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Novels as Intoxicants.
Five times as much money in 1903, !t
is estimated, was spent for literature
ifi for "booze." Under this slang term
'or drink is doubtless included all kinds
of intoxicants from cider to absinthe,
and under literature every grade of
type in binding from reprints of Shake
speare to the latest novel of Marie Cor
elli. It would be amusing, were it pos
sible, to see if the drink did live times
the harm, observes Collier's Weekly.
How' much cognac, for instance, could
fairly be set against an edition of 300,-
1)00 of a new novel by Hall Caine? How
much beer would equal in sodden con
sequences the season's output of Action
ized hi.Uory? Good books, whether of
the imagination or of information, sur
pass in inspiration the finest beverage
ever quaffed and celebrated by Omar or
John Keats, but ordinary books cannot
compare in efficiency as evils with the
common abuse of whisky. Therefore,
we take the drink expense to be amis
fortune more than five times as great
as the misfortune caused by the sum
■wasted upon what our esteemed con
temporaries cheerfully describe as lit
erature. Where drink makes criminals,
novels make nothing worse ilian idiots.
Obloquy Not Fairly Divided.
What is much needed in this country
is a rational equalization between the
obloquy that is freely devoted to the con
victed grafter and the laxity of public
sentiment that makes grating in public
places possible, declares the Kansas City
Star. It is not often that the people have
reason to be surprised at the downfall ol
Lheir public servants. It is exceedingly
rare that a man who is held to be strict
ly honorable and competent by the com
munity in which he lives turns out to be
a crook or failure in public life. Such
fiascoes are due, 99 times out of every
100, to the habit of people of electing
men to office whom they know to be lax
in morals and of mediocre ability. If
the doctrine that an ounce of preventive
is worth a pound of cure could be made
effective in politics, more than 9u per
cent, of the official scandals which dis
grace the country would be avoided.
The possibilities open to a modern
apostle are seen in an attractive light
through the experiences of a Massa
chusetts clergyman who. in a little
more than a year, has completed "a
preaching tour round the world," sup
porting himself and family by holding
meetings and taking collections. He
Etarted with only nine dollars, and
seems to have earned his expenses and
more, even while visiting Japan, China
and India. But the minister who un
dertakes such a trip in this year of our
Lord owes most of his success to those
earlier evangelists who did not find
many friends along the road—until
they had made enemies their friends.
The terrible ilestructiveness of the
drought in Australia during the past
ten years in the sheep industry is told
ir the figures giving the census of the
stock for that period. In 1894 Austra
lia had 100,000,000 sheep; in 1904 the
number is scarcely over 50,009,000.
With the number cut in two flockmas
ters have a hard struggle lo keep their
heads above water, as the range has
almost ruined. Recently there has been
enough rain to be of great benefit, but
under the most favorable circum
stances it will take a good while to
get the grass and the sheep back to
where they were ten years ago.
The movement for the preservation
of the Calaveras groves of big rfees in
a national park has enlisted support
In .10 states outside of California, and
the petitions on file in congress con
lain the names of 1,4::7,2G0 persons. Of
these 239,560 are citizens of California.
The others are scattered in all parts
of the country—significant testimony
to the national character of the de
mand. President Roosevelt is heartily
in favor of the plan, for the success
ol which at this session of congress a
determined effort is now making.
Leap year in lowa is not going to be
passed by without giving the giris a
fair chance. The mayor of Fort Dodge
has decreed thai all marriageable la
dies shall propose during the present
year under penalty of being fined from
one dollar to five. This is a rare op
portunity for maidens who are getting
on the shady side of the hill of life
and one that is not likely to be over
■ool.pri
CONFLICT WITHOUT END.
Ilrj nil Cont in tin II y IvicktiiK ( |> n Fum
iu l lie Uumocrutlc
l*ai rt) .
Is the democratic party in St. Louis in
1904 going to repeat its Charleston con
vention ruction of 1SG0? It begins to
look that way. Mr. Bryan's Commoner,
in a recent issue, after mentioning Bry
an's return from Europe, says"the Com
moner will make an uncompromising
fight for an honest platform and for can
didates in full and sympathetic accord
with the platforms of IS9C and 1900."
j Bryar. has personally said the same
! thing every day since he landed, with
j all the emphasis which he can command.
