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World's Tallest Siructure
Formally Opened
Suits to Order, $12.60 to $35.00.
Shirts to Order, $2.00 to $12.00.
Centre Street at Elm, Oil City, P.
(P)
Direct to Your Home By Parcel Post
Prepaid.
If you order to the amount
win De delivered at your door, free of charge.
Under the Parcel Post Law vou ran deal dirprt with th
biggest, best, and most satisfactory store in Northwestern Penn-
sjnania, on tne same economical
vuy people.
Smartest Dresses
1 here is a treat in store, indeed, for the woman who has
her spring and summer dresses to buy and the more she
knows about what is absolutely new, the keener will be her ad-
miration ior tne great showing here.
The choice in materials runs riot. There are satins, mes
salines, crepe de chine, crepe meteors, taffetas, China silks,
charmeuse. Men's wear serges,
black-and-white check worsteds there seems hardly to be any
end to them.
Serge Dresses, lor street, 5.00 up.
Silk Dresses from $13.50 upward.
Lingerie Dresses irom $10.00 up.
Crepe Dresses from $10.00 up.
Eponge Dresses at from $7.50.
Linen Dresses at from $10.00 up.
Voile Dresses at from $7.50 up.
Crex Rugs and Other Grades
For Porches and Summer Homes Are Arriving.
They come in such rug sizes as 54x90 inches, 6x9 feet,
8x10 feet, and 9x12 feet, in green, brown and red patterns.
Mattings By the Yard
To match in 27, 36, 54 and 72 inch widths. Place your order
early.
$10 Plain Vacuum Cleaner, $7.25.
A plain vacuum cleaner without brush that runs like a
carpet sweeper. It is efficient, light, noiseless, easy to operate.
and is equipped with three bellows, insuring the maximum of
efficiency. A one-year guarantee against defects of materials
and workmanship goes with each ot these cleaners.
The price completely equipped, $7.25.
THE SAFETY
a bank offers to its depositors' funds is not found
alone in the size of its vault doors nor the thick
ness of its walls. Look to the amount of money
invested in the business by its owners, the stock
holders. There, iu dollars and cents, you will
find one real test of safety.
Our Capital and Surplus are over
$950,000.00.
Oil City Trust Company
Oil City, Pa.
PORTLAND CEMENT
PULVERIZED RAW LIMESTONE
PULVERIZED BURNT LIME
BURNT LUMP LIME
FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES
New Castle Portland Cement Co.
Manufacturers
THE BEST QUALITY
PORTLAND CEMENT
ALSO-
Pulverized Raw Limestone, Pulverized Burnt Lime and Burnt Lump Lime for
Agricultural use.
Pamphlets giving full Instructions for using Portland Cement on the farm, and
Lime as a Fertilizer, etc., for worn-out and unproductive farm lands, free on appli
cation. New Castle Portland Cement Co.
NEW CASTLE, PA.
Wobbler Seldom Succeeds.
"Success in life depends far more
upon decision of character than upon
the possession of what is called gen
ius. The man who is perpetually hesi
tating as to vrhich of two things he
will do, will do neither." William
"Wirt.
Beet Seed Industry of Poland.
The growing (if beets for seed In
Poland was started 30 years ago and
has been brought to a certain perfec
tion, so that the local seed quite
equals that of the foreign, and In
many cases It has turned out much
better.
of a dollar or more, the goods
looting as that enjoyed by Oil
for All Occasions.
broadcloths, fancy worsteds,
Political Joker.
"What Is the difference," asked
Mr. Bones, "between a statesman and
a boss?" "A statesman," replied Mr.
Tamho, "puts himself in the hands of
his friends, but the boss devotes him
self to seeing what he can get his own
hands on."
Embryo Politician.
"What makes you think the baby Is
going to be a great politician?" asked
the young mother, anxiously. "I'll
tell you," answered the young father,
confidently; "He can say more things
that pound well and mean nothing at
all than any kid I ever saw."
