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stood up and acknowledged the corn. Il
was plain that Ananias wasn't knee
high to the people. The lasttman.was
Moses Hastings. AS he had lost most OF
his front teeth when a young man. we
didn't consider him much of a liar, and
his admissions astonished us. Accord
in to his own story he hadn't spoken
the truth but once in 16 years, and that
was pure accident. His story ended
in flood of tears. and the strangers
voice was broken as he sought to com
fort him. Bimeby the man said:
"One of you 30 reformed liars will
sartinly git the place, and shall trooly
congratulate him. amt so per-
tikler myself, but Uncle Sam wants TO
git things down purity fine. shall
therefore ak We all to sign this paper,
1t is paper which says that each and
everyone of We has dun lynn enough to
sink AN -island.s but that ye. promiseAo
stick to the trooth from now ON
One after another the ex-liars walked
up and signed that paper with one
hand and brushed away the tears with
the other. and SO the meetin' broke up.
The stranger said we should hear from
j
to be no lynn. 1t was awful ha I'd work
to stick to the truth. and in one month
real estate dropped almost half. Then
one day a man with patent churn
cum along. and he had that paper
we had signed. and he said the
stranger had put up job on us.
He was from Keyport. and be wanted to
stop us from lynn 50 his crowd could
git ahead Of US and boom their town
The churn man said that paper was
wuth a hundred dollars to him and ".
jest bad to git up a public purse and
buy 1t at his price. We had .hin
thrown down by designin villain.
sum rev OF the crowd got over it in
time and went to lynn agin, and sum
took to their beds and died. and 80.
altogether. it set Squan Creek back fr-
81 years. and she hasn't recovered frou
the blow yit.
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A REMINISCENCE.
Man Who Was on the Steamer Ara hin
IS which Sank FOrty-One Year. Ago.

hin
Which Sank FOrty-One Years Ago.
Abel ID. Kirk. OF this city, was a pas
senger OF the steamboat Arabia when
The Inflated vessel went down in the
Missouri river, near Parkville. in Au-
gust. 1856. The boat has recently been
located. and a company is a, work now
making preparation to raise the cargo
of whisky with which it was loaded
when it went down.
II had just been married near Peoria.
ILL.," said MIR. Kirk, land was on nv
way to Nebraska with my bride. We
embarked on the boat at St. Louis and
had been on the water about ten days.
The boat was heavily loaded with
freight and did not have a large num-
Der of passengers. There were Is or
80 women and children aboard, many
of them on their way to Omaha to join
their husbands. who had gone there to
find employment.
The boat struck q snag one even
ing while many of the passengers were
At supper. We felt the shock, and at
once the cry went up that the boat
was sinking. There was wild scene
Ou Oodt "Cut uOWu
the water came over the deck, and then
it creeled over on one side. In short
time it turned on the other side. The
chairs and stools tumbled about, and
many of the children nearly Tell into
the water. Several of the men on board
seized the Iife-boat and started for the
shore. but they came back. and the
WOMEN and children were put into the
boat. They called for small man to
go with the boat. and got aboard. The
river bank at this point where we land
ed had been caving off. and was very
steep. / climbed out and pulled the
women ashore.
blacks and wagons came down from
Parkville and took us to the hotel there
that night. Many of the trunks and va
Uses were taken of the boat and
stacked up in the woods near the river.
That night they were broken open by
thieves and all the valuables were taken
out.
1--WE were taken on by the steamboat
james 4. Lucas. and when we went
aboard the next day all that could be
seen of the Arabia was the top of the
pilot house. That sank out of sight in
a short time. and the boat has been
covered with sand these many years"
st. Joseph (Mo.) News.
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81 sartinly do. jason White kin
beat me, cause he wen. to school seven
days longer than l did. but he's the
only critter l can't lie right outer his
butes in half sn hour. Why. sab. if
kin git that place. Ill turn up and be-
cum the biggest. slickest. all-tredest
liar in the known world!"
LAS 1 was sayin'. yer lynn is agin
ye," says the stranger. IL love liar
myself, but Uncle Sam amt built tina:
way. The keeper of lighthouse must
be a truth-teller. That would be the
very fust thing demanded of him.
did hope to find man in Squan Creek
fur the place, because it's to be q
mighty nice position. but bein' ye ar
all liars, guess I'll have to recommend
somebody from Brigantine."
That was hard blow to Abraham
Benson, who had allus wanted to boss
q lighthouse. and after thinkin' things
over a few minutes. he says:
1--WE got my mind sot on that place,
and I'll do most anythin' to git it. I'll
even stop lynn if ye'll promise me that
job"
kin We do it?" asks the stranger.
81 know l kin. Mebbe it will bring
On chills and fever. and put me in bed
fur a month or so. but I'll quit or die
tryin'."
The stranger thought it over fur
awhile. and then told Abraham to circu-
late around among the liars and give
out the news about the new light house.
If 20 of the biggest liars in Squan
Creek would agree to confess TO their
lynn and then stop it forever. he would
make his choice from among EN- That
AFTERNOON was full of excitement. The
news got all over town. and II was a
hard thing fur the liars to know jest
what to do. 1t was finally decided.
however. to take the stranger at his
word. After supper was all over about
30 of the awfuilest liars of Squan
Creek goes up to the hotel in body.
and Abraham Benson acts as spoKes-
man. ind says they have decided to
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How 1t Felt.

