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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-19

full to look ahead to! No, l amt "a
going to do it. Sam can make the
best of it. | mean what | say"
That evening there was nothing
further said about Christmas be-
tween the farmer and his wife. By
nine o'clock they were in bed. 1t was
Tuesday night and Thursday would
be the holiday. AS he lay there, Mr.
Bennett wondered what he should do
with the so cents which he had saved
up to buy his wife present. With
no Chris tmas, of course there could
be no present He fell asleep, sad
dened by the thought.
The day before Christmas was
bright and clear. There had been a
generous fall of snow during the
night and everything out of doors
was covered with the pure white
mantle. Samuel Bennett was out
shoveling paths when the expressman
drove along, with a well-filled sleigh.
Hello, there!" shouted the driver,
cheerily. Merry Christmas, Sam!
It's a little ahead of time, | know,
but | may not see you again"
Thanks. The same to you" an
swered Samuel, leaning on his snow
shovel. Got lots of bundles, amt
you?"
"Ies; everybody's got some thing"
THAT so? Amt come to ours yet,
have you? The poor old man
chuckled at his own pitiable little at
tempt at joke.
mo, not yet" was the merry an
swer from the sleigh. "I'll bring that
around tomorrow, most likely. Well,
good-by. G'lang!" and on sped the
| sleigh with its jingling bells.
Il guess he won't, though" unused
the other, as he fell to work shovel
ing again. "'Tain't likely we'Il get
anything. There amt nobody to send
it to us, that [ know Of"
And Hannah, looking out of the
window, echoed his thought with one
still more doleful.
"Eyerybody'H get something but
us" she mused. 81 guess Christmas
was intended for rich folks. Nobody
gets that amt got"
That afternoon about three o'clock,
mutfled-up little form trudged
through the snow and up the road to
the Bennetts' farmhouse
'Why, Amy Darrow, what you do
ing here in all this snow?" exclaimed
Mrs. Bennett, as she opened the door
and saw the little girl standing on the
steps. Come right in before you
! freeze"
"Oh, Mis- Bennett" said the shiver-
ing child, in a voice choked with tears,
won't you come right over to our
house? Mas awful sick"
rs that so? What's the matter?
Yes, I'll go right over"
ITS one of her bad spells, only
worse" walled Amy. "She says she
don't know but she'll die"
"Oh, guess it amt as bad as that"
said Mrs. Bennett, kindly. Don't you
be scarf. Sam!" She was at the
woodshed door now. Hitch up the
mare right off. I've got to go over
to Mis- Darrow's. She's sick"
Samuel dropped an armful of wood
and fastened toward the barn. In
less than Is minutes the old-fash.
ioned cutter was at the door, Amy
was tucked in between the farmer
and his wife, and they were off as
fast as the wheeZy mare could con.
veniently carry them. Mrs. Bennett
had her medicine bottles under heI
shawl. She was said by her neighbors
to be about as good as a doctor"
The Darrows lived half mile OF
more from the BENEFITS, farther or
away from the village, which was
nearly two miles from the Bennett
farm. Mrs. Darrow was suffering
from chill when her neighbor en-
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Into the old time way.
sTls grandmas Christmas from the boys;
1t makes me young again,
With all the little ones at play,
And ne'er an ache or pain.
First came Dams Nell, with precious
gifts
From all the neighbors near;
Each sent note with wishes sweet,
Twould do you good to hear.
This easy-chairs from Brother Tom;
Jack sent this fur-lined hood;
And here's Bobs check from Michigan,
For winters coal aid wood.
And let me see-gold spectacles!
From Dorothy. Dicks lass;
They say she's famous a belle
To think it's come to pass
That Dick, my boy my youngest one,
Forever swapping things,
Should be magnate in the land,
One o them railroad kings
This box is labeled from the kids
They live in Idaho
"A pair of silver candlesticks!
l wonder If they know
How often by the hickory fire
I've spun both wool and thread,
And only lighted candles, when
We went upstairs to bed.
They never in their modern home
Worked as their grandpa did,
Who wore the Sleeps rough skin and
wool,
And dined upon the kid;
They want me, too, but bless their
hearts,
I couldn't live their way;
I'm used to this old fireplace,
And here | mean to stay.
I'm used to every homely thing
Hallowed by smile and tear;
couldn't leave to stranger hands
What love has made so dear;
I'm fond of my old rocking chair,
Though brothers gift is fine,
For there once laid the silver hair,
That changed fast mine.
