C. R. HUSTED
&. CO.,
Opposite M. E. Church, Emporium, Pa.
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Will for the next sixty days give
10
PER CENT.
OFF I
on all gboda sold for cash or
cash in two weeks and FIVE
PERCENT, off all bills paid in
full at the end of thirty days.
We make an exception when
selling FLOUR and SUGAR
accompanied by no other 1
groceries.
Call us up, on phone, No, 74.
Goods Delivered Free and |
Promptly.
THE
FOURTH STREET GROCERY
C. R. HUSTED & CO.,
Proprietors.
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<. arcs colds. or :\ <ts pneumonia. !
Building Time
And we wish to say that we are better prepared than ever
before to supply you with all kinds of
Hardware and Builders Supplies.
We have in addition to our regular stock, (the for
business of U. A. Palmer, known as Hockley's Cool
Yard) consisting of Brick, Lime Cement, Wall
Plaster, Shingles, Coal, Hay, Hardwood, etc., etc.,
a full line of PAINTS, COLORS in OIL, PAINT
BRUSHES, etc.
Plumbing and Tinning
is among our specialties. Costs you nothing for
estimates in these lines. All our work is positively
guaranteee to give satisfaction.
Stoves and Ranges.
I Don't forget we carry the largest assortment of
STOVES and RANGES for gas, coal or wood in
county and every one guaranteed by the maker.
MURRY 4 COPPERSMITH CO.
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Pleased and Satisfied Customers
ours are to be found in nearly every
home in this county. You ought to be
one of them! We carry the LARGEST and
BEST stock of
FURNITURE
In this county. All made by SKILLED labor.
Our Bed-room Furniture
Was all made in 1904. CROSS BANDED VENEER
and SOLID ends.
Steel beds fr*m L to COO Cfl
Guaranteed against breaking VZOIUU
Mattresses from ClOCto£|linn
A iso guaranteed yliZu J«UU
Baldwin Refrigerators
Do refrigerate, and the price is within nn|UP
the reach of all s)w«UU
We have the best Go-Carts in town aud||challeuge
comparison. Quickest and handiest adjustment
and prices no higher than low grade goods.
Lace Curtains from 60c per pair to SIO.OO.
Carpets from 15c per yard to $1.50.
Linoleums from 37 /c per yard to $1.50.
All prices marked in plain figures are positively the
lowest for the goods we offer.
Emporium Furniture Co.,
BERNARD EG AN, Manager.
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CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1904.
Shooting
In the New
Year
RACING, whirling, nerve wreck
ing as has become the recog
nized spirit of our times, yet in
the remote districts lingers a
serenity so unshaken we can but mar
vel over the dual nature of this thing
we call American. Customs of the fa
therland have become so grafted upon
the newer land one feels the richness
of the past ever mellowing the crude
ness of the present.
One of the most lovable of these old
customs,, redolent with the air of feu
dalism, Is that of shooting in the new
year. We first hear of it among the
early German settlers of Pennsylvania,
where it has long since become obso
lete. but about 1750 there was a gen
eral migration from Pennsylvania
down to the hill country of the Caro
lines. In rumbly old wagons these
pioneers Journeyed, laden with featliei
beds and delftware, sprigs of fruit
trees and sturdy babies.
As I lie life history is but a repetition
of the race history, there came with
their tirst strange new year a burst of
heiniweii. <Jetting themselves togeth
er. they celebrated as best they could
in memory of older days, anil not once
through all the years that have fol
lowed have these greetings been omit
ted.
Then tenantry and poorer people of
the neighborhood gather at some ap
pointed place about 0 o'clock in the
evening, and the inarch Itegins. From
one "big house"to another they tramp,
dolorously intoning their doggerel, fir
ing fierce salutes and feasting at the
hands of the gentry.
