THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS? ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH 1866. VOL. 39. I F.M.ZELIE, D. D.S.I | CRANE BLOCK, EMPORIUM, PA. ( Artificial Teeth j i Made upou Gold, Aluminum and Rubber \ { { Bate. 2 £ (iAS ADHINISTERED. I eAll Dental Operations carefully done. > I No charge for examination. £ \ } HOURS:—B:3" a. m.to 12 m. t Ito 5 p.m. £ j NIGHT CALLS AT NEW WARNER. | SESBSEttSd -S-ESHJSHSHSBS^ | Rockwell's p | Drug Store. | ruin p] The Cold Cream that n] we make is unsur- [}; Jjj passed for face and [jj hands and will make (}j the skin soft and f{] m white. We have n] Nail, Tooth and m n] Hair Brushes, Wist [}j Brooms. Chamois nj Ln Skin and Sponges, [p No better goods on j{] re the market. When [j] pi you want your favo- tn m rite recipes filled ft |jj Bring them to us. jj! Ln Our stationeryleads. rJ [H Also our toilet cream, n] toilet water, toilet |jj m soaps, perfumes and In !{] sashet powder. All [f J] the latest. JJ n] Our Botanic Dry Kidney Cure m is an exoellent tonic. A specific nj ju for all diseases of the kidneys. In ?! M. A. ROCKWELL. $ ja i? I£SH?SHS2SHqHSHSHSHSSH?SSH£J Holiday Annex H. A. ZARPS & CO. nmmtimsaMtasmmaiHßsnmKE T" N order to meet the increased demands of our numerous custom ers we have rent ed and stocked the store room, next door to J ()HNSON & McNARNEY'S office, with a beau tiful line of goods, especially selected for the Holiday Trade."During the rush incident to Xmas trade this new departure will afford the ladies an B I excellent oppor- Kj tuuity to make their purchases. One of the features of the Annex will be several bargain counters. We can't fail to meet your wants at either store. Call early. fijfIHfIBSHHKSfItiB&BSRfIEESBBBPT' IH. A. ZARPS & C NEXT DOOR TO JOHNSON & McNARNEY'S Eg OFFICE Coming Attractions. Dec. 21st—Stetson's Uucle Tom's Cabin Company. Dec. 24th—Carr and llungeford, Vaudeville Company. Doc. 30th—Alvasez & Lennox, in "Jesse James." Elaborate Christmas Dinner. Mine Host Wheeler, of New Warner, is preparing an elaborate Christmas Menu, which no doubt will attract all lovers of good things. The tickets upon this occasion will be 75c Handkerchief Sale. Mrs. Lizzie Hinkle's Sunday school class will commence a handkerchief and apron sale at her rooms in Odd Fellows Block, on Monday afternoon and evening, Dec. 19. The patronage of the public solicited. Fraternal Order of Eagles. There will be a meeting of the pro posed Aerie of the F. O. E., at City Hall, Friday Evening, Dec. 16th, 1904, at 7:30 o'clock, for the purpose of forming a temporary organization. You are requested to be present. The Emporium Aerie will be organ ized Tuesday evening, Dec 20, 1904. W. F. BAILEY, Sec'y pro tem. New Dental Office. Dr. F M. Zelie, who makes his bow to the PRESS readers this week, having fitted up in fine style his suite of rooms in the Crane Block. Dr. Zelie is a graduate of-New York Dental College, and a post-graduate of Haspell Dental School ot Chicago. We welcome the gentleman to Emporium and hope he may find his residence here both pleasant and profitable. He comes highly recommended. Don't Bar Your Door. Millions upon millions of people are spending money this year for Christ ; mas gifts. Every home in Cameron | county, as well as adjoining counties, | are sure to look to the advertisements ; in the newspapers for hints as to what Ito buy and where to buy it. The mer- I chant who fails to advertise liis Christ i mas goods thereby cuts himself off i from participation in the benefits of the Holiday rush, lie might as well bar his front door expecting customers to come in through the window. Union Thanksgiving Services. On next Sunday evening (18th,) : there wiil be a union national Thanks giving service held in the Presbyte'r j ian church of this place. This annual I Thanksgiving service was necessarily I postponed because of the disappoint ! ment in the heating plant purchased j and the delay caused by having to J decide on and secure and putin an | other. The church can now be made j thoroughly warm and comfortable, j Let everybody come out and join I heart and soui in a genuine national j Thanksgiving service. Services begin | at 7 o'clock. Valuable Dog Dies. "Ring," a valuable dog belonging to j Mr. M. H. Terwilliger died Saturday | morning, of double pneumonia, after lan illness of three days. Nearly every I day, since he was four years old, j "Ring" had gone to work with Mr. | Terwilliger, and it was only three days j before nis death, when too weak and j exhausted togo with his master, he • laid down and longingly watched the teams goto work Every effort