S. & II. Grera Trading Stamps Semi-Annual Stock Clearance Begirt Monday, And swepns throueh the store. ni-irps rlrnr. to extreme littleness nnt in pvptv nnnk and corner of this will come and supply needs for weeks ahead and every purchase means a rich reward to money-saving on desirable, dependable, Rpnannnhle nnd stanle merchandise of nearlv everv 6ort. Clearance here is real, complete, and made effective by means of the most radical price cutting ol tne season on pracu. rally nnr entire stocks. Nn cooda to be carried over That is our store policy and it brings you values as all prudent economists are quick to share in. Come early and reap the extra advantage of selection while The New Embroideries for 1911, Beautiful Beyond Compare. Our new embroideries for 1911 are now on display and it is hard to imagine anything more beautiful. Wide flouncings and demi-flouncings prevail. The odds the greatest lavorite. In these extensive showing, also in the favorites, such as wide insertions, bands, galoons and paniers. Trices are most reasonable. Comforts at $1, Worth More. We will sell a couple of cases of comforts at a dollar each, which are some better than we have ever been able to sell at that price. Made of silkoline and filled with clean white cotton. Final Clearance in Millinery. Untrimuied Hats at 25c, 50c Fur Hats and Toques, $2, formerly $5 to $ lOr Ding-a-ling and Alpine Hats, $1. 50c Kimonac Silks, 55c. We reduce the price on our kimona silks from 50 to 35 cents. Not that they are not desirable. AVe have never had so good an assortment as this year's, but the season's drawing to a close and we want to clean House, The Smart & OIL CITY, PA. Oil City Trust Company, Oil City, Pa. "Wisdom is knowing what to do next; skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it." David Starr Jordan. You can combine Knowledge, Skill Cent. Savings At once. Interest credited direct to your account June 1st and December 1st of each year. Assets : $3,850,000.00. In Turning Over New Leaves Be sure that some are the. leaves of a Bank Hook showing a deposit In tills populur and strong Hank. Deride that the New Year shall find you among the thrifty ones who become Independent through their own exertions, and who are not dependent upon others in time of need. Lay the foundation of a com petence by starting an account today, and continue to make rienoslts with regularity every pay-day. Write for booklet. Four Ter Cent. And No Worry Pittsburgh Bank for Savings Fourth Avcmio and Smlthfield Street, Pittsburgh, I'a. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $1,000,000.00. Absolutely free from carbon. Light in color. Flows evenly, leaves no deposit. WaverlyGas Engine Oils will protect your engines. They are made from Pennsylvania Crude Oil, refined to perfection. Waverly Oil Works Co., Pittsburg, Pa. Independent Refinert Also makers of Wayerljr Special Auto Oil and Waverly Gasoline. Fred. Grettcnborgor GENERAL BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST. All work pertaining to Machinery, En gines, Oil Well Tools, Gas or Water Fit tings and General Klaeksniitbing prompt ly done at Low Rates. Repairing Mill Machinery given special attention, and satisfaction guaranteed. Shop In rear of and just west of the Shaw House, Tidioute, Pa. Tour patronage solicited. FRED. GRETTENBERUER with all cash purchases. Now comes the time when when bisr bargains areabund- store. Hurrvine hundreds no accumulations permitted. assortments are at ineir ue&i. 27-inch width being by long flouncings you 11 find a very and $1, formerly $2.50 to $8. as usual. Silberberq Co. and Virtue by starting a Four Per Account r.jE'srjyrf' Monuments. We are manufacturers of All Kinds of C.ranife and Marble for Monumen tal Purposes at a saviog of 20 to 30 per cent. So Agents. Oil City Granite & Marble Works J. S. Kerr, Proprietor. Established 1883. o THE PRJNTZ CO. CLEARANCE SALE Has been pronounced the greatest bargain giving event ever attempted in the oil country. It's a sale where there is absolutely no space between promise and per formance. Frudent buyers need no further inducement. Men's Clothing, Boys' and Children's Clothing, Hats, Caps and Furnishing Goods, All are affected deeply by a STARTLING PRICE