FHE CAMERON COUNTY -
fCsi".\i; .isiiici) BY C. 15. GOULD, MARCH 1566.
VOL. 39.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
{From our Regular Corrcspondeni.)
Washington, Aug. 'JOt-h, 1904.
Editor P' i s*.—
When the Filipino Coiniiii.-sion- j
ers visited the President a. few
weeks ;igo lie asked some of them
how soon they thought their people
would lie ready to have a General
Assembly called for the purpose of I
considering local legislation. Some)
of the Commissioners replied that 1
the time had already come. Since j
then the , have sent a petition to
the President, by the. hands of Sec
retary Taft. urging him to take the
matter into serious and early con
sideration. One reason for their
so doing is the fact that the I . S.
Philippine Commissioners have
promulgated a series of internal
revenue laws, which, with the cus
toms duties, the Filipinos think
will be of deep interest to the in
habitants of the island. Since they
must provide the revenue they ask
for the privilege of having some
thing to say about the objects for j
which the money shall be appro- ;
printed. In any event they think
their law should be considered and '
ratified by the representatives of j
the people. Your correspondent i
called to-day at the revenue divis
ion of the Treasury and was in
formed that thus far the Govern
ment has no internal revenue officer
in the Philippines, but there is one
in Hawaii. It was also thought at
the Treasury that only < 'ongress
can pass laws for purposes of tax
ation. since that is the way provid
ed by the Constitution. 1 nder
thesceireiii:istance> it is nude. -tood
that President Ho .-eveil w ill soon '
do all he prudently can to amelio- i
rati con mei. ;al condition - in our
Fasten, p>• -ions. And !n may
:
Xatio 1 tl Assembly, with limited j
power*, much sooner than the !
are no wanting tha a number e>' j
'
make is;\ ■ ius i:i the Philip- j
pii. • a result o! what they ha\
( )wi to the fact that it is un- i
dor '■ .<i that the Democrats will
make <. .•-ra ■> <-ifort to reduce
announeer.e-id i < made .that next i
.
speeches iu li :*, Vt..aiidin
Port in id. !••., on hi wa\ ( > join :
hi : . iil; ; 1 iu"; ay Pay. ne r the i
moi ill o. !he ,<t. niiwi nee, when
they 'ire 'iidint the summer.
Secretary Wil-on, of the Depart
ment A ricultih' . will visit the
same late a little later. With 1
the de; triure ov the Pre ideal to- j
day i >r ;\s:oiher month'- outing at |
0\ -ter ila;', very fc-v. Cabinet mill- j
ister- will remain iii town. Secre- '
tarv Meteal' is already on his way
to California, to (.'lose up his private
business, which he says he left at a
two days notice. Morton is tour
ing along the Atlantic coast and
has Att'y Moody with him. Sec
retary Hay, having Warned for
eign powers what they can and
what they must not do, will soon j
return to New Hampshire. He is i
receiving numerous telegrams of
congratulation over the news of the
birth of a grandson—John Hay
Whitney, the mother of whom was
pleasantly known herein Washing
ton as Helen Hay. Secretary Shaw
will also goto the Pacific coast,
making speeches in the states west
of the Hoeky mountains, and one
or two in Utah.
All the news which drifts into
Washington from drifting politi
cians, and otherwise, regarding the
prospects and progress of the cam
paign, is full of cheer and hope for
the Ilepubicans. it is considered
very unwise, politically, to force an
issue of the negro suffrage question
in West Virginia; the Georgia
lynching will lose tens of thousands
of Democratic votes in the North
and West to the party; and the
tricks r< orted to in Maryland will
probably land that state in the
Republican column. Fish Com
missioner Bowers, of West Virginia
predicts a Republican plurality of
17.'"id in that state. It is denied
by Congressmen visiting in this
city that there is any likelihood of
Wisconsin. Indiana or Illinois go
ing Democratic.
I met Gen. Black on the street a
few days ago, in a great rush to
catch the cars for Boston where he
made a speech that is attracting
much attention.
The grade of Sixth street, west of
Vine is being raised.
I
Thomas E. Watson's View of the De
mocracy.
