effig Smarts Silknim Our Great White Sale. The Awaited a.nd Welcome Annual Period to Most Economically Furchase White Goods of All Kinds. We opened the doors Monday on our greatest achievement in White Goods selling. In quantity and variety of stocks in volved, in superiority of quality of goods assembled and in actual lowress of prices quoted, this event attains high water maak in White Goods value-giving. Here is presented a surpassing selection of new WThite Fab rics for garment making and household use, together with our cloud banks of new outer and under garments that will win the admiration of all who admire daintiness, beauty and worth. It Is ql Veritable less White BeaAity. A White Sale of which we may well be proud. In each instance quality is each offering a confidence inspiring attraction that will draw throngs of customers here daily during this sale. Give heed to your needs in White Goods for now and now and the coming Spring you 11 find what you want here and its purchase now will be accomplished at decisive discounts lrom costs sure to Choose From These Clean, Crisp White Goods and Gain the Cost Savings Lib- eraJly Offered. The Smart & OIL CITY, PA. Oil City Trust Company, Oil City, Pa. NEW YEARS Is the natural time for adjusting financial matters and improv ing your investments. Our Certificates of Deposit make a con venient investment for any amount, furnishing absolute safety, together with an opportunity to convert into cash readily if desired, and pay you Four Per Cent. FOREST COUNTY NATIONAL BANK, TIONESTA, PENNSYLVANIA. CAPITAL STOCK, SURPLUS, Time Deposits Solicited. Will A. Wayne Cook, President. A. B. Kellt. Cashier. directors A. Wayne Cook, G. W. Robinson, Wm. Smearbaugb, N.P.Wheeler, T. F. Rltchev. J.T.Dale, A. B.Kellv. Collections remitted for on day of pnyment ers all the benefits consistent with conservative banking. Interest pid on time deposits. Tour patronage respectfully A Canceled Check I is a is a receint which 8 . t k v-uciiLU vu.n lo ail atiaui ivipt auu lias savni many legal snarls. You can pay all bills by check and thus have not only a receipt, but a positive record of all expenditures. Call and have us explain this simple, but business-like method of handling expenditures. Large and small accounts solicited Capital & Surplus, $ 680,000.00 Total Assets, $3,000,000.00 TUc franMmSrust1 (fotnpatnj .FRAN K L I N. PA. Fair of Peer of high order, merit making Silberberq Co. 150.000. 195,000. pay Four Per Cent, per Annum Wm. Smearbacoh, Vice President at low rates. We promise our custom solicited. bars all disnutes STEAMERS CAUGHT IN ICE Gorget In Ohio Causing Heavy Dam age; Havoo From Ice Floe. GallipollB, 0.. Jan. 4. Moderatlnf weather started ' tee gorge In th Ohio river. The steamer. Lucille New land was carried away but was caught In an Immense Ice Jam below Galllpo lis, where the boat now lies in a peril ous position. The steamer Carrlt Brown went to the rescue of the New. land and also became wedged In the Ice in mldrlver. The Carrie Brown was later released and the crew of th Newland was taken off in safety. Heavy gmges In the Great Kanawha river are still piling and a vast amount of property Is Jeopardized. St. Louis, Jan. 4. With a total dam age to shipping estimated at $50,000 from the breaking up of Ice gorges In the Mississippi river during the last 24 hours a derided rise In the river brought relief from danger of addition al losses. The steamers Chester and Omaha, driven ashore Saturday, were released yesterday. Thirty barges ol the Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke company were Jammed by the Ice and several of them were cast adrift. DOGS AID IN NEGRO'S ARREST Prisoner Is Suspected of At' tack on a Woman. ITniontown, Pa., Jan. 4. Blood' hounds Sunday morning were put on tho trail of a negro who attacked and robbed Mrs. Ella Laughrey, a widow, near Fairchance, Saturday night. The hounds quickly took the trail and led the officers and a posse to the home of Raymond Gapers, a negro, of Hicks Hill. Gapers was taken to Fairchance, but because of Intense feeling there Justice of the Peace James Farrel committed him to jail without a hear ing and he was brought to Uniontown by H. L. Li ndis, owner of the blood hounds, anc" Jonathan Laughrey, a son of the woman attacked. The negro stoutly declared his Innocence. Mrs. Laughrey Is In a serious condition. Shortly before midnight Mrs. Laughrey went to her room leaving the back door open so that her son might enter. When she heard the door open afterward she thought it was