CUT. Sale Ends February 1st. Oil City, Ta. A CONVERT. Ha Is Now a Firm Believer In Psychio Phenomena. "Do I believe in the occult? Sure, I do," said the suburbnuite ns be set tled down Into bis scat lu tbe Btuok- lug car nud filled bis pipe. "1 was Just as great o skeptic ns you nre until a week ago. I was firmly convinced tbnt table manipulation was a fake, that mind reading was pure guess work and tbat all alleged psychic phe nomena could be attributed to natural causes, nut now i m wining 10 ac cept the entire propaganda. Nothing is too obscure for me to accept on blind faith. I've experienced a com plete change of heart, as they used to say In the old camp meetings. 'You see, it was this way. iy friend Bugglns, who is really a bug on the occult, Induced me to go to a seance with him the other afternoon and prevailed upon me to have a sit ting. In spite of my nonbellef he said I was a good subject, aud I guess i was. Hie laay wuo wns iium-cuug mo soul fluid told me 1 should have trou ble with a stout, d.irk woman. All the way out ou the traiu that evening the idea haunted me. I couldu t get it out of my head. "And, say. she was right. nai happened? Why, when 1 got home l found myself up agaiust the proposi tion of firing the colored cook, bure, I believe in the occult Got a light?" New York Times. Stevenson's Cup of Misery. It. L. Stevenson, writing In 1893 to George Meredith, In an epistle quoted in his "Letters." says, with heart touching pathos: "For fourteen years I have not had a dav s real ueuuu. i uuvo ihmu sick and gone to bed weary, aud have done my work unflinchingly. have written in bed and written out of It, written in hemorrhages, written in sickness, written torn by coughing, written when my head swam for weakness, and for so long, it seems to me, I have won my wager and recover ed niv clove. 1 am better now have been, rightly speaking, since first came to tbe Taclflc and still few are the days when I am not In some phys leal distress. And the battle goes on- ill or well Is a trifle so that it goes. was made for a contest, and the pow- ers nave so wmuu turn iu uaiucunu should be this dingy, Inglorious one of the bed and the physic bottle. At least I have not failed, but I would have preferred a place of trumpetlngs and the open air over my head. How to Know the Twins. Tbe Beverly twins, Fred and Frank, were such exact counterparts of each other that none of the neighbors could tell them apart, aud even their mother sometimes had ber doubts. Tbe re semblance is accentuated by the fact thnt they are dressed exactly alike. "ITow In the world can you yourself tell which Is which. Mrs. Beverly?" asked a caller one day. "To tell the truth." she answered, "I can't always. But if I bear a noise lu the pantry and I call out. 'Fred, Is that you?' and he says, 'Yes, mamma,' 1 know It's Frank and tbat he's in some kind of mlschlef."-Excbange. Wonderful Cactuses. The largest cactuses in the world are those to be found In parts of Mexico. Tbe curious bristling plants common In greenhouses and even in botanical collections give but a poor Idea, of the size and beauty of this variety. It is common, for example, .to Unci a siogle plant growing to a height of eight or ten feet which will weigh several hun dred pounds. The cactuses grow in a bewildering variety of forms and col ors. Their blossoms nre corresponding ly large and varied Hymnological Ineptitude. The story of a minister who held a religious meeting In a penitentiary and aroused the ire of the inmates by an nounciug us a hymn that one begin ning "The dying thief rejoiced to see Is equaled by the tale of a local preacher whose church got In debt not long ago. A congregational meeting was held for the purpose of extricating It, and the chairman of the board of deacons, or whatever the financial body wns, got up and stated the situation and ended by calling for a special col lection to make up the deficit. "I suggest that we sing a hymn." one of the members of the church sug gestcd. This Idea was carried out, and the number of the song was announced. A smile overspread many faces, however, when they reached the line, "When we asunder part it gives us inward palu." Nevertheless the "sundering" process was most