Smart & ANY HAT AT HALF. Black or colored. Misses', Cbildreu's or Ladies', small hats and large bats, toques and bonoets, all have been reduced to just half former price. Take your pick out of the lot, there's do restricted or reserved list. If a ht was formerly $10, it's 5; if 'twas $5, it'll cost you but half that now. It's not a clean up of old styles and undesirable shapes, but a general mark dowa of all. There's somewhat over 200 in all now. Dollar Silk Moires, Of course, it's less than they cost us, but we made the mistake of buying too many in the first plac, consequently we've got to shoulder our loss. They're considered the most up to date of all this season's Dress Silks colors are black, navy, reseda, myrtle, brown aud grey,nd the price is 69 tents where it was dollar. Black Taffeta Silks, at 39 Cents And a pure silk at that. The width is 20 inches, and the color and finish is good. .It's the silk that you usually find advertised as ex tra value at a half dollar. 2 Whole Cases of at 50 Cents a Pair. Two months ago this announcement would not have signified much. To-day, owing to the extreme high price of raw cotton it means a great deal. Two months ago you could buy 50 cent blan kets at aov old store; to-day these same blankets are wholesaling at 30 to 65 cents. Our syndicate found a few cases that a certain mill had to sell, hence our last call on half dollar blankets. White or grey. SMART & OIL CITY, PA. Oil City Trust Company. President, JOSEPH SEEP. Vice President, GEORGE LEWIS. Report to the Commissioner of Banking (Condensed.) At Close of Business Nov. 28, 1905. Time Loans f 974.6S2.33 Real Estate, Furniture, and Fixtures 90,381.52 Overdrafts 2,125.60 Stocks and B nds...$ 57,100.00 Demand Loans 569,3IV4.96 Due from Hunks 315.4:13.14 Cash on Hand 134,750.50 -$1,076,588.60 $2,143,778.05 6,582.10 Trust Funds.. WANTED. Bright, Intelligent young men and women to prepare themselves lor office positions. .MIDWINTER OPENING JANUARY 8TH, 1906. We have been unable to supply the demand for our graduates this fall. Send for a copy of our new Journal. JI?nlvilIe Commercial College. THE SCHOOL THAT GETS RESULTS. A LEADER IN ITS FIELD. Not a graduate of last year's class out ol a position. Present enrolment much lamer than that of last year. The managers are the authors of the leading series of commercial text books. Registration en every Monday. Send for catalogue, ROCHESTER. N. Y. DEFY HARD LUCK. A Pew Bite of Wholesome Advice For the Pessimists, Don't talk about your hard luck. Refuse to recognize it. Refuse to be lieve In It. Scorn to whine about it. Get the whine out of your voice, or It will stop the development and growth of your body. It will narrow and shrink your mind. It will drive away your friends. It will make you unpop ular. Quit your whining; brace up; go to work; be something; stund for some thing; fill your placo lu the universe. Instead of whining around, exciting only pity and contempt, fare about and make something of yourself. Reach up to the stature of a strong, ennobling womanhood, to tlio beauty aud strength of a superb womanhood. There is nothing the matter with yon. Just quit your whining and go to work. If you continually talk about your bad luck and moan about your ill for tune, you create for yourself an atmos phere of misfortune which will certain ly overwhelm you unless you stop in time. The man or woman who persistently fears that such and such a tiling Is not going to turn out well Is enlisting pow erful forces agalust success. Boston Traveler. The eyeball Is white because the blood vessels that feed Its substance iro so small thut tiiuy do 11 it admit the. fed corpuscles. Silberbere J STOCK at 69 Cents Cotton Blankets SILBERBERG, Treasurer, II. R. MERRITT. Capital 300,000.00 Surplus and Profits 358,419.89 Provident Reserve Fund 5,075.60 Reserved for Taxes 1.869.12 Deposits, - 1,478,413.44 $2,143,778.05 English and French Police. No comparison can fairly be made between the police of London nnd Tar Is without due consideration of the fact thnt the French law admits an Interfer ence with die liberty of the subject which would not be tolerated lu Great Britain. And It must also be remem bered that the existence of octroi du ties makes It difficult for a Frenchman to enter or quit Torls without being the subject of closer observation than ho would encounter In an Eugllsh city. Solicitors' Journal. Pnr a Yon Go, To live within one's Income Is the secret of prosperity. Happiness Is the heritage of the one who adheres to this rule, and a contented mind and an ever Increasing bank account will be long to the one who buys only what be can pay for. , Very Good. "Yes, Hunter Is really engaged to Miss Uoxley." . "So he was tolllug me. He says she's not very pretty, but she's good." "Yes, good for a million In her own rtght"-l'hlladelphla Tress. Chivalry at a Dlecoant. He-There was a run ou the bank, was there? You were fortunate to get your money out. She Yes; but I never saw such discourtesv. Ther vusu't a niau offered me his place en il me line. .