MARCH
By the force of our offerings to be made one of the
Busiest Months
Take this announcement as
ceptional values if you visit this
disappointed.
If it were possible for us to take
Misses, Juniors and omens
Reatdy Mocde Garments
Are designed and put together, you would be as enthusiastic
about them as we are. The next best thing is lor you to care
fully examine the garments
needlework and the finishing are
priced garments as in the Inchest
all made by experts working with
and sanitary conditions. We buy
manufacturers whose goods pass
trained inspectors. For that reason, we can sell the goods, and
you can buy them, with absolute
"We invite attention to our
Suits, 10 to 50.
You'll get much better satisfaction
Dress Goods Now.
1 here are more desirable
exclusive patterns from which to
maker will give you more careful
gins. And you get the benefit
from your garments. Here are
new goods that invite attention
at their best.
A new satin finished self-striped English Tailored Suiting
with a big lustre. Shown in all
ashes of roses, reseda, wisteria, navy, taupe, mulberry and black.
$1.75 and !?2 per yard.
The Smart & Silberberq Co.
OIL CITY, PA.
Money Spent is
Money Saved is
Save your energy
need by putting
Four Per Cent Savings Account
With the
Oil City Trust Company J
Oil City, Pa.
Teachers
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Senior
at
Work
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1ST
To Attend the Spring Term Opening April 6
At the State Normal School
Counei leading to State Certificates and Life Diploma
Review, Business and Music Courses
Address the Principal for Catalogue
James E. Ament, LL. D. Indiana, Pa.
Why Not Be an Egotist?
There Is unu h mistaken sentiment as
to the Kin of egotism. The fact is ego
tism Is not n sin. On the other hum,
it is somewhat of u virtue ami nn In
dispensable clement In nil real prog
less. Some phases of egotism are un
pleasant to the beholder and unfor
tunate for the possessor, but If nil of
self love. or. rather, the love of other
people's admiration and pood will, were
to be extinguished there would be little
to hold society together nnd less to
(rive Impel us to the profit enterprises
which spring from Individual thought
a ml culminate in personal profit. Les
lie's Weekly.
A Human Bungalow,
rillison didn't Impress you favora
bly, then?"
".o; lie's Just n bungalow."
"A what?"
"A bungalow. He hnsn't any foun
dation." Newark News.
The Resemblance.
"I wn always Interested In airships
ni.d flying machines, so I bought a the
ater."" "Why did you do that?"
' "A'tiientrr' n'ns wings and flies."
of Whole Year.
a hint that you can secure ex
store daily. You will not be
you to the factories where our
themselves. The tailoring:, the
as nearly perfect in the low
priced costumes, luey are
the best materials under clean
only from reputable, reliable
through the hands of carelul,
confidence in their reliability.
extensive showing of Spring
in every way it you buy ynur
labrics, more colors and many
make selections. Your dress
attention before the rush be
ot longer service this season
some excellent values in brand
while the color assortments are
the new shades, including sage,
Energy Wasted
Energy Stored
against the day of
your money in a
Big Bank,
Wanted
In
Indiana
Model
School
fit juffsu
The Popular Coral,
The dealer held up two strings of
coral. They were of equal size, but one
was dark and dull In hue, the other
beautifully pink and translucent.
''The dark one." he said. "Is worth
."ft cents; the pink one Is worth $,"i00.
That is what makes coral so popular.
It suits all pocketbooks. All over the
world It pocs. These rtrlnps of rough,
uneut beads are for the dead of India.
Tln'.v are put round the necks of the
bodies about to be burned In the ghats.
Theeo large and blood red beads go
to .frii ii. They are much liked by
the native';, whose dark skins they
perfectly sun. II,. re are a lot of coral
hands Willi linpc rs rxlcndcd in a V
the gesture that wards off the evil eye.
The coral hands ore f..r Italy, where
the belief In their elllcacy Is wide
spread." liuffaln Kxpress.
Wrong.
A man recently entered a restaurant
and ordered a steak. When the waiter
nerved him with It the customer said.
"I'm afraid you'll have to take It ba k.
for I lind I've come out without niy"-
"I'ursc," of course interrupted the
waiter.
, "No." replied the ujau, "my f:il!
