5 k $mut Clearance SaJe in Suit Department. We are closing out Suits at half price to make room for fall arrivals, which will soon be crowding out the summer offerings, notwithstanding there are many happy days yet to be spent in cool comfortable and beautiful summer suits. All our Anderson Ginghams and our piece dresses; all our Coat Suits in Linen or Linene, in white, pink, blue or lavender; also an attractive line of Organdies, Dimities and Lawns. Everything Now HaJf Price. The Go-Cacrt We Recommend. Of all the go-carts, and we have investigated the field pretty thoroughly, we would recommend "The Lloyd." "With a single motion, which may be accomplished with one hand, the "Lloyd" can be folded and will stand up without any support. The opening is just as simple. The prices of these go-carts run from $5 to 15. The New Rengo Belt Corset. Have you seen it I Conforming to all the latest require ments of lashion, it is especially designed for stout figures. It has no superior as an abdomen reducer. Pay us a visit and we will be pleased to show you its exceptional qualities. Itengo Corsets are made of fine heavy white coutil, with high or medium bust and fine white batiste with high bust, long extension hips and sides, boned throughout with double watch spring steels, guaranteed rustproof, 4 fine plain elastic garters in front, abdominal section, reinforced with cross belt, trimmed with lace and ribbon. AH sizes of styles 41, 43, 46, 47 at our special price, $2. Style 49 Best corset that can be made at any price, $3. Our Special Prices for August Are the centre of attraction for thrifty buyers from near and far. The Smart & Silberberq Co. OIL CITY, PA. Oil City Trust Company. President, JOSEPH SEEP. Vice President, GEORGE LEWIS. STOCKS Fluctuate in value, at times dividends are reduced and sometimes are not paid at all. You are also obliged to pay commissions when you purchase or sell thera. Not so with our Certificates of Deposit. They always pay you FOUR PER CENT., and can readily be turned into cash without commissions. Capital & Surplus, $750,000.00 FOREST COUNTY TIONESTA, PENNSYLVANIA. CAPITAL STOCK, SURPLUS, Time Deposits Solicited. Will A. Watnjs Cook, President, A. B. directors A. Wayne Cook, Q. W. Robinson, Wm. Hmearbaugb, N.P.Wheeler, T. F.Ritchev. J.T.Dale. A. B.Kellv. Collections remitted for on day of payment ers all the benefits consistent with conservative banking. Interest p.id on time deposits. Your patronage respectfully -Where Did That Money Go? Yes, Where? try as you may you will still wonder how it all went so quickly. A Checking Account will eliminate the question mark cancelled checks will give you a permanent record of expenditures and provide a legal receipt which bars all disputes. Remove all doubt by becoming businesslike open a checking account with this bank. Small and growing accounts solicited. Capital and Surplus $680,000.00 the Franklin 2rusfr (fomjmntj .FRAN K L I N. F A jitotog Treasurer, H. R. MERRITT. NATIONAL BANK, 150.000. $90,000. pay Four Per Cent, per Annum Kellt. Cashier. Wk, Shbarbauoh, Vice President at low rates. We promise our custom solicited. Total Assets Over $3,000,000.00 SHORTER NEWS ITEMS Pithy ParagraphsThatChronlole the Week's Doings. Long Dispatches From Various Parta of the World Shorn of Their Padding and Only Fact Given In as Few Words as Possible For tha Benefit of the Hurried Reader. Mrs. Sutton's letters, In which she declares her sun was beaten to death as part of a plot, were read publicly at Annapolis. President Taft gave full authority to Secretary Knox to organize the new Far Kast Dureau and directed him to proceed with the work. The Duke of the Abruzzl has estab lished another record In mountain climbing. He ascended Mount Godwin-Austen In India, to a height of 24,600 feet. Rush of wine and other Imports to escape Increased duties, Washington reported, would reduce greatly the es timated receipts under th Payne Aldrlch tariff. By telegraphic order from Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Reynolds 500.000 Philippine cigars were released from bond In San Francisco and will be admitted free of duty under the new tariff law. Thursday. Notice was given foreign countries that trade