ELSBSHSHS . J aszsnsHsa^ r '"Hsass. c 3 :3, sHSHsHs 3'? , esasa. c ass] | Merry I § _ | | On Friday, Dec. 17th S l 5 I We will commence our Reduction Sale 3 | on all Millinery. 5 We are showing the finest and larg- £ | est assortment of Handkerchiefs we jjj Shave ever had. Price ranging from 5c to ? I $1.75 each. § | Fancy Scarfs in Crepe de Ohine and | | Grenadines. The fine3t assortment to # 5 be found any place in town. § Our stock of Millinery is in good con- & jjj dition. We have lots of hats ior both p 0 old and young. jjj £ If we do not have what you want we jjj jjj are prepared to make it for you. la jj] Trimming and remodeling at re-1 jS markable low prices. | We keep in touch with all the new te est things in Millinery. 1 LUDLAMS The Passing of 1909 I Means the commencement of an- I other New Year, rich in promises for | the Nation's welfare and happiness. I For a supply of Men's, Young Men's and I Boy's Clothing, Furnishings, Hats, Caps I and Shoes there is no better nlace than E Jasper Harris'. There promises made E are always kept, and we promise a finer I and richer stock of merchandise and I our line for the coming years, which I will entirely surpass the best we did I last year. Home of Hart, Shaffier k Man Clothes 11 Jasper Harris,! The People's Clothing Hou*c Opposite Post Office, EMPORIUM, PA. | CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, AN OP TO DATE SANTA CLAUS By SUSAN MROWN ROBSINS. PAUL FLKTCHKK was iu the drawing room waiting for Lid* to come Lidu lived with her brother, and every time ITletch er called to see her either the brother's wife or bis children were iu the room, so there was never s cbnnce te say anything to her alone At last, however, his opportuaity had i-ome. It was the day before Chctst* mas, and Mrs. Ssffond and the chttdreß bad gone to her mother's for several days. Now, with Lids left at home with the two servants and her brother not coming till evening, Fletcher could Bay to her those things be had besn long ing to say. but which he could not bring himself to write in a letter nor to declare before the assembled family. At length, after what seemed a very long waiting, some one was coming lie stood up and looked eagerly to ward the doorway. The portiere was thrust aside, and iu walked Teddy— Teddy, who, in Fletcher's opinion, w»s the worst pill in the whole box as far as staying power and keen observa tion were concerned. "Hello. Teddy." he said, oot very cordially. "I thought you had gone to sf»end Christmas with your grandma." "I didn't go." wild Teddy "Do you expect a visit from .Saute Claus tonight?" "Oh, I s'pose so," wearily. "I'd joet like to seo him, though!" His manner grew more animated. "Why, what would you do'f" "I'd tell him what I think of him." "And wbut is that?" "Ob, that I think he's s fraud! Pre tending he comes in a sleigh when the ground has been bare for a month! Arid reindeers too! Who does lie think Is going to believe that? Why doesn't he come on a bicycle?" "Hiu fur overcoat would be rather la the way," said Fletcher gravely. "Aud (ÜBTI CT.AEB STOOD BKFOBB HIM. b«'a pretty old, too, and maybe doe# not know bow to ride, and. besides, bow would be bring tbe presents?" "What's tbe use of presents, any way? I never have anything tbafs. any good." "I think yoa have tbe blues today," •aid Fletcher, and th o he did not •peak again, though Teddy tried te draw him out. He seamed to be in a brown study, and nothing roused him till lida came in, and even then be did not aay much and stayed only a abort time. It was in tbe evening that a card was brought to Teddy. On it was written "Santa Clans." Teddy's eyes sparkled. "Tell him to com* in," be •aid grandly. A moment later Slant* Claua stood be fere Mm, a tall, fur clad figure with flew lug bair and beard. Teddy sbeok