RST “ia . - OF SAYRE — 2. $80,000.00 SURPLUS »WUVU. = GENERAL BANKING Time Deposits, DIRECTORS, J. N. Weaver, € - § FC i. BISHOP, "M. Dunham, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, i IN STORKVILLE CENTRE How Mir. Biinx Got 4,000 Bricks for Nothing “The only man In Storkville Center who had a house with brick foundation walls,” sald Col. Calliper, “was Rob ert Blinx. Not but what bricks are to ba had in plenty in that locality, for there is a fine pit of brick clay In the neighborhood, but stone is cheaper. “And so when Robert Blinx built this house with above ground founda- tion walls of brick, why, naturally, those brick supporting walls were con- sidered remarkable; but the walls themselves were not nearly so remark: able as the manner in which the bricks contained in them were obtained, with the incidental fact that Mr. Blinx got hiz bricks for nothing. It was like this: “Mr. Blinx, as it happened, lived 2a little out of the center, on a road to the brick kilns, and right back of hls place, on another parallel road. there was a row of cottages occupied by men who worked in the brick yard “Now Blinx had cats, and it was not long after he came there before hia cats" became a great annoyance to his brickmgker neighbors in the rear. The cats woald come out Into Bliax's back yard and garden nights and bowl. and yowl (frightful ly and disturb the brickmen's sleep. Prelly soon, as people do every: where at other people's cats, the brick makers began throwing things at Blinx's—bootjacks and old shoes and the usual things like that, with the usual Incffective results, until finally one night, just by the merest chance, one of the men picked up and threw at the worst of the cats a brick, which landed fair and square on its mark ‘After that they threw many bricks. which rarely hit what they were aimed at, but which did tear up Mr. Blinx's Atterney-At-Law. Notary Public. back yard and garden something scan: dalous. And then the throwing of the | bricks suggested to Mr. Blinx ag idea ‘He had quite a piece along there on his road. and pretty good land. but} the house on it was old, and not much { of a house anyway, and Mr, Blink came to think about building a new one. And he was a thrifty Wan, always saving where he could, and when those bricks began to come adver he had an idéa ~3{ow much less would It cost hiw, he asked a mason, to have the founda | tion of his new house built, if he, Hlinx, furnished the material for the part above ground; and the mason | sald & matter of $35 or $40, and =o Hlinx set about collecting the bricks thrown at his cats to provide that ns. terial; the mason having. told him, when Blinx had casually mentioned bricks to him one day, that if ke bailr of that material, his top foundation | walls would require about 4,000! bricks } “At the average at which they had cold weather sets heen coming geet nights by pre in We can make! vious two or three weeks, Mr inx | figured that it wquid take him about a your houses crm- | year to collect that number in this fortable in every way and In that time the bricks corner aod your | thrown might do considerable damage ocal bill will be| in his yard and garden nnd so he no larg-r. Let| thought he'd put up a little protection us give you an| for them. As It was there was just a estimate on an| ost and rall fence running alpag the up -to - date sys-| of Mr. Blinx's property between tem, We sell the that and the brick men's yards, and well kn now he put up, at the foot of his yard own and garden plot a six foot board fence Cl ful H i setling It back about six feet, so that when the bricks struck it they would which can't be fall on his own land. beaten. Plumb-! “All cats, everywhere, llke to walk on the tops of fences and all cats ing, Heating and Tin work. | Gas Fixtures, fcem to welcome meeting other cats there as an amply sufficlent provoca- Burners - and Glassware Special attention to pension papers. Valley Phone 11a Jayre. 112 Desmond Street, Advertise In The Record.” W. T. Carey, Justice of the Peace. OFFICE Room 6, M. P. A. Building, Valley Phone 246y. It's Not Too Late aa Pe wa'er heatin gyastem install before extrem: tion for clawing and spitting, fighting and howling; und no sooner had Mr. Blinx got his fence up than all the cats In Storkville Center, apparently, came nights to walk on it: and what had seemed the frightful howling of Blinx’s cats seemed now to the sounds produced by this new band of cats as but the feeble tuning up of a few scat tering members of an orchestra to the gale that breaka loose when the whole witlit gets going. H. R. TALMADGE, Both Phones, Elmer Avenue Sl, BUA LAN AN 4,4 | 4 % 26200206 3603 ae aay ew ae 30 Boys’ Skates, Girls’ Skates, / a/ “The brick men were stirred ac cordingly; and night after night when (hey came home (rom work they br valises and carpet bags full of bricks; and when the cats started up they did. With the first squak of a cat you'd hear a brick land against the board fence and when the cats got goiag—why, hamph! I've heard what some people thought was guile some racket In back yards here in the city, when cats were caterwauling aad peo ple were firlog revolvers out of the windows to scare ‘em off and throwing various