Cameron County press. (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, October 21, 1909, Image 11

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    Various Mourninn Customs.
When mourning for th»'ir dead the I
Israelites neither washed nor anointed ■
themselves. Greeks and Romans fasted.
In Europe they wear black, in China ,
white, in Turkey violet and in Ethiopia
brown.
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I We are prepared to furnish the citizens
I of Emporium this popular Water, either
I PLAIN OR CARBONATED, in bottles. I
• Drop a postal card—we will do the rest
The analysis of the celebrated Sizerville
Water has made it famous all over the (
, country.
Orders may be left at Geo. F. Balcoin'
' store, or water may be purchased by th
case at the same place.
Address,
. Magnetic Mineral Water Co.,
SIZERVILLE, PA.
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The H. J. f/ieldrum Company's New Retail Store tor Buftaio, soon to he Opened
to the Public.
112 3LLUIHINATING
OIL
makes the light that rests the eyes.
Nearest approach to natural sun
light known.
Most economical too—burns to
the very last drop without readjust
ing wick. Does not char, smoke or
"smell." Clear, water-white, free
from sediment. Not to be compared
with ordinary tank wagon oil.
Ask your dealer to serve you out of
the original barrel. Then you have
the purest, best lamp oil made.
WAVERLY OIL WORKS CO.,
Independent Refiners (112
PITTSBURC, - PA.
Also makers of Waverly Special Auto Oil
uad Waverly Gasolines.
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CWOUP,
WhoojHitgCough
This remedy can always be depended upon and
is pleasant to take. It contains no opium or
other harmful drug and may be given as confi
dently to a baby as to an adult
Price 2S cents, large size 50 cents.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY OCTOBER 21, 1909
When Zeal Is Praiseworthy.
Zeal is no further commendable
than as it is attended with knowledge,
—Thomas Wilson.
Turbine Dates Back to 1650.
The turbine as a means of power
was known in an extremely primitive
form as far back as 120 B. C., while
! the first steam turbine was invented
by an Englishman in 1650.
Well-Fixed Usually.
However, the man who is always
telling other people that money is not
j everything usually has all the coin
he needs.
Uncle Ezra Says:
"Big thoughts may come to you
i while you are lyin' abed in the morn
-1 in', but big results won't come onless
you jump out an' hustle for 'em."—
| Boston Herald.
The Proviso.
A country convert, full of zeal, in
i his first prayer meeting remarks of
fered himself for service. '"I am ready
to do anything the Lord asks of me,"
said he, "so long as it's honorable. —
Life.
A COMMON KIND.
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Ted —What kind of a motor car did
j you have?
Ned—Oh, 20 horae-power going out,
! ane one horse coming back.
'
George 111. and th» Wigmakers.
When George 111. ascended the
throne of England his wealthy sub
jects were beginning to leave off wigs
and to appear in their own hair, "it
they hud any." As Ihe sovereign was
himself one of the offenders, the per
uke makers, who feared a serious loss
of trade, prepared a pel it ion in which
they prayed his majesty to he gra
ciously pleased to "shave Ills head" tor
the good of distressed workmen and
wear a wig. as his father had done he
fore him.
When the petitioners walked to the
royal palnce, however, it was noticed
that they wore no wigs themselves.
As Ibis seemed unfair to the onlook
ers they seized several of the leading
processionists and cut their hair with
any Implement that came most readily
to band.
From this incident arose a host of
curious caricatures. The wooden leg
makers were said to have especial
claims on the king's consideration, in
asmuch as the conclusion of peace had
deprived them of a profitable source
of employment: hence the suggestion
that his majesty should not only wear
a wooden leg himself, but enjoin the
people to follow his laudable example.
As Others See Us.
"The man who can pick out the best
picture ot himself is a rare bird," said
a photographer. "Even an author, who
is reputedly a poor judge of his own
work, exercises vast wisdom in select
ing bis best book compared with the
person who tries to choose Ids best
photograph. Every famous man or
woman who has been photographed
repeatedly has his or her favorite pic
ture. Usually it is the worst in the
collection. It shows him or her with
an unnatural expression, sitting or
standing in an unnatural attitude.