ber son and went down stairs to greet hliu. She encountered a negro, who knocked her down. When Mrs. Laugh rey regained sufficient strength she went to the home of her father, James Wilson, nearby. Accompanied by Wlnfred and Rich ard Wilson, his sons, and Jonathan I-aughrey, son of the negro's victim, who arrived soon afterward, he went to Fairchance and reported the affair to Justice of the Peace James Farrel and asked that they be sworn In as deputies. The Justice administered tho nam and the four men started In search of the negro. In a short time the news spread and a posse of 40 armed men scoured the countryside. Early Sunday morn ing a telephone message was sent to Fairmont, W. Va., asking H. L. Landls to come and bring two dogs. The lat ter compiled and at 7 o'clock the trail was taken up. the arrest of Gapers re sulting. Threats were made to take the prisoner away from the officers, but Justice Farrel succeeded In get ting Gapers on a street car and bring ing him to Uniontown. LEAVES HOLE IN GROUND Much Damage Is Caused by Nitro glycerin Explosion. Bradford, Pa., Jan. 4. A nitro glycerin magazine at State Line, owned by Van Curen Brothers Tor pedo company, exploded Sunday morn ing. Superintendent Oscar Bond, who represents the torpedo company, is unable to account for the accident, and suspects robbers. A hole In the ground marks the place where the magazine stood. Houses In this city were shaken. An empty magazine belonging to the Du pont Powder company, half mile away, was wrecked by the explosion. A dwelling on the same oil lease was moved from its foundation and sev eral oil rigs were damaged. The mag azine was used for storing nitroglycer in and seldom was opened, $50,000 Damage by Water Pipe. Zanesville, O., Jan. 4. A burst wa ter pipe on the fourth floor of the building occupied by Bailey & Co., wholesale druggists, resulted In a loss of almost the entire atock estimated at $50,000. The pipe burst sometime in the night. The stflck was Insured against weter damage for $20,000. Jeff Davis' Guard Dies. Philadelphia, Jan. 4. Rev. John William Kaye, aged 64, who was the personal guard of Jefferson Davis when the latter was captured, died here yesterday. At the time of his death he was assistant rector of St. David's Protestant Episcopal church in this city. Dogs of Luxury. The nppearunce of little dogs ns ob jects of luxury goes bnck to the most ancient times. Documents are not wanting that go to show that Greek nnd Jtomnii women had little dogs which were Idolized by their mistress es. Even men, particularly among for eigners, were not ashamed to walk the streets of Rome with pet dogs under their arms. Speaking of this subject, Plutarch relntes that Julius Caesar, seeing one day in Rome some strangers thus loaded with their dogs, asked them ironically whether tho women of their country did not bear children. Tertla, the daughter of Lucius Aure Jlus PntiliiH, was so fond of her dog that In the moment of bidding farewell to her father, who was about to leave his country ami his family to wage war against Perseus, king of Macedo nia, she frankly admitted that the sad ness Imprinted on her face was due to the death of her pet dog Persn. In Europe the greyhounds were the first favorites of women during the middle ages. Boston Tost. Heart Disease and 8uddn Death. A man rushing to catch a train th ther day fell dead. In this inntanei It Is fair to assume that the strain oi a weak heart might fairly lie held re sponsible. In view of the fierce com petition In life and the undue strain t which the masses of men are subjected It Is of the highest importance thai people known to be affected with heart disease should exercise the greatest care as to overtaxing their physical strength in view of the danger of sud den death, Instances of which are M common today. Inasmuch as few peo ple are aware of having weak hearts a safo rule for all men over forty is t avoid the perils of haste and nndut strain, as in lifting, rushing, etc. An other Important factor, many peopli over forty Indulging in excessive eat lng are in dnnger of artcrlo-sclerosts or hardening of the arteries, which re suits in sudden death from apoplexy kidney or heart disease. To sum the matter up, ieople over forty must 11m- ll their table Indulgence and avoid udden and undue haste or strain if de slrous of attaining a ripe old age.