THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS:
ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866.
VOL. 41.
Joy and Scenes of Life.
As I returned from Elmira, N. Y., j
via the B. & S., I did not notice if we
were riding in comfort of smootlie re
volving wheels as we eliraed those
majestic hills which were once clothed
in thrice beautiful foliage, one of the
wonders of nature's grandeurs. But
now as far as the eye could see in a
clear sunny day of March is but a vast
barren waste of desolation, the destruc
tion of man, for the amount of dollars
he can carry in his pocket. I ask the
question, are the amount of dollars ac
cumulated by man all there is in life? j
I have but one answer and that is an
answer for many.
As I form new friends and have old
enemies, 1 know that the old, old
thus vanished all and I may never for
get and as I think of the joys and
scenes of life and count the bleating |
moments of life with eternity, I know
that soon I will camp beyond the river
not on grounds of fame, but where I
hope the scenes of life will find eternal
rest on the sunny plains of peace, but
with the joy of brighter hopes l ean
not for a moment doubt when pleasant
memories steal back, but to look for
ward to the beaming sun of May as it
Bhinos on the little blade of grass.
Yours truly,
SMITH WHITMAN.
Woodman, Spare a Few Trees.
Pennsylvania was once the best tim
bered state in the union. But her
wealth inforestry has departed for the
most part, not to return. Yet even to.
day furniture manfacturers are running
all over the state trying to buy up the
few remaining maples, walnuts, white
oaks and wild cherries that remain on
our farms. What is more, almost
every man who owns a tree is ready to
sell it.—Lock Haven Democrat.
To Appropriate SIOO.
Governor Stuart has signed the bill
directing county commissioners to ap
propriate annually not more than §IOO
to each Grand Army Post in their re
spective counties to aid in defraying
the expenses of Memorial day. The
bill becomes a law at once, and the G.
A. R., post in this county will there
fore be entitled to an appropriation
from the county treasury for the obser
vance of the coming Memorial day.
Drowned at St. Marys.
Miss Daisy Mildrew was found in the
creek, about one mile west of St.
Marys last Friday. The body lay with
the head and shoulders submerged,
with every indidation that the young
woman had fallen into the stream.
The verdict of the coroner's jury was
that Miss Mildrew's death was caused
by "accidental drowning."
Elegant Line of Summer Goods.
Mrs. Ida Hamilton has just returned
from Buffalo where she purchased an
elegant line of summer dressgoods,laces
and trimmings. Mrs. Hamilton also
carries a large line of samples of the
newest creations in wools and silks,
and dealing direct from the manufac
turers, is able to save you money on
these goods. Opposite the Catholic
church.
Entertainment.
Prof. M. \V. Cunningham, the hu
morous entertainer aud monologist will
appear in the Presbyterian church,
Monday evening, April Ist, under the
auspices of the Y. P. S. of C. E. He
is a graduate under Byron King and
comes highly recommended. Admis
sion adults, 35c; children under ten
years, 25c.
Married.
Mr. T. G. Marks, of Sunbury, and
Miss Nora Bunce, of Emporium, were
married at Olean, March 20th, by Rev.
E. Boyde. They left on Buffalo flyer
Sunday to visit relatives in Milton
Sunbury, and Wilkes Barre. On their
return they will reside in Olean.
Card ofThanks.
Wo take this opportunity of express
ing our sincere and heartfelt thanks to
one and all for their many tokens of
sympathy shown during our recent sad
bereavement in the loss of our James.
MKS. JAMBS THOMAS AND FAMILY.
Commence Now.
The time of year is now at hand
when everybody should begin to clean
up all rubbish and refuse matter about
their premises and possibly avoid an
epidemic of some kind. Commence
now.
Farm for Sale.
A good farm for rent at Beechwood.
Call or apply to Mrs. Geo. Kautz, at
oot of Piiu street, near Emporium
grist mill. G-2t.
Palm Sunday.
Services appropriate to Palm Sunday
were conducted at St. Marks Catholic
Church on Sunday in the presence of a
arge congregation.
