ESTABLISHED, 1866. Cameron County Press HENRY IT. 9IVLLIN, Milltoraiid Proprietor ORYILLK PROUDFOOT, Assistant and Manager RAYMOND KLEES, Assistant Foreman. W. SCOTT HTEBNKR, Assistant Local Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Mrs. B. F. Jones' Gift. AH an expression of her interest in the State's work for the tuberculous poor, Mrs. B. F. Jones, widow of the Pittsburgh steel manufacturer, lias of fered Health Commissioner Dixon her magnificent cottage and grounds at Oresson. It lies close by the tract of land given the Commonwealth by Andred Carnegie for the Western Sanatorium for tuberculosis. The cottage which is said to have originally cost about £IB,OOO, is large enough to accommodate at least 20 tuberculous patients and no time will be lost in getting it ready for such oc cupancy. As the cottage is in good re pair this will not take long so that the benefits of the high altitude and heal thy climate of Cresson will soon be en joyed by a number of poor suffereis. In the meantime the Sanatorium build ings on the Carnegie tract will be rapidly pushed forward. The lot on which the 21 story Jones' cottage stands is about 100 ft. front and 150 ft. deep. There aro in all thirteen bed-rooms in the building most of them large and comfortable, with big bay-windows into which the sun may pour its healing rays. Wide porches almost surround the cottage. Here the patients may sit in their rest chairs enjoying the puro monntaig air and having a view of a surrounding country whose scenic beauty is unsur passed. Mrs. Jones' gift to the Common wealth, like that of Mr. Carnegie, is particularly gratifying in that it shows the complete confidence that exists in the State's campaign against tubercu losis. Friendly Society. The Union Friendly Society were very pleasantly entertained last Thurs day evening, by Mr. C'has. H. Felt at his home on West Fourth Street. Mr. Felt was assisted in entertaining by Mesdames Grant S. Allen and Helen Metzger. After the business oi the the society was disposed of, the re mainder of the evening was turned over for a general good time. During the course of the evening three con tests were tried in which Misses Myr tle Gregory, Ktiby lleideck and Alma Hertig were successful. The Society are planning a progressive lawn party to take place during the month of June. The next regular meeting of the Society will be held at the home of Miss Anna Welsh, on West Fifth St., Thursday evening, May 19th. Every family and especially those who reside in the country should be provided at all times with a bottle of Chamber lain's Liniment. There is no telling when it may be wanted in case of acci dent or emergency. It is most -excellent in all cases of rheumatism, sprains and bruises. Sold by all dealers. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab brts assist nature in driving all impuri ties out of the system, insuring a free and regular condition and restoring the or gans of the body to health and strength. Sold by all dealers. Do you want a real good liver pill, the best made—be sure to get DeWitt's Little Early Risers. They are safe, sure and easy to take. Wherever a salve is needed, DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Ha zel Salve is the best. DeWitt's Carboliz ed Witch Hazel Salve is the original— there are many imitations, so be sure that you get what yeu ask for. It is good for cuts, burns, bruises, scratches, but it is especially good for piles. Sold by all Druggists. Plants for Sale. Cabbage and Tomato Plants. Beet early standard varieties, grown from Burpee's Seeds. By the dozen or hun dred. Apply or drop a card to Jos. E. Eastwood, Climax Farm, Emporium, Pa. nlOtf Contractor. The undersigned is prepared to con tract for all kinds of brick, stone, con crete and mason work. Having given ten years to the work prior to coming to Emporium, am prepared to give satisfaction.! Give me a call. 7-tf. W. H. FLINT. Pasture For Rent. Pasture large enough for several head of cattle, in Plank Road Hollow. Apply to John Rutz. 11-lt For Sale. Cyphers Incubator and Brooder, new, for sale cheap, or will take hay rake or wagon towards payment. It can be seen at F. D. Leet's store. Ready for Contracts. lam now ready to contract for car penter work, either by job or day Good workmen and reasonable price. Give me a trial. My carpenter shop, on West Fifth street is fitted to handle all repair work. Furniture repaired. Estimates furnished. 