6 QUEER SOLOMON OAKS. A queer old fellow is Solomon Oaks; lia belongs to the good-natured order of folk**; ll» sings and ho whistles about the work And nobody has ever known hint to shirk, And ho makes you think, with his blithe good cheer. Of the merry blackbirds when spring is here. If they come to him with a doleful tale of a neighbor's #iuUs, they a'ways full To rouse iitienttot. lo what they tell. At such 11 lime he can't hear very well; But If they praise up a neighbor—then He can bear as well as the best of men. 119 always indorses ti c good thiigs said l!v his fricnil« of the living as well as the dead. if he's a-slied what lie thinks of a ma# gone wrong. He'll pause, perhaps, lii his cheerful sorja And say: "I'm sorry, but there must bo Some good to his credit, it seems to me." "C haven't time to keep track," says he. "Of the sad tilings ar.d bad thirds that I might see If 1 was to look for them; so I try To shut my eyes as 1 pass them by, And see only good tilings along the way— And I find a lot of them every day. "By always having something to do I keep out of trouble and mischief, too. I stick to my business, as best I can, Ami keep on good terms with iny fellow man— And the better I treat him. It seem? to me, The better my fellow-mati treats me." A ouoer old fellow, this Solomon Oaks, With ids merry laugh and his pleasant jokes. And his faith in liis fellows, said or sung, lie's a host of friends among old and young. Jle makes them and keeps tl > in by smile and song, And the word that helps us when things go wrong. His life holds a lo.xson 'twere well to learn: Shut your eyes to the bad; a.ll the good disiern; Keep busy, be cheerful; ar.d aim to make This old world better fur love's sweet sake. Queer? Well, it may be; but this I say: More of such quec-rness we need to-day. -N. V. Tribune. I Trust I j By W. V. SHEPFARD (Copyright, 1904, by ba.iy Story Pub. Co.) LANGLEY had a cigar store on Lo cust street. It had taken him two years to raise the business to a point v. here it could support itself and Lang ley. When it arrived at that point his •sole ambition was lo raise it one notch higher; that is, to where it could support itself and Langley, and at the same time pay oft each part of the debt which had descencfM upon them during the period of nonsupport. For a time it seemed as if Langley would succeed, as he was an enterpris ing, energetic young fellow, shrewd be yond his years. Then one day Mr. A. P. Rockway, the local representative of the cigar trust, blew into his store. He had heard that l-angley was push ing a local brand of cigars to the detri ment of the trust goods. • "Look here, Langley," said the trust's man, "thi« has gof to stop. I like you well enough personally; but business is business." Langley tried to explain that the in creasing demand for the local cigars was not due to any effort of his. But Rockway knew better. "You've got to cut Turner & Co.'s z .oris out," he said, "or we'll cut you." Now Langley was not a man tobedic tated to, and he ii ,- ed up right away. "If you think ,\ou can do it.go ahead," ne retorted. "I've got the only cigar store in the block. And what's more, you can't rent a store in this block. They're all leased except Miss Child's, the millinery shop, next door; and she owns that. Now. if you think you caji r:m me out, try it." "We'll try it, and we'll do it," snapped the trust, man, as he flung himself out of Langley's store. Two days later Langley was greatly surprised and a good deal chagrined ar seeing a big transfer wagon loaded with gla*s showcases halt in front of the mil linery store r.exl door. Before night the cases had been installed arid tilled, every one of them, with trust cigars. Miss Ohilds, now no longer a miliner, stood behind the counter, dispensing cigars and smiles in a way that made Langley feel sic 1: a! heart. During the next week Langley's trade fell off distressingly. And rio wonder, when the shop next door was selling iivc <-ent cigars three for ten and ten-cent cigars four for a quarter, to say nothing about the smiles thai were given so lav ishly with each purchase. Of course, Langley met the cut in prices; hut the half-hearted grin he gave away was not nearly so valuable to the •mo'"rs as was the charming smile they received next cioor. The natural consequences were that Langley's trade dropped off more and more each day; and the business soon fell back to a point where, instead of supporting :tself and Langley. it supported neither, I< was just four weeks after Lang ley's defy lo the trust that Rockv\a\ again blew into the store, "Business pt'ftlj good, Langley?" he asked aft' r an; vi r.ng the young man's -Mi'ly nod with a. broad smile. Langley did not condescend to reply. So the trust man went on; "Heard you wanted to sell out. I'd like to make yon an ofi'er, but can't, you know. We've made a contract with the voting ladj next i nor to supply her with v'iie.s at. the market price for ten . ears. By-the-way, a pretty shrewd *)ttßiness woman she Is, too. Made us .