!He says"the real democrats of the
1 United States want the platformsof 1890
' and 1900 indorsed in 1904." His latest
expression on the subject is that "the
I reorganizes will not be strong enough
' in St. Louis to make even a fight against
j the Kansas City platform." By the time
! the convention meets, he says,"the sen
j timent will be such that the indorsement
! of that platform will be a foregone con-
J elusion.
| These deliverances, remarks the St.
! Louis Globe-Democrat, naturally cause
| consternatiein in the ranks of the Cleve
land element of the party. Bryan makes
it. known in most of his interviews that
he is more antagonistic to Cleveland
than he is to Roosevelt. The Cleveland
section of the party reciprocates by say
ing that as against Roosevelt and aßry
anized candidate they are for the termer.
Such expressions of members of the
democratic national committee and the
state committees as have been obtained
by the democratic papers seeking them
show thai a majority are against the
Bryan position, but this does not nec
essarily mean that a two-thirds poll of
the delegates can he had against him.
Bryan will be at the convention. He
has made this known. He will work
with all his eloquence and energy in fa
vor of the indorsement of his position
in the two latest canvasses. His whole
political future depends on the result
of his fight in the St. Louis convention.
What he expects to accomplish is either
to frighten the convention into putting
up a colorless man on a platform which
can be construed as recognizing the Chi
cago and Kansas City deliverances as
being orthodox, or to compel it by
menaces of a bolt to take up a Bryanized
candidate on the Kansas City platform
with such new issues as have arisen
since.
Senator Piatt, of New York, the other
day said the democracy was becoming
"sane and dangerous." That remark
does not sound quite so impressive now
as it did when it was uttered. Not much
evidence of sanity can be discerned in
that party's present position. It will be
useless for there organizers to deny Bry
an's power. He was the leader of the
party in two canvasses. In each of these
he polled many more votes than Cleve
land obtained in the last campaign in
which he was elected. He is still the
party's most conspicuous representative.
Under the two-thirds requirement of
democratic conventions, a minority has
a power unknown in republican assem
blages. A bare one-third of the dele
gates would enable Bryan to control the
convention. It is evident that he be
lieves he has much more than a third of
the democratic voters on his side. It is
clear even that he supposes a majority
of them are with him. This gives him a
courage and a confidence which makes
him say things that anger his demo
cratic enemies. The epithets "lunatic,"
"madman." "fanatic," "marplot," "re
publican in disguise" and other things
which they are hurling at him will not
swerve him from his course as a cham
pion of what he considers to be pure de
mocracy. On the other hand, against
Bryan and all his works the other ele
ment of the party will make a stand,
feeling that Bryan's triumph in dic
tating candidate or platform would be
democratic suicide. The participants
and the spectators at the St. Louis con
vention of 1904 will see and hear things
that thej- will be likely to remember.
ISrynn'M Ha«l lllotclt.
The Courier-Journal would not im
peach Mr. Bryan's integrity; though
the Bennett business is a sore strain
upon its confidence and respect. Mr.
Blaine was charged with nothing
orse; and assuredly Mr. Blaine was
.n many ways much abused. Mr.
Bryan may be a perfectly high-mind
ed. disinterested man, but the spec
tacle of a party leader struggling
with a widow for the larger part of
her husband's estate —the will and
all its appendant documents prepared
by himself in his own house more
than a thousand miles away from
the testator's home —he no blood
relative, nor even an old friend —is
an unsavory spectacle. With it be
fore us—and along with it the fact
that eight years ago Mr. Bryan was
obscare and poor and that he is now
rich and famous —we must decline to
accept the characterization of tlie
Lexington Gazette, hi a newspaper or
gan in Kentucky, that he is "the
greatest general, the loftiest states
man and the purest patriot who has
adorned American politics since the
formation of the government." Yet,
on no other hypothesis can any man
justify his support of Mr. Bryan un
der existing conditions. Louisville
Courier-Journal (Dem.).
E Shaw says the democrat
ic party cannot make a fight on the trust
issue. That seems to remove the last
gleam of hope from the democratic hori
zon.—St. Lcuis Globe-Democrat.
