Centre Street at Elm, Oil City, fa.
January Clearance Sale.
Sweeping Price Cuts
Rlule Throughout the Store.
All Winter Goods Must Go.
This annual clearing period, coupled with the fact that it
is a fixed rule of this store that each season's stock must be sold
within that season, brings about the very lowest prices on win
ter goods ol the entire year. Absolute clearance is what we
aim to accomplish by this price lowering movement. A real
bona fide lessening of prices that is so far reaching in its scope
and decisiveness that those in search of seasonable goods below
value will be attracted to the sale by the sheer force of the out
of the ordinary values offered. .
We give no frills to the announcement of this
event the values offered are so important and unus
ual that the plain unvarnished statement of actual
facts will carry our message of the sale with more
force than any combition of words we can devise.
The Goods.
The very qualities you have become acquainted with on
your former visits to the store.
Prices.
Considerably less than have ruled during any time of the
present season. That is the whole essence and substance of this
very important clearance movement o! seasonable merchandise.
SeJe Begins Monday Morning,
JaunviQLry 22d.
Handbills will give you details of the economies.
The Richest Per Capita
Nation on Earth
is Fraaice.
France isn't tbe
nation, hut its
entirely to
Four Per Cent, on Your Savings.
Oil City Trust Company
Oil City, Pa.
AGREEABLE
She You're a brute.
He Test Well, you say I treat you
like a dog.
,
Nicely Put.
Brahms dined one day with one of
his fanatic Bdrntrers, and the latter,
knowing the master's predilection for
fine wine, bad a bottle of renowned
quality brought to the table toward
the end of the repast. "This," he ex
claimed, "Is the Brahms among my
wines!" The guest sipped of It, say
ing: "Excellent, wonderful! Now
bring on your Beethoven!"
Barred From House of Commons.
An Irish peer was expelled for di
recting a lottery, while for organizing
R "Charitable Association" of shady
habits Sir Robert Sutton and two
Others were shut out In 1730. Steele
of tbe Tatler was prohibited the house
for "maliciously insinuating that the
Protestant succession in the house of
Hanover Is In danger under her maj
esty's administration." But perhaps
the oddest reason for closing the doors
of the house of commons upon a man
Is to be four i In the rase of .Mr. As
gill, whose i.n was that of writing a
treatise "On the Possibility of Avoid
ing Death." London Chronicle.
greatest producing
wealth is due
Its saving.
WHAT DID SHE MEAN?
lilt
.tsaei
.Hssiitv
juiuiiiimik
(MMIIMimMin
Grace That mathematics professor
has been making desperate love to
me lately.
Mattle I thought he claimed to be
an authority on figures.
Her Idea of Americans.
A little highland Scotch girl had
looked forward eagerly to the coming
of an American cousin. She had never
seen an American, but she had her
own Ideas about them. Her mother
had to remonstrate with her for look
ing so hard at their guest after the
Amerioan girl had arrived.
"It Is very rude," she said. "Why
do you look at her like that?"
"But, mother, her hair is lighter
than mine.
"Yes."
"And her skin is white."
"Yes, but what of it?"
"I always thought that Americans
were black."
Tamed at the Start.
Statistics show that In nearly all
cases the college girl, when she mar
ries, stays married. Probably she
starts out by giving her husband a
vivid description of the hazing stunt
she has participated in. Cleveland.
Leader.
ill
DRIVING OUT THE
BOGUS FOOD MEN
Effective Work of State Bureau
in Behalf of Consumer. '
DEYICES OF ADULTERATORS
Commissioner Fousfs Agents In Every
County Vigorous Enforcement of
New Laws.
The adulte.-ators and poisoners of
food products are belug driven out of
business in Pennsylvania. The deter
mination of the state administration
to protect the health of the people by
the rigid enforcement of the pure food
laws is removing the evils of an In
dustry, which in recent years has in
vaded every community in this coun
try. The regulation of the manufac
ture and sale of food products In
Pennsylvania Is being commented on
approvingly by officials of the agri
cultural department at Washington, as
well as by officials of the dairy and
food commissions in every other state.
