JTHE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS?
ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866.
V >L. 41.
Man About Town.
A man in town says he cannot tell
by his daughter's pianoplaying whether
she is improving or he is getting used
to it.
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Good deal of building going to bedone
in to\<»n the coming summer. One of
our citizens has plans for a house with
hot and cold steam heat—running
water tubs—and a stationary elevator.
Summer time is coming when you
lone for your outing—and your outing
makes you short for the following
winter.
We meet queer peop'e in our pream
bulatlons; one man telis us when he
wants to know what time it is he looks
at his watch; says his brother lives
mostly on food and his father has not
r.lept in acradle for fifty years. A lady
says ner husband comes straight home
from up town, but don't always come
homo straight; says he is a good deal
like this month of March,comes in like
a lion hut goes out like a lamb.
Our evangelical friend tells us we
are here to keep others; will some one
rise np and explain what others are
here for.
A man told Dr. Falk he was troubled
with cold feet and asked him what he
would suggest; an open gas Are said
the d< ctor; one dollar please.
Ye editor says when he make up his
weekly pay roll there is the devil to
pay
A man in Uncle Peter's was saying
he called a man a liar and thief and
would smash his nose for ten cents;
what did he say asked Peter, I don't
know said the fellow 1 hung up the
'phone.
We read the Tobacco Trust has got
to produce their booKs in court; people
will then have au opportunity to learn
something about the value of the cab
bage crop.
Amos Stebbens a New England
banker is 100 years old and lias never
been indited. His picture should be
hung in every school house.
A man in Renovo who lost both his
legs in a railroad accident, has run
away with a farmers' daughter; v.'ould
en't you like to see that fellow running.
An Italian was found dead in Dußois
the other day, the coroner searching
his body found in one of his pockets
$23 in money and in another a stiletto;
the money was turned over to the
court, which accepted it and fined the
man $25 for carrying concealed
weapons
We had a little winter the past week,
made one long for the lawn mower and
when the lawn mower comes, we long
to grease the snow shovel and push it
awhile.
Perserveranco without intelligence
don't amount to much in this world; a
hen can set on a porcelain egg a year
without any results.
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When our thoughts wander into
the dim past wo come to the conclus
ion we had our best times when we
hadn't sense enough to know it.
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Tennison says; "In the spring the
young man's fancy gently turns to
thoughts of love." Brother Pyle dis
agrees with him and in order to prove
he is right is willing to have his
thoughts examined.
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Our professor says the beauties of
education in this county are cur school
inarms.
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At the weekly meeting of the
Windowsill Club the question, "Will
the Automobile ever Displace the
Horse" was decided, it will if it ever
hits him; also that the letter II comes
from Hell; the cause of the death of the
Dead Sea was not decided.
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The pen is mightier than the sword,
especially the one Ye Editor uses in
signing cheeks.
A man in Scran ton was shot in the
post office; will some of our anatonists
please inform us in what part of the
body is the post oflice.
Brother Kenley in the g.is c.flice is
troubled with his eyes; says lio sees
double most of tbe time. Oculists tell
us it is a disease pecular to those who
read gas meters.
Miku Hogan says Ins reputation rests
in the butter he sells; a customer re
marked if the last I got of >on was a
sample, your reputation i. as on a
strong foundation.
A sign in a down town sa nun r» ails-
Mottled whiskey, 15
Straight Whiskey. P'e
Whiskey slightly dMina||e<| by
water, sc,
Elkins and Dynamite.
Senator Elkins has had numerous
thrilling experiences in the shipment
of dynamite and believes its transpor
tation should be regulated in a manner
that would insure safety to the public.
He has introduced a bill providing that
extraordinary precautions shall be
taken to avoid accidents in moving
this dangerous article from place to
place.
He thinks Congress should enact a
law making it a misdemeanor for trains
loaded with explosives to stop in rail
road yards, or cities where there is any
possible danger to life. The Senator
has introduced this bill in several prev
ious Congresses, but owing to the op
position of manufacturers of explosives,
who contend that their business would
bo seriously hampered, it has failed of
passage. Senator Elkins relates that
on one occassion he peeped out of the
window of his sleeper and was horrified
to see a carload of dynamite being
pushed back and forth in the yards as
trains were being made up. The car
was literally slammed about just as if
it had contained a consignment of coal.