ICMr. Bryan s'.ould beware of being
Br, funny as he can. His offer of a prize
of SIOO lor a pU-.tfarm which the leading
democratic newspapers of the country
will accept is humorous but not wise.
There is every prospect that such a plat
form will be writtrn and adopted at St.
Louis. Mr. Bryan will then need all his
money for his bolt and for litigation
With widows and orphans.—Chicago
Chronicle.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 3. 1904.
ROOSEVELT A "SAFE" MAN.
if tlie rrcKident IN I nonfe Tkcre Will
Have (<> !!«■ u New lull ok
I'urt Icular*.
The republicans are actii.g wisely in
taking up the democratic challenge
that the president is not a "safe" man.
Upon that proposition, says tie Wash
ington Star, rests the whole anti-
Roosevelt, movement, whether inspired
in trust circles, or in democratic cir
cles on the legitimate hunt fur an ib
sue.
Mr. Root, speaking with a gDod deal
of knowledge, tells the New Yorkers
immediately upon his retun home
that the president is tlie most potent
influence in public office here for con
servatism in affairs. That is a reply
to the Wall street, howl alout the
Northern Securities case. If Wall
street remains incredulous, let it take
the steps to sound sentiment in po
litical circles in this town as to how
strong the demand still is for an en
forcement of the anti-trust law. The
president is executing that lav to the
full, and in doing so has popular senti
ment behind him. But it nowhere ap
pears in his actions that his object or
desire is to knock legitimate business
on the head anywhere. The great
army of manufacturers and wage-eara
ers are not menaced or alarmed. If
Wall street thinks the president unsafe
let it try congress openly in behalf of
its real purposes. Did it fail to no'e
the response, both in congressional cir
cles ar>d out, to the Foraker bill?
Another point upon which -he ar
raignment of the president is made to
rest is his interference in the matter
of the anthracite coal strike. But as
to that he is defended by one of the
most eminent of democrats. The fol
lowing is taken from an interview with
Judge Gray, of Delaware:
"What effort will President Roosevelt's
action in compelling: arbitration of the an
thracite strike have upon his candidacy?"
"That cannot be predicted. 1 know what
effect it should have. The president In.that
Instance ac ti ! with wisdom and patriotism.
ll' prevented fuel riots In the great cities
and i -irnt-d th<- gratitude of all classes, the
wealthy as well as the miners. His prompt
and vigorous action reaUy preserved prop
erty rights that were seriously endangered.
The question—how far may a natural mo
nopoly lie controlled by individuals or cor
porations for private (rain— was before the
people, and the people were approaching
Its solution in an ugly mood."
According to this —and Judge Gray,
it -.vi 11 lie remembered, had exceptional
opportunity to study the whole ques
tion—the president acted not only as
a peacemaker, but as the guardian of
the peace. The people were becoming
aroused to the danger point as to the
attitude of those railroad companies
which were indifferent alike to the ap
peals of the miners and the necessi
ties of the country. The president
spoke the word of duty, and at the
proper time. It is very evident that
if Mr. Roosevelt on a question of this
kind is an unsafe man in the white
house. Judge Gray also would be. And
yet a great many democrats seeking
for a safe man for president are in
favor of the Delaware statesman. Nor
can it be doubted that he would fill
the office well.
If the president is an unsafe man,
his opponents in Wall street and else
where must present a new bill of par
ticulars.
COMMENT AND OPINION.
CTolstoi talked freely fo Bryan: and
now if he takes the American papers he
has learned that Bryan marketed the in
terview at fancy prices. The Russian
sage thought he was talking to a states
man, not a reporter.—lndianapolis Jour
nal.
one respect Bryan has a big ad
vantage over his democratic opponents.
As Mr. Cleveland says, he has the stage.
And while he has it he is talking all the
while. And while his talk gets very
wearisome to many ears there is no de
nying that he still has followers who
delight to listen to his silvery oratory.
There isn't another man in the party
who can so tickle the earsof theground
lings, and the groundlings are what Bry
an is after. They twice nominated him
for president.—Troy Times.
