NINKTKKNTH ANNI'AI, pall and Supper| You are respectiully invited to the §£S Ball, to be given by Rescue 2SO byj Hook and Ladder Co., at Opera House, on New SE?P Year's night. pgjj Master of Ceremonies—E. i>. Mmnford. CT>3 Floor Managers—E. I). Mumford, .Jas. Cavanaugli. Jas. Farrell. (leo. Swart./, K. Kautz, Maurice Kan-ell. HjCgj jfAjLa Executive Committee—Jacob Troup, Frank Mttndy MKA Ed. Blin/.ler. Dance Tickets, - - SI.OO -GET THE HABIT"] i I patrons seem to be so impressed with the de "liciousness of our baked goods that many ot them have "got the habit" of coming here regularly. We anticipate more of that Inhabit," because our bread and pastry is bet ter than ever before. Get the habit—the health giving habit of eating the products of our sanitary shop. I Emporium Bakery I BREAD OF QUALITY ■ Next Door to Post Office. EMPORIUM, PA. fl mv» ohm m wm $ --■■ZZCXSBSIS. IHolid3 Special insl 164 Cigars, worth $2.2 5, a box 52.00; half box Si.oo. Buckingham Cigars worth $4.50, sj.oo. A lull line of Heinz's goods. Lutze (Si Schram Co., Apple Butter, 310 crocks 30c; two, 55c Heinz's Mustard, 20c per quart. 251b bag best Granulated Sugar $1.40. 50c pails of Cottolene 45c. 25c can Peaches, 20c. Golden Shield Corn Starch 5c per lb. Home-Made Mince Meat, 15c lb.; 2lb for 25c. Home-Made Sausage 10c per lb. ; 3lbs 25c. Bananas 25c per dozen. Will h.v.'e a fine line of Florida Oranges, 200 size, 30c doz. Nave] Granges at the right prices, DOVT fORGtI Ol)R GUARANTEE j MfeSlandßebindEverything we j Anything you get here that is not right will be made right. With a $5.00 Cash Order you will jjet 50 cents Worm Of FREE GOODS. Can you do any Better than this Give us a call and you will find that we will give you good goods and at the right prices. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmm—m wmm J Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and Prosperous Kew Tear, we are ' } VourH truly, Q. H. GROSS & CO. %. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1905. Christmas on An Ocean Liner Trees For Passengers and Crew, Pres ents, Toasts, Singing and Danc ing Make li a Gala Day. I HIT 10 liinn who spends his life on board :i big passenger ship sees about iis many different kinds of Christniascs as any body. 1 guess," said the captain of a North German Lloyd steamship as he siil in his cabin preparing for a holiday voyage to the Mediterranean. "With a crowd of Jolly passengers aboard \vh:> are otT 011 a trip to enjoy themselves Christmas is a day to lie re membered. Friends and relatives send gifts 011 ahead, so that they may be handed t<> passengers at the right time, and of course this personal remem brance from home makes more enjoya ble the celebration which is always prepared on board the ship itself. The 211 h of December passes about as do other days until dinner time arrives, and then tlie chefs and stewards outdo themselves in providing an elaborate menu and in table decorations. "If the 'weather is flue, as it is likely to lie. the passengers are in high spir its. for the Christmas feeling is infec tious. no matter where you go. To ward the end of the dinner speeches are made, songs are rendered, stories are told and toasts are given, and when this is completed all goto the main sa loon, and the Christmas tree is re vealed. standing there in the middle, under tlie big skylight. It is a big tree, too, just as big as can be obtained and put In place, and 011 It are hung gifts from the ship for every passenger—not costly at all, but remembrances that are likely to be long preserved as sou venirs of a pleasant occasion. Then. If the sea Is not high, the candles are lighted, and the tree bursts Into beauti ful Illumination. "After the distribution of gifts from the tree a concert Is given If the weather Is bad, but whenever Christmas eye Is pleasant and the latitude la suitable the passengers go oa deck, which they find to be shielded from the wind by can vas, brilliantly lighted and decorated with flags and bunting. And,l tell t g" . 1 * ,1 J GIFTS FROM THF. SHIP FOB KVERY PAS SENGER. you, 011 a moonlight night, with a calm sea and soft, pleasant air, in the Medi terranean, for example, a Christmas eve aboard a great ship Is something for most passengers to remember. I'm sure I can't imagine anything more charming. "The band plays lively music, and the passengers dance 011 deck, but If they Imagine they are the only ones aboard ship who are celebrating Christmas eve they are mistaken. If they were to look Into the forecastle they would sec another Christmas tree there, also covered with little decorations and gifts—the sailors' tree. For, you know, a German Is only half a German with out n tree on Christmas eve, and every German ship has one. "Long before the ship sailed from her home port on the Christinas voy age friends and relatives of each sailor prepared some little presents, which they sent forward in care of some ac quaintance