JLHiii OOUNTY 1 AESS. ESTABLISHED HY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866. VOL. 41. Notice. I the undersigned have about 50 loads of saw dust. Same I will deliver in Emporium at $1.75 per load. 44-4t. CHAS. M. SPANGLER. Purchases a Home. Prothonotary-elect W. J. Leavitt has purchased from Mr. Alfred Nelson the house and lot occupied by the latter on east Sixth street. Mr. Leavitt will move his family here as soon as Mr. Nelson vacates. Honor Roll. Sweesey school honor roll for the third month of school: Gertrude Swesey, Dean Goodwin, Daisy Lewis, Myrtle Swesey, Reva Lewis, Lettte Craven, Pete Craven, Claude Lewis, Jettie Craven. EZRA SMITH, Teacher. Christmas Service at Emmanuel Church. Christmas day services: 10:00 a. m., Morning Prayer and Holy Commun ion The Sunday School Festival and Christmas Tree will be held in the parish house, Friday evening Dec. 28th, Back From Virginia. Lyman Wiley has returned from B >yd, Virginia, where he has been in tbe employ of an extensive lumber firm as saw flier. Mr. Wiley says they have some large timber in that country, some measuring 46 inches across the butt end of the log, came to his mill. Lyman will stay at home for some time. Hand Painted China. We have an elegant line of genuine hand painted china by fine French artists as well as American artists, so that, wc are not confined to the work or ideas of one person. Our prices are rea sonable and if you will look the line over you will surely be pleased'with it. GEO METZUEH, JR. Will Join the "Hayseeds." Alfred Nelson has purchased the Michael Zimmet farm, containing 88 acres, up Plank Road Hollow and will take possession at an early date. Al fred ia an industrious citizen, and hav ing been reared on a farm in Sweden will no doubt make a success of his new venture. His farm contains a valuable stone quarv. Instructions in the Prayer Book. A courseof instructions in the Prayer Book is in progress at Emmanuel Church in connection with the Friday evening services. The subject this week. "The Rubrics—Sentences—Ex hortation." The usual Friday evening service on December 28 will give place ( to the Sunday School Christmas festival to be held in the parish house on that date. A Sensible Christmas Let this be a sensible Christmas, in stead of baying a lot of jim cracks, make presents that will last and be a source of joy for years to come; buy a few solid silver spoons or a nice piece of cut glass, a little good jewelry, a fine piece ef china or nice clock, something that will start or aid to your collections of things that you can take pride in showing your friends years afterwards. This is the class of goods you will find at Metzger's: his name is a guarantee that it is the best to be had. It Costs Only One Cent. To send a card asking for our cata log setting forth the advantages en joyed by the students who attend The State Normal of Indiana, and it may be ihe turning point in the life of your Bon or daughter. An education ob tained in a good normal school fits for life and business, as do other schools, but its diploma has a peculiar legal value that should not be overlooked, it makes its possessor a legally qualifi ed teacher in the State for life. None of us can look very far into the future. Your daughter may not need to teach now, and may lay her normal diploma away never intending to use it. But some disaster later in life may make it necssary for her to earn her living, and that diploma would prove her most valuable possession. Is it not best to be edueated in a shool whose diploma has such volue? The Indiana State Normal was founded by the General Assembly in 1871; it is one of the best known schools of its kind in the land, and the expense v>f attending it is as low as can be found Su any first-class institution of learning. Our Winter Term will open, Janu ary 1. Il'you desire full information about this school, address the Princi pal, James E. Ament, LL. D., Indiana, Pa. 44-2t. Sofa pillows and pllow tops, lunch cloths, linen towels and everything for gifts for the children, at Chan. Diehl's. ARGUMENT COURT. Eight License Applications Refus ed—Unanimous Order of Court. Argument Court convened List Mon day, with President Judge B. W. Green and Associates John McDonald and Geo. J. Laßar, presiding. After transacting the usual legal business, such aa appointing adminis trators, approving accounts and deeds, hearing arguments, etc , the court took up the license applications for the year 1907. The following remonstrance having been presented to the Court, Hie Honor, Judge Green, read the same to those present: IN THE COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS OK CAMERON COUNTY, DCEKMBEH TERM, 1906. To the Honorable the Judge# of the Court of Quarter Sessions. We, the undersigned, pastors of churches in the Borough of Emporium in said county respectfu !y beg to peti tion your Honors and to represent that we are greatly interested in the moral welfare and peace of said Borough, and are anxious to keep said Borough in a condition of high respectability and purity. We therefore beg to call the attention of your Honors to the fact that the granting of licenses