rasHsasrasHS .rasasairesahJaasHSHSE.'b asnsasESiHSHSHSHFESg 1 Merry j B ' a Lri ui j I 4flr I I | - a I On Friday, Dec. 17th 1 tr ' ui $ • 81 ft We will commence our Reduction Sale | lon all Milliner \ gj | We arc she roig the finest and larg-1} tP est assortment of Handkerchiefs we fS | havo' ev :.u'.d :? -- waging trom oc'to S ;'V rti-: 75 9 •- i + » t - - • Fancy Soarfs in Crepe ae Clime and J, 0". fvrenadi.' --.qb. .. 3u £Lii3si» i\ssci i-meiiL to fj p3 be found any p ace m cown. iij I * Our stock of Millinery is in good con- al [LI ___ |U j£ dition. We have lots of hats lor both g Oj old and young. , § If we do not have what you want we Jj | are prepared to make it for you. | Trimming and remodeling at re- jj| jjj mark able low prices. We keep in touch with all the new- [jj | est things in Millinery. [IKSSS-ESHSHS c£SH5 aSHSHSHS ESBSSSHb' SHHSHSHS HSHS2S hi Ti» ■ I & II COPYRIGHT A.P.» C C 9 Christmas announcements are now a order, so we extend to you our greet ngs and invite you to visit our store nd see our remarkable line. You will .nd quality that will most agreeably urprise you and our prices cannot fail o meet with your approval. Lome of Hart, Shaffner & Marx Clothes Jast>er Harris,! The People's Clothing House Opposite Post Office, EMPORIUM, PA. '> k CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1909. ! mn. m the BTTLE MOUSE. D- . :„ANCIS TAYLOR. [ n t>y,*! '.. i,)-■ .by American Press Asso ciation.J | r .o Christmas eve when Santa Claus Ccme to a certain house j To fill the children's stockings there ■ ( He found a little mouse. ! "A merry Christmas, little friend," ; Said Santa, good and kind, j "The to you, sir," said the : mouse. | "I thought you wouldn't mind ! "If I should stay awake tonight j And watch you for awhile." "You're very welcome, lit tle mouj-c," Said Santa, with a smile. ; A:• : : then lie filled th e i*p j Before the A i •••'•• ae in eyes," But 1 unbly he replied: fete &-r-'Sk I b r tef 7 \ cm\ i i\ By filling stockings all these years I should have learned the knack." And then he took the stocking down From where it hung so high And said: "Now putin one thiny more. I give you leave to try." i The mousic chuckled to himself, And then he softly stole Right to the st o c k ing's crowded toe And gnawed a little hole. "Now, if you please, good Santa Clr.vs, I've putin one thing more, For you will own that little hole Was not in there before." How Santa Claus did laugh and laugh! And then he gayly spoke, "Well, you shall have a Christmas cheese For that nice little joke." THE DEAR OLD TREE. By FRANK H. SWEET. There's a dear old tree, an evergreen tree, And it blossoms once a year. 'Tis loaded with fruit from top to root, And it brings to all good cheer. For its blossoms bright are small candles white, And its fruit is dolls and toys, And they all are free for both you j and me If we're good little girls and boys. The Christmas Manger. In France may be almost universally j I seen representations of (lie manger iu | I which Christ, was born, with figures of ] Mary, Joseph and the child Jesus, and i cattle feeding near by. By ALICE LE BARON. [Copyright, 1909. by American Press Asso ciation. J ©NCK upon a time two little can dles lay side by side in a big bos. Both were pure white Saiil one: "I wonder what will become of us. Do you think we vould lie meant lor a Christmas tree';" For you must know that to be put on n Christmas iis the best possible thing Hint can la| pen ton candle. "Of coursf not." said The other, who was ito s "If we are meant for a Christmas tree it will be for some shabby little children see if it i n't. "If we are." said the lirst. "I'll shine my very brit litest, for the eyes oi even poor children with only few pleasures in prospect.are oo ugh to rival little caudles on Clin,rums eve." "11 we are." grumbled the second. "1 nm • ; s;:;v t»..M I will allow uiyi .' 112 to Ie lighted at till." Christmas eve drew nearer ai.;l er. Sure e . e.g.'). ■ • V,-. • little all die v. iih lii'iny . tn»r.. < i bit: ::: I 1c riMl yt«!i and red. wore bought for a Ctifi =t»iij;; tree. On the day I • fore Christina*, while i it still wii:) - n.e young ;Ir s ca;i:e t ■r: '■ e :' ; .■ nts at"l i: i- ■ ! the t: <;e r<; >• r - lie eve !t: r. . !• ' out of sight. !