Four year* ago and eight years
ago the Independent was hand in
glove with the Populists supporting
liryan. ' Now it lias abandoned
Bryanism and is supporting Parker.
Isut the Populists have the merit
of consistency and are not .- import
ing Parker. This i what their
candidate, Mr. Watson, says of the
1 )emocraey:
"Roiled down to its real essence,
sifted to its real meaning, the Dem
ocratic campaign of 19<>4 is a mere
unscrupulous hanger for office.
They ha ve no fixed or certain creed.
They have no article of faith by
which Democratic loyalty can be
tested.
"You may ask why do I consume
more time discussing the Demo
crats than in speaking of the Re
publicans. My reply is: Itiseasier
and quicker to strike an open
enemy right between the eyes than
it is to tear oIT the mask from the
face of a. pretended friend and show
him to be the hypocrite that he is."
Brought (loot! Times.
An Irishman in New York was
asked the other day whom he is
going to vote for this fall.
"Why, Billy Bryan, of course,"
was the reply.
"But Bryan is not running this i
year. '
T don't care whether he is or
not: I'm going to vote for him. I
voted foi him four yeirs ago and I
eight years ago,and haven't we had j
good times ever -inee?" New !
York Times.
Important.
Mr. William T. S ; e:. re; .'.ting 1
the Harlem Music Co., <>l' New fork,
wili ho in Emporium, 1 i >v, August ;
26th. Mr. Soger i 1 to ine pleas- 1
.
While hen he will 1 ve < . Hiojj I
at the st'.ee i>m of Sc :• & Fen '
the ce!f;li"titc'l h>'h •rede c'anb < 112
Beck- v drn's., togeiln-r with ot! T I
musical a.< rchandis.-, and tha very :
latest sheet tiausic \.t City prices. To
!y a sy'em, tl; bringing the j
p mo within reach of all, "Heme 1
without :i pi mo is the kune ni a rose '
without fragrance."
I'iie i liavirg i; li uneats with
which t ... y are diusa Islied c.m ' o »tain |
cT.angf, for wiiich we w ; I allow a fair j
nun, ,i cording : i die icno'tion of!
| Orders I>r tuniu:. and polishing will j
be received at R. Seger & Son's. Mr. •
I Seger ' xteitds a mo. e .rdial invita
; lion to his iriundn, e.iid their frlei.ds, i<i
attend tiie opening on Saturday, Au
gust 27 th.
An Appreciative Fact.
A young gentleman was heard to :
make a sneering remark in regard tc, a j
young man's being a "mother's boy," j
being "tied to mother's apron siting,'' ;
, etc. He, in the density of his ignor- j
! nice, did not. know that ho was paying 1
j i<> this young man the greatest compli- j
j ineuts which he could bestow. As has 1
I often been said, no love can compare I
ito a mother's love. Who, when the j
; world, h:isty in its judgments, has con- ,
j demned a young man, comes to hit aid .
I with tiie whole strength ot her being, !
! and if necessary with the last drop of i
j her blood? You hesitate not to answer: i
j "His mother." In what way can a j
young man repay the one to whom he ;
; owes his existence, and who has exerts d .
I an uplifting influence on his whole life?
t in no way can he hope to repay her, j
j but the least he might do is is to try at '
I all times to do nothing that will cause 1
; her pain. And then to the young girl j
( who hesitates to decide whether she
wishes to link her life with that of a
i young man. How does he treat his ;
1 mother? Don't ask the mother. J1
, she sees his faults she will not tell of
them. Encourage the young man to
j speak of his mother, and expect when
! you are his wife to be spoken of in the
| same way. Young man, when you
i feel inclined to scoff at your compan
: ion's devotion to his mother, don't do
! it. It only exposes tho coarseness of
| your make-up and your lack ot' intelli
-1 gence.—Port Allegany Reporter.
World's Fair Excursions.
Low-rate ten-day coach excursions
! via Pennsylvania Railroad, Augusts,
: 10, 17, 2-1, and 31. Rate §1.5.95 from
! Emporium. Train leaves Emporium
I at 8:10 a. m., connecting with special
j train from New York arriving St.
Louis 4:15 p. m.,next day. 3230-23 5t
"Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable." —WKßSTEß.
EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1904.