Effective legislation for the protec
tion of the consumer from the manu
facturer of bogus foods was made ne
cessary by new conditions. With the
rapid Increase of population there
came a change In the methods of
preparation and manufacture of food
products unknown a quarter of a cen
tury ago. With these manufactures
came the doper and adulterator. And
he Increased and multiplied. Hardly
a commodity that finds a place upon
the table of the consumer escaped his
sinister influence. This state of af
fairs led to the enactment of laws
regulating the manufacture of food
products and appropriations for their
enforcement by the dairy and food
commissioner.
Pure Food Campaign Statewide.
The fight for pure food for the peo
ple Is a notable feature of the admin
istration of Governor John K. lener.
In many of his speeches during the
campaign last year Governor Tener
emphasized the necessity of vigorous
measures against tbe dopers, and his
pledges on the stump In this direction
are being fulfilled. This Is made pos
sible by supplementary pure food en
actments by the legislature at Its re
cent session. James Foust, the dairy
and food commissioner, who is direct
ing the campaign against manufactur
ers of bogus foods with marked abil
ity, has assumed an uncompromising
attitude toward the violator of the
pure food laws. Into every county the
commissioner has sent agents to se
cure evidence upon which to base pros
ecutions. The result of his vigorous
methods are Indicated by a long list
of convictions during the past eight
months.
The work of the food department In
providing the consumer with products
of high standard Is Illustrated by the
enforcement of an act of the legisla
ture signed by Governor Tener April
6. This legislation lg aimed at the
manufacturer of spurious sausages. It
defines the process of sausage making
and establishes the lawful ingredients
of that product by defining what are
not lawful ingredients. As the season
is approaching when buckwheat cakes
and sausage occupy a prominent place
In the breakfast menu, tbe sausage
producer is a busy man. .
The Shrinking Sausage Links.
It has been the practice of many
manufacturers to take 60 per cent of
meat, and add thereto 15 per cent of
potato flour or some other cereal, per
mitting the addition of 25 per cent
water, which the flour would readily
absorb. The sausage looks all right in
the market, but when it is put into
the frying pan it begins to shrink
like a cake of Ice In the sun. When
the cook makes a stab at the stuffed
skin the water blows after the fashion
of a bursted fire hose, and the pleth
oric link diminishes in size with
amazing suddenness.
Now meat costs the butcher an av
erage of 10 cents per pound and po
tato flour Is worth a trifle less than
3 cents, while the water Is clear profit,
hence the temptation to construct the
sausage along unlawful lines. -
Adulterations in the sausage line
are not confined to the pork variety.
Bologna is mixed in much the same
way and is also boiled in a harmful
chemical concoction to give It a rich
color, all of which Is forbidden by
law. Commissioner Foust Insists that
people who pay the current high
prices for sausage are entitled to have
their purchase all meat, with the priv
ilege of adding the other ingredients
themselves, If they so desire.
No Compromise With Offenders.
"While the economical spirit of mod
ern merchandizing manages to work
up all of the animal, Including horns,
hoofs and Intestines, into by-products,
In the future in Pennsylvania the pro
duct must be Just what it Is represent
ed when sold to the consumer or the
state bureau will know the reason
why. The commissioner has no desire
to take snap judgment on any one or
cause trouble because of real Ignor
ance, and hence he gives fair warning
to offenders.
The western sausage manufacturers
and others are urging that the en
forcement of the law be suspended
with respect to goods bought by re
tailers and placed upon their shelves
prior to the passage of the sausage
law, but Mr. Foust has replied that
the manufacturers must take back
their goods. Throughout the state
Commissioner Foust's agents are at
work among the sausage manufactur
ers. Th? new law provides that upon
conviction the manufacturer shall pay
a fine of not less than $100 nor more
than $200 or to undergo imprisonment
for not less than thirty days nor more
than sixty days, or either or both, in
the discretion of the court.
