Centre Street at A Worldof White. A Unique Event That Provides the Very Best White Weao Values in Years. A bigger, better, broader white event than any we've ever held bigger in point of quantity, better in point of qualities, broader in point ot money-savins opportunities. The entire 6tore a vision of snow-white loveliness. Aisles and walls banked by stacks, heaps and rows of white yard goods and white wear of every description and without flaw, and priced as seldom before. As far back as three months ago we commenced to plan this bigger, better, broader White Sale. We started early be cause we had fully decided that we would leave no stone un turned in making this the most memorable white event ever at tempted hereabouts. We got in touch with the land's foremost white goods manufacturers and secured white goods of undoubt ed quality at price concessions out of the ordinary. We se cured hundreds of tempting offers which have enabled us to assemble The Greatest Collection of Fine White Goods at Lowest Prices In the history of local retailing so far as we know. Here's your once in a year white wear opportunity! Take full advantage of it. Sale Will Commence Promptly 8 a. m., Monday Morning, January 8, 1912. New Year's Is the natural time for adjusting financial matters, forming new hanking connections anil improving your investments. Our Certificates ot Deposit and Savings Department Books make a convenient tovestmeot for any amooDl, furnishing absolute safety, together with ao opportunity to convert into cash readily, if desired; and j ay you Four Per Cent Oil City Trust Company Oil City, Pa. Executor's Police. Letters Testamentary on tbe ntttate ot A. L. Welter, latent Klngxley Township, Forest County, Pa., deceased, having been granted to tbe underHiuned, all per sons indebted to aid estate are brehy notifid to make payment without delay, and those bavin.- claims or demand will preaeDl them, duly authenticated, fur settlement. Elizabeth Wkllkr, Executrix. Kellettvilie, Fa. A. C. Brown, Attorney. Before the New Year Opens begin that account in the Pittsburgh Bank for Savings which you know you oogbt to have, and which you have been promising yourself you would start. Make your first deposit not later than Saturday, and interest will begin on Monday. 4 PER CENT. AND NO WORRY Fourth Avrime nnil Kmlthllrld Si. riltbnrnli, I'n. J. L. Hepler LIVERY Stable. Fine carriages for all occasions, wilu first class equipment. - We can fit you out at any' time for either a pleasure or business trip and nlwate at reasoushln rates - Prompt servin and courteous treatment Cnni suil see us Rear of Hotel Weaver TIOnSTKSTJL, IP.A.. Telephone No. 30. PITTSBURGH " BANK " FOR SAVINGS ! Elm, Oil City, Ta. freshly, crisply new, perfect HEALTH HINTFOR TODAY. Breathing Through the Mouth. Breathing through tbe moutb Instead of through the nose, as nature Intended. Is generally caused by tbe swelling of nor mal tissue lu tbe nose or by growths In tbe nose, snch us polypi, etc., it nd by the growth III tbe throat of adenoids and tonsils. The removal of these obstructions by surgical menus Is tbe only rational method to secure natural breathing. This Is not dangerous, and Injury to the speech or singing voice nev er occurs. On the contrary, through the presence of these obstructions In tbe nose and throat the hearing and the In tellectual and bodily develop ment often become seriously Im paired. . THL WORLD ALMANAC 1912 Edition In thli compart Tolum of raluaMe anil mtr "tin, Information. complMe up-to data llbran In itlr, jou will find at-ruratt partltulan of U Hwlal miloni of Cona-rnu. Iht elfcllona. nmup naiittira and t-om.-MriMna. m-lprocitr, tht Panama Canal, markrts, ctoi, imreaw in prlcn of atap'a prmlurti. rot ot llring. atria irhinrairatt. rrorrt. .,ml ,:u.r.. -.e.,tiflr iiiorfn. p!or tloni l rid lnnoTiiioni of 1911. win, tnttrnatlnoa! diwiMmnta and other great hlori--l ttanta. iroth of tr-f tnlierl StalM. Inorrninj ponula Hon and wealth ft -ountrif. Stale and munW. nalidM. CongTrniona word, unrling rarordi ciirrnr. wnihta and miiir, wiatlwr forn-ata. uiier!iila and arhv,l, ii"iu ordfie. Indua trim, conimtnt. railroad, snipping, danla of niliont annua and natira of I lie wciiid, bannna. mniifr, taira. inaiirauce. nolitbal partita, atcrft oHrtiea. cluha, birtln, marrlaiira. ditorcaa and death uoman suffrage and to.000 Other Facta and I l(nre l p to Data ut ereo dj iuletui and alut lo oerybodr. No merrhant, farmer, laborer, bnaineaa man. h'jiuewife or biilnev woman, aehool boy or achool Iirl aliould lx williont a copy ot Ilia Taluablt 112 reference t.ilume of useful Itifnmi.ili.n Prl,- S5r. iWeat of Murrain and l'ltltliirah, 3"c( By bi.u, o..