Manuel, Deposed Monarch,
Reported Engaged
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Phot br American Pru Association
The deposed King of Portugal,
whose pursuit of an actress is said to
have cost him bis throne, is reported
to be engaged to Princess Aiigustina
Victoria, twenty-three years old, the
eldest daughter of Prince William of
Hohenzollern, head of the nonrelgnlng
Catholic branch of his family.
"BE PATRIOTIC!"
Palmer's Advice to Manufacturers
Nervous Over Tariff Bi!l. .
Representative Palmer of Pennsyl
vania, a Democratic member of the
nays and means committee and re
garded as the administration spokes
man in the house, spoke on the tariff
bill now before the house.
Mr. Talnier tried to pacify those
Democrats who are spending their idle
hours in the cloakroom denouncing
the Underwood tariff bill. He assured
protected manufacturers of his own
state that they ware good fellows.
patriotic to the core and fully com
petent with a little more efficiency to
tight the world for trade on the com
petitive basis as established by the
new tariff.
Mr. Palmer had heard that the new
tariff might result in a lot of smoke
less factories and that many manu
facturers intended to close their doors
as soon as the law was approved. The
Pennsylvania member agreed that
some factories that were not up to
date might shut down under the new
tariff, but he believed most ot the
manufacturers to be patriots and none
of them would needlessly throw labor
out of employment Just to get even
with the party in power.
"Let us work for the common good,"
said Mr. Palmer.
Under au agreement reached in the
house it is probable that the tariff bill
will be passed by May 10 instead of
May 15 as originally planned.
MINERS ACCEPT TERMS
Convention of Coal Workers In West
Virginia Votes to Return to Mines.
Striking miners of the Kanawha
coal fields in West Virginia voted to
accept the proposals of Governor H.
D. Hatfield for a settlement of the
trouble.
The strike has been in progress
more than a year. It has been marked
by much rioting and considerable
bloodshed while three times martial
law has been proclaimed.
A nine-hour day, right to the min
ers to select their own check weigh
men, no discrimination against union
men, abolition of the mine guard sys
tem and semi-monthly paydays were
the principal points involved. Prac
tically all of these demands are grant
ed by the operators.
FIREMEN ARE WINNERS
Arbitrators of Railroad Dispute Make
Public Their Findings.
The award of the arbitration board
appointed under the Erdman act In
the case of the firemen on the eastern
roads was made public by the arbi
trators. While the firemen are not granted
the demand for an extra fireman on
engines weighing 200,000 pounds and
over and the request that the award
be made retroactive was not conceded,
the award on the whole is considered
favorable to the firemen.
The advances granted In the award
average from S to 10 per cent on pres
ent wages, footing up in the aggregate
between l:l,:00,000 and $4,000,000 extra
expenses in running the roads.
BEARS TAKE POSSESSION
Plutarch (N. Y.) Citizens Fall Back as
Bruins Approach.
Plutarch, X. Y., a village of 200 in
habitant in the Shawangunk mount
ains, was abandoned for several hours
while . a dozen bears roamed the
streets, now and then invading a
kitchen wln-e door stood ajar.
The bears were driven into the vil
lage by a the raging in the hills which
after two days had abated but little.
One mother with a child In her arms
did not ha't until t'he reached Mifii
land, five inl.es away. It was she who
rent to Plu'- rcli a posse of men j
horseback, nl'.o In an hour or two fcji
cleared the vicinity of the menacing
animals.
Seafaring Races.
The portraits of Captain Amundsen
show a certain likeness to Dt. Nansen.
Doth have in a marked degree the long
narrow skull of the Vikings. It is a
curious circumstance that the seafar
ing races, whether on the Baltic or on
the Mediterranean, have this type
of head, while the inlanders of Europe
are predominantly of the broad headed
Alpine sort
I!ut it will hardly do to make long
headedness the cause of seamanship,
as some enthusiasts have done, for
the Japcnese, who are round headed,
take readily to the sea.