-ew lork Times. IN LIGHTER VEIN. HE WAS SORRY. They Wert Stranded on Lonely Road. "I'm afraid." he said after he had got out of the automobile and loo) d under it and around It without being able to discover what was the matter, "that we are In a pretty bad fix. It must be at least three miles to the nearest railroad station." "O dear," she replied, "and It will be dark In 15 minutes." "Yes. I'm sorry this had to happen If you wish It, I will leave the thing here and take you over to Grovelund and put you on the train. There will be on along In about three-quarters of an hour." "Don't you think there Is any chance to get the automobile to go again?' "It doesn't look that way. Still, it may take a notion to start up all of a sudden. "Perhaps, then. It would be best for us to watt a while." "But if w do that we will not be able to cRtch the train." "Wouldn't you be afraid to leave the thing here all alone? Somebody might com along and steal It or do something to It that would spoil It forever. "I'd. have to take that risk." "I eouid never forgive myself It anything happened to It on my ac count." "It wouldn't be on your account. Miss Wadsworth. I should consider It all my own fault. I had no bust noss to bring you away out here where It would be so hard to get back If any thing happened." "You tre very noble, Mr. Judson, to look at It that way. Still I should feel, that you wouldn't have come so far out of the regular course If I had not been enjoying It so much." "Well, the fact remains that here we are and that If you are to get home to-night we will have to start r.'ght away. The train won't wait, you know." "!:'s horribly awkward, Isn't It? Why don't you look again? Maybe you can Ilnd out what Is wrong." After crawling under and examin es everything that he could think of he stood up, sadly shaking his head. "No," he said, "I confess It's too much for me. I'll have to get a ma chinist, I guess. Don't you think we'd better start now? There no time to lose If we're going to make that train." "U seems a pity," she replied, lean ing back In the seat and Indulging in a long sigh, "to leave It here alone. And there's one thing you haven't thought of. Suppose Bomebody else should come along here In the dark and crash Into It! Think of the dam age that might be done. Some one might be killed, and you would have a life to answer for." "I can leave my lights going, you know." "But you have no light at the back. They might come from that way.' ' Well, they'd of course have lights of their own to show what was In front of them. I must Insist that we start right away If you want to catch that train. There will not be any more to night, and we're probably 20 miles from home." "Isn't It foolish?" "Yes, rather. Shall I help you down?" "I've never heard of any other girl being In this sort of a predicament have you?" "Not that I remember of now. I'm very sorry, I assure you." "Are you really. I've read stories In which men were said to have delib erately plotted to place girls In awk. ward positions like this, so as to get them to consent to be their wives." "You don't think I'd do that, do you, Miss Wadsworth?" "O, no, I didn't mean that. Only I was wondering If you would really feel so very, very sorry If, knowing that you were not in any way to blame you and I were lost like this In somo place we couldn't get back from, even if we wanted to. For instance, if we wore cast away on an island, where there were no other people and there wouldn't be any chance to get off for at least a day or so, would you would would " "But you see, there Is a chance for us," he relied, looking at his watch, "although lt'g a rather slim one now. Do you think you could walk three miles in 25 minutes?" "Goodness! Is that all the time we have left to catch the train? I'm afraid I never could do It." "There's only one way to find out Come on, please, let's try it. The train may be a few minutes late." "O, well, if you are so anxious to get rid of me, I suppose I shall have to" But she never finished. The de licious truth had reached him at last, and when t$e red streaks of morning began to appear she sat beside him on the deep cushioned seat. Her head was resting upon his shoulder and they were dreaming sweet. Inno cent dreams of the bliss which the future held for thera. S. E. Klsur in Chicago Record-Herald. Genuine Tears. "I went to see a performance of 'Romeo and Juliet' last night, and I don't believe I have a tear left in my system to-day." "Gracious! does a tragedy usually make you cry?' "This one did. , It was by an ama teur company, and I laughed till 1 cried." Philadelphia Tress. Modern Chesterfield. "Harker is the most polite man I ever saw." "How so?" "Why, he actually tips his hat when l'o M';n to a girl through the tele- - -Eczema and all skin diseases, pim ples, boils, piles and anything foreign to a sound, healthy skin is quickly enred by San-Cura Ointment aud Sau-Cura Soap, 25c each. tf CASTOR I A For Infant! and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature Russian Peasants' Dan ties. The Russian Peasant, even If tt bread he eats lg black, has a ban bouche to add to his meal muoh sought by epicures in the Western world the wild mushrooms, which grow thousands