A worthy old gentleman who had
never wandered far from his native
township before, went to Boston one
day in response to an invitation to visit
Il relative. The Bostonian, in showing
his friend about town, took him to the
top of tall Office building. They took
look at the marvellous landscape
spread out before them and prepared to
descend. They entered the elevator. 1t
began its swift journey downward.
Don't be frightened. Uncle Silas," said
the younger man. as his visitor grasped
his arm. shut his eyes. and held On for
life. There is no danger" II wasn't
afraid. George" gasped Uncle Silas.
after they had stepped out of the ele-
vator. "but IL left my stomach up
there!"-Youth's Companion.
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Zone of the Famous Old Roads Of America)
the lack of practical knowledge of the
civil engineers and the lack of theoret-
ical knowledge of the highway super
visors.
''But, even with this school of men.
who have been educated to build the
roads. there have not been enough to
go around in all the localities where
good roads are needed, and where there
is money to build them. A man who
thoroughly understands road construc-
ton to-day may easily get position.
What is needed is the educated man.
who not only knows how to build a cost
ly, ideal road, but one who can econom-
ically construct an eight-foot country
road-a man who knows both the the
oreticaf and practical end of road con-
struction. This is the style of grad
uate which the Rhode Island institu-
ton aims to turn. out. At the
end of the course, they will have grad
nated Il man who can plan the highway.
draw the contracts. and who is able
to run the machinery TO build the road;
man who knows the business from
the hoe handle to the tripod. from SHOW
cling coal under the boiler of the steam
roller to drawing the plans-a road en-
gineer.
There are number of openings
which a practical road-builder nay fill
He may become a road expert for the
United States government. BY passing
the civil service examinations of the
road division. department of agricul-
ture. he will be put on the list of eligi-
bles, and as soon rs a vacancy occurs
will receive an appointment from the
government. Then. the builders of.road
machinery have a constant call for
men to set up their plants in the various
towns and cities which are constantly
acquiring such equipment. They have
to send with the machinery men who
know all about operating it. AS rule.
the men they send out are shop hands.
and beyond the rule-of-thumb expert
ence with these identical machines.
they know but little. The builders say
there is n constant demand for road
builders with these plants. and that
they consider that this is a good field
for young men
"But the largest field for men edu.
Gated as road-builders will probably
be found as highway superintendent
a-among~theiva various counties and towns
There are few first-class men in this line
and, with the spread of the good roads
move ment. the demand for such experts
Is grsswing."
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MOST TREMENDOUS CANYON.
First Impressions of the Grand Can.
yOn of the Colorado.

First Impressions of the Grand Can.
yOn of the Colorado.
1t is abruptly countersunk in the for
est plateau SO that you see nothing OF
it until you are suddenly stopped on its
brink, with its unreasonable wealth of
divineIy colored and sculptured build
ings before you aud beneath you. No
matter how far you may have wandered
hitherto, or how many famous gorges
and valleys you have seen, this one, the
Grand Canyon of the Colorado, will
seem as novel to you, as unearthly in
the color and grandeur and quantity
of its architecture, as if you had found
it after death on some other star; so in
comparably lovely and grand and SUI
preme is it above all the other delightful
canyons in our fire-mo!ded, earthquake
shaken, rain-washed, wave-washed,
river and glacier sculptured world. 1t
is about 5000 feet deep where you first
see it, and from rim to rim ten to fifteen
miles wide. And instead of being de-
pendent for interest on waterfalls,
depth, wall sculpture. and beauty OF
park-like floor. like most other great
canyons, no waterfalls are in sight, and
no appreciable floor space. The big
river has just room enough to flow and
roar obscurely, here and there cropping
its way as best it can like weary,
murmuring, overladen traveller trying
to escape from the tremendous bewil-
dering labyrinthic abyss, while its roar
nerves only to mellow and deepen the
silence. Instead Of being filed only
with air, the vast space between the
walls is crowded with natures grandest
hui.dings-a sublime city of them
painted in every color of the rainbow,
and adorned with richly fretted cor
nice and battlement spire and tower
in endless variety of style and archi.
lecture. Every architectural invention
of man has been anticipated and far
more in this grandest of Gods terres.
trial cities.-John Muir. in Atlantic.
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AMERICAN BEET SUGAR.
In a Few Years Its Production VIII
Be Great Industry.

