lart k Silberberg
i
Cloak
Reduction
Of Merit. Very Attractive
Prices on Cloaks .and Suits. .
!
r
' Onr Vpjmlar January Reduction Sale 'on all Ladies' and
Misses Suits and Coats is now
. making reductions very marked during tne monm 01 January
' has been carried out by us for some years past, and this year
' ' ttyou will not be disappointed, in fact we are going to make the
Iprice on the balance of our stock so attractive to you that you
will no doubt agree we have eclipsed all other sales.
Art Linens
One-fourth Off.
V Doylies, Sideboard Scarfs, Lunch
Cloths, Pillow Shams in Japanese
Drawn Work and Cluney Lace ef
fects, all at one-fourth off.
New Corset Cover
Embroideries, 29 cts.
Over 25 different patterns, the best
V weeveraw for this price. It's a
good time to buy now for they'll be
awful scarce later on.
Handsome Austrian Glassware at 1-3 Off.
Vases, Cimpots, Sherbets, Goblets, Dishes, &c.
SJJIART &
OIL CITY, PA.
Oil City Trust Company.
Oil City, Pa.
STATEMENT, DECEMBER 31, 1906.
(Semi-Annual Audit.)
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $1,224,103.25
Real entitle, furniture and
fixtures 90,180.40
Stocks and bonds... 46,470 00
Demand loans ;. 602,505,31
Overdrafts 4,202 60
Due from banks 244,427.29
Cash on band 90,013.24
. t . 1.078,608.44
$2,392,892.18
Trust funds not Included
above f 156,885.77
1, H. R. MERRITT. Treasurer of the
wear tbat the above statement is true to the
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
vVfl. the tinriArn.lQ'nAd. snnnlnted hv thn
4 ' , " 1 i i j
. uwi rtinijpt umi wh unvp eiuiimn ids accounts, nine ana can loans, vouchers,
, minted Wbe easb on band, and find the ioregotng report to be correct.
V' " : v- T- BORLAND.
, Af J. P. KERN.
W. H. WISE.
Dress Footwear
This is the season of the year when the society woman is
always interested in our cnoice dress iootwear.
We've everything that Dame Fashion demands.
' We've the absolutely correct rmrtv footwear.
Choice Patent Kid Slippers Strap and Pump effects Dull
Kid Beaded Slippers, Cuban and French heels, dainty creations
that would makejany woman'sjfoot look beautiful. All widths
and sizes. ,
jn $2.5o:to.$5.oo
Sycamore, Seneca and Centre
RAILWAY.
TUMIE TABLE
To Take Effect July 1st, 1905.
NORTH Eastern Time SOUTH
8 1 Stations 2 4"
p.in a.m
7 00
7 20
7 25
Leave Arrive
p.m. p. m
Nebraska
Rosa Run
Lamentation
Newtown Mills
Kellettville
Buck Mills 4
M ay bu rg
Porkey
Minister
Wellers
Hastings
30
fi 05
6 00
5 55
7 30
) 7 45
00
12 00 6 45
10 7 55
11 60.5 35
25 8 00
45 8 10
60 8 15
65 8 20
11 40 5 25
11 205 15
11 15 5 10
11 05i5 05
10 55 4 65
10 45 4 45
10 30 4 35
10 10 4 20
10 004 15
a. m.lp.m
2 10 8 30
2 25 8 40
Blue Jav
2 40 8 6
Henry'a Mill,
3 05 9 05
3 15,9 20
Karnes
Sheffield
p . ni ft. in
Arrive L
T. D. COLLINS, President.
Sale
in progress. This custom of
Eclipse Flannelettes,
13 cents.
25 pieces of these popular printed
flannels, all particularly good pat
terns especially adaptable for kimonas
or house gowns. 18o was the price.
Special Sale of
Rugs and Linoleums
The first day's sale of rugs and lin
oleums was very encouraging. The
prices quoted are apt to keep th in
terest up all week. If you need any
thing in this line don't put it off
SILBERBERG,
LIABILITIES.
