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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-12

The best Salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required.
1t is guaranteed to give perfect salts
faction Cr money refunded. Price %
cents box. For sale by l.. Taggart
y3l-ni0-iV
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Notice..

To any person having an account at
our store, please call and settle at once
as we are going to leave Emporium.
41-tf JOHN j. SOBLE.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-12
Letters from the People.

lAll communications under this head must be
accompanied by the writer's name. Wewill not
be held responsible for any expressions in this
department l-EDIToR.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-12
THE NOVELTY RESTAURANT,
Opposite Post Ofiice,)


WILLIAM MCDONALD, Proprietor.
take pleasure in informing the public that
have purchased the old and popular Novelty
Restaurant, located on Fourth street 1t will be
my endeavor to serve the public in a manner
that shall meet with their appreciation Give me
a call. Meals and luncheon served at all hours.
no27-lyr VIM. MCDONALD.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-12
Religious

Services at Rich Valley church will
be resumed again as usual at seven p.
M, Sunday evening, Jan. IS. All are
cordially inviteds.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-12

Don't fail to visit our store every
day. There's bargain waiting you.
Days
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-12
CITY HOTEL,

VIM. MCGEE, PROPRIETOR
Emporium, Pa.
Having again taken possession of this old and
popular house solicit share of the public pat
ronage. The houseis newly furnishedand is one
ofthe best appointed hotels in Cameron county.
80-1y.
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Business Cards.
b. w. GREEN,
j. P. MCNARNEY.
]. G. JOHNSON.

MICHAEL BRENNAN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Collections promptly attended to. Real estate
and pension claim agent,
35-1y. Emporium, Pa.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-12
F. d. LEET.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,

ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Emporium, Pa.
To LAND OWNERS AND OTHERS IN CAMERON AND
ADJOINING COUNTIES.
l have numerous calls for hemlock and hard
wood timber lands also stun page &c, and parties
desiring either to buy sell will do well to call
on me. +. d. LEFT.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-12
Death of Isaac A. Kirsch.

Isaac A. Hirsch, aged rs years, is
dead. The sad intelligence was an
nounced last Monday evening. Mr.,
Hirsch, who had been in falling health
during the past two years, had but
recently returned from New York City,
where he hoped to receive medical aid.
Mr.. Hirsch and family came to Empo-
rum i'll 1873 and he has conducted a
jewelry establishment in this place
ever since. No citizen of Emporium
has been held in higher esteem by all
classes and creeds. Charitable to a
fault, his last dollar always being given
cheeriully to aid the afflicted and de-
pressed. |. A. Hirsch will be pleasant
ly remembered by our citizens.
Mr.. Hirsch was born in Germany in
1922 and after serving in the German
army, learned the trade Of ieweler,
married and came to America with his
most excellent wife, 1854. After
short residence in New York City ne
located at Rouseville, Pa, and cameto
Emporium in 1878. He and his estim-
able wife, (who is prostrated with grief
and confined to her bed, her condition
being quite serious reared 4 family of
five children, all of whom are living
and present to-day at the funeral:
Alfred Hirsch, (son) of New York
City; II. S. Ness, wife (daughter) and
children, Johnsonburg; Richard H.
Hirsch, (son) Emporium; David We'll,
and wife, (daughter) Buffalo; Theo.
Hirsch, (son) Buffalo.
Isaac A Hirsch was an honored
member of Emporium Lodge, A. Y. NJ,
No. 382, and Emporium Chapter, No.
227. He has held number of prom
inent elective positions and faithfully
discharged the duties every position
called upon by his fellow citizens TO-,
fill.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-12
ST. CHARLES HOTEL,

ST. CHARLES HOTEL,
THOS J. LYSETT, PROPRIETOR
Near Buffalo Depot, Emporium, Pa.
This new and comm odious hotel is now opened
for the accommodation of the public. New IN all
its appointments every attention will be paid to
the guests patronizing this hotel. 27-l7-1y
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-12
THE FUNERAL.