odds and ends at ‘em that clat- tered more or less, but all that would be child's play to what you could hear out in this quiet copntry place when the bricks were thundering on Bliny's board fence and 46 cats on top of fit were walling and screeching and screaming above the uproar, “All this was music to Blinx. Why. he told me that on a number of morn lags—he used to get up early to carry away the bricks before people around zot ap—oa & number of mornings be carried away five wheelbarrow loads of bricks, and one morning he got seven \nd in léss than a month he had bricks enough for what he wanted and | to spare. ; “Then he tore down the fence and | irove away all the cats, his own In | cluded, and gave the neighborhood peace, and gave the mason orders to KO ahead with the cellar foundation: and | ie had bricks enough for the walls and | pretty mear emough left for his chim | neys. i “Blinx is dead now, but the old house i ktill stands, the first and the only house with top cellar walls of brick ver bullt In Storkville Center.” Wot in Hk. “De you think there are micrebes in kisses, Miss May?” “I don't think there would be in your kisses” “I—ah-=that's nice of you; let's—" *Microbes are sald to possess intel and nothing intelligent lingers Where It Is apt to come Into contact with cigayettes.”—Houston Post. Health Hint. The way for a maid to keep warm, When csught In a blizzard or starm, Is to wear § big coat From ber toes io her throat, Completely enwrapping her farm. =Housten Post AFTER THE HONEYMOON. | | Mr. Newwed-—[ shall never, never | Jove another woman as I love you. Mrs, Newwed—I should hope not. Mr. Newwed—You needn't get bd sore about it. I guess [ could if 1 wanted to.—Chicago Sun. | Able to Pay. Club Man—Why didn't you recognise Clarence Fastchapp when we met? | Sister—He has disgraced himself. | was told that he was turned out of the Hightone club for not paying his dues. Club Man—That's a base slander. It was only for “conduct unbecoming a gentleman “—N. Y, World. A Mistake. Hizonner—You are charged with breaking a chair over your wife's head. - Prisoner—It was an accident, four honor. Hizonner—What? Dida't you intend to hit ber? Prisoner—Yes, but [ didn't Intend to break the chair.—Claveland Leader. MERE 5 Ae SD a N) BD S t G78 GIRL PLAYS TRIANGLE 04 ROOF OF A HOTEL, Cincinnatians Horrified by Action, But She Was Oniy Drying Her Hair, She Says. Cincinnati, O—Della Gladman, 19 attained momentary fame and a view ’ of the city from the roof of the Pal- | ace hotel simultaneously the other | afternoon. Until five weeks ago Della Was a resident of one of the purely rural and mountainous counties of | Kentucky. Since then she has oocu- pled a position in the Palace culsioe | and a room on the eighth floor. From | it she stepped onto the roof of the | seventh-floor portion of the ballding, | and a moment later horrified pedes- | trians by calmly walking along the | cornice. She was playing a “triangle.” | brought with her from tbe old Keo-| tucky home. The clerk and a foroe | of porters and beliboys rushed to the | roof to rescue her. They will not, | op oH J She Calmly Walked Along the Cor | nice Playing a Triangle. however, recelve Cargenle hero med- als, for Miss Gladman’ Informed them that she was simply walking around to dry her hald, which was hanging | down her back, and returned to her room unassisted Girl a Shrewd Criminal. i Youngstown, O.—The police declare that Margaret Maloney, arrested on a charge of till tapping, Is one of the shrewdest criminals in this city. She | was arrested one year ago for steal | ing from a house, and there were sev. eral other cases against her, but they ! were not prosecuted She had rob bed the Delacour store, where she was | caught a few nights ago, three times The first time she got $23, the next $16, and the third time $10 The girl entered the store dressed In overalls, which, with her closely cropped hair, gave the impression that she was a boy. Leaving the place, she would take off the overalls and ap- | pear as a girl. By this plan for months the escaped the police, who were | looking for the “boy” who did the work. The girl will be sent to Lan caster. Maniac Swallowed Iron Bolt. Middletown, N. Y.— A physician who examined Edward Green, an in pital for the insane, found a large swelling in his right side in the region of the vermiform appendix. He called a sur- geon, who operated and found an iron boit five inches long in the body. It apparently had been there a short time. Young Green had a mania for swallowing Iron and steel It Is dsubtful if he can recover. Never Touched Him. Autoist—Ran over some one as 1 came down from the club, but | guess 80 harm was done. Friend —Didn't you stop to see? Autolst—Stoy, no; + YOR 3 Bi tate AR 3 Food Choppers, Coffee Percolators Carpet Sweepers, Nickle Plated Tea Kettles, b J ~) + i! WN A D > Ranges, Oil _— Razors Heaters, 2 i LIST BABY FOUND d I A WOLVES DEN, Holida | MISSING TOT DISCOVERED PLAY. DRESS GOODS ING WITH CUBS. : is =n | If you are looking for a dress [can please you. Our own importatio CRIES WHEN TAKEN AWAY lof both French ana German Ee jare here for your inspecticn and (prices compare with the largest city Little Margaret Schweitzer, of Brock: | y “ way, Minn, So Well Cared for ates, Why not? Our expenses are That She Wants to Go Back | nay and our comibned oatput as to Home of “Doggies.” I" 5 AUTO SCARFS AND RUFFS. Beautiful line from Ge up. Minneapolis, Minn —It is only great good fortune that has saved tiny Mar | garet Schweitzer, of Brockway town ship, Mion, from becoming a verit able wolf-child : “The child bears a charmed Nfe!