And down the road a little way,
Then up the hillside steep,
1 almost see the granite cross
Where father lies asleep;
SO here l rest and haply when
Old Santa comes this way,
He brings a whole years happiness,
Wrapped in a single day
MARY A. Denlson, in Ladies' World,
New York
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Indiana Notes.

RICHMOND.-John Banks. of Corners
vile. has leased the Piper Hotel al East
Germantown. The new building to
be occupied by the Get overall factory
which comes here from Greenville, o.. will
be turned over to the company on Dec -
The two branches of Christian Sci
entists in this city consolidated on Friday
Fleming K Son, Terre Haute; ID. w
Brenneman, Decatur, ILL.,; Daughcrty stock
farm, Wabash; John V. Connolly Madison;
G. w Snyder. Springfield, O.; j. A. SUIT
cliff, Indianapolis; Grif Gartin, Hartford
City; r. E Homer, Knightstown: II. c.
knode, indianapolis; w. a. Simms. Day
ton, o., are consignors TO the Lackey horse
sale 10 be held at Cambridge city
MUNCIE.-The Hudson oil Company has
leased more than 5000 acres Of land south
Of Muncie In the vicinity Of Cowan. and
next week Will commence to explore the
new territory that promises To add a good
field to the Indiana list. Night
Sergeant John Roach, of the Muncie po-
lice department. this evening rendered his
resignation 10 Superintendent Cashmere
and the commissioners viii accept the
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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

While a supper in the insane ward of
the Ohio Infirmary at Springfield last even
ing quarrel ensued in which Fred Gram
struck his roommate, Anderson Godfrey,
on the head with chair, killing him in
stantly.
]. b. Easterlin. one OF the most promi-
nent citizens Of Newberry Fla was killed
by II. Johnson last night. Johnson was
ar applicant for a saloon license and the
trouble arose over the alleged efforts of
Easterlin TO prevent his obtaining it.
The Southern Stock and Grain Company,
of St. Louis. made an assignment yesteT-
day to Charles J. Mcguire The company
Acknowledged liabilities 10 the extent of
$4,000. This is i'm small amounts due 10
customers. The assets amount TO $2S.3O0
Judge r. b Haughton. COMMANDMENT
chief OF the United Sons of Confederate
Veterans. has issued a general order urging
those camps which have not paid their sub
scriptiOns TO the fund being raised for
memorial to the women Of the South to do
SO at once
Samuel Durdoff, a farmer living at Tus-
cola. H., took HIS first ride on a street
car yesterday. He is eighty-four years of
age and came here with live stock. He
lost his way and was found wandering
about Haughvile by Joseph Foppiano, who
put him on a car and directed him how 10
reach the stOckyards.
1t was announced at Columbus o., yes
terday that the alleged shortage of former
Secretary John NJ. Milford, OF the Amer
lean Insurance Union. amounting to 81. COO
John j. LentZ and other officers OF the
union milford Is under bond awaiting ac-
ton by the Franklin county grand jury.
The San Francisco Evening Post says:
Eastern capitalists are interested in the
formation OF large lighting and power
combination which has been organized in
this city with a capitalization OF $50. 0O0. 600
The towns Of southern California and those
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NO RELIEF FROM FINE
TROTTING BOARD SAYS LEVI TUR-
NER, OF MUNCIE, MUST PAY.
No Action Taken on the Case of Onon-
da Maid, the Pacing Mare-Mis-
haps on the Track.

NEW YORK, Dec 6.-The board OF re-
view of the National Trotting Association
finished it's meeting at the Murray Hill
Hotel tonight and adjourned until next
May. The docket which at the beginning
of the meeting consisted of about 16O cases,
was very nearly finished. The case which
excited the most general outside interest
was, however, continued. This was the
case as to whether the pacing mare Onon-
da Maid, that got mark of PISA at
Syracuse last summer is or is not the we'll
known Choral. 2:O61k. A score of affidavits
tending TO prove that she was not were
introduced at Wednesdays meeting,
against a nearly equal number to the eff
feet that she was, which were already in
the hands of the board. One more affidavit
was received by the board to-day stating
liam Duke, in England, but the board is
not yet satisfied as to the real merits of
the case, and has continued it.
Among the decisions reached to-day were
the following: In the matter of the APP
plication of A. b. Dehart, Reading, Pa,
for relief from suspension; denied. Relief
from fines was denied TO H. ID. Ernst,
Syracuse, n. Y; Nj. K. McHenry, Freeport,
ILL.,, and Levi Turner, Muncie, Ind.