(t. Aoore.a me isew lorn World. w York KEELEY CURE c that has len continuously suc- crw.nii nr more limn &i vears Is worth In. vesliiraliiie. Kir the limit or drink hnhit. iii.rDanicnura.iinlv Kccley Institute in tern P-nim 42 Fidk Ar... Plll.lmr.li P.. WW 'VrirV STATE'S WARFARE AGAINST DISEASE Remarkable Record of Pennsyl vania's Lif3 Saving Service. DECREASE N DEATH- RATE Liberal Appropriation! For Extension of Health Department'!' Work and Support by Tener Administration. Pennsylvania Is proud of her depart ment of health. And she may well be, for no governmental agency could give back to the people a larger return for the taxpayer's money Invested than has State Health Commissioner Dix on's organized "standing army ot health," as the well equipped fighting force of sanitary workers has been xptly described. Created by broad, comprehensive health laws during the administration of Governor Pennypacker, fostered and strengthened by liberal appropria tions and broadened with the responsi bility of a atate-wlde campaign against tuberculosis under Governor Stuart, the department of health received the hearty support of Governor Tener and the first legislature In his administra tion. Today, after six years of exist- ence, It is the people's powerful arm of protection, and as such It has won their trust and confidence and co operation. ' Strong and powerful as Is this pub lic health arm of the state govern ment service, It has a very human side. Indeed, as Dr. Dlxon frequently remarks, the backbone of his depart ment's entire campaign Is the friendly working relation In which his health army stands to the people, not as a mere sanitary policeman, but as a helpful friend and adviser. This Is the position the state health department aims to assume, teaching and helping along the way to better and happier conditions of living. Mountain Home For 8ufferer. In no other division of its work Is the department of health closer to the people than in the conduct of the state campaign against tuberculosis, nor is any other health work showing more encouraging results. At Mont Alto, where the state has built a model village for tuberculosis, 6531 patients had been treated from June 1, 1907, to June 30, 1911. Here In the pure mountain air and plncladen breezes hundreds of poor sufferers have won back life and health. Mauy more have been so greatly benefitted as to be able to return to their homes and assist their families. Still others, In whom the disease had advanced too far, have been made comfortable and pro vided with a mountain home where they would not be a source of danger to their own people. Recently, when the state's tubercu losis exhibit was in Pittsburg, visitors noticed a large, husky fellow pointing out the features of a model Mont Alto building to visitors. Upon Inquiry It was found that the young man was a former Mont Alto patient. The joy ot life and restored health shone In his face. He was only a type of many who have won the light under the state's care. These persons, with health and strength restored, go back to their home districts as missionaries to teach the lessons of prevention. To follow up these cases wherever they go and see that they take proper care of themselves and others Is an Im portant feature of the state govern ment's organized work. The state hag been particularly active In caring for advanced cases, the records showing that the greatest number oX cases treated at Mont Alto went there with the disease far developed. New Sanitarium at Cresson. "The department of health Is today fighting tuberculosis," says Dr. Dixon, "with tbe end In view of ultimately wiping out the disease, of using every dollar of the taxpayer's money to the best advantage, and at the same time showing a wise humanitarianism in the care provided for all classes of cases, the Incipient, the moderately advanced and those for whom nothing can be done except to make their closing hours as comfortable as pos sible." Protected by the forests from the winter winds, but enjoying the full benefits of the high altitude, the new state sanltorium for tuberculosis at Cresson is being constructed by the department of health on the property given the commonwealth by Mr. An drew Carnegie. It Is so planned that four wings may be