THE CAMERON COUNTY PTOS.
SSR.\BUSHEO BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH 1866.
VOL. 39.
The Hopper.
There lias been a good (leal said,
thus early in the campaign, as re
gards the "Hopper," by the Park
erites. I n the lir.st place, what is
a ''flopper?" the man who stands
by a principle, or the other fellow?
It is strange, in our way of think
ing, that any sane man could im
agine a man as being a "flopper"
who stands by bis convictions and
principles although his party flops.
In the wise of Mr. Seibert, of Pot
ter county, we fail to see him in
the light of a "Hopper." He is
simply holding up the same princi
ple and argument he held to eight
years ago. Mr. Bryan is doing the
same thing, and Mr. Bryan is not
classed as a "flopper.'' The writer
carries the same views he did eight
years ago, and be does notconsider
or feel himself a "flopper." Wo
are not courting political contro
versy, but as our convictions were
well known in the last two presi
dential campaigns, and having a
right to stand firm if we so desire,
we deem it our privilege to defenct
those views, and state that it is a
breach of friendship and an error
in judgment for one man to brand
his follow as a "flopper" because
he did not see fit to join hands,
conscientiously or otherwise, with
the fleeing crowd.
We believe that Parker & Davis
are the candidates of the monied
monopolies, and are not to be
"trusted outside of the 'trust.'"
Of course, all voters who are in
sympathy with the monopolization
of things will stick to or flop over
to Parker & Davis. The Demo
crat or Republican who believes in
legislation against the Trust has
only one way to express his judg
ment, and tho Democrat, out of
two evils, will select the least, by
voting for the candidate who has
in his platform one plank, and that
a strong one, on which to stand.
The Democrat who voted for Mr.
Bryan surely cannot, consistently,
vote for Parker, unless his con
science is like rain water —kind 'o
soaks in or returns to sea and is
transformed, transfigured or dis
figured—gets the principle washed
out of it. Then, some consciences
are like merchandise and the me
dium of exchange becomes more
desirable than the merchandise.
The man who flops with a party is
as much a "flopper" as the man
who flops alone. If you goto the
devil with a crowd you must have
asbestos wings just the same as
though you went alone, only you
may get 'em cheaper in job lots
and have the advantage of the
company that misery likes so well.
We are thankful for the hope and
belief that the "Hoppers" are not
so numerous as some may think
and that the laboring man is not
going to be "fooled all the time."
J. A. JOHNSTON".
Emporium, Pa., Aug. 10,'04.
Baptist Church.
The pastor is giving a sories of Sun
day sermons on "Bible's Bravest" and
last Sunday night he spoke on the
"Psalmist Persecuted or David's Dash
from Danger." Next Sunday evening
his subject will bo "A Daring Daniel
or The Brave Boy Moulded Into a
Might Man." Short Song Service.
All inside of an hour. Public cordial
ly invited.
Preserve The Trees.
The dying of three of the tall, beau
tiful trees, fronting the new Presbyte
rian Church property supposed to have
been caused by a leak in the gas line
nearby, has necessitated their removal.
This is much regretted by all as they
were a matter of municipal pride. The
large number of beautiful shade trees
in Emporium, is one of its chief attrac
tions, justly exciting the admiration of
visitors. Let our property owners use
every effort to preserve the trees.
Named Themselves.
A few years ago in the course of a
heated political campaign the Demo
crats in a certain city organized a
monster torch light procession. Among
the marching clubs was one named the
Democratic Jackson Association. This
name was found to be too long to nlace
in fall upon the transparency carried
at the head of the club, and so it was
written in abbreviated form, like this:
DEM. JACK. ASS.
It is needless to say that the merri
ment of the Republicans was aroused
wherever this transparency was seen.
Now is the time to bay your clothes,
and the best place is at N. Seger's.
Rev. fir. Oyler Returns.
The Rev. R. S. Oyler, of Keating
Summit returned to his home last
Saturday after spending six weeks in
attendance at the Summer school of
Theology, of Harvard University,
Boston. He also took voice training
in the Emmerson school of Oratory,
and though necessarily a very buay
man reports a pleasant time amid
these classic surroundings and takes up
the burden of his work with freshened
enthusiasm.
The flood Fellow.
"Whenever you find a man who is
slapped on the back wherever he goes
and called a good fellow, goto his
home and find out whether his children
have got good shoes on their feet, and
whether his wife is wondering how she
is to pay the bills. When there is a
raffle of some kind, and tickets have
got to be sold for the benefit of some
other good fellow, who has spent what
didn't belong to him, it is the good
fellow of the moment who comes along
and buys the tickets with the money
that he owes for honest debts. Many a
man trying to be a good fellow, has
disgraced himself, made his family
miserable and missed a chance to be a
self respecting man."
diss Steck Pleasantly Surprised.
