[ HE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS; ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866. VOL. 40. INSURANCE POLICIES PURCHASED We buy life insurance policies and pay more in cash than the companies issuing them. We also buy policies subject to loans. Write for terms. PYLE & CO., New Warner House, Emporium, Penna / mm ' '% ANNA DELONY MARTIN, At Teachers' Institute, Monday. Oct. 30. What's In McClures. The November McOlure's begins n new volume with the opening chapters of two great new series and a big Kip ling story, which promises the maga zine's Continuance as torch-bearer in public affairs and the leader of excel lence in present day literature. In this number Carl Schurz begins his "Reminiscences," the life story of a patriotic soldier-statesman - author, a fighting idealist who never compro mised with his conscience. Ray Stannard Barker, with "The Railroad Rate," opens his series of articles on the greatest national per plexity, the outcome of more than a year's digging into the most difficult Bubject American voters have ever had to master. Another story in this number that stands strongly out is the "Last Love- Feast," a tale of the French Commune which focuses in a terrible, brief, dra matic moment every human passion. Titly following this this piece of fiction is - 'The Lottery of Death," a true story of the Civil War's most ap. palling episode. A Grand Good Man. The venerable Mr. John Lingle visit ed in Emporium this week meeting his old friends. Mr. Lingle informs the PRESS he will go down the Bald Eagle Valley on a short visit, after which he will pass the winter montlis with his daugthers in Camden, N. J. Our re spected citizen will celebrate hiß 74th birthday next Christmas day and is as hale and hearty as a youth of 30 sum mers. The world is better for his hav ing lived in it. Anniversary Surprise. A large number of Driftwood friends, including some outsiders, gave Mr. and Mrs. Frankßichardson a surprise party last Friday evening, the occasion being the 35th anniversary of their marriage. This popular couple royally received their friends and a jolly good time passed. Mrs. Laura Bryan, Miss Bryan and Miss Mattie M. Collins, of Emporium, were among the surprisers. Keeping Everlastingly At It. The great dry goods house of Adam, Meldrnm & Anderson Co., Buffalo, N. Y., believe in printers' ink and keep everlastingly at it, hence their great trade in this section. This fall they are booming their business, greatly to the advantage of their large trade. See their fresh adv. in the PRESS. Latest Popular Music. Miss May Gould, teacher of piano forte, has received a fuil line of the lat est and most popular sheet music. All the popular airs. Popular and class ical music. Prices reasonable. 44-tf. Every man owes it to himself and his family to master a trade or profes sion. Read the display advertisement of the six Morse Seiiooi* of Telegraphy, in this issue and learn how easily a young man or lady may learn tele graphy and be asxured a position. 14-411 j, The Observer. In coming years the present decade will be remembered as an era of ex posure, when the ramifications of cor ruption, in our industrial and political life, were laid bare, when many star reputations fell from heaven, aud when the powers of high finance were shaken. In mere bulk there is no doubt a greater amount of corruption in the country to-day than ever before. Our population is greater, our wealth is vastly increased; while owing to enor mously better facilities of communica tion, business affairs have increased in number,in magnitude and in intricacy. This means that we might expect to find corruption disporting itself on a lax-ger scale than formerly. The con veniences of modern material civiliza tion have no moral quality in them selves; they may be used for evil as well as for good purposes,and when no used the result is and increase in the bulk output of evil.. Browning, in his dramatic poem, "Fust and His Friends," makes the inventor of mova ble types pause doubtfully ere he gives his invention to the world, for he sees that what he has intended should be an instrument for propagating truth, may with equal ease and likelihood be used lorspeading lies. "Printed leasing and lies May speed to the world's farthest corner—gross fab It No less than pure fact—to impede, neutralize. Abolish God's gift and Man's gain!" But though the bulk of corruption may be greater than ever before, the Observer does not believe that corrup tion as a motive force in our national life is any greater than it has been in former times. If the indictment, "cor rupt and contenten," could be truth fully brought against our national life, the outlook would riot be encouraging. But whatever may be our attitude to ward corruption, it is certainly not that of complacent contentment. The very fact that so many exposures are being made ia in itself evidence of an awakened public conscience and of a healthy sentiment against dishonesty, in public or in private, in high places or in low. If our modern facilities of communication may be used to increase the bulk output of evil, it is true also that they may be used for the more ex tensive and thorough exposure of wrong. When exposure comes, the bulk of wrong uneurthed appears to be relatively larger than in former times, for the very reason that quicker and wider publicity is given to it. While, therefore, we should not seek to mini mize or ignore the evils which are being unearthed (to do this is the vice of a shallow optimism, I we should not, on the other hand, be too ready to take a discouraging view of the future. It is just such humiliating and heart searching experiences as we are at present passing through, that may be made