Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-21
BRIEF nENTION.

scHolafs u TWO weeks vacation.
A man named Joloff, from Glen
Hazel, fell on an icy sidewalk Friday
evening and severely injured his right
leg.
Hundreds of handsome Christmas
presents may be procured at N. Seger's
old and popular clothing house, on
East Allegany Avenue.
James Creaton's billiard. pool ana
bowling alley is one of the most popu-
lar places of amusement in town. 4
game often pins is healthy exercise.
Try it.
There will be three eclipses during
the year 1900, two of the sun and one
OF the moon. The most interesting one
will be on the sun, May Is. In this
State it will be nearly total.
The Edinboro Independent advises
the township school teachers to move
out Of Crawford county on account of
the low salaries paid. 1t has been
shown that the average salary of teach
ers is about 5000 per year.
The Louisville Courier-Journa is OF
the opinion that the confidence of the
Republicans of the country is largely
due to the fact that they are sitting in
the game behind very impressive
smokestacks.
The Baptists of Brooklyn are going to
build $3.50, coo church which will have
roof garden where services may be
held during the summer evenings.
There Will be four elevators to carry
people up and down.
There IS an old saying: GA burnt
child breads the fire" Tie experience
of the Workingmen and business men
from 1893 to 1896 is burned in their
memories. They don't want any more
of it.-Burlington Hawk Eye"
Another extension is talked of, and
we understand the contract has been
let for the grading off connecting link,
which will be run from Bailey Run, to
Sinnemahoning on the ?. & T., tapping
the soft coal fields at Medix Run
Austin Autograph.
Wendell Philips, one of the greatest
orators of his day, once said: "Not one
man in ten reads books. The neWspa-
per is parent, school, college, pulpit,
theatre, example, counselor, all in one.
Every drop of our blood is colored by
it. Let me make the newspapers and
| care not who makes the religion or
the law"
Howard & Company's mills at this
place were compelled to shut down
Monday and Tuesday, on account of
the scarcity of logs. big Dan" could
not deliver the logs fast enough. This
great industry has missed very few
days this year thus far and has less
lumber on hand than when they COM
menced in March.
Emporium merchants are all doing
a nice trade and the increase in bust
ness over last year is very marked and
commented on. We note with satisfac-
ton the fact that those who have plant
ed their advertisements in the PRESS
are reaping their reward. The day
has gone when live merchants prosper
without judicious use of printers ink.
Kane Republican,: ''In conversation
with we'll known 2. & E. official on
Saturday evening, he informed us that
there would in al probality be a great
many changes take place on this road
the first OF the year on account of the
pensioning of the employees who were
20 years of age. AS an illustration he
said that in one office in Philadelphia
there would be sixteen changes made
on account of this new feature.
Batavia is trying a system of school
instruction that promises to have i'm
portant results. The idea is a new one
in educational methods, and consists in
placing an extra teacher in each room
for the individual instruction of the
pupils, during the same time the rest
of the work is going on. This system
removes discouragements, helps the
backward pupils, evens up the rank
of the grades and more rapid move
ments, besides many more beneficial
results. The system has been tried in
the above named school with good re-
suits.
An exchange says: "If you toot your
little tooter and lay aside you horn,
there's not a soul in ten short days will
know that you were born. The man
who gathers pumpkins is the man who
plows all day, and the man who keeps
a humping is the man who makes it
pay. The man who advertises with &
short and sudden jerk, is the man who
blames the printer, because it didn't
work The man who gets the business
has long and steady pull, and keeps
! the local papers for years and years
quite full. He plans his advertisement
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