••..(-, ■-o ii c red nrul pia!: : 01,; ; "i"'' pettier." "Di iu't I tell v.i wha: w nhl ! >• P ' ttald 1' ■' • 4 Uttk- <%'i>idle . a wli:;per. "V •. hut wall." re; lied the other j "Jt!:-t shine your brightest all the j time." "1 won't." :-iiap; !(I t!ie cro's one. Wl:< ti evening «*atue. ranged all j round the tree were happy h. and I IpO ! 112 \ (v. J Y>;i -«< v\k * i TJ rt JJ 'to "It's not polite j to contradict. I Your pardon I I implore. 3ut in the fuli es t stocking there I could put on,e thin g more." I "Oh, ho," laugh ed Santa, "sil ly mouse! Don't I know how to pack? ; -jl | M I V -Jfim /g\ tm nh 112% tvilf ir'j ! I "PUT IT ON THE VERY TIPTOP." girls. Soon every bough on the great j tree blossomed with little lights. Some \ of the Haines were faint, but many I were bright. When the little white j candles were lighted the cross one j just sputtered a minute and then ! went out. The other shone so brightly ; that a gentleman standing near said: "Oh. rvh.it a brilliant candle; Hut it j is almost out of sight among the green I branches. We ought to put it where i it can be seen better." "Put it on the very tiptop," said a \ little lady. • j And that is where they did put it— ] on the very tiptop of the tree, where ' it nodded and gleamed iu answer to | the smiling faces arou ml it. The Barber's Joke. Christmas morning and the barber | very busy. "I'd rather shave ten Germans than I one American." The rubicund brewer in the chair smiled broadly through the lather. "Goot." he chuckled. "Dot vos right! But v.v?" The barber took a (inner hold upon his victim's nose as he replied: "Ten Germans pay me a dollar and a half—one American ouly 15 ceuts." And you could have heard the ther mometer drop. Popcorn! "If Santa Claus has corns the same ■s grandpa." said a wee girl the other day. "l link he'd be 'fraid to come down the chimney over a hot tire for j fear his corns would pop." Santa Claus' Revenge. Belated comes advice tonight That, "without proper cause," Two foolish hoys went on a strike Asainst old Santa Claus. They sent him written word that he Must take two trips a year, The lirst an early one to see What children wanted here. They said his work of late was bad. They criticised his taste. They said it made them very sad— Those presents gone to waste! Tliey asked him why he thought a boy Would want a Teddy bear. They said it seemed he could employ Much better judgment there. They wrote him frankly what the> thought. A protest In each line. They told him that they thought he ought To sell out and resign. They covered reams of paper then To tell him what to do- The how. tho which, the what, the when Tliey carefully went through And then they told him what io brins For each boy in their town. And for themselves—"Oh. everything'" Was Just what they put down. They thought the saint was far too old To understand their scheme. And each one bought a bag. to hold Their presents. It would seem, Hut when ilie.\ woke on Xmas morn With "Wha: did Santa bring?" Why. lost as so"- as you are born. Ite hadn't loft a thl.i;;! STACY E. BAKICK ON't'E 1 had a shipmate who cele brated the most grateful Christ mas of Ills I * it- at the Horn. It was on the Mary Ann, 111 Doc-ember, 1807. Sho was a deep cut steel flipper. hilt she was a four mast ed bark, and four n.asted harks are all ugly in heavy seas. The best sea boat afloat will plunge at Cape Horn, but four I,lasted barks are all the time un der water. Sometimes they are swamp ei 1 altogether nnd 1 !■.;t waterlogged around the Horn. Then the current pushes t her.i south to perish lu the iee jam. Some sailers can be likened to the four masted ! arks. They are the sail ors w'lo have been t•. lollgf away fiv n I home All 1 lilors plunge liberally Into sb re ,i. ". I t!i:> "too long away from !l' .lie" fe !■ ; a rule, Kwitniped in shore i, breakei Or.? i.f 11. 'te- on the Mnty Aim . .. a j "too long L 1. ' * ' : <»i:' t: a" , :S t!jf> w :H1 with the :••• •. ! dolor . •: inii i!'!' '. 112 the voy h; I i'ej ; -rhis IIV. 11 LOW 1 I oil":- at he: P. !, !: . ' ; 1 •:iof :: .• . . ' :•. V.'i- \ we: ; !>• -v.- en 1 , •(> t. dov. i !:i !!■ The we, Stern had trimmed lur its down to th> lower top.-; 11/ ■ ■ ' we henra tiie :i :: • 'i;> wlr ] •• one I M ll'.-or..