At another time the Senator looked
out of a private car and saw Italian
laborers unloading dynamite alongside.
One careless move or step might have
exploded the entire lot and there
would have been a frightful loss of life.
Pleasant Time.
Mrs. W. E. Taylor, of Sterling Run,
very pleasantly entertained several of
her friends at her home on Friday the
23d. Amidst fun and frolic, the ladies
engaged in an old time quilting, the
quilt, a gift from the ladies of Silver
Star Hive, to a niece of the hostess.
But the real enjoyment of the day be
gan when the bountiful dinner was
served. It delicious, anJ
you may be assured the ladies did jus
tice to this part of the entertainment.
When the shadows grew long, the
happy party made their adieus, climb
ed into the big sleigh, provided by Mr,
W. E. Devling and were carried to
their homes. The day and the quiet
gentle courtesy of the hostess will long
he remembered.
MKS GRUNDY.
A Splendid Production.
[Valparaiso, (Ind.,) Messenger.]
Memorial Opera House was crowded
last night at the presentation of
"Faust" by Porter J. White's strong
company. From the opening scene of
Doctor Faustus' dismal soliloquy, to
the grand closing tableau of Marguer
ite's salvation, the presentation cf
Goethe's masterpiece, "Faust," was
magnificent. Each member of the
company are artists, having a sincere
1 appreciation of every line of the grand
: old play, and all the beauty, pathos,
| truth and tragedy are brought out. At
the Emporium Opera House, Tues
day, April 3
Made to Settle.
M. T. Lauglin, the Austin capitalist,
who spentsome months at the county
homo has paid the county commission
ers for his keepii.g, at the earnest re
quest of Attorney Dußois.—Couders
port Enterprise. This peculiar indi
vidual, who is reputed to be the owner
of several properties at Austin, secured
admission to the Potter Home at Coud
| ersport and passed several months at
j the county expense. He resided here
i for some time and will be remembered
! as "Calico" and"Man Afraid-of-Water."'
| Ed. Blinzler made several efforts to
i give him a sponge bath but failed.
Eye Specialist.
Prof. W. 11. Budine, the well known
Eye Specialist, of Bingliamton, N. Y.,
will be at It. H. Hirsch's jewelry
store, Emporium, Pa, April 14th.
If you can't see well or have
headache don't fail to call and see Prof.
Budine, as he guarantees to cure all
such cases. Lenses ground and lltted
in old frames. Eyes tested and ex
amined free. All work guaranteed.
Eggs fur Hatching.
Pure bred Brown Leghorns, the best
aying breed of fowls in the world.
The hen that lays is the hen that
pays. Fggs for sale as follows: One
setting, 13 eggs, for $1 (HI; three set
tings, 30 eggs, $2 50. We also have
the pure White Wyandotte*, same
price.
FA KM Kits EXCII ANti K,
I Sfll PitUlleld, Pa.
All money refunded at the end of the
third act to those who are in the least
dissatisfied with Porter J. White's pro
duction of "Faust" At Kmporium
Opera House, Tuesday, April 3.
For Sale.
One lot 75x113 with good dwelling
hous< mid outbuildings Will he sold
lit.i it u'Kuin. Enquire <>f(J F. lialcom,
Chairman. 5-if.
"Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable." —WKßSTKß.
EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1906.
Spring Opening.
Special display of Pattern Hats, and
all the latest novelties in millinery,
Friday and Saturday, March 30th and
Slst. Public cordially invited.
LUDLAMS.
5 2t. Two doors east of post-office.
Card of Thanks.
Mr. and Mrs. David Toner and family
wish fo hereby extend their most sin
cere thanks to the friends and neigh
bors, who so kindly assisted them dur
ing the sickness and death of their
beloved daughter and sister, Mrs.
Clara Toner Gettz.
Nervy Lad.
