ye Strcln is Not a Disease
Bat arises from mechanical de-
in thé construction of the
or its controlling muscles.
ja such cases can only be
‘through ication of suit-
glasses appl to correct all
existing defects. 1 make a special
of ht testing iu all
branches can assure a per-
feet correction wherever it exists.
Do Not Use Drops
: Belladonna,
applied to ©
pressace of diseass, and to
fraction and muscles.
I Recommend Glasses
NEARLY ASPHYXIATED.
Waverly—Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Carpenter, who reside on Orchard
street, were nearly asphyxiated by
coal gas this morning. Mrs. F. S.
Mitchell, who resides across the
street from the Carpenters, had
occasion to call at the house at
about = o'clock this morning but
was unablg to arouse anyone, and
so entered the house. She was
greeted by a smell of coal gas that
rendered it almost impossible for
her to enter. Mr and Mrs. Can
'penter were in bed and both were
UNCONSCIOUS.
The stove pipe had come apart
and allowed the gas flow into the
room
moned and after some hard work
stage in the science of optics as
1 make use of the latest and most
for determining the possible
measare accurately all errors of re-
promising good results.
Ido my charge fora
The only
A doctor was hastily sum-
THE NATIONAL BANK
OF SAYRE
Ospital - $50,000.00
Surplus $12,000.00
EE —
_ We solicit your Banking busi-
ness, and will pay you three per
cent. Interest per annum for money
Jit on Certificate of Deposit or
Savings Account.
The department of savings is a
special feature of this Bank, and
| all deposits, whether large or
small, draw the samo rate of
NH. B. SAWTELLE,
WwW. T. CAREY, Editor.
a
afternoon except Sun-
$3.00 per year; 26 cents
month.
rates reasonable, and made
: A Variable Climate.
The weather mos makes sad my lot
And much disturbs my peace of mind
He brings slong Another kind
~Washington Star
NOW THEY ARE ENGAGED.
Clara—It takes all kinds of people
to make the world
Clarence—Not for me it doesn't. It
oaly takes one—Cincinnati Enquirer
To Headquarters
“Shall | send the goods to your office
for you to select the material for a
str
“No, send it to the house, my wife is
pever at my office. "—Houston Post
"Good Advice
She—Can you keep a secret?
He Certainly; can't you?
“Why, the idea! Of course | ean”
"Well, do, then "—Yonkers States-
man.
How, Indeed?
“Prisoner at the bar, are you guilty
or sot guilty?
“How do | know, yer honor
have been tried?’ —Houston Post
Her dea of It
Stella— What 1s longhand test'/mony?
Bella—An engagement ring
large Solid
Regular $3.50 at $1.98.
Hil |
to consciousness
WAVERLY
FRANK E. WOOD, Representative
News and ‘advertising matter may be —
left At Gregg's Racket Store, Waverly. Waverly —George Murray, ao
After 12 o'clock noon call the main | 14 regident of this village, died]
office at Sayre, Valley ‘phone 128X. . >
at his home on Pine street at an
early hour this morning Mr
Murray's death is attributed to)
heart disease, and while he had!
Mrs. G D. Miller went to
Elmira this morning. »
—
at J P. Falsey's, 304 Broad street. his death came as a surprise to]
————————— his many friends.
Our $1 50, $200 and $2.50 shoes Deceased wis 38 years of age.|
for ancn and women are always | He had been cmployed for a long|
all right time as motorman by the local
{ i A i se
Mrs. F. A. Bell is spending a|
Icouple of days with friends at C
Spencer.
hemung street line.
He is survived by his wife and|
: % one brother, M. T. Murray of]|
Ray Blampied of Elmira is Sayre.
spending a few days with friends! Tpe funeral will take place at|
in 'Wayetly. : ifie house next Sunday afternoon |
Miss Ethel Prynton of Elmira is at 3 o'clock, the Rev G A. Briggs
officiating. Burial will be made at]
Glenwood cemetery
ATTENDED BANQUET
Waverly—F_ E. Hawkes and U
— I. Watrous, members of the
Miss Fannie Freedman went to Waverly and Corning electric line |
Meshoppen today after three weeks attended a banquet at the Elmira]
visit with her cousin,
Freedman
ton, on Broad street
i —
Miss Mable Hallett entertained
a party of about twenty of her
friends at a valentine party last
night.
