Business Cards. U. W. QUEEN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Emporium, Pa. All business relating to estate.collections, real es'ates. Orphan's Court and general law business will receive prompt attention. 12-ly. i, O. JOHNSON. J. P. MCNABNBT JOHNSON A McNARNRY. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Eaironibrf. PA. Will (ITS prompt attention to *ll business en rusted to them. 16-ly. MICHAEL BRENNAN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Collections promptly attended to. Real Mists and pension claim agent, 4 vty. Emporium, Pa. THOMAS WADDINGTON^ Emporium, Pa.," CONTRACTOR FOR MA3ONRY;AND BTONE-CUTTINO. All orders In my Una promptly eiecuted. All kinds of building and cuHtons. supplied at law prices. Agent for marble or granite monuments. Lettering neatly dons. AMERICAN HOUSE; J ~ ~ East Emporium, Fa., JOHN L. JOHNSON, Prop'r. Hating resumed proprietorship of this old and well established House I invite the patronage of the public. House newly furnished and thor oughly renovated. THE NOVELTY RESTAURANT, (Opposite Post Office,) Emporium, Pa. WILLIAM MCDOSALD, Proprietor. I take pleasure in informing the public that i have purchased the old and popular Novelty Restaurant, located on Fourth street. It will be my endeavor to serve the public in a manner that shall meet with their approbation. Qive me call. Meals and luncheon served at all hours. n027-lyr McDONALD. MAY GOULD, TEACHER OP PIANO, HARMONY AND THEORY, Also dealer in all the Popular Sheet Music, Emporium, Pa. Scholarstaught either at my home on Sixth treetor atthehomesofthepupils. Outoftown 'Cholars will be given datesat my rooms in this •lace. \ C. RIECK.D. D. 8., DENTIST, Emporium, Pa. >ffice, Fourth street, opposite opera house. Oas and other local anaesthetics ad- for the painless extraction -U-Ll_U_rof teeth. . . PEClALTY:—Preservation of natural teeth, M uding Crown and Bridge Work. Send model, sketch or photo of invention for 112 free report on patentability. For free book, * How to Securer nine KIADIfQ writer Patents and I flflUt-mHIIIVO to_ < A safe, certain relief for Suppressed I fenstruation. Never known to fail. Safe! ■ Hire! Speedy! Nat'sfaction Guaranteed ■ >r money Hefuniled. Sent prepaid for Sr 1.0(1 per box. Will send them on t rial, to R e paid fur when relieved. Samplers Free. Ba NITTO WIDIOL CO . SO« 74. UWC«»TM. P* [ G. H. GROSS SCOMPANY Before you buy else where it will pay you to call 011 the Broad Street Market. We are here to please. HOME MADE SAUSAGE 10c A POUND. I Pickle Excellence v buying Heinz's ickles in sealed glass ckagTS you are sure getting the best we n offer—better cannot made, We r*turn 1 purchase price if ii do not like them Wbit* Cup Making Powder I'uritv Baking Pow»lnr 45c Hne picture with each p mud. (ire going to give you H 112 Acme or Oak Leaf Snap •ottle Heinz' fickle* 10c. 'nil ('ottotene 46c. Pkg« Match*** ,«c. hi &c l'k«H Mapper Scrap co lUc •e 5c I'kg* John Mitchell cut Tobacco pic I i I'kge Mountain ■o 10c. ' I'iIMIIM .'I, I. GROSS GO. V 865 > N. SEGER > J ANN°UNCEMEN T I 112 Overcoats for Men, Boys and/ / Children. N \ Gents Furnishing Goods, Trunks, € C Satchels, Suit Cases. Always 1 112 the best in the market. x CAREFUL ATTENTION. XO THE TEETH Means daily attention and fre quent visits to the dentist. In this way pain is ever incurred, and even to old age the teeth re main a pleasure and a mark of beauty. We extract the Jbad ones without pain. Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. A. B. MEAD, D. D. S. CARD TO THE PUBLIC I desire to call attention to the fact that on the 28th day of Sep tember I completed the purchase of the Hardware, Tinning and Plumbing business formerly con ducted by Hurteau & Forbes, in the George J. Laßar block, Emporium, Pa., and I hope by strict and careful attention to business to merit a reasonable share of your patronage. Respectfully, F. VERNON HEILMAN. Emporium, Pa., Oct. 2, 1905. jßedard | The Tailor \ £ Of ST. MARYS, \ \ Has opened a Tailor Shop \ j \ on Broad Street in the room j j s recently occupied by the 1 I i Misses Ludlam and is now 5 > ready to show you a lull j > line of fall and winter suit- 1 ) ings. Ciive him a call. ] REPAIRING. i If you want your suit to j > look neat and fresh, have J > your business trousers press 1 } ed at least every two weeks ] ? youi « ■»»t and vest even J r mouth. j s Bi Hai d I hi* Tailoi, 1 } Mm :> I ) CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1905. Fon