arises from wechanical de-
in the construction of the
by or its controlling muscles,
- in sach cases can only be
ud through application of wait
able glasses made to correct sil
“existing defects. I make a special
study of eyesight testing in all
branches Can ASSGre 3 per
feet correction wherever it exists
Do Not Use Drops
I make use of the latest and most
1 Recommend Glasses
The only
EY
THE NATIONAL BANK
OF SAYRE.
Oapital - $50,000.00
Surplus - $12,000.00
We solicit your Banking busi-
nea, aod will pay you three per
* pant. interest per annum for money
Isft on Certificate of Deposit or
. Bavings Account.
The department of savings is a
special feature of this Bank, and
all deposits, whether large or
| small, draw the mame rate of
interest.
| R KN. SAWTELLE,
Cashier.
I
H. MURRELLE, Publisher,
W. T. CAREY, Editor.
Published every afternoon except Sun-
‘day at Murrelle’s Printing Office, Bayre,
$3.00 per year; 25 cents
Po.
por mont
Advertising rates reasonable, and made
mown on application.
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at Sayre, Pa,
under Act of Congress of March 3,
18M.
‘All the news that’s fit to print”
MONDAY, FEBRUARY J, 1008.
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_ AN UNTOLD STORY.
HOW ONE LIFE ENDED IN
MYSTERY.
BY 1“K. FRIEDMAN.
They warned him when he entered
the hospital that the operation was
dangerous, that there was but little
chance of its sucpess and that it must
be done, so to say, at his own ris
But he heard the surgeons’ vertict
without flinching. even without an}
change of expression. Then he sald
curtly and decidedly, although indif
ferently, like a man to whom life is a
matter of no consequence Very well,
During the week he rested in the pri
yaté ward of the hospital before the
operation the doctors and more par
ticularly the nurses, found in him the
element of the mysterious that begins
By plquing our curiosity and ends by
fascinating It. He was in the prime of
Iife. evidently cuitared refined and
well-to-do; a Jew of the finest type
oval featured, dark and strikingly
Bapdsome—s0 much was apparent on
the surface of things But all subtle
attempts to plerce beneath that sur
face and learn more about him be
thwarted with an inscrutable smile or
turned aside with a bored look, as if
his affairs were of no importance 10
him and, therefore could be of no
earthly Interest to anybody els
To Miss Marcy, the pre
nurse who cared for him, be
the most remote, the most detached
person she had ever met in all her va
ried professional experience
she saw of him the more she wondered
why it was that life made no appeal 0
him and had no charms for him Be
fore Jong her wonder left her and a
vague, inexplicable pity for him usurp
ed its place
He bad no visitors and furthermore
he seemed to care about none for he
rejected fo bis polite but peremptory
way all Miss Marcy's efforts to
tain him, He read nothing not even
the newspapers, and lay perfectly sull,
Bis big black eyes fastenad on the bare
wall, the expression ou his face fixed
immovable snd
large Solid
Regular $3.50 at $1.98,
ty Capadiau
eee med
eter
JOUVArvine ae Ff his
~~ GRAF
mind were always <onsidering the
same thoughts and were held in bond-
age by them like a prisoner in the four
walls of his ceil
The day after the operation. whieh
proved unsuccessful, as the surgeons
feared, his vitality ebbed low. When
the night came the Interne beckoned
Miss Marcy into the hall and said to
ber “It is doubtful whether or not
your patient can live until morning. 1
think you ought tu tell him so"
She reentered th» room softly, walt
ed a moment or two and then making
Bad her=elf frmly in
started to break the mournful
pews o him as gently and indirectly
as she could, but she had fairly
begun he cut her short with a wave of
s hand and sald I Know
fhere may be In
wish to bave here, she
overawed
sure that she
hand
before
whom you
suggested
His face, pale now as death itself
and he gave no an
Marcy, thinkicg he had
repealed her remark
NO,” he answered firmly
Do you wish to dictate a lelter to
anybody?” she asked.
0oked reflective
Miss
forgotten it,
EWer
“No.’
She walted awhile, busyving herself
in makiog him as comfortable as she
cuuld under the forlorn circumstances
and then she inquired meekly, as if
afraid of a refusal in advance “Is
there anything you want done.”
“I would appreciate It” he sald
eagerly In a flash of returned vitality:
“if you would brace me up against
the plllows and let me smoke.”
She attended to his request
bis box of black, thick cigars on the
table beside him He Ht one and
puffed away as coolly as if he had un
til all eternity to finish his bl;
black eyes fastened plercingly on the
nurse, In the [darkness of the
room his cigar and bis fashing black
eyes made vivid lights—two of
them unnaturally bright
Now and then he laid aside bis cigar
and moved Lis lips as if about to Speak,
The nurse felt her heart beat quicker
knowing If he spoke he would reveal
the mystery that ¢owrapped him and
disclose the secret that she dreaded
but none the less longed to hear. But
be frowned wrinkling his high fore
head, and fell to smoking again
Miss Marcy suddenly became
that an awful battle was golng on in
the dying man's heart that some great
yverwhelming desire commanded him
id that a pride equally mas
ordered him to Keep his lips
This battie and the dread clr-
cumstances amid which it was being
placing
three
LOS peak Ar
terful
sealed
John Cary spent Sunday at Bar :
fon.