—
Minnie club last evening.
Mr Watrous spoke somewhat at |
5 length on the bright prospect
Horace Griswold wisited his| Jpop ne building of the Elmira,|
patests, Wn Uwepd and attended Waverly line held out to Waverly
the Eldridge and Beddish reception
last Tuesday night.
-
After the banquet a resolution
was offered by G. Tracy Rogers of
Binghamton that the work of con
structing the road be commenced
as soon as the weather conditions
All kinds of up to date photog
raphy at Coe & Webster's, 342
Broad street, Waverly. Ping pangs
er
a specialty; 28 for 25¢ 237 4t ¢
ree en > The resolution was passed with
Go to J. P. Falsey's 304 Broad out dissent.
street for your ladies, gents and ————
DOROTHEA PELOUBET
childrens Spring
now in at the lowest prices
The ladies of the Methodist The remains of Mrs Dorothea
| church have decided to hold a Peloubet, who died at Los Ange
Feb. 23 and 24 les, Cal, were brought to Waver-
| They will also sell cake, candy ly last night. 4
‘and pop corn in conjunction with | Y3/8 old, and her death was due
|the rummage sale. to old age. The funeral took place
this’ aftérnoon from the home of
| At the last regular meeting of John H. Murray, at South Waver
the A O. H, D. L. Hurley was!|ly, and the remains were
elected president and JF Crowley at Tioga Point cemetery.
The :
a very interesting onc
mitted in the spring.
shoes styles
{rummage sale
Deceased was
buried
vice president meeting was 2
% 8 Might Have Been Expected.
On Mon | “How did you glils come ut
another very | your charity Bazar?
held “Lost money.”
ou
day, February
206
impcrtant meeting will be
every blessed made
Houston Post
girl
Explained
“Yes,” sald the first man, “she’s a
magnificent woman She's the late
Mr Bibber's« -”
“Ah!” interrupted the other,
ow, eh?”
“Yes, grass widow.” !
“But | understgod you tC Say the |
‘iate’ Mr. Bibber” {
‘Yes, he was always late getting |
“How was that?”
and all members are requested to! “why, each girl was to furnish
be present eomething for sale that she herself
rte me had made, and what each girl was to
furnish was to be kept a secret from
PURCHASED MARKET the others until the night of the ba
zar’
“Well?
Waverly—W. W. Rolfe has pur~ | “Well,
chased the Wilcox meat market at | fudge!”
1%¢ Broad street, and will take
possession next Monday This
market has been conducted by W
W. Wilcox in co-partnership with
the late Frank Pike of Sayre, for
the past 24 years. Mr Rolfe is
well and known
favorably mn
in the market for the past 20 years
Mr. Wilcox will give his entice
atten‘ion to the Sayre market in
the future
Philadelphia Press |
eee eees———
Pop's Specialty. i
He—1 must be going. i
She—But what's your hurry?
“! understand your father wears]
very heavy boots ™
“That is so. but you are the second |
caller | have had this evening. and you |
d 0C er know father is not strong enough 10
eject two men in one night. “—Yonkers
Statesman. i
Reg- His Only Chance.
| She—Mrs Vinks tells me that her
husband has got into the stupid habit
{of continually talking to himself. It
He—Ob, hand it, she shouldn't be
hard on the poor beggar. It's only
natural be should want to some
Editor Valley Record :
Noticing that at the meeting of
the board of health held on Friday
evening last, that onc of the citiz:ns
of Sayre came before the board and
stated certain things that he had
observed in regard to the health
conditions of the village, | believe
ing the public that the ciuzen
was right in his statements, and
Sayre is in a large degree the fault
of the residents themselves. 1 have
heard much said about the absorp
tive power of the soil of Sayre By
the term “soil” | mean the super-
ficial layer of the carth, which is
composed of solids, water and arr
The solid constituents of the soil
are inorganic and organic in char-
acter. The inorganic conslituents
are the various minerals and cle-
tion in the earth The organic
constituents of the soil are the
growth and decomposition in the
soil.