Judges decisions were sustained in five
cases and reversed in the following two:
In the 2:17 pace of Aug. 81, 1901, at Gouver-
neur, n. Y, the decision by which Celia
was distanced in the second heat after she
had been pulled up because one Of the tires
OF the sulky was thrown. The board held
that the horse gear was a part of her
drivers responsibility. In the case of the
placing of Harry p. in the fourth heat
of the 2:30 class at Blue Hill. Me. Sept. 25
1901, after he had put his foot through the
wheel of a suky which was drawn up
just in front of him, by which he took
second money in the race, having won the
first heat, the board held that, not having
started in the fourth heat, he was not en-
titled TO the money.
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graphs showing the effects Gf the shots
fired at the targets during the trial at
Sandy Hook on Nov. -. The report de-
scribes in detail the effect Of each of the
shots fired from the Gathmann gun and
from the twelve-inch army service rifle.
The board sums up the results as follows:
After a careful consideration of the
effect OF the various Impacts on the re-
spective targets OF the Gathmonn gun and
the twelve-inch army service rifle the
board finds that none Of the impacts from
the Gathmaun gun would have endangered
a modern battleship: that the Gathmann
system is not effective as a T1eans OF at
lacking armOred vessels, and khat any one
of the snOts from the tweive-inch army
service rife would have wrought serious
injury 10 a modern battleship as regards
lis buOyancy, the interior mechanism and
the armament and the personnel. 1t may
be- said In this connection that the destruc-
tive effect Of the twelve-inch army service
rife surpasses anything hitherto obtained
from any gun so far this board has
knowledge. or az the records show. There
Is nothing in Claimants system To recon-
mend its adoption in the public service OF
the United States or 20 warrant further
oxueriueufe'
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LIVE STOCK MEN ADJOURN.
VIII Hold Next Convention I'm Kansas
City-Omcers and Resolutions.

CHICAGO, Dec. 6.-After a spirited con-
test between the friends of Portland. Ore,
and Kansas City, Mo-, the National Live
Stock Association to-day closed a success
full convention by selecting the latter city
the place for the next convention. This
convention will begin the second Tuesday
In January, 1903. Numerous speeches were
made in support of the claims of the rival
next convention and every vote was APP
plauded one way or the other. The vote
ended with S21 in favor of Kansas City and
300 for Portland. Ii was then made unani-
nous. The old officers were reelected as
follows: President. John w. Springer: vice
president, +. j. Hagerbarth; secretary, c.
W. Martin; treasurer q. w. GOulding.
Resolutions were adopted as follows:
That the association give all possible aid
to agricultural colleges; that the PreSi-
dents recommendation that forest reserves
be transferred from the Interior Depart
ment to the Department of Agricul-
ture be approved by this association;
that there should be no live stock inspec-
ton by States of Interstate shipments after
the United States government inspection;
that goat-raiSerS be protected against Chi
nese goat skins; that the association recog-
nize the fight of Ed Reed. of Colorado
against interstate inspection by making
citation encourage the Olympian games to
be held at Chicago in 1904.
A resolution of interest to horse raisers
also was adopted. 1t calls for a less rigid
inspection of horses intended for govern
ment use, especially in the army, and sug-
gestS the appointment of a committee of
four army men and eight horse breeders
10 act as judges at shows where prizes
shall be given for horses best fitted for
service in the various branches of the army.
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$4,000 FOR SHORTHORN
AND $4,000 PAID FOR A GALLOWAY
BULL AT THE SHOW.
High Prices for Fancy Cattle at the
Chicago ExpOsition-CIOse
of the Convention.

CHICAGO. Dec. 6.-Judging in the
championship classes for the leading breeds
of cattle was the feature to-day of the
International Live Stock Exposition. The
attendance was nearly as large as yester-
day. when $1,000 persons visited the show
during the day and evening.
In the main cattle pavilion the Gallo
ways were on sale to-day. Thirty three
Galloways sold at an average of S2S5. The
top price was $1,000, paid for a bull exhibited
by y. Il. Clarke, of St. Cloud, Mimi, and
sold to c. n. Moody, OF Atlanta. Mo. This
was said TO be the highest price ever paid
for Galloway in America. Another no
table sale of the day was made in the
swine department, where d. G. Flatt &
Sons, of Mill Grove Ont, sold four head
of Yorkshires for $1,65O. One boar sold
for 500.