The funeral was held this Thursday, ,
afternoon, from the family residence
on Fifth street. Rev. j. NJ. Robertson,
Rector of Emmanuel Church, con-
Quoted brief services, after which the
Masonic fraternity took charge of the
remains and directed the burial ac-
cording to the rites of the order.
The times., 1899-12-28

The United States Geological Survey has
in course of preparation for publication
paper by Herbert NJ Wilson on the Water
Resources of Porto Rico, in which he says
in regard to the agricultural products:
The soil of Porto Rico is so deep and
fertile, the precipitation so abundant and
well distributed, and the temperature
though tropic, so mild as 10 render it pos
sible to cultivate almost all the land in
the island. Moreover. almost every foot
of it is now. or has been. under cultivation.
It is essentially the land Of the small
farmer. because, limited as it is in extent,
the official records show that It IS divided
into SO $50 individual holdings.
These are distributed as follows: To-
bacco plantations, 60; cattle ranches, 240;
coffee plantations, $50; sugar plantations,
1875; small coffee farms, 4,1S5; small
farms of mixed coffee, fruit, and
vegetable farms, 16,990 At least p 600
of these holdings are of the smallest
kind being owned by the persons Of the
poorer classes, such holding range in size
from FIVE to fifty acres, rarely reaching the
latter amount The remaining 5000 hold
ings are from 100 to 5000 acres or even
larger The greater proportion OF these
are relatively small and are devoted chiefly
TO the cultivation of the coffee.
so fruitful are the soil and climate
that the people pass an indolent and lazy
existence, even to a greater extent than
is observable elsewhere ia Spanish
America. Outside of the few large plan
tations the people are unacquainted with
any agricultural instrument other than the
machete. which serves. all the purposes Of
scythe, brush hook, axe. hoe, and weapon.
Holes are scratched in the surface Of the
soil in which to plant seeds or transplant
sprouts Thereafter no attention is given
TO the crop until il becomes necessary TO
gather the product either for domestic con
sumption or for exchange in the nearest
village for such household necessities as
the farm does not produce
Abundant and well distributed as are
the various crops, the island produces but
a fraction Of its capacity.
With the larger aims which will come
from association with the more active lib
eral, and highly civilized people of the
United States, increased energy may be e -
erted in the near future in wrestling from
nature more bountiful crops than are now
cultivated. At present such crops as ere
produced for export are limited to coffee,
sugar. and the by-products of the cane
molasses and rum-tObacco, and hides. In
value, however, coffee exceeds that Of
sugar in the ratio of three to one. Ac-
cording to the Spanish Estadisdca General
the total exports for 1897 were valued at
$1S.574,67S.
The most valuable crop of the island is
coffee. Next in Importance ranks sugar
and then tobacco. In addition, there are
cultivated, chiefly for domestic consump-
ton. various cereals, lentils, potatoes
small vegetables, and fruits, as well as
forage grasses.
The times., 1899-12-28
THE TRADE WITH DENMARK.
The Department OF Agriculture Re
ceives Report on the subject.

The Department of Agriculture Re-
ceives Report on the subject.
The Department Of Agriculture has re-
ceived a report from. the section of foreign
markets which shows the interesting fact
that although Denmark is essentially an
agricultural country, a large quantity Of
both butter and bacon is imported an
nuaIly from this country for its home con
sumption. The thrifty Danes have found
that by using the cheaper grades Of Ameri-
can butter and bacon they are able 10 de-
rive a large revenue by exporting, prin-
ciDally to England, their own produce,
which commands a high price in their
foreign markets.
II IS also shown that the Danish millers
are unable to hold their own against the
inroads that are being made by American
-four The bakers find that American
product is practically as GOOD as the best
Hungarian. and as it is less expensive.
they are beginning very generally to sub
stitute IL for the latter. The milleTs are
also using American flour in preference TO
the Hungarian TO mix with the product of
their own mills
Maize. or Indian corn. has become the
principal article Of export from the United
States TO Denmark. II is used largely in
feeding stuffs for stock and poultry
Other cheap feeding stufs, such as oil
cake and bran. are also largely imported
from this country, and, as with butter and
bacon. their superior articles are exported
70 England at a high figure.
The times., 1899-12-28
FREE TO SUFFERERS.
The New Cure for Kidney, Bladder and
Uric Acid Troubles.