'd'h!"
Empty Pleasures
Ity Alva M. Patcrsoii.
Emmy sat In the third pew of the
church. Anyone behind could Just
see a large straw hat nnd two tiny
ulgtiilti peep over; also that "the lit
tle girl belonging to them" was very
restless. In fact, the sermon did not
Interest her It was much better fun
to look at the new styles In lndies'8
hats. Almost everybody had a new
one. "Let's see which one I like
best." Her gli.nce shifted from one
to the other, and thn finally reste.l
on Miss Phelps. "If ever I grow
big," she told herself, "I'm going to
have one like that It's a beauty!
Just see those "
Then was a loud slap on the pul
pit, and a terrible climax of "einp'y
pleasures" thunlered through the
church, causing Kmmy to start in
her seat and lift her guilty eyes from
the hat to the minister. lie looked
right at her. She dropped her eyes
and whispered nervously to herself
ould he mean ine? How did he
know I was looking at Miss Phelps
hat 'stead of listening to him?"
"We will now receive the benedic
tion. ' said the minister.. Kmmy bent
her ead but she did not hear the
lessing. One question was "'doml
imt In her mind. "Could he have
emit me?" But It wasn't empty.
'lly. It was lots of fun to look at
II 'he new hats bo It wasn't empty,
filly. This she repeated over and
ver. When papa stopped to shake
"an. Is with the mlulster, she darted
iirou-h the crowd and waited for
ui at the door.
Mamma," she asked on the way
nine. ' what does 'errpty pleasures'
ne. n?"
'My dear, you're too young to un-
lerstanu yet.''
Kmmy looked perplexed. No soon
er had she entered the house than
he scampered to the library, pulled
ut a dictionary and mumbled:
H -e-e, let me see em e-m-p
etnptv 'containing nothing va
cant' that's best. Now p. P-p-p-pI
a p-l-e pleasures means 'en.
loyment, full of gladness.' Well,
fiiat means 'full.' Now, let's see
Vacant fulls, vacant fulls! Oh, dear!
How jan there he vacant fulls? Va-
i. t gladness. No! That won't do
either. Gladness can't be vacant
cause It's full." Her white brow
I uckered up. "I'll try again let s
ve nothing enjoyments,, no! That
won't do either; not even the diction
ary will tell me.
"Mamma," she coaxed that even-
In", "won t you tell me what 'empty
treasures' mean?"
When you're a little older, my
dear," said motner; but Emmy was
not satisfied. She was almost ten;
she knew some things.
I'll ask teacher to-morrow." The
all-wise Miss Graham would certain
ly kno;v.
liood morning, Emmy," said Miss
Graham. "You're early this morn
ing. Do you want anything dear?"
''Could you please tell me what
'empty pleasures' mean, Miss Gra
ham?" Why, my Jear child, what makes
you ..sVi such a qeestion? It means
pleasure that Is empty."
Bu pleasure Isn't empty, i.Ilss
Grahan.."
No, child, so 'tisn't. Let's see,
it my dear child, I don't believo
I can give you a definition."
The week passed pleasantly; only
a.e or twice qui t-mmy minis oi
Sunday : experience. Saturday came.
The whole day was hers. She would
hav hours o; fun up at High Rock.
Emmy tripped' down the gravel path
and p the white road until she came
to high rock with moss-grown
rides. Digging her toes In the crev
ices, she climbed to a little plateau.
Here she rested a moment. "Guess
I'i. f.o way up to-day. It Isn't much
farther and I cat pick flowers up
there and watch the river below.
At last she reached the top, but
wnr were those people? Was It the
rr'nhter? "Oh, 'empty pleasures!'
He'll see me and scold 'cause I look
ed at Miss Phelps' hat."
Emmy stood still. The minister's
bac. was toward her. Miss Phelps
jtood besida him. She had her new
hat on, too.
"I'd like to ask him about .empty
pleasures,' but just see how they
stand there holding each others
hands and saying nothing. I
shouldn't think that was much fun
Jus then the m'nlster picked up
r. daisy end handed it 4o Miss Phelps.
She smiled, then 1- oked down the
river beneath.
This is a beautiful spot," said
tr-9 minister.
"Yes," said Miss Phelps.