Warning For the Oyster Man.
With the coming of the ' It" nionthi
the oyster dealer is ai?aln active. The
skeptical buyer of the shucked bi
valves may inquire, "and how busy is
the pump?" The skeptical may take
comfort. The stute solons have consid
ered his woes and provided for his re
lief. Tho dairy and food Mmmtsionqr
fcaS instructed bis force of akcn'ts to
be on guard, that the unlawful busi
ness partnership between the oyster
pall and the pump Bhall be dissolvod
and the practice ended by which the
public Is compelled to pay the regu
lar price of oysters, 40 cents per
quart, for water and so-called juice.
Hecently a woman went to Commis
sioner Foust's office with a vessel con
taining oysters. She had paid 40 cents
for the contents. On examination it
was found tlfat there was less than a
pint of oysters. The rest was ice and
water. Tho pure food law forbids the
addition to any article of food of any
substance cheaper than the original or
anything that will adulterate it in any
manner. Some fish dealers are in the
habit of buying oysters and Ailing up
the tubs with ice. The ice melts, and
the resultant water Is sold to the cus
tomers as juice. Under the law the
customer Is entitled to oysters pack
ed as closely as they will lie to
gether. Commissioner Foust has Informed
the dealers of the law's requirements,
and any dealer who finds himself in
the clutches of the law for adding ice
or water to oysters will be prosecuted.
If the dealers want to avoid trouble
they should sell their oysters from
the original packages and place the
ice around the outside, as tho law re
quires. Milk Dealers Pay Fines.
The conviction of nearly 400 milk
men for violating the milk law en
acted by the legislature last spring
has had a wholesome effect upon the
dealer who regarded that law with In
difference. During one month the new
milk law was put to the test in 261
towns in fifty-two counties. In 211
towns there were violations, showing
that there was vast need for a law
establishing standards of milk and
cream purity in the state. Awnts of
the department discovered that many
dealers scouted the law when they
heard of its existence and continued
to adulterate their milk and cream,
feeling certain that they would not be
detected.
Milk dealers In many communities
had a system by which they were
promptly informed of the arrival of
the state agent and thus were en
abled to conceal their practices. Re
cently the pure food agents have
worked so quietly that they were en
abled to secure samples from these
violators without being suspected. The
first Intimation the men who watered
their milk had came when they were
invited to the magistrate's office to
pay a fine of $25. They paid and de
cided that in the end it would be more
profitable to sell real milk and cream.
Now that the pasture months are
closing and the price of butter has
advanced the oleo man renews hie
smile. Lest he forget the past and
the householder be uneasy, a warning
word comes from the dairy and food
commissioner. The legislature permits
the sale of oleo, but only such as Is
kept free from all coloration causing
It to look like yellow butter. The su
perior court, in an opinion written by
Judge Rice, has declared that the law
prohibits the sale of oleo made in re
semblance of butter, no matter by
what process this coloration Is se
cured. Upon this decision the com
missioner takes his stand. The legis
lature regarded this provision so im
portant for the protection of the con
sumer and of the honest dealer and
butter maker that, despite great pres
sure, It refused at the last session to
strike it from, the law.
Convictions In Oleo Cases.
Cases brought by Commissioner
Foust before tbe courts of Schuylkill,
Northampton and Venango counties
for violations of the oleo law have
been terminated by the conviction of
the offenders. Judge Kennedy, of Al
legheny county, recently sentenced a
dealer to pay a fine of $1000 and for one
year's parole for a second offense. It
Is significant that of all tne fAdernl
oleo licenses Issued In Pittsburg by
the Internal revenue bureau for the
year beginning July 1, lll, not one
was sought for the sale of colored
oleo, that Is, of oleomargarine colored
by added dyes. This is a marked im
provement in a district where in recent
years many federal licenses were issued
f.zr the sale of such oleo, illegal In
Pennsylvania, and where- "moonshin
ers" sold great quantities of dyed oleo
without taking out either federal or
state licenses. The food bureau's agents
have been instructed to visit every store
lu their respective districts and vlnl.
lantly see to it that the law i obeyed.