Delos Blair, who drives J. H. Day's
delivery wagon, had quite an exciting
time Tuesday morning, while deliver
ing goods to their customers. The
horse became unmanageable, throwing
the lad under the wagon. He grasped
hold of the thills and held on while the
horse flew up Fifth street, dragging
Blair through the mud. As soon as
he could get the mud out of his eyes,
he succeeded in pulling himself out of
his predicament by crawling between
the thills and catching the horse. He
had quite an experince and was lucky
to escape serious injury.
Undertaking.
Undertaking, as the care and burial
of the dead is called, is a dismal sub
ject, and one seldom discussed unless
when necessarv. Yet proper informa
tion is desirable on any subject (
Whereas, great strides and improve
ments have been made in the Furni
ture business, so also in Undertaking.
The old methods of preserving
bodies by the use of ice has been
abandoned and a chemical process, |
accepted in its stead. Now it is neces- j
sary for an intelligent undertaker to I
understand how to apply the proper j
tests, to be sure death has really taken j
place before he proceeds to embalm
or inject into the body. He mttst from 1
necessity understand the anatomy of t
the body, and have some knowledge j
of chemistry. This I think is sufficient !
to convince the thoughtful that a ■
person engaging in the profession I
should give patient and careful study '
to it. My object in writing and pub- !
lishing this article, is to call the at- !
tention of the citizens of our town I
and couiity to the fact that I have j
made a study of the standard works i
of the profession for .at least seven
years. Have attended the Massachu- ;
s J tts College of Embalming and hold
a diploma from same, embracing
special instructions on sanitation, dis
infection and contagion, and have
just taken a post gradual" course on
Scientific Embalming and Funeral
Etiquette.
For those desiring her services, 1
have a competent Lady Embalmer.
Having purchased the finest, most
complete and scientific paraphernalia
to carry on the business (the equal
cannot be found outside of cities of
the first class) I am prepared to
furnish the finest goods the market
affords. In view of the above facts I
think I may be excusable in asking
for a fair share of patronage from
friends and citizens in general.
Respectfully,
B. EG AN.
One Hundred Dollars in Awards
for Tree Planting on Arbor
Days.
The Council of the Pennsylvania
Forestry Association has decided to
recognize the twentieth anniversary of
its organization, by awarding prizes
aggregating one hundred dollars for
trees planted in the State of Pennsyl
vania on the Arbor Days appointed by
the Governor (viz., April 6th and 20th,
190(5), and which shall be properly
cared for until' the Fall Arbor Day.
Individuals, associations or schools
may participate in the contest, the re
quirements being a properly authenti
cated report giving the number and
| description of trees planted, together
; with the location, etc.
j The awards are intended as recogni
j tion of success in tree planting, and, to
; determine this, decisions will be based
• upon the condition! of Uw trees, Uulr
I freedom from insects, etc., on or about
| the Fall Arbor Day, which will be
I designated by the Superintendent of
i Public liibtructiou of Pennsylvania.
All reports of tree planting entered for
I the contest will be filed ami coin ml tUi s
appointed to decide upon the merits
j and distribute the awards
| It is not intended that individuals,
schools or associations will be judged
upon the same basis, the purpose being
to encourage individual as well as co
operative tree planting and recognize
the success achieved
The number of contestants, the
record of I heir work, and the advant
age which ills believed these effort!;
will be to the State of Pennsylvania
and the cause of forestry, will deter
mine the distribution of the fund.
The contealants will file the reports
with the Pennsylvania Forestry As
soeiation, 1012 Walnut Street ■ ilor t
May I, Itshl.
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Destructive Fire at Kane.
A destructive fire at Kane, Monday
afternoon started in Wickham & John
son's livery stables, caused by the ex
plosion of a gasoline tank used in con
nection with a horse clipping appara
tus. The flames spread rapidly
destroying property valued at, $70,000.
So rapid was the spread of the flames
that only seven out of thirty nine
horses in the stables were saved, the
others perishing miserably in the seeth- i
iug furnace, included in this number j
Wis twenty two boarding horses The
stable was owned by J. G. West. The
loss of Wickham & Johnson, the occu
pants, will exceed §IO,OOO, on which
there was no insurance. Neither of
the proprietors were home at the time.
