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
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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
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Absolute freedom from Carbon, leaves
WAVERLY never smuts, clog or
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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
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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.
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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.
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mm.
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big game rifles issureness
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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.
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