Mr. Howard's Speech of Acceptance.
It is several months since ?.Ir. Josiah
Howard was nominated for the Assem
bly on the Republican ticket. His
stirring and thoughtful address accept
ing the nomination was printed in full
in the PRESS last April. Now that the
active campaign is opening we wish to j
call attention again to this excellent
addresi. We congratulate the party
and the county on the presence in the
field of a candidate w ho has such a high
and broad conception of our common j
American life and of the relation of i
political service to tKat life. Mr. j
Howard is universally esteemed for his j
high and pure character and is recog- ;
nized as a man of rare business sagacity !
and sound judgment. l»ut we wish to j
emphasize particularly tho fact that lie :
is a man capable of understanding life |
under its higher and broader aspects, !
and who always views the simplest \
duties in relation to the largest ends 1
and interests.
It is a distinctive merit of this ad
dress that it reveals Mr. Howard's largo
comprehension of the nature and
meaning of our American life. He
views it as a whole, and in its essential ;
parts as related to the whole. The I
home, the Church, the school, the place
of work and the place of recreation
and amusement, are viewed by him as '
they stand in relation to one ereat !
common life. These fundamental in- i
stitutions are to the life of the com
muuity and state, viewed as a whole, i
whet tho various organs of the ;
body an to the body as a whole. ]
Mr. Howard's view of life is essentially i
an organic view. It is at least worth j
remembering that the capacity for or !
gariic thought is an indispensable ele. ;
mer.t in statesmanship.
Mr Howard's conception of tho way
in which tho ends of our common I
An ri'. an 'i!'e aito bo realized is i
;am p.• ti >. Ife belicv< sin j
• i ' ar i independence, but not in j
d.,'' a!se and shallow w nae in whi h j
' t 'fms e.a ofi •liUHod. Merely to •
tun a man looso is not to give him i
iru'e frc:.d- :n and i:ul. ; end. aee. Life,
:■, , -
:• >t > ; then Hi! i. ;
overthrow of aaiyraiinKil power. Our 1
!'." ' i's s >on learned t'eit the War of i
:- . : i i • t ;' i v.-
and a.it i ■ sih ■.iere negalivi action.
i i« our | ositi ve institatlibna, our
. «.ur chie-cl'- . our work-ihops,
' -in* < mvnerc. , i ir bulks, that build
up the life i>{' our poo!de and enablo us
to real:/ ti "i freedom and independ-
Mr. Howard is thoroughly im
-1 d with this positive idea of the
nature of government, and he is a Re
publican because the Republican party
emphaci-'es tint idea and lias been the
chief ; jency in ippiving it in our
ti' nal life. Tl; 'conception of liberty
v. h' rh the l)--mocraticp .rty has always
.■: . • inht i js that of mere absence of
r itraint. The conception of inde
pendence. which the Democratic party
has always cherished is that of mere
escape from external tvranny. Uut
something more positive than this is
needed if there is to be progress, it is
the Republican party which pre-emi
nently stands for that positive tendency
and emphasis which has founded and
sustained schools, has fostered trade,
has protected and developed industry
and has given to our government a
place ot positive power and influence
in tho world. If we are to judge men
and parties by the underlying princi
ples which they represent, there is no
more thorough going representative of
Republicanism to be found anywhere
than Mr. Josiah JHoward. The
genius of Republicanism and true
Americanism finds expression in his
speech of acceptance.
I Reduced Rates to (irangers' Picnic at
Williams' (irove, via Pennsyl
vania Railroad.
For 111<• Tliirty-fii'.-t'Annual luter-Sfate
lirango Picnic Exhibition, to he held at
William.*' drove. Pa.. August 2!' to Hep
t.'iiibr the Pennsylvania Hailroad
Company will sell excursion tickets from
Aug. -4 to Sept. inclusive good to re
turn until Sept. ti. inclusive, at reduced
rates, lroni all stations on its lines in the
state of Pennsylvania, and from Baltimore.
Pre leriek,and intermediate stations on the
Northern Central Railway.
There will be an elaborate display of
farm machinery in actual operation dur
ing the exhibition, and addresses will be
delivered by well-known agricultural
speakers.