CNevertheless and notwithstanding,
it still remains true that reciprocity in
competitive products, with Canada or
any other country, is simply a species of
free trade. That is what it amounts to
in practice, and the democratic leaders,
foreseeing this, will wage their cam
paign to that end this year under the
reciprocity guise. Anyone who advo
cates or countenances such an attack on
protection—all the more dangerous be
cause covert and insidious—will give aid
and comfort to the political enemy.—
Hannibal Courier-Post.
IB"These are difficult days for Senator
Gorman, nominal leader of his party in
the senate. He has been humiliated by
the refusal of his party colleagues to fid
low him in his opposition to the Panama
treaty: his presidential candidacy is
pale and languishing, finding neither
honor with the oid school democrats,
who remember his emasculation of the
Wilson tariff bill, nor with the new
school democrats, who remember his in
activity when Mr. Bryan was looking
for votes: and now. completing the
trilogy of his woe, his Maryland, the
state he was reputed to carry in his vest
pocket, has selected for the senate Isidor
Ra.vner. —N. Y. Globe.
duty is to unite about
the strongest candidate, Theodore
Roosevelt, and to secure that victory for
republican principles which must he the
Inspiration of the continued progress ol
America.—Troy Times.
P'An immense oil paint ing of Grove*
Cleveland hangs iu the executive itiau
si.:n. but a Nebraska artist has just com
pleted a portrait of William J. Bryan,
painted on the smooth side of a kernel
of corn. The size of these pictures
typifies the relative importance ofHhe
two leaders in the minds of a large num
ber of democrats.—lndianapolis Jour
nal. I
| JAHNESE-RUSSIAN WAITJ
I Latest Telegraphic News oft!*« (Jreat Struggle I
: in the Far East. I
St. Petersburg, Feb. 24.—The Jap
ouese UIKI were hanged bv Russians
in Manchuria for attempting to blow !
up the railroad bridge over the San-j
pari river were disguised as coolies. ;
They were arrested .just as they were
about to make the attempt. Inquiry
revealed that they were Japanese 1
officers of the general staff, namely
Col. Assai, of the engineers, and
I.icuts. Zoneloiascha and Kaeurta, of
the sappers. They were at once hang- 1
ed from the girders of the bridge. '
in Kow, Feb. 24.—The consuls |
have decided on concerted action
looking to thp neutralization of New !
fhw.ang. They will, however, en
deavor to secure an expression of i
Russian official opinion before acting
further.
Seoul, Feb. 24. — -A telegram re- j
reived here from a foreigner at Pyng
Vang says that the report that Rus- |
sinn scouts are at Anju is authentic.
Die telegram also says that the na
tives in I'yng Yang are panic-stricken,
but foreigners are not threatened.
London, Feb. 24.—Cabling from
Che Foo on February 23, a correspon
dent of the Morning Post says 40,000
more Japanese troops have landed at j
Chemulpo and that he has received
confirmation of the report that some
Japanese have landed at Pigeon Pay,
others at Talienwan and that an en
j gagement occurred the night of Feb
ruary 12.
According to the Standard's corres
pondent at Seoul, the report is con
firmed that 70 miles of railroad track
and some important bridges have
been destroyed between Harbin and
Yladivostock.
Paris, Feb. 24.—Tn a dispatch from
Harbin, Manchuria, a correspondent
of the Matin says ambulances are be
ing sent in there from all parts of
Russia.
A dispatch from Port Arthur pub
lished in Paris this morning denies
categorically the reports of a new
attack by Japanese torpedo boats,
and says they have been repulsed
with loss every time they appeared in
the roadsted.
The allegation is made, according
to this dispatch from Port Arthur,
that the Japanese have dethroned
the emperor of Korea and annexed
the country.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 2.". —A tele
pram from Viceroy Alcxieff to the
czar says:
"At a quarter before three in the
morning of February 24. numerous
Japanese torpedo boats attempted to
attack the battleship Rctvizan and
sink large steamers loaded with in
flammables. The Uctvizan was the
first to observe the. torpedo boats,
and opened a strong fire on thein. I
She was supported by the land bat
teries. She destroyed two steamers
near the entrance of the harbor; they
were coming directly towards her.
One of them went on the rocks near
the lighthouse on Tiger peninsula and
the other sank under (ioldcn Hill.
The Uctvizan observed four steamers
in a sinking condition and eight tor
pedo boats departing slowly to re
join the waiting Japanese warships.
