THE CAMERON COUNTY PUESS. ESTABLISHED EY C. B. GOUJ,I>, MARCH, 1866. VOL. 41. letters'from tlic People. All communications ii iter this heivl must be accompanied by the writer's name. Wewil! not be held responsible for any e*predion in this department ]—EDITOR. Editor rrest: There are two questions I would like to have you discus 3 in your paper, and if agreeable to you, I also wish you would express an opinion thereon. First:—Are all of the old taxes which were due the county when the Tax Collectors were disqualified from office, now being collected or were they ex- ; onerated because they were too old ? At the time the Courts declared the old Tax Collectors to have been illeg ally elected, that was something like $12,000 of back taxes on the books, and it is these back taxes which 1 wish to inquire about—whether they were col lected or exonerated. Second:—ls in icgard to the road Supervisors. Much has been said about the illegal expenditure of money by the road supervisors and about "graft" in the road taxes We, I think, as citizens, owe it to ourselves to know whether the money is being properly paid out, and the road supervisors owe it to themselves to keep their accounts so public that there will be no question as to the money being properly handled. It the newspapers would not ciiarge too much for publishing a monthly statement of how the road taxes are spent in each township in the county, I will be willing to start a subscription with SIOO.OO for the purpose of having the accounts audited every month and published in the papers. This auditor should also be authorized to receive complaints from tax payers along the lineot the different roads being worked. There is no remedy for public wrongs except the honesty and manhood of the people themselves, and the people cannot act unless they have the infor- 1 mation. Yours truly, JOSIAH HOWARD. Emporium, Pa., April 14,190<>. Oriental Palmist. Madam Goodwin, of New York City, at City Hotel, Emporium, Pa., for ten days only. Palmistry is not what a good many people imagine it to be—a species of fortune-telling; but it is an exact sci ence, as lias been proven over and over again. All well informed people now a-davs admit this fact, and many of them consult palmists frequently. In every person's life there are sev eral courses which he or she may pui sne, many of which lead to failure and a few to BUfcess. By consulting a skillful and reputable Palmist, it is possible to ascertain be yond the question of a doubt which of the several paths opening before you lead to the best and brightest success. If you have been crossed in love, if interferers have broken your dearest and tenderest ties, in every affair it is wise to consult a Palmist. Reom No. 10 from 9 a. m., to 10 p. m. Private audiences given at private homo to not less than five subjects. My diploma on exhibition. April 17, 1906 until further notice. Birthday Party. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Johnston gave a party to their son Lloyd last Thurs day evening, April 12, in honor of his thirteentti birthday and forty-five of his young friends responded to the invitation. At about 7:30 o'clock the house was a veritable swarm of bees. The program of entertainment for the evening was magic lantern pictures, Buster Brown necktie party, anatomy contest and refreshments. Lena Swartz won the Buster Brown party prize the "Game of Proverbs I ', Ethel Lloyd the first prize and Robert Pear sail the second prize in the anatomy contest. These prizes were beautiful books, "Royal Hearts and True," by Kuih Ogden, and"ln the Closed Room,'' by Frances Hodgson Uurnett. As the guests departed for their homes Master Lloyd presented each with a 1 >uvenir Easter button ami a box of •andy. As we came from the lodge room we Imagine:! that ther.' were a*>out a million youngsters in the house and if siirie .-i and rumbling aoiind* are evidence of a g i.ul time th »r< is no mist ikini; that it was up to the royal atatidar i Th" young folks voted it one of the be>t times of their life and will long remember the hoapi tallty of their youun h >-*. Mr an I Mrs. Johnston w«.