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| TUESDAY, MARCH 20. 1906.
DRUGS MAKE PLANTS GROW
Flowers and Vegetables Mature
Quickly Under the Effects
of Ether.
. Flowers and vegetables are drugged
Wh ether nowadays. They are put in
_ mirtight dens and fed ou ether for 24
or 38 hours until they become po per
meated with the fumes that they ma-
_ ture In about half the time It takes
“them to develop naturally. Stately
Easter Hlles treated for 24 hours have
* put forth magnificent blooms with the
BAR acetylene light at night,
3 24 nares plants have doubled the
size of their flowers afjer spending a
— and 2 half in the den
_ This remarkable method of forcing
Both Sowers and vegetables to malur-
ity bas been developed in the boru-
cultaral department of Cornell uni-
versity, Ithaca, N. Y.
“It was told to the public for the first
time at the winter exhibition of the
JFarmers’ Institute, “in the American
19 and 21 West Forty-foarth
Street, by Prof. John Craig, head of
horticultural branch of Cornell.
means a revolution io Howers
vegetables, this new way of fore-
them, because they seem to be
ted 10 a more perfect maturity
: Aha when they develop naturally,”
Prof. Craig sald “By experiment in
the university we found t the ether
administered In an airtight box or den
for 24 or 36 hours had a most remark-
‘able vitalizing effect on certain kinds
flowers and vegetables
3 in addition to belug kept in
the suaiigh: during the day time, they
Were #xposed at night to tae light from
acetylene burners, which seem to have
A specirum similar io effect 0 the real
sunshine, thew grew almost riotously.
“Lilacs, for instance, will Le Iu
bloom at least ten days sooner under
this treatment than when they develop
saturally or by the ordinary means of
forcing, as will also azaleas and rho-
dodendrons. When putting the roots
into the ether the greatest care should
be taken not to leave them io the stim-
ulating stmosphere more thas 36 or
48 hours or the drug will have the op
posite effect, and lustead of being
forced to mature they will die as soon
as removed.”
Speed of Electricity,
The speed of the electric current in
copper wire 1s 463 500,000 meters a sec
ond The fastest ocean steamer
makes only 98 meters a second
Bar to Success
No young man can succeed
afraid 10 do a little more than he
pala for ~—Chicago Dally News
f he is
5
From Peruvian Tombs
Fine specimens of cotion fabrkos are
often found in Pouvian tombs dating
Sack to the time of (he Incas
Forbidden in Norway
No monasteries or convents exist in
Norway or Swedes, as they are forbid-
den by law,
~~... a
~ Very Cheap Traveling
Web. 14 and continuing dai-
GHOSTLY CRAFT ADRIFT
ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
cupants Sighted Floating
Down the Stream.
Memphis. — Somewhere between |
{| Memphis and Cairo, [il, on the Mis
sissippl river, either floating down the
iriver with the current or
‘against a bank, is 3 fine gasoline
launch which recently caused the
death of two Cairo young men
The launch has been seen several
times since then
| Hickman, several days age, by an old
darky, who claims he saw a white
shrouded fgure seated in the bow of
(the boat. Later a fisherman told how,
{Iate at night -he saw a bright, blue,
unearthly light far out in the middle
of the stream, and by its glare made
|
1
SAW A WHITE SHROUDED FIGURE IN
THE BOAT
out the outilues of a launch and three
white figures, with thelr beads and
faces covered over sitting silently ia
the craft as it glided down the stream
It was uot floating with the current,
but went smoothly and swiftly along,
impelled, according to the fisherman's
story. by no earthly power
When this had been related another
fisherman sald he had seen the same
craft and the same unearthly glare
about It several! miles further down
the river, on the same night. Accord-
ing to this story, however, the craft
was empty of occupants either earth
ly or unearthly and at this time was
merely floating with the current He
was out lu Lis boat some distance be
low the craft when he first sighted it
Impelled by curiosiyy, be paddled
out io the path of thre mysterious
looking boat, apd got within 100
yards of It. Try as he could, he says,
he could approach no nearer Some
force prevented him from using his
oars, and he could only drift along
behind the raft and the light until a
cold chill seized him and he hurried
to the store. When he next turned
around the craft and the light bad
both disappeared
Just whether this strange craft ig
the one which was lost at Cairo is
pot known. Leonhard Mueller and
Walter Jocelyn, of Cairo, were
{frowned by the overturning of the
boat. The bodies of the young men
were later recovered, but the craft
had disappeared, although it 8 sald
to be one which has been seen sev-
eral times since. The one with the
bright light about #t was floating
along right side up
The father of Mueller is making ef-
forts to recover the craft. Messages
have been sent down the river to Keen
a watch out for It, but, according to
local river men, it has not yet passed
Memphis
SEAGULLS THAT CAPER.