1t remained for the Shorthorns to carry
Off the honors in the sale ring, as sixty
nine head of Shorthorns brought Si8 go, an
average of 1854 a head. Fifty-two cows
sold for $33,675, or $S47 each, and seventeen
bulls for $l0.0S5, an average of 1888 The
highest price cow was "Missie," bred and
imported by w. S. Mari, of Aberdeenshire,
Scotland, and sold TO w. c. Edwardsl &c
Rockland Ont, for 5000. This COW was
expressly for this sale. The highest priced
bull was Golf Man." sold by Il. b. Mitch
ell 81 Son, of Danvers, ILL.,. to A. L. Streets
man, OF New Sharon, Ia, for $500.
In the cattle ring championships were
awarded as follows: Best Hereford bull,
any age, Perfection, shown by Thomas
Clark. Beecher, ILL.,; champion Aberdeen
Angus bull, Rosegay, shown by G. a.
Gardner, Blandinsville, ILL.,; champion Gal
loway bull, Imported Druid of Castlemilk.
shown by o. H Swigart, Champaign, Ill;
champion Galloway cow or heifer, Scottish
Princess. shown by Brookside Farm Com
pany, Fort Wayne, Ind.
IL was announced to-day that the Iowa
Agricultural College had been awarded
first place in the collegiate stock judging
contest, with Illinois and Wisconsin second
and third, respectively. The percentages
will be announced tomorrow.
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M.T.H.S.ELECTS CAPTAIN
JACK SHIDELER WILL BE CAPTAIN
OF NEXT YEARS ELEVEN.
School MOnOgrams Awarded to Fess-
Ter. Bonham, McCrea, Olin, Davis
and HamIet-SpOrting News.

At a meeting of the football club held in
the auditorium Of the NJ. T. II. S. school
yesterday noon Jack Shideler, who ac-
quilted himself with great credit as right
end on the team this year, was elected
captain Jack Shideler is also captain of
the track team. There was a lively con-
test among the players as to the choice
between Jack Shideler and his brother,
Thad Shideler. After much discussion as
to the choice of a manager the matter was
left undecided, and it is the unanimous
opinion of the club that member of the
faculty will be chosen to manage the af-
fairs of the club next year. 1t was also de-
cided by the club to have group pictures
taken of the victorious eleven next week.
A committee composed of Professor En-
merich, principal of the NJ. L. H s., Mr..
Hall and Joe Minor. president of the ath-
letic association of the school, yesterday
announced their decisions as to players
on the football eleven who are entitled to
wear the sweater with the school mono
gram. Following are the players: Robert
Fessler, Frank BOnham, Fred McCrea,
Walter Olin. Charles Davis and Bert Ham
let. The other members of the team
previously won sweaters by playing on last
years team. The trophies are to be given
the successful players out of the athletic
fund.
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tanned by the President at dinner this
evening: Secretary Long. Senators Pettus,
Gallinger. Nelson. Dollver, McComas,
Clark of Wyoming. Mallory, Foster OF
Louisiana. Clay, Bard, Burton, Dillingham;
and Burnham and Mr.. Paul Morton
Major General Leonard Wood, military
Governor of Cuba who intended 10 leave
here until Monday. He is in daily confer
ence with officials OF the administration
and members OF both branches Of Con-
gress.
The President to-day appointed three
delegates 10 represent the United States
at the ninth international congress Of en-
gineers TO be held a Dusseldorf, Germany,
in June next. They are Lieutenant Colonel
Charles w. Raymond, corps Of engineers,
Major y. NJ Harrod civil member OF the
Mississippi river commission, and Mr.. john
BOgart, member Of the American Society
OF Civil Engineers and formerly chief en-
gineer of New York.
ton. I'm Indian Territory, and others of his
faction, reached here to-day and called
at the White House and the Interior De-
partment. They failed TO see the Presi-
dent. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Jones
advised them TO return home. Crazy Snake
and his followers made serious trouble at
the agency some months ago. They are
here in an effort TO secure the continuance
of the old tribal relations. which have been
superseded.
The State Department has received
draft OF $1,000 from the government of
Great Britain in full payment of the
claims of certain American citizens who
from South Africa during the Boer war.
Mrs. Roosevelt returned to the city to-
night from her visit TO New York. She
brought her young son Archibald with her.
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SUTTON DEFEATED BY sCHAEFFER
AT BILLIARDS LAST NIGHT.
Close and Interesting Contest-HOw
isOn Beaten by BaruteI in
the Afternoon.

NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-Nine games have
now been played in the international bill
lard championship contest, and so far 1t
looks as if Schaeffer and Slosson will be in
at the finish. To-day two games were
played. The first, between Barutel, the
Frenchman, and HOwison, the Canadian,
Barutel won after very slow play by
score of 400 to 324.