constructed, one at a time as needed, utilizing the same central building. Each wing or ward will accommodate 160 patients, giving a total capacity of 640 for the finally completed Institution. The first story of tbe structure la of sandstone found on the property. The second story is of asbestos boards, timbered, and the roof will be of as bestos shingles. The layout permits of the maximum amount of sunlight, with the wards so arranged as to aceommo date the varying demand of advanced and Incipient cases. The central build ing will provide a dining room, recep tion and examining rooms on the first floor, and apartments for the doctors, nurses and help on the second floor. A Retreat In Berks County. Connecting the east and west wards with the central building are corridors that have enclosed basements through which the patients can walk to the dining room in stormy weather, and a first floor to be used for the open air tieatment Here the patients may sit In rest chairs and enjoy the sunshine, and thus is overcome the necessity of porches that would bar the sun from the patient's roomH. Into this sun cor ridor also the patient's brd en be wheeled. To economize by using the same foundation and roof for as much as possible, a Becond floor of each con necting corridor will accommodate twenty beds for hospital cases. The sanatorium site, about 2400 feet above the sea level, is sufficiently far from all industries to have a pure air for the patients. The summers are cool and the winters long and unbroken. At Hamburg, In Berks county, a site has been purchased for an eastern L sanatorium, which will be built along the same lines as the one at Cresson. I The site selected commands a pleas-1 lng view of wooded mountains, broken Into gaps and peaks, with the Schuyl kill river winding In the valley to the west. Far enough away to avoid all i objection of noise and smoke, but near enough to relieve a sense of lonesome bess, the Schuylkill valley branches ef the Pennsylvania and Reading rail roads are seen. The quaint town of Hamburg nestles In the valley be low, bordered by stretches of farm lands with restful pastoral scenes. At these three state Institutions, Mont Alto, Cresson and Hamburg, the poor will receive the Ideal treatment for tuberculosis. Dispensaries Car For Thousands. Hand In hand with the sanatorium work goes the dispensary treatment At 115 places In Pennsylvania the state department of health has a free tuberculosis dispensary, in charge of a trained physician, with necessary as sistants and visiting nurses. Some Idea of the amount of work being done by these dispensaries may be gathered from the fact thnt from July, 1907, to July, 1911, 41,792 tuberculosis suffer ers had been examined and treated and regularly visited at their homes by the state's efficient corps of trained nurses. The educational and sociological work alone that Is being done by the state from these dispensaries to pre vent the spread of disease and to bet ter the conditions of living among the poor, would amply Justify all the mon ey Pennsylvania has appropriated to its tuberculosis campaign. And In connection with this work of educat ing the people, opportunity should not be lost to refer to the splendid aid given by the public press In general, through which It has been possible from day to day and week to week to talk over these problems of better health and better living conditions with the home group around every fireside In the state. When the dispensaries were started It was realized that if they were to be fully successful the department would first of all have to locate the indigent cases. It, therefore, solicited and re ceived the hearty co-operation of civic clubs, churches, organized charity as sociations, labor unions and the large employers of labor throughout the state. ' This co-operation has always continued, and the department appre ciates its value. Nurses In the Homes. When an applicant for dispensary treatment has been carefully examined by the physician In charge, and full in formation as to the history of the case, environment, occupation, etc., noted, he Is carefully Instructed as to what he must do to improve his own health and the absolute necessity of taking certain precautions to avoid infecting others. He is supplied with sputum cups and paper napkins, and If he Is too poor to get regularly the proper nourishment, this Is supplied to him in the form of milk and oil, the latter having proven a most efficient