was made to lessen his suffering, but the careful attention given him failed to prolong his useful life. "Ring," a loyal friend and fnithful, was a great ! favorite with every one, winning many | friends by his kind disposition and re- I markable intelligence, and we may | truthfully say of him; "Well done, j thou good and faithful servant?" A Gorgeous Novelty. Guy Bros' minstrels present this | season a grand spectacular first part that creates a genuine sensation where ever seen. It is entitled "The United States Battleship Texas, or the Jack Tars Ashore." Arranged by Geo. R. Guy with special scenery and ingen ious electrical effects, magnificent un forms and military drills, it is a spec tacle dazzlingly brilliant and not soon Ito be forgotten. The battleship at j anchor, the lighthouse with its gleam j ing lights, the ocean silvery under the ! full moon, the sailors with their songs, j dances and stick drills, the entrance of the commanding officer who joins j them for an evening of pleasure, and I the marvelous transformation in scen- I ery and costume, from sailors to sol j diers in camp, combine to make this | the most splendid and gorgeous | achievement in the annals of modern 1 minstrelsy. At the Opera House, Fri i day night, December 16th. The Best Game. i The game of ten pins last Saturday | evening, at Creighton's Broad street > alley, between Port Allegany and Em ; poriurn was the most hotly contested game of the season, resultiug in the | following score: BMPOBIUM. Clarke, 163 193 160—516 Creighton, 136 158 146—440 Daly 131 184 127—442 Knickerbocker,.. ..162 161 158—481 Eckl 162 128 147—437 j Good, 175 161 157—493 Totals 929 985 895-2809 PORT ALLEGANY. Reed, 184 138 143—465 Bard, 149 164 179—492 Mahaifey, 150 170 144—464 Lauer, 150 173 150—473 Butler, 170 165 161—496 St. Clair, 138 137 136—411 i Totals 941 947 913-2801 "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable." —WEßSTEß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1904. The Observer. Last week the Observer had some thing to say about good citizenship. It has occurred to him that the few things lie said on that subject have a bearing in relation to the church as well as to the state. The Observer is taking it for granted that none of the readers of the PRESS question the importance of all that the church stands for in the life of the community. It is not probable that there is a single person in Emporium, for instance, who would be willing to live for any length of time in a region where religion and its beneficent in fluences are unknown. Much less would any man in Emporium care to have his wife and children live in such a locality. Of all civilizing and moral izing agencies, religion is the first. Apart from the church, which in its ideal is humanity organized for relig ious purposes, there can be no effec tive religious life or influence in a com munity. From a practical point of view, a church less community is a community without religion. Last week the Observer tried to hammer in the thought that we are all the beneficiaries of the state, and that we all, therefore, in return owe a duty to the state in the way of material sup port and also in the way of contribut ing our share of personal thought and interest and effort to keep up the gen eral public life and atmosphere which is so essential to our life as members of a social order. The man who ignores his responsibility to the state, who is willing to live off the priceless benefits which the state vouchsafes to him, while doing nothing to build up the life of the state, is a deadbeat and a parasite. The church is just as important to the life of humanity as is the state; it confers benefits just as real, just as great, just as tangible. These benefits, many of them, at least, extend to every man, woman and child in the community;every one is a beneficiary of the church, and consequently every one owes a duty to the church in re turn for these benefits. The material support of the state is provided for by means of taxation. The state has the legal power to en force the payment of taxes. The church has no such power, nor does she desire to have it. But the moral obligation to support the chuch is just as real and just as great as is the moral obligation toward support the state,and this moral obligation rests upon just as many persons in the one case as in the other. What we give to the support of churches should not be looked upon in the light of a mere freewill offer ing, much less in the light ofa charity, but it should be viewed in its true light as the payment of a just obligation. One may pay taxes