-« agisted <<y Mrs. H. W. O > id, Mrs. F. ||. Pear - til, Mr. and Mr F. - C >pp» r«o,ilh ad Mr. FMg.tr G, .J <\ entertaining thi littl* gnestn. I' ire Hurred Plymouth Ho ks LgK« 60 • |*»r 14, F. O. Jt'iiji Man About Town. Some people say just what they think. That accounts for a good many people being silent. Two heads one better than one, es pecially if they are the head on a silver dollar. Johnny, saye a woman onFifth street to her son, "When that boy throws stones at you again, come and call me." "Call you!" says Johnny, "Why mother you could not hit a barn." A person in town who i a noted for putting a cent on the collection plate j Sundays, was asked the other day bow he liked the sermon. "Poor, very poor," said he. A friend remarked, "what could you expect for a cent." When Mr. Carnegie's new spelling book comes out, instead <>f writing trousers, we will write, "in the morn ing he arose and put on hie pane," A lady in town says her maid of all work answered the door bell the other day and stood talking with the visitor sometime. When he left she was asked who he was. She answered, "he is a gentleman looking for the wrong house." They are having a revival up on the Portage. One of the anxious seat the other night in her excitement exclaim ed, "I wish I had the wings of a grass- i hopper." After things had quieted ! down some, a fellow mourner asked | her why she wished she had wings j like a grasshopper, she said, "so I could fly to heaven." "You fool thing" she answered, "don't you know a woodpecker would catch you before you would get half way." The sage of Portage remarks, "there ain't no more honesty. If he should go into business to-morrnw with St. Peter ' for a salesman and the recording angel ! for a bookkeeper, they would beat j i him. "Children," said one of our ministers j addressing the Sunday school last j : Sunday, "why are we like flowers; j what do we have tha{,- flowers have." 1 | A little fellow in one of the classes ; j answered, "worms." The minister ! j turned his back to the scholars to con : ceal his emotions. At a meeting of the cracker barrel club, in Mike Hogan's the other even ing, one of the members remarked, "we are fearfully and wonderfully made." "Yes," said another member sitting on a soap box, "and we should ! be thankful that we are made so we can sit down." A man in Potter county was hugged by a bear and died from the effects of j the grip. Lott's wife turned into a pillar of ! salt. An Evangelical friend says, | "that's -what she got for being too ■ fresh." One of our young itiarried men says he bought his marriage license on the installment plan—one dollar down and ! his monthly salary the rest of his life. It is sorrowful to meet one of your old time friends who is a dyspepsic- We shook with one yesterday who had a pork and bean appetite and a milk toast stomach. Blessed are they who can digest birch bark and shingle tim ber. Sheriff Swope says the town at one time had a champion long distance jumper; he jumped his bail clear to the Klondike Bill Thomas found a ten cent piece in the craw of a chicken he killed last Sunday. She was evidently keeping it until she got where she ould buy | a couple ol beers. Brother Pyle says love is tuuch more j courageous when the light is turned away down low. We often meet ladies that use face powder. We think some of theqo j we see, if they should meei a walking delegate of the whitewasbers union, j would have to show their card. The window sill club at their last meeting decided that a noisy noise annoyed an oyster and that a hypo crisy was a boy that went to school with a smile on his face. An itinerant photographer has pitch ed his feut at Sizerville. A sijrn reads, "Pifturfs tiken of all kinds, from a back tooth to a mouse's soul." Uncle Peter Bcattie says people talk about remarkable shooting he s ; s the best shot he ever made u duet'> lut*. He wa>» hunting one day and when it came noon, lie was ten miles from camp and hadn't seen a tiling. He sat down under a spruce tree and ate a lunch which he had in nis pocket, smoke i' in pipe «nd ( II fuleep. Ho Woke up with u start <tnd when he opened lils eje-i he Haw bijj rattle mi.ike within ten feet of him he raised his gun thinking he would put a bullet * through him when a nd caused "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."—WKßSTKß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1906. him to look and on a limb above liin head, be Haw a half dozen patridgee; he thought a club would do for the snake and was just aiming at the birds, when out of the brush near him eamc a deer, he changed his aim quickly. Just as he was covering the deer, he gave a jump and from the other side came a black bear, he changed his aim to the bear and fired. The gun burst ed, the bullet killed the bear and as he fired the deer name by and a piece of the barrel went plamb through his heart and killed him dead. The lock flew off and as the rattlesnake had his mouth open and it went down its neck and choked him to death; the stock flew up and hit the bunch above bis head and the shock killed the partridg es and the explosion threw him more than thirty feet and he lit on a couple of rabbits. QABSAWAY. A Sharp Swindler. Last Saturday a sleek rascal called at Cummings' bakery and requested some candy. While Miss Margaret was pro curing the candy the chap extracted S2O 00 from