in the crew so that their particular sailoruian might have his surprise at the right time. Of course these gifts are Inexpensive, for the sailor's family has little money to spare, but a pipe, warm stockings or some such article is received aboard the vessel and carefully kept until the proper time, when all are hung on the tree. The company gives the sailors a little wine or beer and Christmas cakes. This applies also to the firemen, who have a tree of their own in their room. So, as you will sec, there are usually as many as three trees aboard the ship. "The 25th of December we observe as a holiday ou our ships, and all work la suspended aboard ship excepting that which It Is absolutely necessary to : perform. If there Is a clergyman I among (he passengers Im* is requested to hold religious services for the tour Ist* and also for the crew, and these are fully attended. On Uerinau ves j sets the captain does not officiate, as j do Kngllsh captains, at such cera monles."—Chicago Inter Ocoan. Tlir Rnma Wkr. Kr*sl- I saw you let Toutkins kiss you under the mistletoe last night. Why did you refuse nie permission? Cousin Mil? Hcimii-c you silly boy, foil a«ked Christmas ~ Eve la Beth/.eheai BETHLEHEM, tln> central spot til interest in the- lloly Land at Christmastide, is a Christian town set in the heart of Mo haiiimedanism, where once a year tin Creek ehnreh grants the use of the grotto of the Nativity to tlie Lailu church. The ceremonies begin on Dee. 21 by the image of the youthful Christ being carried from the basilica of St. Helena to the sacred grotto of the Na tivity, where the traditional spot ol Christ's birth is marked by a silvei star set in the rocky pavement. The service begins at 10 o'clock in the evening. It opens with the chant ing of psalms without any musical ac companiment. The patriarch of Jeru- 5 ——— ttocaii BUTBXjKHBM PAHU.T or today. aaiem usually officiates In the grotto, but oq this occasion he is represented by the Latin btsbop. The interior of the church is most picturesque, for there are only a few chairs provided for foreign visitors, while the bulk of the congregation is made up of the Bethlemite women hi their blue dresses with red frontlets, wearing peaked caps when married and flat caps cov ered by white veils when single. As they enter the church they nt first kneel down and then sit upon the ground in true oriental fashion, "in the dimly lighted church," says one who has seen the service, "these squat ting varicolored figures, with their beautiful faces lit up by fits and starts by flashes of the candles, intent on de votion, seem like so many modern Ma donnas come t ) celebrate the glory of the first Madonna." Precisely at midnight the pontifical high mass is celebrated, the figure of Christ is brought in a basket and de posited upon the high altar, and the procession forms to accompany ii to the crypt. As the long, chanting pro cession winds through the dimly iiglu ed church there is something weirdly solemn about the ceremony, and as tlit* sacred image passes various acts of worship are performed by the devout attendants. On the procession moves through the rough hewn, dimly lit passages from the Latin church to the grotto of the Nativity. When the procession of richly robed ecclesiastics reaches the silver star set in the pavement tlie priests pause and stand in a group about the basket, which is deposited upon the star. Around this star is the inscription, "llic de virgine liatus est" ("Here he was born of a virgin"), for this Is the sjiot upon which tradition places the actual birth of Jesus. There the Impressive narrative of the birth of Jesus as found in the gospels is slowly recited, and when the passage (Luke 11, 7), "And she brought forth tier firstborn Son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the Inn." is read the figure is reverently picked up from the star and carried over tot lie opposite side of the grotto, where it is put into a rock cut manger. This con cludes the service.—London Sphere. Mtntlctoe M>«h». Many Knglish girls believe that they will not be wedded inside of twelve aionths unless they have at least one kiss under the mistletoe. In many lountles a berry is plucked from the mistletoe with each kiss, and when there are no berries no kisses are al lowed. Mistletoe used to be consider ed a charm or amulet to ward off the lialeful influence of witches. It was also considered that Its Influence was irresistible, that no one could possibly jass beneath It without yielding to Its power, and hence both matron and maid must submit to the salutation which has since become customary.