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somely Trimmed Hats
at $5 xnd $7.50.
To create a little extraordinary selling interest in the mil
linery this week, we have ready an even 50 Handsome New
Trimmed Hats to sell at $5 and 7.50 apiece.
Figured by the shapes and styles, the materials employed
in their decoration, and the labor necessary to get them ready
for you, they would be exceedingly good values at a half more;
and for some of them you'd pay double in other stores.
From $2.75 to $15 Satved on
Tailored Suits.
We believe we are making no exaggerated statement when
we say that no such suit values were ever offered by this estab
lishment or any other so early in a season. It is extraor
dinary. Anril is but the threshold oi the season. You are just
at the time when Spring Suits can be worn, and here we an
nounce a chance to save $2.75 to 15 on a single suit.
It's luck, that's all. Just pure luck. We might claim that
pood management had something
prominent Fifth Avenue manufacturer comes to us with a prop-
osition that means lor us some
saving of fully one-third, we call itluck.
It's luckv for us and it's equally lucky for you, for it ena
bles vou to take vour choice from
you'll see anywhere, and at 33
value. Every one oi the garments ottered in tnis selling is a
aisiinciive omari x ouueiuerg ami. xucico oa muvu
ence in the class of suits made by this Filth Avenue concern
and the earments turned out by the general run of suit manu
facturers as there is between those found on our racks and those
at other stores. These have style, fit, finish, workmanship and
materials. S9.75 for 12 50 and 15 Suits. 12.50 for 18 and
20 Suits. 25 lor 35 and $40
At these prices we are obliged to make a nominal charge
for alterations where any are required.
The Smart &
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begins immediately ou insue of the oertiflcate. and there are no fees
or expense attached to the collection of either principal or interest.
A special booklet on this attractive form of investment will be mailed
on request.
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President.
A. Wayne Cook,
N. P. Wheeler,
Collections remitted for on day of payment at low rates. We promise our custom
erg all the benefits consistent with conservative banking. Interest p"id on time
deposits. Your patronage respectfully solicited.
to do with it; but when
one nunurea or more suus ai a
as handsome a lot of suits as
per cent, discount from their
Suits.
Silberberq Co.
NATIONAL BANK,
PENNSYLVANIA.
I5O.O00.
$100,000.
Will pay Four Per Cent, per Annum
A. B. Kelly.
Cashier.
directors
Wm. Smbabbauoh,
Vice President
0. W. Robinson, Wm. Smearbaugb,
T. F. Rltchev. J. T. Dale. A. B. Kelly.
Continued from first page
ro unseen, ana tnc nrst duty or an
enlightened' commonwealth Is to pro
tect Its people against them. Other
states are gradually rising to this new
conception, but Pennsylvania now
dearly heads them all, for In no
other state Is the battle against the
common enemy being waged on so
largo a scale as here. The expert
mint, therefore. Is not only of ex
treme Importance to Ponnsylvanlans,
lint as an example to the nation and
tho world.
Does It Pay.
Naturally the people are Interested
to learn precisely how the large sums
tho state Is investing annually In good
health Is being spent; what are its
dividends, as measured in the actuat
saving of human lives Is Pennsyl
vania a richer, a more healthy com
monwealth now than It was four years
ago? Is the average citizen less like
ly to acquire a mortal disease less
likely to die if he does acquire one?
In exchange for Its generous appro
priations Pennsylvania has received,
first of all, a considerable reduction in
its death rate. Not so many people
dio here now as died in 1906. the year
when tho new department began its
organized work. The citizens of
Pennsylvania, especially Its little chil
dren, stand a better chance than they
formerly did of reaching mature life
and a green old age. Mortality sta
tistics do not commonly furnish ex
citing reading, but, when considered
from this point of view, they make
an emphatic personal appeal. Thus,
in 1906 and 1907, the death rate in
Pennsylvania per thousand of popula
tion was 16.5; In 1908. It had dropped
to lb.7, and In 1909 to 15.3. At first
glance this mny not seem a remark
ablo diminution, but in a state with a
population of more than 7.000.000 even
a fractional decrease is a substantial
gain. This appears when one figures
precisely what this slight numerical
drop means In the actual saving of
human lives. Had the death rate of
19nt: and 1907 prevailed In 1908. pre
cisely 5519 more people would have
died than actually succumbed. Had
this same rate applied In 1909. instead
of the decreased percentage recorded
by the Bureau of Health, Just S3S8
men, women and children now living
and presumably In good health and
spirits, would have rendered their
final tribute to nature. In other
words these matter of fact statistics,
when Interpreted in their real rela
tion to the welfare and happiness of
the state, mean the saving to the state
of 13,907 lives.
