Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-08-27
BRIEF nENTION,


Thanks to our borough dads for the
crossing at Cherry street.
''There is no place like home - said
the man on third base, and he has our
sympathy.
Fans, parasolls, cups and saucers.
ETC., all japanese, for sale at the opera
house tonight
The curbing on the Fourth street
square, between Broad and Chestnut
streets, is progressing finely and will
soon be completed.
Before a man is married he returns
from a visit day or two before the
appointed time, but after he is married
he is usually day or two late.
Grasshoppers are stopping trains by
getting on the tracks in Montana.
They should be gathered and dried and
then they might be sold at a profit to
poultry raisers or shipped to Arabia,
where they use them for dessert.
The Pennsylvania Railroad COMPANY
decides to plant locust trees on its
farms to raise timber for ties. The
locust tree is good for little else save
ties and posts, but very good for that.
AS a shade tree it blooms late. and is
not long liver, as it grows fast. But
when seasoned the wood is as hard as a
bone and lasts longer than any other
kind. Any of our farmers utilizing
waste land by planting locust trees will
reap profit and not have to wait many
years.
Democratic efforts to get together
resulted successfully at Wilkes-Barr
but the police had to separate the two
factions and many had badly bruised
faces at the close of the harmonious
discussion. That old Jeffersonian war
horse, ex-State Chairman Garman came
out triumphant and was in control of
the entire convention proceedings, af-
ter the chief of police had arrived with
his supporters. Extended notice in the
Commoner will probably not be given,
but the efforts of the party to harmon
ize at any cost will be noted by admir-
ing friends of the unterrified in the
Keystone State.
Few people recognize what benefit
the banks that distribute small savings
boxes are to the country. This sys-
tenn, while followed from strictly bust
ness motives, has given an impulse to-
ward savings and economy to millions
offamilies and exerts great influence
among tens of thousands of growing
girls and boys. Children who have de-
lighted in stomach-destroyin candy
learn the joys of thrift and older people
who have been careless of their in
comes find an indescribable satisfac-
ton In saving little each week for old
age or a home or for the sake Of the
added sense Of power which growing
bank account brings. Modern busi-
ness adds many pleasures to life and
the savings banks are missionaries of
thrift in every community.
Colonel r. H. Pratt, superintendent
of the Indian school at Carlisle, Pa,
devotes his twenty.fourth annual re-
port largely to the results of the outing
system of the school in the civilization
of Indian youth. Last year SIC boys
and 429 girls had outing privileges for
some portion Of the year. While the
boys worked largely for farmers, some
Upra rNIonaH in OF
working side by side with the regular
employees in various establishments.
Others were employed at seashore and
other summer resorts in such positions
as are often filed by college students
during vacation. OF the plan Colonel
Pratt says: ''It establishes that youth,
of the Indian race are entirely and i'm
mediately capable of taking on civiliz.
ed industries and pursuits, their only.
obstacle being want of fair opportun-.
ity."
Reports showing the comparison of
earnings and expenses of the Buffalo
and Allegheny Valley division of the
Pennsylvania railroad for the month of
June and the six months ending with
June have just been completed by the
auditing department in Philadelphia.
The statements contain some interest.
ing figures, showing gradual increases
in the business. The fact that the op-
Grating expenses have increased to
considerable extent and there is still an
Ia.
the enormous traffic of the division.
For the month of June, the following
increases are shown, as compared with
the same month Of last year: Gross
earnings, $50, pa; expenses, s59,1s1; net
S27 063. For the six months
ending with June, the increase over the
same period Of last year is as follows
Gross earnings, 1886, SOB; operating ex.
penses, 1922, 76i; net earnings. S4t050