THE Smart k Silberbers: A WORD AS TO Carpet Selling Three great essentials must be considered when it comes to the selection of a carpet or a rug quality, appearance, price. A carpet must be right in quality or the appearance don't count for much ; it may be ever so good in quality but if the styles and patterns are not attractive it is not good value even if underpriccd. We claim much for this new carpet stock of ours. "We claim for it all three of these cardinal virtues reliability as to quali ty, correctness as to patterns and effects, and lowness of price. If you buy a carpet here we guarantee it in every way we guarantee it to wear satisfactorily; we guarantee the price to be as low as it can be bought at any store in the land. These Prices are Not for To-day or To morrow, but are Our Regular Selling Prices. Compare them With the Special Prices at Other Stores. Ingrains as low as 25c. Extra Super Ingrains at 55c. Tapestry Brussels as low as 55c. lxiy Brussels as low as $1 00. All our best Body Brussels, Hartford, Lowells and WhittaK in all the very best patterns, will be sold by us at When they show you a Body Brussels and ch irge you 81.50 or $1 75 lr it, they'll try and argue that it's better than ours, but don't you believe it. There s not a loom in this country turning out any better goods lhau these we i-ell at 81.25. Our Order Depart men t.If you want to buy Carpets by the "cut order" system we cao accommodate, ynn, but let us enlighten you a little every time you buv a carpet in this way you pay just '20 per cent, more for it. Take Body Brussels for instance no merchant can buy Hart ford or Whittal Bxiy Brussels in "cut order" quantities for less than 81 25. We tell these makes to you at 81-25. Don't be misled ; you can't afford to. SMART & OIL CITY, PA. Oil City Trust Company. President, Vice President, JOSEPH SEEP. GEORGE LEWIS. Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $640,024.97. Depository for the State of Pennsylvania. Depository for the County of Venango. Depository for the City of Oil City 4 Per Cent. Paid on Certificates. JpBusiness by mail given prompt attention. When the Time Comes To step out of your heavy winter Shoes --and by the way the time lias come-the one to step into is the question. There is a Shoe sold by us that has all the looks and com fort of higher priced ones, and its price obtains elsewhere ually lound in the three dollar and a half Shoe, lhe UX' fords are particularly desirable. This Shoe is called QUEEN QUALITY. Sycamore, Seneca and Centre A On Vord Speech. Julius Ciu'snr holds t lit- record for brevity of convlneliiK spiwli. Tlie story is told that while Caesar whs In the midst of liln striiKKle for the mimicry of the Itoinnn empire the sol diers of his favorite Tenth lesion muti nied, lie appeared before them, nnd, utterliiK the one word "Qulritos," paused. That word means, of course, "citi zens," but to the. veterans to whom It was addressed it meant a great deal more. It was the special term used In nildressiiiK Itoman voters assembled in n purely civic capacity, not as soldiers, but ns civilians. To the mutinous soldiers It meant that the great commander, whom they had followed for ten Ioiik years from the Alps to the Thames Mid from the lihlne to the I'j reiioes and ncruss the Iiuhlcon, disowned them as soldiers ami dismissed them from his victorious Kcrvlce. Kealiziiiff Its meaning, the story (toes, the mutineers were appalled. Battle m-iirreil veterans burst Into tears, jm- SILBERBERG, Treasurer, H. R. MERRITT. a great deal more wear than we put as much into it as is us Streets, OIL CITY, PA plored their leader to pnnlon them and Inflicted summary punishment upon the Inciters of the mutiny as a proof of their repentance. Enr to Do Arretted. In Berlin you are alwnys forced to take the first cub In the row. If you are a family of eight nnd It Is a one horse drosky for two, you take It Then you hire others for your over flow. Then if you are a lone, lorn bachelor bcurlng a single grip, and the head of the row Is on eight seat fam ily four wheeler, you have got to take It Not to tnke It Is "verboten." If you don't take It you get arrested. In Gormnny you're liable to get nrrested for almost anything, nnwyhere, at any time. Argonnut. A Diplomatist. "I am amazed, Rlr, thnt you should propose to my daughter. You have not known her a week." "True, madam, but I hare known you for some time, and everybody sny your dnughter takes after you." lie got the