Smart k STORES Stylish Coats Way Under Price. 100 of the latest style garments at Less Than Maker's Cost. Not often we get a chance like this, but luckily we struck a manufac turer who was long od stock aod short od cash. He was anxious to sell. We ime him a cash offer and result is we have the good. Over 100 of ths smartest jackets you have seeo this year, and they're just about 33 J per cent, lower than you'll find them elsewhere. At $6.00, Misses' Col!arles8 Coals, either semi fitted hack or tight fitting hack, stitched collar good rael . ton clulh, fancy buttons, either plain or velvet piping; colors, tan, Davy blue, military blue aod 'Brown. At $5.00, Children's Jackets, with straps over shoulders and belt; with high collar good quality Zibi line and Kersey; colors, blue, brown, red and castor; sizes 8 to 14 rears. At $6.00, Children's Long Coats, with stitched satin bands or braid de sinned about the cape; full sieves with turn back cuffs, fine quality Z'biline. blood red, navy, gr eu and brown. At $10.00, Ladies' and Misses' Cdlarless SMART & OIL CITY, PA. It Never Fails, Thompson's Barosma has never been known to fail to cure any disease of the Kidneys, Liver and Bladder ; also Rheumatism, Sciatica, Palpitation of the Heart, Nervous Debility, and Female Weakness. Thompson's Barosma reduces all the inflammation, neutralizes the acid and dissolves gravel, carrying off all matter that is poisonous to the blood, stomach, heart, kidneys and liver. It is purely vegetable and pleasant to take. No opiate in any form is used in its manufacture. It can be taken by all ages and has cured many children of non-retention or bedwetting. "I had lieen troubled with rheumatism ever since I was eighteen years old, and when I went into the drug store I hart little faith in Thompson's Barosma. I have taken six bottles of ltarosma and am better than I have been in twelve years. I can work every day, something I had not done in ten years. Thompson's iinrosma regu lates my whole system and I nm stronger and better in every way, and am glad to bear this testimony. Thanks to Thompson's liarosnia." Johnson N. DUNN, Troy Center, Penn'a. If costive, Thompson's Dandelion and Mandrake Tills should be taken with Barosma. They are purely vegetable and do not grie. HUMORS OF MUSICAL LIFE. Arannlnn I'rankn the Errntle Type Plnjc-il Willi a Lompom-r. Miss Maude Vnloric White, author of numerous popular songs, lias told a number of anecdotes, ninny of them at her own expense. I suppose, she once wrote in the Cornhlll Magazine, nil composers have had n laugh over the extraordinary mistakes which some times occur in the first proofs of thetr songs. I remember years ago writing n very sentimental song, In which the line occurred I've never once regretted the vow I made that day. My feelings may be imagined when I found they had printed I've never once regretted the row I made that day. .Miss White also told about nn amus ing mistake which occurred in the pro gramme of one of her concerts: A well known singer and very gnod friend of mine was down to sing my two songs, "To Marry" and "Crabbed Age and Youth." But the newspaper an nounced something very different. Not content with drawing up n programme of my concert, it drew up n programme of my future, for I read us follows: Mr. Illank To Marry Mamie Valeria Whits Crabbed Atfe und Youth. As I nm a good many years older than the friend in question, the coincidence struck me as particularly funny, and I cut the programme out of the news paper and sent it to him. By the first TO t'l'KK A COI.I IN ONE IAV Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money it' it fails to cure. 13. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 2-a. l-14-1y liiow Htrong and well after using Thompson's Kwkkt Wokm I'owi.eh. Very pleasant to take. Contains no calomel. Never fails. Worms are often mistaken fur indigestion mid other di seases. Be sure to get Thompson's in glusn bottles. Druggists, 25 cents. Silberbers Coats, fitted back with pleat fin ish, with complete stitching and best tailorg and extraordinary neat and chick design, lined with gnod quality satin; excel lent kersey, brown, blue, castor black, At $10.90, Three-quarter Coat, 33 inches long, made with eemi-fitted front, cloie back, single cape, collar rounds to opening at middle of back with full sleeve, turn back cuff, lined with good quality of Satiu; all wool kersey; shades, castor, black aod tan. At $13.00, Fine all-wool Kersey, fitted back, straight front, stitched capecol lar, narrows into faocv escalop at back, sleeves side pleated and fulled by pleated darts below el bow, fioished with solid 6titcbing at neck band, stitched edges, patin lines, warranted all wool kersey; shades, brown, blue, cas tor and tan. SILBERBERG, mail next morning i received nn iden tical cutting from him, with an Inquiry whether he w.is to take this as n form al announcement of our engagement and expressing