a
BE a Great Industry.
In America about one-fourth of al
The sugar produced throughout the
world is consumed; four-fifths of this
amount is imported at an annual cost
of $135. 100000. In 1880 two-thirds OF
The sugar used came from sugar-cane
and one-third from beet roots; in 1897
the proportions are exactly reversed:
yet while France, Germany and Austris
have been developing their beet-sugal
industries until they practically control
the trade all over the world, the United
States, having far richer beet-sugal
lands, boasts an annual output of only
about 10000 tons.
Within the past few years the depart.
ment of agriculture has carried on an
exhaustive series of experiments over
different parts of the country suita bic
for the growth of the sugar beet. These
experiments have conclusiveIy demon.
s,rated that this important staple can
be grown III profitable quantities and
of the highest grade over considerable
area of the United States. There is, iu
fact. nothing to prevent this country
from becoming the largest beet-sugar-
producing land in the world. With the
same encouragement France has given
TO the industry. America might have
700 factories instead of seven. which is
now her limit.
1t has been estimated that it would
require from 1000, 900 to 1880 900 acres
devoted to beet-culture to produce the
sugar necessary for home consumption
This would mean an addition to the
agricultural income of the country of
$50, 100000 or seo,oOO,OOO year. with as
much more for labor and supplies
Demorest's Magazine
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Wood A.he. for Orchards.
Activity I'm North Carolina.

At the road congress, lately he'd in
Raleigh, n. c., a committee of IS was
appointed 40 act with the North Caro-
Ina Good Roads league in considering
the revision of existing road laws, and
in urging the next general assembly to
adopt such legislation as will provide
for the employment in public road'im-
proyements of all able-bodied male con-
victs whose term of sentence does not
exceed ten years"
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STARTING PLANTS.
suggestions for Those Who Wish to
Have Early Vegetables.

Every winter in thousands of homes
the gardening operations of spring are
by starting plants in boxes
in the kitchen windows. The condi-
lions are admirable for this purpose.
so far as the day is concerned, for then
there are sunshine, the heat from the
kitchen stove and a moist atmosphere
from the cooking operations. But the
tender little plants suffer at night. and
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Increa.ins Abroad.

Suicide is alarmipgly on the increase
in France and noticeably increasing in
England. The law of England consid-
ers an attempt to commit suicide fell
ony.-Chicago Times-Herald.
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The Cold Shake.

Daisy-So you left Charley to his fate
when you found he couldn't skate?
Mazie-Yes; let him slide.-Town
Topics.
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Dairy Stables. In winter.

Darirymen are as class too careless
about the cleanliness of their stables
and COW sheds. Among disinfectants
there are two classes. one for germs that
live and are transported in the air, the
others for earth-breeding germs. For
the air germs there is nothing so good
as fresh air and direct sunlight. For
infected floors or walls liquids are rec
commended. Chloride of lime. one pound
to five gallons Of water, is best applied
with common spraying pump and
should be showered freely over every
part of the ceiling. walls. stalls and floor
of the stable. After the walls and cell
ing are dry. a good coat of whitewash
should be applied to them. the white
wash being made up with chloride of
lime solution.
Wood Ashes for Orchards.
1t is because of the potash they con-
tain that wood ashes are so beneficial to
fruit trees. Farmyard manure contains
certain amount of potash. but the
nitrogen it also contains is apt to cause
too great growth. 1t contains too
great a proportion of nitrogen to pot
ash. hence wood ashes come in well to
supply this deficiency. Every farmer
should save his hardwood ashes in a
dry place. so that they will be in the
best condition to apply to the land
in the spring.--Dakota Field and Farm
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Selact the best cows in your herd or
that you can buy, to keep, and dispose
of TIE others.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-09-08