Human Lives as State Assets.
This fact has an Immense personal
mepnlng for all people of the state
among theso rescued lives might have
been your own. your wife's, your
child's; but they also have a value
which is measurable in dollars and
cents. The political economists now
recognize that the most valuable kind
of wealth is the human life that hu
man labor is worth at least five timet
that of all other forms of capital.
Even the newly landed Immigrant, ac
cording to these Investigators, has a
per capita value of $S7o; that Is, he
adds just that much to the nation's
capital. Professor Irving Fisher, of
Yale, one of the foremost American
economists, has painstakingly figured
the financial value to the state of
everv citizen at particular ages. A
new-born Infant, says Professor Fish
er, is actually worth $90. while a flve-
CHr-old child is worth $950. From
this point on his value rapidly in
creases; at ten, couia ne oe soia at.
uction. his market value would be at
least $2000; at twenty It would be
4000, and at thirty, $4100. From this
point the average human being begins
to lose value, in proportion to his de
creasing productivity, until at fifty.
Professor Fisher gives him a value of
only $700. This same authority places
the worth of the average life lost by
preventable diseases at $1700. Taking
this as a basis the decreased death
rate in Pennsylvania for the last two
ears represents a money saving of
23.641.900. The state, In other words,
Is just that much richer has Just that
much more available capital. For Its
actual expenditure to date of $3,000,
000. Including a large portion for per
manent Improvements. It has taken In
more than $23,000,000. The earnings
of the new Department of Health, con
sidered purely from the commercial
standpoint, thus represent dividends
of mere than 766 per cent In four
years.
AVhat Is the value placed by the av
erage citizen upon his children's lives
not the financial value estimated by
the unemotional economist, but the
worth in affection, good citizenship
nd In all that holds the social organi
zation together? Is it good business
policy to save the lives of children at
$7 apipce? Is it paternalistic and so
cialistic to protect them against dan
gerous infections at the rate of $2 per
head? That Is what the state of Penn
sylvania is doing now. This conserva
tive old commonwealth has reached
that stage of paternalism where the
government will not sit quietly by
and watch a little child choke to death
with diphtheria when the expenditure
of a few dollars from the public treas
ury will relieve Its sufferings and save
Its life.
Saving the Little Ones.
For the last ten years the practical
remedy for diphtheria has been avail
able for the children of prosperous
households, but It has not been avail
able for the poor. Since Von Behrlng'g
Immortal discovery that the blood
serum of a horse which has recovered
from diphtheria possessed wonderful
curative properties, and when Intro
duced Into the human organism, would
usually destroy the disease, this for
mer scourge of childhood has lost
nearly all Its terrors. In the old days
diphtheria destroyed nearly one-half
cf nil the children It assailed. It would
Uo the same touay among me poor iu
Pennsylvania were it not for the anti
toxin which the state provides free.
That large numbers of unprotected
children have died most shocking
deaths in the past for the sole reason
that their parents were too poor to
afford them anti toxin, is a melancholy
reflection, but these things will not
happen In the future. In every corner
of Pennsylvania, usually at well known
drug stores, there are now stations for
the free distribution of anti-toxin,
numbering 650. Whenever any poor
mans child falls ill with diphtheria,
hh rhyslcian, by making out a proper
application, can secure free all tne
anti-toxin he needs to effect a cure.
Since October, 1905, the Health De
partment has In this way distributed
49,448 packages of anti-toxin. It has
treated 19,929 sick people, mostly chil
dren, who, but for the state's Inter
vention, would have been neglected. In
the old days about 10,000 of these chil
dren would have died; as a matter of
fact, only 1725 died. Nearly all those
who died were children who did not
receive the anti-toxin until the late
stages of the disease. The detailed
statistics of tho department show that
tho earlier the sick child receives the
anti toxin, the greater his chances of
recovery. These facts should empha
size the pressing need. In all cases,
not only of anti-toxin treatment, but
of this treatment at the earliest pos
sible time. The department has also
thoroughly tested the powers of anti
toxin as an immunizing agent. Diph
theria, as every one knows, Is one of
the most virulently contagious dis
eases. It travels like lightning from
the sick to the well. In the crowded
homes of the poor, many of them Ideal
culture tubes for the growth of the
microbes, Its virulence Is especially
marked. The department In three
years has Immunized with anti-toxin
14,527 persons, nearly all children
who had beon exposed to the disease.