a mild surprise that he hnd not been consulted In the matter. lie Knew Sir Walter Scott. In s booklet called "Sir Walter Scott and His Country" published In Edin burgh the author quotes this reminis cence from an old man he met who had known the romancer: "Aye," he minded Sir Walter fine. "I seen l'.lm driving out in hU carriage and pair, wl' Tom I'tirdie on the box seat. He had on a shepherd's tartan pin Id nud u glengarry cap wl' twa black ribboiM hanging doim the back. I mind bis dowg tae Malda. be cud it and an nwfu' work he made ower the beast. But he was as pleasant a man as yon could speak to, though he wnsna thought muckle of as a pleader when they made him shirra o' Selkirk. Is it his bulks you're spelling on? On, aye, ye'Il find n' his bulks ben the hoose." A Nickname For Barrett. Lawrence Barrett, the tragedian, was subject to dyspepsia, nnd when he was suffering from that disorder ho was co!d and distant toward his company. One irreverent fellow always refused, however, to be suppressed. He said one day: "Just look at Cnssius. lie looks ns solemn and righteous is if he'd swal lowed the sword of justice. Lot's call him the Scabbard." And the Scabbard he was out of his hearing for the rest of that season. Is the Now and Better Breakfast Food, so different from nil others tint it pleases everybody. Get a package to-day at your grocers, hie OiMEfia Pun Food Co., Li Box, N. Y. BOOTH'S DRAWING POWERS. The Fimoo Tragedian XV mm a Star Money .Maker. A retired theater manager said the other day: "It Is not generally known that Edwin Booth received ."0 per cent of the gross receipts of his perform ances while under the management of Messrs. Brooks & Dixon. There never was a star on the stage who could draw the money that Booth could to a theater. There were no spasms about his business. It was as steady as !l braltar. Wo could bank on It. Out of their half of the receipts Brooks & Dixon paid the rent for theaters, paid the salaries of the company, the rail road and hotel bills and the advertis ing throughout the country and made big profits, which they shared with Horace McVicker, to whom Booth In trusted his affairs at the start ami who afterward associated himself with Brooks & Dixon. "Booth's agreement with Henry E. Abbey was this: After all expenses of every description were paid Booth got ST per cent and Abbey 15. Booth lost a week In Philadelphia owing to the death of his wife. The company was put in there without him, nnd we had to indemnify the local manager. Our loss that week was $1.00. Deducting that, Abbey's profits on the season were $:?0.000. I do not know any star, save Booth, who ever coinmnnded ,r0 per cent of the gross receipts." New York Press. Where Blood Telia. It was in one of the farming districts of New England. The young folks had banded themselves together for month ly Jollification during the winter and were about to celebrate the last dance of the season as well as a couple of engagements which had resulted from the assemblies. Ben Hawkins, the lo cal ragnninl, nnd his Stradivnrlns had been engaged to lead them through the mazes .of the country dance, and all were looking forward to the "time of their life." But death Inconsiderately claimed Mrs. Hawkins for his own on the after noon of the eventful party. The young people gathered as arranged, but be moaned the absence of Old Ben, and games were being substituted for the dancing when, lo, Hawkins and his fid dle appeared on the scene. Great astonishment and many ques tions greeted the old man. but he calm ly slipped his fiddle out of Its green bag and ns he meditatively rubbed the rosin on the bow said: "Waal, yes; Maria's goi.e; died this afternoon. But I reckon 'tain't no sin for me to play for you tonight, seein' she wa'n't no blood relation." Phila delphia Ledger. Yet He I.oved the Sen. It is said that Bryan Waller Trocter, known as Ilarry Cornwall, who wrote the well known poem I'm on the sea! I'm on the sea! I am where I would ever be! was the very worst of sailors. When we read that he was so seasick that he could scarcely bear the sound of a hu man voice It becomes apparent that his wife's conduct during his attliction could scarcely have Ih-cu reassuring. As he lay on the deck of a channel boat, covered with shawls and a tar paulin, she had the pleasing habit of humming a strain of his Jovial sea song. The poet who loved the sea, but loved it best at a distance, had very lit tle life just then, but what force he had was used in the entreaty: "Don't, my dear! Oh, don't!" let no doubt he loved the sea. A Rude Awnkenlnfr. The Centerview (Mo.) Record tells of a young man who had been writing a girl In Minneapolis for three years, in tending some day to ask her to marry him. The other day he received a let ter and a picture from her. The letter announced that she had beeu married two years, and the picture was of her baby. "My husband and I have en joyed your letters very