TOM'S A. A Tree Which ™ V Bore Good Fruit OTIIO a. sr. JVC A. (Copyrtwht, 1904. by Otho B. A MOST wonderful and gorgeous Christmas tree stood In the window of the great iitore of Warden & Joyce. All day a .constantly changing throng of small admirers exclaimed at Ita magnltlcenco registered extravagant wishes be fore It. Children richly clad and full of Joy ous anticipations, children In comfort less rags, who knew Christmas only by tbe sight of the happiness of others, stood side by side and gased with long ing *t tho bewildering urroy of costly gifts and brilliant decorations. A small girl of twetrs or fourteen, wltb face unnaturally old and sbnrp, unsmiling eyes, critically examined tho tree In silence. Up and down, from aide to side, her keen ga*e wandered. "I bet It's empty at tbe back," she Anally muttered. Poor child! Her brief experience had already taught her the unreality and falsity of many glittering things. She stepped quickly Into the vestibule where she eoukl see that part of the tree away from the window. A sudden Joy Unshed Into her face. "It's true—that tree is true," sh»s whispered eagerly. "The back Is as good as th? front." She ! .I'd >in instant and then raise! licr clasped hands beseechingly. "God." s!i<> cried, "send me a tree for Tommy!" ller intense longing made her voice sharply imperative, and the first word struck harshly on the ear of a richly dressed young lady who was passing close to her. "You mustn't swear, child!" she ex claimed hurriedly. "I wasn't swearing," the girl an swered calmly, without resentment. "1 was praying for a tree for Tommy." An elegant carriage waited at the curb, and as the young lady stepped to MISS STANHOPE GAVE ONE I.OOK AT THE TALL MAN. the sidewalk tho footman threw open the door. She stood for an Instant, us if thinking, and then, turning quickly, she went back into the vestibule, where the child was still standing. "Will you come with me a minute? Out of the crowd," she added hastily as the girl faced her with surprised eyes and an unchtldllke. repelling look on her thin face. "Will you step into the carriage"? Pleuse do. I want you to tell me something, and It is so very cokl"— The girl seated herself on the luxu rious cushions, ihe young lady fol lowed, and the Inwardly disgusted footman closed the door. "Will you tell me your name and where you live?" the lady questioned gently. The child regarded her earnestly. "Depends on who you are and what you want. You ain't a charity worker ! nor a slum visitor?" The young lady smiled understand- Ingly. "My name Is Margaret Stanhope, and I live on Commonwealth avenue. You —you spoke of Tommy." The girl's face softened. "Yes; he's my brother. My name is Maggie Taylor, and I live on Hurnham street," adding with a return of her former manner, "hut it ain't a slum street, and I don't want no eliarlty." JHISS Stanhope smiled radiantly. "Rut 1 do, Maggie. lam so glad our names are tho same, i need Just what you do not—charity. Tell me some thing alwut Tommy." She lingered lovingly over the name. "Why did you pray for a tree for him?" "Ilecause he's sick. He's only twelve, •nd he works In an office, and his boss In away, and Tommy took sick after he'd gone. Tommy feels sure that If he was here he'd xend his wages to him just the same, for bw'a a good boss and awfully kind to everybody, but the other man his pard tier U different." "Maggie," said Miss Stanhope ear nestly, "1 wish you'd help me to have ! a happy Christmas I am all alone In ! the world, without any one to eare for UK', and I want to do something for aouie one— for some one nauii-d Tom my, I>♦••1 tine Itei-ause »l\ mouths ago I did a wrong and cruel tlt ng to some one li> that uai: ■ II would help make my Chrl-iii: i < lin )>(•> if jmi would let ute arrang" a tree for > • >'ir Tommy. Will > oil?" The girl drew a long hr .itli. "it ain't •harltyV »ho asked doubt fully t "Sot to you nor to Tommy," answer gd Miss Stanhope joyously, "but It will be to me." —For Tommy's sake," murmured the girl assentlngly. "For Tom's sake," echoed Miss Stan hope tenderly. Tbe unbending footmun wast Hi ill | more disgusted when he was directed i to make another round of the stores, and his bearing wan absolutely frigid when he was required to carry a most unbecoming load of bundles up tbe stairs to the little home on Hurnbam street. That the Indignity of a good sized tree was laid upou him also re quired