and following the THE NATIONAL BANK OF SAYRE. Capital $50,000.00 Surplus - $12,000.00 - We sollelt your Banking busi- mes, and will pay you three per gent. interest per annum for money ‘Jeft on Certificate of Deposit or Bavings Account. department of savings is a : feature of this Bank, and all deposits, whether large or small, draw the same rate of interest. NM. HN. SAWTELLE, Cashier. FARMERS SHARE PROFITS. System Adopted by English Land Owners to Retain Their Tenants. With a view to placing a check upon the depopulation of Kealish villages in England which is now reaching alarm ing proportions several large land ownsrs have decided on a system of profit sharing with their agricultural jaborers hoping by this means (0 slim Hodge tak. ‘n hi= employment ial wo 51 Ihe system of shasiug farm profits was initiated by Mr E W Hussey a iarge estate owner of moines castie called share Every year the hands are to gether and of the prufits made un the years workiog of the farms On the last vccasion of the profit sharing each man received $12 30 while a youth's share amounted each receives a bers of a family are eugaged ou a farm sums approachiog $4556 been lakea bole The systew has had such successful resul's that Mr Hussey have has received W. T. CARRY, Editor. afternoon except Ban- Subscription, $3.00 per year; 15 ceota | rates reasonable, and made | as second-class matter May at Sayre, Pa, | ‘All the news that's fit to print” | - SATURDAY. JANUARY 6 1908 23 Looks Like His Turn The Optimist—Pay Kpockers. They sald wouldn't work The Pesslmist “And now they chine won't work.” “Aud even a knocker right some time Journal. fo telephone | no attention the Well? say the flying ma » bel le Courier apt Louisy Healthiest Exercise. Digging Is sald to be the healthiest) of all outdoor exercises Punish Themselves lmpatient people water their miseries #94 hoe up their comforts — Spurgeon. + 4 + $ + + : come and See S404 F444 PPE PEEL LEY A delayed shipment of library tables, quar- tered an polished. ing in price from :50 to $30.00. parlor stands from 97c¢ to $21.00. Most complete line in the valley. +4490 GRAF & (0. S94 P FHP P40 4NY Furniture and Under- taking. . Corser Broad Street and Part Ave., CO wav NY *+ddddbiid Also P4249 P LEFF FEP ERIE PRL T RFE R IRD the consequence tha! other farmers In the county have expressed (heir ioten tion of working on =imllar | All the employes on Mr Hussey s Lawmberhurst estate pow take such & Keen Interest in their work thal hey exhibit po inclination whatever 'o wl grale tw the Wwos lamberburs! though a very small wong been looked upol as a model viliage evervithing being done lo encourage the ‘nhabitants to remain within it poundaries The wealthy residents in the peighborhood bave estabilsbhed pumber of up-to-date recreative insti tutions and the village is inaffected by the problem of the unemployed place bas Argentina in Fair Way to Burpass United States in Food Exports Buenoys Ayres, the capital of the Ar gentine Republic, nas just passed Lhe 1,000 000 mark io population It is the fourteenth city in the world iu habitants and is Ly far the largest city on the western hemisphere out- side of New York, Chicaxo and Phila deiphia Fifteen years ago Rio de Janeiro was ahead of it Now Lhe Hra Zilina city is far behind hirty years wns lu in exceeded Boston agu Buenos Ayres population by dt Louls Baltimore vig LUonlied States towns to-day It growing as fast as Chicago and faster than berlin Argentina has an area al most as great as all the United States cast vi Misalssippl. although Ils population is a little jess than LWW 0 or smaller than Pennsylvania s It T'nited on the exports more corn thau the ates Before mauy years yunt of our own home de mand Ar pass gentina will surpass the United States un exportation of food products pEEregale For the first ball of 195 its total exports were $175.00 000, or several times as much as those of the United States ln proportion tw popula tion in the Will Spare Quall Every promisent sportsman from the city of Middletown and vicinity ba practically agreed not an) quall during