Bhore-Feeding Birds Dance to Fright-
en Worms from the
Barth,
“It 1s po uncommon sight to see
gulls, or other birds, dancing or pad-
dilng upon the sand,” says a writer
“Curlews and most other shorefeed-
ing birds do the same thing the ob
ject being to frighten the worms from
thelr retreat below, when they appear
to be instantly swallowed up. But
the really interesting part of the per-
formance is—why should the worms
be so frightened by the shaking pro
duced in the sand as to come to the
surface? The Infereuce, of course,
fs that they have a greater dread of
some enemy beneath whose approach
they believe to
vibraticn which his movements |
through it impart to the sand
“l confess to being a little puzzled |
as to what the enemy can be When
the angler wapts to collect earth
worms, io a place where it is not conm-
venlent to dig, he is accustomed to
moving that about impart a vibration
to the soll around, which has the ef
fect of forcing those worms within |
fts influence to crawl to the surface
This ta precisely the practice followed
by the dancing gull and with the
same result
“But on land we are led to suppose
that It may be an attack from a mole
which the worms fear; while on the
wet sands there are of course, no
moles to be dreaded. Are the worms
thinking back, through a remote an-
cestry, to a time when taey were
were ao
| which is going on at Stone's hall |
started ¢ff with a rush this morn—
{ing. Forty votes were cast in the!
being polled. Every carriige in
sition and those who cannot get to
{was cast by Simon Zausmer, who!
1s a candidate on the Union ticket
for the office of trustec. Arrange-
to bring those who worked in
Sayre to this place this af‘ernoon
and a large delegation came up
WAVERLY
Miss Alice Devlin went to New
York yesterday.
Miss Frances Lyon is wisiling
friends in Owego.
H. W. Weeks of Lincon avenue
went to Port Jarvis this morning
——— AS ——
Harry Thatcher of Clark street,
is in Cleveland, Ohio, on business,
Dr. Clegnents of Kentucky is in
Waverly with a view of locating
here.
Dr. E. M. Davis is fitting up
rooms for his dental business over
Zausmer's storc.
The Methodist ladies will serve
supper in the Sunday school room
on Friday evening.
Postmaster G
wife returned this moming from a
visit in New York
———it ere
Harry Conant of Nichols,
sohp took possession today.
ton will assist in the Lenten services
at the Grace church Friday evening!
Mrs. Haviland Jenks entertained
a large company of friends at her
home on Clark street this after
noon.
rr el pe A
A number of Waverlyites are
planning for a theatre party to at-
tend “Ben Hur” at Elmira next
week.
The Tioga Hose Co. No. 1 will
give the second of their pleasant
receptions at their parlors Friday
evening.
Seward Baldwin left last night
for Cleveland, Ohio, on a business
trip connected with the Lawrences
Letts Elbow Co.
The new board of village truss
tees will take the oath of office at
noon next Monday. A meeting
for orgamzation will probably be
held that evening
The Waverly Hook and Ladder
company boys are hustling to
make their bencfit performance to
be given by the Waverly Impenal
minstrels a success.
Gest
It is expected that the next meet
lation will be held at their new
| Elegant new furniture is being ins
| stalled.
| The contract for building the
the matter in charge
I
T. Naughter,
Rev. F.
parish, but who is now located at
Hornellsville, has gone to Europe
on a three months’ tour, He will
spend most of the time at Rome
——— i
There is no nook or corner in
the valley where The Record does
not circulate,
| With Chinese Politeness, Send Flowers
| for Marshall’ Field—The Unusual
Tribute to the Dead Citizen
Business Stopped.