upon thousands, on the steppes of Russia. At any time a full and savory meal is provided with the addition of sausage and onions; even a mushroom alone often contents them for a meal with their coarse rye bread. The poorest laborer has aleo a lux urious drink always available from the ever present samover, and the tea they drink would be the envy of any American connoisseur of that beverage, for Mie beat of China's tea is found In Russia, and all classes enjoy its quality and fragrance. Never Is the water allowed to stand on the tea over a few moments, so none of the poisonous tannin is extracted, and a delightful, mildly stimulating, straw colored drink is the result. It would be well if the Russian peasant would content himself with this, for his only great vice Is drunkenness. Social Service. Temporarily "Embarrassed." "It Isn't often that Uie routine of my daily grind is Interrupted by any exciting events," said the paying tell er of a national bank, "but an inci dent occurred the other morning that helped to relieve the monotony a bit One our biggest depositors, a man whose check, written to the extent of sJx figures, would be honored in a business transaction, oime in, accom panied by a eab driver. It was about 11 o'clock In the morning, and it was very evident that he had been mak ing a night of it. He came up to my window fortunately the bank was nearly empty at the time and de manded $5, which he owed the cab man. "I produced a blank check, which he filled out and signed with much difficulty, and I gave him a $5 bill. He turned this over to the cabby and then sat down on a bench for ten minutes or more, and then what do you suppose he did? He came up to my window and said in a husky whisper: 'Say, old man, lend me a nickel for car fare, will you?' " Philadelphia Record. As the Tramp Explained It A man from Mexico, Jacques Forbea by name, claims to have a typical mother-in-law, Inflicted with that strange and almost universal woman ly falling of asking promiscuous questions. 'It was only a few weeks ago," said Mr. Forbes, "ihaX a dilapidated looking' tramp, with a long, strikingly red nose one of thos all-ablaze noses applied at the back door of my mother-in-law's home for food. Sure,' said my mother-in-law in response to H's request for food, 'I'll give you something to eat, but, my good man, won't you please tell me what makes your nose so very red? ' 'Not the least objection, madam,' replied the tramp. 'It is simply blooming with pride that It doesn't stick Itself i:nto other people's busi ness. Good day- madam.' " Louis ville Herald. Our Majestic Capitol. The architectural pride of every American Is his National Capitol. The structure as it srtands to-day, being not a creation but a growth, is also an architectural wonder to all the world. OrUlnally designed under the eyee of George Washington himself to meet the needs of an Infant Republic, It has grown wltfh the nation, or "ather Just behind the nation. And during this constant and grad ual enlargement, with one extension after another to all points of the com passdifferent parts designed by dif ferent men its harmonious propor tions have been maintained, the archi tectural scale followed and Its round ed whole is still a thing of beauty and inspiration to all who look upon Its ample lines. World's Revolver Record. Warrant Officer Raven, of the Bri tish warship Wildfire, has made a world's record with the revolver, scor ing all bulls at twenty yards, and getting outside the black only once at fifty yards, a total of 1C7 points out of a possible 168. National Air of Belgulm. Somebody haa stolen from the Royal Library of Belgium the orig inal manuscript of the "Brabanconne," the national air of Belgium, which was composed in 1830 by Jeneval and Van Campenbout. Brandy and Alcohol. It has been Judicially decided In England that brandy is an alcoholic liquor, the spirit of which is obtained by the distillation of wine from the grape, and that to sell anything else as "brandy" Is fraud. ' Sharks Reappear. The shark has returned to Europe an waters. In the Baltic sea, where sharks had been unknown since 1759, they have made their appearance In considerable numbers. Skipping Teas. "Skipping teas," to which guests of both sexes and all ages must bring their own skipping ropes, are men tioned In the columns of the Lady, a London fasiiion paper. Skipping is to be the fashionablo "cure." Beards for Priests. It Is understood that the Pope is about to issue a regulation whereby all Roman Catholic bishops and priests who so desire may allow Uwiir beards to grow. SPECIAL OFFER. For a few days The Pittsburg Dis patch will honor this coupon and twenty-five cents lu payment for tbe Wkekly Dispatch to January 1st, 1907. The balance of this year and all next year. The regular price of it is 8o per oopy. It is a bargain you can't airord to miss. Cuttblsoutnow and mall It with 2"o to The Weekly Dispatch, Pittsburg, Pa. Mention the Forest Republican, Tiunesta, Pa. Chamberlain's Diarrhoea Remedy. Never fails. Buy it now. It may ssve life. BOER TOBACCO. Hattvee lie It, bat It le To Maek Per White Meat. After Transvaal