agreements under the Ding ley law would be terminated. Mrs. Rose Sutton Parker testified that Lieutenant Adams told her his life would not be safe If Lieutenant Sutton had lived. Practically the entire business por tion of Montlcello, a summer resort village, in the mountains of Sullivan county, New York, Is In ashes. New York state banks are reducing Interest on deposits In a campaign gainst excessive rates, according to Clark Williams, superintendent of banks. Reports have been received of tha discovery In the Aboycorn district of British Central Africa of gold deposits Imllar to the Rand formation which re said to extend over an area of six miles. Friday. Fire did $100,000 damage In the plant of Jacob Hold Packing company at Fillmore avenue and William street, Buffalo. President Taft began looking Into conditions in New Mexico and Arizona puparatory to making statehood the next great fight in congress. Jack Johnson signed articles In Chi cago, agreeing to fight James J. Jeffries for the heavyweight championship Ithin the next eight months. Justice Isaac N. Mills decided that the slayer of Stanford White Is still In sane and sent him back to the crimin al Insane asylum at Matteawan. Not one of the many contentions made by Thaw during the recent hearing was sustained. Saturday. Beverly, Mass., reported that Mr. Taft had not yet decided to offer the ambassadorship to great Britain to Dr. Seth Low of New York. Leslie Call, a bachelor farmer liv ing alone near Wellsville, N. Y., was killed by an ugly bull near his barn. He was mutilated beyond recognition. Striking dock laborers at Fort Will iam, Ont.. engaged in pitched battle with the police, drove them to cover and town was placed under martial law. Too much attention to social duties and too little to class work resulted in dropping of almost 100 young men from the ranks of the University of hlcago. The Kllpatrlck with 900 men on board left New York to participate in the army maneuvers along the At lantic coast In the vicinity of New Bedford next week. Monday. Canadian Pacific strikebreakers be gan work at Fort William, Ont, guard ed by 600 soldiers. President Taft, with Secretary Na- gcl and Postmaster General Hitchcock, made selections for census supervisor- ship. According to a dispatch from Hong Kong, Leon, suspected of having slain Elsie Slgel In New York, Is reported to have reached that city. The Blue army, defending Boston In the $.r00,000 war game, went Into camp to protect the city. The Red army disembarked at New Bedford. Washington reported that ths friends of Glfford Plnchot in the con servation controversy Insisted that Mr. Balllnger, secretary of the Interior, would be asked to resign. Tuesday. President Taft gave out a list of cen sus supervisors whose commissions had been signed, Including eight for New York state. No trace has yet been found of Mag' lstrate Henry J. Furlong of Brooklyn, who disappeared a we!, ago and whose wife lies dead in their home. The Evening Chronicle, a four-page pink sheet, devoted to sports and the. ntrlcals. appeared In New York this week, the only Sunday evening paper In the city. Seven men and three women, two of whom may not recover, were In Jured when an explosion of natural gas wrecked the four-story brick build ing of the Wtrlck Moving and Storage tompany of Cleveland. The Genius. Mark Twain Kt.hl of genius at New York banquet: "A genius, as nu old lady In Hniinl 1ml once explained to me, Is a man what knows inore'n he can find out and spills vlttels on his clothes." To Simplify English. It N the vowels which nre the great difficulty of English pronunciation. We want our vowel sounds standard ized for us nil the pronunciations, with the correct Intonations, set down for us In some Intelligible and easily understood form. Country Life. GOVERNOR HUGHES BACK Speaks Highly of Seattle's Exposition and of New York's ...hlblts. Saranac Inn, Aug. 17. Oovernor Hughes returned to hla summer camp last night after his trip to Seattle ex position, and announced that he will leave for Alhnny this afternoon to take up official matters before him. His family will remain here until Inte In September and the governor will make week-end trips from Albany. To meet her