HICAGO — We
have just been en-
tertalning the
members of tha
Chinese Industrial
commission ia the
style supposedly
characteristic of
our town. We
have whirred them
here, we have
whirled them a
; ) score and a half
miles there; we
have made them pile impression on top
| If impression, we have confronted them
with a mountain of statistics, we have
feasted them and speech-maked to
{ them; and finally, breathless and wor-
|ried as it Is possible for a well-fed
{Chinaman to look, the Orientals have
| taken train and departed
Many of us had just finished (he
| perusal of that most jateresting flat
volume “Letters From a Chinese Of-
ficial,” and to these readers the Chinese
individual had begun to take shape
{as a calm, unruffled philosopher, an
| apostie of sweetness and light, a man
i endowed with the wisdom of countless
generations of like philosophic, gentle,
rural-life loving men; and to us these
| readers it dppeared somewhat incon-
igruous for a group of Chinese gentle-
men to set themselves the task of “see-
ing Chicago
They entered the gates (raflroad) of
{dur city, these “prominent and influ-
ential personages—statesmen, adminis-
trators, scholars,” the party, counting
secretaries, attaches and servants,
numbering six scote persons. Accom-
panying the commissioners were Lieut,
White and Capt. Zopez of the United
States marine corps in San Francisco,
appointed to protect the distinguished
{envoys and when they set foot on Chi-
cago sands a picked body of men was
letalled to gused them constantly dar-
Ing thelr stay Which looked some-
{what sinister, igvested the land wel-
| coming them wis not 80 much a land
{of peace as of plenty But we are told
the guard was for protection against
| opntrymen of thelr own, from that
pecullar and dangerous fraternity, the
| bighbinders
-
East and West.
HE distinguished
visitors arrived
the day the elty
was paying tribute
to Marshall Field,
and the pro-
gramme of thelr
entertainment nec-
essarily underwent
some change, some
members of the
committee neces
sarily absent. At
the train the dig-
nitaries were met by Mayor Dunne,
who extended to them the hospitality
f the city. And forthwith the two
[SSmarsioncrs Tal Hung and Tuas
Fang, with their staffs, were started
on a personally conducted tour of the
strange, sprawling western town
First the party went to the Audi-
torium, where they were officially re-
ceived by Hip Lung, the local leader.
Then the picturesque Chinese gentle-
men set forth by train for Dunning,
the institution that has charge of
county paupers and insane The vis-
tors were escorted through the asy-
lum, and the workings of the institn-
tion explained. They were shown so
much in so short a time and hurled
along so fast, they seemed no little re-
lieved when chalrs and tea were sug-
gested
The train whisked the Orientals back
to the city in short order, and then
followed a visit to the Young Men's
Christian association; they were told
of its educational advantages, and
taken to the gymnasium classes. Next,
carringes carried commissioners and
suite through grimy streets to Hull
House. Miss Jfne Addams received the
party
In the evening the citizens of Chica-
go gave a banquet to the envoys, and
preceding the banquet a reception was
held, at which were present more than
30 Chinese merchants of the city,
The industrial commission made a
visit to the .LicCormick works and
showed great Interest In the agricml-
tural machinery. It goes without say-
lag that they were taken to the stock-
yards They wandered about the retall
store of Marshall Field & Co, and
{some of the members pald a formal
call at Fort Sheridan.
Marehall Fleld.
