THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS.
ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866.
VOL. 48
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular Correspondent.]
WASHINGTON, March ti, 1909. j
That "the best laid plans of mice and |
men of tagley" was never better !
demonstrated than in the inauguration !
of the now President Thursday when ;
the elements gathered themselves to- j
gether for the most disagreeable day !
of the winter and succeeded in nullify- {
ing to an almost incredible degree the i
efforts that had been made to have this j
inauguration surpass any that had pre- i
ceeded it. Wednesday, the day before j
when the immeense crowds had gath
ered in anticipation of the ceremonies
and celebration, dawned wet and cold. I
Rnin fell all day and toward night
there were lightning and thunder and !
heavy showers. Later the snow began
and continued to fall until the streets
were buried several inches deep. By
daylight the city was cut off from out
side communication, telegraph and
telephone wires were down and the
wind had brought down the poles and
left loose wires swinging in the streets.
Never before had there been such deso
lation on inauguration day. The seats
in the graud stands which had been
erected all along the line of the march
were banked with snow. The decora
tions had either faded out in hideous
blurs of red, white and blue or they
had fallen to the pavements from their
weight of snow. The light wooden
pillars which had been stationed along
both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue lay
in the streets with their decorations of
flags and wreaths buried in the snow.
The gutters were filled with ice and
slush and it was impossible to cross the
streets without going over one's shoe
tops in the icy flood. Comparatively
few had the courage to venture out in
the gals and storm so that when Mr.
Taft accompanied by Mr. Roosevelt
was driven swiftly up the Avenue to
the Capitol there was only a small
straggling rhivering crowd to greet
them. Strangers in the city who had
shelter were glad to stay in doors and
the residents accustomed to the mild
temperatures of this semi-Southern cli- j
male scarcely knew how to face a bliz '
zard that seemed more suited to the
Dakotas or Canada. Thousands were
wilhout adequate shelter. The troops
recently returned from Cuba were
assigned to canvas tents near the river
bank and after two years in a tropical
climate found themselves in a subarctic
temperature with no other protection
than these flimsy tents afforded. At
the railroad station all was confusion
and chaos. Wires being down there
was no communication with incoming
trains and these arrived unheralded
from three to thirty hours late. Many
of the passengers arriving at night did
not venture out of the station to find
lodgings and fifteen hundred people
night in the station. Hund
reds of others did not arrive in time for
the inauguration at all but came in on
the limping trains many hours late.
Many others reaching the city gave
one glance at the conditions and board
ed the next out for home. Baltimore
hotels were crowded by the inaugura
tion visitors who got as far as the
Monumental city and divining the con"
ditions at the Capitol stopped off there"
The West Point Cadets, did not get in
to the city until the next day and suf
fered as many others from lack of food
and accommodations on the train
which had not provided for such an
exigency. It would take columns to
express the disappointment and dis
gust of the strangers who had come
from great distances to see the Inaug
uration and Congress came in well for
the righteous indignation of everyone
for not'having long ago changed the
inaugural date to a later season when
better weather might be counted on
It was impossible for Mr.Taft to make
his address outside the Capitol and the
crowd that defied the weather to gather
in anticipation of hearing him shared
the disappointment that seemed to at
tend all the plans for the day. Even
the Senate galleries which had been
carefully reserved seat by seat for the
families of the Congressman had rows
of vacant places when Mr. Taft took
the oath of office.
After taking the oath of office and
making his address Mr. Taft accom
panied by his wife, (this being the first
occasion when a President's wife has
appeared in the carriage with him on
his way to the White House for the
first time as President,) drove up the
Avenue along the line which was to
have been the route of the parade. A
few brave soldiers, a civic club or two
from Ohio and a number of stragglers
followed the Presidential carriage and
composed all there was of the spectacle
which thousands had come miles to see
and for which many had paid from
twenty-five to six hundred dollors for
windows from which to view it.
Good Things to Forget.
Marsden declares that there is noth- !
ing more depressing than to dwell up
on the lost opportunities of a misspent
life. Whatevar your past has been,
says the Erie Times, forget it. It it
throws a shadow upon the present or
causes melancholy or despondency,
there is nothing in it which helps yon.