FIVE EXPLOSIONS OCCUK.
During the progress of the fire there
were fiveseperate explosions, presuma
bly from fulminating caps that were
in a glycerine storage wagon. These
explosions scattered the debris in all
directions and gave rise to much
alarm.
The strong wind carried the tongues
of flames towards the north Among
the only buildings on the south to be
destroyed were the Baptist church,
James McDade's barn and contents, H.
M. Frazine's harness shop and con
tents, and the household goods of
Henry Clayson on the second story of
the Frazine building, P. P. Mcllale's
two brick veneered buildings occupied
as a grocery store, meat market and
warehouse. On the second floors were
a boarding house and fiat houses. The
city building on the east side was de
stroyed.
On the west side of Chase street the
flames communicated to the frame
building occupied by T. T. Marasco
as a flour and feed store.
The Mcilale block was a three story
structure. J. W. Bartlett's feed store
was completely gutted.
The water pipes were frozen and as a
result the firemen were greatly ham
pered in theirwork. Great excitement
prevailed during the progress of the
fire.
Gone to Conference.
Rev. O S. Metzler, pastor ->f First
Methodist Episcopal church, left on j
Tuesday for annual conference at
Tyrone, Pa., having preached his last
sermon on Sunday evening to a very
large congregation, many membjrs of
other churches being in attendance.
Of course the sermon was an able one,
delivered in his usual eloquent manner.
Brother Metzler has been with us six
years and it is witfi regret that he
loaves Emporium. While it is not j
positive as to his future charge it is j
more than probable that he will be lo
cated at Bloomsburg, one of the best
and largest appointments under the
conference.
A committee from Emporium
church, composed of Judge Geo. J.
Laßar, Prof. E. S. Ling and F. P.
Strayer leave to-day for Tyrone to at
tend the conference, expecting to re
turn on Tuesday.
Birthday Reception.
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Wright en
tertained a number of gentleman
friends last Friday evening, in honor
of Mr. Wright's 38th birthday. It was
a pleasant evening and from what we
learn, it was an occasion long to be re
membered by the guests who were
feasted in grand btyle. Those in at
| tendance were: A. C. Blum, H. S.
j Lloyd, Dr. H. S.Falk, John Cummings,
1 Martin Foster, I K. Hockley, Geo.
White and E. D. White. Mr. and Mrs.
Wright have resided in Emporium for
a number of years and have made
many friends. Mr. Wright is employ
ed by Emporium Furnace Co., as con
ductor of yard engines.
Miss Montgomery's Opening.
Miss Margaret Montgomery, whose
millinery store is located next door to
Jos. Lechner's shoe store, desires to in
form her Emporium and Cameron
county friends that lierdisplay of trim
med and untriuiraed hats and other
fancy millinery goods will be ready
for inspection April 2nd and 3rd. She
desires a careful inspection of her
st Jck and prices.
Household Goods at Private Sale.
I offer at privato sale, at Once, the
following: Cooking range, sideboard,
harness mid buggy and other articles.
Must he sold this week
Hit F. C UIRC'K.
Special l.ow Hates.
To all points in Montana, Idaho,
Washington, Oregon and British
Columbia, Fei>i' iar% 15th to April 7th,
I HUH. Bound Trip Hoinesoakers' Tick
ets on special days Write at once fur
information and limp< to W H. Mien,
Traveling Agent, WISI ouslii Central
It'y, (121 Park Bid*; , Pittsburgh, Pa.
4X-13L
The Observer.
Is the present worse or better than
the past?
The answer will depend largely upon
one's point of view, and also perhaps
on what lie ate for breakfast. There
are certain influences which tend to
make us exalt the past at the expense
of the present, and it is well for us to
try to estimate the force of these
One widespread cause of the exalta
tion of the past is to be found in the
enchantment which distance lends to
the view. God has very wisely and
kindly so made us that we remember
more vividly the noble and heroic and
hopeful things of the past than we do
the things that were little and mean.
