Smart k Silberbers Great Stocks of DRESS GOODS Opening the -- Spring Season of 1905 with i - - Choice Displays. - - We have, beyond all question, the most com plete Dress Goods store in Venango county. In providing for our customers we exercise the strictest censorship. Nothing but what is best and most desirable ever reaches our counters, and so in opening the new season with stocks of Dress Goods splendidly representative in every way, we feel new reason for congratulation. Prices are more than usually tempting; that's another reason why you should come here. "The Way to Wealth, if You Desire it. is as Plain as the Way to the Market." Iteiijamin Franklin. "Watch your expenditures; know how much you spend, and for what you spend it. It's what you save that counts, and right here let us im press you with this store's great, great saving powers. Occupying the position we do, we have advantages for buying enjoyed by but a very few stores. As members of a buying syndicate whose combined annual purchases aggregate near two million dollars, we can go into the open market and obtain concessions very lew stores know any thing about. It' will be our determined policy to sell just as we buy ; where we save you money in buying, we'll always give the benefit to our trade. You may look for some surprising values this coming season. SMART & SILBERBERG, 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. JinBusincss by mail given prompt attention. When the Time Comes To step out of your heavy winter Shoes -and by the way the time has 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 a great deal more wear than its price obtains elsewhere we put as much into it as is us ually found in the three dollar and a half Shoe. The Ox fords are particularly desirable. This Shoe is called QUEEN QUALITY. Sycamore, Seneca arid Centre How to Ileuch a DecUlon. If Indecision runs In the Mood you inherit nroiistt yourself nnd Ftrnnule this Insidious foe to your iiehlevement before It s:ips your energy nnd ruins your life clmiiee. I)o not wnlt until to morrow, hut Ik-kIii todny. Compel yourself to develop the opposite quality by the constant praetiee of firm de cision. No matter how simple the thing you are called upon to decide, be It the choice of a hat or the color or style of a Kiirmont, do not vacillate. Throw nil the Unlit possible on what ever you hnve In hand for decision, wclph nnd consider It from every point of view, cnll your common sense nnd best Judgment to your nld before reaching n conclusion, nnd then, when you have once made your decision, let It be final. Let there bo no poliiR bnck, uo reconsidering nnd no open ing the nintter up for further discus sion, lie firm find positive. Declare the polls closed. The Klpphnnt'a Tollel. In nn InlotvHtiiur Utile paper upon the trmoiiilnir of wild animals It says Unit Treasurer, H. R. MERR1TT. Streets, OIL CITY, PA from every point of view the toilet or the elephant Is by far the most Inter esting performance of the menagerie. It requires nt least four weeks to com plete the toilet of a single elephant. The operation Is very expensive. The assistance of tho elephant's valet de chnmhre must he engaged by the day or week, while an experienced valet he Is known by another name must be engaged to superintend the work, usually nt n large salary- Then, again, the soap used In the process must he purchased by the hundredweight, the Bnpipnper by the gross, nnd the oil, an Important Ingredient, Is used by the barrel. Tho toilet of n single elephant will not Infrequently cost or much as $100. Two KfTect. Mr. C What are you crying about, tny dear? Mrs. C I have Just been reading the old love letters you sent me before we were married. Mr. C- That's funny. I was reading them myself tho other day and they made me laugh. BRIEF NEWS ITEMS. Pointed Paragraphs Chronic ling: the Week's Doings. Long Dispatches From Various Patts of the World Shorn JfThtlr Padding and Only Facts Given In as Few Words as Possible For the Benefit of ti:e Hurried Reader. Members of President Roosevelt's cabinet believe that Secretary Hay will never return to his duties in Wash ington. . . Governor Hlggins has vetoed the Phillips divorce bill on the . ground that It would let down the bars to litigants