Capital. f:MKI,000.00
Surplus and profits 390,014.30
Reserve for interest, etc 6,428.62
Deposits $1,696,449.26
$2,392,892.18
above named Company, do solemnly
best of my knowledge and belief.
H. R. MERRITT, Treasurer.
31st day of December, 1906.
E T U A Vu T-. ...
Rnnrrl nf niMw.tira or. thai.. n1aAiin. tut
- . . . . u - ". .uct7..u)$ luia
Streets,
OIL CITY, PA
A.C.uREY,
LIVERY
Feed & Sale
STABLE.
Fine Turnouts at All Times
at Reasonable rr
Hear of Hotel J f 7 rS
TIOlsTESTY btf
Telephone I
- ill
m ue atrrTnWlt
rntched by the lmur birds sluillnr to'.
these following niong m tne wane or
a steamer, but bad never before had
such cbauco8 wltU u camera. Often
they poise, resting apparently motion
less on outstretched wing. It Is a dim
cult feat. A small bird ain't do It.
A sparrow hawk eau only poise by the
rapid beating of his wings. The gulls
seem to hang perfectly still, yet there
Is never nn Instant when the wings and
tall are not constantly adjusted to meet
the different air currents. Just as iu
shooting the rapids lit a canoe, the
paddle must lie adjusted every moment
to meet the different eddies, currents
and whirlpools, and It Is never the
same lu two different Instants. A gull
by the perfect adjustment of Its body,
without n single flap of the wings,
makes headway straight lu the teeth
of the wind. I saw 0110 retain a perfect
equilibrium In a stiff breeze, and at
the same time reach forward and
scratch bis ear. American Magazine.
Knfllr Woman's Conrao-e.
One of the first explorers of the In
terior of South Africa was William
Cotton Oswell, a noted hutiter and a
friend of Livingstone, to whom he ren
dered Important aid. Iu his biography
the following story Is given from one
of bis Africnu letters: An Incident
highly creditable to Kaffir womanhood
occurred Just as we reached Mabotso.
The women, as Is their custom, were
working lu the fields, for they hoe and
the ineu sew. A young man, standing
by the edge of the bush, was chatting
with them. A lioness sprang on him
and was carrying him off, when one
of the women ran after her, caught her
by the tall and was drugged for some
little distance. Hampered by the man
In her mouth and the woman behind
her, she slackened her pace, whereupon
her assailant straddled over her back
and hit her across the nose and head
with n heavy short handled hoe uutil
she dropped her prey and slunk to
cover.
The Conductor' Mistake.
A conductor on the St. Louis and
Suburban railroad had such a good run
of business Sunday nfternoou that he
had difficulty In keeping himself sup
plied with small change. Many pas
sengers who patronised his car handed
him dollars and bills of larger denomi
nations In payment of their fares. The
conductor, however, managed to get
along fairly well until a woman carry
ing a tiny Infant boarded his car.
When he approached the woman for
her fare she handed him a five dollar
bill.
'Is that the smallest you have, uind-
nm?" queried the conductor, fearing
another stringency Jn change.
The woman looked at the conductor
and theu nt her baby and made this
surprising reply, "Yes; I have been
mnrrled only twelve months." St
Louis Ololie-Democrat.
Men, Women and Fact.
Tact has always been considered the
peculiar attribute of woman. "With
a woman's tact," Is one of the stock
phrases of the novelist. Rut a writer
In one of the American magazines
and his view Is upheld by nn English
magazine which quotes lilni upsets
this tradition by declaring that men
are more often tactful than women.
Men, It Is submitted, are swift to
know when to speak and when uot to
speak when It Is wise to withhold
even a look and that is why a medi
ocre man will succeed when even a
clever woman will fall, why men are
greater In diplomacy, iu all things that
require finesse. Still it Is a question
whether men really succeed better in
diplomacy. What about the woman
who Is the "power behind the throne?"
now the Dalr Wu Named.
Of all the flowers of the field the
daisy Is the most appropriately named.
Trobably not one person In a hundred
understands the significance of this
little flower. Hundreds and hundreds
of years ago It got Its name, and In
all parts of the world the name means
the same thing. The nature lover who
named the daisy had In his study of
the wild flower observed that It opened
Its eye with the opening of the day and
closed It with the setting of the sun.