th«j concentration of all his thoughts upou tbe generous wages Mis* Stanhope ptild to enable him t'j enduro the preseut situation. "| keep house for father and Tom injr," whispered Maggie, leading the %uy. "Tommy's In the kitchen. I left Mm there In the big chair 'cause it's warmer. We'll take all these things in here"-opening tbe door of a neat sit ting room—"and when we get the tree fixed I'll push him in In the chair." Surely never before was a tree so quickly made to blossom and bring forth fruit, and It was a "true" tree, with gifts on every side. Maggie surveyed it with Joyful pride, her thin face losing its careworn look and becoming almost childlike with the liusli of happy excitement. "Miss Stanhope," she whispered posi tlvel.v, "prayers are answered—l know j it now." «\hva.vs, in the way he thinks best,' answei'Cfl Miss Stanhope earnestly, adding in her heart, "Lord, I believe— help thou mine unbelief!" "I'll bring Tommy in now," Mag gie said, and went softly out to tin kitchen. She returned almost immediately. "His boss is there!" she exclaimed excitedly. "lie got buck yesterday. Ain't he awfully good to come so soon to see Tommy? Tommy looks better already! The boss 'll push him In." They both turned toward the tlooi as it was opened, and a big armchair with the sick boy iu it was pushed carefully over the threshold. Miss Stanhope gave one look at the tall man behind the chair and started forward. "This is Tommy's boss," began Mag gie, mindful of her duties as hostess, but the greeting of her two guests quite disconcerted her, for Tommy's boss caught the aristocratic Miss Stanhope in a close embrace, while Miss Stan hope cried penitently, "Oh, Tom, Tom, I have been so sorry, and I have want ed you so!" The Orljrln of Snnta Claim. Santa Clans is of German origin. This is true if only because that is the German name for St. Nicholas. That ho is an old man is because in the an cient pagan feasts in celebration of the decay of the old year and the birth of the new an old man played the prin cipal part. Among the Greeks and Ro mans it.was Saturn, the father of all the gods, and among the Norsemen it was Thor, who was long bearded and white haired. That the saint is St. Nicholas Is due to the fact that that venerable personage's feast day was celebrated at about that period. St. Nicholas was a bishop of Myra, who flourished early iu the fourth century. He is the patron saint of children and schoolboys, and hence it was natural that he should be a part of a celebra tion when the children received gifts and when they were allowed to be "heard as well as seen."—New York Mail and Express. < 'tirlfttmn* In llonir. A characteristic sight which precedes a Roman Christmas is the so called cottlo, or sale of fish by auction, which Is held at San Teodoro, near the forum, In the small hours of the morning, and every year attracts large crowds of buyers and sightseers. It is a sight worth seeing, the vast circular market literally packed with row upon row of baskets, in which the scaly fry are carefully arranged, the light glancing off their many colored scales In a thousand prismatic reflections, while the owner of each stall shouts at the top of his voice and the merry crowd goes round laughing and bargaining and trying to cheapen the flsh, for at Christmastide It often reaches fabulous prices, and one is reminded of the ex travagance of the ancient Romans, one of whom is said to have paid 20,000 sesterces for n single gray mullet.— London Mall. A Hovlpo For Plum I'oddiai, Crumble a pint of breadcrumbs from the center of a stale loaf and pour over them a cup of scalded milk; when cool add three-quarters of a cup of sugar, a teaspoonful of salt and the yolks of four eggs Iteaten together; chop a half pound of suet and thoroughly mix with It a half pouud each of ralstns, cur rants and almonds; add R teaspoonful •Mb of cinnamon and nutmeg, a third of a teaspoonful each of cloves and mace and the whites of the four eggs stiffly lieaten; serve with hard sauce. HlMVailßMl. Jack (bitterly!— I suppose that young Hlchiuan who comes to see you so often will give you such an expensive Christmas gift that you won't want the trifling present I can afford to buy you? Marie (coyly t No. I think you hud l»>ttur suve your money for er future [ contingencies, Jack t larln'imia Tlm*« In Html*. ! Oh, Ckrli'mun ramp t«r Oll 'iw.in'l t" "nun fi-rsottfn i.iHik away, l.uok away fri'i- on't ke«i ft