to sell vinous, malt and spirituous liquors in said Borough has in the past greatly exceeded any public necessity or re quirement, and the present applica tions being in equel number, we are constrained to pretest. We are inform ed there are now seventeen (17) appli cations for license in the Borough of Emporium. This is as great a number an is usually granted io a city or b >r ough of two or three times the popula tion of this Borough, and is certainly beyond the necessities of the public. We appeal to your Honors to see this fact and in the exercise of your own good judgmeuU, with the courage that we know you to possess, refuse to grant more licenses than your judgment ap proves. And your petitioners will ever pray, etc. J. M. ROBERTSON, A. E. CLEAVER, GEO. F JOHNSTON. J. E CALVIN, J. NELSON BENNETT, Emporium, Pa., Dec. 17, 1906. The license applications were con sidered singly, as follows: LICENSES GRANTED Hotels:—O. L. Bailey,Geo. P. Shafer, Grove; A. M. McDonald, Tlios J. Riley, W. H. Mitchell, Sophia Mc- Vicker, Driftwood; A. F. Walker, Mary A. Furlong, Robt Graham, Lumber; Michael J. Dolan, D. W. Donovan, John Cutnmings, Michael Murphy, VV. G. Gilbert, S. D McDon ald, John C Kibe, John L. Johnson, Chas. F. Johnson, Emporium. Wholesale License—Henry Kraft, A. A. McDonald, F X. Blumle. Bottlers Licenses—Henry Kraft, F. X. Blumle. Reataurant License—William Mc Donald. LICENSES REFUSED. H. W. Martindale and H. A. Smith, Grove; J. H. Welton, Gibson; P. J. Robinson, Lumber; J. H. Evans, Port age; Chas. Farley, Dan'l McCormick, M. F. Hamilton, John Costello, Em porium. ORDER OF COURT. After passing upon the license ap plications the court made the follow ing order: And now, Dec. 17th, 1906, it is order ed by the Court of Quarter Sessions of the county of Cameron, that on and after the first day of Jannary, A. D., 1907, no liquors of any kind shall be sold or furnished by persons licensed by this court,or their employes in hotels and eating houses,between the hourd of ten o'clock, p. m., and six o'clock, a m., the following morning, and by those licensed to sell at wholesale and bottlers between the hours of eight o'clock, p m., and six o'clock, a. m , the following morning; and all bar rooms and other rooms where liquors are kept or sold, shall be closed during said time. That licenses granted for keeping eating houses or restaurants shall au thorize tbe sale of no intoxicating liquors except domestic wines and malt and brewed liquors. That wholesale dealers shall not sell any spiritous or vinous liquors in less quantities than one quart, or sell, furn ish or deliver the same in bottles con taining less quantity, or sell brewed or malt liquors in less quantities than twelve pints; and the same shall not be aliowed to be drank on the premises where sold In licensed places where more than ona bar or room is used for the sale or furnishing of liquors, only one bar room or place shall bp used for the sale or furnishing of spiritous or vinous liquors The Clerk of the Court is directed to furnish each person licensed, as well as all Constables, with a certified copy of ihis order. By the Court B W. GREEN, President Judge. JOHN MCDONALD, Associate Judge, GEO J LABAR, Associate Judge. Certified from the record, Dee. 17. 1906. C J. GOODNOUGH, Clerk Q S. You can get. all hinds of good cedar shingles at C. B. Howard «St Co.. "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable." —WEßSTEß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1906. Christmas Joy. Why is Christmas of all festival? and holidays the happiest in the year? Some may regard it as a sufficient ans wer to say that it is the happiest time of the year, because we choose to make it so. There is profound philosophy in this answer, for life in general is what we choose to make it. Our opti mism or 'pessimism is not determined by the way we reason nor by our abil ity to reason; neither is it determined by the way we feel, nor by what we suffer; but it is determined by the at titude of our wills. The optimist wills to believe in a soul of goodness,even in things evil, and it is this primary atti tude of will thai determines the way he thinks and feels. We are happy in Christmastide because we believe that it is worth while to he happy and choose to enter into the spirit of happi ness. But the same may be said of other happy seasons as well. Why is Christmas the happiest time of all? Ancient and deeply seated cus tom may be urged in the way of expla nation. The celebration of the Nativity of Christ is as old, almost, as the Christian era. This Christian observ ance is one of those intangible, yet very tangible, ties which bind nations together, and unite the life of the pres ent to countless past generations The atmosphere of Christmas is alive with a spirit of u common per ennial Christian humanity. Our Christ mas joy is not an individual experience, but one which brings us into fellow ship with the heart of Christendom in its vast extent and duration. Hay, more. This custom of rejoicing at the time of the winter solstice was boary with antiquity when the stable of Beth lehem was still unbuilt. Many Yule-tide