So with the simplicity of the true artist
he called It the eye of the day, the days
eye or, as we spell It today, the daisy.
New York Tress.
Regular OMrlches.
, "This, ladles and gentlemen," said
the guide, "is a renl theatrical chop
house. You will notice the signs on
the wiill, 'Watch your hat' and 'Keep
an eye on your umbrella.' "
"Great gooseberries!" exclaimed the
old farmer In the party. "I often heard
tell that these here nctor folks were
half starved, but I didn't thluk they
would eat hats and umbrellas." Chi
cago News.
Contly, bnt I.nMlnn.
Johnny-Whnt! Only married a year
and yet you are so downcast? Wnlly
Ah, my dear fellow, I never Imagined
that a wife would prove such a costly
article. Johnny Yes, a wife Is a cost
ly nrticle, that's true, but then you
must remember that she lasts a man
a precious long time.
Perfection.
Briggs You call on the DImpletons
very often. What Rort of children have
they? Origgs-rerfeet! Rest in the
world. Briggs Tell mo nbout them
What are they like? Griggs Oh, I've
never seen them. Brooklyn Life.
' Good Polley.
Teacher Johnny, do you love your
enemies? Johnny Yes'm when
meet 'em all at oncel Detroit Newi-
Tribune.
Man is the only animal that knows
nothing, that can learn nothing, with
out being taught Pliny.
My little girl, five years old, was doc
tored for several months for bladder
trouble, but without success. She was
very bad aud caused us much anxiety,
Finally we put aside the doctor's medi
cines and triad Thompson's Barosma or
Kiduey and Liver Cure. Five bottles
made a complete cure and she is now a
sound healthy girl. N. F. Leslie, Oil
""j, Pa. Dunn & Fulton.
A GUARANTEED IT UK KOIl PILES.
Itching, Blind. Bleedinir or Protruding
lies. DriiEgisovare authorized tOTofund
oney it Pazo Ointment fails to cure in
lo 14 days. 50c,
which wouli have luspuvu ., j
to the whipping post. "Might I have
had my own will," he tells us, "I would
not have married Wisdom herself. If
she would have had me." No quainter
piece of polite literature can lie found
than tho letter which our philosopher
addressed to his wife as a kind of nec
essary compliment on the occasion ot
the death of nn only daughter. And
the alacrity with which he relegates to
riutareh the task of consoling her lu
lier allllctlou testifies to the entire con
sistency of his habitual claim that tho
dignity of marriage Is best subserved
when a husband refrains from becom
ing too fond of his wife. Even In view
of this consideration, however, such n
Irlef'nnd refrigerated epistle suggests
an amazing degree of reticence In a
writer who needs only the turning of
a faucet to enable him to pour forth
a quenchless stream of Ideas on nny
and every subject from thumbs to Im
mortality. Martha Raker Dunn in At
lantic. A Stranne Fennt.
A curious feast Is observed by the
Mohammedan Inhabitants of India, In
which the origin of the custom known
as painting the town red may possibly
be traced. It Is called the IIoll and
consists chiefly In the plentiful sprin
kling upon all and sundry of a certain
red preparation called hull powder. It
stains the white clothes of the natives
with nn ugly, dirty looking red that
conjures up liefore timid eyes dread
visions of bloody fights and ghastly
mutinies. The powder Is made In two
shades the one vermilion, the other
rose red and lxth are used Impartial
ly by the observers of the ceremony,
who delight In bedaubing their faces
with the powders until they look like
strange and hideous denizens of hades
come up, still glowing with the fires
of that region. Among the lietter
classes this festival Is falling into dis
favor, for It lends to many unpleasant
excesses and had Its origin In some de
cidedly dissipated sceue In ancient
heathen history.
Gladstone aa a "Stipe."
A reference to "The Corslean Broth
crs" recalls nn amusing story of Mr.