A portion of the crews of the Japan
ese burning vessels were drowned.
The grounded steamer is still burn
ing. The enemy is observed in the
oiling of Port Arthur in two lines."
It must be observed that in his dis
patch \ ieeroy Alcxieff does not men
tion the number of steamers which
the Japanese tried to sink or drive
upon the Uussian ships, and it is not
yet known whether the four vessels
the captain of the Uctvizan observed
going down, in addition to the two
destroyed, were also laden with in
flammables, or whether they were
warships. The greatest praise is
given to the commander of the Uct
vizan and the splendid action of this
American-built, vessel places her
name foremost on the roll of the
Russian r.avy.
Later it was said that Russia sus
tained no losses in the negageinent.
Yin Kow, Feb. 25. —Viceroy Alex
ietT has caused a proclamation to be
issued throughout Manchuria notify- j
ing the Chinese that Russia is at war |
with Japan <fn account of Japan's
treacherous attack on the Russian j
fleet. This proclamation is under
Fix headings.
Washington Feb. 2."i.—Secretary j
Hay lias received information that !
Japan lias negotiated a treaty with
Korea, whereby she guarantees the !
independence and integrity of Korea. !
Russia will ignore Japan's newly ■
negotiated treaty with Korea and
has so informed the United States.
Japan, it may be stated, assumes
practically the same attitude of in
difVerence towards Russia's protest
to the powers, which on high author
ity it is declared will be ignored by
the Tokio government.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 20. —Following
the dispatch of (Jen. PHitg, saying the
Japanese had again attacked Port
Arthur Thursday morning and had
been repulsed, Viceroy Alcxieff ha».
sent in an identical report to the
czar.
The fact that the Japanese have
renewed the attack i- interpreted
here to mean that they are deter
mined to bottle up or destroy the
Ru.-.-.ian fleet at Port Arthur in order '
A Startling Prediction.
Washington. Feb. 27. During the
hearing yesterday before the house
judiciary committee in opposition to
the anti-injunction bill P. |>. Oviatt,
of Rochester, N. V.. who said lie rep
resented the entire invested capital
of Rochester and the combined em
ployers of Jamestown and Klmira. \.
Y„ spoke against the bill. Mr. Oviatt
declared the country on the verge of
a comniarical and economic revolu
tion. There was not. be said, a manu
facturer or a merchant that was not
trembling with fear and misgiving.
If the committee even reported this
bill, be said, it would create a panic.
j to give themselves freedom for land
maneuvres to cut olf or invest til<l
! city, or as a feint to cover a move*
I ment elcsewhere.
in Kow, Feb. 20. Native reports
iliat the Japanese have landed at
j Possiet Ray and subsequently under
| took operations against Hunchun
; and towards Kirin, have received
| qualified confirmation from English
j missionary refugees who have arrived
at New Clnvang.
Tokio, Feb. 20.—Three weeks ago
■ it was thought in some quarters that
I the opening of the war would be
: speedily followed by a movement of
the Russian forces toward the south,
Ping Vang being picked as their ob
i jeetive point. The appearance later
of Russian scouts in the vicinity of
1 Wiju tended fo confirm this opinion
' and created the impression that
there would be an early conflict in
; that vicinity.
If the Russians ever intended to
make this movement they have ap
parently been beaten by the rapidly
moving Japanese. The latter are
said to have a large enough force to
cheek the Russians, thus insuring the
possession of Korea as soon as they
are capable of making an aggressive
northern movement themselves.
Pekin. Feb. 26. —The director gen
eral of Chinese railroads reports that
100 Russian infantrymen, an officer,
a gun and a large supply of ammuni
tion are at Yao Yang Ho, jind that
200 Russian cavalrymen and two guns
have arrived at Lui Li Chang. These
towns are both on the west side of
Liao river.
The director general reports that
the Manchurian railroad is guarded
by detachments of Cossacks of .'to
men each, who occupy high watch
towers at intervals of a mile.
London, Feb. 26.—The British for
eign office has received an official dis
patch saying that, not one of the
Japanese torpedo boats was injured
in the attack on Port Arthur of Wed
nesday.