During Governor Tener's adminis
tration, embracing the period from
Jan. 17 to Oct. 1, the dairy and food
bureau analyzed about 8000 food nam.
pies and prosecutions to the number of
about luoo were started. These prose
cutions were based upon violation of
laws regulating the sale of eggs, doped
fruit syrups, Ice creams low in fat,
ard, fresh meats drugged with sul
phites, milk low in fat and containing
formaldehyde, non-alcoholic drinks
jweetened with saccharin, a poison, and
Including ginger ale containing pepper,
foods adulterated in various ways, In
cluding oleomargarine, fresh sausage
containing flour and water, vinegar,
distilled or colored, and other products.
The campaign for pure food does
not cost the taxpayer a dollar. On tne
contrary, although not intended to he
a revenue collecting agency, the state
bureau Is more than self-supporting.
During the period of January to Octo
ber the dairy and food commissioner
collected In fines and from other
sources lllo.ZM. rne total disburse
ments of his office were $64,508. All
receipts of the office are turned Into
tbe state treasury for the use of the
commonwealth, the expenses of the
bureau being pam iro'n a specinc ap
propriation maae dv rr legislature.
Coronation Graft.
Tbe practice of running tbe foun
tains and conduits with wine on euro
nation day was abandoned after the
reign of Queen Elizabeth, but uuotber
old custom was observed up to . the
coronation of George IV. After the
king and the company had departed
from the banquet lu Westminster hull
the doors were thrown, open, nud the
people rushed In and cleared the la
bles of everything victuals, cloths.
plates, dishes, etc., nil vanished In a
few minutes. And. as Sir Waiter
Scott tells us, the nobility were not
above hiking nwny the saltcellars aud
spoons.
HEALTH HINJF0R TODAY.
When to Cut Finger Nailt.
Finger nails should be cut the
last thing at night. By the morn
ing the cut portions will hare
hardened and the nails be less
likely to split. A little oil occa
sionally rubbed Into the nails
prevents their splitting if dis
posed to do so.
T.A.P.
Oil City, Pa.
CURRENT VERSE
"Death Has No Part In Him."
Unto each man his handiwork, unto each
tils crown
The lust fate Rives:
Whoso tnkes the world'! life on lilm and
his own lays down,
lie, dying so, lives.
Whoso bears the whole heaviness of the
wronged world's weight
And puts It by.
It It well with his suffering, though he
face man's fate;
How should he dleT
Seeing death has no part In lilm any
more, no power
Vpon his head:
He has brought his eternity with a little
hour.
And Is not dead.
For an hour. If ye look for lilm, lie Is no
more found
For one hour's space;
Then ye lift up your eyes to him and be
hold him crowned,
A deathless face.
On the mountains of memory, by the
world's well springs.
In all men's eyes,
Where the light of the life of him Is on
all past things,
Death only dies.
A. C. Swinburne.
The Grave of Care.
We burled Care In an open grave.
And high as we tamped the tods,
The laugh and the song and the cheer
we gave
Hang out to the Hill of Oods.
We burled Care with a right good will
And never a sign gave we,
And over the mound we danced our fill
And planted the seeds of glee.
It's many a day since the teedt were
sown
In a single mirthful hour.
And up from the mold they all have
grown
With many a charming flow'r.
There are Illnssomt of Cheerfulness,
Puds of Mirth,
Bprlgs of tho Merry Heart;
There are perfumed flow'rs of the Joy
of Karth
And blooms of the Hetter Part.