food. A day or so after the new patient has been to the dispensary a trained nurse calls at the home. The squalor and disease breeding conditions that the nurse so frequently finds present a task that would seem impossible. But the nurse Is all courage. Bright and cheerful and a model of 'cleanli ness herself, she is not afraid to roll up her sleeves and set the pace for getting the house in order. Windows are thrown open and God's glorious sunshine Is allowed to come in and run riot through the rooms, killing as nothing else can do so well the lurking germs of disease What a difference Is made In that home. The tubercu losis patient is thoroughly instructed in the precautions he must observe and the health rules he must follow, and each member of the family is sim ilarly taught how to avoid infection. The patient himself is especially ad vised to sleep with windows wide open or, better still, to sleep out of doors. Helpful suggestions are offered as to how sleeping quarters can be made nut of back porches, for Instance, at a nominal expense Then the nure makes a quick studv of the other conditions in the home Perhaps she notices that the children are anaemic, poorly nourished and Im properly clad, not necessarily because the family Is destitute, bttt because the little Income that exists is not be ing put to best advantage. Here lg an opportunity to teach the mother bow both In selecting and cooking the food the greatest possible nutrition can be secured for the least amount or money. Saving of Child Life. So it Is that nurses are going to the home of the poor throughout Penn sylvania, letting in the sunlight, teach lng the life-giving principles of fresh air and proper food, changing filth and disorder to cleanliness and neatness, making these people their friends and thus making them understand that the state is their friend. Can there possi bly ho anv othr result than that these people should be lilted up, or, bcue; still, that they should be incited ti climb up to a higher plane of living and morality. Thus they become bet ter citizens, better produces, and tht commonwealth is so much the health ler, wealthier and happier thereby. In October, 1905, Health Commls Bloner Dixon inaugurated free dlstrl button of diphtheria anti-toxin by tht state. Up to December, 1910, 27.3U cases of thin dread disease, mostl little children, were treated for curt with the life-aaving serum. Front statistics it is gathered that without anti-toxin forty-two out of every ont hundred of these children probabl would have died, but thanks to tin state's beneficence only 2324 died. Fre anti-toxin was also given for Immuni zatlon purposes In 20,294 cases, mostl) children who had been In contact witt the disease. All but 333 of these wer absolutely protected against diph therla. The actual saving of chile life resulting from the state's free dl tributlon of diphtheria anti-toxin Ir these five years was In cold figure! 1152 lives. Pollution of Water Supply. The battle for pure water supplict has been waged in Pennsylvania wltl unparalleled succcbs. In I9iij, whei T.A.P. ! ( Oil City, Pa. tn pietieiu purity ot water law war enacted the streams of the state fron one end to the other were opfn sew era for municipalities large and smal and were poisoned by the Inillvldua property owner' without any regar whatever for the neighbors dowi stream. Up to Aug. 1, 1911, prlvatt sources of stream pollution to tht number of 34,481 had been abatet upon formal notice from the depnrt merit, and thousands more have beet stopped through the moral Influence of this work. ' Eighty-nine modern sewage disposa plants have been either built or an in process of construction as approvet by the state. Two hundred and eighty four municipalities and private sewer age corporations are building compre henslve sewerage systems In accord ance with approved plans for sewagt treatment works. Eighty-six modert water filtration plants have been ap proved by the state and are elthe; built or being erected. And what of typhoid fever, In vie of the work for pure water? In 1906, out of every lOO.noo per sons In Pennsylvania, 56.5 died of ty phold fever; in J9d7, 50.3; In 19n8 34.4; In 1910, 24.5. There are now liv lng more than 2400 persons who, hac the death rate of 1906 prevailed ii 1910, would have died from typhoid. Result of Health Campaign. Consider the economic value to tht state of such a saving of life. Tin most conservative economists plact the average value of