"

p ^ r o ü i v d

The daily shipments of cutlery

Valley average fiOUl Lfewü tittle

^ n ^ ^ W e b e r of Sala-ua.,

I t e fbegan paying the re,-^ ¿ i t V t o the Government s

K I S S o„e T t p , , dinner at the jirtook '

of a turkey d i»»« n e at Bath T

, than in any previous year O. 0 . F. of

pur-series

Women. The assertion is continually being

made by the opposers of women suf-frage that women work under vo disadvantage as a result of their disf ranch isement.

Our Correspondence^ OTTO.

! M r - Mrs. Will Brainard of UuionCity, Pa., were the guests of

[Mr; aud Mrs. Henry Saalfeld, | Thursday and Friday.

Another striking object lesson I * 1Jf., . . , , m

S h o w i n g the unjust discrimination I L n „ " f ^ t 0 b n g h t e ° t h e

between the wages paid men and I ¿ J J ^ i * ^ H c n f y S h r a " women for the same work has come! C a n sgiving day. to our notice in the Public Library | ' N o r a B r a n d t i s 011 th® «ck list.' in Minneapolis. It seems that the | Flossie Page of Olean spent woman in question had been nssis- (Thanksgiving at theM. E. parson-tant librarian for a dozen or more t h e 8 u e s t of Miss Helen Nol*-n. years and so efficient was she in the J Mr. ^Vood, father of Johnathan discharge of her. duties that she . Wood, was burled at North Otto was ]gem rally recognized as the last Saturday. t

bank. Its I^oveland

Soldiers' Home at Bath Thursday tfoore •

f.Couewango Lodge I ^Randolph have voted to

X e a pi«»« ^ d will give a l a m e n t s to raise money fortbat purpose.

I Olean is to have a new t tkief promotor is M. E. f ^ e m e a u r . Its capital stock

I will be $100,000, most of which ¡ «¡11 b e h e l d by residents of Olean, | tnd nearly all of which will be sub-i gcribed for. . justice Kenefic of the Supreme fCoart has appointed Geo. H . Frost „{Buffalo, Hiraih S. Cotreal of

5 Otto and Theo. Myers of Little Val-ley as commissioners to appraise

damage in the Torge undergrade crossing case. ,

| 'so badly frightened that she was miahle to help herself Mrs. Kate

; 1 emained in I her bed while the bed cloths were

on fire. Only the timely assistance of neighbors saved her life. She tasseriously burned..

For a few months^past Attorney B. F. Congdon of "^Randolph has bten in failing health and all efforts of the local physician could not, lo-cate the trouble. Last week he was taken to the General Hospital at Buffalo and on Monday underwent »surgical operation and it was

> found he was suffering from a can-cer.

An imposing burial was conduc-ted at Dunkirk for Lady, the niue-teen:year-old dog, owned by Lewis B. Arver. The carcass was placed in a plush-lined casket and convey- j if they did as good or better work ed to the grave in a carriage. Mr. than the wdmen which is now the Arver mourns the loss of hie ydog reason for their leceiving

Miss Mary Saalfeld of Conewáo-

Miss Ona Bently, Utelv'of nor, will inake'het home 'with^qp uncle, Rev. J. A. Nelson, ttifs winter.

Will Cornwall and family, sprot Thanksgiving in Springville. - •sfjg

We understand there will be a wedding in town.

i'Jm sow

improve Ma

/ deeply I . Rural carriers are not permitted ta deposit circulars in boxes unless they bear the proper postage aud are addresssed and the depositing of advertising matter in the boxes of other persons is not approved by the Department. Carriers are di-rected when they,find such matter in the boxes and it is an obstrction to mail matter to remove it.

The Commercial Telephone Co. of Gowpnda has been incorporated, the papers being filed with the County Clerk. Erie and Cattarau-gus county plages will be connected by'phones. Capital $50,000. The directors are: Bradley Phillips, Eu-ReneFalk and Eugene Wolff of Buffalo and Erwin C. Fisher, ^Wm. Smallwcfod, J. Peter Breuck and Chas, Sippel of Gowanda.