much," she wrote, "but I guess you'd better stop writing now, as I have to speud all my time caring for the baby." The Record says the words the young man used after reading the letter would shock n field of outs. 8nnkm. Mr. Rolker In McClnre's robs us of some misconceptions ns to snakes. When a snake is decapitated it is dead. The tail will remain sensitive for some hours without reference to sundown. The rattlesnake does not suicide by bit ing itself. No snake Is susceptible to the poison of its own kind. That the black snake will swallow its young in time of danger Is true, and they are then digested, making the mother n cannibal of the worst sort. Hope. Toss It was Dr. Killiam who attend ed the late Mr. Oldgold, wasn't it? Jess Yes. He was called in only a few days before the old gentleman died. AYhy do you ask ? Toss Old Mr. Itoxley was taken slightly 111 yesterday and his young wife sent for Dr. Killiam at once. I'hilndolphia Press. Did the Bext She Could. Mrs. I'ppmnnn I must tell you, De lia, that I was displeased at your en tertaining that policeman in the kitch en last night. Delia-Faith, Ol did ax him into the pnrlor, ma'am, but he wouldn't go. Philadelphia Ledger. Frnmlnw nn Kxftixe. Little Boy Please. Mrs. Grumpy, mother wants to know if you will lend her your washtub. Mrs. Grumpy CgrulHy) No, I can't. The hoops are off, the bottom's out nnd it's full of water. Glasgow Times. When a fool has made up his mind the market has gone by. Spanish Proverb. For Rheumatism, Cold in Chest, Sore Muscles. Stiff Joints. USE FOUR-FOLD LINIMENT. IN USI OVCR FIFTY YEARS." AT ALL DRUGGISTS. 250, 60c, 11.00. THE ATHLETE'S HEART. In the notTlnc Man It la Strong and Well Developed. A prominent member of the faculty of the rniverslty of Pennsylvania Med ical school has made a study of the heart action of athletes. He has ex aiulned a large number of men In ath letics, especially rowing men, and he has come to the conclusion that no man in perfect health who has been proper ly trained Is Injured by rowing, but that, on tho contrary, his heart Is so strengthened that, with a moderate amount of exercise after he has finish ed his rowing cureer, there is no reu son. so far as the heart and lungs are coiuvrned, that he should not live to a very old age. "The heart," said he, "Is both a very delicate and a very strong organ that is, if it is well developed it will stand an enormous amount of strain without any permanent Injury, but If It Is not well developed it Is very easily weak ened. Violent exercise, like rowing, places a great deal of strain on the heart because when the body is being exerted It requires so much more pres sure to force the blood through the body. Like any other muscle that is worked, the heart under the added la bor becomes larger, and most athletes have extra large hearts, just as they also have larger muscles throughout the body. "If the strain Is put upon the heart suddenly It dilates It becomes larger, but not more muscular and that is the danger In athletics. 'If a man exercises gradually then his heart also Increases in size gradually because the muscles become larger, and this Is a perfectly normal condition. It simply means that the athlete has a stronger heart than the average and can cope with, the extra strain that Is put upon it. A man needs a larger heart to row a race, and If gradual exercise has so provided him with one then he can safely undergo the most severe tests. "It Is the same way with the lungs, and they must be developed gradually until they can undertake the extra work. A man with his heart and lungs well developed Is In no danger, no mat ter how hard the race. He may com pletely keel over at the end of the race, but It will likely be from sheer exhaus tion, and his heart is so strong that the effect Is not at all Injurious. He will be ns good as ever in a few moments." Philadelphia Record. APHORISMS. The heart gets weary, hut never gets old. Slieustone. Tho only way to have a friend Is to he one. Emerson. What we learn with pleasure we nev er forget. Mercler. Opposition iutlnines the enthusiast, never converts him. Schiller. True merit is like a r'ver the deeper It is the less noise it makes. Hazlitt. The eye of the master will do more work than both of his hands. Frank lin. Experience takes dreadfully high school wages, but he teaches like no other. Carlyle. Kindness Is the only charm permit ted to the aged; it is the coquetry of white halrs.