- New York Herald. Made the Most of Hie Hate. When Lord Mllncr held his first rft ceptlon nt Pretoria the officers and legislators were given to understand that frock coats and tall hnts were ex pected of them. There was only oni shop In the place in which silk hati were sold, and this had but four ol them. The Transvaal legislators rush ed off in a body to buy these four, but the hntter, not being mnd, saw hli opportunity In their extremity. n knew there was no time to get hurt from anywhere else, so he resolved noi to sell. He offered to let tlu-m out os hire at the rate of 10 shillings for ten minutes. Ills shop was close at hand. Four gentlemen could present them selves lefore his excellency. After ten minutes they must silently steal away nnd hand over their hired finery to an other panting quartet. It was done, and the hatter still repeats dreamily at he recalls the moment of his life, "II would not have been fair to have sold them, not fair to my customers and not fair to myself."-Pnll Mall Ga xette. Couldn't Feaze This One. An Instance of the careless, good na tnred philosophy of the negro may be seen In the little doggerel verse laugh ingly sung by a black farmer when at the end of a bad crop year nothing was coming to him after bis supply bills were paid. He could neither read nor write; he had no money or chance of getting any for another twelve month, yet apparently there was no fretting on his part. He took the bal ance sheet, which was nn utter mys tery to him, and, pretending to inspect It nnd following the rows of figures with eye and finger, he gleefully chant ed: "Aught's an aught, Flgger's a flgger. Ev'ytlilnK fur do white nun An' nuflln' fur de nigger!" Then carelessly he stuffed the bit of pnper into his pocket, "cut the pigeon's wing" nnd finally walked! away to all appearances with a whimsical enjoy ment of the fact that his own penniless condition corroborated the statement of his song. Chicago Record-Herald. Put to Flight. The baby In arms was screaming lustily, and the man in the gray suit could not hide bis irritability. "What on earth, madam," be splut tered, "do you mean by bringing such a howling brat Into a public vehicle?" "It Isn't a brat!" retorted the mother, with natural Indignation. "And if I'm any judge It doesn't howl half as much as you did at its age, going by the looks of you!" The man in gray wriggled uneasily under the general scrutiny. "Baby, see the ugly man?" pursued the Infuriated female, pointing at him. "See the nxmkey-ponkey, gorilla man what might take a first prize nt a beau ty show for the 'orrlblest face? Baby, hush, or the ugly monkey man will" But the sentence remained unfinished, for the man in the gray suit had bolt ed. London Graphic. Surf Birds. That birds of the family termed surl birds In the Hawaiian Islands should leave that paradise of the Pacific to go and rear their young in the tundras ol Alaska would seem to many an ex traordinary proceeding, yet the turn stone nnd the black bellied plover and the Pacific golden plover make the long journey of about 4,000 miles thith er annually. Two Reason. "You mustn't play with Mr. Borum's hat, Bobby," said a young lady who was entertaining a caller to her small brother. "Why mnstn't 15" asked the young ster. "Because you might break It," re. plied his sister, "and, besides, he will want It shortly." Her Great Memory. The gift of memory wos being dis cussed when Alice wisely said: "Mother's got n good memory. She can remember things a heap further back than any of us children can." LIpplncott's. Prehistoric Little Girl I've got n father nnd a inuvver nnd n grandfather. Old Gent And how old Is yer grandfather? Lit tle Girl I don't know, but we've had him a long time. Advertise! The speedy way to morket a product Is to give It publicity, nnd the newspa per Is the medium through which to reach all the world. Waco Tlmes-Her- I'd. Unchanging Man. Mortal man offers but little difference in spite of the diversity of nice and climate, and In analyzing the Egyptian we almost find ourselves reproduced. Intellectual mun also manifests a sin gular identity of aspiration and belief from the Nile to tho Ganges nnd from the Eurotas to tho Arno. Mercure de France. borne (iraine ot Luck. "Is your husband having any luck at the race track?" "Some luck," answered young Mrs. Torklns. "Ho hnsn't caught cold nor had his pockets picked." Washington Star. Arcnimedes. Al a mechanician Archimedes pro duced tho correct theory of the lever and Invented no less thau forty Inter esting devices, Including the endless screw, the pump, the orgnn and the "burning glass," with which latter novel weapon ho is snid to have set Are to the ships of nn enemy's fleet rrom a considerable distance. The sto