Gladstone's visit to the Lyceum when
Irving was playing In this drama. Mr,
Gladstone nt the time was not bur
dened by the cares of office, and ouo
evening he dropped In nt the Lyceum,
where he was occasionally accommo
dated with a chnlr at the "wings." On
this night, however, when the stage
was set for the opern ball in "The Cor
slean Brothers" his curiosity led him
Into one of the lwxes for spectators In
the scene. I'p went the curtain; Mr,
Glndstoue was nt once descried by the
pit and greeted with shouts of Joy
which cnused him hastily to withdraw.
"This," says Mr. Austin, "was his first
nnd only appearance in the drama out
side of the dear old 'legitimate' at
Westminster." Westminster Gazette.
The Wtfe'a Iteproarh.
In nn address to a temperance socie
ty a lecturer told how drink had onco
caused the downfall of a brnvo soldier.
In the course of the snd story he said:
'Sometimes, nfter a debauch, the
man would le repentant humble. He
would promise his wife to do better.
But, alas, the years taught her tho bar
renness of nil such promises. Aud one
night, when ho was getting to bo an
old man, a prematurely old man, thin
limbed, stoop shouldered, with red
rimmed eyes, he said to his wife sadly:
" 'You're a clever woman, Jenny, a
courageous, active, good woman. You
should have married n better man than
I am, dear.'
"She looked nt him, and, thinking of
what he had once been, she answered
In a quiet voice:
" 'I did, James.' "
A Pecnllarltr of the Crow.
Most birds cannot carry anything
which their mouths nre too small to
contain. The crow is nn exception at
times. Iu Vermont, near Manchester,
five crows were seen to come down
Into an apple orchard. They came dally
and after a time the owner discovered
that they were taking apples from a
tree bearing the mellowest fruit. Each
crow Jammed Its closed bill Into nn
apple, raised Its head and flew to a
tall pine tree, where the fruit was eat
en. More remarkable still Is the fact
that crows will sometimes carry turkey
and hen eggs from a nest In the snme
manner.
Proper Kind of Window.
Every window lu a house should be
as high as the celling, but n paneled
top thnt can be opened In the summer
and closed in the winter. If ceilings
were only six feet high and every oc
cupant of a house stood seventy inches
the accumulation of fetid odors against
the celling would soon kill.
Wouldn't Be Low.
"I understand that Mrs. Pe Style Is
a great stickler for having everything
of the most exclusive kind."
"Yes; she discharged her doctor be
cause he told her that her temperature
was too low." Exchange. .
Lrarnlna-.
Learning bath Its Infancy, when It
Is almost childish; then Its youth, when
luxurious and Juvenile; then Its
strength of years, when solid, and, last
ly. Its old age, when dry and exhaust
Bacon.
Made a nnd Job of It.
Mr. Bacon That Mr. Crossley, who
called last evening Is a self made man
Mrs. Bacon Too bad he couldn't have
made himself a little more agreeable.
Not Mnrh Pnln',
Slmklns Old Skinner Is considered
pretty well to do, isn't he? Tlmklns
Yes; also pretty hard to do. Chicago
News.
San-Cura Ointment will positively
cure pimples, boils, cuts, burns, bruises,
It is antiseptic and soothing, gradually
drawing out all poisonous and foreign
matter, leaving a sound, hetllhy Bkin
San-Cura Ointment ia a great aid in pre
venting scars. 25 and 50c. Dunn
Fulton.
ManZan Pile Remedy put up In eon
venient, oollapBible tubes with nozzle at.
tachment so that the remedy may be ap
plied at the vory seat of the trouble, thus
relieving almost instantly bleeding, Itch
ing or ' protruding piles. Satisfaction
guaranteed or money refunded. Sold by
J. R. Morgan.
T 1
to pass from fath'r to: .on as tin. heir
loon. Then a boy went to school nt Vt
well protected as tin nroored crulserf
Tho author of "DMislmry in the
offers some, oliserv
articles of common
n good pair was to
stand upright of th
1 1 Ions upon tliefc
lllt'f!
wear: Hie test OI
try If they would
inselves when no
If they would da
strong stuff nud
body was In them,
so they were good,
likely to last for
father remembered i
iinnny years. Mj
prentleo lad com
ing to his father, whose fond mother
had provided lilm with such u pair,
nud they were the means of a "vast
of fun" In a game thnt Is unknown In
these days that Is, for the boys to set
the breeches upright nnd then Jump
Into them without touching them with
the hands. It wa probably a pair of
such leather breeches that the Windsor
boy was wearing when George III.
asked him if he did not know that the
Uiuu before him was the king.