the present the object being to allow what few birds there are to multiply It is generall) known that comparatively few of (hes birds survived the extremely col¢ weather of the last two winters acd it is the expectation that it will ulté mately result in a satisfactory increas of these birds that has suggested the agreement among local sportsmen refrain from shooting them this fall — Hartford (Coun ) Times to shoul s¢asol Moths Close Flour Mills Mediterranean moths have closed two Minneapolis four mills Mors mills are expected to shul down soon in order to get rid of these pests. The gather under the silk clotr through which the four is sifted and form webs from one to four inches Ig thickness They also eat the cloth making it impossible to sift he prod wd FRANK E WOOD, Representative News sod advertising matter may be left at Gregg's Racket Store, Waverly. After 12 o'clock noon call the main office at Sayre, Valley ‘phone 142A, —IAH Regular moathly meeting of the board of trustee tomight. Miss Maud Ellis 1s visiting Mrs E. Barton Hall of Elmura Mr. and Mrs. Wilham Stanley | returned to Waverly yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart of the East Ward went to Smuthboro to | day ! - Mrs Edgar Baker has returned after three weeks visit at Walton, NY Miss Mary Keegan Wilkes-Barre this afternoon to wvis- — went to it her mother for a few days s————— Frank Howard, Edward Blizzard and H. C. Brewster attended an N | piy off at Towanda last Try Baby Wonder clear havana sc cigar. Our special 10c, manu- | fictured by H. E. Amrhein & Co, Waverly, N. Y Rev. and Mrs Albert Livermore who have been Frank visiting her son, Judge Bell to returned | VERDICT FAVORS DEFENDANT Waverly—The jury in the case Carl Dodge | gave the defendant a verdict of $68 of Grant Dodge vs Considerable interest was mam- ficsted in the the room was crowded throughout the case and court tnal, which lasted nearly all day Hon. Sherman Moreland, assem- | blyman from Chemung came from Albany for the defendant He caused county, to try the case considerable merrn- | ment by addressing Justice Hoag- to make his plea. Attorney I. E and made a very convincing argu ment on the facts The claim of plaintiff consisted | of horse hire, house rent and a| tools which | defendant used and some of w hich | he still had in his possession The was for a large quantity of ice fur- | nished the plaintiff A | TENDERED RECEPTION | Waverly —Mr I. Howell after a brief wedding trip through | New York given at large number of ice defendant's counter claim ind Mrs returned Lewis last evening | A reception was the home of the] | on Liberty street. About twenty | friends and relatives were present] and spent a most enjoyable even- ing. Excellent refreshments were Mr. Howell an em-| ployed at the Lehigh shops, and Mrs. Howell is in co-partnership with Miss Myrtie Fulcrod, which 1s will be continued in the future as it has been in the past. BANGUET LAST NIGHT Waverly—The regular members of the Baptist church choir gave a banquet last evening in the church | parlors to all who assisted in the | Christmas cantata. At the con-| clusion of the banquet a very fine | musical program was rendered. Bauer's Instant Cough Cure has cured more Coughs and Colds than any remedy known. It instant- Iy relieves the most distressing cough and Is guaranteed to cure Bronchitis and Asthma. Bauer's Cough Cure always give satisfaction as Mr. D. Greenman, druggist of New Harmony, Pa., says: “Your remedies have giv- en the very best satisfaction to all who have used them, and especially Bauer's Instant Cough Cure. 1 look for larger sales on them in the fu- ture. 1 do not want to be out of any | of them and will order before my stock runs down too low.” Get a! free sample and prove what it will do for you. H. L. Gillespie and Child, Waltman & Young, Sayre. MEAT S.J. Bellis at 7 Elizabeth street | is prepared to furnish you with the best meat at prices that fit your pocketbook. All orders receive prompt attention. Valley Phone 66x. Bell Phone 138w The county commissioners have | organized with the selection