Smart k Silberberg.
Semi-Annual
Clearance Sale.
Merciless Mark-Down
Now the Rule.
Our Semi-Annual Sales have always been epoch making from a
money-saving standpoint. This year it will be an event ol
extraordinary power. The season just passed has been
a remarkably busy one with us, and as a fitting
climax we propose to end the first year in
our new store with the Greatest Low
Priced Sale Ever Known. Every article in ev
ery department of this entire establishment, from base
ment to third floor, will be reduced, some 10, some 25 and
some 50 per cent. Not a single article will be reserved the
price on everything will be cut during this great sale.
SILKS IWDKKGO KEF.X C I T PKIC F.S.
What conM b stronger than ibe plain laets, coniiely Mated itli the fnl!et
("m Alienee in Ibe merita of these item, we n limit the Mliiwinm
Black all silk taffeta, fully guaranteed to wear, aells in the regular way for 7 V
but now mark) to. .... 59c yd
Blark yarn dyed laffeta, warranted in evenr way, ell regularly at 1, now '.c
Yard wide biac UfteU, the k.nd that wear, uiiuviiallv ipkxi 11.51) ifrml-, now t) I!)
Rioh. black Pan lie fviie. heavy ami lnltmu, the kind that i-IIai$l ii.now... ySo
Hn.lnm , sei vii-eable atm lmchea, mi tl Uon by Fashion, aella regularly
at $1 ii, now '.))
Very let quality colored taffeta, sold all over at 8,'w and tale, now .. (Wr
Colored peau de crer, peaa de leimx. etc , at ., ?!V
Crepe de cbene, colored and black, regularly ft yd., now . 7fc
Colored aatin liberty. 75c grade at .".... . . 49c
COLORED AD IIMC K DHKSS GOODS
RADICALLY lll.I)l( i:0.
A lot of plain cheviot. plaid and fancy aniline that were 50c, 65c, an T5c at ...39c vd
M-in hninennr'. all wool, Oxford grays, were Vic, now 59c
Colored and black prunellas, fine, satin finished all wod goods that were $1,
JVC
59c
Colored ch-riots, granite cloths and ivoelinea that were S, now
Colored and black voiles, canadensis cloths, clav aerges, etc., tbat were tl.115
and 1U0, n w .
DRESS TRinniXfaS.
Jet, Appliques, All-Overs, etc., all at a reduction of S3 percent.
LACKS AXD KtIRROIDERIEN.
All to lie sold at 25 per cent, discount. "
DO.t1E.STIO AT CLEARANCE PRICES.
'.Sc
fto id, heavy brown muslin ..3Ju
Host brown muslin
Hill, I, 'iirWI anil fruits Tie.
Mohawk 5 i blen-hed lie
Mohawk 8 4 bleached .... 13c
Mohawk 7-4 hleeched Inc.
Mohawk 8 4 bit-ached 17c
Mohawk 9 4 hleeched
Mohaw k 10 4 bleached
I.aocmier apron ginghams
American indigo prints ........
Simpson's mourning prints ...
Merrimae shirting prints
Itesl English llanneliettes
,.l!lc
,.21c
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tje
, 4fo
7c
SHEETS AXD PILLOW CASES.
Mohaw k Vallev sheets, nearly as good as Ctica, size yds., all hand torn
and well mxde, at 49c. ea
Pillow esse of same, 36x45 In., at li',c ea
SMART & SILBERBERG,
OIL CITY, PA.
WELKLY TRADE REVIEW.
llrailtrct' Ilrport on the Condition
of ttu.lnei.
Now York, Jan. 11. Braustreet's
says: Trado advices as reflected In
teleg:au-.s to Bradst reefs exhibit some
irregularity, caused by weither ccuili
tiuus or preceding frou the early
iage of the season. Retail distribu
tion ol Heavy clothing, boots and shoes
aiid ru'j'jeis is checked by mild weath
er but cn the other hand wholesale
trade In spring goods, though still
tuiet, is preparing to throw off the in
ertia ol midwinter. Stock taking is
now completed and Jobbers are antici
pating an active spring business.