There is not a single reason why you
should hold it in your memory aud
thero are a thousand reasons why
you should bury it so deeply that it can
never be resurrected. Nothing is more
foolish, mora positively wicked, than
to drag the skeleton of the past—the
hideous images, the foolish deeds, the
unfortunate experiences of the past—
into to-day's work to mar and spoil it.
There are plenty of people who have
been failures up to the present moment
who could do wonders in the future if
they would only forget the past, if
they only had the ability to cut it oft',
to eiose the door on it forever and start
anew.
Confirmation Services.
The Right Rev. Cortlandt White
head, D. D., Bishop of the Diocese of
Pittsburg, visited Emporium last Sun
day. Confirmation sorvices were held
at Emmanuel Episcopal Church on
Sunday evening, at which time twenty
seven were received into the church.
The Bishop preached a very interest
ing and instructive sermon and in his
forceful and clear-out way presented
the subject of Confirmation in a large
and liberal light. It is not
he said, that Episcopalians have in
vented and use exclusively for them
selves. It is an apostolic ordinance
and it should be freely bestowed upon
all baptized Christians of whatever
name, who care enough about it, to
wish to receive it. After the sermon
he administered the solemn riteof con.
firmation. The largest class that was
ever presented were received iuto this
church at this time. Those who re
ceived the Laying on of Hands were:
Rev. John L. Robertson, Mrs. Wealthy
Logan, Mrs. Lottie Murphy, Mrs.
Estella Matley, Mrs. Theresa Housler
Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Johnson, Misses
Ethel- Waddington, Mildred Faucett'
Dora Morse, Carolyn Moore, Belle
Campbell, Mary Leutze, Mabel Foster,
Cora Hacket, Phebe Hacket, and
Messrs. 11. Clyde Thomas, Mark O.
Ellis, Melvin 11. Logan, Robert H.
Leutze, Oscar R. Foster, William 11,
Howard, Jr., Edward R. Viner, Ray L.,
Waddington, Wm. Franklin Housler,
Claude A. Campbell, and Harold M
Waddington.
Emmanuel Church Notice.
March 14, Third Sunday in Lent: —
8 a. m., Holy Communion; 10:30 a.
m., morning prayer and sermon, sub
ject: "The First and Great Command
ment." 7:30 p. m., evening prayer
and sermon, subject: "Seeking the
Kingdom of God." Daily services in
Lent: Monday, Tuesdays and Thurs
days in the parish house.at 4p. m. On
Wednesday and Friday evenings in
the church at 7:30 o'clock.
Sunday School Teachers, Atten
tion !
All Sunday schoolteachers and those
wishing to prepare themselves for Sun
day school teaching, are asked to meet
in Emmanuel parish house on Thurs
day evening, March 18, at 7:30 o'clock,
to organize a Union Teachers' Training
Class, to take up Hurlbut's Course of
Bible Studies, or any other that may be
preferred. If any Sunday school will
be represented by two persons in this
class, that school will be credited with
a Teacher's Training Class in the state
report of the Pennsylvania Sunday
School Association.
J. M. ROBERTSON,
Co. Supt. T. T. Dept.
Eye Specialist.
! Prof. W. H. Budine, the well known
j Eye Specialist, of Binghamton, N. Y.
: will be at R. H. Hirsch's jewelry
j store, Emporium, Pa., March 13th.
llf you ciin't see well or have
, headache don't fail to call and see Prof.
! Budine, as he guarantees to cure all
such cases. Lenses ground and fitted
in old frames. Eyes tested and ex
amined free. All work guaranteed.
Eggs for Hatching.
From thoroughbred Single Comb
I White Leghorns and Barred Plymouth
, Rocks. One dollar per 15. Satisfac
| tion guaranteed.
JOHN F. SULLIVAN,
3-13t. R. F. I)., Driftwood, Pa.
To Rent.
Furnished rooms,corner of Fifth and
Cherry Sts. Apply to Arthur Frappier
Notice.
j Old negatives for hot beds: 5x7, 60c
i per hundred; Bxlo $1.30 per hundred,
j at Bair's Studio.
"Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."
EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY. MARCH 11, 1909
Board of Trade.
The Board of Trade will hold it 8
regular meeting in their room, over
the Library, next Friday evening.
Plans for a Fourth of July eelebratiou
will be discussed. All members and
any one interested in this movement,
are urgently requested to be present.
Returned From the Sunny South.
Hon. Geo. J. Laßar and wife and
Mrs. 0. W. Rishell and Miss Mallrick,
have returned to their homes in this
place after a very enjoyable six weeks
trip which included several places of
interest in Florida.
First Presbyterian Church.
Paul J. Lux, Pastor.
Morning Worship 10:30, sermon on
"How to Make Success in Christian
Life." Sunday School 11:45. Christ
ian Endeavor 0:30. Evening Service ,
7:30, sermon on "ilinderances that
keep many from becoming Christians."
A cordial invitation to the public to j
worship with us and a hearty welcome
to all who will come.
Skiddo Club.
The above club was organized last
Wednesday evening at the home of'
Mrs. John Piper, of Hardscrabble Hill,
(an adjunct of Fairview Heights,) Of- |
fleers for the ensuing year were elect-:
ed and committees appointed. Re^ 1
freshments were served to about a j
dozen members and the meeting was)
adjourned at 12 a. m.
Should be Returned.
A paper has been in circulation the i
past week among our citizens for their
signatures, requesting the return of |
the state police recently removed from i
this county. It is earnestly desired j
that they be sent back at once as their j
presence especially at this season of l
the year is very desirable and will
have a tendency to keep the law break- ,
ers from the streams until the season
opens for trout and for various other
reasons. They should by all means be |
returned as they are thoroughly ac- !
quainted with this county and are of
great value to our people.
Revival Services.
The meetings still continue at the I
Free Methodist church. Services
every night this week, including Satur
day evening. D. B. Toby, Evangelist, 1
of Franklin, Pa., has been secured by
the pastor to assist in the
Rev. Toby comes well recommended as
a speaker. The district elder Rev. A. j
J. Hill, ofßradford, Pa., will be pres
ent and conduct the regular quarterly !
meeting services over the Sabbath.
Much good is being accomplished in
theses services, interest in the truths
of the gospel is being awakened.
Some are heeding the call to a Christ
ian life. Come, worship with us. Ser
vices at 7:30 p. m. A cordial invita
tion to all to attend these services is
extended by the pastor and his asso
ciates in these special efforts for the
salvation of mankind.
F. B. SCHRINER, Pastor.
A Valuable Hen.
High records in the hen family have j
been shattered by a Plymouth Rock hen j
in the poultry yards of H. H. Loomis i
of Geneva.
Early on the morning of Feb. 3, two j
eggs of normal size were found under I
"No. 7," as she is known. On Feb. 4 !
she laid a double-yoked egg weighing j
over three ounces, making practically
four eggs in two days. On Thursday,
Feb. 25, she laid another double yoked
egg weighing 3, 1 ounces and measured
6 V x 71 inches, ou Friday a normal egg, 1
and on Saturday she did the very re- j
markable "stunt" of laying three eggs,
weighing '2\ ounces, and each identical
in shape and size. At 4p. m.the nests '
were visited and not a trap was sprung,
at 5 o'clock when Mrs. Loomis made
her hourly rounds, one nest was occu
pied and on releasing the hens, she
was dumfounded to find three eggs.
As the record of the trap nest is ab
solutely unimpeachable, since the hen,
once in cannot escape until released
aster noting the number of her leg
band, nor no other can enter, the truth
of the occurrence cannot be questioned.
—Ex.
A Small Run of Logs.
A small run of logs will go into the
boom at Williamsport this spring, not
many over 2,000,000 feet, says Gazette
and Bulletin. Most of them will goto
the mill of the Central Pennsylvania
Lumber company, although some of
| them belong to Brown, Clark and
j Howe.
Eggs for Hatching.
Rhode Island Reds, Barred Plmouth
j Rocks and Silver Spangled Hamburgs,
$1.25 per 13. Orders book now for
\ spring delivery.