of that class. At Vlborg a 15-yenr-old boy shot and perhaps fatally Injured the Russian governor, who had been active In the Kusslficatlon of Finland. Horace O. Burt, former president of the Union Pacific, has been, offered the $100,000 a year task of directing the work of the Panama canal. Thursday. General LInevltch Is at the Sungarl river, directing tho retreat of the Rutstan armies. The insurance premium tax hill passed by the assembly went through tho senate by a party vote, and goes aow before the governor. J. D. Hill of Elmira, a traveling man ibout 70 years old, committed suicide at the Grand Central hotel at Olenn by taking about three ounces of carbolic acid. A dispatch from Wlllemstnd says that Venezuela has been notified that she must arbitrate the asphalt and Orinoco cases or the United States will proceed to use force. The steamship Minnetonka, from Loudon, brought news of the drowning nt si a of young Andrew Grlscom, a nephew o? Clement Grlscom, a well knowa steamship man of Philadelphia. Friday. Investigation of the beef trust Was heguu by the federal grand Jury In Chicago. In the Prltlsh house of commons a resolution condemning a moderate protective tariff was carried by a vote of 251 to 2. Ministers of the czar are urging the emperor to hasten peace, and French and German influences are working to the same end. Ten peasants were killed and 60 were wounded at Lamenta, Russian Poland, as the result of shooting by Infantry sent to quell disturbances. Owing to the failure of the treaty with the United States, a revolution Is Imminent In Santo Domingo, and Eu ropean powers are preparing to seize her customs houses, leaving President Morales without revenue. Saturday. Before .Judge Lnfoutalne, In Mont real, the trial of John F. Gaynor and Benjamin D. Greene was begun. Wholesale and retail meat dealers tell the federal grand jury in Chicago of the disparity In prices of beef. The National Arts club has bought the Samuel J. Tllden house, Nos. 14 and 1G Gramcrcy Park, one of the most famous dwelling house land marks In New York. Minister Bowen cabled the state de partment from Caracas that Presi dent Cnstro hnd flatly refused to arbi trate the pending issues between Vene zuela and the United States. General LInevltch faces the grave necessity of continuing his retreat westward toward Lake Baikal, as Har bin is believed to be untenable. The news causes a fresh shock in St. Pe tersburg. Monday. John D. Rockefeller sends a letter to the University of Chicago, which Is interpreted as assuring a $50,000,000 endowment for the big school. C S. Hanover, former Milwaukee al derman and president of the Milwau kee Baseball club, Is sentenced two years in the reformatory for bribery. German press launches a crusade against President Roosevelt and his enforcement of the Monroe doctrine, declaring It is a cloak for imperialistic plans. In addressing graduates of the Unit ed States Medical school who will en ter the navy President Roosevelt hint ed at possible wars and told them to be prepared to fight the diseases of the tropics. Russian war office Issues a state ment that 771.554 officers and men have been sent to the Far East. From this It Is figured that the Russian losses up to the present time are about 600,000 men. Tuesday. Mr. Dawson's dispatch as to the ap prehension of a revolution in Santo Domingo was received by President Roosevelt. A marriage has been arranged, says a dispatch from Madrid, between King Alfonso and Princess Patricia of Connaught, Like her daughter, Mrs. James Huestls of White Plains, died In a hospital of gas poisoning, having been In n. stale of coma 1G days. Andrew Carnegie, in a public letter, gives arguments for preferring the Pan-American railroad over a big navy for the defense of tho Monroe doctrine. Moderator Gladden o the Congre gational church in a sermon in Col umbus, O., denounces John D. Rocke feller as chief of plunderers and says the acceptance of his $100,000 gift would merit tho scorn of honest men. Pimples, Piles, Eczema Cuts, Burns, Bruises, Tetter, Salt Rhdim, OM Snrcs., t'lceri, Clilltilai n Cuuirrh, Corns, Chapeit HitiHlsunn ,js, bolls. Carbuncles, H'etons, ItrliliiK, IJlet'ilinit, frntruitiiiK I'iku, Insect UiU. I'niaull Ivy. awl all 8kin ' Diseases