- the signal for " hands on deck" v. ui wered forward Boh and I wore *>a! - 112 (.ur hunks and had our sea boots on. "What's up now?" growled nob. nut! lie got his answer from Jimmy, ta • deck boy. who came ru hing in wi-' out preliminary warning, i "Rise. rh;e. rise. s'eop;>rs! Weather | ship for icebergs nn the leeward bow : Rise, rise, rise!" The watch on deck was already set : ting the fore staysail to head tho vessel I off the wind. She was running easy ! when we came on deck, and the storm I spanker was hauled out to bring the [1 | n I lT~n V °' SSe ' "° ' ' K> jl wns S 'l"' ; > pulled tlie y arils in I<> starboard. ! t> a Then c-amo the ! gr. __a j licr bow apainst g?—ti x*»i\ I ROw I"' 1 ' from stem t<> 1 1 :=t.,rn. ! 1! " 1 ' came aft i 'iamn from the staysail ' to join us just f.s ! HOK AMi Till-: i;Ol'E : i PROPPED. WC . . J«'»P"C2 out of the way, ' for breaker came thundering | over the weather rail. The breaker caught Bob at the fore backstays, lie jumped up and put his arm through the coils of (lie fore sheet, I hanging in straps in the royal bac-k --| stay. I The straps were rotten, and Bob and the coil sheet rope dropped and disap peared in the boiling deck waters. The waters surged to leeward and J carried a dark object with them, j The skipper threw a life buoy from I the poop. i "I'oor Bob!" said everybody to him self. It was all we could do for him. Bob was gone, and there seemed to be no help for it. \\'e had the Mary Ann snug at last. Our watch had still an hour more be low, not long enough to make it worth while to crawl into our bunks, and we lighted our pipes, lay down on our chests and discussed poor Bob. Bill, who was Bob's own churn, went i to Bob's bunk and overhauled the I things. "It is enough to make anybody rip ' ping mad to think of a rotton old strap chucking a poor fellow overboard," mused Bill. "Christmas night too. Say, boys, when we auction this stuff off we've got to show Bob up hand [ some to his friends." It must be explained that when sail ! ors die at sea their belongings are sold j at auction to the crew. This custom I «erves a double purpose. It is easier | to ship money halfway around the ! globe than to insure the safe delivery of an old wooden chest. A good sum of money is also more welcome to most heirs than a chestful of tarred rags. Besides, the sea auctions give the ship mates of the dead an opportunity to j "raise his reputation" by adding gener j ously to his account. | Everybody wanted to fill the Christ- I mas stockings of poor Bob's folks. The ! chief mate, Dickson, good naturedly consented that the auction should be held then and there and came to the forecastle with pencil and paper tore- I cord the sales as fast as they were made. "Here you are, boys—hero you are; (Jet your money ready. The greatest Cape Horn sale ever held will now start." rasped the old chief. "First Hall colds are <juickly cured by Foley's Honey and Tar, ihe great throat and Latest Popular Music. Miss May Gould, teacher of piano forte has received n full line of the lat est and most popular sheet music. All the popular airs. Popular and clasf ical music. Prices reasonable. 44-tf For Chapped Skin. | Chapped skin whiilur on trie .bauds it face may be cured in one night by applying CbaniberininV Salve. Ji is also unc<|iiji!i'<' form to nipples, burns and M-,ill's. For sale t>v (/. C. Tngaart. Q SHAW'S K MALT.; |y ■' iffi "Tonic and Beverage"; SliltySAfAff it &&AL MALT* K ~ ~"j I §*. BOTTLED BY | §53 'f THE DISTILLERS. \ ' \H- So!d b ? I LEADING DEALERS j F■} %} i\-■ 1 hi :■ ■' • ' : ** - p ' I ;-i JAJutJJ U J 1 ilfil $ ¥ 11 kiJnliilJ io qt Eerry Pails inc. 24ft Folding Clothes Bars 15c. Screen Doors 90c. vSclect Uroonis 25c. 20 galvanized Wash Tubs 75c 22 " " 80c 24 " " gcc Mantles all kinds aud|prices. Plumbing, Tinning and Heating. I MMI BUBNSIDE&GQ Broad St., Emporium, Pa. -» lien. J. Laßar II U 1 ill iiitiiro Tabourettes. The Set to Set Before You Is[ waiting for you in the shape of a nice set of crockery. We are now showing asplen lid stock of good sound Crockery, every single piece warranted xree from fault or blemish. The finest as sortment in the county at rea sonable^prices. Undc. taking Geo. J. LaHar
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