"Yes," said the boy.
"Then why don't you go on your
knees, nnd you might kiss tho kiug's
baud," said the king.
"Because I'd spoil my breeches."
Oncer ' allien.
There nre some queer nooks nud cor
ners In the state of Maine, nnd muuy
of the titles of tho smaller towns nnd
localities nre worthy of special men
tion. Near Otlslleld Is l'ugleyvllle,
while Hog valley Is n certain pictur
esque retreat located near lEaymond.
Dog Corner, Hencoop cove. Is n well
known place in Winthrop, while out ou
the Coon road strange things have
sometimes happeued. A mile long Is
riu Hole hill, the steepest ever, and
all the way up nre little rests "to hang
the pins ou," people say. Over Poland
way is the hunger Inspiring name of
Beeftown, while highly suggestive of
negligee was the old name of Sac-
carappa. Une does not nave to tne to
pass through Purgatory, und some of
the most prominent men In the state
have hailed from this sinful region.
Neither are the gates of Eden closed
to all mortals, but nowadays one Jour
neys via an ancient toll bridge that
leads the traveler straight to tills en-
chnnted land. I.ewlston (Me.) Journal.
The Flrat Armored Mhlp.
According to tho best authorities on
curiosities of the navy ami warfare In
general, the first armored vessel was
lnumhed lu the year l."i.'!0. It was one
of tho fleet manned by the Knights of
St. John and was entirely covered with
sheets of lead. The accounts of the
times leave us in darkness as to the
thickness of this lead armor, but they
are very positive In the statement that
they were of sufficient . strength to
"successfully resist all the shots of that
day." At the siege of Gibraltar lu 1.S2
the French and Spaniards used war
vessels which were armored with
"light Irou boom proofing over their
decks nnd to the water's edge." The
very first practical use of wrought Iron
plates as a defense for the sides of
vessels was by the French lu tho Cri
mean war In 1S.":!.
Janipem of the Sen.
Many of the Inhabitants of the sea
ore good Jumpers and some have be
come famous. Among them should bo
mentloued the tarpon or silver ki.ig,
huge fish with scales that gleam like
Fllver. In the Pacific waters the tuua,
an ally of the horse mackerel, is noted
for Its leaps. Sometimes a school
sweeps up the coast, aud the powerful
fish, often welshing 800 pounds, nre
seen In the nlr in every direction. They
dart like an arrow, turn gracefully five
or six feet lu the air and come down,
keeping the water for acres In a foam.
nnd, If not the grentest, they aro cer
tainly the most graceful of the Junip
ers of the sea.
The Wlilrltnic of a Bullet.
Bullets from tho thirty caliber rifles
of the I'nlted States urmy whirl with
great rapidity. TV riilins Kives one
revolution of the tfullet nbout its nxls
In ten Inches. At the uiuw.lo the ve
locity of the bullet ia 2,:ii)0 feet a
second, which means 2.7C.0 turns u sec
ond, assuming that the bullet does not
strip in the rilling. The circumference
of the bullet Is M2 Inch, which gives
a peripheral velocity of 2,500 Inches
each second, or 13,000 feet n minute.
The Solution.
The bankruptcy court can boast some
delightfully naive rejoinders. "How,
sir, Is It possible," angrily demanded
the opposing counsel of the bankrupt,
"to live In the luxurious style you have
affected on if'JOn a year?" The witness
replied, with tin air of Justifiable pride,
that thnt "was a problem to whieli lie
had devoted considerable time iu the
Interests of social economy, and the
C3Ults of his humble efforts were now
before the court."
InsKPMlIve.