hands and Introduced tbe guest to his aaat. "Did yea find it good sleighing?" Teddy asked. "And how are the rein leers r "I did Bet come oa runners, young SMB." said Santa Clans. "Perhaps you lid not kaow that there ts no siew oa th* grooad " -Bky«l*r asked Teddy. "Ho; I same la a motor carriage" "A motor carriage r* cried Teddy lo freduiousiy. Then he ran to the win dew and looked out. "It la. Aunt Lids," ho said excitedly, coming baok. "You can see It Just as plain out un der th* sleetrlc tight." "! did not bring you any preeents." said Santa Clans, "a* I heard you did aot ear* fer them, bat I would like to tak* you fer a tittle ride. If your aunt wtH ge to*. I oame early." glancing at th* otock. "so that I eaa get back ud attead to the boys and girl* who Ok* t* have presents." "Of course we wtil go." anld Teddy woMnttfiy "? hsve »er»r tuwrjinre " la s few aaomeflta Ibf ti.ri'e were oi> ikstfr way, w»il protected from the mid. *r*elns ate by an abundance u." F*T» aad wraps. There wu« no iw*>o, tuft aA*r the lighted streeta of the ioa-a were past th*> ntxiae ituwn i* thtum brighUy. l'*dd> W3£ Wt-ld Willi dHlgltf. and Ui* lattgae ran'on rapidly. At length tfceiv <rni+ eccasltmaJ jMti&eti. Thou longer aaes by disjointed remark*. ft»aU.v rhero was total silence. KleOh- UK bent over so that he could see ths <ind smiled i'tiey went on for a little iu silence. H'letcher was trying to compose hta «t ,H *ch. "I don't kuun hww to say l(." hi' burnt out desperate;.; m !i. "I keep forgetting how I look. ami 'if I any It the way I want u> it wIM he |rei ft»•<iy rtdirni" a» And yet I inr.st say It. f«»r ! nis»r tn« »r have anolhe Chauce," She was ;«olu«ig * l bim, her startled eyes dark and luwiiton* Iti the atar right. ">*e.riiaps you d»> eel need te sar it.' ♦he said gently. "Do yen rneau that ywi uuderstaud without i»ry telliwf few?" he a«»kefl\ eagerly "Ye*." she answered very low. Wfc nn therv reached the house Kletch | er fsoV Teddy IB hit) arm* and earrieil bin Is Ht laid him gently an tlt> nMJch it tile hail «Hd turned aws> I thinking the ebild still alepi. [ "1 t«a slop only a moment," Pleti-h ; «r said. "Is tl l*4e?" At that Inataat Tsdd.v sat bolt uj ' right, staring ahou: htm wildly II- 1 "aught sigh' «112 hfs father In an *tl ! joining room "Oh. pspal" he eried, his voice rifl# ! ing oot clear and shrill "Oh, papa. j Santa ('lairs to kinning Annt Lids!" - { Ronton Herald. THAT CHRISTMAS PIE. Confession of the Sinner Win. Doctored the Mincemeat. It had been our family custom to put brandy ill all the mime pies and t" j put lo at Christmas time a sufllcien amount t» enable the partakers thereof i to detect (bat there- was really some ibing iu it. It often went «t» far a* u deserve the ramark of my grandfather , that we put mince pie iu our tnauri \ With this aa the family precedent. > Imagine the < oasteroation when it w.-> I learned that ilet. Jeremiah Scrogglu.v <Mir new minister and an avowed ten > totaloj'. had accepted mother's iue 11 a - i tioa to Cbrtetmas dieaer. A vote was ! taken at the family i*Wi were a democratic household', and <\ was de j elded thai out o-f respe.t i« »Kit *,ue«i j the brandy won Id he omitted from the ' big mluce pie. Now. each of 8» iu his heart of hearts j felt that the pie would he improved II ' just a wee bit of brandy were added j 80 I, for one. resolved t« 'Jo tbe deed j Accordingly 1 sought out the hig stone j crock in which reposed the mince meat and poured iu what I thought was a moderate quantity of brandy. , It's wonderful how true is the udave ! about great minds ruiiuitii; in similar 1 channels, for every other member of j the family, including my father, sur- i reptitlously did the same thing. Later j we figured that the mincemeat musl I have been treated to nigh unto a quart Mother reserved her