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T'ae Job department of the PRESS is complete, an", a'fords facilities for doing the best class of W R :'N. PAKTICULAK ATTENTION PAID TO Law Printing. No paper willbe discontinued until arrearages ®r: paid, except nt the option ofthe publisher. Papers sent outofthecountymustbe paid for in advance. OsrNo advertisements will be accepted at less a>'m the price for fifteen words, aijr-Religious notices free. WASHINGTON LETTER. From our Regular Correspondent.] Washington, July 13th. 1907. This is bad weather for mono polist in restraint of trade. No sooner has the government outlin ed the scheme of 11 receivership for lawbreaking trusts than there comes another announcement of a plan that the President has been working over for some time which is to make the government part ov ner of the railroads and have a government representative on the board of directors on each of the principal lines. This is really about the neatest, most up to-date and inexpensive scheme that has been broached yet. it makes the government part owner of the railroads, a minority stock holder in fact and puts the federal authorities in position to know v. : J at is going on inside the direct o ate without saddling the govern ment with the burden of direst o nership and without eliminat ing the much vaunted "private b: in" which is always advanced by railroad officials as a sufficient reason why the roads can lie run hotter under private than under government ownership. The plan as outlined by some of the people who have talked with the President at Oyster Bay is simple in the extreme. It is simp ly for the government to buy a certain amount of stock in the big roads in the open market. It v. mid not have to be a large amount, considering the influence o: the federal authorities to insure the election of a government director ou the board of each of the big trunk lines. Such a director would have to be a picked man, one of ability coupled with un questioned honesty. Being a party to the meetings of the board, he would be in a position to know what was being done and would bo able to advise the Department o" Justice of anything unlawful that the ruiload either had done or contemplated doing. There would i' • no reasonable objection 011 the part of the railroads to such gov ernment representation, for the 0 ;ly object of such man would ito report railroad law breaking. Of course, the railroads cannot confess that they ever want to ■ ' :ak the law, so they could make i logical objection to the presence 0- an official whose business was to dee that they did not. Congress v;ould of course, have to appro priate money to buy stock, but it 1 not likely that Congress would rp.ise any objection to an expendi ture of this sort. The periodical announcement has come to the War Department, not officially but by way of the newspapers, of the arrest of a Jap anese spy who has been sketching the coast defenses. This time the spy has been caught in Ft. Rose crans, at San Diego, Cal. Possib ly it is the same spy who has been cr iglit by the papers so often be fore. If it is, ought by this time to have quite a large and interest ing portfolio of American coast de fense plans. He lias been caught, granting, of course, that it is the s. oe snv. at Manila, Fortress Monroe. Ft. Mcllenry and one or two other places. He has always had to bo let go because there was no law to punish a man for making sketches of American forts. But it only shows how active Japanese spies are (in Jingo newspapers,) for the same sort of a capture oc curs almost regularly about three times a month. The only curious part of the story is that it never gets officially reported to the War Department, which is the lirst thing that would be done if the capture were ever really made. The Jolly Jesters. "Mr. Middleman, Ah desires to pro pound a question." "Very well, Mr. Tain bo." "Why do dey designate dat beautiful southern vegetable as ah watermelon?'' "That's easy. Because it makes your mouth water." "Nowhar near de answer. It's called ah watermelon becase yo' cut it in de spring." "Speakin' ob de spring reminds me," broke in the other end man. "Ma ole daddy wont out to git some water one flay an' he done fell in ah spring." "Was he drowned?" "fie warn't zactly drowned, but it done killed him." "That's strange. lie fell in the spring nnd was killed?" "Yessah." "But he wasn't drowned?" "No, sah." "Well, did he die In the spring?" "No, sali; he died in de fall." "Onr golden voiced tenor, Mr. Vio Lett, will contribute that heart touch ing ballad entitled, 'Warden, Brush Those Locks Away; I Yearn for Lib erty.' "—Harper's Weekly. Definition of a Box Car. Not all the instruction given to young railroad men is intensely serious. The following definition was recently of fered to a beginner: "A box car be longs to the fowl family. During the spring and summer months it can be found in nearly every pnrt of the coun try, Its favorite haunts being railway tracks, and it is easy to capture. In th/> autumn, however, like certain oth er fowls, it goes into hibernation or liies to other climes. Scattered in stances are known where specimens are captured during the autumn months. A lasso or a well greased switch crew Is sometimes used in snar ing the box car, but main strength is the best weapon. In any case the hunter must be very wary, as any noise like the fluttering of a waybill will mak ■ the quarry disappear. Some railways own large flocks of domesti cated box cars, but tln-y are carefully guarded duii»?.r (he closed season. The wild box car when caugh't and fairly well loaded becomes perfectly station ary."