W. T. CAREY. Editor » every afternoon except AYE &t 203 West Lockhart street, B Duell of Danville. is vis- his mather In Waverly. Bartren has returned & three weeks visit with in Wyaiusing mammoth A. T. &£S F. E lo stood In the Erie yard this ig and attracted considerable Fanuy Devlin left this morn- Wilkes-Barre in response to Age that her sister in thal city y lL ATEND BANQUET OF GENESSE SOCIETY. gly—Hon. B. L. Winters and Murray will leave for New ‘eily tomorrow where they will the banquet given by the Gen- county soclety In honor of fer Wadsworth. The banguet # at the Waldorf Astoria. When ‘ Winters 1eceived the Invitation informed that he had the priv ® of bringing a friend He nnti- Mr. Murray would ac- By him, and received a reply a W. H Campbell, who has the \ in charge that he was very that his old friend “Jack” Mur- was to be present Mr. Camp- Was raised In Waverly, and Is ent the general superintendent the Simpson, Crawford & Simpson In the Basement of Ilis Runs Head Against r Inflicting Paluful Injury. Dn Wednesday last Simov quite seveverly. He was in the basement of his store, ; up the electric wires The it. was dimly lighted, making difficult to see. He railed i bead and struck against a prajected down from it his scalp, inficting a ising medium The Val- brings quick resalits. Yes Sayre citizen advertised a PeAL The advertisement ap- fast night's paper apd this tinue the advertisement B guick returns advertise any of its attractiveness since It was here iast season. With the exception of three or four of the leading charae- ters the company was entirely new. Midget Sullivan as “Mose” was the center of allraction and his antics created laughter In abundance The musical numbers were well received and although the company was not as large as last year the audience was well pleased with the production. BOLD BAD BURGLAR ROBS GAS MITER. Entered Basement of Hotel and Appre. pristed the Sum of $10 [hat Was Heposing in Gas Meter. Waveriy—One night the fore part of this week some bold, bad burglar entered the basement of “Boney” Thcmpson's hotel, and proceeded to rob the gas company. There is une of the put a quarter io the slot gas meters in the bascment, Aud (here was according to the record of the meter, about ten dollars in It at the time The thief smashed the meter, ana took every quarter there was in it Entertained Friends. Waverly—Mrs. W. S. Morley gave a pink luncheon yesterday to some friends in honor of Mrs. F. H. Hag- erman of Towanda. Covers were laid for eight. An excellent luncheon was served, the color scheme being car- ried out through the different courses. All voiced their opinion that Mrs Morley was a model hostess Williams’ Kidney Pills. Have you neglected your Kidneys? Have your overworked your nervous system and caused trouble with your Kidneys and Bladder? Have you pains in the loin, side, back, grolns and Bladder? Have you a flabby ap- pearance of the face, especially un- der the eyes? Too frequent desire to pass urine? If so, Willlams' Kidney Pills will cure you Sample Free By mall, 60c. Sold by Druggista Williams Mfg. Co. Prop'r., Cleveland, 0. Soild by C. M. Driges. druggist Funeral This Afternoon. Waverly—This afternoon at three o'clock occurred the funeral of Mrs Margaret Wilkinson at the home of W. W Wilkinson on Park place. The service war conducted by the Rev. H B. Cock, and the remains were buried In Foirest home cemetery Plles! Plies! Piles! Dr. Williams’ Indian Pile Ointment will cure Blind, Bleeding, Ulcerated and Itching Plles. It absorbs the tumors, allays the itching at once, acts as a poultice, gives instant relief. Dr .Willlam‘'s Indian Pile Ointment Is prepared for Plies and Itching of the private parts. Every box guaran- anteed. Sold by druggists, by mall, for 50c and $100. Williams Mfg Co, Cleveland, O. For sale by C. 1. Driggs, druggist Altogether Teco Poetic. A very poetical ng man, wish- mg to ask a young lady if he might speak to her a few moments, wanted to know “if he could roll the wheel of conversation around the axletree of her understanding for a moment.” The poor girl fainted you