The Inability to judge of bis best pic
ture must be due to the average man's
ignorance ot how he really looks, or
perhaps it can be partly attributed to
a desire to look other than he does. A
stout man will swear that the photo
graph most nearly like him Is the one
that makes him look thin, a thin mail
the one that makes him look stout, the
solemn man selects the jolliest picture,
the jovial man the most cadaverous. —
Philadelphia Ledger.
A Famous Quotation.
A story about Keats is quoted by
the late Sir Benjamin Ward Richard
son in his "Lives" of disciples of
Aesculapius. .Mr. Stephens, a friend
of the doctor, once told hiin that one
evening at twilight when he and
Keats were sitting together in their
student days. Stephens at his medical
books. Keats engrossed in his dream
ing. Keats called out to his friend
that he had composed a new line—"A
thing of beauty is a constant joy."
"What think you of that. Stephens?"
"It has the true ring, but is wanting
in some way," replies the latter as he
dips once more into his medical stud
ies.
An interval of silence, and again the
poet, " 'A thing of beauty is a joy for
ever.' What think you of that, Ste
phens?"
"That it will live forever."
A happy prophecy indeed!
The Forests on the Niger.
The insects of Africa are expert dis
ease carriers, and they come in such
numbers on the Niger that one hardly
dares to use one's lamp or go too near
a light of any sort at night. These
forests on the Niger are deadly places
for all their haunting attraction and
take a big toll both ot European and
native life. Yet the first three days on
the Niger, with all its mud and its
smell and its mangrove flies and its
frogs and its crickets, are enough to
give the newcomer an inkling o£ the
drawing power, the fascination, ot
what is probably the most unhealthy
country in the world.—W. B. Thomp
son in Blackwood's.
Dodging a Slander.
During a suit for slander brought ii
an Ohio town one of the parties was
asked by the presiding magistrate:
"Is it true, as alleged, that you de
clared that Thomas Mulkins had stolen
your pocketbook?"
"Your honor," responded the man,
"1 did not go so far as that. I merely
said that if Mulkins had not assisted
me in looking for the pocketbook 1
might have found it."—Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
Before and After.
She was a frivolous, fashionable
young woman with beaux galore, hut
one man with only a small income
seemed to be the favorite.
"You'll have to work hard before
"ou win that girl." said his mother.
"And a good deal harder after you
win her," answered his father, who
knew what he was talking about.
His Poems.
"May I offer you this little gift, Frau
lein Kate'r"
"Excuse me—l never take presents
from men."
"But it is only a copy of my book of
poems."
"In that case 1 will accept. I thought
it was something valuable."—Fiiegende
Blatter.
The Place For It.
An old Scotswoman was advised by
her minister to take snuff to keep her
self awake during the sermon. She
answered briskly, "Why dinna ye put
the snuff lu the sermon, inoti?"
The Shake.
"What did you say last night when
.lack asked you to marry him?"
"I shook my head."
"Sideways or up and down?"— Bo
ston Transcript.
There is no piety in keeping an un
just promise.—German Proverb.
Death on the Guillotine.
Sardou, in order to be present at the
execution of Tropnmn in January.
1875, spent the night before with La
Roquette. the prison director. In his
description he says: "At daybreak the
guests went out upon the cold, bleak
execution place, where the guillotine
had already been erected. Tin- he
draggled crowd, which had spent the
night in drinking places, --inir ••!!.:r• i
songs and from time »h-*>N
for Deibler. the execu nim
meanwhile was explaining 111 c mc. nan
ism. The basket In which ih>- •!
was to drop wa< limit 'it. and > n .•
looking at it I was hnrrih<-<! 1 • >iv
the lid arise and a hum >ii nii-mi
emerge. "Don't worry,' saio 1>• 1
with a suille; 'that is <>n,. , v iic,
who wanted to see the execute.n. and
I chose the simplest way ti> secure a
£ood place for her.'" (Jleiucuceau saw
Emlle Henry decapitated on May I'l.
1894, In his capacity as a journalist,
and. describing how the culprit was
dragged to the machine, strapped upon
the plank and there tortured by await
ing the pleasure of Deibler till tbe
knife finally ended it all. said that the
"horror of It" made him sick.
Why Blinds Were Drawn.