—Sau Francisco Argonaut. A Losing Game. Not long ago a new Turkish bath es tablishment was organized, and as Is the custom the promoters went out to form a regular clientele. The accounts of what a Turkish bath would accom plish were most glowing. Among the men approached was a (Jerman saloon ist. His complaint was obesity, as was shown by the fact that he was below the average height and weighed 200 pounds. "Now, it is like this," explained the masseur when tho German had been inveigled to take a look into tho bath house, "I will guarantee to take oil two pounds at each bath." "Vat!" exclaimed tho kaiser's former subject. "Two pounds mit each bath! Ach, dot means von hundret baths and den no man. Neln, I dink I take dem not!"— Columbus Dispatch. Quay and His Letters. The late Senator M. S. Quay of Penn sylvania kept all the letters his constit uents wrote to him asking for favors. He had stacks of ihem when his last fight for the senate came along. Then he sorted out the letters, eliminating those from people who were dead, and on the back of each letter wrote: Dear John or Bill—Do you remember when you wrote me this letter and do you remember that I did what was aslced? I want your help now In my fight for the senate. Can I have it? Tho politicians in Pennsylvania say those letters, mailed to tho original senders with Quay's request on the backs of tliem, had as much as any one Ihlag to do with Quay's winning his fight.—Saturday Evening Post. Who Fra Diavolo Was. Fra Diavolo was the nickname given Michele Pezza, a celebrated renegade monk and Italian brigand, who was born in 1700. It should be noted that the opera of Auber has nothing in com mon with Fra Diavolo but the name. Pezza was first a stocking weaver, then a soldier in the Neapolitan army, then a soldier in the pope's service, and finally he became a monk, but was ex pelled. In the mountains of Calabria Pezza took to brigandage, and such was his notoriety and so great were his cruelties that the people nicknamed him Fra Diavolo. It is consoling to know that he was eventually executed In 1806.—New York American. Getting Rid of His Cards. The other day one of the members, raw to London, was Introduced to a party of ladies in the dinlnj? room of the house of commons. As he left lie gravely presented each lady with bis card. A friend ventured to hint that this was carrying politeness too far for London customs. "Sure," was the re ply, "it didn't matter. I had 200 of them printed. And I've changed my address anyway, so they're no use to me."—Leeds Mercury. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1907. The Joke Was on Her. A woman member of the bar 111 New York gives to 0111 cnrrcv |i.indent the following eorii 1101; 'c -llli the res ervation lh;ii nam. /hall he quoted. "I am one of the low women," she eays, "who fan sec a Joke even if aim ed at myself. 1 do not feel that In this ease 1 came off llrst IK t." The llrst letter was from a man law yer and was as follows: Denr Mlsa Tilnnk—Wo iifjree to the com promise as proposed In your favor of this date. Not because your client has a just tipht to such settlement, but from the fact that we do not care to open a con test with a woman lawyer. To which this reply was sent: Gentlemen—l note yours agreeing to a settlement, although I cannot congratu late you on your gallantry In bogging the question. Like the original Adam, you seem inclined to hide behind a woman's petticoat. And the following letter closed the correspondence: Dear Miss Rlank—lf you will turn to tho early pages of Genesis you will discover that Eve did not wear a petticoat. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. Find the Answer. A certain young man took his best girl to the theater. During the evening she complained of not feeling well, and they left before the show was over. He took her home, and when he said good night the girl was pretty sick. Next day it turned out that she had diphtheria. Then the young man began to wonder if he was booked for a siege with the disease too. He called 011 a physician ho knew to ask about it. Tho physician heard tho young man's tale. "Weil," said lie :it the conclusion of it."l think your chances to catch the disease depend on how you said good night to the young lady." Tho young man was quiet a moment. Then he said: "Doctor, I'm much oblig ed. If that's the case, I'm not in dan ger." The young man went out. A minute later lie stuck his head in tho door. "Say, doe." he said, "diphtheria don't go very hard with strong, healthy young men, does it?"