Specially good reports from the North
west. Southern trade advices are
least favorable. Cotton Is 20 per cent
lower than a year ugo and in Louisiana
the depression in sugar is spreading.
The industries in the main continue
active, iron and steel still setting tho
pace, and lumber, the textiles, boots
and shces und machinery manufactur
ers are actively employed. The grow
ing ease of money is a reflection of
previously reported good collections,
following active trade In tbe late
months of last year. Bank clearings
continue to show moderate gains over
a year agn's enormous totals and rail
way earnings likewise show growth.
Cotton goods are apparently in
Btrong position. Spring styles of prints
and ginghams have been opened at
eastern markets, but Jobbers claim the
season is later than usual. Ginghams
are, however, heavily sold ahead, and
the dress goodd market as a whole dis
plays a very confident tone, but a
strong buying movement was encoun
tered on the reac tion and most of the
loss was regained.
The disposition to accept medium
crop estimates has grown. Exports of
yam and clothing from this country
and from Great Britain were very
much heavier in December than the
year heft-re. Wcclen goods mills are
actively employed, plain dress fabrics
are meeting with a liberal business and
orders for men's wear are such as to
stimulate confidence in the raw ma
terial, which is fully one half cent
higher on the week at Boston. Shoa
shipments are still largely In excess
of a year ai;o, though this is a stock
taking period and new business is
naturally light. No diminution of
strength Is noted In leather, thouga
hides are easier. An advance in price
of the finished product of from 2Vi'S5
cents per pair is considered sure to
come.
Weather conditions have favored
lumber at the Northwest, and demand
there is active. Yellow pine is said to
be wane at Chicago and an advance
is expected. The paper trade is ac
tive, there is a scarcity of new sorts
and higher priceB are looked for. Small
sizes of steam coal have advanced 15
per cent at Philadelphia and family
grades are 25 cents per ton higher,
while bituminous is from 10 to 15 cents
up.
Iron and steel production Is active
beyond precedent for this season of
the year and further advances of 50
cents and ?1 per ton are noted in char
cobI pig. which is taking the place of
other grades at Chicago as a result of
scarcity due to insufficient transpor-
tatii.n 4ttit!iarn oIt iron hna been
firmly put on a $12 basis for No. 2
Birmingham and foundry pig iron has
been advanced 50 rents at Philadel
phia and Pittsburg.
Other metals are weak. Copper,
though ostensibly held at 12 cents per
pound, lias been openly cut .and ex
pectations early In the week were for
a further reduction. Tin is also lower
on the week.
The feature in cereals has been the
unquestionable growth of speculative
feeling as reflected in Improved out
side or commission buying of wheat,
corn and oats, while flour has also Im
proved In general demand.
Livestock receipts have been heavy,
those of hogs particularly so, and this
is reflected for lard, selling of which
has been heavy. Large imports of
foreign potatoes have caused a reduc
tion In prices for this important ar
ticle of feed.
Busine ss failures for the week num
ber 346 as against 27u last week: 322
In this week last year; 295 in 1900;
304 in 199 and 323 in 1898.
Canadian failures number 32 as
against 23 last week; 3i in this week
a year ago; 28 in 1900; 48 in 1839 and
34 in 1898.
CROP ESTIMATES.
Statistician Gives Estimate of an Aver
age Yield of Wheat Per Acre.
Washington, Jan. 11. The statis
tician of the department of agricu't
ure estimates the average yield per
acre of wheat In tho United States in
19(11 at 14.8 bushels as compared with
12.3 bushels In 1900; 12.3 bushels In
1809; 15.3 bushels in ISMS uid 13.3
bushels, the mean of the. 'ierags of
the last 10 years.
The newly seeded area of winter
wheat is provisionally estimated at
32,000,009 acres, an increase of 3.6
per cent upon the area estimated to
have been sown In tho fall of 1900.