Almost everybody who reads the uewsps-
pers is sure to know Of the wonderful
cures made by Dr. Knmer's Sv amp Root
the great kidney remedy.
Tt is the great medical triumph Of the
nineteenth century; discovered after years
Of scientific research by DR.. KHmer the
eminent kidney and bladder specialist, and
is wonderfully successful in promptly cur
ing kidney, liver bladder, and uric ia
troubles.
swamp Root has been tested in 80 many
ways, in hospital work in private prae-
tioe among the helpless too poor 20 pur-
chase relief, and has proved so successful
in every case that special arrange ment
has been made by which ali readers OF The
Washington Daily Times who have rot
already tried it, may have q sample bottle
sent free by mail. also q book telling more
about swamp Root and how 70 find out II
YOU have kidney or bladder trouble When
writing mention reading this generous oIer
in The Washington Daily Time and send
your address 10 DR.. Kiimer < Co.. Bing-
hamton, y. Y. The regular fifty cent and
one dollar sizes are sold BY all nrst-eiass
druggists. Il
The times., 1899-12-28
BIOLOGISTS IN SESSION.
The Twelfth Annual Meeting of the
American Society.

The Twelfth Annual Meeting of the
American Society.
The third session Of the twelfth annual
meeting Of the Geological Society Of Amer
lea was held last night at the Columbian
University at $50 o'clock Prof B. K.
Emerson was the speaker and delivered the
annual address as president OF the society
The subject was The Tetrahedral Earth,
and the Zone Of the IntercontinentaI
Seas. and the address was a purely scien-
tifc discussion Of the evolution Of spheri-
cal form OF the earth from its earliest cha
otic condition.
The first session Of the society was held
yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, and was
opened with an address of welcome by Dr..
O. X Gilbert Of the United States Geo
logical Survey. Prof Emerson responded
The following officers were elected for the
ensuing year. George H. Dawson. Director
Of the Geological Survey Of Canada. Presi-
dent. c. D. Walcott Director Of the United
States Geological Survey. First Vice Presf-
dent X II Winchen Of Minneapolis Sec
oud Vice President, Fl L. Fairchild and J..
C. White We're reelected Secretary and
Treasurer, respectively.
The first paper was read by W N Davis
on the subject Of "Physiographic Terml-
nology with special reference 20 land
forms George Otis Smith and George Car
roll Curtis read short papers on "Camas
Land a valley remnant. G X Gilbert
followed with The Submerged Forest Of
the Columbia River, and Bailey Willis
read the final paper on Some Coast Mi
gratioHs Of Southern California"
The times., 1899-12-28
THE STUDY OF TREES.
Work of the Forestry Division Of the
Agricultural Department..


During the past eighteen months the
Division Of Forestry Of the Department Of
Agriculture has increased 400 per cent in
the number Of its working force This has
been made possible by the additional ap-
preparation by Congress last year Of $50 coo
Henry S Graves, the assistant chief Of
the division explained TO a Times reporter
Yesterday that this increase largely rep
resents the number Of student assistants
taken on at the opening OF the fiscal year,
beginning July J. 1899.
These student assistants, il was said, are
young men who are studying forestry in
the technical schools OF the country and
who intend making forestry their life
work They are paid for their services at
the rate of $500 per year, and while in the
field are allowed travelling and living ex-
penses in addition.
Last summer between twenty-five and
thirty of these students we're employed.
Most OF them completed their work by the
end OF the summer and are now following
their studies again at college. Ten of them
are still employed, and are in the Office Of
the Division Of Forestry collating the ma
terial obtained in the field work during
the summer.
The division has also taken on its rolls
permanently several field assistants who
are men who have had technical training
and are capable Of doing a higher grade OF
work They are supplied TO the division by
the Civil Service Commission.
The nature Of the field work which was
done during last summer was the prepara-
tion OF working plans for forest lands, and
special studies of the commercial trees Of
the United States to determine the rate of
growth Introduction, and habits.
Another class Of assistants which was
added during last summer is that Of men
who are acquainted with certain regions
and who have special knowledge along GER
tain lines, and who give a portion of their
time, at ana in the vicinity of their homes
to the work brought before them by the
division. These assistants receive $500 per
annum and are designated as colaborators
A civil service examination will be held
next spring for the position of field as
The times., 1899-12-28
POSTAL CLERKS FOR PARIS.
George Beavers To Have Chnre
at the Paris Fxnosftfo,,