— Denver Post. A Monster Rodent. The Brazilian capybara is a large, stoutly built rodent. Imagine a rat weighing 280 pounds with a huge head, an upper lip it foot long and close set eyes and one has nn Idea of the beast. He is the largest of ihe rodent tribe and has harsh, coaive hair, more like bristles than fur. Tills hair is mixed black and yellow, of dingy appearance. In his native haunts the capybara has a huge, fat stomach which almost drags on the ground. ITe is a water loving animal and can dive and stay under for eight or ten minutes at a time. The jaguar of South America preys upon the capybara, and tho In dians kill him for his flesh, which when smoked is said to be ns delicious as a Kentucky ham, although it has a certain musky flavor. The capybara makes a sound when alarmed some what between a dog's bark and a pig's grunt. He was once called the hydro choerus, or water hog, and lives on a vegetable diet. Testing the Insane. Sir Douglas Straight told an amus ing story at tho dinner of the Journey men Hairdressers' Trade society. He remembered, when a young barrister, going into a barber shop to be shaved. He was a little startled to see tho wo man behind the counter staring at him from time to time through the glass door. When he got outside the shop a policeman said, "I am very glad to lind you have come out," explaining that his anxiety was due to the fact that the barber came out of a lunatic asylum the previous week, ami ns he had been acting queerly again his rela tives were wondering whether they would have to send him back to the asylum.—London Ktandard. A Standing Rule. Jones had just run over to see If Mr. and Mrs. Plank would goto the theater with them. Mrs. Blank was awfully sorry—she would so much like to go—but unfortunately Blank was out. Probably lie was at the club. She would telephone. The following conversation ensued: "213 A Gerrard, please. Hello! Is tills the club? Is my husband there? Hello! Not there? Sure? Well, all right then. But hold on. llow do yon know? I haven't even told you my name." "There ain't nobody's husband here —never!" was the wise attendant's re ply.—London Tatler. What tho Noise Did. Of tin; noise of London streets caused by the hackney coach Taylor, the old water poet, wrote: "It makes such a hideous rumbling In the streets by many churches' doors that people's ears are stopped with the noise, where by they are debarred of their edifying which makes faith so fruitless, good works so barreu and charity as cold at midsummer as If it were a great frost. IJy tills means souls are robbed and starved of their heavenly manna." A Curious Fact. "I have some very strong letters of introduction," said the caller. "My friend," answered Senator Sor ghum, "I don't rely too far on com munications of that kind. A man will give you a letter of Introduction de scribing you as possessed of every no ble quality in human nature and in the next breath refuse to indorse your note for s2o."—"Washington Star. A Bad Outlook. Mother—Dorothy, I have to be scold ing you all the time! Dorothy—Well, all I can say, mamma, is I'm sorry for the man who gets you for a mother-in law.—Smith's Magazine. A lazy man goes far, and ho who slums labor labors doubly. Greek Proverb. Long Live Use King. 1 Is the popular cry throughout Kurop- S can countries; whilo in American, the fry of the present day is "Long live l )r. King's New Discovery, King ot Throat and Lung Remedies!'' ofwhich Mrs. Julia Ryder I'aine, Truro. Mass., says:"lt never fails to give immediate relief and to quickly cure a cough or cold." Mrs. Paine 1 s opinion is shared by a majority of the inhabitants ot this country. New Discovery cures weak lungs and sore thronts after all other remedies have fail ed; and tor coughs and colds its the only sure cure. Guaranteed by all druggists 50c and SI.OO. Trial bottle tree. C. B. Howard & Co., have received from the Pacific Coast what is perhaps tho finest lot of KED CEDAR shingles that ever came to Cameron county. Divorce Notice. IN THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS OF CAMERON COUNTY. Katie Fenstermaker ) Supeona sur Libel for v» > Divorce. Nor 39 May William Fenstermaker S Term, 1907. NOTICE TO RESPONDENT. To WILLIAM FENSTERMAKER, respondent in the above entitled case: ~V7"OU are hereby notified, in pursuance of the .1 order of the Court of Common Pleas of the said county of Cameron, to be and appear in the said Court on the fourth Monday of October next, being the twenty-eighth day of said month, to answer the petition or libel heretofore preferred by the libellant. Kattie Fenstermaker, your wife, and show cause, if any you hnve, why the said Kattie Fenstermaker should not be divorced from the bonds of matrimony entered into with you, agreeably to the Act of Assembly in sucli case made and provided. Hereof fail not. under penalty of having the said petition heard and a decree of divorce granted against you in your absence. J. D. SWOPE, Sheriff. Emporium. Pa., July 13, 1907.