to result in the deepening, puri fyingand Jstrengtlaening of character, whether in the individual or in the na tion. "We may rise on stepping-stones of our dead selves to higher things." To mention but one particular, our present humiliation may, and probab ly wiil, result in a more serious realiza tion of the meaning of American citi zenship. Our fault has been to J assume too readily that we are ; equal to any task and to any responsi j bility. We have rashly takeu it for granted that we can be good American citizens without any special thought or preparation. The Observer believes in an extensive suffrage, but he is not blind to the fact that the suffrage is in danger of being esteemed too lightly jtist because it is practically universal. We forget that there is something more ! in the art of citizenship than merely to J possess the right to vote. One may j gain the latter through the simple I formality of having a twenty first j birthday, but the former, like the ■ Roman citizenship of Claudius Lysias, must be obtained with a great prize. The Roman captain purchased his citi zenship with money, but the art of citizenship can be acquired only through earnest effort and struggle. A citizen is a sovereign. He should possess the intelligence, the wisdom, the high purpose, the sacred sense of duty and trust, the spirit of magna nimity, that enter into the character of the ideal sovereign. Those qualities do not come without effort and culti vation. Aud yet, without consecration or preparation, we have lightly assum ed the rluties of sovereign citizenship. A young man who knew nothing of automobiles, and who did not think that it was necessary to learn anything, hired himself out as a chauffeur. After a short, hut sad, experience, he came I to the wise conclusion that the chauf feur's skill is not one of the things that come by intuition. And yet when it i comes to realizing how nerious and dlf. I "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."— WEßSTKß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, OCT* )HKR 26, 1905. —From the Philadelphia inquirer, HON. J. LEE PLUMMER, Republican Nominee For State Treasurer, On the Road to Victory. ficult is the art of citizenship, most of us ure not much wiser than was this Simple Simon. We have lightly thought that the art of citizenship is as easy as in the art. of rolling off a log. The principles of the Declaration of Independence and of the Constitution look very simple and easy, but when it comes to carrying them out in our civic and industrial life, somehow or other, liberty, fraternity and equality persist in wearing unrecognizable dis guises, and public trust has a wretched tendency to spell private graft. The roseate-hued clouds of sentimental patriotism, unable to stand the hot sunbeams of the common day, rolling away, leave disclosed the dreary de sert of elemental selfishness, of section al, party and class interests. To use ! still another metaphor, we have thought to fly iike tun. eagle with such wuign as a heu migfc.t be ashtmed of, I and we have lighted temporarily upon ja. dunghill. But bird of freedom is stilt our national «nblem, aad it is a prophecy of the time when our pat riotism and citkenship shall mount up with wings a« eagles. Disastrous Fir*. Ridgway was visited by fire fiends Saturday, the match being applied to three properties at the same time, the beautiful opera house, costing $45,000 being totally destroyed. Many rob beries were committed, when the radii tia was called out to protect the town. Several suspected individuals are con fined in the jail. Death of Frank F ox. j Frank Fox, aged 72 years, died at his j residence at Driftwood last Sunday | morning, having been stricken down ■ with apoplexy last week Tuesday. His j funeral took place Tuesday morning, j Mr. Fox has resided in this section for many years and was well known as a business man and jobber. Scaffolding Falls. Michael Pve and Geo. Wright, while working on their new double residence on Sixth street, took a serious tumble j of twenty feet last Saturday afternoon, caused by the scaffolding breaking, i It was at first thought both men were ! seriously injured but at this writing they are patched up sufficiently to be out again, although seriously bruised. Church Supper. The ladies oftho Presbyterian church ' will serve a supper in the basement of Church on Thursday, Oct. 2tftb, l!t0. r ». MENU. Veal Croquettes, Cream Potatoes Bread, White, Brown, Pickles, Waldorf Salad, Sliced Oranges aud Bananas, ('ttke, Coffee. Supper 26 cents. For Sale. One pair oxen, four yean old, about j1 2,500 lbs weight. Inquire of W. J| HUUHBH. 35: it. I Miller —Hacket. The marriage of Mr. O. D. Miller and i Mies Ellen Hacket was solemnized at \ the home of the bride's parents, Mr. ! and Mrs. Theodore N. Hacket on East i Third street, Saturday, Oct. 2l6tat 1:30 j o'clock, the Rev. O. S. Metzler, pastor j of theFiret Methodist Episcopal church i officiating. The bride wore pale blue nuns veil- j ing and carried white carnations, j while the attire of the groom was the ! regulation black. The wedding march was played by- Miss Edith DeArmitt, while the bride's ; sister, Miss Frances Hacket and Mr. i Robert Beck acted as attendants. The ceremony was performed beneath | an arch of evergreens and amid a pro- ! fusion of autumn flowers. Following this was an elegant luncheon and upon the Buffalo Day Express, the happy couple departed amid a shower of rice, for Olean, where a prettily furnished home Awaited them. Both young peo ple are well and favorably known to our community. They have resided here for many years and the good wishes of Utieir numerous friends, will accompany them to their new home. Business Change. Henry Jaeger has purchased the harness business of Frank Judd a:id will do repair wjrk and carry a com plete lino "112 harness, cottars, robes, blankets, whips, etc. Also do up holstering and carriage trimming at rei-somttele prices, 3'5-tf HKXKY JAEGER. ISABEL OAI:<;HILL HKKCHKK. America's Grej>fe»t Interpretive It-wler. IV„• !