_ Sirein Is Not a Disrase arises from mechanical de- in the construction of the of its controlling muscles, jn sach cases can oanly be application of wuit- made to correctall xin defects. 1 make a speeial stady of ht testing in all $t correction wherever it exists. Can assure a per- 1 Do Not Use Drops fraction and muscles, I Recommend Glasses in the science of optics as | make use of the latest and wost the possible errors of re- promising good results. Ido my charge fora THE NATIONAL BANK OF SAYRE. _ Oapital $50,000.00 Surplus 3 12,000.00 SSS. We solicit your Banking buai- * pews, and will pay you three per cent. interest per annum for money Jeft on Certificate of Deposit or Savings Account. The department of savings is a feature of this Bank, and all deposits, whether large or small, draw the same rate of interest. MB. N. SAWTELLE, Cashier. The Valley Record J. H. MURRELLE, Publisher. 2 W. T. CAREY, Editor. ERE afternoon except Sun- - Published every day at Murrelle’s Printing Office, Sayre, Pa. month. Pe averting rates reasonable, and made known on application. Ratered as second-class matter May te the postofice at Sayre, et Bh ear ol rarch 1870. “All the news that's fit to print” WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 14. 18C8. a cts ace - MISSING GIFTS. SORROWS OF THE COMPLAINT CLERK It was days after tbe bolldays but pomplaint clerk remained unbroken “1 want to find out about some flow 8rs | sent to my best woman friend, sald 8 woman when il came to ber turn. “Every friend | sent things (0 wrote a note of ackpowgdgement She basa't. I am afraid she didn’t get her Sowers” The clerk took the name and ad dress. “Sit down a few minutes’ he sald politely. “and I will trace them for you.” “Yesterday,” sald a tired girl, “he told me to walt a few mioutes and | walted three hours Then to the clerk: “Have you found out about that pottle of rum yet we ordered for the punch? Everything else got there but the rum. The punch was ruined “We haven't been able to trace it yet." replied the clerk politely “Rum fs so easily lost during the holidays Shall we pay you back the money’ “If we had wanted the money, re plied the girl. stubbornly, “we wouldn't have pald it for the rum What we want is the rum. [t took me two hours to await my turn to buy Jt. It was a special brand.” “If you will sit down for a few min- utes” said the clerk politely, “we will try to trace it agyln.’ “Another three hours’ sighed the girl as she took a seat on a topply dry goods bow nearby, “They seem to get a litle angry don’t they?’ sald the woman of the flowers. “They do.” acknowledged the com plalat man. “but as for us. we've go! to keep our tempers or lose our jobs Still jt isn't so bad as it has been _ There are 4.000 fewer complaints this year than last.” “] didn't get those &%-cent leggine they bought me for a Christmas pres ent” sald a short-skirted girl “Will you exchapges them for S8-cent ones’? “Yes” sald the clerk, ‘send them back and we will send you the 38. cent ones and collect the balance - And vou won't send re the €5.cent Regular $3.50 at $1.98. back and’ colléet the balance asked the little girl anxiously No." sald the complaint clerk with a “wouldn't that jar you“look toward the woman of the Sowers Then came a pale-faced, middle-aged woman. “1 bought six pictures.” she sald, “and ouly four of them came Where are the other two?” “We will try and find them for you, madam What sort of pictures were they? You will have to describe them you know. = “Well remarked the pale-faced woman “the first four were pictures of birds and Bowers for the dining room and the ones that were lost" “Yes.” urged the complaint clerk mindful of the long row back of her “the ones that were lost?” “The ones that were lost” the paledfaced woman. were just pictures’ ‘If we can't ones too? frowned “well. they FRANK{E. WOOD, Representative