to the state and yet be an alien, and one may contri bute money for the support ofa church without being a member of the church. To the non-church member the Ob server would like to address a kindly word. Y r ou acknowledge that the community is vastly the better for I the influence of the church, and that you yourself in many ways are the beneficiary of this good influence You know, too, that the church cannot exist without members. If every one j were to follow your example, where I would our churches be with all their helpful and uplifting influence? You ! are in precisely the same position as ! is the man who declines to assume his duty as a citizen of the country. An | alien living in our midst owes it \ to the country whose protection and advantages he enjoys, to take his place jas a full-fledged citizen. He may be j industrious and law-abiding, and he may be very prompt and honest in paying his taxes, but so long as he is willing to remain an alien, he is show ing a spirit which, if imitated by all, would mean the disorganization of the 1 civil community and government. Yet many of those who would be the most ready to censure the alien for declin ing to become a citizen, are themselves willing to remain mere aliens, when it comes to their relation to the church. Is not the man who is an alien in re lation to the church just as much of a shirker as is the alien in the state? Citizenship in the state means iden tifying one's self in heart and thought and effort with the best spirit and life of the state. Membership in the church means identifying one's self in heart and thought and life with the best and purest life of the church. The man who holds himself aloof from the currents of civic life and interest is doing himself a great injury; he is throwing away his man's duty and his man's opportunity. The state also suffers injury through his neglect of duty. So, too, the man who holds himself aloof from the currents of I church life and interest is doing him- self an injury: he, too, is throwing away his man's duty and his man's op portunity. And through his failure humanity is also the worse. He who says that church members are not good enough to have fellow ship with is near of kin to him who says that politics are too corrupt for an honest man to have anything to do ; with. Both are unmanly shirkers. Our Blanket Editions. The PRESS is indeed very thahkful to | its many friends for the flattering j words bestowed upon our Xmas edi | tions, numbering 144 columns weekly, j It has required a very great amout of j labor and no small expense, yet the i very liberal patronage of our business men amply repays us. We have striven to please, while we regret we cannot increase the number of pages at this time, feeling positive that the enterprise of our business men will be richly rewarded by a lively trade. Our edition, next week, will be fully lup to our standerd. We hope our pat | rons will be prompt with "copy," | thereby enabling us to get out a neat paper. The Canadian Jubilee Singers. A large audience greatly enjoyed the Canadian Jubilee Singers, at the court house, last evening, appearing here ander the auspices of the Presbyterian Church. Plantation melodies, present day ballads of the popular order, were given with all the abandon and free dom of the race, while in the solo parts the several members showed marked attention had been given the cultiva tion of their respective voices. The orchestra, of six pieces, was by far the best feature of the evening's entertain ment and we would suggest that larg er place be given to it on the program. The Canadian Jubilee Singers can come again. They provide a form of entertainment of which the public will never tire. Ellsworth Plumstead. Ellsworth Plumstead, who gave the second number in the People's Star Course, last Thursday night, abund antly made good his reputation as a pleasing antertainer. Exceptionally clever was his big boy and old man parts. In fact we have never heard him surpassed in these particular roles and this wo believe is the general con sensus of opinion. In the matter of makeup he is a consummate master. In costume, posture, voice, gesture, you saw and heard not the cliaracter impersonated, but the character itself, and this is the actors art in a perfected degree. His singing specialties were excellent, prompting the inquiry as to why he does not make more liberal I use of his well trained voice. He is the possessor of a singularly pure and sympathetic singing voice and to limit its use to but two members, left his audience longing for more. A long ing, however, from the arrangement