a pocket-book lying behind the counter. Immediately upon re turning with the candy she noticed the pocket-book bad been tampered with, being open. She at once made the chap stand still while she examined the contents. Seeing that four five-dollar bills were missing from the money she had prepared for deposit in the bank, she called policeman Monday and the proprietor, who searched the man. Not finding any money on his person they were compelled to give the suspect his freedom. Later in the day it was learned that the same man weot into a saloon and presented a five-dollar bill saturated with tobacco juice. It flashed upon Policeman Mundy that the cud he was chewing was mostly the bills stolen. Prompt telegrams located him at Austin where he was arrested and returned to Emporium. The prisoner "owned the corn" and was committed to jail for court. Progressive Whist. Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Balcom enter- . tained about forty lady and gentlemen friends at tiieir Sixth street residence Tuesday evening, in a very pleasing manner. The evening was voted a very decided success. At mid-night elegant refreshments were (served, after which the score cards were called in, the progressive prizes being awarded to Mrs. A. Brady and Mr. IS. A. Pyle, while the booby favors were captured by Miss Alice Green and Hon. J. C. Johnson—ordinarily two expert whist players, but luck was against them. Obituary. Mr. George White and son, E. D. White, chief clerk at Emporium lion Company's plant at this place, were called to Lebanon, Pa., last Thursday by a telegram announcing the dangerous illness of their daughter and sister, Mrs. Win. Hoover. The lady was dead before they arrived at home. Deceas ed leaves a husband, father and mother, two sisters and three brothers to mourn her death. The funeral took place on Monday from the home of her sister, Mrs. Frank Kline, at Lebanon. New Church Trustees. The new board of trustees of the M. E. Church consisting of Geo. J. T. B. Lloyd, It. P. Heilman, F. P. Straver, L. K. Huntington, A. C. Blum, 112. P. Rentz, 11. A. Cox and J. P. Mc- Narney, organized by the election of Geo. J. La Bar, President, and J. P. McNamey, Secretary and Treasurer. The repairs to the parsonage are about completed and will be ready lor the family of Rev. Cleaver in about a week. Met With an Accident. I While riding a pony belonging to IJ. | C. Hayes, last Monday evening, Otar j enee Quinn was thrown from the an imal's back breaking his lefta rm, also spraining his wrist. Dr. Heilman at tended the young man and set the I wounded member. The Portage Store. W. L. Dixon, proprietor of the Portage store, desires to inform his patrons and the genera! public that he is offering special inducement in canned goods for the next thirty days. Road this: Tomatoes, 10c; Good California Pt acht>«, Hie; Mince Meat, Hu, Corn He; Finest Hiring lieans. lUe; Bust Seeded Itiisens, lie; Seven liars Oak I.eal'Soap, iific. Other goods in proportion. Cull me on 'phone. W. L. DIXON, "•If. Ni'#r Portage Bridge. C. B. Howard A Co., have the only large stock of shingles in the county at the prenent lime. IlKll CEDAR from the I'acifle Coast and WHII'KCKDAIt rum WiscnriMlii limit lis m nun One Thousand Lives Wiped Out. Buildings in Six Blocks Went Down During the Shock Which tasted Three Minutes. Fires Started and Added Terror-Water Mains Broken. SAN FIIANCISCO, April 18, S a. in. In the confusion which reigns everywhere, it is almost impossible to learn details of the disaster caused by the earthquake this morning. In general it may be said that the district lying between Market and Howard streets from | the bay to city ball has been j wrecked. Most all the principle j business blocks have been badly j damaged. Fires are burning in many places ! and the water mains have been j broken by the earthquake. The an- j thorities have resorted to dynamite ! to check the progress of the lire, j The fire houses have been so badly damaged that it is impossible to get the apparatus out. For the benefit of eastern people 1 who have friends at San Francisco it is safe to say that they haw not ! been injured. In the cheap tenement district the loss of life is heavy. The resi dence portion of the city is but slightly damaged. The last earthquake that occur red in San Francisco was about the middle of January 1900. The chief building affected was the St. Nicholas Hotel,which was severely shaken. The walls "collapsed in certain parts of the structure and | patrons were thrown from their j beds. At this time there is but one j wire out of the ct.iv, a Postal wire. The Postal building is considerably damaged. A dispatch from Los Angeles says that 1,000 lives have been lost in the earthquake at San