An exchange has the following to say of a western boy; A lad of Enid, Okla., iu a geography class, was deeply interested in learning of the points of the compass. Said the the teacher: "You have iu front of yoii the north, on the right the «st and oa the left th^ west. What bave you behind you?" After a few Moments reflection Charlie explaiti-

,ed: "A patch on my pants." And to make the information more biud-'og he continued in a shamefaced manner: "I know'd you'd see it; I

working head, and was so recogniz-ed by the . librarian himself who j go is spending the week in O t ^ largely depended upon her sagacity'the guest of her brother, Henrv and resources in administering his • Saalfeld. office. But when the librarian re-signed and the assistant, who - had been for years the working head,' was appointed to fill the vacancy, her salary was not only cut down to $1,000 a year less than the Hiau had received, but the office of assis-tant librarian was abolished and the duties of both offices thrust Upon her.

Nor is this discrimination against women anything unusual. The same holds good iu many positions occupied bv women and especially in that of teaching.

While the- Minne; polis librarian was deprived of her légitmate com pensatiOn ostensibly because she was' a woman, as a matter of ' fact it was because she belongs to a dis-franchised class. This is proven by the fact that iii states where women vote they receive equal pay with men in public offices fo 1 equal work.

If t o r n e n who are crying out against women taking their work from tliem would help the women to sec are the ballot an8 through the ballot secure equal pay in all public positions, it might result in more men being employed, that j improving.

Master Glenn Castin of Cherry Creek was the guest of J. J Greeley over Sunday: ¿

Buy your pianos and monuments of L. J. Kiearstead,

Mrs. Smith of Celeron has moved to Frank Kellogg's farm in No. Leon. -

R. Chapman has advertised a stray colt for sale on Dec. to. age 3 or 4 years, brown in color. Own-er can have him on or before Dec. 10'. * •

John Salsbury does not any.

Chas, Safford and family have moved to their new home in SpritK-ville.

Mrs. Eliza Armstrong 0? Nor-wood visited at P. P. Stafford» last week.

Bernice Armstrong and familjftf Gowanda and Temperance Hufsta-terof Buffalo visited friend« town last week.

LEON Mrs. Laurence Howard of Pi

field, N. J., is helping her R. D. Kellogg move into Dr. een's place.

R. D. GouTd afficf Wife * W Thanksgiving services at Cattarau-gus.

Mrs. Wales Thompson is slowly

told mamma you would.

See-Here. " You contemplatie a trip to the

West south or Southwest the Nickel ™te is making extremely lotf rates on Dec. 15th and Jan. 51I1 and xoth. These rates are based ®n about half fare for round trip. Avail yourself, of this golden oppor-tunity to the beauties of the west jneap. For full information write, «'egraph or phone A. C. Showalter

t Pass. Agt. Nickel Plate Road «7 State St. Erie, Pa. 11-J19

more wages. Give women equal wages and the lest will adjust itself accor-ding to the fitness of the individual for the position.

Elnora Monroe Babcock.

Alonxo Wood* , Alonzo Wood was born in Hart-

ford, Washington Co., N. Y., May 8 1828 and died Nov. 25, 1903 a t

Dayton, N. Y. When about nine-teen vears of age he came to the township of Otto, Catt. Co., N. Y., where he made his home until about: eleven years ago when he moved to Dayton, where he passed away. On January 14, 1844 married Betsey Satterlee. To them were born sev-en children, fave sons and two daughters, all of which are living except one son who died in Michi-gan, a few months ago. Mrs. Wood the mother of the children died Ju'.y to, 1893- He again married on October 9, 1894. Mrs. CUestia King who survives him to mourn her loss of a true, kind husband. Mr Wood was a true man m every sense of the word. He was true to his family, true to his countiy and true to his Lord. He united with the M. E . church when he was about forty years of age, in whicn he remained a s s i s t a n t member un>til his death.. The funeral ^ vices were held in the old church at Otto where he began his Cnrto tian life, Nov. 28, 1903- A " family were present except a son w h o l e s inVashjngton smte and a daughter who liv£s in Michigan.