Hie Edinburgh landlady of the sev
enties who astounded James Payn by
her stern determination to have the
blinds drawn closely down on the Sab
bath was but carrying on the tradi
tions of her great grandparents. The
Scot of the early eighteenth century
had a reason for drawing bis blinds
on Sunday. Mr. Thompson In his
"Weaver's Craft" gives it. "Some
times the minister himself." he wrote,
"when he got a colleague to preach for
him would make the rounds, accom
panied by tin elder, to spy with his
own eyes the sins ot the absentees.
Here one man is found romping with
his bairns, another as the minister
peeped through the window was de
tected kissing his wife, two men were
found drinking ale, and one was found
with his coat off. as if he were going
to work, and still another was seen
eating n hearty dinner. All were pull
ed up before the session of the kirk
and repentance forced upon each."—
London Standard.
Bread and Cheese.
A couple advanced in years got mar
ried lately.
The husband had a room In the bouse
securely locked, the Inside of which
his wife had never seen, and, being
curious of its contents, she begged
again and again to see the room.
At last he consented, and, io and be
hold, the room was full of whole
cheeses!
He explained matters by telling ber
that for every sweetiieart he had in
his young days he bought a cheese.
His wife-began to cry.
"Don't cry, dear," he said. "I've had
no sweethearts since I met you."
"It's not that," she replied, still sob
bing. "I only wish 1 had been as
thoughtful as you and bought a loaf of
bread for every man that kissed me.
We could have had bread and cheese
enough to last us all our days."—Lon
don Tit-Bits.
Trouble For Creditors.
Even the simplest law transactions
seem to be beyond the comprehension
of some people. An old farmer went
into a grocer's shop a short time ago.
ordered a sovereign's worth of goods
and when they were ready for deliv
ery laid down a five shilling piece in
payment thereof.
The shopkeeper called out, "Here,
this isn't right!" as the customer start
ed to leave.
"Oh, yes. that's all right," replied the
man. "I've got permission from the
judge to pay 5 shillings in the pound."
A heated discussion revealed that
the man had lately settled an insol
vency upon this basis and expected to
continue that method indefinitely.
When he was shown his mistake he
was very indignant and evidently con
sidered himself a much abused man.—
Loudon Globe.
She Wasn't Superstitious.
"Mary, Mary," cried Mrs. Johnson
to her maid, "what shall I do? I've
just had a most dreadful accident and
don't know what's going to happen.
I've broken my new hand glass, and
you know how unlucky it is to break
a looking glass. It means seven years'
unhappiness."
"Lor," mum," replied Mary.' "don't
you set no heed on that. Look at me.
I'm not fretting, and I've just broken
the large pier glass in the drawing
room."—London Fun.
Leftover Material.
Barbara, aged four, had always been
allowed to make small cakes out of the
scraps of dough left from the morn
ing's baking, so one morning after be
ing sent to gather the eggs she came
running in with a very tiny one and
exclaimed: "Oh, mamma, see this little
egg! It must be that's all the dough
the hen had left!"— Delineator.
Ups and Downs.
"The world is full of ups and downs,"
quoted the wise guy. "That's right,"
agreed the simple mug. "We are ei
ther trying to live up to a good repu
tation or trying to live a bad one
down."—Philadelphia Record.
A Piano Club.
Mrs. lllllton —We are organizing a
piano club, Mr. Flatleigh. Will you
join us? Flatleigh With pleasure,
Mrs. Hutton. What pianist do you
propose to club first?— Chicago News.
Better Left Unsaid.
Hosiess—lt's beginning to rain
You'll get wet. I think .vou'd better
stay to dinner. Departing Guest—Oh,
dear, no! It's not raining so badly as
ill that.—Sydney Bulletin
The Art of Saving.
I believe that if somebody could In
vent unique ways of saving money the
public would have an assured future.
Men. women and children would re
gard saving as a game an<i play it
with all their heart. There are penny
savings banks where newsboys and
bootblacks carry their liny savings, but
other children regard their penny bank
ut home with unfriendly eyes. There
are working girls who put away their
live cent pieces and fatten their small
bank account* by walking instead of
riding and makiug other petty sacri
fices. But the ?najorlty of working
girls spend as fast as they can earn
and declare that they cannot help it.