brandy until j Christmas day. when, before the pie j was baked, she added a generous j amount of the strong stuff. With h*>nrts as high as the flaky pie j crust we all watched mother j carve that pie and serve it. The Rev. Jeremiah Scroggius, be cause of an ex|H-es«ed fondness for pie, was given a big portion. No sooner had we tasted of the #ne dish than we discovered that that pie was nothing short of a small sized dis tiiiery. It was brandied as no other pie bad been since the birth of time. Tea eaa laaagiuo the cold chills which weat round th. t festal board as we | watched the Rev. Jeremiah begin to ■ eat I believe I actually shivered as ; the first forkful weat mouthward. The first mouthful was followed by a second aad the second by a third Finally be bad finished the whole por tien, aad he settled back Iu his ehstr. We saw he waa a bit embarrassed aud expected a re«J old fashioned temper ance lecture right then and there. The Rev. Jeremiah Hcroggtns cleared his throat, aud, turning to mother, ■aid: "Ah - er—my good sister, permit me te COB pllmeut you pon the etr ! eeileaee of this pie. it has a most delicious flavor. I confess 1 never tasted aaytblng like H. Would you (Mak me everbeld if I asked for an- ' etber ptaceT'—New Yerk Hall aed Kx press Bear Up SraoefvHy. Doa't take the teae that yon are "cut op" tt some one fee whom you . have aothiag give* yeu a present. The j thing is aot supposed to be a matter ! mi harsstalag. r»esarre a decent sew thin tf a Christmas spirit aad repay the eh%atts% aot by a tardy Inf gift, bet la now oth«r way at ■one etler tiase, if yea want te. A Cselmey. hfi—h—. a tftrlteaary asker e« Loa '4M, is ltttT-tsseed a weetr wUah gave the Mtewtag smaadeg aeeeaat ef the ertaio eT the werd "ceckaey"A otfrhaer. or eeekoy. applied only to eae hew wttMa the aoeed of the Bow heMe—that is. within the city of i»n dee— whiche terwe cams first out of the Mlswtsg tale: "A citleee's seaas. riding with bis father oet ef Lwedeo into five oounttv aad Msg a aoviee sad merely igno raat of hew oorce and catel do in ereaae, ashed whee he tteard a horse ■sigh what the herse did*. Ills fathc:- answerod. -The horse «sofhe neieh RVdteg farther, he henrd a «-o<-k > 10\s 1 and said. *J»othe the i'ock n<»ii;h hm>; Aad therefore vwekoey. or iHN'kueigh by (aversion thus: inewtna--J. e.. r« •> er eneipe hi c*mo»rey-uie*is aft'siM»* I IteHsn Brifsndsg* lo I">E. Oae seitin*,<r evenim-: in ihe 1 ro\ o * , 4 ! theater an iiupotient tio«vie rlenia'- dr j the drawl-nc uf the curtain pretinii-i.tr to the tlr*« an. Whct=. at !a*t 1? n :• j uprarnod I! i'essititosv and his r>r - j hand rK.'<Hi{m»il I !>» *taife. with u:o-:., , aimed at t!>e aftrightod audletn •• 11 1 hlef ntatml that he should levj .1 r>ec t»eji«*. which he then and then > le te»i i'he aatiK Hiade <>ff v.'itli t', • j n.-:vi t:tin- -lotcd.- l.ady I'rwKitu ■ ' "Kaasys." Christmas Presents iQK roii ] L* /JBRomw pjfcL .•— 11, 1 For 1 miaous of sentiment and eceu our.v it is often [/referable r» faehfrrD Christmas presents for brothers at home A few nuggeettous are give*i for nrtiHoe lUat c o n»fch*e the tbre« qualities 0/ aitrectirewss. narfuhic-c --and inespensiveneas. There ate lota of brothers who o* >i phonographs who will be happy Chris: mas mnrnlug if they tlnd that souv member of the family has made tt>c-i. a holder for phonograph disks. album is made slightly larger than a •qnare that would box u disk. In pages are of heavy curdboard, and around each page is folded a sheet of heavy paper with a circular openinc to the •■enter of each fold. This pro vides a porfcet on each aide of the pagt ta which e record disk can be kept. PHOStk'iRAl'H A&BUM Its dh(dp risible through a circular opening. !f the disks are kept in th« album in alphabetical order and tlic pages indexed the