of] Edson D. Harkness as chairman. | Their appointments are as follows: | Commissioners’ clerk, Fred R.' Springfield, and Miss O. Louise] Powell of Towanda, as assistants. William Maxwell of Towanda, was named as county solicitor. J. W. Keating of Towanda, as janitor, and Dr. T. B. Johhson of the same place has been named as jail phy- HOSPITAL NOTES Mrs. Charles E. Stowe of Har- ford, N. Y., Mrs. Darwin Rockwell of Laquin, and E A Rockwell of Sayre were discharged from the Packer hospital this morning. re ANIMALS IN THE DESERT. Number of Them OQuidc the Camel in Respect of Going Without Drink Other creatures than the camel are able to get along for extended periods without drinking. Sheep in the south weslern deserts go for 40 tc 60 days In winter without drink grazing on the green, succulent vegelation of that sea- son. Peccaries In the desert of Sonora live in little dry hills where there is no patural waler for ong periods They cannot possibly find water ‘on fact, for months at a time The only moisture they can obl'ain comes from roots and the frulls of cacti But the most extraordinary case is that of the pockel mouse, one of the common ro- dents of the desert This little crea- ture has a genuine fur- lined ‘pocket’ on the outside of iis cheek When it is hungry it takes food from this pocket with its paw, just as a man would pull a ham sand wich from his pocket One of Lhese mice has been kepl for three years with no other food than the mixed bird seed of commerce During this period it oad pol 8 taste of either walter or sréel food Other experimenters have found, in fact in cap tivity refuse nul seeing to know that water Is good (uv drink The Lird seed put before this mouse by the way that these mice such treats of moisture which Is less than Is nec for digestion. Stuff so dry as this (anpotl even be swallowed until it is moistened by =aliva Yel this re- markable mouse gave nothing but his time to the interests of sclence He suffered nothing In health or spirits during his captivity NONOGENARIAN NEWSMAN. Aged Ilnoisan s Familiar Figure About Railroad Depots at Joliet “EBAry The oldest pewsboy in the world Is to be found at Jolie! apd Le is a very familiar figure to passengers at the railroad depots, says the Chicago Chronicle He is Orsamus Page and he was born in 180% Although approach ing his ninety seventh year, he is never missing from his post and la always ready to supply the public with Ris stock of pewspapers He malotalns bis v.gor Ww a remarkable extent, as he rises at four o'clock every morning io order to meet the eariy trains. He is He has been bandicappe! by the loss of a leg, losing the member at the knee in & mine accident at Braidwood 20 years ago. His father was noted for longevity, his father dying at 89, his mother at 9% while his grandfather lived lo be 102 and his grandmother 105. Orasmus commenced life as a farmer lo lowa, moving there with his parents from New York state He then engaged 10 rallroad contracting and had charge of some of the gradiog for the Chicago & Alton, near Bloomington, iu 1807 Mr, Page has a wife, who is 86 years of age. His papers are the sole support of the couple, but owing (0 his age and crippled condition he Is given the preference Among the uewsboys that besiege the trains and he manages w earn several dollars a day The old man expects to continue at the busi- pess as long as bis strength holds out, He is anxious to round out the ced- tury snd will likely do so FEEDING YOUNG PELICANS. Produces Physical Shock Which Has Strauge Effect on the Birds. As the youdg increase in size fe-4. for all concerned, writes Frank M, Chapman. in Century At the age of flight, the young birds average slighty larger and heavier than old vues, and the physical shock of feeding is 0 great that the parents supply only oue bird at a time, and that at long inter vals: while the young seem so Over come by the prolonged stay in the par ental pouch, as well doubtless. as bY the size of the meal they have secured there. that on emerging they are in #8 dazed and helpless condition laying the head on the ground