girl. SUMMARY OF THE NEWS Short Items From Various Parts of the World. Record of Many Happenings Condensed and Put In 8mll Spaca and Ar ranged With Speolal Regard For tht Convenience of the Reader Who hai Uttle Time to Spar. Wednesday. J. Frank Cordova, charged with wlfo desertion and non-support, was found guilty by a jury at New Brunswick, N. J. One man was killed and several hurt when a trolley car rammed a horso car at Grand and Centre street, New York. Instant dismissal will be the penalty hereafter for any public school tench er la Chicago who resorts to corporal punishment. Government agents unearthed whole sale land frauds In Utah, under which thousands of acres of coal lands have been patented as agricultural lands and title transferred to a corporation. Thurtdcy. Verification was obtained of the statement that the beef packing firm of Schwarichlld ft Sulzberger will line up with the government In the beef trust snlta. A llspntch from Berlin gives the opinion in Germany that European financiers will decline to lend money to either Russia or Japan unless they begin negotiations for peace. It Is reported from Curacoa that President Castro of Venezuela has cut the cosst cables of the United States and Haytl company, a French corporation, and Is about to seize their property. General Kuropatkln telegraphs March 14: "A fierce attack on the center of our positions at the Fan river (about 13 miles south of Tie pass) has been repulsed. More than 1,000 corpses remain In front of our positions." Friday. Funeral services for Mrt. Jane L. Stanford were held In Honolulu, and the body was sent to San Francisco. Twice convicted In New Brunswick, N. J., J. F. Cordova faced a four-year term in prison for wife desertion and beating. Success or failure of Russia's at tempt to negotiate a further loan In Paris will. It Is believed, have a de cisive effect on her future policy. The administration acknowledges that the Snnto Domingo treaty cannot be ratified, the Republicans lacking nine votes of the necessary two-thirds In the senate. Tie pass Is now In the hands of the Japanese nnd the broken Ruslnn army continues Its retreat to the north. No details of the action have been re ceived and the ultimate fate of the remnant of Kuropatkln's force la still problematical. Saturday. It Is officially announced that Gen eral Kuropatkln will be replaced by General LInevltch as commnnder-hv chief of the Manchurlnn army. Work is Roon to begin on the naval station at Lake Bluff, Chicago, where the navy department plans provide for construction to cost $1,500,000. Armies of Oyama and Kuropatkln are engaged In a fierce fight north of Tie pass, the Russians endeavoring to shake off the pursuing Japanese. William Marconi, the Inventor, was married at St. George's, Hanover square, London, to the Hon. Beatrice O'Brien, sister of Lord Inchlqutn. Monday. Russian rear guard Is engaged In a heavy action at Kaiyuan, 30 miles north of Tie pass, according to reports received in Yinkow. Vatican authorities are making preparations for the visits next month of Emperor William of Qormany and King Edward of England. Iowa corn yield may be doubled as' the result of a campaign for improve' ment In seed handling being conducted by an expert from the Ames college. Japan's rapid expansion In the direc tion of Imperialism causes apprehen sion at Washington lest the Philip pines be the next object of her ambi tion. French government contemplates decisive action In Venezuela and pro poses to act along parallel lines with the United States in clearing up the situation there. Tuesday, Twelve persons are Injured, three probably fatally. In a wreck on the Erie railroad near Wlnfleld, Ind. Miss Gertrude Barnum, a wealthy girl of Chicago, has opened headquar ters In New York to organize women workers Into a trade union. Collapse of four buildings under construction in New York is charged to faulty construction and the sudden change from cold to warm weather. Representative Hull reiterates his views that Japan will eventually seek to obtain the Philippines, and In Wash ington many public men coincide with hln opinion. Japanese capture Kaiyuan, 20 miles north of Tie pass, and the pursuit of the Russian army continues. Jap' anc's troops occupy Fakoman to the northwest of Tie pass, while Kuroki pushes on forward on the east. Pimples, Piles, Eczema Cuts, Burns, Bruises, Tetter, Salt Rholim. Old Sore. I'li-cr. t'lillblnl lis Catarrh, Corn. Chuppcu llnmlKitml Lips, Bntlt. Carbuncles, r't'!oti, itching, BleHiiiK. I'MiriitlaiK I'iln, Insect lllli !, 1'iiimin Ivy, nnrl all Skin Diseases are cured by San-Cura Ointment Which will slop at once tliat Itching, liumlne pain. We gnnrantre that Stin-i iirfiiiinncciit wiil UUl IICIll a UIH tn wile- in nil .mil until mr pu-.uu li all reiimveii; then it hciils rapidly. 