Francisco. SACRAMENTO, Cal., April 18, —A severe earthquake shock occurred here this morning. There is great confusion and it is impossible to learn the extent of the damage. No loss of life is yet reported. Barclay a Candidate. Capt. C. F. Barclay, of Sinnamahon ing, Cameron county, is a candidate for the Republican nomination for con gress. lie lbels assured that his own county and McKean will be with him .and that he stands a good show. Capt. Barclay was a candidate four years ago against S. It. Dresser. He is a gentle man of remarkable attainments and is one of the foremost citizens and busi ness men of Cameron county. With two candidates fromClearfield, and one from Center, there promises to bo live ly doings in the district this summer Curwensville Review. Sch wab-Summerson. Mr. John Schwab, of Cameroon, Pa., and Miss Edna Summcrson, of Sterling Run, Pa., were united in marriage, on April 15th, at Emmanuel Church Rec tory, by Rev. J. M. Robertson. This popular young couple have many ad miring friends iu thin county. Mr. Schwab, who is engaged in mercantile business at Cameron, while the bride, who has successfully taught school in this county for several years, is a lady of excellent character and greatly re spected by all our citizens. The PRESS joins in hearty congratulations VV anT KU: Travelling sales man Must furnish references and invest one thousand *1,000) dollars, in first class ti per cent, bonds Salary and expens* s paid Experience not required, we teach bit ineiis at our mills. The Wheeling Ko.itlng it Cornice Co., Wheeling. W Va 4 Ht. Census Figures and Marriage Customs. We are indebted toAlfredTruraan tor the following information concerning a recent census taken of the British I Empire together with some strange marriage customs of the people of India: The whole empire contains 398,000,- 000 of people, scattered over different parts of the globe as follows: In Asia there are more than 300,000,000 of people in British dominions; in Am erica there are 7,500,000; in Africa 43,- 000,000; in Australia over 5,000,000; and in Europe over 42,000,000. Classifying this vast, hetrogenous mass of people by religions, it is found that 203,000,000 are Indus, 94,000 000 are Mahomedans, 58,000,000 are christians, 12,000,000 are Budbists and 23,000,000 of various pagan and non-christian religions. This latter generalization represents Parsees, Jains, Jews and Confucians, and some other primitive forms of sup erstition. There are in the British Empire. 1,200,000 Chinamen who are known, from the best sources of information, to be exemplary subjects, made up of merchants, bankers and country gentle men, as well as industrious and efficient workmen. Considering that Egypt is practi cally under British rule, brings the populatieu of the empire to consider ably over 100,000,000, being over one fourth of all the people on the globe, and occupying moro than one fourth of the earth's space. The marriage customs of the people of India are very strange and unnatural, and has so far been impossible of cor rection even by the British and Indian governments. Marriage of children in India takes place While the children are yet in infancy, and is nothing more than a contract entered into by the parents and guardians. Its most pathetic feature is the number of young widows in that land of strange customs for to become a widow, no matter at what iige, means to romain a widow through life. And while English law would recog nize the validity of a second marriage Indian law and customs forbid it. The census already referred to shows there are over a quarter of a million of married girls of the age of five years and under. Between the ages of five years and ten years over ten million married girls were found, and the number of married maidens between the years of ten and fourteen, were seven millions. There are at the pres ent tioic 426,000 widows under the age of fifteen, destined, along with millions who are older, to remain in widow hood through life. Most of the widows of such tender years become so before they know what widowhood means. The custom of burning the living widow with the deceased husband has been abolished, and the same civilizing intluences that suppressed that cruel practice will in time correct their un natural customs relating to marriage and widowhood. The age at which girls could be taken to wife by whomsoever had been mar ried to them was formerly twelve years, but during the reign of Victoria that good queen succeeded in lawfully establishing the age at which real married life could begin to be fourteen years. DEATH'S DOINGS. HALLE *HER. The remains of Mrs. Gallagher were brought to Emporium yesterday from Bradford and interred in the Catholic cemetery. Deceased was a sister of the elder Creightons, who resided here years ago Many relatives attended the funeral here. MCFADDEN. Mrs. .Jesse McFadden, after an illuess of only a few days, passed away Tues day morning, leaving a husband and four children, one a babe less than a week old. The sad death was a great surprise to friends of the family. The funeral took place this morning from St. Mark's Catholic Church. 