that portion above the ground
water level is filled with air only,
soils being more or less damp,
usually containing a mixture of air
and water, or ground moisture. A
large number of bacteria are found
in the soil, especially near the sur-
ground bacteria are divided into
two classes, saprophytic and pathos
decay, putrefaction and fermenta-
tion. It is to their benevolent action
that vegetable and animal debris is
decomposed, oxidized and reduced
To these the soil
into the humag system, are capable
soil through its contamination by
ground water and air and which
find a favorable lodging place there,
movements of the ground water
and air. The natural capacity of
the soil to decompose and reduce
organic matter is often taxed to its
utmost by the introduction of ex
traneous matters in such quantities
that the soil is unable to oxidize in
nation of the soil, and is due to
surface pollution by refuse, garb-
age, animal and human excretions
and the introduction of foreign de-
leterious gases. The suface pollu-
very seriously contaminates the
soil by the surcharge of the surface
soil with sewage matter, saturating
the ground and increasing the
putrefaction changes taking place
in the soil. Here the pathogenic
bacteria abound and by multiplying
exert a very marked influence upon
the health by the possible spread
of infectious diseases. The inti-
mate relation, existing between the
soil upon which we live and our
health, have been recognized from
time immemorial. The methods
taught by sanitary science to m-
prove a defective or polluted soil
sewering. Street paving serves a
double sanitary purpose. It prevents
street refuse and sewage from pen-
the ground, and it aids to keep
back the deleterious ground air. A
house properly constructed is so
ground air and moisture. Drainin
or sewering conducts all surface
waters, house sewage and excreta
to some distant point away from
the town How is Sayre in regard
to the facts above stated ? sit not
true that the soil of Sayre today 1s
polluted with organic «flluvia, the
such as sewage and other excre:
mentitious matter? By sewage 1
mean the waste and effete human
matter and excreta—the urine and
Ee attamte that pre av Tiny
How does Sayre tod:y
‘dispose of her 210 toms of solids!
and 700,000 gallons of liquid? Is!
it not a fact that she simply pollutes
the soil with it, the same as she
has done from the beginning ?
Is it strange that the soil thus
polluted should thus menace the
health and that typhoid should be
prevalent? From close observa
‘tion as | pass along the streets of
Sayre 1 am led to think that in-
stead of being called the “City of
the Plains,” it would be fully as ap-
propriate to callit the “city of the
cesspools.” Let us see what these
cesspools are and how they are
constructed. Are they made water
‘tight? Are they ever cleaned?
A cesspool 8 feet in diameter and
g feet deep, used by a family of
five contributing a daily average
of 25 gallons of sewage each,
would, if tight, require to be
| cleaned twice a year. Where there
arc not cesspools 1 find the old
fashioned privy constructed for the
avowed purpose of retaining the
solis matter as long as possible
upon the premises until it be
comes the center of pollution and
infection. The Lquids from them
| escape and pollute the soil, and the
| noxious exhalations arising from
and contains the followin
Be What You Ain't,” "Robi
Breeze Is Sighing,” “Home Sweet
Mohawk Flows,” “Bamboo Slide.”
Established 1860.
