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Yous patronage solicited. The East Wav- erly Shop. i W. E. MILLER, GC. J. Kircu, N.Y. Take a Policy in the N.P.L. Come now Strictly One Price RELIGIOUS REPORT. Next year's German Catholic gress will be held at Essen-Rulbr The third European Christian En- deavor convention will be hid in Ge- neva next year, July 28-August 1. The Epworth League of Springfield, 111, district will support a missionary oon. Pays Dividends Each Five Years Has the Largest Membership of Any Lo- cal Organization in Sayre Paid In Sayre During Five Years: For Disabllity Death purpose. The Christian Endeavor has now 61,003 societies. This is an Increase of 231 since the convention held in Balti: more io July. A pension of at least $130 a year was voted to its lay home missionary work- ers by the recent Wesleyan conference ot England Leaders of the Methodist church in Brooklyn are expecting a great revival this fall They claim that there is a E. F. MERCEREAU, District Manager, | BAYRE, PA. 112 Desmond Street | Varrey PuoNe 114 LOOMIS OPERA HOUSE MONDAY, DECEMBER 18 MATINEE AND AND NIGHT Hoyt's Famous Comedian JAMES B. MACKIE In the Great Comedy Success Grimes Gellar Door Supported by a Clever Company Catchy Mus'c, Pretty Girl, Ma ches, Dances and Chouuses Galore Original Special Trick Scenic Equipment PRICES:- -Matinee, 10c and 20c¢ Night, 10c, 20c, joc Box Seat, soc OAL At the Lowest Possible Prices. {| city, which they hope to sce greatly stimulated by the personal efforts of | ansp Mallalieu of Boston. BITS ABOUT PLANTS. Tea plants at the age of seven years yleld 700 pounds of tea per acre. In Java there is on orchia, all the flowers of which open at once, as .f by the stroke of a wand, and they also all wither together. Plants with white blossoms have a larger proportion of fragrant species than any others; next comes red, then yellow and blue; after which, and in the same order. may be reckoned vio let, green, orange, brown and black Started Something. Referring to the fact that an Amer ican In England had said that for less than a penny a mile one may travel on an English rallway In a compart- ment nearly equal to the American Pullman or parlor car, the London Globe says that a large force of pri vate detectives bas been set to work to try to discover which raliroad the American was speaking of. Exemptions from Arrest. No arrests may be made on a Sunday except for treason, felony, or a breach cf the peace; and freedom from arrest At any time on eivil process is a privi- lege enjoyed by members of the royal family and their peers and peresses, and members of session. | Drawing the Line Young Slopay .was courting daughter of his former tallor. the T0 Q Now, “Q.” by all that's queer Why don't you hide your tongue And lay aside that jeer? It dcean't please me hung Out so upen your chin Pray do, do, take it in? I know you're short and fat Bat will you tell me why - You bang It out like that In weather wet and dry— In cold as well as heat? It really Isn't neat I do not wonder, now, That “queer” begins with * But tell me, please, just how It is text little “u” Must always be at hand, Or else you cannot stand A Humpty-Dumpty face Is not 80 bad to own, “0” often takes first place And sometimes all alone He's quite as round as you And twice as useful, toe Rather thar play the clowr And make myself absurd, I'd turn me upside down I woul? upon my word- And, in a corcer, hook Myself up Ly that crook —E Barnes, InN. Y Timea The Double Scare By J. R. HAMMOND ABRIEL SHOBE was seated G astraddle of a log, at the end of which was a hollow, out of which he had just taken a gallon jug Ex tracting a corncob from mouth >f the jug he applied his lips to the orifice from which the cob had bees taken, elevated the jug, threw his Bead back, and, with his gaze 41 rected heavenward and his thoughts fixed on the crossroads grocery where the nectar had been obtained, allowed a portion of the precious contents of the jug to gurgle down his throat Having tested the utmost capacity of his interior for receiving and contain- ing liquids, without, however, in the least appeasing hls appetite therefor, he lowered bls jug and, fascrifrg the cob in the mouth, replaced it in the hollow stump and, covering it with leaves, resumed his seat on the log, and soliloquized thus “Ef Jim Peters thinks I''m gwine to let him and Suze marry, he's mighty mistaken. ['d llke to know how Bets and me and the children would git along without old Brindle We'd starve, that's what we'd do” Old Brindle, as Shobe called her, though she was only six years old, when a calf had been given to his daughter Susan by one of her uncles with the express understanding that it was to be hers, and hers only, to do with as she pleased The calf had grown to be a8 fine cow, whose milk and butter formed about half the liv. ing of Shobe's family Jim Peters was a onehorse school teacher, who divided his time about equally between teaching school, loaf ing around bill Stickney’s grocery and bunting and fishing “The ornery cuss,’ continued Shobe, “he's ashamed to show his face In daylight, and so he comes a sneakin’ around in the night ‘Feard uv ghosts, too. Wish | had a lookin’ glass here to see what sort uv a