Miss Cora Neaves spent Sunday
at Elmia.
G. Leal Geaung is home from
New York city.
Hon. E. S. Hanford went to
rAlbany this morning.
Ar nti
Bert North and wife of New
York city, are visiting Waverly
relatives.
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Mrs. Margaret Leahy of Buffalo
is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. |
Thomas Murray.
$
Mr. and Mrs, Gerald Leahy of
Buffalo are visiting Mr. Leahy's
sister, Mrs. Thomas Murray, How-
ard street.
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Skoglund of
Susquehanna were visiting thar
daughter, Mrs. D. M. Handrick
x
over Sunday.
flannelette
and laces
Percy Hemus, the noted baritone, |
of New York city, will give a song |
recital accompanied by Horace]
Waverly, Monday, Feb. s.
soc at A. B. Higbee's.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
HELD MEETING
Ex-President Baldwin Says
Gambling in Waverly Is In-|
dulged In to a Considerable
Extent
Waverly—The regular meeting CLAIMED GIRL
| of the Board of Trustees was held
last Saturday evening. A com-
| munication was received request |
mg the trustees to accept Wilbur
| street. On motion the street was |
accepted. | But When Searched His $16 oo
A communicaticn signed by H :
SY Was Found In His
|]. Baldwin was
| that Stocking
Own
received stating
considerable gambling was
Waverly—A young man who
{ing the attention of the board to|resides at Sayre came to Officer
| the fact that the police should stop | Corcoran last night and claimed
jit. The matter was referred to the [that a girl had stolen $16 from
| police committee. (him. The officer brought the girl
| The matter of the indebtedness to the town hall ahd questioned
lof the village to the Robert Packer She told a straight
The
Cher closely.
| hospital was taken up. The village | story and was allowed to go
receives 52 weeks’ treatment from | officer then searched the man who
| the hpspital cach year for which it | made the complaint and found the
| pays the sum of 300. This bas|g16 in his stocking. The officer
| been paid every year but one. The [then proceeded to give that young
man a talking to that he will re-
member for a long time to come.
——
| first ycar that the agreement was |
The
| made no payment was made
| amount was ordered paid.
The report of fire commissioners
wrappers, ladies
Manicure sets,
and cuff boxes,
comb and
muslin underwear.
5
Gold crowns, 22k, 30 gauge
to $5.
Bridge work, per tooth, $41.
Gold fillings, $1 up.
|
siness
fought awed her. touched her with » set out that in the busine ection |
sense of the terrible, almost of the| Many basements were filled with
supernatural | boxes and other rubbish that made
He threw away one half-smoked | t hichiv d I
to light another and another, lift 1! ug RY dangerous n
ing them away from his lips as if to| hotels either no ropes or those un
“in I ominous confession ii &
Begin Bis Omadus co u. but thé Ge for use were found. The board
continued, with the ad-|,
and he ut. | ordered that notice be served on
liable those referred to to correct these
on as if it! - a
as If it were pur | conditions.
end for this man
became unen- | showed a shortage of about goo
terrifying as if it
moment without On
that would shake | investication it was found that
foundation of the’} tal ®
the foundation of the hospital
3 p14 | some had been omitted, and the
His eyes brighter and bright ; i
er, consuming the Mres of his lite as| matter will be investigated before
they burned, then suddenly. at the|the list is filed at Albany.
approach of the dawn, they closed for
ever, his last cigar dropped from his The matter of the proposed fire
inscrutable smile fitted | alarm discussed in
| executive session and may be subs |
mouth an
acrofs his face as if to proclaim prides
mitted to the taxpayers at the next |
election
many
struggle still
tered not a word, not a #3
I'he night crept on and
comprised all time
ly delaying its
tO speak Fhe =ile
durable
POs
The recent cénsus of the village |
oppressive .
piight break any from last summer's census
warning, into a peal
i
burned
system was
tory. and he passed away, taking his
h him, leaving his mystery
| Chicago Dally News,
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Jeint Stock Banks.
y the Lank of England was es-
by charter in 1634 (t alone
ed 10 do iginess it
liom and it was pot until the
he bhadks LI of 1826 that
began estab-
MRS. PHOEBE CENUNG
Waverly—Mrs. Phoebe Genung
died carly this morning at her
home on Thomas street, aged 83
years The cause of her death was
cancer, from which she had suffered
for a long ime. She is survived
by one brother, Wm. Lamont of
Lycoming, Pa, and three sisters, |
Mrs Mary McClellan and Mrs B
I. Fergusog of Waverly and Mrs |
Ruth Webster of lowa. Funeral |
will take place from her late home |
‘Wednesday at 2 p.m, Rev. Cry-|
denwise officiating; burial at Rest
cemetery, Sayre.