"Empty pleasures." thought Rm-
my. "Surely, this must be empty
pleasures.' Here they Htand looking
at each other smiling once In a
white, hardly ever speaking, yet
they seem to enjoy It They are
truly having pleasure; they are full
of gl'c'i.ess. Still they stand there.
empty like.''
"Evelyn," mid the minister, turn
ing H-lf-way round.
"Oh, he'll see me," thought Emmy.
She climbed down tbv rock, heedless
of th wet moss, till she reached the
white road; then she Bcampered away
home victorious, to toll mamma the
news.
"I've found It! I've found it!" alio
cried.
"Found what, child''"
"Empty pi asurea," and Emmy
told mamma the itory.
"Perhaps it was empty, my daugh
ter, for you. And Emmy wondend
wny she felt a sort of "empty picas
lire" ache round her heart wl"
mamma Dressed bcr hand.
ItlOl AltKAItl.i:.
About six weeks ago a swelling came
In my groin iyt inches from my navel
about the size of a half lemon very palnfu'
and said to be caused by blood poison. I
doctored about six weeks, and wa get
ting worse, whon Mr. Brown told me
about San-Cura Ointment. I appliod It
m a poultice, changing morning and
niitlit. removing ah pain at once. In two
days it broke, discharging- pus. I then
changed It once a dy until it fas per
fectly healed. I recommend San-Cnra
Ointment as the lust poultice I ever used.
It removes pain and all pus, keeping a
sore uioint and soft.
A fiiiiKy Pouter,
Route 2, I'ltoWauftlllw,- Pr.
VANDALISM IN LOUVRE.
Because of the Destruction of Paint
ings They Are to Be Incased.
Another act of vandalism at the
I.ouvre has been committed. Just
before the museum cl.j.sed for the day
a girl took from her pocket a pair of
scissors and deliberately lacerated la
pros' fine picture of the Slstlne chnp
el, piercing tie eyes of the pope aud
three cardinals.
A guardian, who was u witness of
the act, arrested the girl, who stated
that she disfigured the picture that
bm- might he taken Into custody.
This Is the third outrage of the
nd committed iu the I.ouvre within
month, nnd It is felt that it the
. .eelivs collections there are to he
...qmitely saieguardcd radical re-
i.-i.us must be Introduced In the sur
veillance ot the galleries and their
contents.
As a result, it has been decided that
certain pieces of sculpture notably
tne famous Venus of Mi'.o are to bo
the object of special protection. Glass
is to le placed in front of several
chefs d'oeiivre of painting, and, In ad
dition to an Increase In the number of
guardians, fifty plain clothes police
men are to lie added to the staff.
Modern Society.
Socialism in Hungary.
In Hungary a noticeable factor,
writes our Budapest correspondent, is
the mormons influence- tnat Ger
many, Italy and Eng and wield. Ev
ery work of value dealing with the
diverse forms of Socialism li;s been
translated and scattered broadcast In
nil disaffected and discontented areas.
Fines and Imprisonment increase, hut
the literature of social democracy la
flooding village, hamlet and town
with new Ideas and providing new
forces. Certainly one ot the best
equipped printing establishments I
have ever seen outside England Is
that of the Socialists in Budapest. It
Is an enormous place. It represents
money and It makes nvoney, and mon
ey means organization, nnd from tnls
flows power. Pall Mall Gazette.
Littl Man, Big Had.
John 0. Archebold, the other John
D. of the Standard Oil Company, nnd
the active working principal, is about
five feet three Inches In height, hut
his head Is big enough lor a seven-
footer. It Is a remarkable head, phy
sically speaking, and when Archbold
was on the witness stand the news
paper cartoonists accentuated his
phrenological bumps. Once he leaped
from the chair and snntcaed a pencil
from a cartoonist's fingers. Like the
other John D. this one has a pet
college, the Syracuse University, to
which he has contributed more than a
million dollars.
"Hous of th Baskervilles."
Conau Doyle's "Hound of the Bas
kervilles," a "fearsome animal," la
said to have its origin in the legends
of packs of spectral hounds, which
are popular In various parts of Eng
land and Wales. In the North of
England these apparitions are known
ns "Gabriel's hounds;" in Devon, the
"Wisk," "West,' or "Heath hounds;'
In Wales, "Cron Annwn," or "Cwn
Wybir," and in Cornwall, the "devil's
dandy dogs."' They are supposed to
he evil spirits hunting the souls of
the dead.