The newly seeded area of wlntor
rye is provisionally eFtlmater! ct l,2."i0.
000 acres, an Increase of 2.9 per cent
upon the area estimated to have been
sown in the fall of 1900.
The department has no reKirtu us to
the condition of winter wheat later
than Dec. 1. At that date It was SH.7
per cent of the normal, as compare!
with 97.1 In 19o0. 97.1 in 1889 aid
92.6 In 1898.
The department will not Usue any
further estimate of the total produc
tion of any product of the soil nor of
the number of faun animals until it
has made such adjustments of its es
timates for the Inst 'wo years as may
seem to be required by the reports of
tho census based on an actual farms
to-farm visitation, now in course of
public autlmi
The Last Straw.
Mrs. Ncnlywcd (rending! Do you know
how lobsters nre caught, John?
Mr. Newly wed Come, come, Mnry
Don't rub it in! Puck.
It requires-an average of more tli.nti
20,000.(H N) pins per d:iy to silstnin dislo
cated shirt wiiisls, replncc missing sus
pender buttons and meet the other needi
of the American people.
The velocity of propagation of eleetre
magnetic waves through space Is iiboul
that of light, IHC.tHN miles per second.
COLONEL PARSONS' GREAT RIDE.
Tbe Feat Wi s.cb Tn-nt tieaera
Mraile Wuald No Belter II.
Coloiu-I 11 Bless Parsons of New Vot .
was bivvotted general for ditiugitish
eorvhc during tu,njy. but,!ttiftrut)en4i
nidity fcfuvUiJV tb.it. su.- of that till
when he returned to civilian life. N
only did he perforin the only nutlieuii
feat of decapitation during the civil war
but he was the hero of a remarkable ride
A few days ln'forv the battle of Itettys
burg was fought tfeneral Meade had an
iniKrttnt nicssace to send to tieneral
Harding. ItHI miles distant. As the route
was through a i win try swarming with
rebels, the message was n ritteu on tissue
paper, that it might lie swallowed in cn.se
the carrier was captured. Tin com
mander waa in doubt regarding a suitable
messenger. He summoned tiencrul laTi
to headquarters.
"toiieral. who is the hardest rider as
well as the most trustworthy Hum in the
serviivV asked Meade.
"Colonel Parsons, sir," wan the prompt
reply.
'Slid liim to me at once."
It was ti o'cloek on a Monday night
when l!i ncral Meade gave the young of
Har lis inst met ions, lie was to ride
with all haste to tieneral Hardinc's head
i:':irtv'iN anil rvturn tit once with mi an
swer. lie I essi ner retired. Two hundred
miles were to U covered. The roads
were heavy, and they led through the en
emy's leiinti-y.
Kaetly ut noon the following day Colo
iii 1 Parsons entered tJeiier.ll Meade's
tent. Tie laltir's fa.v grew purple wild
rage, mid he ripped out n string of oaths.
"Is this the way you obey orders?" he
tliiind, ivd. " lint are you hanging
amimd camp fur: Yon ought to lie with
tieneral Harding by this time."
"1 have just returned from tieneral
Harding, s.r."
"You lie!" exclaimed the exasperated
general.
Parson's face paled, nnd he dug the
nails into his hands to restrain himself,
"tieneral Meade," he said in a voice that
ill eotiivahd bis nnizcr, "if you were nut
my commanding otlicer. I would knock
yon down for that insult."
Without the formality of a salute, he
tinned on his ncW and left the tent.
Mci'.de afterward made nil ample apology.
Colonel Pnrsnns killed two horses and
went himself w ithout it particle of food.
For is hours he was not out of the sad
dle. Bangor Coininereial.
ANIMAL LIFE.
A good cninel will travel 100 miles a
dny for ten days through the desert.
The lobster is his own most deadly ene
my. The young ones scorn nil other food
when they have a chance to eat one nu
other. The stupid policy of hunters ill South
A f lira 1ms led tu the nlinost total destruc
tion of a host of wild animals, the iuag
gn among them.