ry is probably fabulous, but none the less Interesting, ns exhibiting the faith of the people In tho man and as Indi cating the character of his pursuits. As engineer Archimedes was looked upon as hardly less than n magician. He produced catapults which threw enormous stones nnd heavy pikes at long range luto the ranks of the enemy or into his ships, nud great derricks were built by him with which to lift the attacking craft out of water or to upset it, destroying nil on board. His proiwsed use of the lever meant tho production of the Inconceivable Inven tions lu machinery nnd engineering construction, and his own estimate of . Importance was expressed by tho familiar quotation, "Give mo whereon to stand and I will lift tho earth." Archimedes was the first and perhaps the most Inventive nnd greatest of early engineers. His lever still moves the world, nnd bis spirit Is inherited by generations of the men who have innde modern civilization possible. Cossler's Magazine. Too Much of a Good Thing. George .Marshall, a philanthropist who always kept a sharp lookout never to be wasteful, decided to go for a week's camping, taking as his guests some ragged street urchins. One morn ing he used the bits of meat left from the evening before nud made hash for breakfast. There was some left over, which he concluded to reheat and serve again nt noon. "Johnnie, will you have some bnsh?" he asked oue hid. "Bet your life," replied the lad, who was constitutionally hungry. "Peter, pass your plato for some hash" to another freckled nosed lad. "Not If I knows it," was the unex pected reply. "I thought you liked hash from the way you ote It this morning," replied Mr. Marshall. "I did like It for breakfast," said the lad, "but none of yer review of re views for me for dinner." LIpplncott's Magazine. 8ided With Father. "There Is a little chap in our town," said the suburbanite, "whose father and mother have words quite frequent ly, and have them loud enough to be heard by the neighbors. The burden of their recriminations when audible Is, on the wife's part, that she ever lowered the Hicks family Hulliclently to marry a Stubbs, and on his part that he ever honored the Hicks fam ily by allying It with the bouso of Stubbs. "One day last summer the young son of the house went Ashing. He had barely got his line luto the brook when he heard his mother calling him. "There It Is,' said he disgustedly; 'the minute the Stubbses begin to fish the Hickses begin to holler.' "Cleve land Plain Dealer. Women In England. In the seventeenth century, when Englishwomen were still recognized ns possessing an economic nnd political status side by side with Englishmen, there was written nn Interesting entry in the church wnrden's nccounts of St. Mnrtiii's-ln-tlic-I'ields, proving that one El!znleth Rnrtlott was Intrusted with the costing of the r-ccond bell nnd that all the women employed thus wero paid at the same rate as men for the same work. Another Instance Is to be found In the records of the Fleet pris on, of which the first lemnlo warden. appointed in 1217 on the death of her husband Robert, received the same sal ary "as the snld Rolert had been ac customed to during his life." There was no talk then of confining the wo man's sphere to work that was paid badly. B & B January sale muslin underwear Fresh, new Muslin Un derwear at prices so much lower than usual market value, people find advant age to come or send from much longer distances than your town. Sale includes every kind of Muslin Under Garment, also Infants' wear Ameri can made and French hand made. Women's White Nainsook Night Gowns, square neck, trimd with dainty embroid ery edge and insertion, $1.00, Other Night Gowns, 50c to $50.00. White Cambric Petticoats with tuckt flounce and ten inch eyelet embroidery ruf fle, $1.50. Other Petticoats, 50c to $50.00. White Nainsook Corset Cov ers, trimd with neat embroidery edge also a style trimd with lace insertion and edge, 50c Other Corset Covers, 10c to $10-00, BOQGS & BUHL NORTH BIDE, PITTSBURGH, PA- Fred. Grettenberger GENERAL BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST. All work pertaining to Machinery, En gines, Oil Well Tools, Gas or Water Fit tings and General BlackamiUiiug prompt ly done at Low Rates. Repairing Mill Machinery given special attention, and satisfaction guaranteed. Shop In rear of and lust west of the Shaw House, Tidioute, Pa. Tour patronage solicited. FRED. GRETTENBEROER January Dress Goods SaJe. This ia the month in whioh we take our annual inventory Start in the basement aud