— .Self Culture Magazine. Ikrlalmu fandpr. To make chocolate caramels dissolve over a Are one cupful of molasseH slid two teucupfuiH of sugar; add one-quar ter of a iMMind of grated chocolate and a piece of butter the »l*e of ail egg; boll for flftnen or twenty minute*. pour Into flat butt«>rwd ilt.ihea to the depth of a quarter of an Inch aud when cold cut into squares an inch In sUe I krUtMa 1 ■ I trnnill. lu Cornwall Christinas eve la a *i>c «lul holiday with children, who are at towed to *U up till uiMnlcht and drtnk to the "'mock" as the Yule log In called there. \ \ V N W.VN VV S \ SECOND TO NONE. / ADAM. ✓ MELDRUM & / ANDERSON CO. ✓ / 396-408 Main Street, / "i/ BUFFALO, N. Y. / $ ' —— ■ | ti 11: | 5 Christmas; 1 STORE I % | % '/ |£ "VTOU will make no mistake if you come direct to this "4 store to do your Christinas shop- % / ping Everything to be seen , in the other stores will be found / here in much greater variety, in S y better qualities and at lowest / prices. Every convenience is at ■§ 112 your disposal; a large parlor, am- / pie checking facilities, a popular / ;< i price restaurant, free delivery to / depots, etc. The store is in the / / centre of tlie shopping district / and nearly all suburban cars ar / rive and depart within 100 feet / |» of its doors. y MAIL ORDERS. j 112; To those who cannot come in / |j person our Mail Order Depart- / W inent offers exceptional service. K y,, Trained experts do your shop- % % ping for you promptly and con- ✓ scientiously. MONLY BACK. ' 5 / There is also the satisfaction y ? which comes from the assurance 2 that if yoa'r dissatisfied, or if you p % change your mind, the goods j£ may be returned aud you will receive your money back, % Dry Ooods Rugs >J Linens Umbrellas €■ Books Smoking Jackets Art Goods Gloves >3 Hosiery Toilets 6 Jewelry Boys' Clothing *• \ Cnt Glass Laces! ■" Si verware Handkerchiefs; € Bric-a-brac Men's Furnishings '/< % -- | 1 A \ $ ADAM, \ MELDRUM & I ANDERSON Co. ' y American Block, Buffalo, N. Y. SOF>. CALDWELL'S YRUP PEPSS|\ more; nniMCiTiPATioiv U ■' C. B. HOWARD & COMPANY, General Merchandise. STORE ON"THE HIALTO j[|| i I White Suitings, I We have our new line or White Shirtwaistings and m, Suitings fcrSj ring ar.d Sinntr. to itu uiU have no Hi libit in dtirg \ J. LOYD having been granted to the undsighcd, all persons indebted to the mid estate are requested to make payment and those having claims to present the same without delay to li. VV. GREEN, Administrator. Emporium, P;t., December 12th, 1905.- 13-Gt. Executor's Notice. kstati' of OEOROE A. WALKER, laU: of Em porium, Count)/ of Cameron, Pa., Deceased. I ETTERS testamentary upon the above estate I J having been granted to the undersigned, all persons having claims against the same are here by notified to present them without delay and those indebted thereto to make immediate pay ment to WILLIAM WALKER, Executor. Em | orium, Fa., Nov. llth, ll>of3«J-6t. II 7" ANTED by Chicago wholesale and mail \ \ order house, assistant manager (man or woman) for this county and adjoining territory*. Salary S2O and expeuses paid weekly; expense money advanced. Work pleasant; position per-, manent. No investment or experience required. Write at once for full particulars and enclose self-addressed envelope. COOPER CO., 42-101. 132 Lake St., Chicago. 111. EJECTION NOTICE. THE FIRST NATIONAL RANK, Emporium , Pa., Dec. 6th, 1905. r |MIE annual meeting of the stockholders for I the election of a Board of Directors and the transaction of such other business as msy be laid before them, will be held at the Bank on Tues day, January 9th, 1906, between the hours of one and three in the afternoon. T. B. LLOYD, Cashier. Administrator'** Notice. Estate of A NX A It. McCONNELL, Deceased. "VJOTICE is hereby given that letters testa- A> mentary upon the estate of Anna B. Mc- Connell, late of Emporium, Pa., deceased, have been granted to the undersigned to whom all persons indebted to said Estate must settle at once and those indebted make payment to li. h. KLOCK, Emporium, Pa . Dec. 12th, 1905.—13-41 Administrator'* Notice. Eftale of JAMES JOYCE. "VfOTICK is hereby given that letters testa" • ' mentary upon the Estate of James Joyce late of Emporium. Pa., deceased, have been granted to the undersigned, to whom all persons indebted to said estate must settle and all claims be presented without delay, to THOMAS JOYCE. Emporium, Pa., Dec. 12th, 1905.-43-41 Dissolution ot Corporation. "VTOTIt/'E is hrreby given that on the Bth day of December, 19(15, the C'owley Run Log ging Company filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Cameron County Its petition praying for a decree of dissolution and that a hearing upon said application for dissolution has been fijfed by said Court for January 3rd, 190#, at eleven o'clock, a. m., at the Court Houxe in Emporium, Pa., when and where all partia* interested may at tend and show cause against the granting of the prayer of the said petitioner if they so denire, JOHNSON A McNAKNEY, Solicitors for Petitionsr. Emporium, Pa., December 81b, 1905.—fcKJt. / V, promptly obtain *' Hand >or«l K n > UEdftnJbMMJUMH [ Bend model, sketch or photo of invention for 112 112 freereport on patentability. For free book, c