Of these only 251 acquired it a little
more than one per cent. The State
Department of Health's free distribu
tion of antitoxin to the poor, there
fore, has saved over 8000 lives at an
average cost of seven dollars each and
prevented contagion In several thou
sands of cases at on average cost of
two dollars.
Battle Against Tuberculosis.
In Its attitude towards the grent
problem of tuberculosis, the state gov
ernment also shows this keen sense
of responsibility for the safety of the
people. The department of health re
gat ds all the tuberculosis poor as In a
large sense the wards of the state. Its
efrorto, in the first place, are to pre
vent them from falling victims to this
Insidious disease, and In the second,
to assist materially In curing those
who have become Infected.
The death rate from tuberculosis in
this state has fallen from 134 to 120
per one thousand of population In
four years. This means a saving of
lOt'.O lives annually.
In the matter of tuberculosis, how
ever, the death rate tells only a small
part of the story. Any work In Im
proving conditions must be funda
mental, and it will necessarily take
many years before extensive results
are obtained. What the department
has done has been to lay the founda
tion of comprehensive attack. From
Its laboratory investigations of the
tubercle bacillus to Its especially
equipped sanatoria, there Is no as
pect of the disease that It does not
study and combat It alms to enter
at every stage Into the life of the tu
berculous poor. To many citizens the
stato government Is more or less of
an Indefinite Idea; they seldom corn
Into contact with It as a living, acting
entity ; If you are once stricken with
tuberculosis, however, especially If you
are poor, the commonwealth of Penn
sylvania becomes physically manifest
In your dally lives. In the medical In
spection, In the physician and In the
nurses the state ceases to be an eco
nomic abstraction and becomes a kind.
helping, fostering personality.
The Dispensaries.
If you are stricken down and cannot
afford proper medical attendance,
there is always near at hand a free tu
berculosis dispensary, established for
precisely cases of this kind. There are
m.tny thousands of patients in the
state who are still able to be about
and to follow the daily routine, per
haps even to support their families.
The 114 tuberculosis dispensaries are
of especial assistance to this class.
The dispensary physicians have treat
ed 21,227 patlenta and actually cured
712. while the condition of 2649 has so
greatly Improved that the arrest of
he disease Is almost assured. Here
the sick man or woman is received by
a professional nurse, who makes a
complete first-hand Investigation of
the case. By questioning the patient
she learns all the details of his family
history, his occupation, his financial
resources, his surroundings, at home
or at work the latter particularly for
the purpose of protecting his intimates
aid associates from Infection. This In
formation she records for the use of
the physician, and the department
She follows up this preliminary talk
by an Inspection at the patient's home.
Here her administrations amount to a
liberal education in the treatment of
tube iculosls. She Instructs the patient
as to the proper handling of himself
how he must dress, how he must eat
and sleep, and tells him of the well
known ways of building up the nat
urn I resistance of hs body. She also
advises all the other members of the
household how to escape Infection
frequently dlscovors some members In
the early stages of the disease and la
thus able to ward It off. The nurse de
votes particular attention to diet nu
tr.tion being generally recognized as
one of the predominating factors In
strengthening the body's defenses.
She tells the housewife what to cook
and how to cook it. She Inquires par
ticularly whether there is a sufficient
supply of fresh eggs and milk. Per
haps the family Is too poor to supply
the sick man with these necessities,
In that event the state itself provides
them. The dispensary nurses have
narlo 133,444 visits of the kind de
scribed above.
Life at Mont Alto.
This, however, is only one depart
ment of this life-saving work. Any one
who wishes a graphic Idea of the
state's sanatorium work should visit
the tuberculosis colony at Mont Alto,
Here, at an elevation of 1600 feet
above the sea, amid the breeze awept
mountain pines, he will find nearly
800 men. women and children, under
the care of physicians and nurses
bravely seeking to combat the disease
In the fresh air and sunshine. Labor
atory Investigations have many times
proved that the tubercle bacillus, once
exposed to the light and air, shrivels
up like a guilty thing and perishes
and the state, In this unique sanator
lum, Is giving Its tuberculous poor
their one great chance of overcoming
the disease. This Mont Alto site is sit
uated In the midst of a state forest
reservation of 5500 acres. It la high,
cool, dry, with an abundance of fresh
spring water, tillable soil upon which
many of the household supplies can
be raised, and all the attractions of
nature to make pleasant and peaceful
the lives of the patients. There Is a
village of specially constructed cot
tages In which the Incipient cases live,
and a large, well equipped hospital
building for the advanced cases. At
this sanatorium Pennsylvania has
treated up to Dec. 31, 1909, 2365 pa
tients, a largo number of whom have
been permanently cured and a still
larger number bo effectually strength
ened that they are In far bettor con
dition than formerly to fight the disease.