Last Saturday night Miss Maud
Steek had a forcible and felicitious re
minder of the recurrence of another
birthday, when a 'dozen or more of
her friends unceremoniously dropped
in, their declared purpose being to
help her celebrate in a becoming way
the interesting event. An elegant
supper was served under the supervis
i.in of her aunt Mrs. Blum. Music and
games indulged into a late hour when
all dispersed, but not without shower
ing her with their good wishes and pre
senting her with a china fruit dish of
of choice and elegant design as a
memento of the occasion. The follow
ing were present: Miss Winward,
Miss Metzger, Miss Bouham, Miss
Smith, Miss Lingle, the Misses Tag
gart, Miss Montgomery, Miss Hogan,
Miss McDonald and Mrs. Brr.uson.
Musical August astli.
In the musical to be given in the
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Thursday evening, August 25th, the
pipe organ numbers will be rendered
by Miss Anna Metzger. At present
Miss Metzger is at the head of the
department of voice culture at
the Randolphe-Mascon College for
young women at Lynchburg, Va.. and
needless to say is in the first rank of
the members of her profession. The
Emporium admirers of her abilities
both as vocalist and instrumentalist
are numerous and the opportunity to
hear her upon this oocasion will
doubtless be taken advantage of by
many. The assisting talent will con
sist of Miss Frank Huntley, Soprano;
Mr. Geo. A. Walker, Jr., Barytone;
and Mr. A. D. E Wesson, Pianist.
The above list gives further guarantee
of the excellence of the program and
insures an evening replete with en
joymeut.
When Visiting the World's Fair Ride
on the Ferris Wheel.
The great Expositions held during
the last fifteen years have produced
two marvelous examples of engineer
ing and constructive ability. One of
these, the Eiffel Tower, was designed
and built by a Frenchman at Paris for
the Exposition of 1889; the other, the
Ferris Wheel, was designed and built
by the late (Jeo. W. G. Ferris for the
World's Columbian Exposition at Chi
cago, in 1893.
Paris again held a great exposition
in 1900 but failed to produce, any fea
ture to take the place of the Eiffel
Tower. In America, St. Luir, in 19 01,
planned and produced the greatest Ex
position tho World has over seen.
Scores of attempts were made to in
vent something more wonderful and
more attractive than the Ferris Wheel,
but as Paris failed to out do her own
Eiffel Tower, so did St Louis fail to
equal the far-famed Ferris Wheel of
the World's Columbian Exposition of
1893. Arrangements were accordingly
made to bring the Ferris Wheel to tho
Lousiana Purchase Exposition, and it
was given a location near the geo
graphical center of the grounds.
The problem of moving the Ferris
Wheel from Chicago to St. Louis was
stupendous-4,200 tons of material, in
cluding the 70 ton axle, besides en
gines, boilers and derricks and false
work, had to be transported. One
hundred and seventy-five freight cars
were required to move this material.
DIARRIHD.
TONER—KEKI)—At the office of M. M. Lar
rabee, J. P., on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 1904, Mr,
Mack Toner and Miss Rebecca Reed, both of
Beech wood.
"Liberty aud Union, One and Inseparable." —WEßSTKß.
EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 18. 1904.
Less School Money.
The majority of the school districts
iu Pennsylvania will receive less
money for support of their common
school for the year beginning June 6
than they received in 1903. This is be
cause the amount appropriated by the
last legislature to these schools is not
quite as large as the appropriation
made by the previous legislature
The department of public instruction
has completed the calculation for the
next year, and will begin tlio issuidg
of warrants on the district as soon as
State Treasurer Mathues is readj' to
pay them. Mr. Mathues will probab
ly follow the custom of withholding
payments from the district during the
summer vacation in order that the
favorite banks may have the use of ths
money during the period.
The regular annual appropriation
made by the last legislature is §5,500.
From the amount the legislature de
ducted §237,500 for the State Normal
school and $50;000 for the township
high school leaving a balance of $5,-
212,500 for the common school*.
The amount received by the several
districts next year will vary somewhat
from those received for the year about
closing, owing to the fact that appro
priations for next year is based on new
returns of teachers, resident taxables
and children between six and sixteen
years of age.
Following is a list of the amount to
which the counties in this part of the
state are entitled for the school year
beginning June 6:
Cameron, $7,233,50, Elk, $32,361.27;
Lycoming, $71,287.14; Mclvean, $47,-
321.41; Potter, ?28,752 17; Tioga, $50,-
425.08.
