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17K)R CONGRESS—
P HON. CHARLES F BARCLAY
OF CAMERON COUNTY.
Subject to the action ot the Republicans of
the twenty-first Congressional district, composed
of the counties of Cameron. Clearfield, Centre
and McKean.
Post office address— Sinnamahoning, Pa.
I."'OR MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY—
T HON. JOSIAII HOWARD.
OF EMPORIUM, Pa.
Subject to tile action of the Republicans of
Cameron coun vat the Primary Election, Sat
urday, April Uth, 1908.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Editor P'ets:—
Please announce that I am a candidate for re
election to the position of Supt of public schools
of Cameron county, subject to the decision of
the convention of School Directors of Cameron
county, held on the first Tuesday in May, 1908.
MATTIE M. COLLINS.
Emporium. Pa.. Jan, Ist, 1908 . 46tf
A Higher Health Level.
•'I have reached a higher health level
since I began using Dr. King's New
Life Pills, writes, Jacob Springer of
West Franklin. Maine. "They keep my
stomach, liver and bowels working just
right.'' If these pills disappoint you on
trial, money will be refunded at all drug
stores. 2") c.
An accomplished liar is one who can
successfully bluff a bill collector.
ft depends upon the pill you take.
DeWitt's Little Marly Risers are the best
pills known for constipation and sick
headache. Sold by R. 0. Mod son.
The new day will not come for the
ni" i who believe, it i-= now evening.
When you want the best, get DeWitt's
(jurbolized Witch Ilazcl Salve. It is
good for little or big cuts, boils or bruises,
and is especially recommended for piles.
Sold by R. C. Dodson.
Folks who sow radishes in religion
always expect to pick watermelons.
Do you have backache occasionally or
"stitches" in the side, aud sometimes do
you feel all tired out, without ambition
and without energy? If so, your kidneys
are out of order. Take DeWitt's Kid
ney and Bladder Pills. They promptly
relieve backache, weak back, inflammation
of the bladder and weak kidneys. Sold
by R. C. Dodson.
You can never judge a man's religion
from the size of the Bible he carries.
Everybody loves our baby, rosy sweet
and warm,
With kissy ji'.coson her neck and dimples
on her arms.
Once she was so thin and cross, used to
cry with pain—
Mother gave her Cascasweet, now she's
well again. Sold by R. C. Dodson.
Sometimes a friend seems to be in
need of everything you will stand for.
If a cough ouce gets ioto your system
it acts on every muscle and fibre of the
body and makes you ache all over. It
especially affects the intestines and makes
you constipated, so in order to get rid of
a cold thoroughly and without delay you
should not take anything that will tend
to constipate. Kennedy's Laxative
Cough Syrup acts upon the bowels and
thereby drives the cold out of the system.
It contains no opiates—it is pleasant to
take and is highly recommended for child
ren. Sold by R. C. Dodson.
FOR RENT OR SALE.
House for rent. Apply by mail to
Mrs. Geo. O. Seaver, Emporium, Pa.
A number of rooms, with use of bath
for rent. Apply to Frank F. Day.
41-tf.
Three furnished rooms with use of
bath. Men preferred. Apply to
39-tf. MRS. S. L. STODDARD.
Sterling House, opposite depot Sterl
ing Run, Pa., for sale. Inquire at my
residence, opposite Catholic church,
Emporium.
11-tf ß Mrs*. MAHONY.
A Memory of a Lost Delight.
A fireplace an,\ one may have, and
to i!ie the v, under is that our civiliza
tion has abolished t'.»' very soul from
oi:r lorf'ievn homes. Fire is 110 longer
the joy of the household, but the
slave, imprisoned in the cellar. Ah,
but it was delicious when the old
fashioned family sat together in the
great kitchen around the huge lire
place. All the evening we told stories,
ate doughnuts, drank cider, all the
time paring apples and hanging the
long festoons of quarters from the
beams. But the dear little mother,
she it was who told the best stories
while she v. us knitting inufUers and
socks or mending our well worn eloth-
Injr. There were 110 parlors at all in
1 nose days, and as for thrummed pi
anos, we had not yet heard of them.