finding of any rec ord desired Is a matter of seconds, and the rink of breakage is eliminated Soldier Suit For Small Boys. Boys from His to twelve years of og« always love to play at soldiering, so why not make one of tlieni a sure enough rough rider suit in which tc indulge his warlike proclivities'.' There are patterns on the market, that rnakf such a suit a simple garment to manu facture. The material used is khaki wilh brown trimmings. The suit con sists of jacket and regulation lony trousers. The jacket has a number ol pockets with pointed overlaps. Tb< same pattern trimmed with red and yellow cotton strips cut up into fringt could easily bo transformed into an Indian suit, and with a feathered head dress the costume would be complete. Something Clever in Penknives. The question of a really attractive gift for a man is solved to some extent by a novelty in the way of a penknife. The new Idea is a silver knife of tb* finest quality, with an emblem worked out In colored French enamels Inserted in the vase. The insignia of his college society or his crest Is attractively wrought in col ors. making the tittle keepsake some thing i]\)lt« out of the usual run. IQ'tfts who are adept at making arts and crafts Jewelry would find no dl®euttT tn working the emblems into the stiver penknife. A Nsvelty In Leatfcer. One of tbe new leather triple oases for bills and all manner of menkorseda would be a flue Christmas present. The top case holds a thin, shallow watch which has a white surface and black lettering. It is large and dtatto and is readily seen and so thin tfcst it does not make a bulge tn the caw. Necktie HsWer. Necktie holders are not new tfel&as in the way of gifts, bat they hare the advantage of being useful and always sceep table. Two or three suck affaire are not too many for the collected ef ties the college boy or np to date nan has among his numerous belonging*. The neweet necktie holder that has been brought out for Christmas Is eeal ta shape and about a foet er uore In length It to made ef • steal piece of cardboard, which may be par chased already cot in tbe ebope er out by the maker of the offering, as d« sired.-., TUs ova) to coveted wMh a piece of grayish heavy eraeh which to smbretdsrad to sampler fas Moo in NBOXTIE UOI.OKIi odd old time colorings The woodeu frame from which the ties are hung is also to be bought and is fastened through the cardboard aud held In place with carpenter's nuts. To make the gift more porsoual the monogram of the recipient may he embroidered on the crash Full cold.- lire quickly Mired !ij FoleyV Honey Hud Tar, the izK'nt throat an<^ Lutcst Copuldr Music. Mis* ?inj Gould, teacher vf piauo tirtti ttuf rewefveti u fail liuo of Ihe lar «f nno n.ici#r popular »heei music. All lir. airs, PopaUur »cd c ta.il*- icdl mueio. Pric«» re**c>*«-hi«. Per Chappe* Skis | ('huj>pe«i akin wht»h«r <n» the 'band** or latf oinv bo ciu-t-d i* «tv» * : ght by apply inx'f humbwhii®'* It ia ah» uiieqn*k<J t'«j* »r« oJWra, turw aa4 *oaiiin V'jt tu'fi \iy S C. t eg^art. B SHAW'S j JBL MALT. T«nfc aod Beverage" > real malt BOTTUD BY distillers. jQjjpPgj LEADING DEALERS REDUCTION SALE I' 10 qt Berry Pails IOC. 24ft Folding Clothes Bars 15c-. .Screen Door* qoe. Select Brooms 25c. ; 20 galvanized Wash Tubs 75c 22 44 41 80c 34 41 41 gcc Mantles all kinds andlprices. Plumbing, Tinning and Heating. DININNY, BURNSIDE&Go Broad St, Emporium, Pa. ! IJiii. J. Lallar Furniture Tabourettes. The Set toSet Before You Ib[ waiting for you in thenhaji* of a nice eet of crockery. We are now showing a splendid stocfc of good sonnd Crockery, every single'piece warranted free from fault or blemish. The finest as sortment in the county at rn»<- sonable'pricev. I i I llnde. taking Geo. J. LiilSiir
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