observances are of pagan origin. The early Christian fathers, wisely assuming that Christ, was not come to destroy but to fulfil, retained such popular pagau custom, as were the innocent expression of ele mental human joy. So the habit of | Yuletide rejoicing is older than Chris ! tianity itself, as old in fact, at the | time when primitive man first learned | to see in the northward turning sun I the promise of another summer and of j the rejuvenescence of nature. Yes, the habit of rejoicing at Yule tide is so an cient and deeply seated, that we could as soon alter the form of our blood corpuscles as eradicate that habit. Nature herself has had much to do in making this the gladdest time of the vear. The beginning of the sun's re turn after his six months decline gives the incentive and occasion for festive joy. The enforced leisure of the winter furnished the opportunity, while in door warmth and cheer, in contrast to and in defiance of, the falling snow and biting blasts, gave to this rejoicing its keenest zest. In this tihie and re gion of natural gas we have been de prived largely of our inheritance of blazing logs and comfortable chimney seats. Here and there one with the courage to do it (and incidentally the means) rises in rebellion against the gas stove and installs a good old fashioned hearth on which he can burn fragrant logs of hardwood at Yule-tide, and a mantel beneath which Santa Ciaus,emerging,finds the expect ant stockings. This reminds us of another very im portant element in the joy of Christ mas-tide, an element for which we are indebted to the Christian meaning of the festival. The day which celebrates the birth of the infant Redeemer is pre eminently the festival of childhood. Some sapless philosophers think that the world is fast becoming old and j worn out, that the Golden Age (if there ever was one) is in the past, and that all that await* us is mould and darkness. But do not believe a word of such stufT—especially not at this sea son of the year. By providing that our race shall come into the world in stalments, God has wonderfully as i sured the perpetual youthfulness and vigor of humanity. The world was never so old and seemingly played out as it was just before the Bibe of Bethlehem was born to make it young again. The knell of England's doom had sounded in 1781—according tc 1 some of her wisest statesmen; but shortly came Robert Burns and Will iam Wordsworth singing the poetry of child life and the home, and British power expanded to heights and breadt lis undreamed of. The nation or the race that makes much of its children is sure to be a vigorous and growing people. The age that enters into the spirit and life of childhood is sure to be an age of achievement. By its Gos pel of the 1 rifancy, Christianity has tak en captive the heart of humanity and has entered into the very center*of its deepest faith, its brightest hope and its tenderest love. J The latest music Bt Chas. D ehl's. NO PAPER NEXT WEEK. In accordance with the time honored custom there will not be any paper is sued next week. This will give us time to rest a little and clean shop. The jobbing department will be open for business as will also the business office. Our Electric Light. The representative of Struthers & Wells was here to examine the Electric light plant. He examined thecyclinders of the engine and pronounced them all right and not worn enough to need re~ boring, but that the exhaust valves needed grinding into stop the au going by, and loosing the compression. This has to be looked after with any gas engine, and there are several work men in Emporium capable of doing this work without sending for outside help. Even if the cylinders did need reboring that size engine and larger, can be rebored in Emporium. Not only that but a machine could have been shipped here to rebore them with out even taking the engine down, but boring them right on their own beds The people that are responsible for this piece of work should be held re sponsible for the price of repairs to gether with the express both ways, which amounts to $28.50, as it is not fair to the tar payers to have to pay such foolish bills without calling a meeting of the council and taking a vote to see if it had to be done. A job like this will look foolish to the people at Warren; they will think there is not a workman in Emporium, when we send an engine out of town simply to rebore a cylinder. We have heard it said that the piant is worn out. For the benefit of those who do not know we will say that this it not so, but it is in good condition. Why does the President of council ignore the Electric Light Committee? ROBERT GREEN, J. D. MARSHALL, Members of Council. Watch the Electric Light. We are at a loss to understand the meaning of the term ''green light'' used by the Independent. We have been noticing the lights for some time and must say the service has been any thing but satisfactory for the past two or three weeks. • We are, of course, not to blame for any crazy assumption that may have entered the heads of the East Ward Councilmen, and if the Middle ward councilmen did have dates, for which they might have preferred