Proprietor.
I take pleasure in informing the public that }
have purchased the old and popular Novelty
Restaurant, located on Fourth street. It will be
my endeaVor to serve the public in a manner
that shall meet with their approbation. Give ma
a call. Meals and luncheon served at nil hour*,
n027-lyr Win. McDONALD.
ST. CHARLES HOTEL,
THOS. J. LYSETT. PROPRIETOR;
Near Buffalo Depot, Emporium, Pa.
This new and commodious hotel is now open(-A
forthe accommodation of the public. Newmr.l
Itsappointments, every attention willbepai' to,
the guests patronizing this iiotel. 27-17-ly
MAY GOULD,
TEACHER OF
PIANO, HARMONY AND THEORY^
Also dealer in all the Popular sheet Music,
Emporium, Pa.
Scholnrstaught either at my home 011 Sixth
street or at the homes of the pupils. Out oftown
scholars will be given dp.tes at my rooms in thia
place.
P. C. RIECK, D. D. S.,
DENTIST.;
Office over Taegart's Drug Store, Emporium, Pa.
Gas and other local anaesthetics
T¥ih 1 ' mini 11 11 il for the painless extraction
JJITfTT* of teeth. , ,
SPEClALTY:—Preservation of natural teetu,t»
iludiug Crown and Bridge Work.