4-2t. * D. F. SEAVEH.
The Local Option
Bill Defeated
The much talked about Local Option i
measure came up for second reading in j
tlie legislature Tuesday evening and '
went down to defeat after a fair fight, j
the vote standing 137 to 66. Represen- J
tative Fair says he will make no effort |
to reconsider the measure. Hon.
Josiah Howard, Representative from j
this county, voted against the bill. \
While the speeches were being deliver- j
. i 1 upon the merits and demerits of the
measure, on motion of Mr. Howard all
remarks were limited to three minutes.
Help the Schools.
The East Ward School has entered
a contest to secure a piano for the
school building. The contest is being
held by the North American, published
at Philadelphia and will hold good un
til April 4th. A coupon in every
j paper, is good for one vote. Up to the
present time, our school has sent in
about 1800 votes. Emporium people
j kindly communicate with the teachers
of the East Ward School and assist
I them in securing a piano. Seven
j pians will ho given in the city of Phila
| delphia and six pianos will be given in
j the state of Pennsylvania, outside of
I the city. Get in line and help.
Baptist Church Notes.
10:30 a. in. worship and preaching;
; 6:30 p. m., Y. P. S. C. E.; 7:30 p. in.,
, Evangelistic Service.
I The morning sermon will deal with
j the condition of women in Christian
| lands as compared with those who are
under the regime of other religions.
' We invite the attention of all woman
who are interested in the subject of
, woman's place in the affairs of society.
In the evening a short song service
will bo followed by a word picture en
titled, "A preacher who was onto his
All seats free. Everyone wel
i eoinr.
JOHN LYMAN ROUTE, Pastor.
Cause of Forest Fires,
j Data complied by the State Forestry
i Department and furnished to the State
j Railrotsd Commission for its use in
making regulations for curbing forest !
fires shows that railroads are to blame
1 for 28 per cent, of all the blazes in the
j woods in the last six years. In 1907,
j the percentage rose to 41.8, and in
1908 probably as high, although the
\ data has not been completed. In the
| six y,e:ir period the Area from unknown
| causes were 726. Those incendiary
were 217; hunters and fishermen, 122;
burning brush, 181; saw mills, 90; tram
road engines, 20, berry pickers, 6;
carelessness, 79; picknickers and chil
! dren, 23; tramps, 19; lightning, 9; wood
cutters, 4. The Commission has asked
every operating railroad for informa
tion as to what it does to prevent fires
and will prescribe new regulations of
its own this spring.
Friendly Society.
The Friendly Society of the Presby
terian Church, were entertained last
| Friday evening, at the church, by Miss
| Baurgelt. After the business of the
| Society was transacted five new mem
i hers were initiated into the mysteries
jof the Society. A short, but interest
| ing program, was then rendered after
which Miss Baurgelt, assisted by the
i Misses Dodson and Metzger, served re
freshments. The next meeting will be
held Friday evening, April 2nd, at the
home of Miss Jettie Wiley.
$8,000,000 is Due State.
! An amazing condition of the hooks
I of the state treasury is laid bare in a
| communication from State Treasurer
Sheatz to Attorney General Todd re
! cently.
The statements shows that millions
of dollars due the commonwealth in
taxes from corporations in years past
were not collected. Ingoing over
1 about one-third of the accounts of the
treosurer's books an aggregate of $3,-
000,000 uncollected tax money has been
found and at this ratio the amount un
: collected would reach the enormous
sum of $8,000,000.
The investigation has been carried
back from 1907 to 1882. Among other
things State Treasurer Sheatz has
found many hundreds of entries of
payments that were not credited to the
accounts.
The treasurer urges that some steps
be taken to collect what is collectable
of this amount and to remove the re
mainder from the books of the depart
ment.
Basket Ball.
An interesting game of basket ball
will be played at this place on Satur
day evening. Emporium vs Port Alle
gany. Glme called at 8:30 at Opera-
House.
— WEBSTER.
A Popular Error About Natural
Gas.