■«.•»«' Institute, Km (Mil ium. Tii....1 y. Octolier :j|. Regal Shoes in Emporium. You are invited to call upon our rep resentative, Mr. L. J. Wing, who will be at the New Warner House, October '2Bth, all day and evening, prepared to fit yon perfectly in Fall and Winter Styles in the famous Regal Shoe. Mr. Wing carries a complete line of the latest styles of Men's and Women's Regals made from the same models now on sale in our 97 exclusive stores in New York, Philadelphia, Boston and all the other large cities of the country. You can be fitted perfectly at |3 r>o. REOAI. SHOE Co., INC. Miss H. L Raymond has added a line of furs to her already full and com plete stock of millinery and dress trim mings. She has an unusual variety of materials for making fancy articles, in cluding fine yarns of every kind. Leave your orders with her for deco rated china, oil, pustel or water color picture*, Christmas menu, lilly and place cards, etc. Patronize home talent* Nicely Furnished Rooms. Nicely furnished rooms, with bath, 1 to right parties, for three gentlemen, or man and wife. Apply to Mrs. Dr. Bard we'd. 36-tf. Office Moved. Frank Q. Judd & Co., have moved ! their insurance office to the residence | of the former, rear of harness shop. Everybody reads the PRESS. TERMS: $2.00 — *1.50 IN ADVANCE. THE WEATHER. FRIDAY, Rain SATURDAY, Pair SUNDAY, Fair. ASSETS First National Bank, EMPORIUM, PA. At the close of business October 25th, 190S $743,501.99. you ha j e forme<l a resolution to save yon have opened a mine of rich ore. Fingers Nipped. JOB. Burnette, the glycerine maker at Keystone Powder works, caught the first two fingers of left hand in a mix ingjmachlne, taking off the first joint of first finger and tip of second. I)r. Heilman dressed the injured member. Who's Duty is It? MR. EDITOR—I notice the article in last week's paper in regard to unruly conduct at the ball games, and it is all true, the small fry not only are rude but they nag and openly insult the visiting players, and to a great extent the parents are to blame. Three things every child should know and be com pelled to practice—First, Honor to Ood; second, honor to parents, and third, justice and respect to neighbors' personal and property rights A great many of our children, both boys and girls, are never seen in pub lic with their parents and do not seem to associate with their parentsexcept perhaps at meal time. If they goto church they do not sit with the family; if they goto the opera house they are not in their parents company, and night or day you can see a great many of them in droves or gangs loafing on the corners or pushing and crowding up and down the side walk But if children have no desire for the com pany of (heir parents it is not likely they will have much honor for G,od or show much re-'pect for their neighbors property. In regard to the wire fence destroy ed opposite my house, I am partly to blame, as the first break in the wire netting should have been immediataly repaired, but when it was neglected it looked as though nobody cared, and the animal instinct in us all is so strong that we feei like kicking every one that is down and throwing stones at every building that is deserted. This same feeling seems to exist in the East Ward and if any one wishes to get drunk he feels that no one cares in the East Ward, so down there he goes, and apparently where he is most welcome and where he feels most at home to have a good old fashioned, rough and swearing time, is at the hotel opposite the Independent office. Some people say they have a regular walk-around on the side-walk and all the way across the street; two weeks ago Sunday live drunks were taken from the place, one of them a boy nineteen years old. Now Mr. Editor, if the owner of the hotel does not know any better and and the people of the East Ward do not care, who's duty is it to make com plaint to court about this house and how can we get them stirred up? Please stir them up and say that 1 am willing to appear at court and testify as to what I know. Yours respectfully, JOSIAH HOWARD, The New Firm. We are pleased to learn that sc. many of the men of Emporium wel come us. It is a good sign that there are a number of good dressers here. We want all to come in. We desire to get acquainted with you in a busiuesp, way. We can make it an object; Vt you for we buy woolens in large (Quan tities and thereby get rocb-bottom prices. We have a great number ot original ideas that are offered to you gratis. If you have any special fan cies we can supply tlQem- Help our in fant firm along and we w i\\ fifPP-Ke i» pay you well. BEDARD THE TAILOR. Wedding Announcement and Kitchen Shower, Monday, October the 23rd, the Misses Taggart entertained the Bachelor Girls Club in honor of Miss Caroline Mc- Quay, one of their number. After an j evening with duplicate whist thev on tered the dining room, which * was beautifully decorated with a profusion jof pink and white carnations. WliiU . dinner was being served, Miss Byrde announced the wedding of Carolyn to Dr. I,eon Felt for Nov. sth- The even uig ended in a copious kitchen shower. Miss Stock entertains the Club Sat urday, Oct. 28th. Miss Thomas. NOT 3rd. WANTRD.— Second growth white nine lumber, lath and all kinds of hard woods. Advise what you have to . ,n,. r with price. Furnace Kun Maw M'll * I .umber < ompany, Pittsburg, Pa. 36-21. NO. 36.
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