Smat k Silberben The Biq Yearly Sale Of Muslin Underwear and White Goods. We always plan to make this event of the greatest possible interest to our buying public from an economical point of view. These annual sales are counted on by hundreds of women in this section as the replenishing time lor their Undermuslin out fits, and we remark, by way of emphasis, that you make no mis take in the matter. 100 Styles of Corset Covers from 19c up. 85 Styles of Fine Drawers from 10c up. 125 Styles of Night Gowns from 49c up. 100 Styles of White Skirts from 49c up. New 1903 Embroideries Underpriced. All Our Xcw Embroideries will be included In this ale at Special Prices. Sale Began Monday. SMART & OIL CITY, PA. U'CONNfcLL'S COOLNESS. A Story i t the Irlxh Liberator and a I ulllnit lloor. Daniel O't'niiiicll was once address ing nu enormous meeting in Kings town, and the crowd was so large that fear was felt for the safety of the building. As lie was about to speak a gentleman ascended the platform und said, trembling with fear: "Liberator, the Ho r Is giving way! The beams are cracking, and we shall all fall through in a few minutes." It is nut given to many men to live through such mo ments as O't'onncll lived through ns he lose to address the meeting nor to pre serve such lmignillcent courage in the face of great peril. Warning the man to keep quiet, the liberator said. "1 find this room too small to contain the num ber who desire to come In. so we must therefore leave It and hold the meeting outsid ." A few rose to leave, but the hall was still packed, and then O'C'on nell wild: "Then I will tell you the truth. You are Irishmen and therefore brave men. The lloor Is giving way, and we must leave this room at once. If there is a panic and a rush to the door, we shall nil be precipitated Into the room below, but If you obey my orders we shall be safe. Let the dozen men nearest the door go quietly out. then the next dozen, and so on until all have gone. 1 shall be the last to leave." The Irishmen followed the advice, the hall was quickly cleared, and ns O'Con nell walked across the floor the broken beams gave way. Oxford Chronicle. Some Hrlllsh Lan-maklnic. It may surprise some folks to learn that plenty of Hiitish laws have been drawn up so carelessly and written In such muddled language that they nre quite useless for their Intended pur pose. One of the acts passed In George III.'s reign, for instance, states that the proceeds of penalties were to be given half to the Informer and half to the poor of the parish. The absurdity lies in the fact that the only penalty which could be Inflicted was one of transport at ion for fourteen years. In ISC n well known Q. C. created n lot of amusement by proposing au nmcmlmeiit worded as follows: "Every dog found trespassing on inclosed laud unaccompanied by the registered own er of snrh dug or other person, who shall on being asked for his true name and address may be then and there destroyed by such occupier or by his orders." This gem of ineaninglessness was, however, not passed. London Tit llits. Some Cplfcranm. Some epigrams have been culled from the utterances of great men in I'.ritish public life. Andrew Carnegie said. ''Juceii Victoria transformed I J rent Hritain into a crowned republic, a nation in which the will of the peo ple is the supreme law." Prime min uter P.alfour declared that the educa tional e.vstcni of England is chaotic and behind the age." The bishop of Manchester said that 'this is a reading uue. but hw many pe 1 le read the ItililcV" ' Plenty of porridge and milk will do more for the physique of a na tion than the lii"t up to date physical drill" is attributed to Professor Laurie ;f Ediiibumb university. SILBERBERG, ThfT Wanted Klond. Whllea fair was being held recently in a small town In It.dgluiu the owner of a menagerie announced that one of the villagers, who was known to pos sess great courage, would enter that evening a cage containing two lions and would remain there fifteen niin utes. When this wag noised abroad, every one determined to witness the novel fright, and ns a result there were sev eral hundred persons In front of the lions' cage when the performance be en n. At a siirnnl from the owner the cour ageous villager entered the cage and stood watching the Hons. They, now ever, tool; not the slightest notice of him. and after the fifteen minute had expired he left the cage. As he did so r storm of hisses greeted him, and the next moment such an uproar arose that the owner summoned the police and the entertainment came to an eud. The fact was the people expected that the lions would attack the vil lager and ther were disappointed be cause no blood had been shed. "Yet It Is exceedingly probable." says a French writer, "that ir one 01 tno lions had cseaped from the cage this bloodthirsty crowd would have been terrified almost to death." Subatltnte For Quinine. You think you are bilious. Well, I should think you would be! What did vou expect vour stomach and liver could stand? You ought to be thank ful that you