News and ‘advertising matter may be left at Gregg's Racket Store, Waverly, After 11 o'clock noon call the main office at Sayre, Valley ‘phone 138X, D. G. Stark went ta Scranton today : Miss Carnie Z gler is mm Elmira today. Mrs Edward E Ropp spent yesterday at Elmira is visit ng her cousin, Mrs. G M Lego. Mrs. Lulu Tuthill and Mrs. H E LOG SFE Mrs. Charles W. Raub Died Yes: terday Afternoon After Many Months’ Illness Waverly—Mrs. Charles W. Raub ‘died shortly after 6 o'clock last evening. The cause of her death! {was cancer, from which she had saff-red for a long time, and her death was not uncxpected. Mrs. Raub’s maiden name was 'Adcline Redner and she was a native of Tioga, Pa. She was 54 years old, and besides her husband | morning Mrs. George Smeaton of Towan- da is visiting her husband's parents, on Clark street Yesterday W. B. Salisbury sold his cigar store to Joha Murphy Possession was given at once. The pupils of Miss Evelyn Rath. | bun will give a recital this evening |at the home of Harry ]J. Morgan, | Lincoln street . | All kinds of up to date phctog~ | raphy at Coc & Webster's, 34 | Broad street, Waverly. Ping pongs |a specialty; 28 for 25¢ 237 at i > Hiram Kronk of Clark street, C. of Elmira and Harry M. and | Ray R of Waverly, three daugh- ters, Mrs. Grace Farr and Mrs. S.C. Cole of Waverly and Mrs. H C | | Haskins of Athens. Five brothers and one sister also survive her. The funeral will be private and will be held from the Hotel Sayder | Friday afternoon at 2:30. Services ‘will be conducted by Rev. G. A. | Briggs, and burial will be made at | | Tioga Point cemetery. —————— | - A BAD DRUNK | Waverly—Officer Gndley found | |a man on Loder street last evening | |who was so intoxicated that he turn you the money?” “1 don’t want the money.” the pale faced woman 1 want the pictures. It took me two hours to find a clerk who had time to wait on me and another hour to pick out pictures, | want those pictures “They seem to lose thelr temper oc- easionally.” remarked the woman of the flowers, as the pale-faced woman rushed away The complaint clerk nodded assent and beckoned with his long lead pencil “We have traced yours, madam =~ said he with a win ning smile We have found that they were never sent out or received The girl at the desk must have forgotten them.” The woman's face flushed “You mean to say,” she cried, “that she took my order and my card and my money {and then didn’t send them? | “I'm afraid so. madam | “Do you mean to say,’ stormed the { Woman, “that all the other presents | went to my other friends, and this, to (the best friend | have in the world {you neglected to send and sbe must have known all the rest got presents land she none” I'm afraid so, madam.” “You have lost me the {friend | bave in the world” ‘an walled, and would have {for the, fact that four were looking at her The complaint clerk poised his {cil In midair. “Shall we return you {ithe money, madam?’ he asked In a ustomed phrase Money.” she stormed What good will the money do. I'd like to know?® Give me an order for more flowers quick. and let me take them to those flowers of very best the wom- wept but dozen people peti- Money! have lost for me, If | can” The complaint clerk followed her with an observing glance as she swept out - | Some of them do lose their temper just a itie,” sald he quietly —N Y Sun Habit. Elder Smithers—You didn’t seem to like It because you were crowded out of your pew last Sunday Deacon Hardesty——] didn’t like It a bit I've got so used to my regular seat that | can’t sleep comfortably in any other one —Chicago Tribune i Force of Heredity Slum Worker—What a well-behaved Burglar's Wife—And he comes by it natural, mum His poor father al ways got his sentence reduced owin’ bo good behavior! —Stray Stories During the Stop. Muffled Voice (under the machine) — Say Bill back her up a little