Ed. Ingersoll, of Straights, Pa, is
visiting friends in town.
John Judd spent Sunday and Mon
day with Williamsport friends.
Mrs. Jennie Powell, of Buffalo, is
the guest of Mrs. Rose Poorman.
Otto Nellis attended the funeral of
Ward Coulter, at Gardeau, yesterday.
Miss Name Keller, of Austin, is guest
of w. NJ. Taylor and wife, on Broad
street.
Miss Agnes Wade, of Sterling Run,
is guest of her sister, Mrs. Welsh, on
Walnut street.
Mrs. Thos. Pelkey accompanied her
son James Lysett on a visit to Roches-
ter friends this week
Mrs. Oscar Heath, nee Rose Chad
wick, of Sinnemahoning is visiting
her father in the valley.
We were pleased to see Mrs. Mark
Wright has returned from Buffalo
hospital, greatly improved in health.
Lewis Dininny came down from
Buffalo on Wednesday, to attend the
funeral of his nephew, Robt. Coulter's
son.
E. E. Swartwood, of Shippen, has
accepted the position of manager of
Chas. Fry's livery and sales stables at
this place.
Urban Butler and wife, also daughter
Miss Sydna and son Joseph left this
morning on a three months visit to
their old home in Canada. Mrs. John
Fridette accompanied them as far as
her home.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-09-08
ALL AROUND THE COUNTY.
Sterling Run.

Mrs. O. B. Tanner and Mrs. G. w.
Williams are spending few days with
friends in Lock Haven.
Sam'l Ebersole, Frank Wade and Ed.
Berry started overland for Michigan,
via of Toronto, Monday evening.
Mrs. w. P. Herrick returned on
Tuesday morning from visiting her
daughter, Mrs. J. L. Wright at Erie.
j. R. Frank has again removed from
Cameron to this place, the saw mill
business being about finished there.
Our schools opened on Monday with
D. B. Peterson, Principal of Grammar
school, Genevieve Frank, intermediate
grade.
Henry Hill, of Grove Hill, met with
a serious accident last Friday. While
working for B. V. Wykoff on Grove
Run, slipped from log, losing his
balance, fell on an axe cutting his left
hand so that the little finger had to be
amputated by Dr. Smith at this place,
the same day.
Labor day was not observed here as a
holiday, our people hardly know when
Sunday comes. The principle features
we observed here during the day was
A. w. Mason driving Pat to the bark
team, B. E. Smith with Cornell to the
delivery, Owen Wade hunting clover
patches for the COWS; Frank Hoag,
after ground hogs; Charley Gorton,
holding the reins behind Sam; Trox
Fulton, pitching curves for Tom
More to catch, and John Johnson,
Fins right hand man, rigging up a
new piggery.
BUZZ.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-09-08
BUZZ.
naSOn Hill.

Miss Myrtle Hill, of Grove Hill, was
seen on our streets on Sunday.
Mr.. L. Lord, of Cameron, was the
guest of Mrs. Barr over Sunday.
Miss Ethel and Chas. Barr visited
friends at Sinnemahoning last week.
D. S. Miller, of Herrick Hill, was the
guest of Clarence Miller over Sunday.
Mr. V. Moody, of Medix Run, came
down on his wheel and spent Sunday
with friends.
Mrs. G. w. Williams and Mrs. o. B.
Tanner are visiting friends at Lock
Haven this week.
1t takes all kinds of people to make a
world like this, with Aunt Peggy and
Mason Hill thrown in. Well 1 declare
and what are we going to do with
friend "Buzz' and the Sterling Run
people. The supposition is, we will
have to build little world along side
of this for them, as they are too per-
feet to live in an imperfect world like
this. We are sorry that we said
chickens went home to roost.". The
shoe fit you too tight and hurt your
toes, which you mistook for me tramp
ing on them. Look at your article
friend 'Buzz'' and you will find it
reads thus: Mason Hill seems anxious
of our whereabouts; we would say that
they are too fond of chicken out there
| for us, which accounts for things dis
appearing mysteriously at the con-
vention." Does not this clearly saw
we stole the chicken. We have no
better opinion of the territory that
surrounds us than formerly, nor do we
jump at conclusions and mix Esau's
pottage with anybody. We have
studied natural history, and find down
comes before feathers, but your article
was neither down nor feathers, but
was wool, and of black sheep too at
! that.
Sept. 5, 1898. PEGGY.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-09-08