Fertile Soil of Panama. The sofl of Panama i= very fertile, especially the first and second bottom lands. where almost anything will grow and mature. The uplands are also productive, and especially adapt ed to coffee growing. Vegetable Terror. What is called the “vegetable boa constrictor” Is a species of climber which, it is sald by romancers, twines about great trees so tightly as to strangle them to death. It is claimed to have been discovered in India Limited to Men. Big, red, spongy noses are not, we are told, always due to bibulousness They are sometimes cansed by a cer tain disease. But did you ever see a woman who had it? They Have To. The Boston Transcript has an ar ticle on “Coughing at Concerts.” Upn- doubtedly concert managers would prefer that patrons do their coughing outside—at the box office The World's Unfortunates. Taking the statistics for the entire world four and a half persons to the thousand are either deaf, dumb, blind or mentally deficient Old Gold Mines to Be Worked. English capitalists are going to work the ancient gold mines In the Alps, to which the Romans used to condemn early Christians Needs Newspaper Experiences. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillls says we need more poets. He'd say the oppo site If he were an editor Has Much Public Business. Notwithstanding the public build: Ings owned by New York city it pays In rents $332,000 annually. Have you nol noticed the remark: able change in pet dogs? asked my visa vis In the subway train. “Na” 1 answered, puisled “Have you not observed how ther spring new (ricks on thelr masters every few weeks which their masters have not laught them?’ Does not your dog sham dead with consummate pathos; does it not beg In the most engaging manner, and carry a flag without being asked ™ “I have no dog.” said L “Well, if you had ®t would” eon tinued the stranger. unabashed. *If you will watch dogs nowadays yon will see s serious life purpose reflected in thelr eyes. And observe horses, too. In the seclusion of the stable they consclentiously practice standing on their bind legs. They dance the waltz. They whinny In various keys This is true of many a mere cab horse. Watch tham.” “There are none in the subway™ I objected My vis-a-vis leaned toward me with an air of the deepeest mystery. “There will be soon,” he whispered “What under the sun do yon mean?” 1 inquired “Do you suppose that the intelligent classes among animals are not alarmed about their future in this age of ma- chinery? Do you suppose that the phrase “The Horseless Age’ has not reached the ears of equine thinkers? Do you suppose that pet dogs are pot viewing with alarm the growing pop ularity of the mechanical toy—the Teddy bear, the stuffed pup, the wool ly baa lamb? Of coursé they are. And it stands to reason that they are tak- ing the most vigorous steps for sell- preservation.” : I began to be interested in spite of myself. “What asked. “There are some horses alive,” an swered the stranger. more mysterious ly than ever, “which possess more than one horse power.” “Get out!” 1 exclaimed. “Yesterday,” continued my vis-a-vis, “1 saw a storage battery horse” “Hasn't the doctor advised you to leave it alone? 1 asked sarcastically. This silenced him for a while. He allowed the train to pass two stations before he sald another word. Then he leaned toward me agaln, “Look at cats” he sald “1 won't,” 1 replied testily “Look at the hitherto anambhitions rab—" “Now, once for all” | cried, losing all my patience at last, “tell me what it is that you are driving at.” “Simply this,” he answered at once. “For months past | have been obsery- ing the actions of animals with the greatest care. | have followed them about. | have peeped into the privacy of the kennel and the manger. | have watchey Tabby at home. And my In vestigations have convinced me abso lutely that there Is in existence a— now, what do you suppose?” “Oh, spring It!” 1 snapped “A Correspondence School for An! mals. Can't you imagine the kind of things that are being taught by mail to our domestic beasts? ‘Ten Les song In the Kennel, or, Be a Trick Dog." ‘Are You Tired of Street Fight. ing?