We watered them all as they grow and
grow
Wlth the tears of our revelry.
And hour by hour they nod and blow
To the beautiful sunlit sea.
So sing, oh. sing me a carefree song
And take me I wot not Wi.ere,
Bo the sun be warm and the day he long
And the llow'rs on the grave of Care.
C. U Armstrong In April Smart Set.
Simplified Existence.
A father never should complain
Concerning an expense;
His marrying children should dlstaln
His views of common sense.
Your honest man small grace will show;
Your gentleman's a crook.
In this strange world. How do I knowf
I read It In a book. '
It Isn't hard to run a farm
And build a bank account.
From speculation you can charm
A fabulous amount.
It Isn't any trick at all
To paint, or sing, or cook.
The rules I readily recall.
I read 'em In a book.
The mighty populace that makes
A nation big and strong
May be protected 'gainst mistakes,
It never should go wrong,
If It would but reorganise
On certain lines that look
Exceeding simple, neat and wise,
I read 'em In a book.
A Cure for the Blues,
What! Moping just because the sklet
Are dull and dark, and gray?
Dejected, long faced Just because
The rain beats down todayT
Why, bless you, child! It doesn't help!
To let the tears drip, too.
Just wipe your eyes and look around
For some good work to do.
There's nothing helps when you are blue
Uke helping set things right,
Kind tervlce nils the darkest day
With sweetness and with light,
And when you're feeling out of sorts
The very wisest plan
Is to And out what others want
And help them all you ran.
80 look around and study up
Some helpful thing to do:
You'll find that cheering others' lives
Will brighten life fur you.
Look up the real unfortunates.
And ease their aches and pains.
And while you feel you're doing good
You'll never know It rains!
Dead and Forgotten.
There la a grave, neglected, bare.
To which no pilgrim ever goes;
No stone has been .-rectcd there,
And there no bloMom ever blows.
Yet he who lies within that grave '
Was worthy of all good men's praise;
He was high minded, famous, brave,
A man who walked In wisdom's ways.
He was a man who dared to stand
With one or two for what was right,
He lent new glory to his land.
He prized his honor more than might.
Tis long since he through darkness,
groped,
Long since his proud lips have been
dumb.
He was the man that once I hoped
I should have courage to become.
-S. K. Klser.
All Is Character.
"Behind every foieground of action
lies the background of character on
which the action rests and fro. 1 which
ill geta its life and meaning." Phil
lips Brooks.
(P)
'Railroad Men! Shop Men!
TeauiMtertt!
Oil
Attention, Gentlemen!
This advertisement is printed for you.
You ran buy Hamilton, Curbart & Co. Overalls and
Jackets all this week at 8!)o the garment.
There are worth $1 00 and $1 25.
This reduction is lor this week only.
Extras!
Extras
We are offering our complete lines of Suits and Overcoats
for Men, Boys and Children at
25 Per Cent Reduction.
It's a wonderfully low price on a wonderful stock of High
Grade Clothing.
Burns white, clear and steady I
to the last drop. For the J
sake of everyone In the fam- J
ily insist upon having
Family Favorlio
Lamp Oil
Smokeless Bootless Odorless Costs no
vea- saves money. Your dealer has it in
Wavirly Oil Works Co. ipmini Pittsburg, Pa.
Simplicity In Singing.
Tune thy music o thy heart.
Sing thy joy with thanks and so thy sor
row; Though devotion needs not Art,
Sometimes of the poor the rich may bor
row. Strive not yet for curious ways;
Concord plraseth more, the less 'tis
strained;
Zeal affects not outward praise,
Only strives to show a love unfeigned.
I,ove can wondrous things effect.
Sweetest sacrifice nil wrath appeasing;
I.ove the highest doth respect:
Love alone, to Him Is ever pleasing.
Thomas Campion.
Pure Born From Death.
Boul, get thee to the heart
Of yonder primrose; hide thee there
There breathe the meditations of thine
art
Suffused with prayer.