go through every box, shelf, case anil rack, first and second floor. Cnunt every article and measure every yard to determine the amount of stock ou hand and make compari son with the 1908 inventory taken in this same month. Now uo matter what the kind of bu inosg if he be a progressive merchant at tome certain time ol year he "lakes stock." That's the time of year when every merchant, big or small, puts forth a special effort to convert certain merchandise into cash. Rather have the cash than the merchaudiee. That is the exact policy of this store. And throughout the month of January from d iy to day the in ventory will disclose certain lots of merchandise that ought not to be here. We start with a Dress Goods about one-third on many pieces. WILLIAM B. JAMES. rTTTTT CARLON' Men's $3.50 and S4.00 SHOES. At these prices we show an unusual variety of styles in all the popular leathers. Our $3.50 and $4.00 Shoes are differ ent from ordinary shoes at these prices. Every ont made oi good solid leather, by workmen who know how, and, in addition, Our Personal Guarantee, Which "means something," is back of every pair. CARLON & CO.'S, 11G Centre St., Experience Produced Quality. litumyou have to encounter. Note the deep throat that will not choke p ; Patent Square tiled JoiuUr and Wheel Standards, llicy never net out of line ami never break. Lc Roy Riding Sulky Plows are lighter aud sLmucer and easier to draw and V V handle than any oilier. Kvery Le Roy implement is sold on u s iron if Kunrnntee to do J V perfect work. To try them once is to buy thein always. It will pay you to look them up. 5 ? LE ROY PLOW CO, Le Roy, N. Y. f S Active dealers sell Uicm in all towns. If you cannot Dud IX ROY PLOWS, J y please write us, f SOLD BY J. (i. Ilroniley, AX lTTJfIWI! Oil " - mmmfjfHm from Pennsylvania. Cruris Oil. Absolute freedom from Carbon, leaves WAVERLY never smuts, clog or order, ror your protection ask any dealer, "Perfect Lubrication Without Carbon Deposit." Waverly Oil WorKs Co. Independent Oil Refiners, Pittsburg, Pa. pUlL. EMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Sbop over R. L. Haslet's Rrocery store on Elm street. Is prepared to do nil ..! .!,. .,,.... ..... -1. f-. .... ,A rlnnut in KIUUBU1 UUnHlll TT W i Ik 11 1 1 1 .1 .IIW ..... .'w v.. the cob r sent and guaranteps bis work to iclve penwfc Hiiaincuuu. iivnifi.iiwou- tion eiven to mending, and prices rea sonable. JAMES HASLET, GENERAL MERCHANTS, Furniture Dealers, AND UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA. PENN OFTIOIAU. Office ) 4 7)1 National Bank Building, OIL CITY, PA. Kyes examined free. Kxrlnsivfllv ortil. KEELEY CURE The cure that has Ix-en continuously succcHgful for tmu'e tli.'iu $0 years is worth investigating. Kor the ciniir or drink hahit. Writ, for particulars. Only Keeley Institute In Western Penna. 4246 Fifth At.., Pittsburgh, Pa. '4 '. . Sale io whioh the reductions Other dry goods will follow. are J. - OIL CITY, PA. TTTTTTTtTTTtTTtTI Oil City, Pa. The "Famous" Le Roy Plows were put on the market ten year uuo by one of the stronecst iiimm'iul corpor f ntiont, "Not in a Trust." Until hy V mechanics with neviral genera V t ions at plow builders Kick of tliem. w tv avoiding nil weak, points of o(h r V rn:ikcol Plows nnd with our Expert V Kxpenriiee, we produced the Per P lect taay droll l e Roy Plows. V No others w "easy to hold" none so easy to draw," mmc that "wear v ldtitfer." adapted to till the hard cou- V Tioiiesta, lu. ft? mm. -WAVERLY . superior oil for Gas Engine lubrication. no deposit. Lisht in co!orflows easily. rums, but keeps your motor in perfect running The great thing In big game rifles issureness to work under all conditionc Warin rifles are built with this idea foremost. The mechanism Is simple, strong, per fectly adjusted, quick and easy in operation. The Marin solid top and side elector keep a protecinit wall of metnl between your head and the cartridge, prevent powder and trnses blowing bnck, throw the shells wa from you and allow Instant, accurate, effective repeat shots. The Speca SmoJrtni Slnel barrels ore hard and strong, specially made for high power cartridges and to resist the wear of jacketed bullets. They are rifled deep on the Ballard system for greatest accuracy ana anting power. Madeln Models W and '85, calibres OS to .45, and fully described and lllustrnted (with II other JZain re peaters) in our 136- Jiaea catalog. Free or 3 stamps postage. 7e772cuM firearms Cb.l 42 Willow Street NEW HAVEN, CONN. f am
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