SAYR
nate the air. The solids remain in
{them unul the vau't is full. They
|are never cleaned nor is even the
ltrouble taken to use quick lime to
‘help purify them. As for the
is possibly no subject upon which
s:nitarians are more thoroughly
agreed than upon the inherent vile-
ness and danger of the cesspool as
it is generally constructed. While
fresh sewage is neither injurious to
the health nor very offensive to the
smell, but from putrescent excreta
ind kitchgn slops comes those
gases that lower the vitality of the
human body and renders it suscep
tible to diphtheria, and the various
forms of the fevers. Retained for
weeks in a cesspool, sewage is then
under the condition best adapted
to putrefaction in its foulest form
In few if any of the houses of
Sayre is the plumbing adapted to
| exclude from the air of the dwell-
ing the gases of the cesspool. The
cesspool which is a breeding place
for the pathogenic bacteria is con
nected to the dwelling by a pipe,
oftimes not over twenty feet in
length, and ventilated in part
| through the kitchen sink and the
| closet. Frequently it is not venti-
lated, and if ventilated it is under
‘the back This vilest of
liquids in the cesspool is dangerous
lin two ways. It may contaminate
the wells hundreds of feet around,
and pollute the air in the soil
| around and under the cellars, which
air will exhale and permeate the
dwellings above. This will be more
| evident in the winter when the
| cesspool ventilator, if any, is closed
' by the snow and ice, and the sur
face of the ground scaled over by
\being frozen. This causes the
| poisoned air loaded with the deadly
| bacteria to obtain egress through
| the cellars into the dwellings above
| where its presence is soon made
‘manifest by sickness, and where
| this bacteria is augmented by that
from the kitchen sink and closet,
the sickness becomes serious.
| Many look with favor upon the
| cesspool as a sanitary contrivance,
| whereas in most cases it is one of
|the greatest abominations permit-
‘ted in a civilized community. In
typhoid fever the contagion 1s
| contained in the intestinal evacu-
\ations. This excreta goes to the
cesspool and from thence to
another victim. Outbreaks of
typhoid fever have been traced to
|d-fective waste pipes, and city
physicians are well aware that
typhoid fever is specially apt to
cccur in those dwellings in which,
| however elegant the general ap-
| pointments, the sewerage is defect-
ive, as indicated by the odor from
the traps. During the past winters
typhoid has been far more preva-|
lent in Sayrg than in the warmer |
This fact shows the dan
that come, to a large
Keep looking well; 1 will
Over Raymond & Haupt's
Sayre is the cause of the typhoid. |
Admitting that this is so, why is it|
that there is more of the fever in|
winter than in any other season?
Is it not # fact that there is less
pollution reaching the river in the |
winter than any other part of the
year? With the ground frozen
rthe pollution has to remain in
place. It also is a fact that the
human being drinks less water in
winter than in summer. Then if
the water is the cause why is it|
that in the winter when the water |
is the purest that the typhoid is|
most prevalent? There are other
causes. The “citizen” was right
when he said examine the cellars,
and mentioned the cesspools. The
facts as mentioned by him and as
stated above, all exist. What is
the remedy? In a certain degree]
it can be abated by a thorough|
sanitary inspection of all the lots
and dwellings of Sayre, made by
competent persons, who will report
without favor to amy, and the
property owners or occupants
made to put the same into a proper |
sanitary condition. This will
remove the decaying vegetable
matter. As for the cesspools, they
all should be ventilated as far diss
tant from the house as possible
and there should be proper traps
in the pipes that connect them to
the dwellings. This will in a
measure aid the health, but the
only remedy is a sewer system
that will remove not only the
house sewage but also the animal
excreta, filth, and water from the
streets. When this is done and all
the connections are properly made
to the sewer, and all plumbing is!
done in a sanitary manner the
burdens of the board of health will |
be lessened.
stoop.
OBSERVER. |
!
Ss.
when the ground is frozen for the
bacteria germs to reach the cellars
and dwellings. | know that it is
claimed that the water used
75¢c. Every number IA s hit
“Little Girl You'll Do,” “Don't
rusoe’s Isle,” x, for My
“ n
“Rosita,” “Sambo
“Mexico,” “The Evening
Home," “Down Where the Silvery
128 Desmond St, Sayre, Pa.
E, PA.
er
help you by keeping your
Confectionery Store, Sayre
SHOES
James Smith, the Athens Shoe Doctor,
604 South Main street, has just put in a
date varieties. Prices all right. Re-
manner,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
J
Offies:— Rooms ¢ and 5, Elmer Block,
Lockhart Street, Sayre, Pa.
Four rooms over Wilber's liquor store
suitable for
Two offices for rent in the Maney &
Page block. 044
Two furnished rooms for
only, in a central location, A
quire at Valley Record office.
Third floor of the Glaser block. Heo-
Lost—On Monday night a
watch, open face, plain
.J.8, engraved on back.
or will leave at
Class pin “W, H. 8. "08",