<gree not toseli anyotieelse in this blot:!; for i'ii l whole t' rm of the contract. But that's all right, I gum.-. She's doing a dandy business; that's what she is. Oh. ■ ell, old fellow. if you don't care to di?- it —ta-la. I think I see your fin ish, and pretty soon, too." I.angley spent a bad night. There were two notes tailing due next month; aa J he had h»:ifd from s° lJl i authority that they had been bought by Rockway. Truly Langley found bucking the trust a very unprofitable occupation. Next morning he started for the stor« early. As he was in the act. of passing the one-time millinery shop, hf heard an energetic banging at Ihe door. Turning, he saw a sweet, though rather flustacd face bending over a lock while two white, dimpled hands were making vig orous, yet vain, efforts to turn a key. For a moment Langley did a very un gentlemanly thing. He felt glad that his neighbor and rival was in trouble. But this was only for a moment. An other instant found him saying: "Allow me, nladam." lie took the key from her hands, and after a mighty wrench threw open the door. "Thank you, very much, Mr. Lang ley," smiled the young woman, who nad now recovered her breath, but on whoso face the blush still lingered. "I donH believe I ever would have opened it. Will you not come in? It's too early for any busines yet awhile." Langley stammered an excuse for not accepting the invitation; then, strange to say, walked right in. No wonder trade had left Langley. It was worth the price of several cigars just to enter the dainty little shop. Everything was spick and span. There were flowers blooming on the counter, and tall rubber plants and ferns setting in the corners. Inviting leather-cush ioned chairs were standing against the wall, which was dotted here and there with cute little pictures. And there were curtains, lacy-looking curtains, at the windows. That was why Langley had never been able to see inside the place before. Now that he had seen, it was no longer a mystery to him why his cus tomers, even some of the most anti trust ones, had forsaken him. To tell the truth, Langley did not blame them, either. "Won't you sit down, Mr. Langley?" asked the young woman, alter enjoying his evident astonishment for a short time. Langley sat down. It. certainly was a comfortable chair. And the cigar that she gave him—he did not know that the trust made such good cigars. Langley took three or four long draws; then he sighed. The trust man was right. Ho saw his finish. After that day Langley formed anew habit, which was to come down early every morning. And it was strange how often the little used-to-be milliner had trouble unlocking her door. Of course, had to stop and hc-lp her. Near ly every morning she vowed to have a new lock put on before night. But for some unaccountable reason the old lock remained. After unlocking the door. Langley would often sit down in one of the com fortable chairs almost surrounded by rubber plants and ferns, and smoke a trust cigar which the young woman had given him. While he smoked they would talk. He couldn't help from telling her something about his troubles, she was so sympathetic. And Langley always sighed heavily when the time came to leave the comfortable chair for his own unattractive shop. One day, however. Langley staved a fu! hour later than was his custom. And he forgot to sigh when he left. Instead, he hummed merrily to himself all the time he was sweeping and dusting out liis store. Trade was even duller than usual that day; but didn't seem to mind one bit. He even bowed and smiled ge?.- ialy to his old friends whenever he saw them going in or coming out the shop next door—a thing langley had never done before, for he had grown to look on all who traded there as his enemies. About three o'clock that afternoon, when there wasn't a soul in the store ex cept himself, Langley saw Rockway, the trust's agent, coming down the street. He stopped for a moment, with a satis fied smile on his faee, before the shop next door. Then he came onto Lang ley's. "Hello," he cried, as he stepped in, noting at the same time that there was not a 3ingle customer in the store. "Business pretty good?" "Well, it might be worse," Langley answered, with a.smile. "llow are they doing next door?" "Oh. tine. That little woman's gottha best business head on her shoulders I ever saw. And she's mighty pretty, 100 —don't you think so?" "Very," replied Langley. And his smile