10-tf. A. H. PANTING. Big Day At Ridgway. The big celebration sit Ridgway on Tuesday under the auspicas of Mc- i Kean-Elk Association was a very great success. The st.ieets wore early thronged with Odd Fellows, seven bands of music and thousands of visi tors. At least two thousand members were in line. While the great fire on Saturday, destroying a large number of business blocks, residences and fac- ' tories cast a gloom over the capitol city of Elk, its citizens vied, one with the other, to make the day one long to be remembered. During the evening Ridgway and Bradford Degree Teams conferred the initiatory and first degrees in a very able as well as pleasant manner, at the opera house, to a large number of the Mystic Chain members. The work of both Ridgway anc Bradford Teams were great, but the beautiful first de gree as exemplified by Tuna Valley Lodge we bi lievo cannot be excelled. We only wish every Cameron County Odd Fellow could have witnessed it. Chas E. Crandell, Geo. A. Walker, W. L. Carter, Jacob Troup and ye editor were the only Emporium mem ber.? present, but we were all glad we were there. Ridgway may well be proud of their successful anniversary celebration. * Wen-viewed the scene of the great coi flayratioa JS.i urriay, that destroyed ne Tly half a million dollars worth of property. While the loss falls heavy on many, in the not far future Ridg way will be glad of it and wish the demon might have gone a little far ther. The Borough Council, like Em porium, has now framed an ordinance establishing a fire limit, thereby for bidding the erection of other than brick, cement or stone structures. Another Cameron county boy has "made good." B. E. Smith, formerly of Sterling Run, who is manager of the great department store of Hall, Kaul and Hyde, one of the greatest enter prises in Ridgway has made a wonder fnl change for good in this great store. His management, we are told, has rapidly increased the firm's business and certainly the beau tifully arranged establishment again proves that the country lads make the most successful promoters of huge en terprises. * * * Ridgway is a beautiful city and con tains many handsome business blocks, scores of beautiful residences, great wealth and an enrerprising class of citizens. They evidently do not be lieve in piling up wealth without boost ing the town. Its handsome churches, hospital, residences, opera house, Y. M. C. A. Block, substantially built indus tries, plainly tells the class of men placed at the helm of industry and progress. Other towns can learn something, we think, by following the example of Kidgway's live business men. 11. H. M. Testing Our Soils. I WASHINGTON, D. C., APRIL 25, 1!)10. The report on the soil survey of Northwestern Pennsylvania has just been issued by the Bureau of Soils, U. S. Department of Agriculture, and is now ready for distribution. This work was undertaken in 1908 and was in charge of Messrs. Henry J. Wilder and Gustavus B. Maynadier, of the Bureau of Soils, assisted by Mr. Charles F. Shaw, of the Pennsylvania State Col lege Agricultural Experiment Station. This soil survey is the first step to wards taking stock of the possibilities of the soils and agriculture of the great Appalachian mountaion and plateau region, which is so typically represent ed in the State of Pennsylvania that this section was selected for the pion eer work. Ihe results of the soil sur. vey have brought out the features of the topography, of soil distribution, and of agricultural development, which have been briefly set forth in the reprt. The report also includes a statement of the climatic conditions to be found in the region, a discussion of the various adaptations of the different soils described to different crops, and a brief summary of the methods by which agricultural efficiency may be increased and agricultural values im proved in the section covered. The work thus begun in 1908 was continued in the field season of 1909 by a similar reconnoiosanee soil survey of the southwestern counties of Penn sylvania, and the report upon the later work is iu process of preparation for publication. The colored maps which accompany these reports give an ac curate presentation on the scale of four miles to the Inch of all of the major facts of geography, classification and location of soils, and of transpor tation facilities for the region covered. These reports are prepared by the Department of Agriculture for the in formation of all citizens of the United States, and copies may be secured by writing to the Bureau ol Soils, Wash ington, D. C., simply requesting that a copy be sent to interested persons. Diarhoea should be cured without loss of time by medicines which like Cham berlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy not only cures promptly but produces no unpleasant after effects. It never fails and is pleasant and sate to take. Sold by all dealers. CAMKKON COUNTY PR KSS, THURSDA V, APRIL 28, rqio. The Monroe County, N. Y., Elec tion. The result of the Congressional elec tion in Monroe county, New York, ad mits of a merely personal explanation. In of the advantages which he derived from his control of the Repub lican organization in the county, Geo. W. Aldridge, who was defeated by a plurality of nearly six thousand voles in a district which ordinarily gives large Republican majorities, was about the weakest candidate who could have been