New Store
J. B. Meisel, who has had charge
of the Novelty Restaurant for Mr. Wm.
McDonald, for some time, will open a i
confectionery, bakery and ice cream
parlor in the store room next to the
post office. Mr. Meisel will be ready j
for business onApril 6th and solicites a i
share of the public patronage.
Libel Suits.
Lewis Emery, Jr., who was the fn- I
sion candidate for governor last fall,
has instituted separate action in trespass
for libel against the publishers of the
Daily News, Daily Times, Daily Re
port and Lebanon Courier, all of Leba
non. The suits are based upon alleged
libelous statements published by the
newspapers in the gubernatorial cam
paign. Ten thousand dollars damages
are asked in each suit.
A Nibbler.
A nibbler is a man who enters the
grocery store, runs his fingers into a
sugar barrel and laps up a couple of
ounces; eats a handful of nuts, then
goes over to the cheese case and cuts
off a slice for a taste; then as a matter
of course, must have a few crackers
and perhaps before he has made up
his mind so purchase twenty-five cents
worth of something he lias eaten the
profits on $2 worth of groceries. To
end it all up after getting trusted for
the purchase on which the merchant
realizes a profit of about five cents, he
leaves the store munching a couple
of apples, and it may be the collection
of the debt costs the merchant almost
or quite its value. Did you ever see
an illustration of this?
The Funerals.
The funerals of the victims of the
dynamite explosion of last Wednesday,
were held last Saturday.
The body of James Thomas was the
only one that could be positively iden
tified and was prepred and plaoed in
a casket by undertaker Egan and tak
en to the home of his mother on East
Allegany avenue. The floral offerings
by lodges, hose companies and other
friends were many and beautiful.
The other five men were blown to
atoms and nothing but fragments
he found. A few small pieces
were picked up that were identified by
friends of two Italians and placed in
separate caskets and the remains of
James Thomas and the two Italians
taken to St. Mark's Catholic church
Saturday morning, where a service
was conducted over all by the Rev.
Father Downey, after which three
separate funerals were held.
W. W. Eckles, father of Charles
Eckles came to Emporium on Friday,
expecting to take the remains of his
son to his home at Pennsboro, W. Va.,
but as nothing of the voung man's
body could be identified the grief
stricken parent felt much his disap
pointment. Those who knew the
young man, speak very highly of him
"Uncle Josh Spruceby."
One of the novel advertising devices
used by the "Uncle Josh Spruceby"
company to attract attention is the
daily parade of the "ayseed" band.
The band itself, while of much better
calibre than the usual traveling organi
zation, has its members attired as the
title indicated, in the usual character
istic dress of the New England rustic.
Some dressed in their best as on "circas
day" while some attired in stage boots
and jeans appear fresh from "chores."
With "Uncle Josh" himself in the lead,
umbrella and carpet sack in hand, they
parade the principal streets and give a
concert of choice selections. The par
ade takes place at noon. Emporium
Opera House, Monday evening, April
1, 1907.
Methodist Conference.
The thirty-ninth session of the Cent
ral Pennsylvania conference of the
Methodist church closed Tuesday.
York was selected as the next place of
meeting. Following are some of the
appointments in this section: Cross
Fork, Thos. A. Elliott; Emporium, Rev.
N. E. Cleaver; Keating Summit, E. E.
Sponsler; Sinnamahoning and Drift
wood, Conway W. Dickson. The Rev.
j O. S. Metzler was returned to William
! sport and Rev. R. J. Knox goes lo
j South Williamsport. Rev. W. H.
; Allen was ordained as a minister and
i was reappointed to the Cameron Cir
i euit. Mr. Allen was very successful
j during his pastorate last year.
Stock Food, Etc
Ashland Stock Food for horses, cat
tle, hogs and sheep, 3 lbs 25c, 7 lbs 50c
,25 lb pail $1.60. Healing Powder for
i horses and cattle. Worm Powder and
: Lice Killer for cattle and poultry. For
J sale at
IIKNKY JAKCKU'S Harness Shop,
' 5-4t. Emporium, Pa.
"Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable." —WEßSTEß.
EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, MARCT I 2s, 1907.
Weighing the Soul.
From Boston, the chief center of the
cult which affirms that matter is noth
ing, and, by inference, has no weight
comes the announcement that some
wise scientists who can believe only
what they can see with their eye-balls,
have made the discovery that the soul
has a upeciflo weight, which varies, ac
cording to the individual, from half an
ounce to an ounce. Thus Boston
svuares herself by giving to the world
two absurditie* which just about offset
each other.
The Outlook suggests that possibly
the weight of the soul may be found to
vary in different localities, that the
average weight in Chicago, for in
stance, may be greater than that in
Boston. This is a little hard on Bos
ton. Not to be self-righteous, we can
not heip wondering how some of our
neighboring towns like Renovo, Port
Allegany or St. Marys, would stand a
soul weighing test. This new science
is still in its infancy but some day
it may be so far developed aB to
permit the application of the test to
corporations as well as to individuals.
It has long been a popular assumption
that while there is such a thing as a
"corporation sole," there is no such a
thing as a "corporation soul." A spec
ially constructed weighing machine
might be able In demonstrate the truth
or falsity of this assumption. In some
instances the scales of justice might be
successfully used in this kind of weigh
ing test.
To return to the individual, a soul
weighing test might show in some
cases that the presence or absence of
the soul does not cause the beam of the
balance to move the thousandth port
of a hair's breadth. The writer of
spring verse and the man who makes
"steadfast,rhyme with "breakfast," the
man who would steal sheep, the lazy
scamp who makes his family support
him, and the gambler who shears the
rustic lamb; will all be found to have
souls that are unappreciable by the
finest tests. But to make up for the
default of these, there are many others,
some of whom wear grimy overalls
and others who stand over kneading
boards and are deft with the dish
towel, whose souls, if they are as heavy
as they are large, will weigh,not ounces,
but pounds.
Tho Easter Hope.
Easter-day com me moratesthe Itesur
rection of Christ. It is a not uncom
mon mistake to view this sacred event
chiefly in the light of a crowning proof
of the truth that the soul of man does
not perish with the body. The mere
fact of resurrection has little power to
impress the intellect or to move the
heart. Our Lord Himself discounted
the practical effectiveness of such evi
dence when He said, "neither will they
be persuadad though one rose from the
dead." If nothing more were needed
than a proof that the death of the
body does not mean the death of the
soul, the restoration to life of the
daughter of Jairus and of the son of
the widow of Nain, and of Lazarus of
Bethany, would have served the pur
pose. Many are so far convinced by
the claims of modern spiritualism as to
believe that the actual existence of de
parted spirits has been fully establish
ed. Yet the fact that Lazarus was
raised from the dead awakened only a
local and passing interest; while spirit
ualism, even when the reality of its al
leged phenomena is conceded, is utter
ly without power as a moral and
spiritual foroe.
The distinctive merit of Christianity
lies not in its proof of the truth that
the soul exists after the death of the
body, but iu its revelatian of the mean
ing and value of life. Iu the light of
this revelation, the question of immor
tality is lifted to an unspeakably high
er plane of interest. If the life of man
is not of infinite worth, if the soul of
man is uot possessed of divine possibil
ities, then the question of human im
mortality is of little more consequence
than is the question of the endless ex
istence of an earth, worm. We mußt
distinguish sharply between the idea of
mere endless existence and the Christ
i ian conception of eternal life. Quality
must be placed above quantity. Faith
in the Risen Christ means faith in a
certain quality of life, and not merely
; a belief that human life, regardless of
quality, will be indefinitely prolonged.
Iu commemorating the Resurrection of
Christ the emphasis is not upon the
mere fact of rising from the dead, but
upon the quality and character of the
Divine Personality who triumphed
over death. The Resurrection of
Christ stands, not for the mere pru
logation of existence, but for the up
lift and new birth of humanity. Its
meaning is not for science, but for
faith.