"Goo whiz!" said George for tho
twentieth time. "It makes me mad
every time I think of the $10 I lost
today. I actually feel as If I'd like to
have somebody kick me."
"By tlie way, George," said the dear
girl dreamily, "don't you think you'd
better speak to father tills evening?"
Philadelphia Press.
SUNpiclOIIN.
"Some men are so suspicious," said
the pessimist, "that if they went Into
the orpin grinding business they would
compel all the monkeys to carry little
cash reglsters."-PIiiliidolpIiiii Bulletin.
Hnupt'iiH PoiiipHimc.
A man ami wife shouldn't take them
selves too seriously. There's su h
thing as falling out by sheer force of
gravity. ruck.
Gilding the whistle will not raise the
atenm.
Homptly olilHlnwl, or FEt RETURNED.
10 YEARS' EXPERIENCE. UurCMARCI ARE
THE LOWEST, Bund nuxlel, photu or gkuu-h for
eim-rt wwri-li and free report on patentability.
INFRINGEMENT suits conducted before all
court. 1'atenta obtained throutrh ua. ADVER
TISEDand SOLD, freo. TRADE-MARKS, PEN.
SIONS and OOPYRICHTS quickly obtained.
Opposite U. atent Office,
WASHINGTON, D. - -
Will
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1907 Cloak Room Clearance
Going ahead with thiJ Cloak Room Sale 'till
every rack up there's cleaftJ. Satisfied the prices
are low enough. If those irercsted will investigate
we're sure that a week orren days will see this
stock reduced fully 75 per rftnt. There will be no
hA iurthpr rnfliirtinn in nnco
f " " v.
think it better business to avc our customers the ad
vantage of these big cloak sales fully half of this
stock would have been disposed of to out-of-town
parjies. j
Ikemerabcr, not a dozerj. or so, but every Suit
K and very Coat and every Skrt and every piece oi
Fur Ind every Child's Coati included.
WILLIAM B. JAMES,
FOREST COUNTY
TIONE8TA, PENNSYLVANIA.
CAPITAL STOCK,
SURPLUS, i
Time Deposit Solicited,
Will
A. Watni Coom,
A. B.
President,
I
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A. Wayna Cky
N. P. Wheel ar,
DI
O. W.
T. F. RItohev.
Collectlons remitted tor on day of pnyraont at lo ates. We promise our oustoiu
era all the benefit conshiteut with conservativabanking. Interest pld on time
deposit. Tour puronage respectfully aollclted
T I
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Tho Stove problem is alwavi a be
help you out to a
Heating or Cooking Stole or Range
For either gas, ccal or wood. Our stocklg large and varied
and our prices are usually lower th
Ini Hardw
.1
We have them all'downed.
Edged Tools, 'awe, Axes,
lery, Tin and Grai.ite Ware,
sorts. Globes for tb Wiltom
Blankets.
The Hiintin Season
Is now ou and we arei
ireparcd
We can eavo you big
Call and see.
looey on
J. C. Scowdqn,
Anti-Rut
We have just received a lar
large variety of granite and othe
fully guaranteed.
' i
A Guar,
And nearly everything in edged
and if you are iu need of any har
look over our stock. We have ic
need to'put op your ice.
s
Our stock is complete. We
coal, and gaa cooks and ranges. .
Call aud see our stock of cba
latest. j
Everything in gas aud steam
Remember we have everythin
Tionesta
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jui'M as jvir TUKiriiH lot a
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I Wfrf! it. nnt- tlmt rtrn
OIL CITY, PA. N
NATIONAL BANK.
150.000.
$61,200.
paytfour 1'er Cent, per Annum
Kbi.lt,
Wm. Smbarbauoh,
Vice President
Cashle
RBOTORS
Robinaon,
Wm. 8mearbaugb,
Dale. A. B. Kellv.
J.
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'ati)ln
one, but
we can
nicety iu
og in a
others ask.
re
Stock never
lowed to run out.
Lumberm
c....i.. -....
and Kitchel Furniture of all
Gas Light. 11 line of Horse
I
with a full le of ammunition.
any style of.kot Gun or Rifle.
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