will yer? Bill—What's the matter? My face is caught in the works Life * Sounds the Same A Canadian « James, who has been finding fault with American common an dog matist That's kinder than calling him p curmudgeon speech is Don’t Repeat It Don't keep your eyes on fhe raup you have just heard something Lad about gf your oyth Reg- GRAF & CO. lat the Sayre metal works. | WW. H. Hopkins “was engaged | graphs for the play David Garrick, {to be given by the Tioga hose company, Feb 21 and 22 FARMERS” INSTITUTE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Waverly—A committee consist: ling of George D. Genung, H. T Harding and A. B. Ellis have arranged for the following program | for the Farmers’ Institute to be | held here Friday and Saturday of this week Fripay, 10:30 pv. Prayer, Rev. Dr. P. R. Ross Welcome, President J. T. Tucker Vocal solo, Miss Evelyn” Rath bun Opening address, by Conductor, Growing Protein Crops,” Frank D. Ward, Batavia AFTERNOON SEssion, 2 O'cLock (Question box “Educational Problems in Rural Community,” E B Supenntendent Waverly Schools “Modern Potato Culture,” C. M. Day, Geneva. Bass solo, Harry G. Morgan. “The Farmer and the Public Schools,” S J Preston, Educa- tional Department, Albany EVENING SESSION, 7:30° O'CLOCK. Question box. Male quartet. “Small Fruits for Home Use,” Mr. Day. Bass solo; Rev. C. W. Smith “The Essentials and Non Essen. tials of Home Making," Mrs Rufus Stanley, Elmira. SATURDAY, IO A M (Question box Tenor solo, J. E Jolls “Some Investigations Regarding Nitro Culture,” Harding, State Experiment Station, (Geneva. AFTERNOON SESSION, 2 O'CLOCK (Qustion box. “The Value of the Silo,” Mr Ward. Mr. Cook. THE IOWA CLUB The Iona club, a recently organ’ ized musical s=ciety, will hold its regular weekly meeting tomorrow Elizabeth Denslow on Waverly | street. At the last regular meeting | the following officers were elected: President, Miss Lillian Barnum; | vice president, Mrs. Merton Rey nolds; secretary, Harold Skinner; treasurer, Miss Elizabeth Denslow; intoxicated man into it, placed him. | | self between the shafts and drew | him to the town hall. The follower { |of Bacchus was allowed to remain | ¢ lockup over night, and when |given a hearing this morning he| could not remember anything that {had happened the night before The justice thought that the ser- (vices of the police department |in playing horse were worth three | dollars and fined the prisoner that amount. The last report stated | that the man is still in limbo await- | ing some friend to pay his fine —.— ROOSTER SWALLOWS SNAKE Remarkable Fowl Is Owned by a Col- | orado Farmer Who Would Not Tell a Fib. | Lake City, Col —When it comes to a fish story Cashier Jordan probably | bas the town at his mercy, while Rev | George tells a very good deer story, | { but when it comes to a snake story, | Farmer Rigney takes the cake and | | evervibing elise in the bakeshop Mr. | | Rigney is the owner of as fine a lot] | of thoroughbred poultry as can be | found In this part of the state, and Is | very jealous of his White Leghorn and i | Plymouth Rock pets i | So the other evening, as be was do- | | 10g the chores, he became anxious when he noticed one of his roosters moping In a corner of the cellar. Leaw. | ing his work, he went over and picked the bird up, but dropped it quicker | than a fellow could say “scat,” as be noticed and felt about eight inches of | snake hanging from the roosters) mouth Going at the job carefully, Mr Rig | ney, by placing his foot on the tall | | of the snake and lifting up Mr. | | Rooster, caused the latter. to disgorge | | over 20 inches of his snakeship that be had swallowed before balking on | the ten Inches that was left. The | snake was dead, having been killed by the rooster, and after the stomach pump work conducted by Mr Rigoey | the rooster rounded to form again Arrests in