At :» o'clock, honest and drowsy, we
knelt and thanked God for life and
love and home. Our bunks and beds
and trundle beds were all in close
proximity, and from every one of
them we could see the flames, still
jumping up Ihe chimney while the big
iirelog was slowly eaten through.
There was not one millionaire in all
the world, and, indeed, we wore not
worried over the affair.—E. I'. Powell
in Outing Magazine.
He Told the Reason.
"The aeronaut to get along must
keep his wits about him," said an ar
my official. "Under the most adverse
circumstances he must not lose his
head. Always he must be alert and
ready, like—like—well, like a scientist
I used to know.
"This scientist gave a scientific lec
ture In a church one night, and at the
lecture's end he said, beaming on Ids
audience condescendingly:
" 'Now, if there is any scientific
question that any of my friends would
like to ask, I beg them not to hesitate.
I shall be only too happy to answer
any Inquiry in my power.'
"An old lady in spectacles that gave
her a severe, stern look rose and said:
" 'Why do wet tea leaves kill
roaches?"
"The scientist didn't know they did,
let alone the cause of the phenomenon.
But, never at a loss, he replied:
" 'Because, madam, when a roach
comes across a wet tea leaf he says,
"Ilello, here's a blanket!" and wraps
himself up in it, catches cold and
dies.' "—Los Angeles Times.
He Met Shorty.
Nicknames are sometimes deceptive
things, and they are oftentimes ex
tremely funny. I was in a small town
not many miles south of Boston and,
asking for a certain piece of informa
tion. I was informed by several that
"Shorty" could give it to me, and he
seemed to be the only man who could.
Not knowing Just who "Shorty" was,
I made further inquiries and was told
that he could be found in the store
just across the square.
"Just ask for 'Shorty,'" I was told.
"Any one will show him to you."
I went over to the store as directed
and looked vainly about for some one
who might answer the name. Only
one man was present, and he was al
most a seven footer. After looking
about a moment I started to leave.
"Lookin' for some one, stranger?" he
observed.
"Yes, I'm looking for 'Shorty,' " I
told liim.
A broad grin overspread his face.
"Guess you've got him," he mur
mured. "I'm your man." Boston
Traveler.
A Mear> Trick.
In his home city they tell a sad story
of a mean trick on a pawnbroker. lie
was enjoying a beauty sleep when a
furious knocking at the street door
brought him to the window with a
jerk.
"What's the matter?" he shouted.
"Come down," demanded the knock
er.
"But"—
"Come down."
The man of many nephews hastened
downstairs and peeped around the
door. "Now, sir," the pawnbroker de
manded.
"I wan'sh know the time," said the
reveler.
"I)o you mean to say you knocked
me up for that? How dare you?"
The midnight visitor looked injured.
"Well, you've got my watch," he said.
Bluebeard.
"Bluebeard" originated in France and
was called the "Romance of the Cheva
lier Raoul," the historic figure being a
certain Giles de Laval, lord of Raiz.
He was marshal of France In 1420 and
though a brave and fearless soldier
was addicted to vice and violence, and
from this fact was charged with the
wholesale murder of young women,
whose blood he used for the purpose of
diabolical Incantations. From these
circumstances the web of the story Is
spun.
A Fugitive Bit.
"Lend me a pencil," said the press
humorist.
"Thought of something funny?"
"No, but I've thought of something
that will pass muster as a joke."—
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Setting Him Right.
He—Tell me, confidentially, how
much did the bonnet cost you?
She—George, there is but oue way in
which you can obtain the right to in
spect my millinery bills.
He popped.
Between Friends.
Nan—Did you notice how dreadfully
that piano needed tuning? Fan —Why,
110, dear; I thought it harmonized per
fectly with your voice.—Chicago Trib
une.
There is 110 tyrant like custom and
110 freedom where its edicts are not
resisted. —Bovee.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1908
The Huntsman's Mass.