Royal Joke Not Appreciated.
Leopold of Belgium has been play
ing his royal joke about his unroyal
pranks for many a year, laying ev
ery story of his unseemingly behavior
to hla "double" In Paris. M. Kouret
of the Hachette publishing noiiBe. But
Fouret, who is eminently respectable,
is getting tired of the joke, and pro
poses to bring suit for libel against
the King. Leopold's reputation is of
Do sort of consequence at this date,
but M. Fuuret's is valuable.
Chair of Animal Psychology.
For the study of animal psychology
a new chair has been founded in con
nection with the Natural Hlfc'.ory
Museum at the Jardiii des Plante-s,
Taris. It will he under tne direction
of M. Pierre Hachet-Sotiplet, who will
seek to establish nn intellectual gra
dation of the animals that are dom
esticated as well as the wllu. Their
passions, their hatreds, their joys,
their sorrows, will all be studied
thoroughly,
A Central Cooking Hall.
Garden City, Letch worth, Herts,
England, is to have a central cook
ing hall for cooks and domestics, all
the tenants to share the expense, the
object being to save wives tne worry
and expense of preparing meals, and
to give servants greater freedom and
new dignity.
Increase in Automobile Exhibitors.
At the Paris automobile exhibition
In 1898 there were 340 exhibitors and
SSUO.OOO worth of machines were
shown. This year the exhibitors
number 1,400 and the exhibited prop
erty is of the value of $8,000,000.
Egg-Distributing Stations.
Ireland maintains nearly 400 egg
distributing stations for Ihe purpose
M bettering the poultry of the coun
try. First Tlnplate in Canada.
Consul John ... Hamilton of Corn,
wall reports that on October 25, the
first tlnplate made in Canada wa pro
duced at a steel works at Morrlsburg.
Vany people slam servant, few
saium 'em.
His Luck.
"I have been engaged to al
ast n
d.cn girls," said n young man,
"And always been unlucky in love,
eh?" Inquired a lady.
"Oil, no rather lucky!" was (he an
swer. "I've never married tiny of
them:"
An Order Not Obeyed.
All exasperated Irish sergeant, drill
ing a squad of recruits, called to tlieni
nt last :
"Halt! .lust come over here, all of
ye and look at yourselves. It's a line
lliiu ..c're keepin'. isn't II V
I The Wrong Horse.
Bridget had been In America only a
few months, but she believed in the
principle of pretending to know what
she ought to know, she had been-engaged
as laundry girl In a small family
of well to do people. When asked if
hho understood all the details of her
work she unhesitatingly replied, "Sure
I do, ma'am."
Her mistress was pot quite satisfied,
however, and while she was busy with
her first washing looked In upon her.
Bridget seemed to be doing all right,
.".ml she left without offering sugges
tions.
Next morning the Ironing was In or
der, and Bridget was hard nt It when
bcr mistress looked In to say, "As you
get the clot lies Ironed, Just throw them
wver the horse,"
"All right, ma'am," the busy laundry
girl replied without stopping to raise
her eyes from her work In hand.
The laundry room was located Iu an
outhouse adjoining the barn, and occn
slonally the neighing of the family
horse and the merry voice of Bridget
resounded throughout the house.
Iteturnlug to the laundry house a
couple of hours Inter, the lady could
scarcely believe her eyes nor restrain
her mirth when she beheld the fam
ily horse, standing pntlenjly beside
Bridget, loaded down with newly
Ironed sheds, pillowcases, tablecloths
and lace trimmed waists nnd skirts.
Willi nn nnxlous' look on her honest
face Bridget observed. "I'm glad
you've come, ma'am, for I'll have to
have another horse."
Working Too Hard.
The owner of the farm had been en
joying himself at the county fair, whllo
his hardworking wlfo stayed nt homo
to see that the farm suffered no loss
In bis absence.
"Well, Sarah," said the owner upon
his return. "I'm about nil tired out. Is
the cows iu the barn?"'