—Learn to Be a Lapdog," ‘Stamp Out the Toy Evil; or, How to Act as if Wound Up* And there are similar courses for the more serious needs of equine pupils. ‘Up from Livery. or How to Eat Gasoline and Run:' ‘Are You Tied to a Cab?—Be a Circus Horse’ ‘Ho! for the Vanderbilt Cup; or, How to Digest a Storage Battery.’ Oh, I am sure that some knowing ani mals have started such a schoo! and are leading their fellows along the path to bigher knowledge, Is it not superb, is it not—" “1 looked my vis-a-vis severely In the eye. “Where you belong,” I sald, "is In the—" He beamed at me. “l just escaped,” he remarked. steps are they taking? I Gigantic Mystery. The office was locked. There was a red sign on the door with these mysterfouns letters: “YT G 8" The policeman passed and was mystified So was the postman Presently the crowd began to collect from all sides. Ten minutes later there was a surging mob outside the office Just then a bewildered and perspiring Individual fought his way through the crowd an opened the door of the office “In the name of the mad mullah! What does all this mean?’ he gasped. Black hand, burglars, or fire?” Nelther, sir,” replied the police man. "We were only a little puzzled to know what ‘G. T. G. 8' means?’ The owner of the office laughed long and loud. 0. T.. Gi 8.7 Oh, ‘Gone to Get Shaved’ And the crowd melted away like a snowball on the equator. that means: Above His Station. Gen. Morrell, of Philadelphia, has the reputation of being the best dressed man in the house of represen: tatives. He Is aiso more fully en dowed with good looks than most of his legislative brethren. He was coming down the malin alsle of the house the other day, whén a pretty girl in the gallery on the right of the press gallery, sald: “Oh! look at that diplomat on the %oor while the house ls In session!” of : a Philippines himself {oto trou of army etiquette in Bis zeal to pro vide for the comfurt of his men He has been found guilty by coart-mar tials of making “vexatious” charges against Maj Hugh L Scott and of using disrespectful language toward Maj. Gen. leonard Wood. The trouble is the ouigrowth of a dispute between Maj. Scott and Capt Koehler previous to the fight at Mount Dajo last March. Maj Scott in command : ‘hen the Fourth cavalry troops took thelr station at this place there weré poor accommodations for the CAPT. L. M. KOEHLER. (Found Guilty of Making “Vexatious™ Charges Against Superiors.) enlisted men and horses. Capt Koeh- ler requested an improvement ia the way of better quarters for his men, and when Maj Scott pald no atten tion to this Capt Koehler sent a com municatien through military channels charging him with neglect and with not attending fo his A% & com mandiog officer Maj. Gen Wood ordered Capt Koehler court-martialed digre spect to Maj The court-martial found Capt. Koehler's charges against Scott were uanecessary and vexa- ftous, but did not =ay they were un true. After the finding of the court-mar tial had been approved Gen. Wood reprimanded Capt. Koehler where upon the captain appealed from the reprimand to the secretary of war and in doing =o sent a strong letter through the military channels. Ia which he accused Gen. Wood of preju- dice and of trying to shield Ma) Scott. It is for this letter that Capt Koehler underwent his second court- martial, which has just convicted him He will lose several uumbers In grades Capt. Koehler is from Milwaukee, He began the practice of gymnastics when he was nine years old. and was the world's all-around gymnast and athlete when, In 1885 President Ar- thur appointed him swordmaster a! the West Point military academy. He for years was head coach of the foot ball team at West Point.- and is known as the "Father of Athletics in the Army.” duties for Scott TO BUY STEVENSON HOME. German Government Orders Purchase of Vailima in Samoa. New York.