Ground Is now being cleared for a
second state sanatorium on tho beau
tiful site at Cresson, which Mr. Car
negie has so generously given to the
commonwealth, and a third site has
been selected In tho foot hills of the
nine mountains, near Hamburg, in the
eastern end of the state.
For Pure Water.
In fighting such a widely prevalent
disease as typhoid fever, the useful
ness of a central state health organi
zation Is especially demonstrated.
Against typhoid a local board Is prac
tically helpless. This Is because the
chief sources of Infection are the wa
ter courses. Our rivers unfortunately
do not recognize state or county lines.
A municipality may prevent water pol
lution from the banks within Its own
Jurisdiction, but cannot prevent It In
other sections. Pittsburg may stop Its
own citizens from sewering Into the
streams, but she cannot stop other
communities from polluting - the wa
ters from which she draws her own
supply. And the discouraging fact Is
that, while one town may refrain from
polluting the stream so that another
further down may not have to drink
Its filth, Its own water supply may be
polluted by less conscientious neigh
bors living up-stream. Up to tho year
1905 man In Pennsylvania appeared
to have lost the natural Instincts of
the lower animals and seemed Indif
ferent to the danger of loading his
system with that which nature has
once thrown off as poison. Man. un
like the beasts of the field, had taken
on the habit of discharging his offal
Into the streams from which he took
his drinking water. Only some central
body, which has absolute control over
all water courses, can accomplish a
general purification of the streams.
The legislature recognized this ne
cessity for central control when. In
1905, It placed all water courses, so
far as public sanitation was concerned,
under the Jurisdiction of the governor,
attorney general and commissioner of
health. But there are also other pri
vate sources of pollution especially
the old-fashioned privies and wells
which still are found In large num
bers, overflowing into streams. These
the department of health has now the
power to abolish. The department has
in file complete and detailed maps
showing all the state's water courses,
large and small. Whenever a case of
typhoid fever Is reported It can Im
mediately put Its finger on the water
shed where the disease originated and
investigate accordingly. No municipal
ity can now construct water works
without first obtaining the state's ap
proval of Its plans. It cannot build
sewerage planta without similar con
sent. Acting through these broad pow
ers, the health department, through
its army of Inspectors, has penetrated
the remotest recesses of the state, In
specting premises, noting palpable
nuisances, Investigating water and
sewerage systems. A wholesome
clean-up has ensued. In most cases the
Individuals and municipalities affected
have realized the necessity of reme
dial measures and have accepted the
work In a proper spirit. Up to date It
has Inspected 256,628 premises In rural
districts and caused the abatement of
18,945 pollutions. It has Issued 204 de
crees requiring changes in public wa
ter works. Under its advice and sug
gestion, all over the state, cities and
municipal bodies have awakened and
voluntarily begun to Improve their
water supplies. Under the supervis
ion of the department sixty-seven scw
age disposal plants and thirty-five wa
ter filter plants have been built or are
now under construction.
Typhoid Cut Down,
The purification of the state's drink
Ing water Is a large task and will take
many years, but already the Improve
ments have cut the typhoid death rate
In half. In 1906. 56.5 out of every 100,-
000 people died from thla disease; ir.
J907, 50.3; In 1908, 34.4, and In 19C9,
T3.9. That Is there are now living
2363 people who, had the death rate of
1906 prevailed In 1909, would have
died.
I believe enough has been said to
convince you that Pennsylvania's cltl
Kens have been made richer in health
happiness and Industrial vigor and the
State rendered more attractive, both
for residential and manufacturing pur
poses and for the mere Joy of life, by
the application of the grand health
laws of 1905.
You cannot capitalize human tears
and mental anguish.
You cannot estimate In dollars the
world's loss through the pessimism en
gendered by premature death, dis
ease or the despair of poverty, which
may follow both.
You cannot compute even the prln
cipal of the debt laid upon Individuals,
communities or states by the moral
delinquencies that result absolutely
from physical suffering alone.