successful and wasn't partlc ularly painful either. Louisville Cou rier-Juuruul. THE EARLY STAGE. Boys In Ferrule Parts and the First English Actress. Not long since a critic, noticing tbe advent of a new Ophelia In Loudon, observed thnt, while the actress ac quitted herself very well, she could hardly be considered "Shakespeare s Ophelia," which was undoubtedly tbe case, Inasmuch as Shakespeare's Ophe lia was a boy. either a chorister or a page In the scrvlco of one of the thea ter's patrons. No English actress made ber appear ance before tho restoration. On Jan. 3 Pepys records, "To the theater, where was acted the 'Beggar's Bush,' It be ing very well done, and here the first time that ever 1 saw women come upon tho stage." But these, it is suspected, were mere "walking ladies." A few days later tbe diarist went to see a performance of "The Silent Woman." "Among other things here Kynaston, the boy, had the good turn to appear In three shapes first as a poor woman in ordluary clothes to please Morose, then in tine clothes as a gallant and In them was clearly tho prettiest woman In the whole house." He bad a year before declared tbat "Kynaston as Olympla made the loveliest lady that I ever saw lu my life." Tbe distinction of being the first English actress has been variously ascribed to Mrs. Davenport, Mrs. Knipp and Mrs. Davles. They all ap peared the same year (K1C1), Mrs. Da vles, together with the principal ac tresses In Sir William Daveuant's com pany, being boarded In the manager's "own house." London Strand Maga zine. A DOE'S STRATAGEM. Threw the Dogs Off the Scent and Saved Her Fawn. Tbe following anecdote is related by M. X. Itaspall. It is worthy of com parison with the most remarkable of Instances of the same kind: The author one day perceived a doe in full flight before two dogs In the Algle woods that form a part of the forest of Cliantilly. The doe was ac companied by a very youug fawn, which appeared quite exhaused and ready to drop. The mother, doubtless well aware of this, slackened ber pace and presently stopped close to some thick bramble bushes. She remained some time there with lowered head ns If awaiting the onset of her pursuers. Suddenly nu Idea seemed to strike her. and with a butt of the head she tossed ber fawn right into the middle of the thicket. Then, flrst advancing gently as If to make sure It was well bidden, she soon set off by rapid bounds lu front of tbe dogs. The latter bark lug close upou her heels, she made a sudden bend and thus drew them far from the spot where this Incident oc curred. Tbe howling of the dogs be came fainter and fainter, the valiant animal having doubtless led them two kilometers nway luto the Canardlcre peat bogs, where the dogs often lose the scent. In fact, later they were seen return ing to tho village in nn exhausted con dition, while the Intelligent mother doubtless returned to the bushes to find the little fawn she had so cleverly hidden and placed in safety .-Vulgarisation Scientllbjue. When Matches Were Introduced. The Atlas, a London newspaper, published on Jan. 10, 1830, tbe follow ing paragraph under the head of "In stantaneous Light:" "Among the dif ferent methods invented for obtaining light instantaneously ought certainly to bo recorded that of Mr. Walker, chemist, Stockton-on-Tees. lie sup plies the purchaser with propnrcd matches, which are put Into boxes, but are not liable to chnnge In the atmos phere, and also with a piece of fine glass paper folded In two. Even a strong blow will not Inflame the matches, because of the softness of tbe wood underneath, or does rubbing upon wood or any common substance produce any effect except that of spoil ing the match, nut when one is pinch ed between tbe folds of the glass pa per aud suddenly drawn out it is In stantly Inflamed. Mr. Walker does not make tbcni for extensive sale, but only to supply the small demand In his own neighborhood." A Leading Part. "My brother has a leading part In thnt drama." "What part?" "He leads a horse across the stage in the last act." Some people Are born foolish, some ocquire foolishness and others thrust their foolishness upon us.