are cured by San-Cura Ointment vviiicn win tiop at once mat iicning, iiumlng pain. We KiiarHiitee that Han - urit ini murit tv ill nut heal a cut r sure of any kind until the poison ll all rcnuivwl: tlicn it heals rapidly, l'reveuil can. imuiKinin -im anu auc. ROCKEFELLER'S $100,000 OFFER. Statement of the Sscretary of the Board of Commissioners For Missions. noston, March 28. -Dr. James L. Barton, secretary of tho American board of commissioners for missions, declared that the recently proposed gift of John D. Rockefeller to the board", which has recently caused wide discussion, was unsolicited nnd spon taneous, originating In an impulse of Mr. Rockefeller to further the work of tho board. Dr. Barton "nld: "Tho initial step toward the gift to the board now under discussion was taken by John D. Rocke feller, Jr., some two yenrs or more ago when he, unsolicited, asked a sec retary of tho American bonrd to drop Into his office at any time when In New York for a conference over mat ters of mutual Interest This confer ence was held and the work done by tho American bonrd was Inquired Into most carefully. "Pome months later a secretary of the board spoke upon its work in the church of Dr. Amory H. Bradford nt Montclalr, N. J. In the audience was the confidential secretary of John D. Rockefeller. At the close of the ser vice the two secretaries were Intro duced to each other by Dr. Bradford, nnd further questions were asked In regard to the work of tho American bonrd. "Supbsoquently I was asked to pre sent a list of objects which were in Im mediate need of support and which could not be supported by the regular receipts of the board. Such a liBt was prepared. Still later, nn Interview was requested for conference regard ing this list as well as the general policy of the hoard. This conference was followed in time by the promise of $100,000 "So far as I know no person sought an Interview with Mr. Rockefeller or any member of his family or any mem ber of his staff or secretaries nnd no letters were written to bring influ ence to bear upon him In these mat ters. I believe that the girt was a spontaneous one given from his own Impulse for .the purpose of work car ried on under tho Americnn board." Entitled to Recover Lost Wager. New York, ' March 28 By the de cision of Justice Blanchard nnd his associate Justices of the appellate term of the New York state supreme court Harry Mendw.a Is entitled to re cover $100. which he lost In betting on a horse race. Mendoza placed the bet with Joseph Rose, a bookmaker nt the Sheopshead Bay track,.,ln 1902. When he lost he brought suit against Rose to recover the money under the anti-gambling law. The city court gave a verdict In his favor and the ap pellate term affirmed the decision. How to Deal With Castro. Washington, March 28. It has been decided to await the reception of the exact text of President Castro's re fusal to ncceirt Minister Bowen's ar bitration proposition before proceed ing further with the negotiations. The disposition is to move circumspectly, and unless President Cnstro chooses to force an Issue by nnothermove at Caracas it is believed some time will be consumed in reaching a suttlement. MARKET REPORT. N;w York Provision Market ' New York, March 27. WHEAT No. 2 red, $1.15i f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 northern Duluth, $1.1G Vi- CORN No. 2 corn, 64c f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 yellow, la b5c. OATS Mixed oats, 20 to 3i i'j-. 3G3Cfcc; clipped white, 30 to 40 lbs.; 3S'?I40c. PORK Mess, $13.3714(313.75; fam ily, $14. 50 15.00. BUTTER Creamery, extra, 30 SOc; western factory, 18(??22c; state dairy, common to extra, 2020c. HAY Shipping, C0G7'6c; . good to choice, 77V485c. CHEESE State, full cream, anulu choice, 14c. EGGS Stae and Pennsylvania, lOlc. POTATOES State and western, per bbl., $1.001.15. Buffalo Provision Market. Buffalo, March 27. WHEAT No. 1 northern car loot'. $1.1G1,4; No. 2 white, $1.13 in store. CORN No. 3 white, 52c f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 yellow, E3V4C OATS No. 2 white, 35c f. O. b. afloat; No. 3 white, 34c. FLOUR -- Fancy blended patent jier bbl.. $G.50j7.25; low grades, $4.50 5.0t). BUTTER Creamery western, x tra, 31c; state and Pennsylvania