'l'he Thespians. The Thespians from State College will appear at the Opera House, Mon day evening, April 23rd, under the auspices of the Y. P. 8. ofC. K, in a roaring farce . ntltled "Facing the Music." An orchestra of ten pieces and a quartette will accompany them. Board open Friday morning, at 11 H Lloyd's store. Admission ISc t'flo: SfK*: and Mir TERMS: f2.00 —$1.50 in Advance. THE WEATHER. FRIDAY', .Showers. SATURDAY, J'air SUNDAY, Fair. ASSETS First National Bank, EMPORIUM, PA. At the close of business April $796,751.74. ! If you deposit yoor money in this Hank, yoti may r(Sstossur«<l that it will be there when you wont it. Services in Presbyterian Church. The Rav. John Mitchell, of Houtas. dale,Pa.,will preach in the Presbyterian Church, Sunday, April 22nd, 1006. Preaching morning and evening. Home Market. Is the title of the first document of the Congressional campaign of lt'OU, issued by the American Protective Tariff League. The pamphlet is a re production of the great speech of Con gressman John F. Lacey, of lowa, re cently delivered in Congress. Send postal card request for free copy. AsN for Document No. 84. Address W. P. Wakeman, Secretary. 339 Broadway, New York, N. Y. The Savings of Solomon. Never go into business with rela tives, says a writer in the American Magazine. They skin you even if you get St. Petor for doorkeeper and the Recording Angel for the book keeper? Beware of false profits. A penny overcharge! may cause you to lose dollar customer. When you hear a man say "do others before they do you," look out for "him! He is one of the evil doers! When you are down, take knocks without howling. But when you up again just sock it to your enemy with compound interest. Mark Twain says—"Be good and you will be lonesome!" Your Uncle Solomon says— "Better be alone in good company than sociable in bad!" The ready lender generally finda out that when he gets broke there if) a great deal of truth in the old saying that "He who goes a borrowing, goes :t sorrowing!" Paste this over your desk! If you haven't a des.c, on your looking glass! It you haven't a looking glass, over your bod! If you haven't abed, wear it next to your heart! Be sure to keep it by you so that you may remember, a dollar is your best friend! Never answer advertisements that promise to pay you thirty dollars a week for sitting home, doing nothing! Save your stamps and your common | sense! The postoftice hasn't cornered all the frauds yet! Never run from a policeman or a dog! They'll think j - ou are guilty whether you are or not! Then you are sure to get a clubbing, or a biting, no matter how little you may deservo it. There are times when it pays to stand still!" Reception Given to Rev. Metzlir. The following is a clipping from tho Gazette and Bulletin: The members of the Mulberry Strre t M. E. church will give a reception at the church Monday evening, at 7:45 in honor of the new pastor. The Rev. Oliver S. Metzler, tho new pastor at Mulberry Street Meth odist church, opened his pastorato yesterday with two sermons, both cf which can he justly characterized as brilliant. The morning discourse was on the "Resurrection of Christ" ai 'l the evening in "Esther at Shushan." Mr. Metzler fully demonstrated tho correctness of the reputation ho has gained in other fields of labor for being a pulpit orator of splendi'l ability. The conjugations both morn ing and evening were large and gave j evidence of thorough appreciation c 112 ! his work. The year opens most aim* ! piclously in this oh.ipch. Monday'n Williamsport News. *»• The Rev. O. S. Metzler opened bin ' pastorate i . Mulberry Street church | yesterday under most encouraging | auspices. The congregation, both morning and evening, were unusually ! large The music and decorations , were artistic and inspiring. The mora ing sermon on the "Resurrection," j and the evening sermon on ' Easter .it ; Shushan," were both fine pieces «.i" ' logical clearness and rhetorical beauty. The Rev, Mr. Metzler has a round, clear voic • and speaks with energy and impresslvcneaa. Only words of praise are beard from his work on the flr»( lay of his pastorate in tho new field Williamsport Bulletin. For Sale. One l it 7 >*ll2 with good dwelling I hous« and outbuilding* Will be «< I lat a bargain. Enquire ofCl, I'. Ralcrui I Chairman. • »112 NO. 9.
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