-I'biladol-phla Ledger. Oil City, Ta. Tailed Englishmen. Natives of aouthern Arabia believe that Christians wear hats only to bide their horns. Formerly the continent of Europe clung to the couvlctlon that th Eiicllslinmu's nether garments con cealed a tail. So late as the reign of Edward VI.. according to Bale, "an Enulvshman cannot travayle in anotu- er land by way of marcbandyse or anv other honest occupylnge, but It Is most contumellously thrown Into bis tetbe that nil Englyshmen have tails. Tbe belief probably arose from tbe legend of the "Kentish Longtalls." The people of either Canterbury or Strood (for the legend varies! nocked at Hecket as be rode by on nn ass and cut off the ass tall. Wherefore they aud their descendants were cursed with tails thenceforth. At least so said Jesters of other countries, and the slander eventually reacted upon tng- land In general. Another version sub stitutes St. Augustine and Dorsetshire. Cold as a Cure. Cold of a certain Intensity produces not only hunger, but. as it lias ueen proved, health as well. Itaoul Tlctet. the famous Swiss chemist, was muk inor Mtieriments ou a degree of cold considerably lower than any which necurs naturally, and be found tbat at teniHTntnres between 110 and 150 below sero no covering of any kind would keep cold out. or, more exactly. would keep wnrintb In. TUere is nom ine surnrlsliiB about that. The sur- nrlsp is lu tbe result. M. Pictet is a centlemnn who has suffered greatly from indigestion. After an exposure of several miuutes to the com wnicu he had iiroduced he experienced a sen sation of hunger wblcb he has de scribed as ravenous. lien be had paten he experienced uone of the tor tures of bis ailment, and when he had alternately frozeu and eaten three or four times he found bluiseir entirety cured. Loudon 'lelegrapb. The Gallant Ckbman. Nothing perhaps produces quite .so much wit from a cabmnu ns a seuse of being underpaid, which In most cases means that be has been Justly paid. A lady who bad been guilty of this kind of justice experienced tho usual seuse of discomfort when her driver straight ened the palm Into which she had Just dropped ber shilling and looked at ber speechlessly. She was weakly about to add another sixpence when the cab by's sense of humor prevailed. He transferred the shilling to his pocket aud smiled sweetly down at his em barrassed fare. "Course, missy." he remarked, "there was the pleasure o' drlvln' you!" London Chronicle. Her Cab. Mary Ann of Lancaster Gate, base ment, was having a week off and had arrived back nt her little nnttve vil lage In all ber metropolitan patut and feathers. It was a very little native village, and Mary Ann. after her ninny months' service In towu. didn't think so very much of It. Even James, the station nortor nud her old sweetheart, seemed hopelessly Insignificant, and Instead of staggering him with the kiss that he exnected she looked him up and down. comparing blm with a certain gentle man whose acnualntnnce she had re cently made and who wore plush breeches and silk stockings. "Porter." she said grandly, "do yon know If there Is a cab here to convey me and my luggage borne? "Viii I don't know about a cab. responded the staggered yokel, "but there's yer mother outside wr a Dnr- rer!"-London Scraps. A Strong Prescription. Menellk. emperor of Abyssinia, often dabbled lu medicine. Some years ago Mine. Steveuiu. the wife of a promi nent member of the French colony at Addis Abelia. was laid up with fever. Menellk inquired what treatment she was undertoiua and expressed disap proval wbeu be learned that she was being dosed with qululue. The fol lowing day u messenger culled witn In nre not of very rancid butter, nccotu- pauied by a letter from one of tbe em- neror's secretaries stating tbut bis roy- nl master hoped that mudame would take three glasses dally of the butter sent, which bad been stored for two years and would be found an Infallible remedy. The present wus gratefully acknowledged and promptly burled, and when miiduine recovered Meuelik took to himself the credit of her cure. A SDortinu Chance. "I'll teach you to play at pitch and toss!" shouted the enraged father. "1 II fioir vou for nn hour. I will!" "Knther." Instantly said the Incorrigi ble as be balanced a penny on bis thumb nud 11 tiger. "I'll toss you to make it two hours