ITH true
\ courtesy visitors
| that arrived in
Chicago the day
Marshall
was lald to rest,
| i requested that
they be allowed to
send flowers to the
dead great man
And ' among the
wealth of blos.
soms was this
tribute offered by
the men from the east
We do not remember ever to have
seen Chicago as It was the day of Mr
Field's funeral. [a Chicago Marshall
eld has stood for so much more than
merely a great storekeeper. There are
ther big stores, other
whoers thereof Fleld Is a
Chinese
State street
Marshall
{name c=soclated with a man whom we
to come as aged and dying, that erect
|fcure and military beariog balonssd
Marshall Field's has meant generally
Marshall Field himself. Hack of this
wonderful establishment—for we may
use this word of an establishment that
has no rival in the world—there has
ever heen visible to his townsmen a
slight erect figure with military borr-
ing, a man of few words but decisive
action, a man making no parade but a
citizen warmly Interested in the ad-
vance of the city where he had made
kis own advance and where he had
made his home The building and
equipment of the great retail store, the
great granite wholesale house Mr,
Field's residence, all spoke of solidity
and endurance and beauty
It has been n name for us to conjure
by, Marshall" Fleld's. Strangers wera
given direction from that as a center,
stranger and townsman took thelr
bearings from that corner on State and
Washington streets: Few ndeed are
the residents unfamiliar with the name
and place, only the newest immigrant,
the newest infant.
The City Mourns.
E walked
along State
Michigan the
of the funeral,
warked the uni-
versal respect and
tribute to the dead
citizen From
Field's north and
south as far as we
could see flags
drooped at half
mast on buildings
lining the two
sides of the street, on sky-scrapers on
big shop and little shop A passer-by
remarked, half between smiles and
tears: “Even the five and ten-cent
stores are closed.”
lowered curtains added to the un-
usual aspect of this crowded mart in
some cases Iron railings were up before
the doors. There was no calling the
attention to wares, but a suggestion
that the buyer think of a great mer-
chant prince dead. On the door of
closed shop a brief notice told of the
-~ssation of business from 12to 1 as a
mark of respect to Marshall Field.
Business rivalry was forgotten. a
heartfelt tribute given a chief
During the hour when the whee's
were let run down, we cannot say the
streats were silent; for they were fill
ed with a great crowd. But It was a
crowd lnvoluntarily paying respect, the
like of which we assert we have never
scen on Chicago streets Lefore A ma.
jority were employees of the closed
slores, some were women that had
planned to be JowWn town at thix time,
Commonplace, on the whole, but repre.
sentative And we found little fault
with an extremely commonplace look-
ing youth who, looking dawn the
length of the thoroughfare, excitedly
cried, "Every place on the street closed
except that blankety-blank Karsky's™
slowly
and
day
and
Honest Sympathy.
HE people on the
street spoke kind.
Iy of the dead, one
heard no harsh
criticism of
multi - million.
alre” In passing
we overheard a
woman say 0 a
companion, “If his
son had died like
any other man, It
would have Leon
bad enough.” this
token of sympathy for Field, whose
only son a short time ago met with a
violent death, a shock that greatly en-
feebled and saddened the fafher
The traders showed Bo unseemly
haste to open their doors, but for the
full alloted time kept the walling
crowd without. At the Chicago club,
on Michigan avenue, a beautifu! flag
el half mast marked the front of the
building, the florist’'s shop across the
way was curtalned close. Michigan
avenue was very quiet, at the noon
hour, and along the smooth asphalt of
this qulet street the funeral proces-
sion passed on Its way to dist.nt
Graceland. The _few people on the
street stood quiet, respectful, sorrow-
ful, as the body of Marshall Fle!d went
by on its way to the grave. A great
and good man gone, they sald; and
then went about thelr work,
Save the thousands of Field em.
ployes. These gathered in the after.
noon In a great memorial sarvice at
the Auditorium theater. Of the 13.000
in the city, not half could find en.
trance. Preference was glven those
that had been long assoclated with the
dead merchant, and some 200 men
grown gray in the service of his house
were seated on the platform. There
were present men much older than
Mr. Field, men that conld count thelr
time with him back 30 and 40 years,
Aud there were present mere lads, of-
fice boys as well as heads of depart-
partments taking part in this service
for thelr old employer
Mrs Fleld attended this service too,
sitting in a box near the platform Two
boxes were filled with household ser
vants. Dr. Morrison, the first speaker,
sald “The service of this hour has
been provided In order that an oppor-
tunity might thus be afforded to many
devoted friends to pay tribute to the
memory of our foremost citizen.”
KATHERINE POPE
Greatest Writers,
A symposium of 100 scientists ree
cently decided that the world's great-
est writers were Darwin, Shakespeare,
Schiller, Goethe and Humboldt.