Drngon fly giubs nre most destructive
to the fry of Mi. Out of iiO.IHIO turned
into n piiiid one April only 54 could lie
found the following Scptcnilior. Tin
pond was infc.ted by dragon fly.
Bee nre known to lie excellent wentliet
prophets. Then is n common country
saying that "a bee wits never caught iu a
shower." When rain is coming, liecs do
lint go far nfield, but hintx close to their
hii'es.
A falion which strayed from Fontaine
bleau. m ar Paris, iu pursuit of some oth
er bird, was f i:ind next day nt Malta, in
the Mediterranean. Another f.ihotl is
said to have returned from Andalusia.
Spain, to the peak of Tenerife In six
hours.
When taken young, the hedgehog may
be completely tamed nirl made familial',
allowine itself to be hint lied and associat
ing with the dog and cat upon terms of
perfect concord. It feeds indifferently
upon bnad and milk, meat, etc., nnd
keeps up a regular nocturnal chase after
insects.
All Wives or Widows.
"When a girl is born in India." relates
a woman missionary, "the lirst question
asked is Whom shall she marry? Kvery
high caste girl must Is' wedded at 12
and to n mini of her enste nnd her horo
scope. He inny be comparatively young,
middle aged or old, immoral, diseased or
brutal. It makes no difference, if his
caste and horoscope agree with hers. A
woman in India is perfectly helpless.
"She is generally married nt 8 or 0,
hut does not become n member of her
husband's family until she is 1-. If it
should chance that her husband die be
fore that time, she becomes a child wid
ow, the most despised of creatures. A
curse is believed to lie upon her, and if
she goes the ordinary course she commit
suicide hi desperation. There nre 7".'i0
child w idows under !l years of age in In
dia. There is no wooing or being wou in
India. Kvery girl over 12 is wife or
widow."
As n rule, n man's relatives will let him
nnike almost any kind of a fool of him
self without inteifcieiiei' until he begins
to give his money away. Atchison Globe.
It is difficult to understand the mental
condition of n lover wdio goes courting
with a gun.- Detruit Tribune.
The Real Need.
Mamma -We must get a nurse for the
baby.
Pnpn -Viiise be hanged! What he
wants ii a night watchman!
Unknown to Women.
Every woman should read, without fail,
lite following paragraph. She w ill learn
omethtng about herself she never knew
lef ire.
Thompson's Baro3ma is not only a won
derful kidney, liver and bladder cure, but
has a particular advantage as a remedy
forChronic Female Weakness, Palpitation
of the Heart, beariug down sensations,
Nervous Debility, Leucorrhrea or Whites,
and Dropsical Swellings. Its peculiar ad
vantage lies in the fact that it is both a
female regulator attd kidney, liver and
bladder cure. The womb is situated back
of and very close to the bladder. A woman
having any pain or distress in the back or
9ide, at once attributes it to female weak
ness when many times her trouble is en
tirely from the kidneysor bladder. Hence
a woman making tliis grave mistake will
And a sure remedy in Barosma, for
whether she is suffering from womb dis
order or any disease of the kidneys, liver
and bladder, Barosma will effect a per
manent cure. For this two-fold reason
Batosma is the best woman's remedy on
the market. Thompson'! Dandeloin and
Mandrake Fills should be used with the
Barosma, fir the liver and constipation.
They are purely vegetable and do not
gripe.
Vat Letting Control of Her Mini
I was losing control of my mind and couM not
remember li.nnes of people, canned br female
weakness, chrimic infl.i intuition of the liver, kid
neys snd MarMcr scaliline of urine nnd nun-retention
of the same, which h.vl troubled me,
making me very nervous, the post twenty years.
All the medicine 1 used only relieveil me fur the
time. Yuii don't know liuw dclit;htrl I am to
think I am so mnch lietler and stronger all
through tnv system, ami Thompson's HaroMna
Backache. I.lver. Kidney anl l.uniU'igo cure di J
it, 1 ii-i! six li-r.tks. It 'y iiw irlh more thin
money to mo. I: give in.- heihhanl strength,
a 1 was very weak and mi-er ible hflore.