New York. | Of 42,260 persons arrested In New | York in the second quarter of 1905, in- | toxication was charged agalust 6918, intoxication and disorderly conduct | were jointly alleged against 2,024, while | plain disorderly conduct was the com- plaint in 10,938 cases. Every trade, busi- Of the women | fed, but fed, | the police station blotter arrested nearly half were marr were IDArr of the men only 9.740 | while 22 961 were single Raccoon Fishermen, | While walking along the banks oY the | | Little Lehigh river, John Bieber, of Sal- | Isbury, Pa., saw LWO eROTMOus rRCCOOn | | seated on the ice in front of a big alr- | | hole, industriously fishing for trout with their nimble, sharp-clawed paws Bleber got his rifle and shot them. Rac- | | coons had been devastating the trout | | streams at a great rate. | Bible from King. i King Edward has offered an appro- | priately bound and inscribed Bible to the | | Protestant Episcopal church at Wil- | | laimsburg, Va., the second oldest church | | in the United States, in commemoration | | the establishment of the Church of Vir- | Feinia. | i 1 | Quickest Route to Chicago, 17 Hours from Sayre Leave Sayre this afternoon sad arrive at Chicago at 8 o'clock tomorrow ing. In time for connections for al SAYRE'S LEADING GROCERY!" ™"« rasmus = : Foaminn our blore, under the pupervision of a competent lady MONDAY, FEBUARY 12, demonstrator, will show you something of the merits of the celebrated Bix Nights. Six Matinecs. Innerseal package crackers and cakes made by the National Biscuit Co : SE = Come and try these excellent crackers. Demonstration one day only. Special bill matinee and night on PACKEGES DAINTY ASSORTED Lincoln's Birthday (Monday.), Chas. H. Rosskam © ""“CAKES AND CRACKERS 216 At the Presents the Min GROCERIES A"... bICAGO STOCK (0. We know that our prices are always lower than those of apy other In Extraordinary Repertoire. Seven store for the ssme grade of goods; but don’t take our word for it, go in- * ha Big Vaudeville Features Be tween the Acfs. NIGHTS: MONEY SAVING COMBINATIONS CT rik Priast, re Cees Friday- Quo Vadis. * i NO. 1¥ Ssturday The Scout's Revenge, 11 Ib Lowney's chocolate MATINEES: Wednesday —The Little Minister, Thursdey — The Mystery of Malvern, Priday —Fanchon, the Cricket, Saturday Cinderella. Prices —10, 20 and 30c. 10 and 20c. Sale of seats commences Friday at 9 a. m. at the W. U. Tel. Office. * SHOES Jam’ s Smith, the Athens Shoe Doctor, 604 Bouth Malin street, has just patina fine lot of calf shoes and other up-to- date varieties. Prices all right Re. pairing continued ‘n the usual scientific manner, 7 288-6* ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Offic*: ~ Rooms 4 and 5, Elmer Block, NO, 1 pail maple butter 1 pkg Nu Life 40c 2¢ 10¢ Se fe {11b English currants {11b Melrose corn starch i11b A. & H. scxda 1 pail maple hulter .35¢ i NO. V 101b sk P rsouius pancake TOCValue | 2 | 1h packages Tetley's famous | flour 35c | for 859¢c : 50c 1 pkg Nu Life 10¢ 28c 25¢ NO. II E Matinee— Japan teas . {6 1b bag granulated sugar 1 bottle Hallock's vanilla i : NO. V1 {1 1b pan Tetley's 60c teas NO. HI 1 pkg fruit puddine 10¢ a —————— 1 I T—————————. ’ W Li 300 i2e 25¢ ase | 1 qt beans. . ..10e 2 cans red salmon {5 bars Wool soap CANNED GOODS Your last chance to lay in a winter's supply at the followiog prices, Act quick; This Canned 12¢ can Geneva Telephone peas. ..§ 09 12¢ can Tender sweet creamery corn 10 Per dozen cans, 1 15 Bakers sweet creamless sugar corp, per can es ; 8 Hoyt's home made tomatoes, in Mason glass quart cans 15 Per dozen, 1 76 2 cans White Lily sagcotash 2 cans Honey Comb red beets, 10¢ cans pumpkin Per dozen cans, 1 05 2 dozen case, 2 05 {The above is an extra large sweel pea) 10 a ——————— FURR Tr 12¢ can Tuxedo E. J, peas Per dozen, 1 16 % 5 10¢ can Davon sweet garden peas Per dozen, 85 81 oo FRUITS ---EXCELLENT VALUES tr 28¢ ean Herald peaches, sliced or halves, 25c can Melrose white cherries | | per can 28 2 cans Melrose Bartlett pears. 