For information in regard to train ser
vice and specilie rates, application should
be made ti> ticket agents. 'l2fill-It
FOR SALE.—A good farm in Plank
Road Hollow. For particulars incpiire
of Mr. Jos. Kinsler, Emporium, Pa.
23-tf.
Ice Cream.
There will be an ice cream social and
supper at the mouth of Cook's Run on
Saturday evening, Aug. 27th, for the
benefit of the Wesleyan Methodist
minister. The public cordial lj invited.
We would causally suggest that the
patrons go early since the refreshments
are to bo served so close to a big
"mouth."
Prof. Ling Returns.
Prof. EdwardS. Ling who returned
with bis family yesterday from a
pleasant vacation spent in Bedford
county and Maryland, authorizes the
following announcement, relative to
the opening of our pubic schools.
The first Monday of September, this
year Sept. 5, is the date fixed for the
opening of the schools. The board
have been untiring in their efforts to
make conditions the very best pos
sible for good work in the schools.
An additional teacher has been em
ployed and th" numbers thus reduced
in grades that were too much crowd
ed. We ask pupils and patrons to
watch the loca 1 papers next week for
further notice concerning the grading :
o.'' pupils.
E. S. LING, Principal.
To Celebrate Golden Wedding. ,
David F. Marsh, afarmerof noteand j
high esteem, with his respected wife, i
will, on Sept. 15th, celebrate the fiftieth !
anniversary of their wedding, at their j
comfortable home, on Mason Hill, Pa. I
They were married at the home of Mrs.
Marshon Bennetts Branch, near Millers j
Siding, Pa., in 1854, and have grown in j
favor constantly with their acquaint j
anees ainee that time, hence their i
friends are legion. This anniversary
will bring together scores of relatives;
1 friends to participate in the festiv
ities of this grand occasion, now looked
forward to with delightful anticipations
and anxiety. Mr. Marsh is past 77 1
ears of age and Mrs. Marsh has pas -ed
t'.ie O'.'th mile post. The event will be
i ie!y reported after the abovo t! itc.
i)*? for tiis Coast..
Mr. and .Mrs. John Ode on and Mr. !
Walt s Y them aro now > u route to
'
clave, Kni ;h' , Templar, at Sail Fran
euco, h iig their objective point.
Ylioy ' . v.- ' -.* tiv. Nor! Y :
ant towns aad spending a week in the
Yi i.v •; ■ Park. They g . ..ontii as
far s ! is . igel , and will visit Salt
Lai: • <:i .., 1:. nvt • and St. Louis on
the horn • strei eh. '.'hey travel with
the Wiliiamsport Commandery, the
tour being under the r-pe ial direction
of the Pennsplvania Railroad, and
furnished with every facility for the
i omfort and convenience of the sight
seer, Thes will be absent six weeks,
and that t ■ y may have a delightful!
trip is the wish of their myriad of l
friends.
State Urangers' Picnic.
Tho 31st Annual Groat Grangers' |
Picnic exhibition will be held at Wil
liams' Grove; August 29 to September j
2, 1901. This is undoubtedly the larg- j
est and finest display of farm machin j
ery held in the east. The beauty of i
the exhibit is that so much of it is |
running, Saw Mills, Shingle Mills, |
Treshing Machinery, Traction En- |
nines and Ensilage Cutters galore are I
all shown in operation. A new fea- 1
turo will be a high grade Poultry De- |
partment under the uspices of the
Pennsylvania Fanciers' Association.
; The auditorium will be attractive as
usual. During the day addresses by
leading Grangers and Agriculturists.
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings il
lustrated lectures on Russia and Japan,
by Frank R. Roberson. Thursday and I
Friday evenings musical and literary j
I entertainments by the best of Cliae'- i
auqua talent. Everything first c.
j Tickets good from August 25th to So, A
\ tember tttli, at low rates on all rail- j
! roads. Coririilt your nearest ticket !
I agent.
Baptist Church.
The pastor takes for his subject Sun- j
1 day evening, Esther and her queenly j
; qualities or "Woman's Courage to face i
Heath for Dear Ones." Mr. Twichell
: will attempt to show that women are j
braver than men. Short song service. !
All comers will bo warmly welcomed. !
Warning.