Though North Carolina could never
boast as many stately mansions as
could some of her sister states, yet for
homely comfort and lavish old time
hospitality she has never been sur
passed. Each of the dear old places
lias its own name, still lingering there
—Swan I'onds, Pleasant Gardens,
Mount Welcome, Ingleside. The sen
timent of all was voiced on one stone
gatepost, which proudly bore the in
scription:
Welcome all
To Buncombe Hall.
Tradition tells us that the owner of
this estate, Colonel Buncombe (of
course he was a colonel), lived in
the ''low" country, and when he was
entertaining guests whom he particu
larly enjoyed he had the bridge, the
only means of escape, taken up and
hidden In the swamps. Most of these
Jovial hosts are sleeping now, each in
his narrow bed forever laid, but the
new year has a way of returning, and
the shooters return with it.
On the last night of the year, as you
sit over the hickory tire, there comes a
j
THE NEW YEAB SHOOTEIiS.
tramping in the front yard, and a deep
voice outside begins the so called New
Year's sermon with a forcing of the
rhyme worthy of Walt Whitman.
A loud report being the thing desired,
heavy wads are put on the powder and
the gun muzzle held close to the
ground. After the shooting comes the
hint:
If ydu are a man of grace,
Come to the door and show your face.
The door is then thrown wide, and
the company enter, awkward, grinning
and shivering* with cold. Some of
| them have come from a dlstauce of
eight or ten miles, as the country is
| sparsely settled, and must necessarily
I be tired, but they consider it more def-
I erential to stand, or If one is finally
; persuaded to take a chair he sits on
j the edge uneasily.
I The ruddy. Santa Claus-like old men
I exchange laconic remarks on the price
j of cotton; the youngsters refer to the
I possum hunt of the previous night.
| Some one goes to the piano and strums
j away in a frantic attempt to furnish
amusement. They are stolid until she
strikes up "Dixie." The effect is mag
ical. The callers mark time with mud
dy boots and remark slyly:
"That's the stuff!"
Apples and oranges, cakes nnd coffee,
are now brought out. At some places
the black bottle is passed around. Then
the shooters with a relieved sigh pile
i out of the door. The society manner Is
a fe:irful strain.—New York I'ost,
A... g
New Year 'w
Proposal v
" // ■ MC resolutions have 1 vowed to heep
WA the coming fear?
Come, Bit beside me, maiden fair,
and straightway you shall hear.
I've pledged myself to choose one girl from
out the throng so gay,
Hnd love her -with an honest love forever and
for aye.
i
"I'VE MADE NO PLEDGE."
" T'LX worh for her with brain and brawn,
with all my might and main
{lntil I've won her everything that hon
esty can gain.
I'll till her life wilh ail that's good till life it
self is done
Hnd while we train our minds and hearts we'll
not neglect the fun.
" IVT®® * c " me ' won't you, maiden fair,
J what you have vowed to do,
for I've laid bare my inmost soul to
no one but to you?"
"I've made no pledges," she replied In so de
mure a tone,
"But, if you don't object, I'll try to help you
heep your owni"
- Wallace Dunbar Vincent in Leslie'i M&gazin*.
XothliiK to Keep Illm Happy.
"Wish you a happy new year!" says
the visitor, riding up to the home of
the Kentucky mountaineer.
"Thanks fo' yo' kind wishes, suh,
but hit looks almighty bad fo' me this
comln' yeah."
"Now, I'm sorry to hear that. What
seems to be the trouble?"
"Well, suh, 'long last spring me an'
Lije Bingo happened to have a failln'
out ovah a couple o' liawgs, so we done
had a time all sence then, shootin' at
each otheh f'uni time to time."
"Oh, I shouldn't be cast down over
that. Even if you have a feud it can
be ended. There's no reason why"—
"That's Jest It. podneli; that's jest It.
IJJe fell offen the side o' the mountain
yestiddy, an' now I've got no feud at
all."—Judge.
New Yenr'n (.'all*.