Great Loss of Life.
"They called that Eastern battle a
big one the other day," said the G. A.
R., man "because several thousand
men were killed and wounded, but
that was only a shirmish compared to
the big fighta in my day. Times
change.
"Why, at Gettysburg we lost 20,00"
men and the Johnnies 30,000. In two
days of the Wilderness there were iu
all 18,000 killed, and at liull Run our
loss was 12,000.
The losses in the France-Prussian
and the Crimean wars were especially
heavy, and at Omdurman, in 1896, the
British killed 11,000 Dervishes, and
then they say, went out next morning
and finished up 3500 of the wounded.
Julius Caesar's battles netted 1,000,000
men killed, and some of the other
famous Roman generals never con
sidered a fight seriously unless at least
50,000 of the enemy were put out of
the business. Hannibal's troops killed
40,000 at Cannae, and that wasn't such
a big affair either.
"The truth is that the invention of
machine guns and the introduction of
the 'open order' have made the old
sort of war impossible. In the old
days, when men met face to face, they
fought till there wasn't any one left to
fight. But that's all over.!'
Bane Ball.
The game of base ball between Em
porium and Driftwood, at the latter
place, Monday, resulted iu a victory
for Driftwood, by a score of 9to 3. It
was an exciting game and one of ab
solute harmony.
There is a game booked for this place
to be pulled oft Saturday next between
Johnsonburg and the home team. This
promises to be a most interesting game
as the teams are evenly matched and
both have blood in the eye to win. It
is hoped that there will be a good at
tendance.
Senator Penrose's Pun.
Senator Boies Penrose was showing
a party of friends through the vaults
of the United States Mint.
"Mercy,' ; exclaimed a woman from
Baltimore, "how chilly it is down here."
"Yes, madam," replied the Senator,
"you are surrounded by a cool fifty
millions " —Tho Public Ledger.
To Remain in Emporium.
The many friends of Miss Lillian ileil
uiau will be pleased to know that she has
relinquished hur position with the Grit iu
Willianjsport and will be a member of the
borough force of instructors, having been
engaged to teach the C. Primary grade
the coining year.
Cholera Infantum.
T his disease has lost its terror siuce
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarr
hoea Remedy came into general use.
The uniform success which attends the
use of this remedy, in all cases of bowel
complaints in children has made it a
favorite whereever its value has become
known. For sale by Jno. K. Smith,
Sterling Run.
For Deaf flute Mission.
The monthly missionary offering in
Emmanuel Church next Sunday morn
ing will bo for the Mid-Western Deaf
Mute Mission.
ice Cream To-Jilulit.
The members of Saint Mark's'conge
gation will fcorve ice cream on their
Church lawn this (Thursday) evening
and wiil appreciate any patronage ac
corded them in their worthy efforts.
World's Fair Excursions.
Low-rate ten-day coach excursions
via Pennsylvania Railroad, August 3,
10, 17, 24, and 31. Rate $15.95 from
Emporium. Train leaves Emporium
at 8:10 a. m., connecting with special
train from New York arriving St.
Louis 4:15 p. m.,next day. 3230-23 5t
NOVIIIK liljr Saw Mill.
The first train of about 20 cars length,
bearing the dissected remains of the
big Dußois saw mill, pulled out for
Dents Run a few days ago. The out
fit was hauled by Mr. Dußois' large
locomotive. Several trips will be
made before all the material for the
new mill on Hicks Run is transferred
to that place.—Lock Haven Republi
can.
Klremeii'H Convention.
The following paragraph we clip
from the Warren Mirror: "The Fire
men's Convention proved somewhat
of a disappointment to the business
men at Warren for the reason that
they figured on a crowd for at least
three days. A small percentage came
on Wednesday and about the same
number remained Friday, and Thurs
day was the only big day of the week."
Renovo Hose Company Wlns'l'lic
I'irst IloiiorH.
West Branch Hose Co , No. 2of Re
novo won the first prizes at Warren on
Friday in the competive drills. The
prizes consisted of §IOO in cash and a
handsome silver trumpet and were
well worth striving for.
The next annual meeting of the as
sociation will bo held in Bradford in
August 1905.
Wreck at Driftwood.
In the Driftwood yards of the Alle
gheny Valley railroad, Sunday a pas
senger train ran into a couple of
freight cars and the passenger engine
and a baggage coach were wrecked.
Mrs. Krebs, wife of the passenger con
ductor, had three ribs broken. An
other women had her collar bone
broken.