1'revenia WUB. fiHKKinm n- aiiu tav. Athletic anil Work. Athletics are nothing but a spurious substitute for the luminal and bodily lnbor which our athletic amateurs nro forbidden to perform by the laziness, greed, snobbery nml rapuclty of their class. I could keep myself In perfectly good condition ami temper If I might do a couple of hours' work every day as n navvy without "dolus n poor man out of his Job." As It Is, I hnve to weary myself und waste my energy In bicycling and walking to places where I huve uo business, over roads wliien I have tramped until I am tired of them. I have to drudge through "ex- Tclses" to keep myself from becoming a human pig. I have even pulled at India rubber ropes until I could not bear the reroltlng absurdity of It, even without an audience to laugh at me. The whole business Is too sickening for public discussion. Half the popula tion lives miserably and breaks down prematurely from excess of bodily toll. The .other half does the same beeauso there Is no bodily work left for It to do. That is what Is called civiliza tion George Bernard Shaw In London News. Mnrr, Queen of Rente. Beautiful she may not have been, though M. de Brantoine would never l allow It; but line, line she was all over shandy, exquisitely cut and modeled; her sweet smooth chin, lief .amorous Hps, bright ml where all else was pale as a tinged rose; her sensitive nose, her broad, high brows, her neck which two hands could hold, her small shoulders nnd bosom of a child. And then her hands, her waist no bigger than n stalk, her little feet! She had sometimes an Intent, considering, wise look the look of the Queen of Desire, who knew not where to set the bounds of her need, but revealed to no one what that was. And belying that look askance of hers sly or wise or sleepy, ns you choose her voice was bold and very clear, her manners were those of a lively, grace ful boy, her gestures quick, her spirit Impatient and entirely without fear. At this hour she was nineteen years old and not two months a widow. From "The Queen's Qunlre." A Story of Wehatrr. On one occasion linnlel Webster was on his way to . Washington ami was compelled to proceed nt night by stage from Baltimore. He bad no traveling companion, nnd the driver had a sort of felon look, which produced no In considerable nlnrm In the senator. "I endeavored to traiiquillze myself," said Mr. Webster, "nml had partly succeeded when we reached the dark woods between Blndensburg and Washington, a proper scene for mur der or outrage, and here, I confess, my courage again deserted me. Just then the driver turned to me nnd with a gruff voice Inquired my name. 1 gave it to him. 'Where nre you going? said he. The reply was: 'To Washington. I nm n senator.' Upon this the driver seized me fervently by the hand nnd exclaimed: 'How glad I am! I took you for n highwayman!' " Fact About Orantrea. The riper nn orange gets the more yellow It becomes, A dealer's test for a perfect o-nnge Is to press It us you would a hard rubber ball. If you can make a slight Indentation by pressing hard, but the pulp remains firm enough to rebound, the orange Is all right. llusset oranges are rich, but liable to spoil. When buying oranges by the box (nnd this Is the best plan where you use a good many) get a repacked box Instead of nn original one. Thin skin ned, bright colored oranges nro the best. While the Cullforulo, Florida and Arizona fruit are altogether the best for eating out of hand or on tho table, the foreign ornnges, Messina or Sicily, nre considered best for mnrma- ide. Philadelphia Inquirer. Rome and Beard. The usage at Rome In the matter of beards has changed several times over. In tho ninth century the censure of tho Greek church was passed on thnt of Rome because the priest there refused to shave. The exact contrary Is now the general rule In both churches. When Tope Julius II. ascended the pnpal throne In 130.1 be Intimated that ho would allow bis beard to grow "in order to inspire greater respect among the faithful." St. James' Gazette. Genuine Imitation. Well, I made the sale, all right," said the new snlesinan. "Blit you