of the program, destined not to be gratified. Mr. Plumstead's entertain ment left behind a pleasant memory and should he come this way again his welcome would be hearty. The piano numbers by Miss Flossie Taggart were very well rendered and her accom paniment of Mr. Plumstead was most excellent. Photographs tor Chaistmas presents at Bair's studio. Don't wait until it is too late. Truth Will Prevail. The good people of Sinnamahoning and surrounding country are delighted to know that they can get Xmas sweel meats at the head quarters of the Liars club. Pap Blodget says the truth will be spoken at all times, until after New Year. Bargain in Books. A complete set ofßrittanica Ency • clopaedia,consisting of thirty volumes j and key. Are all new and in original I packages. Will be sold at a bargain, Apply at PRESS office. 36'tf Two Nights Before Christmas. Remember the date Dec. 23, and be j at the St. Charles Hotel and enjoy a ; good old fashioned Christmas dance. , Supper will be served in the St. Charles dining room. Ten cents per dance. Supper, extra. Good music will be in j attendance. 42-3t. T. L. WHEATON. Everybody reads the PRESS Warning. All persons are hereby fprbidden from trespassing upon the property of this Company without a permit from this office, or the Superintendant at the works. KEYSTONE POWDER MFO. CO. Emporium, Pa., August Ist, 1903. 24-tf. Photograph's for Christmas presents at Bair's studio don't wait unti lit is too ! late. Elk County Hedical Society. The following is taken from the November number of The Pennsylvan ia Medical Journal: "The meeting of the Elk county Medical Society was held at Ridgway, November lltb, 1904, with the follow ing members present: Drs. Bevier, Davis, Early, Flynn, Heilman, Mc- Alister, Palmer, Warwick, Wells, E. T. and W. L. Williams and Wilson. The essayist, Dr. Free, of Dußois, was not present, owing to absence from home and suffering from infect ion, received during an operation. The subject for discussion was 'Mei graine.' Drs. McAllister and Heil man each presented a paper, that of Dr. Heilman desiring special notice for the thoroughness with which it dealt with the subject." Sudden Death. LUCIENE PEABODY, aged 55 years and eight days, employed as scaler in Cameron Lumber. Company's mill at Cameron, was stricken with apoplexy last Saturday evening while entering his barn to milk his cow. He was re moved to the boarding house, which he and his family conducted, and Dr. Smith sent for, but he failed to regain consciousness, passing away at five o'clock Sunday morning, leaving a wife, three sons and three daughters to mourn his death. Mr. Peabody had worked hard all day and apparently was in the best of health, in fact joked with the men just before leaving the boarding house for the barn. Many of our citizens will pleasantly remember the gentleman, who was a hard work ing, industrious man, when li 6 was in the employ ofC. B. Howard Company. Undertaker. Laßar prepared the body for burial and the remains, ac companied by the family to Ceres, Pa., for burial, on Monday. Mr. C. W. Rishell, Mr. Laßar's efficient assistant, accompanied the remains to Ceres. Mr. Peabody was an old Odd Fellow, being a member of Mt. Jewett Lodge, a committee from said order being in attendance at the funeral. BRIEF fIENTION. Last Sunday's cold snap was a harv est for the plumbers. Photograph's for Christmas presents at Bair's stndio don't wait until it is too late. A union national thanksgiving ser vice will be held in the Presbyterian church next Sunday evening, Photographs for Christmas presents at Bair's studio. Don't wait until it is too late. Ladies of the Golden Eagle will have election of officers Friday evening Dec. 16 Would like to have all members present. BESSIE D. SWOPE. Persons wishing a reproduction of penny pictures can have same by call ing on P. K. Shnyder on Cherry street. Also a lot pictures uncalled for. A good pastry cook canseeure a per manent position by applying at New Warner at once. Revival services at the Free Metho dist Church Rev. John O'Regan, of Buffaio, will preach for ten nights, be ginning Dec. 14th. Everybody come. B. Egan has a patent tooth-extract ing device and thinks serioulsy of hanging out his shingle—unless our resident dentists offer him some in ducement to withhold his money maker. FOR SALE—One pair of work horses weight 1200 each, heavy wagon, harness and sleds wiil sell for $320.00. Inquire of CHAS. BARR, Emporium, Pa. 3t. In Ohio a suit has been instituted to test the right of the Supreme Tent of the Knightsof the Maccabees to raise insurance rates for older members —as has