broadened. "I'm glad we got her togo into that ten-year contract. To tell the truth, that was our iast hope. You'd have had us but for that. And say, Langley," the trust man went on."I heard you were go ing into a new business. What is it this time?" "Matrimony," replied Langley, jerk ing his head toward the shop next door. "No ten-year contract, pither. This one's for life." Well, to Rockway's credit let it be said took defeat with a good grace and danced at Langley's wedding with as light a step as the bridegroom himself. Mosquito Bite B.emedies. Not only in America, but iu Europe as w. 11, have mosquitoes been excep tionally abundant this year. Ammonia, the remedy commonly used in mis country, is condemned by a German physician, who says it does not pre vent the effect ol a bite from remain ing several days, lie recommends hold ing the place bitten for a few seconds, and repeatedly, in hot steam, which, he says, promptly relieves the itching and pain. Another remedy superior to ammonia is alum dissolved in alcohol and rubbed in vigorously. To keep mosquitoes away at night, rub the face, neck and hands with lemon juice. Motor-Car for the Pope. According to the Giornale d'ltaiia, the pope has decided to purchase a molin- car for use in the shady groves of the Vatican gardens in place of the traditional light carriage drawn by I fraereal-looking ho;\>es. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1904. I Who is Your J Clothier? If it's R. SEGEK & CO.. you arc getting the right kind of merchandise. There 1 is no small or grand decep tion practiced in their store. Sustained success demon strates that there is "growth in truth"in the retailing of NEW AND UP-TO-DATE CLOTHING AT POPULAR PRICES. R. SEGER & CO. J | Our Summer Goods| |~ = 8 [| Have Arrived. I i k IS a 8 s |{] 1 am now ready to please the public, having [}j in moved my Tailor Shop over the Express nj Gj office, in order to cut down expenses. I can rfl [n now make clothes much cheaper than they can nj jj| be made any where in this section. I employ jjj ru only first-class workmen and invite the public j[] m to call and inspect my stock. jrj | REPAIRING PROMPTLY DONE. jj| a k g = —= | i J. L. FOBERT. I g- --' ■- - -■ _■ 1 * C. B. HOWARD & COMPANY *3 General Merchandise. ** 11 STORE ON THE "RIALTO." V, —====== i< ■j Summer Dress Goods jj N Our line of Summer Dress Goods is selling remarkably jjf ** fast, considering the cold weather we have had and we £* M have a good assortment left that are selling rapidly. N Do not wait until the best pieces are picked out before Ifi || looking them over. M »* M m White Goods Trimmings | E ( . Our stock is complete of I Everything in Iran in- I] $ White Goods,such as Per- ings, such as Val-Laces, Mi If 2 sian Lau us India Linens, Allover Laces, SwissKni- £]jj ig Nam Sooks, Dmnties, . ' ft] fcg etc. Prices from 12c to broideries, etc., from 15c M M •1 Ladies' Wrappers jj |i || £2 We have just the Wrapper for hot weather, with low |g neck and short sleeves, made Iroin calico to best quality Eg percale, in all styles and colors; prices from SI.OO to jj *1 $2.00 each. ** M M a m -s. -s. We have about one thousand pat /C terns in stock, about one fouitli SMI IS the patterns they cut, and if we Nj I ) do not have the pattern you want, ? 5 j we cau K et or y° u ' n three or '' four days. We send orders every £<j |jpl| day; 10c and 15c. None higher. U M \\ Ladies' Fancy Hose Demorest ™ ES #S H M || A complete line of Ladies \y c are agents for the fa- || j h Fancy Hose. Do not tor- mous Demorest Sewing i vj g°t to look at them while Machines; once used, al- s*l gj in our store; prices 25c to ways used. Prices from ! £S 50c per pair. $19.50 to S3O. FV _ if ' 12 C. B. HOWARD & CO. It fc dtt 4* Jttk Jjfcisijjas 4* iifc gam*#* I Ji 25H3HS3SH5HSC.SEL5-HS2 5P JGood ( I Cedar j 1 Shingles j Cj WILL KEEP OUT THE ft K RAIN. WE HAVE THEM jjj j{] IN ALL GRADES. I C. B. HOWARD & CO. | l/i nJ ESaSTHS2S 3 ! NEWS FROM WAR ARENA I _ i JAPS SHOWED GREAT BRAVERY. London, Oct. news agency here laic last night sent out a dispatch dated Tfikio, October f>, saying: "It ii reported that the Russian squadron made a sortie from Port Arthur to day and thai a great naval battle oc curred." No details are given. St. Petersburg, Oct. li. —Emperor Nicholas has received (Jen. Stoessel's official report of the desperate four days' assault of the besiegers upon Port Arthur, from September 19 to September 23, from which it appears that the unofficial report from Che Foo was by no means exaggerated. The Japanese displayed frenzied bravery but they lost 10,000 men and their only success was the capture of two re doubts guarding the waterworks. They prepared for the assault by a general bombardment and then