"Yes; long since," replied his wife,
barely 1. Miking up from tho task then
Iu hand.
"Is the bosses unharnessed an fed?"
"Yes."
"Chickens locked up?'
"Yes."
"Wood chopped for mornlii'?"
"Yes."
"Wagon heel mended an' ready t'
start in th' mornhi'?"
"Yes."
"Well, then." concluded the exhaust
ed owner, with a sipli of relief, "let me
have my supper. I'm goln' to' turn In.
Fannin's beglnnin' t' tell on me." New
York Herald
Benjamin
Franklin says:
"Money makes money
and the money that
money makes, makes
more money."
Money deposited in this
strong ba
ank earns
4
interest,compounded
semi-annually.
The interest draws inter
est, making a savings ac
count earn even slightly
better than just four
percent,
Jin account can be opened with
one dollar.
Capital and Surplus
$680,000.00
Total Assets, over
$3,000,000.00
She
franklin 3rust
(fompantj
PRANK L. 1 N. PA.
PINEULES
30 DAYS' TREATMENT FOR $1.00
Satisfaction guaranteed
or money refunded.
FOR ALL KIDNEY BLADDER
TROUBLE, RHEUMATISM
AND LUMBAGO
i i.i. m a dose at bed time usu
wrf ally relieves the most
severe case before morning.
BACK-ACHE
PINEULE MEDICINE CO.
CHICAGO, U. 5. A.
Frnninllr oIxhimiiI. or FEE RETURNED.
10 YEARS' IXrlKltNCI. OurCHAHCEl ARE
THE LOWEST. Hond iuimIi'I. pllutu or vkeli-l) for
Dlrt iwh mid freo roiort on puli-iilaliilltjr.
INFRINGEMENT KUlU cumluiitui before .11
omirt., 1'itlt'iit. obtained tlmmtrh u., ADV1R
TI.ID anil .OLD, f ro. TRADE-MARKS, PEN.
SIONS Uld COPYRIGHTS UUR'kly obtained.
Opposite U. 8. Patent OlTloe,
WASHINGTON, D. O.
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1 1 1 1 I I I V f I I I I I I I W r . T I
Spring Season 1909 Suits.
The "ready-lo dou" garments of our Suit Department can be
truthfully said to be the cleanest, crixrirgt and nearest correct show
ing of any season since we started to handle Ladies' and Miuaes'
Tailored Garments There's h decided "clans' to them.
Every Suit in Our Stock is
New This Season.
Pardon our again calling your attention to it, but we feel you.
should know positively that every suit iu this stern's big Block has
been received by us since the firat of February, 1!K)9. Not a single
old suit in the store. Every suit ha been ordered and m de for us
within the past six weeks. Think, if you pleise, what ibis really
means to you does it not tell yoa, even more clearly thao we can, if
you buy your suit from us it can't help hut be cut in I he very latest
style and dictates of lashion for spring 11)09? All of our suits have
that indefinable man-tailored cut and appearance so mucb desired
all of them bear this positive ar mark of carelul buying and sensi
ble selection, from tho 810 50 ones up to the highest price.
WILLIAM B. JAMES,
I Pennsylvania Railroad j
Sl'JtlXJ VACATION lAc I KSIO
TO
Washington, 0. C.
Tl IXIHY, H i lit 1 1 23, 1909
ROUND $11.00 TRIP
iiton rioi:sri
PKOPORTIONATE KATES FKOM OTHER POINTS
Tickets will be K"od KouiK on regular trains on date named and to return
within eleven daya, including date of exrursion.
RETURNIXO, tickets will beood to atop-otf at BALTIMORE or PHIL
ADELPHIA, allm-dlng an oppnrtuuity to vUit ATLANTIC CITY.
SIMILAR EXCURSION APRIL 7
For tickets and additional iuformatloii apply to Ticket Agents.
J. R. WOOD,
Passenger Tralllo Manager.
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DOUBLE-DISC RECORDS
A different selection on each side
They fit any machine
That tells the whole story except
that at 65 cents for the Columbia
Double-Disc you get a better record,
on each side, than you ever bought be
fore at $ 1 .20 for the same two selec
tions. Get a catalog!
BOVARD'S PHARMACY
TIONESTA, PA.
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