RETURNED T0 WAVERLY
Waverly—Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Pilgrim have returned from Califor- |
nia and arrived in Waverly last|
| Saturday. They intend to remain |
|here in the future. They found
[the country a delightful place to
banking i
¢ banks tw be
“Solan Geese."
Richard Bell in his new book, "My
Strange Pet tells of the solan geese,
which, In Great Britain, in bygone days
used to be zalted and dried for human
food Many years ago these dried
geese found their way to the lowlands
yf Scotland and were used as an appe
Yzear
Oak Rockers
Reg-
& CO.
i Fa gt,
i
CONGERT THIS EVENING
Waverly—The concert given by
Percy Hemens at Y. M. C. A. hall
this evening promises to be of un
usual musical interest. Mr. Hem-
York's most
popular baritones and gives a pro-
gram that appeals to all tastes. He
will be assisted by Horace H. Kin
ney as accompanist. The recital
will begin at 8:20
ens is one of New
106 CENTER STREET.
LOOMIS OPERA HOUSE
FRIDAY, FEBUARY
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT
No ied
FPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK of
Sayre, Pa, at the close of business Jan-
uary 20, 1806 ;
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts Joseph Shipman
New Amsterdam Theatre, New
York Presents
-|VIRGINIA DREW TRESCOT
IN THE
Overdrafts, secured snd unsecured
U NS Bonds to secure circulation
Premiums cn US. Bonds
Bonds securities cic
Bauking house furniture and Gxtures
axruls)
Due from State Banks and Bankers
Due from approved reserve agents
New York Criterion Theatre
Success,
WHEN KNIGHHOOD
WAS IN FLOWER
Supported by
LIABILITIES JOHN J. FARRELL,
Capital stock paid in 90 xn oo |
Sarhius fund And a notable castof players. Mas- |
sive and Elaborate production
Original and complete Elec- |
trical Effects.
Checks and other cash items
Notes of other National Banks
Fractional! paper currency, oickels
aud cenls
Lawful money reserve in bank
$19,118
Legal-tender notes 8.0
Redemption fund with U.S Treasater
Specie
s per cent. of circulation
Undivided profits, less expenses and
taxes paid
Nationa! Bank Notes outstanding
Due
Dividends uapaid
ludividus! deposits subject
to check
Demand certificates of dept 180175
Certified checks 1 00 x
Cashier's checks
Total
STATE oF PENNAYLVANIA
ford, ss
1. RF Page, cashier of the above-samed bank
do solemnly swear that the above statement |
true to the fest of my knowledge snd belief 3
RF Pack, Cashier.
at ribed sud sworn before me this 3rd day
February, 1906.
ii Fees RB Poweas, Notary Public.
Correect—Attest: Ey
Rasmol,
to other Nationa! Banks
186 oe
Prices—25, 50, 75, $1. $1.50.
Sale opens Wednesday at Drigg’s drug |
store, Sayre; Sanford’s drug store, Ath- |
ens; W. U, Telegraph office, Waverly, |
County of Brad
utstanding
Extraction, 2
Plates, $5.00
Feb. 3, and for CASH only.
AGENTS WANTED.
Everywhere to sell teas, coflees, sploes,
extracts, baking powders and fine soaps,
premiums with all orders, such 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 —gc timekeepers, |
rings, wrist bracelets, guns, stick pins,
dolls, etc. These 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 115, Sayre, Pa.
THE VALLEY EMPLOYMENT
AGENCY.
{
Situation Wanted |
First-class stenographer wants posi- |
tion at once, best of reference fur-|
nished. Apply Valley Empfoyment
Agency, Office hours 8 tol. Room 1,
Talmadge Boilding.
If you are a contractor and want men |
we can furnish you with from 1 to 100 |
if you will give us a few days notice. |
Call or write, VALLEY EMPLOYMENT
AGENCY, Room 1, Talmadge Bldg. Sayre
Notice.
Want ads inserted by J joricus not hay.
8 Reco
We positive] rge want ads
indiscriminately —the expense of book- |
NeOping sua collecting Is entirely out of |
ro, to the amount involved In|
transaction. i
Orchestra.
ac.
to $8.00.
ATHENS, PA,
Advertise in The Record.
WANT
:—Waated, Lost,
rd
or
insertion Sh ed
less than 15 centa. Sitastions
free to paid in advance subscribers
Wanted.
Dressmaking done at your home. For
further particulars inquire at 115 Hos-
pital place, Sayre 8 year's oxperience,
Girl wanted for general housework.
No washing, ironing or baking.
wages, 340 Broad street. 215-6¢
Er SII SI
For Sale or Rent
Ferry streets, Athens, Pa.
once. J.T. Corbin, Athens.
For Rent
Four rooms over Wilber's liquor
suitable for office
sonable,
Two offices for rent in the Maney &
net
Cheap—House on M
t Sayre. Inquire of H. Wi
fall at National Bank ol Sayre. 233 8*
Six room house, 130 Hoover
street,
Sayre. Inquireat FP, KE store,
Athens, Pa. : Lucky's ates
Two furnished rooms for
only, in a central
quire at Valley Record
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