Mrs Wood and family desire t o e x p r e s s the i r heartfelt ^ a n k s to all th friends aud neighbors who were so kind to them during Mr. Woods last illness. •

Rev. J. D. Knapp, Pastor M.E. church

Dayton, N.' V-

®*n'tCough. UM CRAY'S B A L S A M

Go Somewhere via the Nickel Plate also

Special low rates one way - J round trip via N i c k e Plate on Dea i sth Jan 5th and 19th to all points west and sÜuth. See or write A C Showalter, Plate 807 State St. Ene,

Three thru fast ex in either direction

particulars, press trains daily. 14—J»«

M. E. Church Item8. v Tkose present at church last Sun-

day morning were helped by the soothing, soulful anthems. Sqch features of worship give rest abd comfort. The choir^of young peo-ple furnished enjoyable mnsic in the evening- .

The Epworth League bad a profit-àble service last Sunday under the leadership of Miss Mildred Jewell.

The official Board will hold their monthly meeting at 7:30 Saturday evening. M É ?

All learn with gratitude of the improvement in health « Mrs, Grace Rich and Miss Ethe, Rich

Next Sunday's program: | 10 00 a. nr.-Class Meeting;

a m.-— Morning worship 10.45 a-m. , < T h e Effect and sermon. Theme. 6f Our Inner Life."

12-oo m —Sunday School. ' D m - Junior League.

. . ¿ Ì a n P d Helpless" the subject, Leader, Mr. Mowry.

7:30 P* m

sermon. Goodly Lives." ;$&§ , t

A cordial welcome is extended to a l l to atund our services.

j j M. Conflway, Pastor.

AH Specif Salts All special

all occasions a P P l y ^ 0 ^ HOME via Eri« R. ¿»ngement». agent before making i p

, MO wir- • . —Evening worship and

•Masterly Motives for

SW ACCUSED. Self Accused, the »rea< Military

Drama whicii wil 1« pa-s^uted by our local talent under the auspices Of Rehekah Lodge at Blo-.d's opera hoiisir Friday evening. Dec 4 th will be under the personal direction ..f Burdett Milton Garfitld of Buffalo which is enough, to guarantee a first-class show as his success here last year wkh the Hose Company!« entertainment speaks for itself. This play, Mr. Garfield says, is far better than the other one. It dc«ls with affairs frttn 1861 to 1864 at itjie ttaie of the reheliion and some of the situations are very exciting. The soldiers camp, both north and •óuth, will be shown perfectly, the attack on aach and the battle. Thè |>lay will be costumed very elabori atelv by military costumes furnished l>y The Winters Costume Hon* of P«|:>lo: The expense of producing this play is very great and it 'will, no doubt, far outdo any thing ever seen Inonr town and it is ¿hoped that our people Will turn out and support it and thus encourage our people to always give something good, i The comedy work is very strong and a most beautiful story is told showing an example of benefit to any one,

W. C. T. V. ffotes.. Edited by the Local Union.

The Union will meet with Miss Emily Foster at 3 o'clock, Friday afternoon, Dec. u .

© f t : * * * > I ,fOne Sunday: morning," says the Rev. Harry B. White, " I was requested to teach the lesson to a class of convicts in the prison cha-pel« I consented. The subject of the lesson was 'Christen Courage'. (Scarcely had I opened the lesson ¡when a young prisoner raised his pana for permission to speak.