creamery, 28c; dairy, fair to good, 24 20c. CHEESE Fancy full cream, 14c; good to choice, ZW&c; com mon to fair, 812c. EOGS Selected, fancy, 18c. POTATOES Per bu., 3840o. East Buffalo Live Stock Market. CATTLE Best steers on sale, $5.50 5.75; fair to good butcher steers, $L504.90; ' medium half-fat steers, $3.8504.20; common to fair heifers, $3.25 3.75; choice to extra fat heifers, $4.755.15; good butcher bulls, $3.50 3.90; choice to extra veals, $7.75 8.00; fair to god veals, $G.O07.00. SHEEP AND LAMBS Chou- lambs, $8.408.G0; fair to good, $7.758.10; handy wethers, $G.50 G.75; mixed sheep, $G.10G.35. HOGS Mixed packers' frrak $5.G05.G5; medium hogs, $5.605.70; pigs, light, $5.25. TO CURE A COU IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All druggists refund the money if it falls to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 25c. i25 CASTOR I A For Infanta and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of 7 I'roveil, Magistrate The evidence clearly shows that you threw n stono nt tills mnn. Prisoner An' tho looks of the man shows more than that, your honor. It shows that I hit hlni. Scraps. Mnklntr Home lliiiy. Mrs. Geyer-Men have different wnys of mnklng Inline happy. Mrs. Meyer How so? Mrs. Oyer Some do It by staying nt homo ami some by going away. Performing W; ndeis. Thompson's Barosma Kidney and I,lver Cure. Is not only performing wotidorful cures, as the following statements will provo, but all the cures have been permanent, there being no return of tho disease or any of the symptoms even after a lapse of many years. I was bloated and short of breath, making it very laborious for me to walk. I suffered pain in my back and sides. My stomach was also very sore and throbbed with pain. I was told I had kidney trouble and enlargement of the liver and spleen. I finally began trJMng Thompson's Barosma and the first bottle reduced the measurement around my stomach from forty Inches to thlrty-slx inches, and several bottles completely cured mo. 1 gladly recom mend It to others. This wns five years ngo. M. S. LANGTVORTIIY, Tryon ville, Pa E. O. Owen, a prominent resident of Troy Centre, Pn wrlies: "Ever since I tan remember, for 20 years or more, my back troubled me, caused by inflam mation of my stomach and liver first, then my kidneys became involved. At times the pain beeamo excruciating. Having used a ln.Vo number of so-called cures, I flinlly found a complrte euro In Thompson's Barosnn, .several bottles reducing all Inflammation and conse quently curing the pain. Thanks to Barsoma, I have Wn perfectly well for two years. My wife's health has great ly improved by taking Barosma. She has gained In weight and the yellow tint to her skin has been replaced by a fresher and healthier color." All druggists. 50c and $1. AC. DREY, LIVERY Feed & Sale STABLE. Fine Turnouts at All Times at Reasonable Rates. Hear of Hotel Weaver TIOZLnTEST-A., IP.A.. Telephone Xo. 20. wmm J. C. Scowtlen, Tiouesta, Fa. II TRINITY OF EVILS. Mr. Martin Montgomery, of Silvara, Pa., formerly of ltoxburv, N. Y., writing to Dr. David Kennedy, of Koudout, N. Y., snid : "Your neu medicine, Cal-cura Solvent, Is wondcrfuL It cured me of liver aud kid ney troubles, and rheumatism, after ft lot of woary dosing with things tlmt did no good. It is a record breaker and no mi.ttako." It is because Cal-cura Solvent acts on the kidneys and liver and nt tho snino time, ex pels urio acid from tho blood, that it is such a rolialdo remedy for rheumatism aud the attendant disorders. It euros by removing the cause, thorofore the cure is permuneut, Safe aud sure. All druyuists, 41.00. RUBBERS Arc the Bsst. The Candee Rubber Co., foun- ued in l4i, is the oldest com- pany making rubber boots and'-' shoes in the world. .. That's RELIABILITY. : y Its workmen have been making rubbers all their lives. That's EXPERIENCE, It makes 5,000, COO pairs of rub ber boots and shoes a year. Big production meanj ECONOMY. SO WHY BUY OTHERS WHEN YOU CAN GET CANDEES? H. CHILDS & CO. Agents for Western Pennsylvania, 813 Penn Avenue, PITTSBURG, PA. ECZEMA and PILE CURE FREE Kowhg what it wns to sutler, I mill. wj Kjve j,rec 0j c'Afer7, to any stllictod a positive cure for Kczenm, Salt Kbeuin, EryMpolns, Piles and skin dis eases. Instant relief. Don't