ghost I'd make,” and, picking up a sheet that he had brought with him, he wrapped It around him in the most approved ghost style “] guess I'!l make a bully old ghost {an the dark,” said he, and, resuming his seat on the log in his ghostly attire, he awaited the approach of darkness, which was now near at hand. The earth having at length donned {ts mantle of darkneas, Shobe came to perpendicular, remarking at the same time “I guess It's about time Jim pavigatin® along this way ™ _ Starting for the road along which he expected Jim to “navigate on reaching the stump in which bis jug hid, the temptation was too strong to resist; so reaching down, he drew it forth once more, remarking as he did 80: “I guess I'll have to give Sweet Lips another buss before [| go.” and, turning it up, took another hearty swig. Returning the jug to its place of concealment, he resumed his ghost ly march in the direction of the road Leaning his back against a tree that grew near the road, or. rather, path way, along which he expected his pros pective, though undesired, son inlaw to pass, he walled with most ex emplary patience the arrival of that interesting Individual for the space of perbaps two minutes and a haif. At the end of that time, his patience being nearly, and his legs quite, ex hausted, he eased himself down to a gitting posture, his back being stil! against the tree, In which position he remained for another two minutes and a half, when his patience and backbone being both exhausted his head dropped over to one side, his body In a state of limpness followed in the direction of the head, and the next moment Gabriel Soobe was reclining on the ground, from which, and Im mediately under him, some half dozen short stubs projected. Scarcely had he struck the ground when he was asleep, and snoring with the nary avocations of life, the sound whereof could only be compared to the combined efforts of half 8 dozen hand saws ripping thelr way crosswise through as many dry boards This music was not allowed to waste itz sweetness on the desert air, for, many minutes before, the footsteps of an ap ters to himself, as he came to a sud. den halt. while a creeping sensation pervaded his cuticle. Peering In the darkpess, he discovered a white Jook- some 20 yards in front of him, from which the sounds evidently emanated. Spellbound, he stood rooted to the spot, his halr bristling. his flesh creep. Ing and his knees smiting together About this time the stubs, on the points of which Shobe was so grace fully, though somewhat uncomfort- ably, reclining. were beginning to give color to his dreams. He dreamed that be was in the infernal regions, and, while engaged in the discussion some grave theological subject his Satanic majesty, a little demon came at him with a red hot pitchfork. Springing to his feet with an unearth- ly yell, that sundered the bonds of Jim Peters’ enchantment and unroot- ed his feet from the ground, the ter rifled pedagogue wheeled to the right. about and broke for home wilh the speed of the wind Shobe, smarting from the wounds of the Imaginary pitchfork, and, fear ing another thrust, started hastily in the same direction. Catching sight of the sheet which, fastened around his neck, was streaming in the wind be hind, and, forgetful of the fact of bis having arrayed himself as a ghost previous to his descent to the regions below, the apparition lent additienal fear to the already terrorstricken Shobe, and he fairly flew Away went Peters, with an unearth ly creature of some sort in his wake; and on came Shobe with a legion of demons. as he imagined, in his rear Peters, in going down the slant of a hill, stubbed his toe and, falling for ward, fainted as he struck the ground Shobe, blowing like a porpoise, lum bered past with slightly diminished speed, but with fright agzravated, if possible, by the persistence of Lis Imaginary pursuers Presently his speed having diminished to such a de gree that the sheet no longer retain ing its horizontal position, caught on a limb of a fallen tree In such a way as not only to arrest his onward ca recr, but to jerk him around with his face In the direction of his Imaginary pursuers. On being thus brought face to face wilh the sheet, the recollection GABRIEL SHOBE ANDAGAITONJUG flashed upon bis mind at once as to how it came to be attached to him, and the Judicrousness of the idea of his getting so badly scared at what he had intended to frighten another with, caused him to explode In a volley of uproarious laughter Wrapping the sheet around him, he started homeward. and had proceeded but a short distance, when Jim Peters, having recovered from his swon, hove in sight. Catching sight of the queer-looking object approaching in the opposite dl rection, Peters took to the woods, when Shobe, with a demoniac yell, dashed after him. But, while fear lent wings to Peters’ heels the want of that stimulus on Shobe's part enabled the frightened pedagogue to distance his pursuer, who presently gave up the chase and went home, not forgetting to visit the hollow stump on the way in order to satisfy himself that the jug hadn't been disturbed in bis ab sence Sunrise next morning found Peters, with his worldly possessions done up lo a handkerchief, wending his way In the direction of the setting sun. The most authentic accounts we have of him since then are to the effect that, after serving a session or two in the legislature in one of the western states, he was sent to the penitentiary for stealing horses. After serving out his time in the penitentiary, he prac ticed medicine awhile; then drove a stage, and at the present time Is a resident of Utah, where, with three slab sided, lantern jawed women at tached to him as wives, he ha< every reason in the world for wishing him self back in the pealtentiary agaln.