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the county news.
NOTES OF INTEREST.
Fire at North Bend last Friday morn
ing caused a property loss of SIO,OOO.
The body of Colvert Evans, who was
I drowned in the Bald Eagle creek at
I Lock Haven about ten days ago was
' recovered on Sunday.
Professor George Poe, living in Nor
folk county, Virginia, claims to be
i able to raise the dead by means of a
i machine which he calls a "respirator."
The county commissioners of Lehigh
1 county, have fixed the county tax rate
! this year at one and eight-tenths mills
ion the dollar, which is said to be the
lowest rate of any county in the State.
Dogs are reported to be chasing deer
in the Farrandsville and Queens Run
district of Clinton county. Recently a
deer waa run into the river at Farrands
ville and later another one was brought
down to the river at Queen's Run. —Ex.
Photographs that have become soiled
that are mounted on cards the edges of
which are broken may be soaked off by
placing them in water. This cleans
I them, but does not injure them in the
J least, and after drying thoroughly be
tween blotters they may be mounted
again on new cards.
A bill haa been introduced in the
legislature providing that all able bod
ied male prisoners HOW or hereafter
confined under sentence within any
jail in the state shall be required to
break stone on the public highways for
eight hours each day, excepting Sun
days and holidays. This is a most
commendable measure and its passage
should be urged by the taxpayers
throughout the state.
One of the most palatial vehicles
| ever seen in the eastern part of the
State has been completed by a carriage
builder in Quakertown, Bucks county.
It is for Joseph Welsh, a gypsy chief,
and his wife, the queen. It is richly
upholstered has several large mirrors,
beveled French plate glass windows at
the sides and is gayly painted in red
and green, with a handsome coat of
arms, profuse gold striping and beauti
ful ornaments.
C. L. Thomas, contractor, of Port
Allegany, sustained a painful injury on
Saturday the the 16th by falling from a
load of hay to the ground, striking on
i his head and neck. He was severly in-
I jured and will be confined to his bed
| for several days. This is unfortunate
not only for Charley, but for the whole
community, as this is the time ofyear
when every thing has to be moved and
no one to do it but he. —Port Allegany
j Argus.
Walter L. Main, who made a fortune
after therailroad accident that occurred
at Vail some years ago will again, put a
circus on the road, after living in re
tirement for several years. The great
| amount of free advertising his show
i received after that memorable wreck
and the money he received for damages
from the railroad company since made
him wealthy. It is stated by showmen
i that prior to the wreck his show was a
; losing venture. Mr. Main is writing a
book of circus life, etc.
A groceryman in a nearby town
happened round when a farmer was un
loading several boxes filled with groc
eries from a Chicago department store.
The groceryman asked the farmer the
price of the articles purchased aud
told him he could furnish them just as
cheap. The farmer then said: "Is
that so? I take the home papers but
you seldom or never advertise, and if
you do you never quote prices on what
you have. The Chicago stores adver
tise. lam not a mind reader."—Ex.
An experienced teacher says that
j pupils who have access to newspapers
at home, when compared with those
j who do not, are better readers, better
i spellers, better grammarians, better
punctuators,and read more understand
, ingly, and obtain a practical knowledge
I of geography in almost half the time it
requires others. The newspaper is de-
I cidedly an important factor in modern
life. This will not be disputed by any
one who has taken the trouble to in
vestigate the matter for himself,
i
Bam Burned.
The horse barn, (not the large barn)
at the farm of John Bauer east of town
was discovered to be on fire about nine
o'clock last evening and all the hands
; at once turned out and by quick work
barely rescued the horses, as the fire
j was burning fiercely around the last
animal taken out. The barn was valu
ed at about SBOO, on which an insur
ance of S2OO was carried. Mr. Bauer
cannot account for the origin of the
fire, unless a tramp might have crawled
into the mow.