placed in nomination, says the Philadelphia Erquirer. He was the recognized representative of an ele ment in the politics of New York against which the sentiment of the State in at this lime in hot revolt. He had openly disparaged arid opposed the methods and policies of which Governor Hughes is the popular and influential and successful advocate, 11 ud lie had been smirched by the dis closures of legislatures crookedness and official corruption which have lately shocked the moral sense of an aroused and indig nant community. It was testified 111 the course of a recent investigation that he had received money for an un disclosed purpose from the lobbying agent of the tire insurance companies and after he had confessed having done so it was not expected that the voters to whom he appealed would be reassured and propitiated by his asser tion that no dollar of it had gone into his own pocket, but that it had all been paid into the party treasury. Rightly or wrongly he was identi fied with the indefensible system un der which such practices prevailed as the people are now determined to sup press an when he announced his can didacy for election to the House of Representatives from the thirty-second New York district. It was felt that his case was that of one whom the gods wishing to destroy first make mad. Trusting, 110 doubt, to the effi ciency of the organization of which he is the head and to the normal magni tude of the Republican majority in the district, he deliberately undertook to defy the lightning that was playing all around him and it is no occa sion for surj rise that he has now fallen beneath the stroke which he so reck lessly invited. Whatever may be his character and abilities, however great may be the resources at his command, 110 man can run counter to the pro dominant trend of public feeling, can place himself on the unpopular side of a moral issue, without exposing him self to certain and condign disaster, and the mere fact that Aldridge was defeated by a decline of 14,048 in the Republican vote and an increase of 1750 in the Democratic vote as com pared with the figures for 1908, would not in itself possess any more tiian a local and personal significance. If that were all it would not be ne cessary togo far afield honestly and in telligently to account for what has happened. It is, however, impossible not to associate this Rochester elec tion with other elections which have taken place within the past year at which the Republicans have suffered similarly serious reverses, and nothing is to be gained by affecting to ignore or seeking to belittle the unfavorable interpretation to which from this point of view the Rochester incident is sus ceptible. It must be construed as an other indication that for various rea sons a large number of peoplo are dis satisfied with existing conditions and that, as always happens under similar circumstances, they are inclined to visit their displeasure on the party in power and to hold it responsible for everything in the situation that dis pleases them. That is what occurs in the same case the world over and there is nothing for the Republicans to do but to keep right on fulfilling to the best of their ability the pledges em bodied in the platform 011 which they carried the country at the last general election. Political reactions take place from time to time in the natural course of events with little or without any re gard for the deservings of the party against which they are directed. One is about due now, and if it is on the road there is nothing in the power of mortals to achieve that would serve to stay its course. It is easy to assign this and the other reason for the dis satisfaction that prevails. We are told that the chief trouble is with the tariff. Well, the tariff is as good a tariff as ever was framed. It has proved a splendid revenue producer, and under its protection the manufacturing in dustries of the country are enjoying a full measure of prosperity. There is nothing the matter with the tariff, nothing for which Republicans have the least occasion to apologise, but the truth is that there comes a time when the community grows discontented. It has permitted itself to entertain ex pectations impracticable to realize when it feels like complaining it is never at a loss for something to complain about. If it had'nt been the tariff it would have been something else and what ever the tariff might have been it would have been the same thing. As for the increase in the cost of liv ing, which is unquestionably at the bottom of much of the restlessness which the election returns exhibit, the Republican party has no more to do with that than the man in the moon, and it can do no more than that my thical personage to keep prices down. These rise and fall in conformity with the law of supply and demand and all the attempts made throughout the ages to control them by legislation have utterly