with wings re laxed, they act as though they had re ceived & violent blow at the base of the brain. This apparent seml conscious ness is followed by the most violent reaction, as the reviving bird sudden ly grasps itself by the wg and whirls ing cnly long enough to Lite at the other wing before turning in the op posite direction. If this surprising ex- ercise be Intended as an ald tw diges tion, It ls evidently effective, since, af {ts conclusion, (he bird settles down lo Broad Street, “SAYRE SUNDAY SERVICES Presbyterian Church Morning service, 10:30 Sunday school, 11:45 Christian Endeavor, 6.30 Evening service, 7:30. The Rev. E. CU. Petrie, Pastor, Church of Christ Morning service, 10:30 Sunday school, 12 Christian Endeavor, 6.00 EE vening service, 7.00, The Rev. M. B. Wood, Pastor, Lutheran Church. Morning services, 10:30 Sunday school, 11:45. Evening service 7.30 The Rev. E. M. Beysher, Pastor Baptist Church Morning service, 10:30 Sunday school, 11:50 B. Y. P. U. meeting, 6:30 Evening wervics, 7.30 The Rev. 1. W. Binghaw, Pastor, Church of the Epiphany First Mass, 5:00 High Mass, 10:30 Sunday School, 2:00 p, m Beoediction, 7 30 p.m The Rev. J. L. Shauley, Rector, Church of Redeemer Communion 5:00, Morning services 10:30 Sunday school 12.00 Evening service 7:30 The Rev. F. T. Cady, Rector Wheelock Memorial Chapel Preaching service, 2:30, Sanday school, 3:30 Methodist Church Men's meeting, 9:30 Morning service, 10.20 Sunday school, 12:00 Junior League 3:00 p. w Epworth League, 6:30 Evening service, 7:00 I'he Rev, J. F. Warner, Pastor, AGENTS WANTED. Everywhere to sell teas, coffees, sp'evs extracts, bakioyg powders and fine soaps, premiums with all onlers, soch as lace curtains, dishes, ete. A good chance for boys and girls to make money after school hours. We also give prizes to boys and girls selling a specified amount, such as watches good timekeepers, rings, wrist bracelets, guns, stick pins, dolls, ete: Three prizes come extra and do not include your regular commission, Men and women are making a good in- come off our plan. Write today for full information to the SAYRE SPECIALTY WORKS, Box 116, Sayre, Pa. $4444 EEA HEA S442 EA EERE W. T. CAREY, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE SEPP PEEP P LEIP Ebb dd Oftice Maney & Block, Rooms formerly occupied by the late John R. Murray, Page Pte rrr br bib bbb bbb bribe de TOUHEY'S HOTEL Eve New and Up-to-Date. Cl Accommodations. Thomas Ave. Opposite L. V. Station. Rates $1.50 Par Dav. Save REAL ESTATE BARGAINS ! Small Farms, Large Farms, Good Build- ingn, good fruits, well watered. Houses and Lots for sale or exchange. All at bargain prices. Houses to reat. ANDREW EVARTS, Room 2, Talmadge Blk. Home phone 61-M Orchestra. The D. 8 Andrus Orchestra guaran- tees matisfaction at all concerts, balls, parties, ete. Prices reasonable. Leave order at D. & Andrus Music Store, 128 First- Desmond Mor. 117 N. Rast street. Raves Contractor and Builder Plans and Estimates Furnished. 103 Lincoln St. Sayre, Pa. | [t draws trade. It holds t It is a winner. 340 Broad Street. Both LOOMIS OPERA HOUSE Matinee and Night WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 10. The Dramatic Treat of the Season Mr. Kirk Brown And His Excellent Company Pre- senting WEDNESDAY MATINEE Hall Caine's Powerful Story rade. Phones. ‘THE CHRISTIAN WEDNESDAY NIGHT W. H. Powers’ Masterpiece Shannon of the Sixth PRICES —Matinee, 10c, 20c. Night, 10c, 20c, 30¢ CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Plans and Estimates Furnished | 526 Stevenson St., Sayre, Pa. L. B. DENISON, M. D. Office, Rooms 2 and 4 Talmadge Building, Elmer Ave. Valley Phone at office and residence JOHN C. PECKALLY, DEALER IN foreign and Domestic Fruits. Olive Oil Quart 85, Gallon $3.00. 15 different kinds of Macaroni at low prices for this week. No. x Elizabeth St., Waverly H. H. Mercereau, Attorney-at-Law Notary Public Special atteation to Pension Papers, Valley Phoue 11 X. x. 4 Stimson, Athens Dining hotel. red. A com 19% 1 hereb date for the office of in the
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