That is why we have such a fondness
for old memories. Wretched would
we be were we to be forever haunted
with the memories of all the mean and
ugly things of the past. Th< pictures
of the past which history preserves for
us are not as a rule the pictures of the
small persons and petty events, but
rather of the great characters and great
events. History gives us the noble
and grand outlines, but is silent about
the petty details. When we think of
the past, therefore, it is of the great
outstanding characters and events that
we think, and not of the ob«cure de
tails.
But when we turn to the present,
how different! Here our vision is fair
ly swamped with the petty things of
everyday life which wi 1 find little or
no mention in history. When we come
into close contact with living men,
there are usually some little flaws and
peculiarities which draw our attention
and help to hide from us a deep, clear
perception of their inward greatness of
character; but in the case of the great
men of the past, their essential great
ness stands out, while their petty faults
are forgotten. "We have Luther with
out his violence, Milton without his
scorn, Washington without his anger
and occasional profanity, and Lincoln
without a shade of coarseness " It is
right that we should thus idealize
the heroes of the past. In doing so we
are getting nearer to the real men than
we could ever do were we always to be
thinking of their flaws and eccentrici
ties. it is right for us to idealize the
past. The past could not possibly
be to us what it is and ought to be, did
we not idealize it, did we not see its
great and heroic and unselfish features
uuobscured by a gieat mass t.-' netty
and irrelevant details The view of
tlie historian is clearer and truer than
is that of the contemporary observer.
But we soould try to be asjust to the
present as we are to the past. There
is greatness and heroism in the present
just as truly as there was in the past;
but we are in danger of overlooking it
on "account of the many petty and
familiar things which cover it up. It
is easy to picture a generous and chiv
alrous heart clothed in shining armor,
with a jeweled sword and waving
plume; mil when that same heart
passes us in the morning wearinggrimy
clothes we are not so likely to recog
nize it. And yet the knight of the
locomotive is as brave as any knight
that ever mounted prancing steed
Perhaps many of our public men whom
we criticize freely and whom we accuse
of selfish ambition and weak compro
mise, are as great as were the states
men of past ages. The Elizabethan
age appeals to the imagination of all
English speaking people as an age of
heroic aspiration and achievement; but
had we lived then perhaps we should
have seen in Drake and Raleigh only
bold pirates and self-seeking adventur
ers; we should have seen in the policy of
England only a hugeschemeof conquest
and plunder; we Bhould have seen cor
ruption and fraud in all walks of life;
all because it was quite as difficult to
idealize the present then as it is now.
Appointment Confirmed.
As announced in last issue of the
PRESS. Mr. Chas. Seger, our efficient
postmaster, had been re-appointed for
another term. United States Senator
Boes Penrose wired Mr. Seger on Tues
day that his appointment had been
confirmed by the Senate. Chas. is
now busy receiving the congratulations
of his friends.
W anted: Tr iveiling salesman.
Must furnish references and invest one
thousand i$1,000) dollars, infirstclass
6 per cent, bonds Salary and expenses
paid. Experience not required, we
teach business at our mills. The
Wheeling Roofing & Cornice Co.,
Wheeling, W. Va. -j tit.
Something Doing.
The pretty dresses; the pretty shoes.
Well! They get them at Diehl's. tj-lt
F(jgs for Hatching.
Full blooded black Minorca's. In
quire ol B. G. Bent/., Emporium. Pa.
Flowers.
All kinds lor Faster. Faster lilies,
hyacinths, hydrangeas, Ate. Leave
orders early at
JOHN SC UI.KCIIT'S (ireen House.
Tlie h-t headache,
112 HiHiipitii ii and liier trouble- i- JA-Win's
Linle Kurl.v liisers. Keep a v:.il of theno
famous lilt I.- pill- in t li<* h<m* , n d t a |<,.
a dose at bid time when , >i t'eei that
the stomach unit l.owel, pea.] cleansing
Tie \ d-.q't juipe. Sold l>y It <' Poison
TERMS: 52.00—51.50 IN ADVANCE.