"Once every year, on St. Hubert's
day, one may see hundreds of dogs in
the Cathedral of Notre Dame at Brus
sels. At the huntsman's mass 011 that
day the owners of hunting dogs take
the animals to church with them,
and for a short time the sacred edifice
becomes a dog show place," says a
writer In a Berlin paper. To heighten
the effect, all the worshipers attend in
hunting costume and the bugle plays
an Important part in the musical serv
ice. When the last celebration took
place a stranger in the city, who was
staying at one of the large hotels near
the place, strolled toward the cathedral
and took with him a pot spaniel. "Ev
ery dog has Ills day," lie said, "and
this is it." At the church entrance
two pointers growled at the little dos
and did it so fiercely that the little fel
low turned and ran. He was coaxed
back, but again driven away by anoth
er large dog. "The owner took the
hint," says the writer, "and returned
to tin? hotel with his little pet, con
vinced that the big dogs looked upon
the spaniel as an intruder, that he had
no part In the St. Hubert's mass and
that the day was not every dog's."
World's Finest Fruits.
An interesting discussion in the Brit
ish Royal Horticultural society a few
years ago as to what was the finest
fruit in the world ended by giving the
palm to a certain yellow nectarine
raised from a peach by the late Fran
cis Rivers. Next to this perhaps comes
a properly ripened greengage, one of
the best varieties of the plum. The
greengage came into Europe by way
of Italy and from Italy was brought
to France early in the sixteenth cen
tury by the wife of Francis 1., in
whose honor it received the name of
Reine Claude, by which It is still wide
ly known. Soon afterward It was in
troduced into England from Italy un
der the old Italian name Verdoch and
about the same time from France.
The latter importation, however, came
with lost labels to a family of promi
nent English amateur horticulturists
of that day named Gage, from whom
the fruit received its present name.—
London Chronicle.
Suicide Without Pain.
"Yes," admitted the man who had
his feet on the table, "it is true that
I did once attempt to commit suicide.
"I was disconsolate, out of work, out
of health, and I brooded over my un
happy lot until I"
"Never mind what drove you to at
tempt the deed. All that interests us
Is how you made sueh a failure."
"I can hardly account for it myself
even now. I fired a pistol straight at
my heart."
"Blank cartridge?"
"Toy pistol?"
"Had chain armor 011?"
"Bullet hit a rib and glanced off?"
"No," said the man, looking scorn
fully at the scoffers about him. "The
bullet hit the looking glass 111 front of
which I was standing and broke it in
to a thousand pieces."—Strand Maga
zine.
Lockjaw.
The fearful tetanus, or lockjaw, was
ascribed iu all the books when I was
a student to puncture or irritation of
a nerve, and both hands and feet were
sometimes cut off to stop the irritation
going up the nerve to the spine. Now
we know that it is due to a fatal
poison in.the blood which acts like
strychnia, though more painfully, and
which is produced by a bacillus lodged
iu a punctured wound made by some
stick, nail or pistol wad on which this
evil bacillus happened to be. It is a
soil bacillus and swarms in rich gar
den earth, particularly where guano
or iisli manure is used. All wounds,
therefore, into which earth has enter
ed should lie promptly cauterized.—Dr.
William Ilanna Thomson in Every
body's Magazine.
His Dance.
An organ grinder had been playing
before the house of an irascible old
gentleman, who furiously and amid
wild gesticulations ordered him to
move on. The Italian stolidly stood
his ground and played on and at last
was arrested for causing a disturb
ance. At the court the magistrate
askeil him why he did not leave when
he was requested.
"Me no understan' mooch Inglese,"
was the reply.
"Well, but you must have under
stood by his motions that he wanted
you togo," said the magistrate.
"1 think he come to dance," was the
rejoinder.—London Tatier.
Progress.
"My wife knew nothing of house
keeping to begin with, but she's learn
ing fast."
"That's encouraging."
"Oh, she's a bright little woman, if I
tso say it! It has taken only two cooks
to teach her to keep away from the
kitchen, and I suppose that's at least
half the battle."—Puck.
How She Said It.
Indignant Mother—And so he kissed
you three times? Now, what did you
say to him?
Artless Daughter—Why, I said:
"Don't! Stop!"
She did, only It sounded like, "Don't
stop!"
He Had Room.
"Dear me, Tom, you eat a good deal
for a little fellow," remarked Uncle
John to his nephew.
"I s'peet I aren't so little inside as I
look outside," was Tom's ingenious an
swer.
Where He Got His Money.
Howell That fellow has made a for
tune out of one book. Powell—He's an
author, is he? Howell—No, the book
I refer to was his father-in-law's check
' book.—Exchange. *
Slang of the Army.