Of spirit grave yet light.
How fervent fragrances uprise
Pure-born from these most rich and yet
most white
Virgin tics!
Mulched with unsavory death,
tirow. Soul, unto such whltn estnle.
That virginal-prayerful art shall lie thy
breath.
Thy work, thy late.
Sidney Lanier.
Brother Diokey Explains.
"I got no sarmont ter preach to
day," said Brother Dickey. "The last
time I put my presence In dls yer
yer pulpit I preached a sarmont what
uus so powerful hit sont bIx sisters
off In a trance, an' dey ain't come to
not ylt, causln' de law ter git after me,
kaze dey ain't conscious enough ter
rise up an' make a llvln' fer dey hus
bands. Tongues er fire come down
on me at dat time Cum de glory-Ian',
an' now some er you Is oncharitable
enough ter say dat de fire orter
scorched me ter a frazzle! Dls is no
time fer a powerful preacher Ink' mo!"
Atlanta Constitution.
Tea.
The earliest mention of tea by an
English-speaking writer Is probably
that contained in a letter from Wick
ham, an agent of the East India com
pany, written from Firando, Japan, on
June 27, 1615, to Eaton, another agent
of the company, resident at Macao,
asking for a pot of the "best sort of
chaw." It was not till 1650, or there
abouts, that the English began to use
tea to any considerable extent and
with reason, the price of tea In Eng
land ranging from $30 to $50 par
pound.
How's This for a Record?
A New Jersey woman has been a
cook in a fa; .ily for 42 years. She
has never asked for a vacation, has
never found fault with anything, has
always cooked on a coal range and Is
happy and contented. Exchange.
Provided for Burial Vault.
3y the will of a French lady who
died recently a farm was left to the
town on condition her family vault
was kept In repair; while the rest of
her estate was to be divided among
those attending her funeral.
What Fear Did.
A wealthy man In New York com
mitted suicide when his doctor told
him he had appendicitis. A post mor
tem revealed that he did not have It.
His fear of evil was worse than the
evil Itself. (Prov. 1:33.)
Brute, Indee."
The Wife I do believe I would fall
dead if you were to come home early
some evening. The Brute You will
have to offer a bigger bribe than that.
Indianapolis Press.
The Mote In Your Own Eye.
If you find yourself thinking more
of the bad points of your friends and
relatives than of their good ones, Just
stop a moment and ask yourself how
you would like people to get into the
habit of doing the same with you.
Then start again right away and do
hetter next time. Everybody has food
points. Try to see them.' Argus.
Men!
T.A.P.
!
Oil City, l'a.
more thsn Inferior tank-wagon kinds. Saves
barrels direct Irom our refineries.
THOSE DEAR GIRLS
Myrtilla I admire Mr. Masherr be
cr.use he is always saying something
that one never hears from anybody
eluo!
Muriel Has he been proposing to
you, too?
and Manufacturing Opticians. .
We examine your eves and grind (he
glasses on the pnmilnas.
Results -Definite.
"The latest methods known In science
sre employed. No Drops. Ariillcial
eyes In stock. Lenses duplicated 00
siiort order.
Dr. Morck In charge.
Morck Optical Co.,
OIL CITY, PA.
First Ntlmml Btnk Rull.linir.
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Shotgun is ttronytst v.l'cn:
other iruns are Vinhxl. The bar
rels nnd lu-s nro drop-fcirp il i:i
cm- piece of hi-h pressure stet I,
choice bored for nitro powder
with matted rih.
Pick up tliis din nnd feel the balance
of it examine the working parts
closely and seethe Cap r:: re ami liiiih
of dctail-you will say it's a u-iimrr.
It lists nt only 020.00 nnd will bo
expressed -. p.-.i.l t f.um i:;c
facory in cosf on rrniof Ffrt-rr
it Virowjh a ill tiler.
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