!Àre Vou à Christian?" he-asked. . "Yes," I replied, Somewhat sur-

prised by the adrupV question," »'You are a minister of the gos-

pel?" " I am." ; "•'And you come down here to

tell us the meaning of Christian Courage," he continued with a shade of irony.. "Now see here, most of us fellows have been brought to this place by strong drink. You lock us up and .let strong drink go free. You don't lock strong drink up and let us go free. And the reason you don't do it is because you have not got the Christian courage!" ;

The young fellow told the truth —the terrible truth. Is it not time we were locking the doors of the rum-holes, and giving thè boy» chance for freedom and honor? Oh for release from the shackle« of po-litical partisanship, and the <»urage to do what we know to be right!

***

During the revolutionary times oi 184«, two stalwart leaders of the people entered the Rothchild's bank in Frankfort and thus addressed the baron:—

"You have millions upon millions and we have nothing. You must divide with us." v

"Very well, gentleman," calmly replied the bareni "what do you suppose now the firm of Rothchild is worth?'1™-"-3 . ,

"About forty millions of florins. "Forty millions cf florins, you

think. Well there are forty millK*> people in Germany; that would be a florin apiece. Here are yours now of course you are satisfied Good morning,." ?

The advocates of equality were bowed out.

A RADIUM B O H V

Mentiat» describe the aation of radium burn as u series of bom-

bardments by minute particles. The fait Dre of a machine gun would be slow work compared with it. It is a protection into space at trvmn-êeug force of tiny particles of mat-ter. Th* fisvt m u l t of tWs bom-bardment is a co* gestion or block-ing of «ho blood Tassels, as ia U* •as« if m ordinary born, «aiy radi-um bunu are minieie «t i n t . Tin tis«««a ia the line «I I n am killed KB<«hMh«f. TtfcMft«« eatend»

t» blood f i ah thai hay« bom • t m t i i i n i i fraaa tbo

« • t « tin «¿Aaal himrj. One thing {Sit make« «ho boau

« inwdioos ta tHat it is imp«MtW« W n i l vkMH t)Hf atk>4 or wtm tiey wfll In «one <npos they reach «Mar to th« bra«, For this mson tbo »•«naUeta are t i l l wary ef radium. It is aood ia New York ahnoot ontirdy by X ray expert«, who as yet have pat H to no prac-tical use. It ta «mployed to a cer-tain extent to t«st gems, as it causes tin genuine articlo to fluoroooa. or give off a glow of light in a dark room. In this respect it is similar ia its effects to th« X ray.

The Llon'1 Moo. Am«ring prices are paid to th«

leading musicians when they are in-duced to entertain at private houtee. One or two, notably Jean de Reszke and Calve,,refuse such engagements en any term. A New York multi-millionaire and patron of music, he-

debarred from attending Cub«-first coacert, paid $1;500 %

tke privilege of having the young violiaiat play for one hour in hi« own maste room. Mm«. Sambnek could proffer gratuitously her voice and her time to holp raise moaoy for cUsrity and almoat in th« «una laeath decline a tempting offer that ngaa with $8,0« and iftemntd ta any turn ihe plaooed ta aaimi^ for a

wealthy man's musicals. Aaotber soprano accepted $1,500 for an evea-ing only on condition that her hus-9and should be included in her host-ees' arrangements and Should re-ceive $500. Every year Paderewoki contributes to eharity the entire pro-ceeds of one recital. When be con-sents to play in private at all he never abates a penny of his $*,0#6 fee.—Everybody's Magazine.

ina i s?«

Via th*

One Dollar J*òv Year ADVEÜTISBÜ LET T if. 83,

Liat of letter» remaining; uncalled S I in the Postofflcc at CaMarauriat N-*Y., forllie wt-ek enniiig Nov. 3«>th, 1903:

Miss Berth» Miss C1»ra Shirley, Mr Weck Highee, W. W. Gorsline, Osia Galloway, Fentcttt Davidson, Glenn R Fish, Miss I t Arudry.

These letters will be sent to the Dead Letter office on Dec. 14. >903. Pemms callinu'»r tn* ahn«« w,ill nlease *sav;, "ad«w,se t "

H . B. EASTON. P'. M

A Bargain for Farmers. The New York Ttilmne Partner, • tm

nonall11iiitr»t«fl <«rii-nitu«i w»viy twenty large pages, has uo superior aaa thoroughly practical «ud h<-lpral .nublica-tten to the fern er and every memho. of hi« fainHy, and the publishers uro <ktw> mined to give it a circulation nneanxtloA by «ny paper of it* cIMm in lb« lluitod States.