The custom of visiting and sending
presents and cards on New Year's day
is recorded almost as far back as his
tory goes. The practice of using visit
ing cards can be traced back for thou
sands of years by the Chinese. Their
New Year's visiting cards are curiosi
ties. Each one sets forth not only the
name, but all the titles, of Its owner,
and, as all Chinamen who have any
social position at all have about a
dozen, it makes the list quite appalling.
These cards are made of silk or else of
fine paper backed with silk and are so
large that they have to be rolled up to
he carried conveniently. They are. In
deed, so valuable that they are return
ed to their owners.
A Pollnli K Inn 111 K Bee.
In Poland New Year's eve Is observ
ed in a dance called St. Sylvester's
ball. The dancing proceeds decorously
until the clock strikes 12. Exactly at
that moment the men fall to kissing
their oWli and their neighbor's part
ners, each taking particular pains to
thus salute the one he loves best be
fore the one with whom she chances
to be dancing can perform that duty.
Those not In the mood for dancing
gather in another room or remain at
home to entertain one another with
stories about the departing year.
\rw Year'* liny In IlanNln,
At every country house in itussiu
there are a feast and s. procession in
honor of New Year's day. lloriiW,sheep,
cows and hogs are dressed \»'iti gar
lands and led to the landlord's ioa.je.
The Idea is that the animals shail be
iaken into the (lining room, but wh-n
the landlord has a handsomely furnish
ed apartment and does not care to
have It ruined he sets aside some other
room and allows the mob to take pos
session of it.
An Old EnifUah Cnatum.
The old country Englishman never
fails to unbar bis door at 11' o'clock
New Year's eve to let the old year out
and the now year in.
New l'ear'H Vloletn.
I sighed to gl< e you flowers bright,
Though vau.siud sweet the summer's
glow.
The violets heard my longings deep.
Oh. way down 'neatli the turf and snow.
They were no due till April fair,
Yet. in Deo -mber'a wilderness,
They felt tl e warmth of friendship's
rprl n g
And robed themselves in royal dress.
—Donahoe's Magazine
SYLVESTER EVENING.
How the Urrmnm t rlrbrntr the C*a
vernlon «>f tuiialvntliie.
The evening af Doc. .'!1 Is known In
Germany as Sylventer evening. In Eu
ropeun calendars, excepting that of
England, the tlnys of the year have
names, anil Dec. ill bet'.rs the name of
Sylvester, who wan bishop of Home in
the time of the Emperor Constantino
und wn» obliged to hide himself In the
mountains to escape persecution. Then
it happened that Constantino was smit
ten with leprosy, for which horrible
disease the physicians could propose
110 other remedy than a bath in the
blood of young children. For this pur
pose 3.000 children were gathered, but
Constantino, moved to pity by the
despair of the mothers, refused to avail
himself of such a sacrifice. In the
night he was advised in a dream to re
call Sylvester and to accept the Chris
tian religion, which he did.
This evening is everywhere in Ger
many a time of great rejoicing. Par
ties and balls are given, and friends
gather to spend the last hours of the
old year in merriment—games and
dancing and, most important of all. au
guries and divinations. Though these
tricks are as old as the hills, they nev
er lose their charm. Hot lead is pour
ed into cold water contained in a basin,
and in solidifying it forms itself into
nil kinds of shapes and figures, in which
many meanings can be read by the
initiated.
Empty walnut shells, in each of which
burns a tiny wax taper, are put to
gether in a basin of water to swim in
opposite directions. If they meet two
loving hearts will lie united in that
year, but if they separate the love af
fair of those represented by the shells
will come to naught. Young girls
throw slippers over their heads. If tin*
points of the slippers face the door the
owners will be married that year; if
the slippers miss the wished for direc
tion the girls have t> remain at home.
Sealed cards on which words of good
omen, of good advice or wishes have
been written are passed around, read
aloud and considered as indications of
the future. New York Tribune.
NEW YEAR'S BREAKFAST.
In Jnpnn It In a Rollkloum Itlto nnd
a SerloiiN Matter.