MRS. M. A. CHX. Titusville. Pa.
All druggist, fi.oo a bottle, or si fur
tj.oo. Bi-nmi cu-cj ut Permmcnt.
I fmm mm- t-O. fn if H im nrimm win 1a
MEHOIACCO ill
FROM
"Sur." "Hor Shoe." ''Standard Nv "Spcarhei.l." " Drumtuoud M Natural Lent "Good Luck,M 't.per IM-Uirck," "Bool Jack," "Nobby Spun Roll, Mf x
'Otd Houetv." " Master Workmau," "Jolly Tar," "Sickle." Brandy wine." 'Cro Bow." "Old Peach and Honey," "Raior," K. Rice, Greenville," Tenneee Crojtie''
"Planet." " Neptune," "Ole Vargiuy," "Omiger Twit," two Granger Twit tap bcm equal lo one of other tueutioued). Red tin Ugi fiom " Tiuley't it o. Natural Leaf"
inJ W. N. Tiitsfey picture tin tags, and paper bands from " Florudora" Cigars are also coA for Ptescuts;
8 Trademark Stickers fjhfe
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TAGS AND FIVE BROTHERS' PIPE SMOKING
i TRADE MARK STICKERS ARE OF EQUAL VALUE
AND MAY BE ASSORTED IN SECURING PRESENTS
Our New Illustrated
CATALOGUE OF PRESENTS
FOR 1902
include! rut ay article not ahowu here. It contain the most attract ire
List of Present ever offered for Tag, and wilt be aeut by mail on receipt of
postage two cent.
Our offer of Presents for Tags will expire Nov. 30th, iooj.
CONTINENTAL TOBACCO CO.
Write your name and address plainly on outside of package coutaluing
Tags, and forward Tag by registered mail, or eiprrss prepaid. Be
ure to have vour package securely wrapped, so that Tags will not be
lost la transit. Seud Tags and request for Preseuts (also request for
catalogues) to
C. Hy. BROWN,
4141 Folsom Ave.,
St. Louis, Mo.
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nur tir. $nr riArto. mo tags
warn wa'C. srfA wiho ki.isir.
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Nothina in
Hardware
Th t can't l.e founrl at tliia 'ore Ve have il in
SHELF AND HEAVY GOODS
A gimKl or a twn inch anger. A pen knife or a six fo.it cross
cut taw. We cud Gl ymi tut quickly, satiafactorily ami at
a very snail margin above actual cost. We can set ynu out
fur hnuK'keejiiiig, farming, lumbering, teaming, or any way
ynu like, so l ing as il's in the hardware line.
Stoves and Ranges
We always keep in stuck ami of the clats suiter to this lati
tude Gas, Wood or Coal. An l if it'a a
Wagon, Sleigh or Buggy.
You want we're preparoil to figure money into your pocket
ami nnl half try. It's up l you diiw. Give us a chance to
prove what we're saying.
SCOWDEN & CLARK.1
County Thone 2'.'. TIONESTA, PA.
MARIENVILLE
HARDWARE & MACHINE
COMPANY.
J la I'd tea re, Mill SnpiiHc'tt, etc. . . .
Mill Machinery lie pa I red Prompt
hj. Shafting, I'lrfleix a i id VUluw
Block Farulahcd on Short Notice.
NEW AND COMPLETE LINE 0.
.RUBBER AND LEAWER BELTING,
Slieininrl nrr. Iron, Nnili h!'I T'nla at the Lowest
Mnrkel Price Stoves nf all kiiuls. Perfect Olive
Rnnee a Specially; Guaranteed in linke. Axes, Pea
vy Cmt Il inkn, Spmi, Alkins' Hand Cr wcut, liiinil
anil Circular Saws, Returned il Unsatisfactory. Abra
sive Emery Wheels.
E. A. YETTER. MANACER, MARIENVILLE, PA.
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