husband lust evening Mrs. Hughes took; a sixteen mile carriage drive on the wet mountain roads. The governor spoke of the Seattle exposition, Its management and the re ception accorded him. In highest terms. Of the exposition he Bald: "It Is compact and well arranged and It very easily seen to advantage. To me Its conspicuous features are the Alaskan exhibit and the forestry exhibition. I was very much gratified to find what New York state had done. The managers cannot apeak too highly of New York'a representation." "We do not realize the possibilities of the Northwestern country." he con tinued, "and the beauty Is that while It Is rapidly developing on either aide of the line, there la no unfriendliness attending Its advancement." Governor Hughes said that he would take up m once the consideration of the case of IiOiila A. Haffen, president of the Bronx, whose removal on charges i special commissioner has recommended. SCHUMACHER INQUEST Not Believed to Have Given Much In formation to Authorities. Rochester, Aug. 17. Among those who were examined at the session of the Inquest Into the murder of Anna Schumacher was Rev. Dr. James Jo seph Hartley, pro-rector of St. Bern ard's seminary, the principal residing officer at the seminary. Because of Its being a vacation, he said, there were but five students at the seminary. He testified to the high character of the students and the strictness of the discipline at the sem inary. He especially spoke of the Fil ipino students at the seminary, who were of those remaining at the insti tution during vacation, describing them as accomplished and educated gentlemen and members of disting uished Filipino families. Mrs. Theesa Schlel, who was at the cemetery the day Anna Schumacher was murdered and spoke to her, told of having been addressed by a man at the cemetery (hat day, but this man will not be brought Into the case until he Is given a chance to tell his own story. What he has to say Is not re garded as necessarily Incriminating. The tannest Is not believed to have added much of value to the Informa tion possessed by the county authori ties. The arrest and examination of suspects In and about the country goes on. but none has yet been closely con nected with the crime. TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH Question of Putting Lines Under Charge of Public Service Commission. New York, Aug. 17. To organize for Its work of Investigating the feasi bility of placing telephone and tele graph lines under the jurisdiction of the public service commission, the Davis committee named Jointly by the two houses at the last session of the legislature, held Its first formal meet ing In the Murray Hill hotel here to day. The selection of counsel will be among the first Important matters set tled. Judge E. B. Brown of Water town, a Republican, has been mention ed In this connection. Members of the committee are Senators George A. Davis of Buffalo, chairman; John KIs 8ell of Brooklyn and James J. Fraw ley of New York; Assemblymen Ed win A. Merrltt, Jr.. of St. Lawrence. vice chairman; John Yale of Putnam Artemas Ward. Jr., of New York, .1. H Walters of Onondnga and Thomas B Caughlan of New York. t RESOURCES OF THE CONGO Prince Albert Advlaes Belgians to Ge Out to That Country. Antwerp, Aug. 17. Prince Albert ol Flanders, heir to the Belgian throne arrived heie today on his return from the Congo and was given an ovation He spoke In praise of what King Leo pold has accomplished In the Congo, and said the resources and posslblll ties of development of the country had exceeded his expectations. Belgium, he declared, would work fot the moral and material welfare of the natives In lessening their burdens, combatting the sleeping sickness and increasing means of communication In conclusion the prince recommended that Belgians go out to the Congo. Elected Members of the Aero Club. New York, Aug. 17. Theodore Roos evelt, Jr., Lloyd G. Grlscom, former American ambassador to Italy, and James Peering, the harvest machinery manufacturer, were elected members of the Aero club of America today, Young Roosevelt will make a balloon ascension shortly with A. Holland Forbes. Aero Detachment of National Guard. Jefferson City, Mo., Aug. 