darkness, it was certainly of no interest to any one but themselves. So far as spending the people's money is concerned, the parties responsible for the sending away of the engine at this time, did just exactly what they would have down, had it been their own private property. We must take exception to the state ments contained in the laat paragraph of the article in the Independent, and seriously question the integrity of some of the signers of the article in question, as will be proven by the following facts Shortly after the present engineer took charge of the light plant, he call ed in the electric light committee, which by the way is represented in the east ward by Mr. Robert Green, wh® is chairman of the electric light com mittee also, some of the other council men, to inspect the engine. At that time, which was about four months ago, it was unanimously agreed by all present that the engine needed a thor ough overhauling; new valve seats, new valves and pistons, also to have the cylinders bored. If it was neces sary to have the cylinders bored four months ago, is it likely that the engine after running four months is in better condition than it was then? We are informed that exception is taken to the fact that the work was not given to the Machine Co., at this place If these gentleman from the East ward will explain why it has al ways been necessary to send to Struth ers & Wells Co., at Warren, for even the slightest repairs, the people re sponsible for sending the engine stand ready to show good cause for their action. We dislike very much to be com pelled to take up this matter through the public press, but we must defend ourselves, and would very much pre fer to discuss these matters at the proper place—the council meetings—at which place we are always ready to answer for our action. MIDDLE WAIID COUNCILMEN. Reduced Rates to State College, Pa. Via Pennsylvania Staiiroad, account Farmers' j Congress of Pennsylvania. Tickets sold Decern- ! ber 211, 27 ami 21, good returning until January 4. inclusive, from all stations in Pennsylvania. ! Consult nearest Ticket Axent. I R. M. Williams Visits Michigan. When I yisited Michigan 22 years ago, the pine timber was being cut on many tracts and now that land is cleared and stumped, and has been put into winter grain and other crops, while good substantial farm buildings .have been built, wind-mills erected for pumping water, etc., etc., adding a great deal to the looks of the country from a farmers point of view. School houses, churches, banks and other public buildings are being built of j cement blocks, which are manufactur jed right on the ground. A great many j dwelling houses are being built of the I same material and it seems to be | cheaper than building of wood, atpres | ent prices of lumber. I An industry, second only to the | sugar beet business in some sections of the state, is the cucumber "pickling business. Of course it costs a little more to raise, pick and market an acre of cucumbers than it does an acre of beets, but then the returns are gener | al'ly greater, SIOO an acre for the crop ! not being uncommon. I Heinz the pickle man, of Pittsburgh! i Pa., has a large pickling and vinegar j plant at Holly, Mich., a few miles out of Saginaw, and we understand has another somewhere in the state. Libby, McNeal & Libby, the meat packers, have a salting plant at River, dale, Mich., with 24 tanks in ihe main building, holding from 1,000 to 1600 bushels to the tank, and had them all full of last season's crop and several thousand bushels stored outside of the main building, A person looking through the establUhment would think there were more than pickles enough to supply the United States to say nothing of the rest of the world; yet we understand they are going to double their capacity for next season's crop. Formerly the pickles were all assorted by hand but now they have an Auto matic Sortiug Machine Wheu they dump in a wheelbarrow load of pickles and thev come out assorted, iu five dif ferent sizes, from the little bits of fel lows for the finest bottling up to the size you pay the grocers 8 to 10 cents a dozen for. This saves the labor of a good many hands. These pickles are all barreled up, and shipped to Chi cago, when they get to be a finished product, ready for the wholesale and retail trade. But beets and cucumbers are not the only paying crops raised there, corn, potatoes, wheat, and all kinds of garden truck are raised in large quanti ties. Even the fruit crop was some thing immense, and peaches were only 50 to 60 cents a bushel for fine ones, while here we had to pay as high as $2.00 a bushel for seconds. The rais ing of celery and cauliflower is quite a business also, and some of the farmers are going to putin several acres, and sell them to the pickle men. NUF SED. First Fork, Pa., Dec. 16tb, 1900. Engagement Announced. "Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Bailey, of Net cong, N. J., beg to announce the en-, gagement of their eldest daughter, Emma May Bailey, formerly of Em porium, to Mr. Fred Zweidinger, of Newark, N. J." The Emporium friends of the pleasant young lady will be pleased to