-Eeuillet. If we had no failings ourselves we should not take so much pleasure In finding out those of others. Rochefou cauld. A Brilliant Iletnrt. After dinner speaking Is an art, nnd, like many other arts, its excellence has much to do with the mood of the artist. Some of the best of our after dinner speakers sometimes fail, but it is not often that failure results in the enrich ment of the world's store of epigram, as it did In the case of Lord Erskine many years ago. When Lord Erskine was math? a member of that highly honorable body, the Fishmongers' Company of Loudon, he made an after dinner speech on the occasion of his first appearance among Iheni as a member. Vpon his return he said to a friend: "I spoke ill today and stammered nnd hesitated in the opening." "You certainly floundered." was the reply, "but I thought you did so In compliment to the fishmongers." The Prattle of n Bright Child. At times it ennnot be denied the ques Hons of children become Irksome, but who would wish a child to ask no ques tions? Julius Sturm tells in one of his pretty fairy tales how a grandfather, driven into Impatience by the constant questionings of his grandchild, ex claimed, "I wish your tongue were out of Joint!" But when unexpectedly his wish was fulfilled and the child became dumb how he joyfully exchanged one of the two years which an angel bad prophesied he was yet to live for the privilege of hearing the little one's prat tle again! Speech mnkinfr. "What do you think of my speech?" said the aspiring young orator. "Not bad," said the cold man of ex perience. "I devoted a great deal of thought to It." "Yes. that's a mistake young men nre apt to make. You put thoughts into your speeches instead of telling the audience stories." Even at That. (Jus Tho Idea of his saying I had more money than brains! Quite ridic ulous! Jack That so? Gus Of course. Why, I haven't got a cent. Jack-Well ?-Phlladelphla Ledger. Cornell Iliifli. Knlcker Experience Is the best teacher. Rocker AVell, aren't we always rais ing her salary? Humor's Bazar. Nickel Plate Excursions Nov. 3d, 17tb and 30ih are the dates for next excursions to the West and Southwest via the Nickel Plate. Write, wire, phone oi c II nn A. G. Showalter, D. P. A, 807, Stale St., Erie, Pa., for general information. Cheap Kates via Mckel Plate Road. If you are contemplating a trip drop A. C. Showalter, D. P. A .Nick el Plate, 807 State St., Erie, Pa., a card, who wll call and make all ar rangements. This will insure com fort and avoid annoyance. u30 WORK AND LOOK YOUNG. Yon Will Succeed If Your Heart la In Yonr I.nlior. Is It haul work that makes people grow old or Is It liecnuse they do not have enough to do, or, rather, do not find the thing they are best fitted to do': The hardest worked people In the world are the actresses, yet some of them, without mentioning names, are sixty and some play the parts of lovers and boisterous young tomboys at an even greater age. The Americans are the hardest work ed jieoplo In the world, yet foreigners call us a young looking nation. Noth ing makes a people look so young as liberty. There Is none of the cramped, caste restricted blight upon our people that is seen In Europe. The oldest look ing people In the world are not those who have worked hardest, but those who have not worked at all. If one would see them lit? wants to go to tin fashionable watering places. There he will see comparatively young men and women who have never worked, either with body or mind, driven around in bath chairs or hobbling about on canes, while men absorbed In business nre of ten quite whilst at seventy. Where hard work ever killed a man laziness and Inaction have killed a score. It Is the class that feels above work that nature has little use for. Work and look young! Boston Globe. The Hock That Mono Smote." The famous "Rock In Horeb," an ciently called the "Rock of Massah" and at present known throughout the orient ns the "Stone of the Miraculous Fountain," being the Identical rock which Moses struck with his rod In or der to give water to the children of Is rael, Is religiously preserved and guarded even down to this late date. Dr. Shaw in his book "Shaw's Travels" says, "It Is n block of granite about six yards square lying tottering ami loose in the middle of the valley of Rcphldim and seems to have originally been a part of Mount Sinai." The action of the waters of that mi raculous fountain, as related in the seventeenth chapter of Exodus, hol lowed a channel about two Inches deep nnd more than twice that broad across the face of the rock, this not upon un supported testimony, but upon the word of such men ns the Rev. Dr. Shaw, Dr. Pocock, Lieutenant Clogher and other eminent scholars and trav elers. M. Beaumgorton. a Uerinau no bleman who visited the "Rock of Ho rob" In the year l."si", declares his be lief lu the generally accepted story of it being the rock of Moses' famous fountain. Kamona Mooted IIoomi-k. The moat which so often surrounded halls nnd castles in the old days Is now generally dry and filled up, but some remarkable specimens still remain. Perhaps the finest example of a moated house is Helmingham Hall, the seat of Lord Tollemache, in Suffolk, about eight miles from Ipswich. The draw bridge still remains, and It has been raised every night for more than ant) years, the ancient precaution ls'lng ob served even though the need for It has long passed by. The moat which