Marys on Saturday night on account
of the death of her sister-in-law, Mrs.
VIM. Entz.
Mary Louise the six months old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Smith died on Wednesday, Aug. 81, of
pneumonia.
Mrs. M. Blodget is visiting friends in
Williamsport, but as the Squire is an
expert cook he is not expected to
loose any of his adipose.
Mr.. Chas. Barr, of Gibson, Miss
Emma Shafer, of Benezette and Miss
Catherine Shafer, of Westport, were
visitors in town last week.
Who says our town is not patriotic,
Bill Shade has named his new team
"Dewey" and Sampson" and my
game rooster can Schley any black
spanish chicken this side of Cadiz or
Hades.
Samuel Smith a well.known citizen
of Grove is lying in a critical condition
at his home on First Fork, from a very
severe case of hernia. At this writing
slight hopes are entertained of his re-
covery.
A peculiar accident happened to a
woodsman while coming down the
Fork several days ago. He was at
tackled by a dog and in throwing a
stone at the vicious canine, broke his
arm below the elbow.
John Clontz, Howard Fry and d. b.
Beldin, three of our soldier boys are
home on furlough. They expect to
go back to camp in few days, but in
blissful ignorance of what disposition
Uncle Sam will make of them.
"ONDIT."
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-09-08

John Coyle was a visitor at st. Marys
on Monday.
Miss Mollie Soble left Tuesday, for
Elmira, N. Y.
Mr.. Fred Julian and wife are visiting
IN Buffalo and Olean.
Mr.. and Mrs. Josiah Howard are
visiting in Williamsport.
Miss Hannah Tracey is visiting
friends in Sterling Run this week.
Rev. Phoenix, of Troy, Pa, was in
town last Friday on legal business.
Dr. F. G. Reick was looking after his
dental practice at Driftwood on Tues
day.
After ten days illness, operator L.
NJ. Nash is again on duty at the juno
ton.
Mrs F. H. Mayer, of Sizerville, was
guest of Mrs. Samuel Stoddard, this
week.
Mr.. II. D. McCloskey, of Kane, is
spending a few days with his friend L..
VI. Nash.
Miss Laura Scherer, of Berlin, Ont,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. T. c. Reick,
ut this place.
A. A. Prowant, ofEmporium, visited
St. Marys last Sunday and attended
Mrs. Entz's funeral.
B. Nefcy and Frank Fox, of Drift
wood, transacted business in Empori-
nm on Monday.
J. H. Drum, of Sinnemahoning Pa,
was an agreeable caller at the PRESS
Office on Tuesday.
Miss Bridget Creation attended the
funeral of Mrs. VIM. Entz, at st.
Marys, on Sunday.
Mr.. E. A. Waltman, of Wrightsville,
Pa, was the guest of II. B. Lloyd and
family on Tuesday.
Miss Francis J. Hauber, of st, Marys,
is visiting her brother j. s., and
wife at this place.
Mrs. L. S. Fisk and daughter Lulu
are visiting Williamsport friends and
relatives, this week.
Mrs. Con Deneen and children, OF
Buffalo, visited among Emporium
friends, on Tuesday.
Miss Agnes Mcclure, of Buckwalter,
was the guest of Mrs. Welsh and family
on Walnut street, Sunday.
Henry Darren, of Emporium, Pa, is
visiting his nephew Conductor Church
Ottawa (Kansas) Herald.
Mrs. T. F. Moore, who has been
spending the summer at Remove, re-
turned to Emporium last week.
j. B. Schriever returned Friday from
trip to New Castle and other cities
in the western part of the State.
Mrs. E. M. Newton returned to New
York City Tuesday evening, after 8
brief visit with Emporium friends.
Miss Mary Johnston returned to Viii
Transport Tuesday morning, to resume
her studies at Dickinson Seminary.
Messrs. Joe NJ. Shafer and J. R
Batchelder, of Sinnemahoning, at
tended argument court on Monday.
Mrs. Theophalus Newton, of East
Sixth street, left for Buffalo on tn,
Niagara-Toronto excursion, Tuesday
Evangelist S. r. Waldron, of Hart
ford, Conn, formerly a resident o
Cameron county, has been visiting
friends in this section the past week
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-09-08
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

Estate Of DUNCANS S. MCDONALD, deceased
I ETTERS testamentary on the Estate of Dun
II can S. Mcdonald, late of the Borough of
ceased, have been granted to Benjamin W.
Green, residing in said Borough, to whom all
persons indebted to said estate are requested to
make payment, and those having claims or de-
mands will make known the same without
delay.
BENJAMIN w. GREEN.
Executor.
Emporium, Pa, August 18th, 189s.-25-6