hear she has finally surrend ered and send congratulations. The PRESS sends cordial greeting. Golden Seal Instituted, A Lodge of the Order of the Golden Seal was successfully instituted in the K. O. T. M Hall here Saturday even ing. The organizers met with great success here at Emporium, having over 100 certificates in force. It is im portant for every member to attend the next meetiug which will be held in the K. O T M. hall, Thursday even-' ing, Dec 27th. Mrs. Charles Diehl, of Popular street, was appointed local secretary and all dues and assessments i should be paid to her. Boys and Girls Wanted. Boys and Girls wanted to act as agents for the sale of the best line of Picture Post Cards ever issued. Send 10c for Six Beautiful samples and terms to agents. Any bright Boy or Girl can very easily earn enough between now and the Christmas Holidays to secure a nice Christmas prsent. Send today for Samples and Agent prices. 42tf A. WRIGHT, Pittofield, Pa. Complete line of rubbers for ladies, children, men and boys at Chas. Diehl's. WANTED ACIENTS— For the sale of the celebrated ROUMANY Veterinary Remedies anil Condition Powders, for animals and fuwls of all kinds. Liberal discount. For full itifoi mation address the KEYSTONE VETERINARY REM EDY & SUPPLY CO., liarrisburg, Pa. 42-41. 1 HRMS : $2.00 '51.50 IN ADVANCE. THE WEATHER. FRIDAY, Rainoranow. SATURDAY, Pair SUNDAY, Fair. ASSETS First NationaJ Bank, EMPORIUM, PA. At the close of business Dec. 19, T906 $776,603.52. Wishing you a Merry Christmas wo be* to »n --nouueejhat this hank will be closed 011 that day DR. LEON RHX FKLT, DENTIST. Rockwell Block, Emporium, Pa. • NOTES OF INTEREST. Finest perfumes and handkerchiefs at Chas. Diehl's. All kinds of ribbon, all the pretty patterns at 10c per yard, at CJhas. Diehl's. Books are exchanged for the mini mum amount of money at the Old Reliable Drug Store. Miona stomach tablets which L. Tag gart sells under a guarantee, cure all forms of stomach ills, Examination free; it does not cost you anythiug to examine otir large Xmas stock. L. TAUGART. SI,OOO reward to any one discovering a better line of china and cut glass and at cheaper prices than the line display ed at Taggart's. L. Taggart has received a fresh lot of Hyomei, the catarrh remedy that fee guarantees, will cure or cost nothing, tion of your earnings for a rainy day. inasmuch as we are the sole agents for the Buck cigar, and it is a dandy Xmas present. OLD RELIABLE DRUO STORE*. C. B. Howard & Co., have the only large stock of shingles in the county at the present time. RED CEDAR from the Pacific Coast and WHITE CEDAR from Wisconsin A few people were disappointed last Xmas. Why? Because they bought china and cut glass w thout first get ting the prices at the Old Reliable Drug Store. The"StoughtonShoe,"none better for men or boy, at Chas. Diehl's. The Portage Storp. W. L. Dixon, proprietor of the Portage store, desires to inform bis patrons and the genera! public that he is offering special inducement in canned goods for the next thirty days. Read this: Tomatoes, 10c; Good California Peaches, 16c; Mince Meat, Bc, Corn 8c: Finest String Beans. 10c: Best Seeded Raisens, 11c; Seven bars Oak Leaf Soap, 25c. Other goods in proporiion. Call me on 'phone. W. L. DIXON, 7-tf. Near Portage Bridge. Death of Senator Matson. Hon. Myron Matson, of Bradford, Pa., senator from the district compris ing the counties of McKean, Potter and Tioga, passed away last Sunday, after a long and lingering illness. Senator Matson, was born Sept 12tb, 1850; came to Pennsylvania from Franklinvitle, N. Y., in 1870 and act ively engaged in the oil business, amassing a large fortune. A great large hearted man, Senator Matson rapidly forged to the front and made and retained friends not only in his district but ail over the state. Al though Cameron was not a part of his senatorial district our people greatly respected him. His funeral took place on Tuesday, being conducted by the Masonic bodies. A Christmas Suggestion. The beautiful new "Deposit Ware," as the sterling silver decorated glass ware is called, make excellent Christ mas gifts. It is distinctly new and is considered quite tho "correct" thing. We notice a nice line of it at and advise you to look at it before mak ing all your purchases for Christmas. For Sale. I will sell, at a bargain, 25 silver Spangled Hamburg Cockr»)«, not hav ing room to keep them. Tbey must bo sold before Jan. Ist I 44-it ALFRED NBLPON. Found. j A small piece of p per money was ! found on Fourth street Owner c n have same by calling at PRB?S office, describing same. Found. Bunch of keys, with large store key attached, found near Chas. Diehl's store. Call at Diehl's store and pay 25c for this notice. Christmas Entertainment. The Methodist Episcopal Sunday School entertainment, "Santa's Suc cess," will take place Christmas even ing, under the direction of Mrs. Geo. Metzger, Jr A tine assortment of plaids for dresses at Chas. Diehl's C B Howard &Uo , ha v e received from the Pacific CJuast what is perhaps the finest lot of KED OEDAK shingles that ever came to Cameron county. NO. 44.
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