sur rounds Leeds castle, near Maidstone, is so wide that it may almost be called a lake. The ancient Episcopal palace at Wells is surrounded by walls which In close nearly seven acres of ground and by a moat which is supplied with wa ter from St. Andrew's well. A vener able bridge spans the moat, giving no cess through a tower gateway to the outer court. London Standard. Life After Dentil. A German biologist lias been Investi gating the question of the activity of animal lodies after death and has pub lished some suggestive conclusions. It appears that death Is not instantane ous throughout the physical organism, for it has been observed that many of the different tissues continue active for a considerable period after the time when the animal is assumed to be dead, particularly In the ense of the lower an imals. Cells from the brain of a frog, for example, have been kept nllve for over a week when held In certain solu tions, and the heart of a frog has been known to beat for many hours after be ing removed from the dead body. The hearts of turtles and snakes will beat for days or even a week after death. Harper's Weekly. An Innlnnntlon. "What I want." said the coy maid cf more or less uncertain years, "is a hat that will suit my complexion." "Oh," exclaimed the milliner, with sudden inspiration. "I have a hand painted hat in the window that I'm sure will be Just what you want." Chattanooga News. DlMannolnted. He I hear thnt your engagement is broken. Feminn Yes; he acted horribly. He But I thought that you broke It? Fcmina So I did, but he made abso lutely no fuss about it. Yale Record. TO THE GREAT NORTHWEST. Only $30.00 Chicago to Butte, Helena and many other MoDtana points. Only $30.50 Chicago to Spo kane and many other points in East ern Washington, Eastern Oregon and Northern Idaho. Only $33 Chi cago to many North Pacific Coast points. Choice of routes via Omaha, via St. Paul by the Chicago, Milwau kee & St. Paul Railway. Better write to-day for folders. John R. Pott, District Passenger Agent, Room D, Park Building, Pittsburg, Pa. Lowest Rates to AH Points. Rates to all points East or West are always the cheapest via Nickel Plate. Write A. C. Showalter, D. P. A., 807 State St., Erie, Pa., tor par ticulars. n30 Try Mckel Plato Roatl. If iu doubt as to what road to use on your next trip try the Nicktl Plate and you will make no mistake. We plt-ase the most fastidious Write, wire, phone or call A. C Showalter, D. P. A., mi State Si , Erie, Pa , about it. i3) J. C. Scowden, Having purchased the interest of my former partner, Mr. Joseph Clark, in the Carriage and Wagon Factory, and Gen eral Hardware Store in this city, I desire to inform all old -and new patrons that I shall be prepared iu tho future as in the past to meet their every wast in this liue. The stock of Hardware, Heavy and Shelf Goods aud Implements of every description, will not only he kept up to staudard, but con stantly increased and added to as the trade m ly demand. Small Margins on All Goods. and a careful consideration of the wants of customers will he strictly adhered to. Thanking all for past favors and solicit ing a continuai ce of yojr patronage, Yours truly, J. C. SCOWDEN, : TIONESTA, PA. THE "OLD RELIABLE" PARKER GUN MADE ON HONOR. Hat Stood the Test for Over 35 Year. Is noted for its simplioity of construction, beauty or proportion, excellence of workmanship, faultless balance, and Experience and ability have placed the Parlkk Gin in an enviable and well deserved position as tho Best Gun in the world. Made by the old est shot gun manufacturers in America Over 110,000 of these gutis iu use. New York Salesroom. -nil for 32 WARREN ST. Cum Low Rates West and Northwest. Every day until November 30, the Chicago, Milwaukee it St Paul Rail way will sell oue way tickets Chicago to mauy points on the Pacific Coast fur $33. Never before have ihere been such opportunities for success as are presented in the West to-day. It is worth your while to write for fold er giving nmplete information, John 11 Putt, District Passenger Agent, Room D, Park Building Pittsburg, Pa. u30 Duck and (Juail Hunters half fare rates to parties of three or more traveling together on one ticket via Nickel Plate Road lo McComh and Payne, Ohio, and point- between those stations, also to Smith Whitley and Willvale. Indiana, and interme diate poiuts. Tickets on sale Nov. 0th to 30th inclusive, good to return till Dec. 3d. '03. See nearest agent or address A. C Showalter, D. P. A , N07 State St. Erie. Pa. n3() EASY TO CLEAR Trial m rit ror wktiktr ixr. ivurer RoIIm. Meal ..d food Chotpr So. It. At yoitr.U.l'r,t.&0 By niilort'Xrt.. 7b. Your MONKV HACK If iiot.ali.r.alorjr , ROLLHAS FU. CO, 110 ! An., Ignl Joy, Pa. THE OLD RELIABLE LIVERY STABLE, TIONESTA, - PENN. S. S. CflNFlELD PROPRIETOR. Good Stock, Good Carriages and Biift pies to let upon the mont reasonable terms. 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