Paris, Feb. 26.—Tn a dispatch from
St. Petersburg a correspondent of the
Kcho T)e Paris says the last Japan
ese attack at Port Arthur was re
pulsed brilliantly. He says the Jap
anese were again obliged to quit the
roadstead. It is presumed that the
entire squadron joined in the second
attack, hoping to avenge the repulse
of the preceding day. The Japanese
arc thought to have incurred further
losses during this long fight. Admiral
Stark has telegraphed that he ex
pects a third attack.
Seoul, Feb. 27. —The Korean govern
ment has decided to order the Korean
troops to join the Japanese in the
field. I'hc Korean army consists of
about 17,000 men, with European
methods. In 1896 it was taken in
hand by a Russian colonel with three
commissioned and ten non-commis
sioned officers, who retired, however,
in ISIIS. A royal bodyguard of 1,000
men was formed and has been well
drilled.
'Tokio, Feb. 27.—Vice Admiral
Togo's attempt to bottle up the Rus
sian fleet at Port Arthur by sinking
a fleet of stone-laden merchant
steamers in the mouth of the harbor
evidently failed, though the venture
caused no loss of life and the vessels
lost were not of great value.
Five ships were prepared by Yice
Admiral Togo for the attempted |
blockade. Four are reported to have
been sunk, but the fate of the fifth
is unknown here. It is presumed
that it withdrew with the other Jap
anese vessels. The five vessels were
filled with stone so as to make the
obstruction permanent and were
manned by volunteer merchant
crews. It was impossible to select j
naval officers and sailors on account |
of their great rivalry to participate in i
the daring venture.
Accompanied by four battleships,
nine cruisers and numerous vessels of
the torpedo flotilla, the stone-laden
steamers reached Port Arthur on
Wednesday, While the fleet engaged
the shore batteries the steamers
made a dash for the mouth of the
harbor, directly under the Uussian
guns.
Details of the attack have not been |
received, but it is evident that the
Russian fire sank the steamers before i
they reached the points planned for
their foundering by the Japanese.
It is said that all the crews of the
four vessels escaped in boats and
were picked up by the Japanese tor
pedo boat destroyers. The report
that two of the torpedo boat destroy
ers were sunk by the Russians is de
nied.
The naval department has received
a brief dispatch from the commander
of one of the torpedo boat destroyers
saying that no lives and no warships
were lost and that no damage was
inflicted by the' Russians.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 27.—A dispatch
from Port Arthur says the Japanese
torpedo boat attack of February 25
resulted in a complete Russian suc
cess. The accurate shooting of the
batteries inflicted losses on the
enemy, and caused the boiler on one
of the Japanese torpedo boats to ex
plode.
London, Feb. 27. —The Shanghai
correspondent of the Daily Xew* as
serfs that Port Dalny is being evacu
ated by the Russians.
S'ivc .CSiticr* are Killed.
Rutte. Mont., Feb. 26.-—Five miners
were killed by a cavein of earth and
rock in the Minnie Ilealy mine Thurs
day afternoon. The accident oc
curred on the sixth floor of the
000-foot level. Early in the day
Foreman Joseph Kane was informed
that the ground in that place was
very soft, and in danger of falling,
lie withdrew all the miners who wen
working there. In the afternooi.
Shift Ross llaggerty took four nier
into t/lie place to bulkhead and other
wise strengthen the w <ak spots. Just
how the fall came will never b»
known, as not one of the five escaoed
Worth Look lii tt For.
"What are you looking for? We've
got everything worth taking."
"I am looking for—"
And the burglar continued his
search.
" —for the much larger booty which
the police to-morrow will say we over
looked."—Tit-Bits.
A Common I'n i! I iik.
"He started out to be the architect
of his own fortunes. Did he succeed?"
"Well, he's the architect all right
but he didn't succeed in putting uj
much of a structure."
"What seemed to be the trouble?"
"He revised the plans too often." —
Chicago Post.
Cheerful Liar.
She (angrily)— Sir, I understand you
said I had a face that would stop £
clock.
He (calmly)—So I did. Any well
regulated clock would pause and hole
up its hands in admiration at sight o
your lovely face. —Chicago Daily News
Indication of Intercut.
"Teacher is interested in you, pa."
"How so?"