such a life a' 13000. This means that the reductloi in the death rate from typhoid fevet alone saved the commonwealth $7,200, 000. No account Is taken in this estl mate of the untold suffering and an guish from which thousands of homer were saved Thousands of physicians throughout Pennsylvania are being constant!) aided In diagnosing their cases by tht examinations of pathological sped mens sent by them to the state depart ment of health laboratories. Important research work is being done by tht state in these laboratories, work that Is adding to the world's knowledge o: preventative medicine. More than once in the past fen years the federal government has held up as a model Pennsylvania's systen for the collection of vital statistics that phase of work that lies at tht foundation of all successful sanlta tion. All this has shown striking results In 1906 the death rate In Pennsylva nla per inoo of population was 16.5; In 1908 it had dropped to 13.7, and It 1910 to 13.6. Bearing In mind Penn sylvanla's 7,635,000 population, this decreased death rate, small as it ap pears on its face, means In reality a tremendous saving of human lives Had the death rate of 190G prevailed Ir 1908, the latter year would have wit nessed the death of 5914 more people than died. Had this same rate ap plied In 1910, instead of the decreased percentage recorded by the depart ment of health, 6898 men, women and children now living and presumabl) In good health and spirits, would have died. Pennsylvania is reaping the benefiti of the state government's health cam palgn. This work will be continued ans as more and more the people real ize Its blessings, will be attended bj even greater results. Saved Storage Charges. Young men with meager salaries evolve financial makeshifts abhorrent to the moral and physical sensibilities of their opulent elders. Snld one young sprig of bonrdlng house gentil ity to another who expected to seek new quarters upon bis return from a two months' trip on tbe rond: "What nre you going to do with all this personal truck that Is cluttering up your room? It will cost you any how a dollar a month for storage." "Not the way A am working things," said the man who was going away. "I have purposely refrained from pny Ing board for four weeks, tmd the land lady will bold my stuff. Of course I shall square up when I conic back and get it again, and in the meantime she will give It free storage." New York Times. Lawyer on a Strike. Over SOU years ago one of the most unusual strikes ever recorded took place 111 Paris, when all the lawyers walked out, so to speak. A law or ortlotinance was Issued and promul gated by the French king Henry III. ordering nil lawyers lo sign I heir pleadings and to state the amount they were charging their clients for their services. This wus done so that the lawyers could be properly mid sufficiently taxed on their Income. The lawyers objected, and the strike, causing nn entire stay of Judicial pro ceedings, followed. Peace was restor ed by the nonenfoiveiiient of the or duuuauctrf, though It wus uot repealed. We Wish You 366 DfcLys of HeaJth and Happiness. T.A.P. We wish our with comes true, if it don't. We slant) reatly am! williug to help you Bhare be only imaginary trouble. I I H X I IK D H I K., Viafat ' -fcA , MarK Twain Heeded the Voice. Mark Twpti! wus ipilte at his best as au after dinner speaker at the bou quet given ill his honor some .vents ago by the members of the Authors' club. Incidentally he told bis amused listeners the story of bis first liipse from the paths of honesty. He was very young ut the time, lie explained, and the day was an exceedingly hot once. As be walked down the street of the village in wblcu lie wits living be saw a cart loaded wttb melons of most attractive appearance. "It Is with regret 1 mention," Murk Twain went on, with a humorous twinkle in his eyes, "that 1 was tempt ed aud I fell. I grabbed the must like ly looking melon of the lot and hur riedly made my way to the back of the woodshed. 1 gouged u huge slice out of it aud bit it. No sooner bad I done so when something within me convinced me that I bad done wroug. A voice seemed to say. 