Girls Wanted.
Apply at Novelty Incandescent Lamp
• Company.
People's Star Course.
Opera House, April 5, 1907, lecture
by Hon. Geo. D. Alden. Subject—
"Things Worth While." Judge Alden
is a lineal descendent of the Pilgrim
John and the beautiful Priscilla of May
flower fame.
Baltimore Herald—Judge Alden
aroused his audience to unbounded en
thusiasm. His entire address was fill
ed with telling points, illustrated with
stories which convulsed the audience.
Tenafly Record—Judge Alden prov
ed to be the most interesting and con
vincing speaker of the season. Hu
morous and witty, with a vast field of
anecdotes that fitted pat, he is a logical
cogent and convincing reasoner and
proved himself the peer of any who
have spoken in this vicinity.
Another said—Judge Alden is a star.
Never lias a man appeared in all re
spect, more satisfactory than Judge
Alden. I heard him in Indianapolis
before 2,500 people, and I count him
pre-eminently the very best that [has
appeared here in a long time."
"Uncle Josh Spruceby."
The old-fashioned "husking bee"
with its country dance and harvest
festivities occupies one act of "Uncle
Josh Spruceby," the New Engiand
comedy-drama. The scene is laid in
"Uncle Josh's" barn on the old Ver
mont farm. The heaps of yellow corn,
the stacks of golden pumpkins, the
mows stuffed to bursting with hay and
fodder, .all proclaim that the harvest is
over and the farmer's work is done.
The country maidens dressed in their
best, with shining eyes and ruddy
cheeks, husk corn besides the rural
swains togged in their "Sunday best."
Now and then a red ear is found, a kiss
—the usual prize—demanded and given
with a show of reluctance on the part
of "Samantha" that wouid do credit to
a city belle. After the husking comes
the supper and dance, which is kept
up until the jingling sleigh bells at the
door proclnim the time to depart.
Emporium Opera House, Monday
evening, April 1, 1907.
Wake Up Citizen.
EDITOR PKESS:—
Since we have just experienced an
other of those dreadful disasters
of which Emporium has suffered sev
eral times before, I would like to ask
the question, as the most of our peo
pie are living in constant dread of a
still greater calamity, why dynamite is
allowed to be stored in large quantities
within a half mile, or possibly less of
our borough limits. We quite fre
quently read of large powder magazines
being blown up and without any ex
planation as to the cause. Why might
not just such a thing happen in our
community in which the loss of life
would no doubt be appalling and the
damage to property would most likely
ruin a large number of our citizens,
who by hard work and strict economy
have accumulated a home or property
in which they look for support in their
declining years. With this large
magazine but a short distance from
our town and no protection whatever,
what would happen in case of an ex
plosion no one can tell. Our coun
cil should do something in this matter
as the safety of our citizens is very
much encroached upon and some act
tion should be taken at once, before it
may be too late.
Emmanuel Church.
Good Friday, March 29: 10:00 a. m.,
Morning Prayer, Litany and Penten
tial Office. 7:30 p. m., Evening Prayer
and Address.
Easter Day, March 31: 6:30 a. in.,
First Celebration of the Holy Commun
ion. 10:30 a. m., Morning Prayer, Holy
Communion and Sermon. 4 p. m.,
Sunday school, Easter service and
Mite-box offering. 8:30 p. m., Evening
Prayer add Sermon.
Monday, April 1: 7:30 p.m., Even
ing Prayer in Church, followed by the
annual parish meeting in the parish
house, for the election of vestrymen.
Theofierings at the morning services
on Easter day will be for General Mis
sions.
It is earnestly desired that all the
communicants of the parish will be
present and receive the Holy Com
munion at one or other of the celebra
tions on Easter day.
J. M. ROBERTSON, Rector.
Dead Man Found.
The body of a dead man was found
about two miles south of Eldred last
Sunday, aged about 65 years, weight
about 135, about five feet tall. A
Masonic pin and other articles were
found in his pockets also partly de
stroyed pension papers with name of
Smith appearing on portion of same,
Any information as to identity send to
C. E. HUBBARD.
Eldred, R. F. D. No. 2.