recently been done. Stetson's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is the mammoth double production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" will appear on Wednesday evening, Dec. 21st, at the Opera House, Emporium. The rendi tion of Uncle Tom by this well-known and well-liked company will never grow old. This management evident ly believes in the maxim: "What's worth doing is worth doing well." There runs through this grand story a pathos peculiarly t< uching and sweet, it speaks the universal language of the heart. It reflects like a mirror and in nermost phrases of the human emotions. It is more than a play—it is a moral classic. It argues for two of the greatest themes that can engage the mind—human liberty and the im mortality of the sou). Notwithstand ing the frequent production of this play, it is never produced in the sumptuous manner by other companies as it is in Stetson's. Ic is like meeting an old friend after a year's absence. In his theatric offerings, Manager Washburn has brought together all the requisites that goto make up a really great production and one it will be a real loss to miss. Tickets 35c, 50c and 75c; gallery, 25c; Conductor Buck Wins. William J. Buck, of this place, one of the popular Buffalo Flyer conduc tors between Emporium and Renovo, who was a candidate for member of P. R. R. Relief Committee, won out by a large majority, having over 300 votes more than his competitor. Mr. Buck celebrated the occasion, Tuesday even ing, by being raised to the sublime de gree of a Master Mason. He enters his new work on Relief, Jan. 2nd. Photographs for Christmas presents at Bair's studio. Dou't wait until it is too late. •* TERMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCE. WEATHER REPORT (Porecastby T.B.Lloyd.) FRIDAY, Fair. SATURDAY Snow. SUNDAY. Fair. [ Opera House i I FRIDAY, DEC. 16, j | Guy Bro's j Big j \ Minstrels. \ > Everything New. Ip-to-Date. > 3 New Original First Part (with s * special scenery) entitled i \ "JOLLY JACK TARS ASHORE " ) 112 Best of Singers, j ? Dancers, Acrobats and 5 s Comedians. \ F 10 SOLO VOCALISTS, 10 ) SlO BIG SPECIALTIES, 10 \ 112 CONCERT ORCHESTRA. ) s Watch for Grand Street Parade. » I Scuts (til Sale at Lloyd's Dmilt Store. < Prices, 25, 3.5, 50 and 75 Cents. STETSON'S! Original Big Double Specia- B ular Production of I Uncle Tom's I Cabin The Barnuni of Them Alt. S Under the Management of I LEONW. WASHBURN More Grand Novelties then ever. Sj Gorgeous Scenery, Mechanical B Effects. Two Brass Bands. I Colored Female Fife and Drum |j Corps, Blood Hounds. Beauti- «c ful Chariots and Tableaux I Wagons Drawn by Handsome I Shetland Ponies. Genuine I Southern Cake Walkers. Buck I and Wing Dancers. Male and B Female Quartettes. .Jubilee fj Singers. Grand Vision and K Transformation Scenes. Eva and Her Golden Chariot. Watch I for the Big Parade—it Beats a ■ Circus. SPECIAL F~EATURE THIS ft SEASON. I Queen Draga's Beautiful Gortns Worn by the Ladies Colored Quartette Almost the whole world has heard of the sad news of Queen Draga's tragic death; her love for elegant dresses and her wonderful assortment of Parisian novel ties. Leon W. Washburn, Manager of the Stetson's Big Uncle Tom's Cabin Co., has gone to the expenseof getting the artist's original designs of the last superb creation made for the essmated queen of Servia, and has taken four of these ex quisite gowns made at a fabulous price. To give the audienge an opportunity to see these world-wide advertised dresses, they will he worn by four young ladies of the company in an novelty act during the performance of Stetson's Uncle Tom's Cabin Co. AT OPERA HOUSE. WEDNESDAY. DEC. 2IST 1904. Prices: 35c50c and 75cc;Gal- | lery, 25c. jj NEXT ATTRACTION, CARR Si HUNGEFORDS VAUDE VILLE CO.. DEC. 24. 3 ——— ■■■■BMMBMBBB I ——— Clearance Sale. A complete closing out of all winter millinery, commencing Friday, Dec. 9th. All trimmed hats at one third off the price. All ready to wear liats at one half the price. Fancy feathers and Pon Pons at one half price. J Ostrich tips and plumes at one third price. All stock is new and in good condition. LUDLAM's, 3t. Two doors East of Bank. If you desire to make your friend happy, present them a picture of your self mounted on those lovely calendar cards at Bair's studio. See the large assortment of photo graphs in Bair's studio window, Have some like them of yourself. They make fine Christmas presents, from $1.50 to $6.00 per dozen. Where can yon get so many fine presents for so small an amount. Photographs for Christmaspprese ts at Bair's studio. Don't wait until it is too late. NO. 43.