'Mark, get up and take that melon right back to where you got It from.' It was about the greenest melon I bad ever tasted. ) went back to tbe curt and carefully replaced It and look a tlpe one In Its place." Itostou Traveler. Curious Old Legend. Here Is a curious legend of Cologne. Once upon a time there was a burgo melster of the town whose wife died and was buried. In tbe - evening thieves, seeking to take Jewels from the dead, opened the collin. Now It happened that tbe woman was not dead, but in a trance, and wheu the thieves broke Into her burial place she awoke and went to her home. There she called a servant, who ran In fear to his master aud told him what bail happened. The scared burgomeister replied to this, "1 would sooner believe that my horses were looking out of the top floor window than believe that such a thing could lie." Scarcely had the words left Ills mouth than he heard horses galloping up the stairs. In memory of this nnd of the return of his wife lie bad two horses' heads In stone set lu a top floor window of bis bouse, where they remain to this day. A Real Patriot. "Let's see." said the lawyer who had met nn out of town ncqiKtiiilanre on a street ciir. iiecordiiig to I lie New Or leans I'lcii.viine. "i!o;sn'l your town soon hold i:u election'" "It does " "Anil I suppose you take u lively in iciest In it V" "Well, not too lively not as lively as I iwcd to." "I merest fulling off. eh? Didn't you run for mayor two or three years ago V" "I have run for mayor of my town seven successive limes, sir." "And been -been" "Keen defeated every lime, sir." "Then you probably won't ' run again?" "That's uncertain. I am going to iniptlre a foil ml anil find If I am really the man tbcv waul. If I am. then I'll take the candidacy. If not. then I will try to defeat the man they do want." The Better Job. Tbe Inquisitive tluest - I n;.pose, now, you would like to get r, Job in a restaurant patronized by uiMionnlrcM where you'll get big tips. The Obse quious Waller-No. sir. I'd rather have a Job In a restaurant where fourllush ers on $12 a week salaries dr ug the girls they are trying to uiiii;. a lilt with.-Tolfdo Itlade. l'roin.tljr ohtalnwl, or fSC RETURNED. SO VIA!' MPIRIINCf . Our OHARCKft ( THC LOWEST. Hmid liuxlol, photo or akuU-h for exiwrt aoitn-h and free rtMrt on pnti-ntAbtlily. INFRINQEMKNT lulu conilui'Ud before all i-onrtit. Tatt-iiUi obtained throtiph lia, AOVER TltED and SOLD, frra. TRADE-MARK, PEN SION and COPYRIGHTS quickly obtained. Opposite U. 8. Patent Office, WASHINGTON, D. O. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE IN TUIS I'APEK what may Oil City, Pa. re the product of more than 30 year' experience. Three brands 76 Special Motor Porver Without Carbon Wvrerlr intolinoa Arc all refined, dlititted end traataa contain no "natural" eaaoiinaa, ivhich are crudo and unrcfinotl and which carry the maiimuro of carbon-producing eUmontta Waverly OH Works Co..Pittburg,Pa. iMiep.-ntl.-nt Refiner Maktrt of Wavrly Special Auto Oil True B & D Vaa. semi-annua) shelf emptying Kacto January this store Emp ties its Shelves. 1'vcry tine ff the GO depart ments makes prices on od'l lots, surplus and ;iu(s that for any other reason they want sold. It is a Sale of importance to everyone an event no econom ical persiin can alTord to miss Dry floods, Men's, Women's and Children's Wearing Apparel, Itty;s, Draperies, Curtains and other hou.-ehold poods. Come, send or write for what ycu went. Mail Orders filled same as rc.sf tilar merchandise as 1mi as the lds last, so all may profit by the Shelf Kmptyincr sacrifice prices. Thousands of yards first class r-1.ni) and sfl J.") Novelty Suit ings Shelf Kmptyitig Price, 73c yard. (l.nO Drc!s and Waist Silks all the season's choice shades and weaves. $100 yard. DCGGS & BUHL, NORTH SIDE. PITTSBURGH, PA. and Manufacturing Opticians. We examine your eyes and grind the glaiaeaon tbe remlHHM. Results -Definite. The latest methods known to scionoe are employed. Mo Drops. Artilb-ial eyes in ittock. Lenses duplicated on short order. Dr. Morok lu charge. Itlorck Optical Co., OIL CITY, PA. FirBt Ntttloiml Bunk Building. The Number 520, Six-Shot Repeating Shotgun at $25.C0 is a liaiiiniorlcss gun with a solid fraiiii!. I'.nsirr to ox?rnte quiek tr mid smoother act ion than any other. It never balks nud is perfectly balanced. U-tnili-d (It-script inn of nny of nur KUiis is in nur lui '.1(rp ri l. c.aalo Ki'int for it TU-liA Y If you riiiinut nlihiin STI VI'V"! niiil.l, Ir.l.KSCtll'F.S will ship direct, rxpres., .i.iu, wmii re ceiptor entiling priie. I. STEVENS ADMG TOOL COMPANY P. O. Box Intl.! CHICOPEE FALLS MASSACHUSETTS mm. CHICHESTER S PILLS STEVENS 9 -pSr I PI S010 BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHtRlj
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