In the army there arc expressions
peculiar to Itself. Ilcanl for the first
time by outsiders, they need interpre
tation. Anions the most common are
"hike" for "march," "striker" for a
soldier serving as bodyservant or house
man for an officer, "C. O." for "com
manding officer"and "(). D."« for"of"
fleer of the day," "hop" and "hoproom
for "dance" and "dancing room,*
"cltz clothes" for "civilian dress,"
"commissaries" for "groceries," "cof
fee cooler" for an officer who is al
ways looking for an easy job In some
staff position, "found" when an officer
fails to pass his examinations and
"shavetail" for a youngster just out of
West Point. Among the soldiers the
expressions have multiplied until quite
a vocabulary of strange words lias
been established. "Bobtail" is a dis
honorable discharge. "Orderly bucker"
Is a soldier who, when going 011 guard
duty, strives by extra neatness of ap
pearance to he appointed orderly to
one of the officers. "Dog robber" is
Ihe soldier's contemptuous expression
for "striker."—lveslip's Weekly.
Her Visitor.
A young married man of extremely
jealous disposition recently visited one
of the most famous mediums in Lon
don. Being far from home, he want
ed to know what his wife was doing.
"She is looking out of the window,
evidently expecting some one."
"That is strange," said Benedict.
"Whom can she expect?"
"Some one enters the door, and she
caresses him fondly," went on the
medium.
"It can't lie!" cried the excited bus
band. "My wife is true to me."
"Now he lays his head on her lap
and looks tenderly in her eyes."
"It's false! I'll make you pay dear
ly for this!" yelled the jealous hus
band.
"Now be wags his tail," said the me
dium.
The green eyed monster subsided,
and the young husband cheerfully paid
over his consulting fee. London
Scraps.
A Pear and His Patent.
After it is once issued the patent for
the creation of a new peerage cannot
be altered. Otherwise Lord Glerawly
would )>e written Lord Glenawley, as
Glerawly was written by a clerk in
mistake for this word. Another in
teresting case of a similar nature is
that of Charles Pawlet, afterward
third Duke of Bolton, who died in
17">4. In 1717, while his father, the
second duke, was still alive, Pawlet
was made a peer as Lord Pawlet of
Basing, although I lie intention of the
king and ills advisers was to summon
him to the house of lords under one of
his father's Junior titles—that of Baron
St. John of Basing. However, the
writ of summons had been made out
to Lord Pawlet of Basing, and Pawlet
bore this title until he became Duke of
Bolton in 1722.- Westminster Gazette.
Simpio Rules of Health.
Never pick your teeth with any hard
substance. Bar the pick unless it is
made of soft white pine. Repeated use
of a ban! pick drives the gums away
from the teeth, and pretty soon you
are a victim of Higgs disease. After
the meal pick your teeth gently, then
rinse out your buccal cavity with an
antiseptic solution of tepid water. Aft
er rinsing ese a gargle to clean out the
throat a solution of salt in water.
Wash off your tongue as far back as
you can reach and scrape the root of
it once in awhile with an instrument
of silver l.uide for the purpose. And.
above all, never put anything into your
mouth that does not agree perfectly
with your stomach, if it is expected to
descend below the throatlatch.—New
York Press.
Strange Uses For Churches.
There are cases innumerable of
churches being used during England's
civil war to accommodate the horses
of one or another regiment of the op
posing troops. Dedham church still
shows traces of Puritan vandalism in
the mutilated sculpture. The oak door,
at one time elaborately decorated with
small carved figures of saints, now
shows the figures without their heads.
And there is the famous case of Notre
Dame at Paris, which during the days
of the Revolution was converted into
a "temple of reason," with its god
dess, a ballet dancer, enthroned on a
mound in the midst of the choir.—
Strand Magazine.
As Bait.
Mrs. A. (over phone)— Can you send
me up a cook today, Mr. Dwyer?
Head of Intelligence Office—Sorry I
can't accommodate you, Mrs. A., but
f.e have only one in the office. Mrs.
A.—But why mayn't I have her?
Head of Intelligence Office—Oh, we
have to keep her as a sample!— Ha
rper's Weekly.
Trapped.