"Why, to-day, after she told m*
seven times to sit down and behavt
myself, she said she wondered what
sort of a father I had."—Clevelanc
Plain Dealer.
Mnry'fi Choice.
"Farmer Sawyer, what is yotn
daughter Mary going to do when sk«
finishes at college?"
"Wall, I kinder reckon she'll teacl
school. She thinks she'd like the va
cations."—Harper's Bazar.
Cnrloaiity.
"Let's go out and see what's burnin',"
said Pat to Mike at the theater.
"What d'ye mean?"
"Those two men behind us said they
weie goin' to the foyer."—Detroit Free
Press.
NKKIJIOD AN OFKCE.
"What does he need an office for? He
never does any work."
"Well, he's got togo somewhere while
his wife does the housework." —Chicagc
Chronicle.
\o CotiK'li for Him.
When Bliggers had a cough he
Was told to drink no coffee;
And now he's sued.
For he Is rude
And won't "ough up his cough fee.
—Judge..
Business Cards.
B. W. GREEN, ~
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Emporium. Pa.
A businessrelatingto estate,collections.re»J
estates. Orphan's Court and generallaw business
will receive prompt attention. 42-1 y.
J.C.JOHNSON. J. P. MCNARNIT
IOHNSON & McNARNEY,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW*
EMPORIUM, PA.
Will (five prompt attention to all business e»J
rusted to them. 16-ly.
MICHAEL BRENNAN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Collection* promptly attended to. Real estat*
and pension claim agent,
35-ly. Emporium, Pa.
THOMAS WADDINQTON,
Emporium, Pa.,
CONTRACTOR FOR MASONRY ANI>
STONE-CUTTINQ.
All orders In my line promptly executed. All
kinds of building and cut-stone, supp ed at low
prices. Agent lor marble pr granite monument!*
Lettering neatly done.
AMERICAN HOUSE.
East Emporium, Pa..
JOHN 1.. JOHNSON, Prop*r.
Having resumed proprietorship of ibis old and
well established House I invito ilie patronage cl
the public. House newly furnished and thor
oughly renovated. 481y
P D I FFT
VrTOKNEY-AT-LAW and INSURANCE AO'T,
EMPORIUM, l'A
PJ LAND OWNERS AND OTHERS IN CAMERON ADD
ADJOININO COUNTIES.
I IR Ave numerous calls for hemlock and hard,
wood timber iands.aisostunipiige.tc., nnd parties
desiring either to buy or sell will do well to "all
on me. F. D. LEET.
CITY HOTEL,
W.M. McGEE, PROPRIETOR
Emporium, Pu.
Havtng again taken possession of this old and
popular house I solicit a share of the public pat
ronage. The house is newly furnisheuand is one.
of the best appointed hotels in Cameron county,
#n-ly.
THE NOVELTY RESTAURANT,
(Opposite Post Office,)
Emporium, Pa.
"VILI.IAM MCDONALD, Proprietor.
I take pleasure in informing the public that >,
have purchased the old and popular Novelty
Restaurant, located oil Fourth street. It will be
ray endeavor to serve the public in a nianue#
that shall meet with their approbation. Qive m«
t call. Meals and luncheon served at all hours,
n027-lyr W'm. McDONALD.
ST.CHARLES HOTEL.
THOS. J. LYSETT. PROPRIETOR
Near Buffalo Depot. Emporium, Pa.
This new and commodious hotel is now operieft
for the accommodation of the public. Newinal
Reappointments, every i.tt«mtion willbepav to
the guests patronizing this uotel. 27-17-ly
MaY OOULD,
TEACHER OP
PIANO, HARMONY AND THEORY,
Also dealer in all the Popular .->heet MubiC,
Emporium, Pa.
Scholarstauglit either at my home on Six!b
street or at t lie homes of the pupils. Out of town
(cholars will be given dftteeat xuy this
place.
P, C. BIECK, I>. D.
DENTIST.;
OfSce over Tasrjptrt'e Drug Store, Emporium, P*.
Has and otner local anaesthetics Hd'
WRSETL; ministered tor the paiuluss extractioß
UJ7TTT® Of teeth.
SPEClALTY:—Preservation of natural teetfc,
tiud.!UK Crown anJ Hrid#e Wwrk