or nolhlpg." Cas- suJl'a Journal. i Lotst Week of Cleatnxnce. Entering the last week of our January Clearanco. A week in which a nurrber of the most important galea ol the month are ached uied departments in which, at this time of the year, moat overy one is interested. And in whatever departments sales occur during this last week of January, prices will touc'a the utmost limit of rational price re duction. H Sale events for the last week are: J Wednesday and Thursday, January 25 and 20 Neckwear, Art Goods, Fancy Goods, Tickings, Lioiugs. ! Friday, January 27 Gloves. ; Saturday, January 28 Yarns, Handkerchief, Petticoats. Monday and Tuesday, January 30 and 31 -"Odds and Ends ; Sale. For this "Odds and Ends" Sale we'll gather the "lliBrafl" . and "Uiimmage" that's accumulated throughout the year aud sell it ! for half price and less. WILLIAM D. JAMES. - OIL CITY, PA. j Wise Men Are Hurrying to This Sale. Wia mn nnt nnl knowinir Clothins and S ioe values, hut realigns; the integrity of this store and its advertised and picking up the "plums" which are will say that tbe values are the best we only can come from your purchases. These prices give you an idea wnat to expect: Men'i good heavy Jersey Ovaishirts, tido values at 3!c. Men's all wool S3 Sweater Coats at $1 95. One lot all Boya' Sweater Caats, $1 and 81 50 garments, at Goo. All our $15 Suits and Overcoats have been reduced to $10. All our Hart, S.-haffoer A Marx make ot clothing included in this sale. Max Jacobs, One Price Store, 233 Seneca Street, B & B - remnant day friday Twice each year, and only twice, this store has Kem- nant Day last Friday of January and last Friday of July. Having only two sales and then sacrificing goods of every class and kind has made these the acknowl- fedged biggest periodic sale davs in the United States. Remnants of all yard goods odd lots and odds and ends of every other kind of Goods Coats, Suits, Mil linery, Bedding, Curtains, Beds, Handkerchiefs, Books, House Furnishings at Rem nant Prices. Plan to be at this Rem nant Day and save more Dollars than any day's shop ping in your life Friday. BOGGS & BUHL NORTH 8IDE, PITTSBURGH, PA. J. L. Hepler LIVERY Stable. Fine carriaeres for all occasions. with first clasa equipment. Ve can fit you out at any time lor eitner a pleasure or business trip, and always at reasonable rates. Prompt service and courteous treatment. Come and see us. Hear of Hotel Weaver TIOITESTA, 3?-A.. Telephone No. 20. KEELEYGURE The cure that h bn continuously euccessful for more than 81 years U worth tnvestigntinfc. For the drug or drink habit. Write lor paruciiinrH. Onlv Kectc? Institute in Western Peuna. 40 Fifth Ave., I'UUImrgh, 1'a. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Cures Coldj, Croup and Whooping Cotigh. Our January j statements, are flocking to this sale offered. Without exaggeration we have ever offered and satisfaction Clothier and Shocr, Oil City, Pa. Pa, UvGvsrMoQCK OFTIOIAU. Office ) 4 7H National Hank Building, OIL CITY, PA. Eyes examined free. Exclusively optical. "VISIBLE LOADING M REPEATING RIFLE No. 70 LUt Price, $8.00 14 Visible IxNiditiff' is a bir ad vantage, i ou r$ the nirtrultfe po in the chamber. You know w hen tho gun is loaded. Gets alt the game in sight Practice now and clenn out all the firm pests this spring. Points for tho Shnrpfthootor no nunivr Ifyxiwnnt eiivrt Inform- in aiiniinrittnooiintc. mini ff TnihMJtinir, Mrite a th.st.il trlllim ill whit h utiert ltitrrrti yii nimt. Ity trturn mall tomes tif letter iihlnt; vhi thU vlu tblc !iifniiitti'n,1rsl'lMthe 1'itf Steven WtL'e ulnuit kiriet.Sholirutii, I'ittoll Uaud Rirte Telescope. H rictitay. ... n7Aak vour dealer 1ml IniUt on if. VI 'S If v. ..i ranm.tnl.ti.il, w -?A , tH kiilpiltret t,rn.rrs.rraM, upon receipt ot taultnf prk-0 J. STEVENS ARMS & TOOL COMPANY r. o. Box soos CaicopM Fills. Mm, Promptly olitainMl, or rtt RETURNED. tO YEARS' (XPIRItNCI, Our OHRCl ARE THE LOWEST. Bund minlol, photo or .ketch fur eipprt search and tree rvport on patentability. INFRINGEMENT suit, conducted before all courts, l'atenu obtained through ns, AOVER TISED and SOLD, free. TRADE-MARKS, PEN. IONS and COPYRIGHTS quickly obtained. 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