Annual Picnic.
The annual picnic of the First Meth
odist Episcopal Church Sunday School
yesterday, at Keystone Park was a
pleasant affair, despite the drenching
rain that came in the late afternoon.
Above 200 was present. Games were
played and the well ladened tables of
fered a tempting treat to the hungry
appetites.
Facts for the Voters.
The following facts are of general
interest. Cut them out and preserve
for future reference:
Last day for registering votes, Wed
nesda3% September 7.
Last day for paying taxes, Saturday,
October 8.
Last day for filing certificates of
nomination (state,) Tuesday Septem
ber 27.
Last day for filing nomination pa
pers (state,) Tuesday, October 4.
Last day for filling certificates of
nomination (county,) Tuesday, Octo
ber 11.
Last day for filing nomination pa
pers (county,) Tuesday. October 18.
Reception.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. F. D.
Leet, on East Third St., was last Tues
day night the scene of a pleasant re
ception given in honor of their guests
Miss May Sheller, of Port Royal, Miss
Bessie Smith, of Philadelphia, Miss
Bertha Taylor, of Cresson, and Mr.
Lew Haskill of Ooudersport. Miss Iva
Leet, who came home from Buffalo to
attend the function, was one of the re
ceiving party which consisted of nine
persons. About fifty people were pres
ent at intervals, during the evening, to
greet the happy guests, partake of the
choice refreshments and enjoy the ex
cellent music, furnished by Mr. A. D.
Ericsson, pianist and Miss Smith vocal- t
ist. The alfair was voted a fine suc
cess.
Warning.
All persons are hereby forbidden from
trespassing upon the property of this
Company without a permit from this
office, or the Superintendant at the
works.
Keystone Powdeii Mfq. Co.
Emporium, Pa., August Ist, 1903.
24-tf.
The Alan Who's in Debt.
The man who can easily pay his
debts and who refuses to do so, is dis
honest. He may pose as an upright,
honorable man, but he is a swindler
nevertheless
If he runs up largo bills intendirg,
beforehand, to let the accounts stand
indefinitely, he is perpetrating a fraud
on the man who furnishes him with
articles or services secured in that
way.
He realizes that grocers, meat deal
ers, clothiers, physicians and others
who provide for the needs of a family
are required to pay their bills and
meet their obligations, but the dead
beat does not concern himself about
their interests.
His scheme is to impose upon them
and to get something for nothing at
their expense.
A man who is temporarily without
means of support may for a time run
behind in his accounts. He pays when
he is able to do so. His case is not to
be classed with that of the chronic
dead-beat to whom reference is made
in these remarks.
The larger type has no more hon
esty in him than a burglar. And he
lacks the burglar's courage. He takes
no chances.
But he takes such other things as he
can grab—Bradford Era.
Some fledicine For Us.
Mr. Whitman Oegood, of Washing- i
ton who has just returned from a
journey to St Louis by automobile, has !
this to say about the roads:
"The condition of the roads was
varied. They were good iu Maryland,
but all through Pennsylvania we
struck nothing but abominable
stretches of ground not worthy of the
name of roads. The r ads in West
Virginia were in fair condition, and
there was an improvement in Ohio.
The roads, in Indiana were good, but
those of Illinois were inconceivably
bad. I found tho condition of the
roads a pretty fair index to the pros
perity and intelligence of the people
living along them.
His fliddle Name.
Ex-Senator Ilenry G. Davis, within
the hour of his nomination for the Vice
Presidency, was sought out by a cor
respondent for a newspaper that lias a
penchant for middle names. Accord
ing to instructions wired from his office
the reporter asked:
"Senator, what does the 'G' in your
name stand for?"
"Gassaway," was the reply.
"But really I must find out," said the
reporter, smiling faintly.
"Gassaway," repeated the candidate.
"Is that West Virginia for 'chase
yourself?'" inquired the young man.
"No," chuckled the ex-Senator. "It's
my middle name—an old family
name."
"Oh!" said the correspondent, "I
thought it was a slang expression I
hadn't heard before."—New York
Times.
Events.
Tuesday, Sept. 6th, Sautell's Colossal
Railroad Shows.
Tuesday, Sept. 6th, Annual Conven
tion Cameron County Sunday School
Association.
Monday and Tuesday, Sept, 19th and
20th, Northumberland Presbytery in
the First Presbyterian Church. About
sixty clergyman will attend.
Thursday and Friday, Oct. 6th and
7th, Cameron County Fair, Keystone
Park.