George Beavers to Have Charge
at the Paris Exposition.
George Beavers has been appointed by
Assistant Postmaster General Perry 5.
Heath to take charge Of the American
postofice at the Paris Exposition of 1900
Mr.. Beavers is Chief Of the Division OF
Salary and Allowances Of the PostoHce
Department, and he viii go to Paris as
special commissioner, sailing for France
in February He viii a, once get ready
and place in working order the miniature
United States postof-ce.
The idea Of an American pOstofFice at
the Paris Exposition comes from Commis-
siOner General Peck who viii make it a
part of the American exhibit It viii be in
one OF the most centrally located parts OF
the exposition grounds. and the inventors
and manufacturers OF special machinery
and labor saving devices for use in the
American pOstofice system, have been re-
quested TO furnish working models OF their
cOntrtvances for it.
The department Will show the cancsIiug
maps, models OF pneumatic tubes. mail
wagons, and novel and original devices
that are used exclusively in the United
States postal service
\ half dozen expert clerks from this
city viii be sent to Paris and ssigned 20
duty in the pOstOfflce All American visi-
tors, who desire it, can have their mail
sent 10 the Exposition pOStOflce on he Ex-
position grounds. Ii viii go direct from
steamships TO the Office in a sack which
will not be opened until delivered in charge
OF the American clerks. thus doing away
with he possibility OF miscarriage If di-
rected TO the various boarding houses and
hotels in the city. Two or three clerks
from the French postoffice viii also be on
duty i'm the American Office
Letters for this country can be mailed di-
rect 10 New York from the United States
postOfiice on the Exposition grounds
The times., 1899-12-28
THE PURE FOOD CONGRESS
A Meeting OF the Local Committee TO
Arrange for II.

Arrange for II.
Owing TO the inclemency Of the weather,
only few Of the members Of the local
OF advisory committee Of the National
Pure Food and Drug Congress were present
at the meeting. which was held at I
o'clock yesterday afternoon al the Nation
al Hotel.
In the absence OF the chairman of the
committee, Frank Hume. the secretary,
Alexander j. Wedderburu, presided at the
meeting A few minor matters were dis
cussed. and decisions were reached on the
subjects for the settlement Of which thu
meeting had been called after which an
adjournment was taken.
The raising Of the funds to defray the
expenses of the local committee was con-
sidered, and IL was decided 70 authorize
the chairman 10 appoint a finance com
mittee which should have charge OF this
matter in the future.
The lecture hall Of the Columbian Uni
versiry was selected as the place for hold
ing the next annual meeting Of the ma
tonal congress, which VIII assemble in
-his city on March Z
The proposed pardon Of Joseph wilkins
and Howard Butler. who are now serving
sentences in Noyamensing prison Phila-
delphia for violation Of the acJ relative to
The sale Of oieomargarine. was discussed
and the members Of the committee eZ-
pressed themselves as strongly opposed
10 such action.
The offence for which these men were
imprisoned was direct violation Of the
law prohibiting the sale Of oIe0margarine
fer pure butter. and their pardon would 5s
looked upon by the members Of the Pure
Food and Drug Congress as encouraging
the sale of counJTlet-s and opposed TO the
efforts thar have been made to prevent the
sdulteralion OF fool products
As some time VIII be required before At
torney General Griegs VIII reach de
cision on the subject il is probable that il
viii come up for discussion al the meet
ing OF the national congress in Marcn.
The local committee consists Of the fol-
lowing members: Frank Hume, Chairman;
Matthew Trimble, First Vice President;
DR.. ". c. Woodward. Second Vice Presi-
dent: Alexander J. Wedderburn. Secretary,
Robert y. Harper Treasurer; Beriah VIII
4 kins. George F. Oyster. and Prof J. D.
. Hfrd
The times., 1899-12-28
Jefferson Davis, Monument.