25c can Island Beauty Pears 1 dozen cans Red Alaska salmon Per can 12¢ X boxes Domestic oll sardines 7 boxes Domestic mustard sardines 3 milk bottles mustard ’, 3 3 i . Mey dota, 3 73 Men wanted. to commence work on 20¢c ¢an Mel ose peaches , Febraary 14, thirty men and three teams, to particioate In the harvest of 4,000 tons of ice at my plant = | at Millt 'wp, being the first movement of my elevating and conveying tus. PF J. Tillman t Dressmaking done at your home, For farther particulars inquire at 115 Hos- pital place, Sayre, 8 year's experience. J * For Rent Four rooms over Wilber's | suitable for office Jaron, t rea sonable, Inquireof B. A. Wilber, 285 Two offices for rent in the Maney & Page block. ner Two furnished rooms for gentlemen only, in a central location, Athens. In- quire at Valley Record office. 208-tf 19 25 20¢ can Melrose strawberries 26¢ can Herald pineapple 17 20 EXCELLENT GROCERY BARGAINS Pare leaf lard, per 1b | 25¢ quart bottle Maple Syrup | Pure maple sugar, I cards fancy honey IL finest peanut butter Ib finest long thread, shredded cocoa- out 8 quarts driedfpeas 25 | 8 quarts pea beans .. 2 2 | Fine juicy naval oranges, dozen 20 20 14 0 20 4 Ib Swift's Cottosuet. ..... 8 bars Oak Leaf soap. 6 bars Fels Naptha soap 1 bu. best potatoes 8 I lomp laundry starch 3 pkg. Nu Life 26¢ pail Maple Butter wor store - “ny 2 In 5 We are always headquarters for the | Pillsbury’s Best bread flour, 50 Ih rik $1 Washburns lest bread flour 60 thsk 1 Schumacher's fanc teut 501 agents for Pillsbury and Washburn's Best Gold i a go 0 =® 1 flour, iH 42 1b 1 4 30 bracds of flour, Exclusive leading Our prices are the lowest. 35¢ sack Personius pancake flour’ All goods fully guaranteed or your money cheerfully refunded: We sell for CASH or to GOOD CREDIT customers. We Rive cash rebate checks to cash customers. Checks in $6 50 lots good for 25c¢ cash; $25 lots, 81 in trade. It pays to buy for cash. Both ‘phones. Prompt service iy Class pin “W. H. 8 '08", Pinder will be rewarded by leaving same at Record , 135-3t* I. A. & C. R. WILLIAMS Desmond Street, Sayre, Pa. For Sale or Rent The Old Reliable Piano and Music House—D. S. Andrus & Co. HOW TO OBTAIN A PIANO That is a problem that has puzzled many a home. is no longer a problem. D, S. Andrus & Co. has solved it for you. Read this ad and you will be partially in- formed, and then come to the store, and it will be fully = expleined to.you. D. 8S, Andrus & Co. stand back of every piano they sell, and, if sodesired, the piano will be sold on one year's trial. If not as represented, the pizno will be returned to D, 8. * Andrus & Co., without a cent of expense to thé purchaser. Honesty and reliability = are their watchwords and thousands of patrons during the past forty-six years wii = testify to the integrity and humane qualities of the firm of D. S. Andrus & Co. Then os too, their easy payment system has enabled very many to obtain pianos, who could = not otherwise afford to own a piano, and they don't have to pay intereat either. D. x »° S. Andrus & Co., will help you. Ask about the plan. Oftentimes persons come in i» % and ask us for good used pianos, preferring a good piano that has been tried and used to an inferior piano that is cheap in price and nothing to back it up. Such persons are justified, aid D. 8S. Andrus & Co., do not hesitate to tell them so. We have one or two hargains which space foibids a detailed account, but they will be sold on a See, the new pianos range in price from " $165, $200, $225, $250, AND UPWARDS. Free with each upright piano — a stool, scarf, music book, one year's tuning and all ~ It x = delivery charges. PIANOS RENTED, TUNED AND i
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