™| aver the township wrse folk, with many & shake of the head, “or else ——— HOLIDAY HANDKERCHIEPS. Hundreds of dotens to select fi |The Globe Warehouse display every beholder. Initial } from 6c up. Ladies’ solid eyelet embroidered at handkerchiefs at Ge, 10, 1234e, fhe, 18¢, 26¢. Yo Ladies’ boxed handkerchiefs, both initial and fancy. : Children's boxed bandkerchiets, both plain and initial. Guarantesd limes handkerchiefs at Sc, 10e, 124e, without being torn to pleces? Little Margaret is but a baby girl! of four. Her father is a welltodo farmer. There is another little broth er and a sister, both older. A few days ago the three young shadow and woods a couple of miles away from home. Somehow Baby Margaret be came separated from her brother and | sister, and when It was time to go home the tot was missing. The other youngsters searched ov | So home they — break. Schweitzer Jumped on his] horse and galloped ba®k to the woods| Holly ribbons for packages by yard great va- low, be could find no trace of the riety. Persian ribbons In varies: child widths. New messelines, all colors Then be went for belp. Soon a |Taffetas (n all widths and colors party of 20 men and boys were scoun WAIST PATTERNS. Neatly boxed, fresh from | rel shores, worth from 28a to 35& |! yards for 31.00 ‘ find. All that night the hunt but the break of day Far and near spread the word of little Margaret's strange disappear ance, and the searching party kept Si— " BLACK SKIRTS. New line of our famous fitted skirts. They please every ons whe sees them. : from further away came io. On the second day one of the search ers came to a knoll thickly studded with pine and a heavy growth of un- i derbrush. He discovered a narrow | See our line of Heatherblooma. Dir path leading Into the thicket, and Prices pleases. : there by the path he found—a little’ blue sunbonnet ‘BLACK SILKS. It was a hard path to follow, and : ; A nteed Taffeta from $1.00 af the man had ‘o-Jei~dewo-en all-fours | to do it. But the trall was hot now's and he crawled along. Suddenly he gqje came across a pile of chicken bones, feathers, bits of sheep pelis and gnawed bones. There, in front of him, was a woll's den An awful fear of the tot's fate; , flashed across the man's mind He thousand and one ideas determined to make sure, however, | SeOtIOE all the fads and fancies even If It meant entering the wolf's | Th, Ince, in Frincess. Til y and silks, are unmatchable oc prices from 26¢c to $1.36 Ruchlogs In Holly and Faney 26¢ to 50c. Beware of LADIES’ NECKWEAR, ——— | BOXED HOSE SUPPORTERS. . A useful gift daintly boxed, Sle to $1.00. 3 | JAPANESE DRAWN WORK All pure linea and hand made, pi 4 |reasonable. 6x6, 24x24 9x9, 30x30 | 12x13, 18x64 | All to mateh.” Table Tops In 4-4 5-4 from Te | | BEAUTIFUL TOWELS | The famous Austrian m ea, [aes spoke hemstitched and borders. Jn CLOTHS AND SETS | Beautiful Damask Table Cloths alr. He cocked his Winchester and, |papkins to match. : i Margaret Sat In the Woll's Den, Un- harmed and Happy. vith his finger on the trigger, crept! in cautiously It was almost dark onside; at first [ROMAN STRIPE WAISTINGS he could see nothing Rut gradually Ot purest silk. The.ne vl - : A C—— iis eyes became used to the gloom, \nd there, sitting on a rock, petting a jout. oung wolf, sat the missing lHitle Mar | aret, absolutely unbarmed and as [PLAID SILK WAISTINGS nappy as you please! : Off scampered the young wolf, with Another lot of latest patterns. (s three males, al the sight of the | ; nag, and little Margaret hegan. to S— ry. |GIPT UMBRELLAS. £3 “Oo Clghtened away my nice 'fitle |! i . : jogeiea!” she sobbed. “'O0 Is a JArge assortment of both \ ~ a v aughty man; Margy don't like ‘oo (and Gentlemen's Umbrellas in satus do away!” jal, horn, Ivory, pearl and gun mel But the yonug farmer snatched up with gold or silver tr x be child and backed out of the place |O0Vered with the most sturdy,” ust as quickly ax he conld He didn’t resisting materials kflown 0 juite fancy facing the she-wolf in |trade : bose narrow quarters. And then back | to the Schwellzer farm just as fast | SHOPPING BAGS AND PURSES. + his legs could carry him ; News of the finding of litle Mar |, ''%® Of these in the very latest aret spread rapidly all over the town (shapes and leathers, all colors, ot —— 3 AE hg «blp, and soon the farm bouse was 00th hand and wrist bags verrun with sympathetic visitors | > \[argaret, of course, was showereq | AOVES, 3 ith questions of all sorts. She could | Sverythiug in gloves, hi oll but little, but that little was re I kids, all rs. also An hot a nari tle button leagths. i Globe War wasn't cold one bit,” she | sped. “Margy wasn't hungry, either wie tsa me and keep me mice sn’ warm. But the naughty man came aud Cightened the nice Mtile doggies
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