To a devout Japanese breakfast on
New Year's day is a religious rite rath
er than a vulgar satisfaction of the ap
petite. No ordinary dishes are con
sumed at this meal. The tea must be
made with water drawn from the well
when the tirst ray of sun strikes it, a
potpourri of materials specified by law
forms the staple dish, while at the fin
ish a measure of special sake from a
red lacquer cup must he drained by
whosoever desires happiness during
the coming year.
In the room is placed an "elyslan
stand," or red lacquer tray, covered
with evergreen leaves and bearing a
rice dumpling, a lobster, oranges, per
simmons, chestnuts, dried sardines and
herring roe. All these dishes have a
special signification. The names of
some are homonymous with words of
happy omen; the others have an alle
gorical meaning. The lobster's curved
back and long claws typify life pro
longed till the frame is bent and the
beard is long; the sardines, which al
ways swim in pairs, express conjugal
bliss; the herring Is symbolical of a
fruitful progeny.
These dishes are not intended for
consumption, although In most cases
the appetite Is fairly keen. The ortho
dox Japanese not only sees the old
year out; he rises at 4 to welcome the
newcomer and performs many ceremo
nies before he breaks his fast.—London
Chronicle.
Alt Improved Diary.
"This," explained the bookseller, "is
our latest patent diary. We think it is
the cleverest thing in that line ever de
vised."
The shopper turns the leaves idly.
"But I can't see where it Is different
from any other," she observes.
"No? Well, If you will look at all
the dates after Jan. 23 you will see
that in each space has been printed,
'Got up, ate breakfast, lunch and din
ner and went to bed.' That insures a
complete diary for the year."—Judge.
New Year'M In France,
New Year's in France is a greater
day for exchanging gifts than Christ
mas. The custom of New Year's calls,
once so popular in this country, but
now fallen almost into disuse, is still
supreme in Paris. Great family din
ners, in which the orange figures most
prominently, add to the gayety of the
day. So crowded are the pavements
on the boulevards that pedestrians
sometimes have to take the middle of
the street.
Xfw Ycnr'H liny In Canndn.
With the French-Canadian, New
Year's day, or le Jour de l'an, as he
calls it, is very much like what Thanks
giving day Is to his New England
brother. It is par excellence the feast
#f the home, essentially a domestic
holiday.
A Song For the New Year.
A song for the new year. Its hopes and its
fears.
And ne%-er a song that Is saddened by
ten rs;
A song that shall ring and shall s'ng to
the years—
A song of a brighter tomorrow;
A song for the new year, forgetting the
old.
Whose story in sunshine and shadow
was told;
A son- of the Joys that love's dear arms
shall hold—
A song of a brighter tomorrow!
A song of a green world and bluest of
skies,
A song of a sun that in splendor shall
rise;
The joy's In love's heart and the light's
in love's eyes.
And the world seen a brighter tomor
row!
—Atlanta Constitution.
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THE PIONEER.
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CLUEB Mioim. I.una Fever, Milk Fever.
11. 11. )SPH \l\K, Lameness, Injuries,
CURES J Rheumatism.
('. THROAT, Quinsy. Kplsoollc.
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CI'RCT S WORMS. Botn, Grub*.
K. K. j TOrGIR Cold*. Influenza, Inflame*!
CI::IKA S Luiisfl, Pleuro-Pneuuionia.
F. F. M'OLK/, Bellyache W inJ-Hlown,
CURES ) Diarrhea, Dysentery.
Q.ii. Prevents MISCARRIAGE.
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I. I. IHKIX DISEASES, Mon|f. Eruption..
CURES (1 ictri, GreaNe, Farcy.
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CURES S liiditfi'Mtion, fetomnch StatCKers.
OOe. each; Stable Case, Ten Specifics, Book, Ac., $7.
At druggists, or sent prepaid on receipt of price.
Humphreys' Medicine Co., Cor. William & John
Streets, New York.
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For Coughs, Colds and Croup.