lied to her." protested the proprietor. "You told her they were genuine Irish luces" "No, 1 didn't. She simply said she didn't want any 'bogus Imitations,' nnd I assured her ours were genuine." Philadelphia Press. Ill Secret. Unphael was explaining his fame. "It was easy," ho confessed. "I simply told every woman on the block that I had pointed my Cherubs from hers." Bitterly he regretted ho had wnsted his talents on art, instead of shining In politics. Harper's Bazar. KlUInK nnd Carina. The man who Invented the rnpld fire gun won fame, but the man who dis covered nnnestheslu died neglected. It Is more profitable to kill than to cure. Montgomery Advertiser. SonielliliiK Wrung. Little Jimmy Pa, can any one see through glass? Pa Certainly, my son. Little Jimmy Then what's tho reasou Uncle John can't see through his glass' eye? It Wonlil Answer. Rose I painted this picture to keep tho wolf from the door. FlemingIf the wolf is anything of an art critic It will do It-Smart Set. r TO ClUK A CIHJI IN OMi IIAV Take Laxative Broino Qiupine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it falls to cure. E. W. Grove's signature Is on each box. 25c. o25 CASTOR I A lot Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature A "I.neUy Thirteen" Stroke "Big Ben." the bell In the clock tower over tlin bouses of parliament In Lon don, Is alleged to hiivo struck four teen on a recent midnight. Tho Inci dent recalls the well authenticated case of the Westminster "tlreat Tom" going nstroy in like fashion. During the reign of William III. a sentinel on duty was sentenced to death on the charge of being asleep at hla pout This the man denied, nnd ho de clared that ho heard the clock strllio thirteen Instead of twelve nt midnight The fact was deposed to by several per sons at the trial, and tho life of tho soldier-named Ilatlleld-was saved. He died In 1770 In Aldersgate, aged 102 years. THCMPSOM'S BAROSMA, KIDNEY AND LIVEH CURE. You exist beeauso you breathe, but are you the healthy man or woman you Bhould be? Is existence a Joy to you? If not, ask your physician why. Ho will tell you 9!) times out of 100 poor health comes from derangement of the liver or kidneys, and you will pay him from one to three dollars a visit for treatment. Ho may cure you. Yet In doing so he will use exactly the same mdiclnes thnt Thompson's BaroBnm Is composed of. For the small sum of 50 cents, one dollar size n you wish, you may put yourself on the way to com plete recovery. Thompson's HnroMnn Is simple, harmless, pure simple as all things ultimately attained by scienco nre difficult to arrive at, but plain nrmdi u-hon the nrin'-inles are under stood! Thompson's llnosma has bicn tested bv time and puime opinion, una la infiiiiiiibv tt Is guaranteed. Would you run an engine for ten years with out cleaning it out? I Jo you mm mm the human svstein differs much from an engine? Your kidneys and liver In time get clogged up-they need cleans ing. Uncnred for your engine bre.iks. Unattended, your system runs down. Is there nny argument? It will cost you B0 cents or one dollar to start on tho rond to relief (there are two tz"s of Thompson's Barosmn, obtnin-bio at any druggist's). Is It wise to delay or take chance? rr.ictl-nlly every symp tom of illness may he trrvrd to the liver nnd kidneys, the main org -n of the humnn system. Thompson's B;irea ma will cure you. A.C.llREY, LIVERY Feed & Sale STABLE. Fine Turnouts at All Times at Reasonable Rates. Hear of Hotel Weaver TIOHSTIESTJL, IPA. Telephone Xo. SO. J. C. Scowileu, Tionesta, Pa. ED IDE ILL a. Nathaniel Tompkins, of Windham, N. Y., says: "I will tell you what him mtule me feel ten years younger. It was Cnl-cura Sol vent, Dr. Kennedy's new modieiuo. For yenre I was troubled with my- kidneys, but I am all right now." Dr. Kennedy regarded his rtm medicine CIS tho culminating achievement of his life, It enriches the blood, aids digestion, rogu. lntes the bowels and sets tho liver nt work; It is mild, but thorough. Its efforts are last. ing. All druggists, $1.00; (i bottles 3.00, ARE THE BEST THE NAME On the bottom of a rubber boot or shoe insures its quality. They have been the B EST for fifty years, ami they are the best t-lay. When you buy rublers ask for CANDEES and insist upon having them. H. CHILDS & CO. Agents lor Western Pennsylvania, 813 Penn Avenue, PITTSBURG, PA ECZEMA and PILE CURE rOTC Knowing what it whs to sutler, I will give free of Charge, to any Blllicted a positive cure for l'W.mna, ShII