tobacco, but long way after, comes Boer. The name is in reality nowadays a misnomer, for this tobacco Is grown largely in Natal aud Cape Colony. It Is also cultivated In the Orange River Colony, is sold by the roil and can be obtained for about f8 a pound If a whole roll Is purchased. It 1 also sold by the sack. White men buy these sacks, but they do Dot smoke the oontonts themselves; they use it to reward the Kaflir serv ants for working overtime or doing any other meritorious action. The taste for Transvaal tobacco Is an acquired one. It also takes a certain time before a man gets used to the scent. No white man who has come from a distance has so far lived long enough to acquire a liking for either the taste or tho smell, but It has its uses In tbe case of the natives, nnd It Is also useful if you bare an undesirable visitor whom you re anxious to get rid of. Offer him a pipe of Boer tobacco, and he will never enter your house again. The traders purchase this weed large ly. They also use it upon the natives In the shapo of presents, as every Kaf fir who makes a purchase In a country tore always asks for free gift, and the competition to secure the native trade is so acute that the request can not be refused. South Africa. YOUR OPPORTUNITY. Bake l Tsar Mtae ta Seek It SUtk ar THaa Walt Far H. It Is a dangerous thing to wait for opportunities until it becomes a habit. Energy and Inclination for bard work ooze out In the waiting. Opportunity becomes Invisible to those who arc do ing nothing or looking somewhere elso for it It Is the great worker, the man who is alert for chances, that pees them. Some people become so opportunity blind that they cannot see chances any where they would pass through gold mine without noticing anything pre ciouswhile others will find opportuni ties In tbe moet barren and out of the way places. Bunyan found opportu nity In Bedford Jail te write the great est allegory in the world ou the un twisted pnper that had been used to cork his bottles of milk. A Theodore Parker or a Lucy Stone sees au oppor tunity to go to college In a chance to pick berries. One boy sees an opening to bis ambition in a chance to chop wood, wait on table or run errands, where another sees no chance at all. One sees an opportunity to get an edu cation in the odds and ends of time, evenings and half holidays, which an other throws away. O. S, Marden In Success Magazine. SUNDAY MEALS. M Overeat sil Ye-a Witt FI Settee a Ssagar. If It Is desired to begin the week re freshed and ready for labor, rested In mind and body, the eating customs of Sunday will nave to be readjusted. Hare a later breakfast, If desired, but have then a very light one even if you are hungry, or, if it must be hearty, then do not upset your digestive hab its any more than may be avoided and have but two meals on that day and eat no other. It would be far better to have three light meals, lighter than usual, if that eould be arranged to fit with the other household arrangements. The custom of noon dinner on that day arises from the nsual absence of cook or maid at the later one, and this may be una voidable. Very welL then; treat this as a rest day for cook and diges tive apparatus as well as from other labors. Have a light breakfast, a light dinner and a chafing dish sapper as near the ordinary hours of meals as possible and remember as yon are go ing to take less exercise thnn usuul you demand a lesser amount of more easily digested food. Helen Johnson In Good Housekeeping. MT Ttrr Twom." As a stranger In Philadelphia I was much nmnaed by certain provincial isms. One of these was the use of the word "off" Instead of "from." "Please buy flowers off me," soy the youthful street renders. One day while waiting for some groceries a young lady, evi dently unused to housekeeping, ap proached tbe raw Irish clerk and tim idly asked: '1 want some mutton to make broth. Shall I get It off the neck?" "No, ma'am," was the solemn reply as the clerk pointed to the butch er busy at his block, "ye git It off that mon." Presbyterian. Crashed "I think I never saw Itymer so utter ly crushed as ho was when his first poem appeared in print," "What was the matter? Some typo graphical error in the poem?" "No, that wasn't it. What crushed him was that the paper was sold for a penny a copy, Just as usual." mils and Boarde. Bill had a billboard, mil also bad a board bill. The board bill bored Bill so thnt BUI sold the billboard to pay his board bill. So after Rill sold his bill board to pay his board bill the board bill no longer bored Bill. Yale Ex positor. COLLEGE, located a t Pittsburg, Pa. Come to this great Financial and Manu facturing center for a BUSINESS , EDUCATION; don't go to a small place where Stknockaphkrs and Bookkeepers are not required. Circulars Win. II. Duff, President. SO YEARS' EXPERIENCE -'"ft ai J vJP Trade Marks k DESIGNS r rif II Copyrights 6c. Anrone ftendlng a skfltch and description ma? mitaklv aUoartiLln rmr nolnlon free whftthnr an Invention la probably patentable. Coirnnuntra. tlunidtiietlToonfldflntlal. Handbook on 1'atenU lent free. 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