launched their attacks simultaneously from the north and west.. Night and day they fought tinder cover of a continual bombard ment from their siege guns and finally reached the redoubts on the north side. The Japanese efforts were directed chiefly against the commanding posi tion on High Mountain, which faces Pigeon Bay, slightly south of Fort Else. The mountain is 500 feet high and if it had fallen its possession would have given the Japanese a tre mendous lever against the chain of in ner defences. The carnage there was terrible and culminated September 22, when the Japanese succeeded in reaching and occupying the Russian armored shelter trenches. During the night Lieut. Poggorsky, of the mi'-y, at the head of a detach ment of volunteers, descended upon the trenches and blew them up with pyroxylin bombs, producing a panic among the besiegers, who fled, leaving the mountainside strewn with dead. The Japanese then abandoned further attempts. o— — THE COST OF WAR. Tokio, (yet. 7. —In addressing the members of ihe united clearing houses of Tokio yesterday Count Okuma, the leader of the progressive parly, warn ed the people to prepare for a lons war. the date of the termination oi which it was now impossible to fore tell. He predicted that the cost to Japan for a two years' war, including the loans which had been already placed and the expenses consequent upon the war at its termination would total one billion dollars, which would make the per capiia share amount to twenty dollars. The count predicted that it. would be necessary for the Japanese govern ment to borrow $250,000,000 next yeai and added thai if 375,000,000 were se cured abroad the country must face a depreciation in the value of its se curit.ies. The Port Arthur blockading fleet has captured a junk laden with pro visions. The junk was endeavoring to enter ihe harbor. The statements ol the crew and evidence found aboard the junk indicate the existence of a fleet of So junks, organized to run the blockade from the vicinity of Tsing tau. St. Petersburg, Oct. 7.—While the admiralty claims to have no knowl edge of the departure of the Port Ar tliur squadron, it is inferrable from the way in which the report thai such an event had transpired has been re ceived. that definite confirmation would not create surprise. No direct orders have been sent to Admiral Wiren to break through the blockad ing fleet, but it is admitted that he has discretionary powers to leave Port Arthur should the situation de mand or conditions be propitious. LITTLE INFORMATION. London. Oct. B.—No information bearin on the military situation in Manchuria is contained in Friday's dispatches. Tokio reports that four Russian warships were damaged by the fire of ihe Japanese land batteries during recent fighting at Port Arthur, uue of the vessels being destroyed. The Hanna Mausoleum. Worcester, Mass., Oct. B.—The chil dren of ilie late Marcus A. Hanna are to erect a SIOO,OOO mausoleum in the family lot at Lake View cemetery, Cleveland, lo contain IS catacombs foi the Hanna family. In the center will lie two mammoth sarcophagi of pure Norwegian marble. One will contain the body of Senator Hanna, the other will be the final resting place of Mrs. Hanna. With the exception of the saruophagi, the entire sirilcttirw is to be of Troy white granite. It will be 43 feet long, 25 wide and 2 1 high, in the simple style of the Greek temple. A Worcester concern has been awarded the contract. The Nebraska is Launched. Seattle. Wash., Oct. S. —In the pres ence of a multitude of onlookers and christened by a daughter of the gov ernor of the state for which she. is named, I'ncle Sam's latest battleship. Nebraska, was launched from the ways of the Moran Brothers Co. yes terday. Gov. Mickey, of Nebraska, and his parly participated in the cere monies. The Nebraska is the first hat tleship constructed on the Pacific coast north of San Francisco. Rescinded the Order. Washington, Oct. t!. —For half a can tury the war department has had sol dlers" clothing made at the Sehuylkil n v.enal, Philadelphia, by the widows and orphan children of soldiers. Re cently ih ; department decided to havo the work done by contract, purely as a business proposition. The action of the department, which meant tho throwing out of employment oi hun dreds of women, aroused much com in -nt in Philadelphia, and steps were taken to have the order rescinded b.> the president, who did so yesterday. SSSHSaSBSHSHSHSHSHS^S^y (SCHMELZ & CO.'s! XI RJ u m 1 Sluice Pipe. 1 I i Jj IMPROVE YOUR ROADS with uj n STEEL and WOOD SLUICING jj] II The Steel pipe ' a made of cold rolled, Cl J] heavy sheet steel, "vited so ut to leave it fu j Binooth iodide. 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