got off with simply being bilious. The wonder Is that you have any stomach or liver.h'ft at all, says Medical Talk. What would I advise? Well. In or der to stir up your liver a little and give you n slight gymnastic exercise I would advise you to go and find the doctor who gave you 1ki grains or quinine nnd give him a good licking. Hit him with your hands. Dont hit with a club or shoot him. Just use your open hand. After you have done this right I would quit using tobacco, If not entirely nt least nearly so, say a little after supper each day. Use no alcoholic stimulants of any sort, l-ei your diet le simple nnd plain. Avoid excesses. Avoid everything fried dur ing the hot season. Eat much fruit; drink much water. Tnke long nights' sleep. I'.oliave yourself. Keep away from the doctors. Clreumatnnceas Alter Caaea. Anxious Daughter Mother, did papa have his salary increased when he was married? Mother No, my child. Anxious Daughter I don't suppose he had any money saved up. had he? Mother Not a penny. He sjient all he earned. Anxious Daughter Did you get along comfortably? Mother We were very happy. Anxious Daughter Well, you know, Ceorge hasn't been able to save n pen ny, but Mother-Now, Marin, if that poverty stricken fellow dares to show his face hero ngain I'll get your father to turn him out! rst made Ui FEEDING THE ANIMALS. How Rome Wild CaptlTea Act Wfce Mealtime Arrive. An aulmnl is almost as demonstrative when lie is hungry as when In in in a luge. They nri' With uutural feelings, ami he sees no reason for disguising them. Huumn Wings who are affected in the Kiune way us animals ly hunger .ny tribute to civilization by not let ting this a p Mil r. At an aniuml show in this city the wild occupants of the cages get very wild wbeu the hour eomes for them to be fed. A truck laden with meat and vegetables Is wheeled around. I -our before it gets to tlnir cages the lions act as if beside themselves over the maddening: pros leot of food. The cages are very small, and yet a lion and lioness will often be In one. They tear from one side to the other, the lion Jumping over the body of the lioness rather than make a "lon ger trip around." Though they ought to have learned that each will get a share, they both plunge for the great chunk of ine.1t. Once they get It they at It with a certain Intensity, but de liberation. The hyenas, "bounders" of the ani mal realm, are horribly greedy and will steal from each other every ,.i,iioo tiiev L'pt. The anen. the "snobs" tit Milium l kind, are rather fastidious. If greedy. The ostrich, large, robust bird that It Is. awaits Us food, with much stolidity and when It gets Its head of .iiilmiTK nii-ks at It In a most con tallied, ladylike fashion. The stoical elenliant is a placid cater also. New York Times. Inrril nf Rac-inK Camel. The racing cam 1 Is very carefully bred and valuable prizes are offered by a racing society at ltiskra for the fleetest rncer. savs Pearson's Magazine. I have seen the start of a race and It remind- ml mo in n faroff sort of way, of a imiso race. The camels were all ar ranged In line and they sniffed the air In their anxiety to be off. A flag was waved and they set off at a terrible pace, as If they were only racing for a short distance. They kept logeiner until thev were almost out of sight. Then tliev seemed to settle down to their habitual pace nnd the race pro- oi-mlnd with lone Intervals between the competitors. I have also seen the finish of a camel race, nnd It reminded nu. of the first motor car promenade iutwivn London and Brighton. The rnniel were certainly not so broken down and bedraggled, but they came in nt intiTviils of several hours and great patience was necessary to watch them arrive. A Mvatlc Volume. A good story is told of the Russian iw.llee. who are very careful lest any literature of an atheistic character shall full into the hands of the peas- niita A peasant in the province of Minsk went to a publisher s shop and asKeu for a Rible. Unwittingly the shopman pave him au algebra primer. on nniMiini' the book when he reach ed home, the peasant was surprised to find It full of mystic signs and uiero L'lvnhlis. The neasnnt showed it to a policeman, who felt convinced that the Kii-na wwe of an "extremely freethrok ills' iliniaeter." and so arrested the owner. vt tiw trial the peasant was dis charged, and the policeman. Instead of being rewarded for his religious zeal, was reprimanded. Oil of Baltleannkea. In Pennsylvania the oil of rattle snakes Is preserved most carefully ns a liniment especially good for sore Joints nnd for rheumatism. In procuring tne oil the dead snake Is nniled head and tail to a board and cut open. The fat is taken out and laid upou a cloth in the hot sun. from which the filtered oil drips into a Jar. From fear that the reptile may have bitten Itself the clear oil is tested bv dropping a portion of it into milk. If it Boats In one globule, It Is regarded as unaffected; If, on the other hand, it breaks into beads and curdles the milk. It Is Judged to be poi sonous and thrown