But we can rejoice when we know
beyond all doubt that in every year
untimely death has been shut out of
more than 8000 of our homes and that
at least 50,000 of our people are an
nually spared the ravages of acute diss
eases.
And with a pride blended with
thankfulness we can rejoice In the
spirit of Pennsylvania's fostering care
for her people which made these re
sults possible.
OFTIOIAU.
Office ) 4 7X National Bauk Building,
OIL. CITY, if A.
Eves examined free.
KxoiiiRtvAiv optical
Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy.
Never fails. Buy it now. It may save life.
. ,
Some Forney and Tailored
Waists Reduced.
To Bay "reduced" is puttiog it mildly they're to be very nearly
half price.
Not in absolutely porfect condition, that's why they're to be sold
at so great a out iu price. Waists hurt a little by being displayed,
o we sell them now 'stead of waiting to the end of the waist season
aa ia the usual custom of stores.
Five $1.11) Tailored Waists, 65c.
Five (1 50 Tailored Waists, 85a.
Three 81 75 Tailored Waist, SI.
Seven 82 50 Tailored" Waists, $145.
Some ot these Tailored Waists are all linen some lawn soma
madras.
One $1.75 Fancy Waist, $1.
One $2 50 Fancy Waist, 1 65.
Seven $2 75 Fancy Waists, $1.85
One $5 Fancy Waist, $3.
WILLIAM B. JAMES.
CARLON'g,
You Cen Get
the style of
Oxford. Pump or
Sandal
You are looking for at our store, All the new things lor
season 1910. Largest assortment.
Prices reasonable.
CARLON & CO.'S,
Oil City, Pa.
WAVERLY GASOLINES
never fail guaranteed best for all Auto purposes. Three brands:
76 MOTOR STOVE
Made from Pennsylvania Crude Oil. Cost no more than the ordinary kind.
Your dealer knows ask him.
Waverly Oil WorKs Co., ft'iffiSJs? Pittsburg, Pa.
JAMES HASLET,
GENERAL MERCHANTS,
Furniture Dealers,
AND
UNDERTAKERS.
TIONESTA, PENN
Keeley
Send your friends
with the drug or
drink habit to the
Keeley Institute. 30 years
Lure f
successful cures.
Writ for particular.
Only
Krrlcv Institute In Wtntcrn Penn.
4246 Fifth Are., PitttWih, P.
Moore & Stevenson Stores
Here Are Xew Wash Materials for Inexpensive Froeks.
Grouped on main aisle tables this morning where you can select tbem
quickly are some of the prettiest wash fabrics out this season
Irish Dimities, popular every rpriug as regular as viobts, uuequaled for
service, 25c yard. "'
Figured Organdy and Mercerized Foulards as pretty as silks, 25o yard.
Colton Foulards and American Corded Dimities, 15o yard.
Printed Lawns and Batiste, light and dark figure aud floral designs. 10c
and 125c yard.
Curard Madras, black and white, 10j yard.
Poplins and Mercerized Suitings, bright spring shades, bilk finish, 25o yd.
White Serge Among: the New Arrivals In Tailored Suits
No woman who likes the comfort of knowing that her white suit is
hanging ready in her cloeet need wait any longer; a fresh shipment is just
in. You can choose from plain white or bair line blaok stripe serge suits at
822.50 and 825 00.
Grey Suits have been replenished to sell at 817.50 and 825.00.
For Showery April -Umbrellas $1.00.
Ladies' fast black silk gloria covers strong tape edge all steel para
gon rustless frames plain mission handles the kind of umbrellas for every
day use.
Sale 27-inch Flouncings,
$1.00 values at 75c, $1.50 values at $1.00.
Two items of flouncing at unusually good savings.
A purchase from one of the best manufacturers of fine embroidery one
whose goods are on our counters the year round an overlot of 25 pieces,
about 350 yards, thai were sent to us at special prices aud offered while they
lust at real savings. With these came some exceptional good allovers in
dainty new patterns at 50 j, 60c, 75c, 81 00 and 81 50.
MOORE & STEVENSON
Oil City, Pa.
OIL CITY, PA.
Pjilm Beach, Fla.
J. L. Hoplor
LIVERY
Stable.
Fine carriages for all occasions,
with first class equipment. We can
fit you out at any time for either a
pleasure or business trip, and always
at reasonable rates. Prompt service
and courteous treatment.
Come and see us.
Hear of Hotel Weaver
TIOHSnEST-A., 3?-A..
Telephone No. 20.