failed. But people when they are incensed must have some thing to kick and the party in power is always the first thing handy. How matters are to be helped by sending Democrats to Congress it might puzzle those who vote that way to explaiD, but that is beside the point, for it is a condition, not a theory, that confronts us. There are times when it is of no more use reasoning with the electrate than it is to argue with an angry wo man, and this appears to be one of those occasions; but as the ancient philosopher remarked. This, too, will pass. There is no cough medicine so popular as Foley's Honey and Tar. It never fails to cure coughs, colds, croup and bronchitis. Sold by The Emporium Drug Compauy. Scientific Farming. Continuing its efforts to stimulate i interest in scientific farming, thePenn syivania R. R., has just issued a pampb ! letentitled "The Pennsylvania Railroad I and The Farmer." This booklet tells 1 of the various things the railroad is 1 doing to create traffic by co-operating ; with the farmer. The Pennsylvania Railroad began its agricultural campaign three years ago : when it operated its firs? agricultural I train. Since that time it has run edu cational trains and steamboats on I practically all its lines. It has dis tributed farming literature, establish • ed experimental farms, and uudertak \ en the education of its agents along agricultural lines. The pamphlet which the Pennsyl vania has just issued, in summing up : the work the Company is doing, has I the following conclusions: "What does it all mean to the Rail -1 road? It means there will be more | fertilizers to haul, more farm imple ments, more raw material from which | these tools are made, more crops to | haul, and more passengers to carry; it | means that the Railroad will be doing j its duty to the public, to its stockhol | ders in the intelligent exercise of its initiative, and, when reduced to a final i I ity, that the Railroad is performing its ; share of the work which must be done {by the newly-formed partnership, j Railroad and Farmer, if agricultural | communities are to progress and pros j per." Popular Magazine. The May issue of the COLUMBIAN i MAGAZINE opens with a very complete ; review of present conditions at Pana- I ma by Gerald Mygatt, special corres ! pondent of the COLUMBIAN, sent to I Panama to get the exact truth in re j gard to the canal. Mr. Mygatt's ar i ticle, which is fully illustrated, has ! never been equalled in its thorough ! grasp of the subject, and its abundant j evidence that the Canal is worth all ' that it is costing the Americau people, that it is rapidly progressing toward I completion, and that, when complete, 1 it will fulfill the most optimistic ex | pectations as to its utility and its ab solute security from destruction or : serious impairment in war or from I natural causes. Every American who j feels a patriotic pride In that great ! American undertaking should read | Mr. Mygatt's admirable pen-picture of j the Panama Canal. In view of the i meeting of the Farmer's Union in May | the article by Senator McCumber, of \ North Dakota, "West Warns East," in May COLAMBIAN, is worthy of careful reading and study. It presents the j contrast between the city worker and j the farmer in a vivid and interesting, and, it may be also said, a novel light. Under the heading, "World's Greatest Philanthrophy," the regarding the Rockefeller Foundation, so far as known, are given, with portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Rockefeller, Jr., also of the General Education Board. Madame Nordica discusses with almost fiery logic the wrongs of her sex. Albert Ellery Bergh has a timely and attract ive article, copiously illustrated, 011 the Actors' Fund Fair. Mr. Frank Farrell, president of the American League Club, writes interestingly un der the heading "Play Ball,', about the game he so well understands, and Henry Ellsworth, the noted authority on Oberammergau, has another of hiß profusely illustrated and original artic les 011 "Passion Play," and the people of the quaint Bavarian Village in which this mediaeval performance is presented every tenth year—May 11 being the date of the first, performance this year, continuity through June, July, August and September. "A Woman's Way," and"The Yellow Crayon," serials by Sommerville and Oppenheim, respectively; early sum mer fashions, short stories, bright, hu morous, and pathetic, original and snappy book criticisms by Davenport, seasonable and charming verse, and editorials on up-to-date topics, com plete the May COLUMBIAN. The Delineator For May. An article of vital interest to every woman is "The Day of the Woman," by Prof. Charles Zueblin, in the DE LINEATOR for May. It goes to the bot tom of the phase of life which sends a woman into the commercial world, and advances some new ideas that are worth turning over many times. "The New Housekeeping," after pointing out that many