It has become such a. common cry
among consumers of natural gas, that
the company from which they secure
their supply ia pumping air into their
main, when the gas pressure is low
that some attention should be given
the subject, and the most peculiar fea
ture of this charge is that men of or
dinary common sense and many with a
rudimentary education in chemistry
make these charges. If firms supply
ing natural gas were to pump air into
their mains they would within twenty
four hours asphyxiate or blow up
seven-eights of their consumers and
the subsequent damage suits would
ruin such a concern beyond all hope of
recovery.
The simplest illustration to show
that air cannot be forced through a gas
main and made to light, eve-. for an in
stant, is that of a new inst illation in a
building. After the plumber or pipe
fitter completes his work and the gas
pressure is permitted to enter the pipes
any attempt to at lighting a burner
will be frustrated. A pressure of air
will be forced from the pipes sometimes
strong enough to blow out a lighted
match but it will not burn. This is
because the pipes are filled with air,
nitrogen, oxygen, carbon di-oxide and
a certain amount of vapor. This will
not burn, although it is necessary to
aid combustion of gas and other in
fiammablo substances. What results
in a new pipe or where air fills a pipe
would also result if a pressure of air
was forced into a gas main to force the
gas more quickly through the mains or
to enrich the gas or even to make a
gas meter work more,rapidly as the
charge is frequently made.
It has been maintained that the air
pressure forced into the gas main as
similates with the gas and impoverishes
it. It this is true, why did not the air
in the gas pipe left there after a plumb
er or gas fitter has completed his work
assimilate with the gas? That it does
not every one has observed who has
ever tried to light a burner at the end
of a newly laid pipe. Many compan
ies supplying natural gas maintain
large pumping stations along their
mains between the gas wells and the
point of consumption. These are lo
cated in isolated places usually, and
the public merely learns that such
pumping places are maintained, but
few attempts are made to investigage
the \\ orking of these pumps and why
they are necessary. When natural gas
was first made use of as a fuel it was
wasted in every possible manner, with
in a few years the pressure from na
ture's storage tanks began to diminish.
There was still plenty of gas within
the bowels of the earth, but it could
not issue forth in sufficient volume to
supply the demand, what more natural
than to have pumps erected and to
pump it out of the earth to the con
sumers? This is exactly what is being
done.
Some cities have rivers passing
through their confines, others have
lakes nearby from which the water
supply is secured. The water does not
run into the homes of the citizens. It
is pumped into resevoirs or stand
pipes, or it is pumped in some places
direct to the consumer. Do the pumps
supply air instead of water? Not any
more than the natural amount that
mingles with the water in its passage.
The pumping of natural gas is exactly
the same proposition. The only air
that is mixed with the gas is that which
comes from the gas chambers below
and every one who has given the sub
ject any attention k:iows that gas will
ascend above air because it is lighter,
volume for volume.
If air was pumped into gas mains,
the consumer would have a gust of air,
i then a small supply of gas between the
I stroks of pumping. It would require a
continuous igniter at the place of burn
ing to start a blaze every time the rush
of air extinguished the blaze. The
truth is that some gas is so poor that it
will not develop proper heat. In most
cases, however, the ignorance of the
consumer and the plumber is to bame.
They do not know how to regulate the
air pressure through the mixer, believ
ing one mixer will do all sorts of gas and
pressure. A special mixer is necessary
for each mixturo of gas and it requires
some little attention to regulate the
amount. Gas burners have been noticed
with large quantities of black carbon
hanging about and the complaint is
heard that the gas is poor, so as to
hurry the gas meter and enrich the
corporation. The very carbons hang
; ing about in profusion is evidence that
I the gas and air are not mixed properly
for burning and the fault lies with the
consumer.
Yours Respectfully,
HENKY J. KENLY.
Emporium, Pa., March 9th, 1909.
TERMS: #2.00—51.501N ADVANCE.
1
THE WEATHER.
FRIDAY, Fair.
SATURDAY, Fair.
SUNDAY, Fair.
ASSETS
First National Bank,
EMPORIUM, PA.
At the close of business, March 10, 1909,
$804,312.69.
DIMES MAKES DOLLARS.