The easiest way to get out of favor
with people and make a bore of your
self is to talk too much, To know what
to say and wnen to say it is a great
gift. We flatter men and gain their I
favorable opinion much more readily
by listening than by speaking. No
matter bow brilliant and learned a
man may be, if he is always wanting
to talk, and treats his companions as
though they had nothing worth while
to say but that he had much, they will
soon avoid his company The gift of ;
speech is a fine one, and if judiciously
used will win honors and riches, but it
is easily overdone. When it runs to
garrulity it is tiresome beyond any
thing else. A blatherskite had better
be deaf and dumb.—Punxs'y Spirit.
A Severe Storm.
A terrific thunder storm, accompa
nied by a fierce wind and a downpour
of rain and hail, struck this place yes
terday afternoon. While no particular
damage was done our streets were
kept full of flying rubbish for a short
time. The light of the sun was almost
completely shut out. The immense
amount of rain quenched several large j
bonfires which were in progress dan- j
gerously close to some barns and sheds, I
and which the strong wind stirred to a I
raging condition, thus saving property.
TKRMS: #2.00—#1.50 IN ADVANCE
WEATHER REPORTFj
(Forecastby T. B.Lloyd 1
FRIDAY, Fair.
SATURDAY. Fair.
SUNDAY Fair,
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BRIEF HENTION.
Everybody reads the PRESS
The best clothing at the lowest prices
at N, Seger's.
A charter has been granted to the
riftwood Land Co., for the sale of
lots in Driftwood.
Bidgway is undergoing another
epidemic of typhoid fever. It is said
there are about 25 cases theie at pres
ent.
Hargreave's circus has come and
gone. The management was about as
cheap a lot of men as we have ever
met.
Call on N. Seger if you want clothes
that will give you your money's worth
in wear and be perfectly up to date
in style.
St. Marys is experiencing an oil
boom. Thero has been a well struck
that produces twenty barrels per day
and is expected to do still better.
John L. Johnson, the proprietor of
the American House has men at work
clearing a forty acre piece on the
Portage. Anothpr evidence of pros
perity in the east ward.
We have ascertained that the Demo
cratic leaders approached Methuselah
with an offer of the vice-presidential
nomination before it was finally offer
ed to Henry O. Davis.
The Presbyterian Sunday School will
picnic at Keystone Park to-morrow.
They invite their friends to Join them
in making the day one of delipht to
all.
An official order has been posted by
the New York Central Company,
changing the name of Oak Grove, to
that of Aris. The name has been
selected in honor of Mrs. Orvillo
Hickok, of Harrisbnrg, who was form
erly Miss Aris Cochran, eldest daughter
of Hon. J. Henry Cochran, of Wil
liamsport.
An Exchange says: A physician
gives direction in handling a splinter,
which are well worth remembering.
W hen a splinter has been driven deep -
ly into the hand it can be extracted
without pain by steam. Nearly fill a
wide mouth bottle with hot water,
place the injured part over the mouth
of the bottle and press tightly, and
in a minute or two the steam will ex
tract both the splinter and inflamma
tion.
The editor of an exchange hits the
right spot when lie says:"The sor -
riest fellow on earth is the fellow who
will sit around and cuss his own town.
If I lived astride the north pole, I
would call it home and be ready to
boost it up. If I could not say any
thing nice about it, I would say that
my ice bill didn't come high. I would
not stay in a town I had to cuss—not
while the world is as big as it is now."
One of the features of the Cameron
County Agricultural Association Fair
and Picnic to be held in Keystone
Park, Emporium, Pa., on Oct. 6th and
7th, will be the Baby contest. Prizes
to be a silver cup for the prettiest baby,
a silver cup for the best appareled
baby, a silver knife, fork and spoon for
the cutest baby, a silver powder box
and puff for the fattest baby, and two
silver mugs for the most attractive
twins.
The Pennsylvania has decided to re
number all its freight cars. There are
about 185,000 cars on the lines west of
Pittsburg and 115,000 cars 011 the east
ern lines, and in additions are more
than 15,000 cars on the eastern lines, in
the company's fust freight line. The
re-numbering of the cars will be an
enormous job, but when it is done the
accouting reports will be greatly sim
plified. It is proposed to have certain
blocks of numbers for each line in the
system, and each class of cars will have
a separate block, so that the number
will show at a glance the kind oi car,
the capacity, and the line to which it
belongs.
Wrongly Accused.
We will say for the benefit of the In
dependent, that the articles referred to
in last week's issue of the PRESS, as
having been written by Mr. J. P. Mc-
Narney, that he made a very poor
guess, as that gentleman did not write a
line for this paper.
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