— N. Y. Weekly Embarrassing Blunder. “How did your father treat George when he asked him for you? “It was one of papa’s Jdeafl days, and he thought George was asking him for a loan.” ‘What did he say?” “He told George oat while he would be giad to loan him the trifle he asked for, he had s0 many requests of the samme character tha: he Legged to be excused. '— Cleveland Plain Dealer Another Ship to Be Described. When the reaction sets in we may Ket a description of a new steamship which, after briefly summarizing the elevators, gymnasiums. libraries and gorgeous a In carte restaurants, will tell of some nook or cranny of the craft in which & passenger may get the Im- pression that he is on a real vessel, floating on an ocean of real water, — N Y, Post. O ye lands row Make se ail a Joyful polse; Gladly serve Him, and before Him Come with singing and rejoice, Jehovah Know the Lord ia God, He only} He bath made us. His we are; We the flock of His own pastore, We the peopie of His care With your thanks His gales now anter, In His courts His praise proclaim; Unto Him O be ye thankful a And forever bless His name. For the [« is to And to = rd 1s good: His mercy ever.asting sure; endless gererations Shall His faithfulness endure ~Rev. Edward A Collier. 1a N. X. server BLOOMLESS. The Lesson of the , Rossbush—Let Be a Warning to Bloomliess and Fruitiess Lives. “It has served me right” sald rose bush, as it lay in a heap of 1 bish, where it had been thrown cause of its long fallure to put any roses “It seems like a hard to one who has been as delicately shed as | to be cast aside where must die without hope of even anol] opportuniiy. And yet | cangot plain. For years my master lias & for me. He gave me the best of & tion. He studied my nature, my acter. my needs, and what he | would be good for me he gave; and in all these years | gave him oot blossom for his thoughtful : care. Several times | gave understand that I would re when [ put forth the tiniest and | remember how he aud sald, iuvere will be garden path this year Bu disappointed his expectation. never came 10 the bloom. And have been a disappointment € great world that nourished me. I sent my roots lato the earth and drawn freely from if. [ have forth my leaves and have the luxury of sunbeams. | ha up my arms to the clouds and have | wanted of the rains from heaven, | yet [ have given no expression of gratitude for it all. 1 have given air, which has fanned me, BO grance; to the clouds which abundance to drink of the heaven, no Incense; to the earth which has fed me no | cept the dead leaves of the which the gardener burned; and gardener himself 1 have not give poor satisfaction, which he craved, single smile. [ have been both profitable and ungrateful. It served me right. It Is a hard fate die without hope of another Oppo: ity, but I cannot complain. It is th fate of those who promise and He¥S fulfill, of those upon whom blessings have been conf have misimproved Shem, W been endowed with fine 4 have been a disappointment and man’ And as I heard the confession, 1 sald: “If your life been wasted, your death-bed may prove a blessing: for, in the that it may be a warning to men are wasting their lives, | shall p It to the world.” And when & passed by the rose bush was and dead, but there seemed (0 be it the peace of one who bas plished more good by his death by hls lite. —United Presbyterian. SWORD THRUSTS. A true soul does not worry an arena The joy of service Is the secret joy.—Ram’s Horn. : It takes more than curlaalty tos a good neighbor.—Ram's Hora. I cannot sweep the darkness I can shine it put.—John Ne Opportunity, sooner or later, to all who work and wish.—Lord ley. He need never despalr who difficulty under Divine direct Ram's Horn : You cannot find the blessing of | upper room on the first Hoor— i Presbyterian v To him who gathers up‘the ments the whole loaf of oppo is finally“given,—Z H. Iu the Bible there Is more that me than | have experienced other books put together, Col It is a good thing to strike tron is hot, but it is a better 4 make the iron hot by strik Cromwell Christians should resemble ft ; 'not glowworms; thelr brightni % ing eyes upward, not dow Christina Rossettl. A tender heart and a = : volce are more to be desired chamber of sickness than - pn | We do not observe hat the victories are gained on tril that the great fleld days lmumerable and obscure Robert F. Horton. ———————— A ———— The Scriptures, The Scriptures are not 8 g men may dig with unsauctifi blast away the sirata wil 'guedses. He who usally God will grow morally every stroke of the plek, be whom this stove shall ground to plas. it i
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