—The governor of Ger man Samoa has been authorized to purchase Vallima, the home of the late i : Stevenson Home Near Apla, Samoa. Robert Louis Stevenson, near Apia, for a government residence, It would puzzle an architect and his clerk to draw the ground plan of this strue- ture and it would be an equal problem to draft any of [ts elevations. It seems to consist of two houses put to gether at the corners and held in this associaton by a porch. In such a climate a porch on many accounts {8 the most habitable, certainly the most generally lohabited part of a house. The Vailima porch in every particular Is of the uncertain charac ter of the house or houses of which it 1s a part. One stretch of it ix en tirely on the ground floor, another stretch has two storfes—In fact, there is one stretch of this porch which clings to the second story without any ground support at all. Some of It is open to breeze and sun, some Is shaded by lattices and climbing vines still other parts are boarded over to form odd rooms which were hastily run up to suit the needs of the ten ants. The older section of the house contains a large parlor, so dark and shaded as to seem cool, and overhead are the living apartments. In like manner the chief theme of the newer part of the house Is the dining room] with a Hbrary and a small writing room overhead. Nosge-bleed is frequently caused by aot minding your cwa business It may be cured by calling the police agd diving into the neared drug store IMPORTED OLIVE OIL. Good for Medicine. $1.50 to 83.00 per gallon. Horper took the witness stand and aft. er telling of the shooting related events intended by the prosecution to show that there Imad been friction be tween the doctor and Mr, Horner, She was consldered the wast impor tant witness thus far sworn. She told how her husband came downstalrs on the night of the shooting. bow Simp- son had followed him to the kitchen, of hearing a shot and then rushiog out and saying to the doctor as she saw her husland’s body on the floor: “1 hope God will forgive you for what vou have done” Dr. Slpson’s reply was, according to ber testimony: “I hope he will™ She sald that on one occasion Dr Blipson remained away overnight, that ber hushand asked him where he had been and that the defendant re plied he had been “with the boys In New York.” She sald her husband re torted that the doctor had “been squandering ils money again on disso lute women and bringing disgrace to the family ~ When court convened for the night session District Attorney Funnan an- nounced that Mrs. Horner had col Ing her appearance on the witness stand and that she could not go on with her testimony. Her daughter, Mme. Simpson, wife of the defendant, was $0 wrought up over the condition of her mothifr that she would not be able to take the staud for the present, Mr. Furman declared Wall Street's Little Joke, NEW YORK, Feb. 1.—-Wall street Is much amused to learn that Theodore Roosevelt, president of the United States, I= the registered holder of £10. 000 6 per cent bonds of the Dakotn extension of the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba railroad whose character Is now beiug attacked by Attorney General Young of Minnesotan, Mr. Young has been following closely In the footsteps of President Roosevelt in checking the activities of corporations, especially ralimads, Our Fiag Not a Tey. NEW YORK, Fob 1. -Uuder no efr cumstances is the American flag to be regardiad as a toy, according to the board of United States geueral ap privisers. The board decided that Ta kito & Co. of Chicago and other Jap- Anese importers cannot bring in the stars and stripes under the toy sched ule of the Diugley tariff FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Closing Steck Quetations. Money on call nominally at 303 per cent; prime mercantile paper, Sys per cent; exchanges, 530.301, 90; balances, §11.- a0. Closing prices Amal Copper. Atchison B&O Brooklyn RT. C.C.C.