Lay aside the little sums you spend for things
not needed. Dinn s makes Dollars, and dollars
j deposited in our Savings Department work for
j you day and night.
SI.OO Starts an Account.
3o INTEREST I'M.) ON SAVING HOOK
o ACCOUNTS A ;.) C.TiriFICATBS OP
DEPOSIT
DR. LEON REX FELT,
DENTIST.
Rockwell Block, Emporium, Pa.
DR. H. W. MITCHELL,
DENTIST,
(Successor to Dr. A. B. Mead.)
Office over A. F. Vogt's Shoe Store,
Emporium, Pa 12y
Missionary Collection.
Last Sunday the last missionary col
lection was taken in the M. E. Sunday
school for this Conference year. The
collection for the year amounted to
$153.00, an increase of SIO.OO over prev
ious year. The amount/ paid by each
class for the year is as follows:
Classes 1907 | 1908 j Incr'se
Rev. J. F. Anderson $25.00 $16.90 !
h. K. Huntington and
J. K. Jordan 50.00 51.66 \ $1.66
H. A. Cox 12 29 14.67 ' 2.47
F. P. Strayer 13.00 11.01 .01
Mrs. W. J. Taylor 6.70 7.85 1.15
Mrs. F. V. Heihuan 4.30 4.85 ' .55
Mrs. J. P. McNarney 5 00 7.05 2.C5
Mrs. A. C. Blum 3.10 3.10
Mrs. S. Stoddard 3.40 4.75 ; 1.35
Mrs E. P. White 2.80 691 ' 4.11
Miss Lena Evans 4.50 • 4.50
Miss Myrtle Lloyd ' 2.77
Miss Jean McNarney 1.59
Primary 13.00 j 13.39 .39
143.00 i 153.00 ' 13 74
Mrs. Taylor's class also educate a
child in India at sls 00 year.
Killed by Train.
Special to the Press:—
George Cannon, of Keating, Pa., was
struck and instantly killed by a light
engine at Round Island Station Sun
day evening at 5:15. Mr. Cannon
alighted frorhßound Island station and
stepped across on the east bound track
directly in front of a light passenger
engine which was passing at that time,
the engine struck him and hurled him
under the wheels of the ears of No. (il's
train, cutting his right leg off between
the knee and ankle and crushing his
head. He sustained severe internal in
juries which, together, resulted in in
stant death. Tho man was 47 years
old and was a woodsman by trade. He
belongs to the pioneer Cannon family
of Keating, Pa., and was well known
through Clinton and Cameron counties.
He was buried Wednesday morning,
March 10th, at Keating Pa. The com
munity is shooked and grieved by Mr.
Cannon's untimely death.
J. F. 8,
Notice.
Silver Star Hive No 27, will serve
an egg supper in Brooks Hall, Sterling
Run, on 17th of March. Everybody
welcome. R. K.
Notice.
Regular meeting of N. P. L., No. 737,
will be held oh Friday evening, March
19th, at which time will be the annual
election of officers. Let all meinbera
be present.
Measles and Scarlet Fever.
More children die from measles in
Pennsylvania euch year than from
scarlet fever and* smallpox combined,
and whooping cough which is com
monly regarded as a very insignificant
malady, takes two-thirds as many
children as diphtheria.—Ex.
Religious.
Rev. J. L. Robertson, D. D., of
Warren, Pa., will preach in the First
Methodist Episcopal Church next Sun
day morning at 10:30 o'clock. Mr.
Robertson is father of the Rector of the
Protestant Episcopal Church of Em
porium. Preaching by the pastor at
7:30 p. m.
For Sale.
A desirable property on Grove St.,
at Sinnamahoning. three lots, one
dwelling hou ie and good out buildings.
I Good location Apply to
MRS. J. W. LIGIITNEK,
j 4-2t. Sinnamahoning, Pa,
, Wanted.
A girl to do chamber work. Apply
at the City Hotel.
Card of Thanks.
Editor Press:
i Please convey our thanks to those
i kind friends and neighbors for their
; many acts of kindness during the sick
j ness and death of our only son Leonard
I Leßoy.
MR. AND MRS. A. L. HICKOCK.
NO. 4.