One reads of a man who began his
career by regarding every dollar as a
worker and getting all the profit he
< ould. With that quaint conceit in his
head saving be<-a me a pleasure, and he
won riches without realizing that it
was a struggle. I know of more than
one woman who receives each night
from her husband every dime he has
received in change through 'be day.
for lie is careful to avoid spending
such a piece of money. These, with
her own savings in the same direction,
make a respectable weekly showing.—
Kansas City Journal.
Only Seeking Information.
The average New York boy is not a
wonder of wit and wisdom, but most
"t them know a good tiling when they
«ee if. Also the contrary. Not long
ago one of them saw a sign in front
of a Sixth avenue place. "Boy Want
ed." He was looking for something
of that kind and walked in. There
was nobody in sight, and he stood gaz
ing. Presently the proprietor, a most
grouchy person, appeared.
"What do you want here?" he In
quired with scant courtesy.
"Well," replied the boy, disturbed by
the man's manner and hesitating, "do
you want a boy here?"
"That's what the sign says, don't
It?" snapped the man.
"Yep," responded the boy, getting
his second wind.
"Then we want a boy."
"Aw right." grinned the boy, back
ing away. "You git one. You can't
have me," and he wiggled his fingers
nt the man and went out quickly.—
New York Herald.
Tir« Themselves Getting Ready.
Washington Irving tells a story of a
man who tried to jump over a hill.
He went back so far to get his start
for the great leap and ran so hard that
he was completely exhausted when he
came to the hill and had to lie down
and rest. Then he got up and walked
over the hill. A great many people
exhaust themselves getting ready to
do their work. They are always pre
paring. They spend their lives get
ting ready to do something which they
never do. It is an excellent thing to
keep Improving oneself, to keep grow
ing, but there must be a time to begin
tiie great work of life. 1 know a man
who Is almost forty years old who has
not yet decided what he is going to
do. He has graduated from college
and taken a number of postgraduate
courses, but all along general lines.
He has not yet begun to specialize.
This man fully believes he is going to
do great things yet. I hope he may.—
Success Magazine.
The Paper They Were Written On.
The average author would probably
laugh at the statement that at one
time in the world's history manu
scripts, simply as such, irrespective of
the nature of the text, were immense
ly valuable. In ancient times manu
scripts were important articles from a
commercial point of view. They were
excessively scarce and were preserved
with the utmost care. Even the usur
ers were glad to lend money on them
when the owners were obliged to offer
them in pawn. It is related In an
ancient tome that a student of Pa via,
who was reduced by his debaucheries,
raised a new fortune by leaving in
pawn a manuscript of a body of law,
and a grammarian who was ruined by
a fire rebuilt his house with two small
volumes of Cicero through the ready
aid of the pawnbroker.
Highest Cross In the World.
The highest cross in the world is
said to be that which cars the loftiest
peak of the Harz mountains. The
cross is in reality a tower, and it com
mands a magnificent view of the coun
try around. The height of the tower
is 120 feet, and it stands on a moun
tain 1,731 feet above the sea level. A
stair of 200 steps leads to the top of
the crgss, but shere is an elevator of'
which people may avail themselves
who for any reason wish to avoid the
long climb.
Grateful.
Young Lady—Give me one yard of
—why, haven't 1 seen you before?
Draper's Assistant—Oh. Maud, have
you forgotten me? I saved your life
at the seaside last summer. oung
Lady (wartnlyt Why, of course you
did. Then you may give me two yards
of the ribbon, please -Illustrated Bits.
Lettuce Salad With Fried Cheese.
Dress the lettu e in the usual way
with French dressing Have a mild
cheese, rather dry. cut in strips like
French fried potatoes, dip the strips in
beaten egg. roll them in tine bread
crumbs and drop them into boiling fat
to brown as quickly as possible. Serve
with the lettuce.—Boston I'ost.
Passing Events.
Time is a sort of river of passing
events, and strong is its current. No
sooner is a thing brought to light than
It is swept by and another takes its
place, and this. too. will be swept
away.—Marcus Aurelius.
Vengeance should be left to women.
—Petrarch.