&8LL Chea & Ohio Chil & Northw Dan Erie. . Gen. Electric Il. Central Lackawanna Louls & Nash Manhattan Int. Met . Missouri Pac N. Y. Central Norf. & West Penn. R R... Reading ...a. Rock Island... St. Paul Southern Pac. Southern Ry. Bouth. Ry. pf Bugar Texas Union U5. B, Steel U. 8 Steel pf West. Union nny 1018 116 my, sy, oY, my 0 5 158 18% BY uly 133% aly Loy ©» 172% Hy ey % Bacific Pacific New York Marketa FLOUR-Firm, Lut dull; Minnesota pat. ents, IUA4T. winter straights, B.6y 18, winter extrus, JL8002, winter pat- ents, Pails WHEAT Market advanced abaut Yc. on Hght receipts, higher eables, unfavourable i ing of speculative sentiment, May, 8 6-16 UW 9-16c; July, S008 15-16 CORN -— Higher Liverpool cables, weather west and the situation caused wel ullish Argentine corn to advancu ; July, 53i4¢ Bi TTER Creamery, extras, per pound, Bir Sic {Mcrcantile Exchanges official quotation, extras, Ic), firsts, 294 dlc ; sec. ofels, TBC. thirds, RQ24c, ; held, extrus, gc. fists, DUD, seconds, DYSe thirds, 8c. Qo seconds, 24 Di CHEESE State, large, September best, 13Wsiléc ; winter made, average best, Haze. light skims, llc | ; part skims, SHUT skims, 333 EGGS -SHiate, Pennsylvania and nearby selected, white, fancy, $NU3e; good te choles extern mixed. BIH firsts to extra firsts, SVQ Tc, Jirties, Nile; checks, 1535 0¢ refrigerators, 3%ild POTATOES-Qulet, but steady: Penne sylvania. choice, per bushel, 8558a ; New ork and western, do, 84%x. ; do, fair to good, Jd Loree LIVE POULTRY-Firm, fowls oll roosters, 94g chickens, ducks, HJlic., geese, 13glic. 160 YO RESSED POULTRY — Firm: fowls, choice, 140. do. fair to good, 1204130; old roosters. ac. . nearby chickens, 1@ hc. ; western, do, Mylige : turkeys, noar- by, choice to fancy, 1% | western, do cholee to fancy, 190 1% fair to good, do, 117, ducks, nearby, {ls wentern, do. 12014 geese, nearby, 10413c | west. ern, do, Wilk : thirds, Ge full cream, small and 14%. October, good to prime, 12%4lN; ic; inferior, half skims, best, prime. §G54¢ . falr commen, #G5c., full fancy, TE 13; Hggliige, turkeys I Live Stock Markets. CATTLE Supply lght, market steady; choice, RB SUCIU, prime 8 fond 1 calves $%9 HOGS {eceipts fair, prime heavies TAT 10; $7 roukhs, £50003 SHEEP AND LAMES Supply fair; market slow, prime wethers fois culls and common, $263, lambs. F4i0 slow; Krades market other ‘07 FEBRUARY '07 ol Tn Wa TTF TS 34/5 6 T 10/11/1213 1415 16 1718119.20212223 2425262728. Ios «© ele ¥ 4 W. P. Smeaton, INSECTS ARE TRUE TO THEIR TRUST IN ABSENCE OF TRAPPER. INTRUDER QUICKLY ROUTED Trader Enters Catin During Storm, but Unexpected Attack of Sting: ers Forces Him to Take Refuge in a Pond. Ignace, Ont —How Pete Mercer, a trapper from Lake St Joseph, left some hives of bees to guard Lis furs while he came here to attend his sis ter's funeral has just become Known through the arrival of Henry Houtler, a trader, who had the mistortune to get mixed up with the bees Mercer had quite a stock of valuable furs on hand when he received by courier the news of his sister's death, and what to do with them he dida't know. His presence in Ignace was needed immediately, else it would have been an easy matter for him to take his treasure to the nearest friend- ly trapper for sale keeping. This be- Ing out of the question, he sought some other way. Mercer has a sweet looth, and, trapper hit upon the idea some years ago of raising bees to satisfy his long ing He therefore imported several colonies, which he kept in hives near bis shanty. They and their progeny becaine used to him, but on several occasions were known tp atiack vis iting trappers. They even set upon the courier, and it was this Incident on guard over his valuables. Lugging the hives into the shanty, he bored a hole in the door, so that they could come and go at will, and then left, feeling reasonably sure that no one would make off with his furs. He was so certain, In fact, that he would find everything right upon his return that he didn’t even worry. It so happened that Routier had an order for the pelt of a fisher, and, hearing that Mercer had one, he went considerably off his route to make the purchase He arrived at the cabin shortly after dusk, and, finding the door locked, sat down to walt. This was on the day of Mercer's departure, made bold to burst the latch enter, thinking that he would make good the damage when the owner got back On entering the shanty In the dark setting IL of bees were buzzing about his head, stinginz