away. He Knew Some Costly One. In order to discourage the use of ob jectionable words, says the Chicago Post, the father had evolved a system of fines, somewhat after this fashion: Hang It. 1 cent. Darn it. 2 cents. (Josh, 3 cents. Cosh darn it. 5 cents. Tb linv who was to be reformed by this method studied the tariff with con siderable Interest, hut It was some time before he snoke. "Well," he said at last, "I guess I know some words that would cost a quarter!" To Clean Nlekel Clocks. Chean nickel clocks that have proved their convenience through much popu lar use play tricks with their timekeep- Imr occasionally for want or cleaning. This fault may be quickly remedied with naphtha. The backs should be unscrewed nnd the works taken out and immersed in the fluid, a treatment that will speedily restore their service unless some more radical defect than dust Is the trouble. Meanneaa of Brown. Green Urown told an acquaintance of mine that he could have beat my time and married you himself if lie had wa lit ed to. Mrs. (ireen The Idea! I wonder why he didn't do It, then? Green Oh, I can readily understand why he didnt. He had a grudge agnlnst me. Chicago News. Her Idea of It. 'Do you believe lu short engage ments?" "Yes, Indeed, and lots of them!" De troit Free Tress. satlafartion. Casey Kelly culled me a loyer, but 01 got satisfaction out av him. IJoouey Ye did? Casey Ol did! He knocked out two av me tii-th thot hov bin throubllng me fer months. ruck. The Middle f lan. Society has been likened to a barrel of pork. The upper and lower layers are sometimes u little tainted, but what Is between Is always good. Chicago Tribune. Bridle your tongue nnd you saddle J your temper. New York Press. THE TOP OF VESUVIUS. A VUlt to the Outer of the Seethlm Voir a no. There was no life on that bare, black, blrtllet-s cone, and as we climbed an Icj wind began to blow, and the lava dust stung the face like hall. The crust wna warm to the feet. I dipped my hand Into an aperture the sire of a rabbit hole and withdrew It hot and wet. On every side the smoke eddied up from liny craters, but all these things were details in fact! of that everlasting vom it of black smoke from the crater. The wind raged almve us as we drew near the crater, and the lava dust spat more viciously; the sulphurous smoke hid the world from our view. It was as if the lieutenants of that angry mon arch strove to prevent mortals from gazing too elosely at her Infernal or gies. On hands and knees we gralilieil our way up the cone, coughing, blinded by the smoke, buffeted by the Icy wind. We reached the verge of the crater and threw ourselves on our faces. I peered for one moment Into that caldron of fire and smoke. The guide clutched my arm and motioned me to follow htm round the edge of the crater. I crawled after him, crying, "Knough:" Put he did not hear. He could not have heard a foghorn In the ronr of that wind Enough!" I bawled, trying to grab him. "E nough! " I roared, clutching nt his lee. He shrugged his shoulders, and, taking my arm. u'e plunged down through the lava. A few paces below he stopped. I bent toward him and through the screams of the wind heard him say, "(Jive me a leetle present to buy macaroni." Academy. Vltalltr of the Centloeil The sicht of a full grown centiped Is said bv travelers in tropical lands to lie enough to affect the strongest nerves. Ten to eleven Inches Is the average lenirth. although larger ones have been seen. Ln'emllo 1 learn m "iwo leant In the French West Indies" says that the vitality of the centiped Is amazing. Mr. Ileum kept one in a bottle, wit li mit food or water, for thirteen weeks nt the end of which time it remained iictlvn and damrerous as ever. The centiped has one natural enemy nble to iime with him the hen The hen attacks him with delight and often swallows him, head Urst, without taking the trouble to kill hint. The cut hunts him. but she is careful never to nut her head near him. She has a trick of whirling him round nnd round upon the floor so auii kly as to stupefy mm; then, when she sees a good chance, she strikes him dead with her claws There are superstitious concerning the creature which have a good effect in diminishing his tribe, ir you kid a centiped. von are sure to receive money soon, and even if you dream of killing one it Is good luck An I ninety t Itlaeu. "Yes, sir," said the town story tell er, "li.; wuz tlie onlucKiest teller inai ever tlrnwed the breath of life an' a week's wages." 