17. Adjut ant General Frenk M. Rumbold of the National Guard of Missouri today Is sued an order directing the organiza tion of an aero detachment, which will be a part of the signal corps, located at St. Louis. Fifteen aeronauts will be enlisted. Burning Wood. Wood crackles when It Is Ignited be cause the nlr expanded by heat forces Its way through the pores of the wood with a crnckllug noise. Oreen wood mnkes less snapping than dry liecause the pores contain less air, being filled with sap and moisture, which extin guish the flume, whereas the pores of dry wood nre filli! with air, which supports combustion. There are two ways of meeting a trouble either give It no attention at ail or give It n great deal of attention promptly. Atchison Globe. MISER'S NEPHEW FOUND? Lelbaugh of Chicago May Be Relative to Man at Poor Farm. Pittsburg, Aug. 17. Relatives ol Peter LelbaucU, the Northslde raiser who was aent to the Allegheny City poor farm last Wednesday after it was discovered that his house In Madison avenue was literally lined with money, are beginning to show up. Last night a letter directed to Police Superinten dent Thomas McQualde arrived at Cen tral police station. It reads: Dear Sir Peter Lelbauch, I think, Ib my fathers brother. My father had two brothers living In Pittsburg, Alle gheny, but we have lost all trace of them since about 18C8. Would you please ask Peter Lel bauch If he had a brother by the name of Carl F. Lelbaugh, which la my father's name. My father came to this country In 1S53. Kindly investi gate the matter and let me know at your earliest convenience. (signed) CARL LEIBAUGH. ISfiS Claybourne avenue. Inasmuch as passports found In Lei- bauch's hovel showed that his parents came from Germany In 18.ri3, the po lice are Inclined to believe that the Chicago man is really the miser's nephew. An Investigation will be made by Northslde detectives. CONSTABLE SHOOTS HIS BONDSMAN Old Grievance Said to Have Been Cause of the Attack. rnnnnlmrir Pa Ane. 17. After ar resting 20 persons, two charged with conducting speikeasles, the others for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, Constable James P. Ritson shot John Vasltls of Westland, who gave bond for the prisoners. Ritson was taken to the Washington county jail, pitunn it U snlri. hnd a erlevance against Vasltls, since the latter re fused longer to hold the constables bond. VnaltU wna Klttltt? in the vard at the home of James Rein last night w ith Justice Wilkinson and two others when Ritson approached and Is said to have drawn a revolver and fired. The bullet struck Vasltls In the loft side, penetrating his lung and going through his back. TUBES READY ON TIME Pennsylvania Trains to Use New York Tunnels Next Summer. Philadelphia. Aug. 17. The New- York tunnels of the Pennsylvania will be completed and ready for operation next summer, as scheduled, probably by July 1, unless the progress of the work permits earlier opening. The work Is going forward as planned, and most of It Is somewhat ahead of the time allotted. The cost of the tunnel work has so far been over $00.000,00.0, and the ap proximate estimate of a total exendl- ture of $100,000,000 may be slightly exceeded.- Actually $41,000,000 has been paid out of Income and profit and loss. So far no lien or mortgage haa been put on the property, and there Is not likely to be, as the company now sees Its way clear, as the money for the gross expenditures has been provided; and after this year but a small amount, compared with previous annual ex penditures, will be required. BURGLARS USE AUGERS Bore Into Doors of Steubenvllle Busi ness Houses. 