Tonight Schaeffer. the Chicago wizard"
defeated Sutton, his city mate after
close and interesting, though not brilliant
game. Sutton throughout the contest ex-
hibited no signs of nervousness. His work
was clean cut and resolute, and Schaeffer's
exhibition was of the gilt-edged kind, with
occasional Iapses, when he missed seeming
ly sure shots by the narrOwest of margins.
SuttOnS high runs were 81, 43, 20; average,
8 37-51. Schaeffer's high runs were 40, 40,
IS; average, 9 41-51.
The afternoon game, between Barutel and
HOwisOn, was won by the Frenchman after
expert won by 400 to 324 Misses were al
most as frequent as counts, both men be-
ing away off on their plays. 1t was by far
the poorest played game OF the Tournament.
BarutePs high runs were 81, So; average,
54-S6. HOwisons high runs were 80, 81 %;
average, 69-S5.
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WESTERN BALL ROW.
Western League VIII Make War on
the New American Association.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Dec 6. - James
Whitfield, president-elect of the Western
Baseball League, will meet representatives
of the American League and National
League in Chicago next Monday for the
purpose of establishing friendly relations
with the Eastern organizations. President
II. NJ. Sexton, of the Three-I League, is In
this city, representing President Powers,
of the National Association of Baseball
Leagues. He says the National Associa-
ton will side with the Western League
against the new American Association. He
said: 81 shall advise Mr.. Powers to call
a meeting of the National Association for
Kansas City in the second week in January
at the same time when the Western
League will convene here. This will give
us a chance to talk over the outlook and
get together in our fight against the pro-
posed American Association, and it is pos
sible that the California League would
be represented at the meeting
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same at the next meeting and successor
will be named. Roach has been most ef-
ficient officer.
SEYMOUR.-The prosecuting attorney in
this county has begun to move on the own
ers OF dogs who have not complied with
the law in the payment of dog tax. John
II. Meyer has been found guilty in Circuit
Court of harboring a dog on which the tax
was not paid. His fine and court costs
amounted to nearly SO.
PERSONAL---VERY. people of this
city are rejoicing over a price war between
the Standard Oil Company and the repre-
sentatives Of Independent refineries, started
by the former in effort to drive the lat
ter out. Illuminating and fuel oils have
been materially reduced and other cuts are
in prospect.
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as far north as Sacramento will be in
cluded in the operations OF the corpora
ton.
The will of the late George NJ. Pullman.
who died Nov. % has been filed for probate
at Redwood. Cal. The petition sets forth
that the estate does not exceed 100000, and
that the known heirs-at-law are the moth
er. Mrs. Hattie Sanger Pullman OF Chi
cage, and the wife, Sarah Lander Pullman,
of MenlO Park. The latter asks for letters
of administration.
The steamer Boscowitz. which arrived at
Victoria, u. c., last night from the north,
brings news that the steamer Elk, from
Cape Nome for Seattle. with twenty-one
passengers. is in Sushwartie bay at the
head of Vancouver island, repairing her
rudder. The vessel left Nome on Oct 20
and is considerably overdue. The passen-
gers have had no meat since leaving Nome.
Attorney General Sheets, of Ohio, yes
Ierday filed petition In the FRANKLIN
county court against the Merchants Elec-
trio Light and Power Company OF COshoc-
ton, the American Sheet Steel Company
and the American Tin Plate Company TO
enforce the penalty for falling 10 qualify
as foreign corporations under the laws of
Ohio He asks from the electric light and
power company SEC, 500, from the sheet steel
company $4,000 and from the tin plate COM
pany $4,000.
Prof. William X. Scott, head of the geo
logical department in Princeton University,
Princeton, y. J.. has returned from the
Argentine Republic, where he has been for
a nall year making collections OF SeolOgl-
cal specimens. In his stay in La Plata
he obtained a number of valuable speci-
mems and books There are three cOllec-
lions which he has brought back with him,
one of fossils, another of crustacea and a
third of fish. Professor Scott also took
about 600 photographs of objects of in
terest
The final session of the Mechanical En-
gineers' Association at New York yester-
day had the following technical papers:
I'd. Hunt.
Problem" c. II. Benjamin and X. A.
French, Experiments Spiral Springs
W. G. johnson, Water Power Develop
ment at Hannawa Falls" w. r. Warner,
1.-The Porro Prism" Albert Kingsbury,
Effect of Clearance on the Economy of a
Small Engine" Boston was selected as
the place for the spring meeting of 1902.