TERMS: s2.oo—£l. S OIN ADVANC*:.
THE WEATHER.
, PRIDAY. P*ir.
SATURDAY, Fair.
SUNDAY, Fair.
ASSETS
First National Bank,
EMPORIUM, PA.
| At the close of business March 27 J 90"
$835,839.18.
Every dollar you put by to-day in this Sank
comes to 3*oll as a to-morrow.
Interest paid on certificate of deposits.
DR. LEON RKX FELT,
DENTIST.
Rockwell Block, Emporium, Pa
Opera House,
MOM EVENING, APRIL I
Dave B. Levis' Big
Production
UNCLE JOSH
SPRUCEBY
20 People, Hayseed Band, Grand Oper
atic Orchestra, New and novel
Specialties. Watch for the
big street parade.
Prices, 75c, 50c 35c, and 25c.
Seats on sale at H. S. Lloyd's.
Old Recollections by Gassaway.
Once more I walk the dusty streets
Ofthis good old classic town,
Once more ray old time friends I greet,
As I meander round,
Once more I see the pretty girls,
Of which this town is proud,
Once more I edge my burly form
Through the busy shopping crowd;
Things seem to be about the same,
Improvements have been made,
Now and then a touch of paint,
New pavements have been laid,
The same old signs are hanging still.
That hung a year ago,
And businesa is about the same.
Perhaps a little slow;
Uncle Peter still is here,
Though battered sume by time.
He c an crack his little joke.
And make a pleasirtg ryme,
The same cigars are in the case,
That were a year ago,
He says the stock is just the same,
But the burning somewhat slow;
Says he will live one hundred years,
Of that he's almost sure,
Because he's been a christian man
And lived a life that's pure;
But if the Lord sees fit !o call.
Him from this vale of tears, •
Before he can complete his time.
A round one hundred years,
The undertaker will be beat,
When he away is laid.
For he has stockings for his feet
And his coffin has been made.
We went into the sanctum
Of the good old County PRESS,
Things looked a little rocky,
There were siguals of distress.
Papers piled up mountains high.
Dust was on the floor,
The same old pictures on the wall,
Hung th ere in days of yore.
The sanctum chair was vacant,
My Brother where was he,
Sporting with the Easter nymps,
On the board walk by the sea,
And may he live and prosper,
And sport there many a day.
To the wish of all the faithful,
And his old friend GASSAWAY.
Sudden Death.
Fr»nk Berfleld, aged about 21 years,
son of Mrs. Wesley Berfield, of Portage
street died at his home last night about
11:30 o'clock of cerebral spinal menin
gitis, having been stricken some time
Sunday night. The yonng man had
been working at one of our powder
works and resigned his position last
Friday and went to work on the rail
road as brakeman, and was on his :lrit
trip Sunday night when stricken.
Frank, was the second son of the late
, Wesley Berfleld, (who met his death irv
a glycerine explosion about one year
! ago), *nd was a young man of good
I habits and his death is a terrible blow
to his widowed mother and family.
The funeral will most likely be held
Saturday morning, while the arrange
ments have not been definitely made
yet, and will take place from St>.
Mark's Catholic church, interment be
ing made in the Catholic cemetery.
Spring Millinery.
All the latest in spring millinery
and an elegant line of white goods at
E S. COPPERSMITH'S.
A French Canadian, who had lost a
dog, had the following notice inserted
in a newspaper: "Loosed, one dawg
been loosed him about three weeks
Him white dawg almost white with him
tail cut off close next to her body Any
body find her bring her to me I belong
to him and shall have good rewards
for some black spot on him nose about
size fifty cents or dollar piece Canada,
money or Uhited States all the same
For yours truly with anxieus, Felix
Carme hind side of Methody Church
about three blocks in the house ip
stairs with green painting."
NO. 6.