—22-4t. Divorce Notice. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF COMERON COUNTY. Elizabeth A. Nolan | Subpoenasur Libel in vs -Divorce. No 41 May Charles L. Nolan J Term, 1907. NOTICE TO RESPONDENT. To CHARLES L. NOLAN, respondent in the above entitled ease: "V/"OU are hereby notified, in pursuance of the „L order of the Courfc of Common Pleas of said County of Cameron, to he and appear in the said Court on the fourth Monday of October next, being the twenty-eighth day of said month, to answer the petition or libel heretofore preferred by the libellant, Elizabeth A. Nolan, your wife, and show cause if any you have, why the said Elizabeth A. Nolan, should not be divorced from the bonds of matrimony entered into with you, agreeably to the act of Assembly in such case made and provided. Hereof fail not under penalty of having the said petition heard and decree of divorce granted against yon in your absence. J. D. SWOPE, Sheriff. Emporium, Pa., July 13. 1907.—22—1t. Notice ol Stockholder's Meeting. OFFICE OF PENN VITRIFIKD BRICK CO., Cameron, Fa., July 16th, 1907. rpilE Penn Virtrified Brick Company having 1 by its Board of Directors duly declared its purpose to increase the indebtedness of said cor poration has by resolution duly adopted directed that the question of suck proposed increase shall be submitted to the stockholders of said corpora tion for their consent Notice is therefore here by given that a special meeting of the stock holders of the Penn Vitrified Brick Company will bo held at their oflicc, is Ohio Street, Buf fl'alo, New York, on the the 19th day of Septem ber, 1907, at two o'clock p. in., when and where an election of the stockholders will be taken for or against such increase of indebtedness. By order of the Board of Directors, 22-st. W. 11. t). WALKER, Secretary. 'lt ~ JO—— \ \ \ \ n \ v n. | 4, SECOND TO NONE % v ADAM, | MELDRUM & ANDERSON Go. y / y 396-408 Main Street, / BUFFALO, N. Y. Ti \ % u I / /. y % | BUFFALO'S 1 1 LEADING | I 0 EFARTMENT ' 'STORE REFUNDS-" 5 YOUR RAILROAD J I FARES S I ACCORDING TO ' I THE AMOUNT * j CI CUR | | PURCHASES j I % s $ I I 1 YOU CAN SHOP I 1 BY MAIL % % I I j I ' A \ | ADAM, G MELDRUM & > ANDERSON Co ✓ / American Block, Buffalo, N.Y. / t / : N.N N N N N \ \ \ N N N Executor's Notice. EslaUof JOHN ADAMS, late of the Township c 112 Shippen, deceased. VTOriCE is hereby given that letters testa -*■ inentary^upon the estate ot the said decetl ent have been granted to the undersigned. All' persons indebted to Haiti estate are requested to make payment and those having claims or tlc niaads against the same will mukc them kuown without delay to UKF.MONT JI, ADAMS, Executor. . . . ... Emoorium, Pa. Or to li s Attorneys CREEK & FELT. 15-0. SI.OO from Emporium to Romantic Portage Falls AND RETURN EVERY SUNDAY DURING July, August and September, 1907 SPECIAL TRAIN heaves 8:00 A. M. Returning, leaves Portage Falls Park 5:15 P. M. Tickets will be good going and returning only on Special Train on date of issue. Baggage will not bo checked on these tickets. CHILDREN BETWEEN FIVE AND TWELVE YEARS OF AGE, HALF FARE. J. R. WOOD, GEO. W. BOYD, Passenger Traffic Manager, General Passenger Agent, Philadelphia, Pa No. 652-21-13t. <iwf———————i—a | "Stfiftly the seasons come and go" ■ j Harvesting Supplies I Will soon be needed, and our stock is very complete. • Binder Twine, Hay Hope, Hay Forks Hay j Bakes, Etc, Will you allow us to quote you prices. Agents for MaGormick Ha/vesting Machinery IF. V, HEILMAN &CO I a | milium iiwm?whitoh' ■■'■■■ ■■'■■■■ iRI IHQ Rl inc I nuuo, RUGS Our Rug department is under the supervision of Mrs. B. Egan. Every Rug a was selected by lier with special care i and carefully inspected. They are new I and strictlv up to date. No close outs or | H or last year stock. Many of you bought 1 | rugs here last year and can attest to the | | fine rugs we carrv. This year we show | | a still larger and better stock. Neve be- § | fore has such rugs been placed on sale in i I this part of the state. As irreputable proof that the adver- I tisements of this store is believed and | lived up to, we point with pride to our | phenomenal increase in business. We I try to merit your patronage by dealing I with you just as we would like to be I dealt with. 1 EFVIBFLLIVLLNG FLWD FUNERAL DIRECTING I BERNARD EGAN, Manager. I Bfraiii ffl PI I T TFIfTI A euro you uso H IPILESr'^W?™! L 3 ora»lert Sehooh, Sta'paylH?, X. writ a: "I can ■&> £»[ Mtliejr do all }»u ciaiia for th Dr. 8. M. litYorc ES a luvon Itock, w. Va., wrttMi onlv, rmUall s :|| Mfi tlun." llr. 11. P. 11:0111, ( ,l,Auv, Ttun , A prtr.'.l ;e or i3j<nrt, I found Do r. IUMIT tuH PB>C«, 60 C«S- . Samples Fne. fa 'v "r.j'U-l"-, ra „t{ N BOOV, LANCASTER. PA R wmmaczzrra mm wmmmmmm SoM in Emporium by L. Tr.ngarlO R. C. Dodscn CALL FOil FREE SAMPL'S
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