8teubenvllle, O., Aug. 17. "Auger- hole" burglaries of business houses have baffled the police during the last two weeks. The burglar, equipped with a brace and bit, bores Into rear door panels and breaks the panel bar around the locks and lifts them out and then ransacks the place. Near ly n dozen stores have been entered In this manner. Bits are left behind aft er nearly every job, but even with these as a clue, the police are unable to run down the thief. Hat Lived a Century. Flnrllav. O.. Aug. 17. Anthony Brown vesterday celebrated his one hundredth birthday anniversary. He was born In Fayettevllle, Ont. Ho came here many years ago, residing wlh his daughter, Mrs. C. E. NUea. Mr. Browu'a health la comparatively eood and he needs no one to wait on him. His father was born In 1776. Mr. Brown was twice married. Both wlfes are dead. Pastor Works With Builders. Altoona. Pa.. Aug. 17. Rev. Rich ord Sawtelle, pastor of the First Church of Christ, has donned over alls to assist In building the congrega tlon's new edifice here. He helped In the construction of the foundation. By his work and supervision he expects to help rush the work to completion. Uses Saw In Fight. Unlontown, Pa., Aug. 17. During a riot at Lelsenrlng No. 2 near Connells vllle John Hudock, It Is said, attacked John Robinskl with a saw and before the latter could be rescued by friends his right arm was nearly backed off, Roblntikl Is In the hospital and Hu dock Is In jail, How Frozen Insects Revive. Experiments In reviving frozen In sects by a mitnrullst show some sur prising results. A large cccroplu moth, frozen lu the center of n snowball until It wns perfectly brittle, revived in twenty seconds when held near stove. Several newly hatched lo moth: revived In it similar manner after being frozen stiff and then thawed out. Sim liar experiments with nnts. butterflle and house tiles gave the same results. But the naturalist noticed that recent ly hutched insects resist cold better than older ones. What would Regular $5.50 for $4.25 ? A Skirt that has beon iu the store for loss than ten days-a Skirt cut in the very latest style a Skirt made of the best of ma terials and best of tailoring T These Skirts are made for ladies and misses. Plaiu colors blue, brown, green and black. Button trimmed, with cluster of side pleats from the hip down; pleated back; eleven gore skirt. These skirts are admittedly one ol the best value ever at $o 50, but today it is our intention to offer them to you for $4 25 each. Going away on a little trip you'll want one. WILLIAM B. JAMES, PENNSYLVANIA CTATE NORMAL SCHOOL MOur 36th year opens Send for mir nw rntalncue in detail. Proper training for life 1 300 feet above tha sea. Perfect modern equipment. Scholarly, Christian influence. Dr. JAMES E. AMENT, The Ideal Oil tat either slr- Cooled or water-cooled Ma chtnee. Distilled from Penn. eylvanla Crude Oil lieht la color, which means absolute freedom from carbon. WAVEUI.T Sl'KCTAt. IS thinnlK feeds freelr thrnuirh enr strlelnbrlcatnr. and will nut conceal to lue coldest w earner. MARKET REPORT New York Provision Market. New York, Aug. lfi. WHEAT No 2 red, new, $1.1 1V4 f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 northern Dulutb, old, $1.1! V CORN No. 2 old mixed, iSc f. o. b. afloat ; ""Vic cleva'or. OATS Mixed oats, 26 to 32 lbs., 4Sr; dipped white, A to 42 lbs., ;".2 7i r.SUc POHK Mens, J21.75fi22.2."; family, $21 .50'-! 22.00. HAY (liiod 'o colce. D.icgi 11.05. Bt'TTKR Creamery, specials, 27ffi 2",if; extra. 20 Vfcfi 2fir; process, 22fi2IVjc; west-i ll factory, 2t 4c CM rftSK State, full cream, funey, NVc. K.tiOS State and Pennsylvania. 2SU:Uc POTATOES Jersey, per bbl., 1.2r.((i2.2r; Lo-ig Island, fl.7G'?i 2.25. Buffalo Provision Market. Huffalo, Aug. lfi WHEAT No. 1 northern carloads, $1.o'2:',4; No. 2 red, new, $1.10. COIIX No. 2 yellow, Tti'ic f. o. b. alloi't: No. 3 yellow, 7t;o. OATS No. 2 white, 42c f. o. b. afloat; No. 3 white, 41c. I1U 1TKH 1'i'ean.ery, prints, lancy, 2Nc; state creamery, 2(Vilt 2"c; dairy, choice to fancy, 2f.(il2Gc. CHEESE Choice to fancy, full cream, 1 5-Ti l.V.ic; fair to good. WIS Ufcc. KHOS Selected white, 2Sfi2!1c. POTATOES Jersey, fancy, per bb". $2.35; home Brown, per bu., 65fi S.c. East Buffalo Live Stock Marxet. CATTLE Prime export sleers, $0.75 di 7.00; good to choice butcher steers, $.)7'((!i fi.'i.i; choice cows, $l.25Tf 4.t5; choice heifers, $'.00fff ii.SO; common to fair heifers, $3.75(fi 4.S0; common to fair bulls, if 3.004.00; choice veals, $!t.2"(fiu.u0; fair to socd, $S.7.r(fi !).0i). SHEEP AND LAM US Choice spring lambs. $7.00fi 7.2j; yearlings. f.Y2"ifrf "i.."ii; mixed she?p, $4..V) if 5.00. HOUS Light oikeis, $S.00; mil ium nnd heavy hogs, 8.2(K( 8.2.1 ; pigs, $7.8.V'"i 7.A0. tuffalo Hay Market. Timothy, No. 1 on track. $t.'i.00fj 17.00; No. 2 timothy. I