liheuin, Erysipelas, Piles and skin dis eases, instant relict. Don t sillier longer. Write K. W. WILLIAMS, 400 Manhattan Avenue, N. Y. 10-ai-04 Dr. KENNEDY'S FAVOR TE REMEDY l'lrnamit lo take. Jovcrliil to lire, Anl Welcome In 4.vnrv ElolllG. KEDKEY and LIVER care. ii-NiB'JV nr. Ki riieily's Favorite Tiiwily 4 nilnpren to an atri's aim "iuiiik naiH'lU rolii-f Inall ('iiHjurnuwcl by Impurity of tin) l(.l, Mii'h nx, KKlney, Ill.uliliT ami LIvit Coni- naliitH, Cinntlpiln and 'akni's" i liar to ..i.m.'ll. Siii'iTful fiirSiyi'iim I'lfpanil l.v 'it II ltKM-:i)' hOV. Itmiiliiiil. ft, . ' il.utlall driVKlxm. Six liollk-u .i.0U. trrliirnit it :- il li'li mrf'r ' -- Dl "GMIOEE" jiff Agents for Them : In this Section : This la by all oilils the best, most economical paper pattern on the market. Style of them absolutely correct. Must accu rate, auJ by fur tbe most economical pattern tuaiio. Always a question of "how much do you save," never oue of "how much do you waste." We refer to the quautity of goods required. We propose to distribute in the city of Tiouesta 60 of the Mc'CaTa Handy Reference Catalogues. These cover a fashion period of six months. If you are interested send in youruaino and address and wo will send you ono free. We shall be especially glad to hear from dress makers in reference lo this. If you are a dress maker kindly so state in your letter. SEND NO MONEY BURDETT ORGAN - - tj .tiki - &cH.i M ' v te pf fii? The lfobart ?. Cable Company Manufacturer of Harriett Organ St c in tea Hat I, Chicago, Mil. ri i r.v. itiBi m i i i i- i i til I . A T AJ J..T m I II " Abgclable Preparation for As similating tltc Food andRcd ula -ling theStoinacrs and Dowels of rromolcs Digcslion.CheerfAtl ness and IteslContains neither Ophim.Morphine nor Mineral. IsotKaiicotic. rtmfjtm Seal' Jlx.Smntt jlnueSrtl Shfrrmmt -III CattiHalrSofa Supir lltahywn flam A perfect Remedy for Constipa tion, Sour Stomach.Diarrhoca Worms ,Coavulions,Fcvcrisiv ncss nnd Loss of Sleep. Fac Simile Signature of i NEW YORK PH. &UGUS3P Mq&CK OFTICIAK Ollin ) t i National Hank ilnililiiiK, OIL CITY, PA. Kye Bxaniiaed free. Kxchisi vol v optical. L h lYnr 1 Itfo am rA'T? , i 'fl Safe, Quick, Reliable Regulate Fimerlnr to otlier reniiile H nt hlah prloin. Cure rimrniitfnl. BiiiwsufHllv l.y nv-r aOK.OIIO Wmiirli. Prlee, 'ii imiIm, (Imik KUtaurliv mall. 1 oallun.nlii Is .M Imuklrt fin-. Dr. liMli'ruut'U, 'IiIIuI IiIiIm, I'u- I EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. ' 3 McCall's Patterns. An unprecedented oppor tunity for every home to secure a FAMOUS AT FACTORY COST An absolute SAVING OF S50 to each pur chaser. 100,000 SATISFIED CUS TOMERS are singing the praises of this well-known organ which has been on the market for40 years. We have decided to offer to the people of this state dpring this year 10,000 of these high-grade v. f-ani at factory prices NO DEALER'S PROFITS. You save this large item by purchssing direct from the maker- SEND US NO MONEY Organ will be sent tree and you will be given 10 DAYS FREE TRIAL WE TRUST YOU absolutely in this matter. After yon have thoroughly tested the instrument for 10 DAYS and find it as represented, you, can pay us $10 cosh and easy monthly pay ments until the organ is paid for. WE CHARGE NO INTEREST. Each organ fully warranted. If after trial you do not find the instrument as represented, will take it off your hands and refund freight charges and you are in no way obligated to keep it. As to our responsibility, we refer you to your own banker or Bradstreet's or Dun's com mercial sgencies. This is an opportunity never before offered. AND REMEMBER THAT IT IS THE BURDETT ORGAN which you are privileged to buy on these terms. Why not get the best No home with out an organ can afford to overlook this offer. Many styles in both oak and black walnut to select from. Write us at once and complete descriptionwill be furnishedyouby return mail. For Ini'antsand Children. MtaHMMasaawHMMUUMsw The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears tbo Signaturi of. tmi oeimuii ovNv. an arrr. THE (1 D RELIABLE LIVERf STABLE, -OF- TTnWPSTA . . rT7TTXT S. S. CftNFE! D PROPRIETOR. S. CftNFll ml Stock, Join At 1 (V Mi Air In fir se Jr :or Over Thiry Years flood Stock, loixl Citrriatres and Hug pies to let iiponbo iiioct reiwoimble ternio lie will hIho del All orders ift at the Pout Office wll receive proiiipsitloiitinn. 1 1 M ' IN 'I'll Is I'A PICK i
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