Seaweed of Norway.
Along the shores of Joderen, cn the
southwest coast of Norway, the seaweed
grows in veritable forests; not the com-
won grass variety but actual trees from
five to six feet In height, with stems like
ropes and leaves as tough as leather. It
begins to sprout in March and April and |,
gradually covers the ocean bed with a
dense, impenetrable brush.
prices. .
SUITS
Men's suits that were $7 now £4 48
Men's “ g-" 678
Men's 12 820
Men's 15 g 63
OVERCOATS
w“" “ i“ #
~ of " “ i“
*
oto 14, 680
MEN'S PANTS
150 pairs Men's Pants that were
$1.50, now g8c,
$2 and $250 Mea's Pants, now |
$1.48.
FURNISHINGS
500 silk bow tics worth y23c,
three pair for 25c.
90 dozen black half hose, silk]
finish, three pair for 25¢.
Men's soc work shirts, double
or single fronts, now 38c.
Men's white handkerchiefs 3c)
each, two for sc,
LOOMIS OPERA: HOUSE
Matinee and Night
THURSDAY, MARCH 2.
Special Return Engagement of
MISS EMMA BUNTING
And an Excellent Company
MATINEE
The Society Comedy Drama,
“The Girl From the West" |
EVENING
The Great Melodramatic Success,
“The Sidewalks of New
York.”
The Sensational Novelty.
Entirely New Specialties Introduced
Between the Acts by
Herbert H. Power—The Popular
Comedian.
Al Ravuo's Troop of Bull Dogs—
he greatest animal act in
America.
Davis & Walker, colored entertain-
ers—In singing, dancing and
acrobatic evolutions.
PRICES —Matines, 10 and 20c.
Evening, 10, 20 and 30c. Sale
opens Tuesday.
LOOMIS OPERA HOUSE
TUESDAY, MARCH 20
ONE NIGHT ONLY
Latest Laughing Success
The Village Fool
Quaint and Original—Intensely In-
teresting—Complete in
Scenery.
PRICES—2s3, 35 and soc. Ad-
vance sale Monday.
AGENTS WANTED.
wders and
Jaut, rt ET BRLLIE: Erlebooth
J. BELLIS, Elizabeth
Valley Phone 66x. Bell Phone 138w
HATS
$175 and $2 derbies and soft
hats, newest shapes, $1 28.
SHOES
100 pairs men's $3 shoes, now
KNEE PANTS
soc and 75c values now 42c.
25c values 18c.
i
| Suit cases worth $1.50, now 98c.
| Go pairs ladies shoes, the $1.25
kind, now gsc.
Men's odd vests,
| $1.25, now 65c.
worth $1 to
| Bring in your boy to be
clothed, we will save you
|money.
WANT ADS
| Joss than 25 cents. | Situations wanted,
| tree to paid in advance subscribers.
Political Announcement
To the 1110 Republican Voters of B OP
j 1 borer announce myself a8 cand-
| date for resentative to
vania Legislature from Brad why —. k
subject to the rules of the Republican
Dr. C, L. Stevens,
March 10, 1808. 2nd Ward, Athens.
For Sale.
For Sal ings room house, 7 acres of
land, fine chicken house and barn, 15
minutes walk from shops, at a bargain,
Must be sold before April 1. Reynolds,
real estate agent, Sayre, 201-¢f
‘Good xd work horse for “sale cheap. En-
quire 312 Chemung street, Waverly.
260-6¢ y
1805 Automobile, two or four passen-
ger, Souvareibie prime Sohditied, In
spection Invi Particulars
quest. Addrons Lock Box 8, Athens, Pa.
Notice
FOR RENT--Three rooms up stairs.
Buqtive at No. 116 Harris a Athina
For reat, office rooms | ea
Block. . 84
Roy iW Hoes Howard
Allen, Farmers National Bank, Albina,
A sait of rooms for light housek
A ei
oP the modern im provementa,
House for rent 8 rooms, all modern
improvements. Located ied core Wilbur
avenue and Enquire of
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