suffer longer. Write V. W. WILLIAMS, 400 Manhattan Avenue, N. Y. 10 2U-04 Dr. KENNEDY'S FAVORIT REMEDY Pleamant to Inlto, Powerful to And WH"iino ia vrrv lloiim. IfinHEV and LIVES r.iira. rwvOi pr. Kcnnedv'n Favnrlto Ttmi'ly K fwlnpfc'tl nil HL'en 11ml lth nilnnllnif jkt- 'tiitih-rit rcll.'f in all cnnn rniiw il by Impurity or (lie lHt, Much oh, Kiilnt'y, Ulmhler iiihI Liver Om. liiliif, ConHtlpfitlrm nnd weaknenneH piM-ulIith to .niiH'ii HlH'feUHflll f'r ; yejirH. Prepared IjV 't't I) KK!HIY't MJY. It n.luii. IM. 1, m Why "ft) iavv Hlitc, lirowii, Value is almost twieo that, silk, with a high satiu finish, suits. Silks at 65c. A saving of 10c yard as compared with what most stores chargo Tor this quality silk. A 8alin Foulard, oeat figures, ia the most wanted colors of the season. Two.remarkable values that you can have samples of for the asking. Moneybak Silk System. Greatest Silk project ever launched by an American manu facturer. Black Silk only. First of course and most impor tant is their Famous Jloueybnk, 3G in., at 2.00. Then comes Diamond, 'Mi In. al $1.50. Windsor, lUi in. nt 1.23. Dependable, 'Mi in., at 1.00. All made by tho Moneybak Silk Mills, and each one repre seoiiup, at the prices sold, the highest standard of silk excel lence to be bail for the money. 10 Ineli .Dependable Silk, Civ yd. SEND NO MONEY BHtS BURDETT ORGAN AT FACTORY COST mm TSic Jiobavt ?. JitiHUfitrturrr of Hurtle n Organ Steiuway Hall, Chicago, III. S3 iVi m Jii Tho Kind You llavo Always Donglit, nnd which has been in uso for- over SO years, has borno tlio pitiaturo of rt and has been inado under his pcr- t J:-j(J-f. 6onal supervision pineo its infancy. sr. s-cusurt-t MVm 11Q on0 10 df coIvo yoit Jn tlilSt All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Jast-as-frood" nro biU; Experiments that triilo with and endanger tlio health of Infants and Children Expericnco against Experiment What is CASTOR 1 A Cnstoria is a harmless substitute, for Castor Oil, Paro gorie, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphino nor other Xarcotlo substance. Its ngo is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething1 Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates tho Food, regulates tho Stomach and llowcls, giving healthy and natural sleep. Tho Children's Paiiacetv-Tho Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Sears the The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THt eCNTU OOMMNV. i ii . hi ,i j ii P&. &UGUST MQftCK OFTIGIAK Oilioe i Jc 7K National Bank MnUiling, OIL CITY, PA. Eyes exanilnod froe. Kxrlimivoly optical. JDR.I.A FRANCO'S ? ft UaQMR0UNp4 Safe, Quick, Reliable ftejrulato- Bunorlfirtonthor rpnipdlf h'M at hU'h prices. Cum vuitninti'wl. Sin i'i flly iim iI liv hv.t 'JIMI.000 niill'll. I'rli is '25 Ti iiIn, limn KUtHur liy mull. TcsllllinnliilK lumklnl. fri-p. Dr. Lal'rautu, I'lilludt Ijihlu, fa. Peau de Cyqne 55c yd. Mack and White. A soft CliiUon like texture, all Au ideal cloth for shirt waist An absolute SAVING OF S50 to each pur chaser. 100,000 SATISFIED CUS TOMERS are tinging the praises of this well-known organ which has been on the . market for 40 years. We have decided to offer to the people of this state during this year 10,000 of these high-grade i j-ans at factory prices NO DEALER'S PROFITS. You save this large item by purchasing direct from the maker- SEND US NO MONEY Organ will be sent free and you will be giren 10 DAYS FREE TRIAL WE TRUST YOU absolutely in this matter. After you have thoroughly tested the instrument for 10 DAYS and find it as represented, you can pay us $10 cash 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 Bradst reel's or Bun's com mercial agencies. This is an opportunity nerer before oilered. 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 description will be furnished youby return mail. Cable Company nil t Inlaw Signature o MunnfkV TKltT, NEW YOUR OITV. THE OLD RELIABLE LIVERY STABLE, -OF- TIONESTA, - PENN. S.S.CANFIEID PROPRIETOR. fioixl Stuck, Good ('amadou and Rn friiw to lot upon the tiiONtrua.siiabletoruii. Uo will alno do JOB TE-AUVCIItTGr- All orders loft at tiio Pout Ofllcewil ro''oivB prompt, attontion. IT PAYS Tn AnvEimsE l I O IN THIS PAPER
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