of the present-day wife's cooking utensils were used in prehistoric ages, outlines all that is new in the kitchen. "The Widow of an American Diplomatist" goes to Rome in this issue with her bright charm and way of seeing things. Ru pert Hughes has a splendid article on "What everybody Ought to Know About Music." The fiction is by An nie Hamilton Donnell, Kate Jordan, Mary Stewart Cutting and .Theodosin Garreson, which is enough to be Baid for any magazine. The three fashion authorities, Clara Simcox, Edouard La Fontaine and Helen Berkeley-Lloyft, outline the very latest in the world ruled by Dame Fashion. The DELI NEATOR. for May is both entertaining helpful. For Sale. Full-blooded Rhode Island Red Eggs. Setting, 14 eggs, 76e. F. V. HEILMAN j Surprising Facts About the Pat ent Medicine Business. "The Fourth Estate" has been warn ing publishers about the risk in allow ing credit to new medicine concerns. It in said that there have been only one or two of the thousands of new pro prietory medicine houses have made any considerable money that have started the p.is. twenty jeais and only u very fow more that have met with ev«-n moderate success. It is the gen eral impression that the business is inunuii! iy profitable while the facts are that there is a larger percentage of failures than in any other line. The new concerns usually start with lots of confidence in the merit of their goods and advertising but soon exhaust their capital leaving dealers who have stock ed iheir medicines with unsalable goods 011 their shelves. It is the ex perience of many publishers that have accepted this new business that they have been compelled to charge off' their bills to profit and loss. There are many old and reliable medicine houses that continue to do a good or increasing business from year to year but the new ones are finding it more and more difficult to become es tablished.—Des Moines Capital. The Long Suit of Mail Order Houses. A civil action brought against Sears, Roebuck & Co., the Chicago mail-order house, by a Western nanufacturer of gasolene engines, yields a vivid glimpse into the characteristic mail order methods. Among other things which Sears, Roebuch & Co. -.11 "at wholesale pri ces" is a well-known inaku of station ary engine. The manufacturer of these engine* sued ihe concern be cause it insisted upon HMing them at a higher horse power than they really were. The 21 horse power engine they would list as 3, and a 4-horse pow er as 5. The motive was that by this fraud an extra profit off 15 to§2ocould be secured on each engine. Added to this accusation was another that Sears, Roebuck & Co. had tried to persuade the manufacturer himself to do the same thing. Thus mis-represented, the engines did not make good and their reputa tion suffered. The manufacturer sued and got §IO,OOO damages. Sears, Roe buck & Co. got a new trial, but 011 the second trial the verdict was §13,750. Again thoy obtained a re-trial and now the case is to have a third hearing. Let us all hope the recovery this time will be §20,000! Tho average mail-order house lives by exaggerations and misrepresenta tions. Force it to tell the truth about its goods and in one year it will be out of business. For Dyspepsia You Risk Nothing By Trying This Remedy. We want everyone troubled with in digestion and dyspepsia to come to our store and obtain a box of Rexall Dy spepsia Tablets. They contain Bis muth-Subnitrate and Pepsin prepared by a process which develops their greatest power to overcome digestive disturbance. Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets are very pleasant to take. They soothe the ir ritable, weak stomach, strengthen and invigorate the digestive organs, relieve nausea and indigestion, promote nu trition and bring about a feeling of comfort. If you give Rexall Dyspepsia Tab lets a reasonable trial we will return your money if you are not satisfied with r>-suit. Three sizes, 25 cents, 50 cents and §I.OO. Remember you can obtain Rexall Remedies in Em porium only at our store—The Em porium Drug Store. Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure any case of Kidney and bladder trouble not beyond the reach of medicine. No medi cine cab do more. Sold by the Em porium Drug Co. S Home of Hart, Shaffner & Marx Clothes | Jasper Harris, if The People's Clothing House Office, EMPORIUM, PA. It's Your Kidneys. Don't nistake The Cause of Your Troubles. An Emporium Citizen Shows how to Cure Them. Many people never suspect their kid neys. If suffering from a lame, weak or aching back, tliey think that it is only a muscular weakness; And so it is with all the other symptoms of kidney disorders. That is just where the danger lies. You u.ust cure these troubles or they may : lead to diabetes r Bright's disease. The | best remc.y to use is Doan's Kidney fills. It cures all ills which are caused by weak or diseased kidneys. Emporium people tes i' in permanent cures.