He was telling her about the mem
bers of his cricket team. "Now, there's
Brown," said he; "in a few weeks'
time he'll be our best man."
"Oh, Jack," she gushed, "what a nice
way to ask me!"— London Judy.
Hopeless.
"He's no good at an argument, Is he?
Not at all convincing?"
"Well, I should say not. Why, that
man couldn't convince a woman that
siie was pretty!"— Cleveland Leader.
Value of Humor.
The man who becomes a humorist is
the man who contrives to retain a cer
tain childlike zest and freshness of
mind side by side with a large and
tender tolerance. Cornhill Magazine.
The greatest trust between man and
man is the trust of sriving counsel.—
Bacon.
Stomach Trouble Cured.
If you have any trouble with your
stomach you should take Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets. J. I'.
Klote, of lidina, Mo., says:"l have
a great many different medicines for
Stomach tumble, but find Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets more i enefi
cial than any other remedy L ever used."
For salt; by L. Taggart.
No need to fear coughs and colds this
year as you can obtain Bees Laxative
C'ough Syrup now from your dealer.
This is good news to mothers who fear
croup and whooping cough. It is a
gentle laxative that expells the poison
from the system in the natural way.
Cuts the phlegm and clears the head.
Guaranteed at I!. C. Dodsori's drug
store. 3 m
If you want a secret known, tell it in
a confidential way to a woman.
The Pure Food Law.
Secretary Wilson says, "Oue of the ob
jects of the law is to inform the consumer
of the presence of certain harmful drugs
in medicines." The law requires that
the amount of chloroform, opium, mor
phine. and other habit forming drugs be
stated on the label of each bottle. The
manufacturers of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy have always claimed that their
remedy did not contain any of these
drugs, and the truth of this claim is now
fully proven, as no mention of them is
made on the label. This remedy is not
only one of the safest, but one of the
best in use for coughs and colds. Its
value has been proven beyond question
during the many years it has been in
general use. For sale by L. Taggart.
Many a wise guy lost all by being too
wise.
To stop that pain in the back, that
stiffness of the joints and muscles, take
I'inules. They are guaranteed. Don't
suffer from rheumatism, backache, kidney,
trouble, when you get 30 days' treatment
for 81.00. A single dose at bedtime
proves their merit. Get them to-day
Sold at It. C. Dodson's drug store. 3m
Don't Take the Risk.
When you have a bad cough or cold
do not let it drag along until it becomes
chronic bronchitis or develops into an at
tack of pneumonia, but give it the atten
tion it deserves and get rid of it. Take
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and you
are sure of prompt relief. From a email
beginning the sale and use of this pre
paration has extended to all parts of the
United States and to many foreign coun
tries. Its many remarkable cures of
cough and colds have won for it this
wiJe reputation and extensive use. For
sale by L. Taggart.
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JASPER HARRIS,
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Genuine Offer.
Seger Bro's of New York City, offer
for salt! one high grade Becker Bro's
piano, brought to Emporium recently
Same can bo 112 een at R. Seder's resi
dence. We will bell this piano for s2so
cash, or §3OO on timfj, SIO.OO down and
$5.00 a month. We have ult-o on hand
two or three Becond-hand pianos which
we will anil oul cheap. Further infor
mation ca-i t e hud by writing us.
S EG Kit BROS,
237 West 142 St.
35tf New York City.
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The Cough Syrup that
rids the system of a cold
by acting as a cathartic on the
bowels is
BEES
LAXATIVE
COU6H SYRUP
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I Bees is the original laxative cough syrup,
| contains no opiates, gently moves the
! bowels, carrying the cold off through the
j natural channels, Guaranteed to give
satisfaction or money refunded.
FRIEND TO FRIEND.
The personal recommendations of peo
i pie who have been cured of coughs and
! colds by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
j have done more than all else to make it a
staple article of trade and commerce over
I a large part of the civilized world.
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Schools, Stat«4vllle, N. C., writes: "I can ml
Mtli' j do all j»a claim for th«rn." Dr. 8. 11. Derore.H
H KJVII itook, W. Va., wHt*-a; •* Th«*y giro universalsatis-■
; ■ fa:tioa." Dr. 11. D. MeGill, Clarksburg, Tcnn., writes: ■
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