THE WEATHER.
FRIDAY, Fair. SATUKIIAV, K«ii
SL'.NDAV, Fair.
ASSETS
First National Bank,
EMPORIUM, PA.
At the close of business March 2a I9CB
$791,021.50,
If you deposit your money j n the bank, it pro
tects it against loss by (ire or robbery, unci you
Irim personal injury at the hi-nds of robbers
NOTES OF INTENEST.
Pure Barred Plymouth Rocks. Egre
50c per 15. p. (}. j UDD .'
Archie S. Shnw skidded 512 logs oi
hard wood at the head of Hicks Run,
in Cameron countv, that scaled f)8 000
feet.
L. 8. Fisk is a busy man there days,
having secured the contract to furnish
all wood work for Sinnamahoning
Powder Co.
The Fitzpatrck Brothers have com
menced tearing down the old brick
walls oil the Walker block, prepara
tory to adding another story.
See the magnificent and bewildering
scenery of Porter J. White's big pro
duction of "Faust." At the Emporium
Opera House. Tuesday, April 3.
Thirteen baby 'possums were found
in a hallow tree at Raybarn, Arm
strong county, by Perry Starr, a
farmer, who killed the whole buncb.
Althou" she is eighty-six years old,
Miss Serepta Pratt, of East Brook,
Delaware county, N. Y., is a hustling,
traveling saleswoman for a Philadel
phia house, with a good income.
"Wehaveseeu all the productions
of "Faust," but Porter J. White leads."
—Peoria Sentinel. Peoria, 111. At the
Emporium Opera House, Tuesday,
April 3.
WANTED. —A good salesman to
handle our teas. coffees, etc., in Empo
rium and vicinity, (iood chance for
the right party. Address, Grand Union
Tea Co.. 08 Main St., Bradford, Pa. 5-2
Finding his pair of overalls worn out,
E. J. Long, a Butialo, Rochester &
Pittsburg engineer, threw the suit in
the flreb >x at Bradford, and did not
realize until some time later that his
valuable watch was in one of the
pockets.*
March blizzards spurring his memory
Colonel R. Richardson, a nonagenar
ian, of Franklin, says that back in the
early 'so's he drove a bunch of cattle
across the ice on the Allegheny River
at Franklin along about the midde oi"
April.
The local manager of our opera
house has secured an attraction that
can truly be called the society event
of the season, in the production of
"Faust" by Poter J. White's Company.
At the Emporium Opera House,
Tuesday, April 3.
To assist the pupils of the Brockway
ville High School iu their study of
electricity, the entire class was escorted
in Ridgway by Principal Wilson, and
the workings of a dynamo manufact
uring company were reveled in all
their details.
The Coles Hotel at Wellsboro Pa.,
was destroyed by tire last Friday caus
ing a ioss of $20,000. The blaze orig
inated in a defective chimney and
thirty guests were forced to flee from
the hotel, scantily clad and with the
mercury six below zero. The hydrants
were frozen, and this prevented the
firemen from fighting the flames effect
ively.
Elaborate Was the Proc! 1 n of
Faust by the Porter 1 Whlfe
Company.
[Maryville, Ohio; Evening Tiihflne.,l
Faust, as presented by Porter J .
White's company at the opera house
Wednesday evening, was fully up to
' the expectations of the larg-? and select
! audience that was present.
The acting of the entire company
was of the highest order, and the stage
effects were perfect. The p'-enic and
electrical display has never tieen sur
passed in this city.
it was a magnificent spectacle with
many scenes of enchantment, but the
Brocket! scene, with the lost souls in
torment, was gruesome enough to
make one resolve to attend divine ser
vice every Sunday for the next year.
At Emporium Opera House, Tuts
day, April 3.
Emporium Opera House.
"In a Woman's Power," a melo
drama that will bo produced at the
opera house to-night. Don t fall t»
attend.
Lost .i Finger.
Michael Murphy, a vnuu, man em
ploye! at the tannery, mushed it
linger in the roll. -t .in-day It
wax amputate)'.
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