All persons are hereby forbidden from
trespassing upon the property of this i
i Company without a permit from this ,
office, or the Superintendant at the '
works.
KEYSTONK POWDER MFG. Co.
Emporium, Pa., August Ist, 1903.
24-tr.
Bargain in Books.
A complete sot ofßrittanica Ency
! clopaedia,consisting of thirty volumes
| and key. Are all new and in original
| packages. Will be sold at a bargain,
j Apply at PRESS office. 36tf
County Sunday School Convention
September 5 and 6
The following provisional program
has been prepared for the annual con
vention of tho County Sunday School
Association. The speakers will be
Messrs. Hugh Cork and G. W. Land is
of the state organization.
Monday evening, Sept. fith, 7:30
o'clock: ? Song Service conducted by
Mr. Josiah Howard; Address: Per
sonal Elements in (he Teacher's Make
Up; Conference: Subject: The Para
mount Aim of Sunday School Work.
Tuesday morning, 9:30 to 11:45 I
o'clock. Address: Bible Study: I
Normal Lesson; (Question Box; Confer
ence.
Afternoon, 1:30 t04:30 o'clock. Con- j
ference: in Grading the School, |
How? How Much? When? (b) j
Cradle Roll; Home Department; (c) !
Teaching of Temperance, Missions,
etc. (d) Winning Scholars for Christ; j
What is the Winner's Part and Re- i
sponslbility? Question P.ox. Busi
ness.
Evening, 7:30 to 9:30 o'clock. Song 1
; and Devotional Service conducted i
by Prof. E. S.Ling; Address: The De
partment with a Hole in it; Address:
The Business End of the Sunday
I School.
The Home Paper.
An exchanges publishes the follow- ;
j ing on the subject of the relation of
i the "home paper" to the people of a •
! community:
j "Someone has well said that 'your ,
j home paper never looses interest in
! you.' This possibly you have never
j given a passing thought. No matter
i whether you like the- newspaperman
! or he likes you, if ho is true to his pro
j 112 ess ion and publishes a paper for "lie
; people, he allows no ;; ; onal ; ters
: or petty spites to inttifen witii hi*
; work >f news guthei iug. H may
meet you as a stranger, yet al. ag -.vis.it
j his IJ stand d<-are.sfc friends chronicle
. your sue; ss and your sorrows v." he r
- - -
are ever and anon reminded of your
existence by some item in the vlllape
pa' -•!• -.vli re you m your !.oylv od.
d =ys» Other < may deceive and de
'ratrd you, but the 'tome papo.' -.'.ever
: 1 . • you. P< sibb you do is-' il
ways deserve it, but a newpapi .• or.
rat any time av things that cau e
; »ur fur to turn : ; ■ wrong way, study
aim a nt and sec if it has not at var
ious times >aid nice things which you
! fail to J v - it er ±dii."
Not so Profitable.
Tho raising ol genseng is r.ct so
1 profitable as many people have been
| ' dto believe. The Agricultural de
■ partmeut in a recent report says that
j the growing of the root is merely a
: craze or fad. Prior to the year 1902
! China imported from this country on
ly 173,000 pounds of genseng in four
years. -A quantity that could easily be
j raised on a farm of 75 acres. "Let
! genseng alone. It is a delusion and a
| snare," is the advice of Secretary Wil
! son of the department.
riusical To-Night.
All lovers of music will enjoy the j
I Musical at the First Methodist Epis
, copal Church to-night as tho program
I is especially rich in the standard and
classical selections which it offers.
And the well known reputation of
those who will take part amply justi
fies the prediction that no similar en
; tainment could please better. Doors
I open at 7:30; concert begins at 8:15.
The! ling to Do.
"I don't know hat to do with this
! man," mused iho agricultural editor.
'What shall I do with my
Every morning I find several
! of them dead.' "
"That's easy," replied the snake edi
: or. "Tell him to bury them."
Teachers' Examination.
A special examination will be held
: in Emporium High School building,
j Saturday, August 27. Examinations
will begin at S:3O a. m.
MATTIE M. COLLINS,
County Superintendent.
Cholera Infantum.