'You don't say': l-'act. Clunib a pine- tree once when he seen the, sheriff coniln' to levy till him, hurricane come along. Mowed the tree down mi' landed him In the only vacant seat In the sheriff's buggy; sheriff started to Jail with him; met by lynchin' party, who mistook him rer 'nuther man. an' strung him up, an' he'd almost milt klekln' when some un cut him down nn' hauled him home Jest as his mother-in-law had finished wrltln' his obituary nn win standin before the glass to see how well she looked In moiiruin'." Atlanta Constl tution. The Dog. Man Is the best friend of the dog. Hers.s come next, but between the dog and all other farm nninials, from the house cat to the cow and the beef steer, there seems to be a l.atural en mitv. Dogs, however, are fond of sheep nnd goats but ns diet, not as living friends. Cows and sheep anil goats should be kept as free from as sociation with dogs as Is possible, witn j the exception of the trained shepherd dog. A dog walking through a cow- non will often cause a decrease In milk flow that amounts to more than the cash value of the dog. Many dogs are worth considerably less than ?0.00. rami and Hanch. Hinimlnr Mnrrlntre Cnatom. When two Negritos, a pi-ople of the Phllitmlne Is anils, lire Ullltetl. tne whol tribe Is assembled, and the nf flanced pair climb two trees growing near to each other. The elders then bend the branches until the heads of thp coniilo meet. When the heads have thus come Into contact, the marriage Is legally accomplished, and great rejoic ings take place, a fantastic dance com pleting the ceremony. The Honorable Members, "I smiDose the arrival of new con gressmen from time to time has a tend ency to give variety to life In the Cap! taU'Itv? Not a great deal, answered the iiinii who Is more or less cynical. "It merely means the Introduction of new names into the same old anecdotes. Washington Star. In IIU Mind "Brnmrv snvs his grandfather lost his mind because of the loss of his for tune "He's lust eot the storv twisted, ne lost his fortune because of the loss of his mind. That's where he had his for tune." Catholic Standard and Times. Iinpoaaible. Higgs They say Mrs. Gnbbleton Is guilty of an attempt at blackmail. 1 Mggs I don't believe It. Illggs Why not? I Mggs No woman on earth would think of accepting "hush money." Chicago News. I onrelteil. Phyllis-Harry Is the most conceited tnaii I ever met. Maud What makes you think so? Phyllis Why, he tlrst asserts that I Bin tie; most adorable woman in me world, the most beautiful, Intellectual and In every respect a paragon, nnd then he wants me to marry him! Sffnmv. Nodd Every time I go on a vacation I swear I'll never take another. Topp Why don't you stick to It? N'odd Because every time I stay nt home 1 vow I'll never do It again. Brooklyn Life. Unknovn to Women. Every woman should read, without fail, Ihe following paragraph. She will learn tomething aliout 1-erself she never kuew Lefore. Thompson's Itarosraa is not only a won derful kldnev, liver and bladder cure, but has a particular advantage as a remedy forChronic Female Weakness, Palpitation of the Heart, bearing down sensatious, Nervous Debility, Leucorrhoea or Whites, and Dropsical Swellings. Its peculiar ad vantage lies in the fact that it is both a female regulator ami 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 ihe back or side, at Otice attributes it to female weak ness when many times her trouble is en tirely from the kidneys or bladder. Hence a woman making this grave mistake will find a sure remedy in Barostna, for whether she is suffering from womb dis order or any disease of the kidneys, liver and bladder, Ilurosma will effect a per manent cure. For this two-fold reason Baiosuiais the best woman's remedy on the market. Thompson's Dandeloin and Mandrake Pills should be used with the Rarosma, for the liver and constipation. They are purely vegetable and do not gripe. Was Losing Control of Her Mind. I was losing control of my mind nd could not remember names of people, caused by female weakness, chmnlcuinammauonoi me over, .iu devs and Madder, scalding of urine and non-retention of the mine, which had troubled me. Disking me verv nervous, the past twenty veara. All the medicines I used only relieved me for the time. You don't know how delighted I am to think I am an milch better and stronger all through mv avstem, and Thompson'a Uarosnia Backache, l.iver. Kldnev and I.umlmgo cure did It, I used ai bottle. It was worth more than money to me. It gave me health and strength, ai I was very weak and miserable before. MRS. M. A. COX, TttiisviUe, Pa. All druggists, Ji.oo a bottle, or six for tSflO' Barosma cures arc Permanent. 0R THE NEW YEAR - MY STOCK OF DIAMONDS, WATCHES, JEWELRY, STEXjIILTGr SILYEB am. 2STO"ViL!LTXES, Is LARGER and mare SELECT than ever before. Print can't de scribe it. You must come and see for yourself. Make your selections now. Doo'i wait. The heat things always go finst. Store open evenings. The LEADING JEWELER. 32 SENECA St.. OIL CITY, PA Pa August Mquck OFTICIAU. Olliee t VA National Bank Building. OIL CITY, PA. Eyes examined free. Exclusively optical f)C Cent pavs for three months' membership J Each member receives thfloiticblclnborfraa Terr month, including six pieces of hifth-clsns Tocftland initrumenUl new xuosio each month 18 pieces in all bed mmhrr will slM Tcp1tS Ort1flrU f M'Tn torch tpwuirh ffW liprlTllcof Club Itoorn In Nir fork Ctj , andoftmylnt-litrrittur tnaMo er mnlrl Inttra merit of any aVrrlptioii t wln.l prtr-, MTlnir s from iQ toi oo your purchr. Don ! fa!l Tnjohi St ce. 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