l l!5.o,.. straw, wheat and oat, $7."0ii S.00. Utica Dairy M;r.et. I'tica, Aug. Hi. On the Utica dairy united of tend? tndny sales of c!i'?st were reported of 42 lots 3,112 bo:;er II at 1 1 cnt.i. HUTTKR '.!" lehs a 27'c; S7 tubs iit 2:t and i2 crates of peinls at 2S ecu is. Too Many Tromboner. The following iinecdnle concerning Donizetti ami the score of Uosslul'i "Otello" Is told by the Musical World: Doni.eltl had asked Siglsmniidi, tin director of the Naples Conservatorle to look vcr the score with Mini, nuc the two sat down at u table with the work In front of them. Presently SI ;lsmiiiill began to rave about its "imni strous orchestration." Terrible was his indignation when he found thai clarinets, bassoons and trombones hail been employed In one place to swell fl crescendo, but when the fortissimo was reached he uttered a cry of de spalr, struck the score violently wltb his list, upset the table and rushed from the room, exclaiming: "A hundred and twenty-threo trombones! A hun dred and twenty-threo trombones!" Donizetti lu vain tried to call him back, shouting after him, "Not 123 trombones, but first, second and third trombones." Sigismoiidl would uol listen and when last seen was still repeating, "A hundred and twenty three trombones!" you think of a Walking Skirt J OIL CITY, PA. September 14th, 1909. beautifully illustrated full in its broadest sense. Ideal location, Principal, Indiana, Pa. l-il"-iV If you have any difficulty in Obtaining Waverly Special from your dealer or garage, com municate with us at once and we will eee that you are eupplled. Perfect Ubrlcatlaa with eat carbea aesosil." Waverly Oil WorR Co. Wpmmdmmt eier k . Flttubur. r. J Indian Burials. The Indian method of liurlnl wns t fasten n corpse upon cross sticks sup ported by poles In the ground or lu th IhiiiiiIis of the I reel ops. Here tlm all anil the elements silently disposed ol the lifeless day until In n year or sc hut little remained to bear evidence ol a tomb, perhaps some broken stlcki lu the top and a few scattered bends or hiimn.ll Ihiiich beneath the burhl! plii'-c. I cannot conceive of anything mure pitifully prewsome than an In dian burtitl ground of this type. I have seen them In the fall of tlx year, when the winds were shaking nml swaybiR the platforms mid wring lug the lea Hess trees, flaunting the burial rai;s like signal of distress from the dend and whistling through mid over the whitening bones nnd neglect ed remains of those who had many a time withstood the tempest nnd storm when the breath of life stirred within them. Army and Navy Life. 11 i!te Fun fur Neighbor. Virgil I'. Kline, lawyer of Cleveland, In an address upon "Ambition," said: "Ambition Is an excellent thlnff. Without it the world would not progress, l'.nt there are worthy and unworthy ambitions, silly nnd wls( ones. "Then there are the p.... r, the ili tlnctlve ambitious, such as we see In cbllhood. "Thus I once knew n little boy whe had an ambition to be a letter carrier, nnd, finding in n cedar chest in the attic a great bundle of love letters that his mother had been preserving since the days of her courtship, he packed them In a leather school satchel and distributed them from bouse to house throughout the neighborhood. Posted Him. Ho (vainly) See that sweet little girl Iu pink? I was engaged to her tl:o whole of last summer. Stranger (eager ly) Very glad to bear It. I inn the lawyer she's commissioned to sue you for breach of promise. Kind words nre benedictions. They nre not only Instruments of power, but of benevolence and courtesy, blessings both tV the speaker nnd hearer of them. I Voderl -l SaiU'iVr Fire Escapes FIRE-PROOF PORCHES BUILDERS' IRON WORK Largest Manufacturer FIRE ESCAPES ' h the United States ORNAMENTAL IRON AND WIRE WORK la Brats or Iroa for Every Purpose ' I Writa lor Muttratfd Catalog, staling kind of work wanted. TAYLOR (EL DEAN PITTSBURGH. PA. CHICHESTER S PHIS Vv TUB 1(1 A MONK llltANU, jT l.aU-t AhI. your Dma-cUt f iTiJ.fc:;i:'"f:""T. 1 HI in Hid tnc iiolti nirtalljA ill II j"'r, eaieu who time Rll.bon. Take no othrr. Itur nr ta... "riiKlnt. A.kforrilM IIKN-TFIHI IMAillUie tlltAftl) I'llJ.M, fur a& SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE "fTrv