RICHMOND Va, Dec 27,-The jefferson
Davis Monument Board met last evening. It
was determined to ask the legislature to
pass an act enabling them to turn over to
the committee of the Daughters of the Con-
federacy the money in their hands for
erecting a monument to President Davis
The board have on hand or in process OF
collection about $4,000 This fund and
all future work connected with raising
money for the monument is to be turned
over 70 the daughters
The times., 1899-12-28
Imports AND EXPORTS.
Detailed Tables for November Issued
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by the Treasury Department.
The detailed tables OF the imports and
exports for the month of November were
completed yesterday by the Treasury Bu-
reau of Statistics The summarization
which accompanies them shows the for
oign commerce of the month by classes.
compared with that of the corresponding
month OF last year as follows:
ImpOrts.-ATticles of food and live ami
mails, ST. 260, ,329; articles in crude con-
dition for domestic industry, s26, ,C64 6S4 +;
articles manufactured for use in the me-
chanic arts, $SO67, $50; articles manu-
factured ready for consumption, SO, 7O4 4O2 ;
articles of voluntary use, luXuries etc,
$S,924, 49, total imports, $7O,022, 074; per
cent free of duty, 44.02.
Domestic EXports.-Products of agri-
culture, $50 O69 1G1; products OF manu-
factures, S33. .584, $40 products of mining,
So, 491, S45 products OF the forest, 1910, =
610 products OF the fisheries, 1927 $40; /;
miscellaneous, 1922 ,O36; total domestic ex-
ports, $12l sos $40; foreign goods re-ex-
ported, $1,945, 800; total exports, $123,-
755. .416
The total imports for last year for the
month of November were S52 los, 500 The
exports amounted to 1929. .7Sg 376i The in
crease in imports Is sl7, ,912, ,5I4, and in ex-
ports the decrease is $685. $50.
The times., 1899-12-28
Paesed SO CountcrfeIts.

PHILADELPHIA Dec. 27.-Two men
hired a team at Jacksons livery stable on
Jersey Avenue, near Fourth Street, GlOu-
cester, yesterday, and drove to Woodbury..
On the way they stopped at several stores
and saloons and exchanged couna rfeit
$40 note in each case They left Wood
bury hurriedly when suspicion was direct
ed to them and drove back to Westyille.
Their carriage broke down and they aban-
doned the team and made their escape
The times., 1899-12-28
A SURE CURE FOR GROUP.
Twenty-Five Years Constant Use
without Failure.

The first indication of Group is hoarse-
ness. and in a child subject to that disease
il may be taken as a sure sign of the ap-
proach OF an attack. Following this hoarse-
ness is a peculiar rough cough If Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy is given as soon as
the child becomes hoarse, or even after
the croupy cough appears, it will prevent
the attack. It is used in many thousands
of homes in this broad land and never dis
appoints the anxious mothers. We have
yet to learn Of a single instance in which
il has not proved effectual. No other prep
aration can show such record-twenty- Ave
years constant use without failure For
sale by Henry Evans, wholesale, and all
druggists.
The times., 1899-12-28
THE DEATH OF A. H STEELE.
Coroner Carr Decides Not to Hold
Inquest.

an Inquest.
Coroner Carr viewed the remains yester-
day Of a. II Steele, who vas found dead
Tuesday night Ia a room at the Enrich
Hotel, 4S5 Pennsylvania Avenue northwest.
and decided thai an inquest would not be
necessary. Death is said TO have been due
to an overdose Of morphine.
Al q late hour The body had not been re-
moved from the moTgue though ii was un-
derstood that arrangements had been made
with an undertaken. The funeral VIII prob
ably take place Friday afternoon.
Mr.. Steele was well known throughout
the city. He resided With his widowed
mother, Mrs Grace V. Steele 1908 New
Jersey Avenue Tor number Of years lie
was q cripple end walked with the aid of
crutehes. ss his legs we're practically use
less. His age is given as twenty nine
years.
The times., 1899-12-28
COMMERCE. WITH TURKEY
Report Of the American Consul
General at COnstantinOpIe.

The EstabIishment OF Direct Trans
portatiOn and Local HHnkinE Fa-
ciIities-A Museum 10 BE Opened by
Manufacturer and Exporters -
Views OF London Trade journal.
The times., 1899-12-28
THE PADRoNEs BUSY.
Large Number of Mine Workers
suffer From EXuctionS.

Large Number of Mine Workers
suffer From EXuctionS.
The Commissioner of immigration has
been notified that the padrone system OF
furnishing cheap labor is carried on eX-
tensively between New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, and the West Virginia and
Southern coal regions. Baltimore furnishes
the largest contingent of this cheap labor
The padrone, who secures the necessary
number Of hands for the mine bosses and
delivers them, eXacts 10 cents per day from
each mans wages.
Should anyone refuse TO continue 10 pay
the padrone's share OF 10 cents per day, he
is given 10 understand by The mine boss
that his services are no longer required.
The men secured by the padrone are
transported in troops of twenty so as not
TO excite suspicion when travelling
Undesirable Aliens Dsportcd.
The Bureau OF immigration in it's state
ment of December 26 says that during the
week ending December ~ sixty Ave aliens
were deported. Among these were "A He