Knowing thut «very enterprising fan»» er nl ways rends his own local weekly nma, s;xrT! e NevviYoi k Tri hunt Farm-er has tiifcde an exceedingly liberal ar-rangement which enables us to offer the two papers at so low a price that too farm-er can afford to lose the owxrriunitir.

The price of The New York Tribun-Faruier is $t'.oo a year end "The Cattair augusTimes" UliTooa ve»r, but both; papers will he sent a full ytur if < ou for-ward $1,23 to the Tim«s,Catttai ur«s,N. Y.

Send, vonr name and address to The New York Tribun« Parmer, New Yqrk City and a specimen copy of that paper will be mailed to you.

A Grand Offi*. For the ntfxt three months- we

will.f-oml Thk TtMKsl&nd The To» ledo V. eekly Blade one^yiar to new siTbscrii < rs for $i.oo t casu iu ad-vance. T'v'old subscribers who are , more than one year in ^rrears on subscription who will pay up it) full and one year in advance we will give a copy of the Blade free. Tbia Is a very liberal offer and a great many should take advantage of it. Address all orders to Thu Timks, Cattaraugus, N. Y, i

CASTOR IA Vor Infanta tud Gfcildmi.

Tbl IM You Haie Alwáyt Bought Beam tke

i Signatur«

Special Conducted Exertions Nickel Plate.

The Nickel Plate will sen special excursion tickets Dec 15th, Jan. 5 S ioth « extremely low one way !nd round trip rates to all points in gfe S ; south and southwes. ZtrZ X. c. Showalter, W P a s s . Agent, 807-State St. ^ Erie, I f e

Th« filrl Athlet«. When tha young woman atkUt« is

MMrtrayed we generally see a com-bination of Juno and Amaaan, a stalwart, not to Bay strapping, type made current by C. D. Gibson. As a matter of fact, in the traek ath-letes at Vapsar last spring it was an entinly different build of girl who took the lead. Th« feminia« raoerds f«r running broad jump and stand-ng broad jump were Doth broken jy a gentle, fragile looking girl who would almoat be called little, but who nevertheless lifted th« records to respectively 14 f««t ®Vs inches and 7 feet 1 inchm. Another rec-ord breaker who did the 220 yard run in dO 3-8 seconds and tha fifty yard dash in 6 3-5 second«4» «len-der to the point of frailness and must weigh under 125 pounds. There were downs of typical women athletes sitting in the grass choer-ing the «vents, but as a rule that wai as far as they took part. Th« hon-ors w«nt to champions whom no seeker of the typical would hare dreamed of pointing out.—Every-body's Magazine.

Barrie'e Autobiography. ~ James M. Barrie, the novelist, has no patience with reporters who try to pry into his private affairs. On one occasion he a»ke<i t o

pen a short autobiography. At first he refused, and then, when the re-porter began to coax him, he stop-ped him, took up his pen and,wrote as follows: "On arrival ij^London it was Mr. Barrie's firsfTOf?4

make a^collectiqe of c h q ^ i g a r s . Though the author of "My Lady Nic-otine" does not himself smoke, his grocer's message boy does.* Mr. rie's pet animal is the whaU. He feeds» on ripe chestnuts.'

^ Oar Slang. What a difference there is between

a slang word like "fierce'* and a slang word like -four flusher!" i'Bftur flusher" is - , , ^ - , metaphor. , "Fierce" is Just cant. "Merca" ought to be canned. -Four fushei" desajrves to be «nsmnned.— diicsao Trilauifl. , , . ,

Wise words, thesa, betravtng pro-fwnd thought aad dJMrimiatfnif

„«* And while the valufed

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Largest line of..

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