This disease has lost its terror since i
i Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarr- j
! lioca Remedy eame into general use. I
The uniform success which attends the j
use of this remedy, in all cases of bowel j
complaints in children has made it a i
favorite whereever its value lias become I
known. For sale by Jno. K. Smith. |
Sterling Run.
FOB SALE— A good 22 calibre Stevens j
Rifle, with Lyman sights, and in good i
condition. Inquire at PRESS Office. 1
TERMS: $2.00 —$1,501.%- ADVANCE
WEATHER RHPORTfi
(Forecast by T. B. Lloyd.)
FRIDAY, Fair.
! SATURDAY. Fair,
i SUNDAY Fair.
■MnstnßKSFimnmannmDDßi
BRIEF HENTION.
rhc Elks of Johnsonburg ire about
to build a <?10,000 clubhouse.
j Democratic politics makes queer bed
fe..ows and changes them frequently.
< lothingat greatly reduced prices at
IX. Soger's. Call and see his large
stock.
We had some sure 'nougb Demo
cratic weather last week—windy of
i course.
| t'p-to-date clothing at low prices at
iN. Seger's, the old reliable \Hegany
j Avenue house.
The extensive job of steam fitting.
; in the Warner House, is being done by
! the firm of Murry A Coppersmith.
■. lie best place to buy clothing in.
( Cameron County is at the old reliable
house of N. Seger on Allegany Avenue.
Messrs. Rents and Strayer are in
stalling a hot air heating system of
modern design in the Driftwood public
school building.
A tive in front of Mr. Geo. J. La
! Bar's store went on a bender last
i Saturday morning, but a helping hand
I soon enabled it to brace up again.
The Lady Maccabees will not hold
i the picnic contemplated hut will have
a.supper in their hall next Tuesday
night for \i 11;! i each member is invited
; to provide something.
The lco Cream sale by the St. Marks
congregation Inst Thursday night was
& decided success. The occasion was
! enlivened by the presence of the Em
p m band ihat rendered some good
music.
i'be Independent calls President
Rooseyeli "the political hypocrite of
th« twentieth :entury.» It would be
more to the point t<> know what Presi
dent would say of the Inde
epnde;.f. -
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I <i' ' ' ' f:■ ; that the
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branches a ; • i ' nv t lif. . .-ossifies
and these bran ■!;* .av ading, writ
■ ing, spelling, arithmetic, geography,
i grammer, American history, drawing.
, and the underlying principles of
i hygenie physiology "Let us seo that
[ we build our pyramids form the com
mon school upward. Let us provide
education firs' of-ill for th: who can
I never go beyond the public school."—
: Ex.
"The best of everything and every*
thing of the best''is the motto of that
I great showman, Sig. Sautelle, whose
Nino ('onsolidated Railroad Shows will
give an afternoon and evening perfor
! mance in Emporium, Tuesday Sept, (j.
j Unless one has seen this enormous cir
! ens it is impossible to form any concep-
tion of its magnitude. Performances
| high up in the in three rings, on
; elevated stages, in a wild west arena
and on a mammoth hippodrome track
j (each in itself a complete show) are
I combined under one vast tent and may
be witnessed by the purchase of a
single ticket. Only artists of recog
nized merit and reputation in Eurore
and America have been engaged tl is
season for tiie incomparable Sautelle
shows. Among ihe performers
appear during each exhibition are un
! rivaled champion aerialists whose in
! fallibility in tho presentation of their
stupendous exploits is no less a wonder
than is the astonishing ease and grace
| with which they are executed. The. 112
thrilling and audacious feats deuci'.e
I the possession of great courage, confi
-1 denee and power and never fail,to elicit
| the warmest kind of praise from en
| lookers. Then there are a host of aens
; bats in numberless originally devised
■ breath taking achievements; all-feat
ured equestrian acts as conspicuous
| for novelty as for genuine worth and
j the grace with which they are accoHi
j plished; troupes of handsome blooded
j horses and cute ponies in remarkable
displays of sagacity and intelligence;
! other educated animals that do seem
; ingly impossible feats at a low spoken
| word of command and a countless
number of other acts, each and all of
which tend to keep Sig. Sautelle's
shows well in advance of their contem
poraries. See big advertisement it
this issue.
NO. 27.