him at all exposed points The attack was unexpected, and In trying to fight off the insects Routler knocked over another hive. This in. creased the anger of the bees, and it Thousands of Bees Buzzed About His Head. would have gone hard with the trader it he hadn't promptly found the door. Helng a good woodsman, the trader ran toward a small pond he had pass- ed In reaching the shanty, and plunged in to his neck. With most of bis body protected by water, he was able to fight off his tormentors, but not until he was so badly stung that he was al most crazed. Eventually he got to land, daubed mud on his awollen face, arma and legs, and dried out. Next ed for civilization. It was while hur- rylng along that he met Mercer, and mutual explanations were exchanged. Boy Lives Years as a Girl. St. Louls.—Joseph Teddar, who ad. mitted in court that he had lived five years in St. Louls, part of the time as a boy and part of the time as a girl, and who told of serving as a girl in the House of the Good Shepherd and house of refuge and masquerading In the juvenile court as a girl, was discharg- ed by Judge Pollard because three working girls who accused him of fm. proper conduct falled to substantiate the specific charges on the stand. Miss Helmer, 16 years old, ove of the com- plainants, was so lncensed over Ted. dar's discharge that she struck him in the face 8s he was leaving the court room and knocked him down. Miss Helmer was arrested, AKER PLEASE GIVE ME A TRI Do you appreciates a good t know you all do; soc when you anything in the line of upholstered or repaired, no what you have, 1 can do the work do it right. My prices are right, work Is guaranteed for six A postal card will bring me to r house with samples and prices. J. P. OTTARSON, Cor. Broad and Peansyhiania Ay Waverly, N. Y. TOUHEY'S HOTEL Everything new and up-to-date. First- Class Accommodations. Thomas Ave, Opposite L .V. Station. Rates $150 Per Day. Sayre. LOOMIS OPER HOUSE TUESDAY EVENING, FEB. 5, Mary Mannering | in the New American Play “Glorious Betsy by Rida Yeung, Author of “Brown of Harvard.” Direction of Sam 5. and Lee Shabert, (Ine) By Arrangement with Jas. K. Hoekett ‘A PERFECT COMPANY, A DELIGHTFUL COMEDY. stn Carriages may be ordered for 10:40. Seat Sale Opens Saturday at 9 a. mi at Box office. Prices 25, 50, 75, $1.00 $1.30 WANT ADS Rates: —Wanted, Lost, Found, For {Sal etc, 3% cent a word each in- {serifon for the first three times, % cenl a word each Insertion there after. None taken for lesa than 25 cents. Situations wanted free to paid. In advance subscribers. WANTED. Wanted —Experienced table girls at the Wilbur House, at Girl Wanted for general housework. Inquire 109 Packer avenue, Sayre, Pa. 209-£ FOR SALE. For Sale—A farm located on east side of Susquebanna river, opposite {Sayre, known as the Reoves farm [Will sell all or part Enquire of F. P. MurpLy of the firm of Murphy & Blish. 224-6 For Sale—Lot No 9. "Highlands," West Lockhart street. Desirabje lo- cation.Price moderate. Inquire at 403 West Lockhart street, Sayre, Pa 225-6* For Sale—English bull dog, 18 months old and a fine watchdog, kind to children. Call at W. H. Lockerby's barber shop, Waverly. 221-6 For Sale—Pair of bobsleds, also horse, buggy and harness. Inquire of 413 North Lehigh avenue, Sayre, Pa. 220-6° Several houses and lots for sale In esirable ‘locations In town. Terms to sult purchasers. Inquire of W. G. Behrier, Maynard Block, Athens, wt House and lot at $850, also one at $1,300. A snap If taken at once. En- quire G. N. Angler, 103 Park Place, Valley telephone 68y. 209. FOR RENT. For Rent—Two large furnished rooms, seven minutes walk from L. V. R. R. station. Inquire at 332 West Lockhart street, Sayre 223-6° A Salte of rooms at No. § Lincoi_ street, Waverly. Call at premises 221-6* corner of Maple and Miller streets, Sayre. Possession given at once. Val- ley phone, 227x. C. L. VapScoten, 10 Paine street, Athens 220-6 Neo. 426 South Wilbur, at once. Mod~ ern conveniences, gas and gas range $15.00 per month. Enquire C. C. West. = Fn lst *
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