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Photo by American Prfss Association.
With ceremonies that Included the
pressing of au electric button in Wash-
ngton by President Wilson and light
ing 80,00.0 incandescent bulbs, the
Woolworth building in New York, the
highest building on earth, was formal
ly opened.
CONFIDENCE PREVAILS
Optimism Everywhere Manifest In
Business Dun's Review.
Dun's Review of Trade says this
week:
"Notwithstanding the recent moder
ate reduction in trade and industrial
activity, it is significant that confl-
ence stills prevails; and in the west
nd south a spirit of optimism is mani
fest as to the future largely based
pon the flue crop outlook for both
cotton and wheat which contrasts
with the more conservative ' feeling
that exists in eastern centers.
"The work of recovery from the ef
fects of the mid-western floods is pro
gressing and this gives increasing re
lief to business. The tariff readjust
ment continues to inspire caution In
the trade circles more immediately af
fected, but the end of uncertainty is
now not far distant."
SCHWAB BRANCHES OUT
Steel Man Takes Over Fore River
Shipbuilding Co. For $4,800,000.
Announcement was made that the
Fore River Shipbuilding company at
Qulncy, Mass., has been sold to the
Bethlehem Steel company, of which
Charles M. Schwab is the head. The
price paid is reported to have been
14.800,000.
The company has done an annual
business that averages from $8,000,000
to $12,000,000. At the present time
twenty-three vessels are in course of
construction at the yards, involving
contracts aggregating $20,000,000.
The Schwab interests are said to
have elaborate plans on foot to en
large the Fore River plant. A monster
dry dock Is reported to one of the im
provements contemplated.
$100,8 JO Paid For Canvas.
The record price of $100,800 was
paid at an auction in London for
a Gainsborough painting, "The Market
Cart."
Bubonic Plague Alarms.
The reappearance of bubonic plague
is alarming Manila.
PITTSBURG MARKETS.
Butter Prints, 38Va ; tubs, .IS. Egss
Selected. 20. PoultryHens, live, 20.
Cattle Choice, $8.508.60; primo,
$8.2.")8.60; good, $8.108.23; tidy
butchers, 7.G0(8; fair, $7.2.'7.7.;
common, ;7; good to choice heif
ers, $7(98; common to fair heifers,
$j(''6.50j common to good fat bulls,
$4ff7; fresh co-.vs and springers, $60
75. Sheep and Lambs Prime weth
ers, $6.10 6.25; good mixed, $3.60
6; fair mixed. $.1 3.50; culls and com
mon, $2.50(33.30; lambs, $4.30(38;
spring lambs, $7 11; veal calves, $9
(39.50; heavy and thin calves, $67.
Hogs Prime heavy, $8.90 8.95; heavy
mixed, $9.059.10; medium and heavy
Yorkers, $9.15(39.20; light Yorkers
and pigs, $9.20(39.25; roughs, $7.50(3'
8.25; stags, $707.25.
1913 MAY 1913
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Fortune In Burro's Kick,
Once, In Colorado, a miner who had
been kicked in the stomach by his bur
ro found, when he began to dust off
his breeches, that it was gold dust
from soft quartz adhering to 'em
and he was made.
Platinum.
Referring to platinum, books say
that "this metal has never yet been
successfully deposited as a protecting
coating to other metals" and add "the
metal to be plated must be coppered."
The Word "Cheap" Carries With It
at Sinister Meaning,
Unless it has the backing of quality. We solicit your patronage
Tnot on a "cheap" basis, but on the strength of our ability to give
you better goods at any price than is offered elsewhere.
We ask your consideration at all times of our perfect assort
Jt ments of America's finest merchandise priced conservatively.
We endeavor to improve both our merchandise and our service
every day our doors swing open for business. We are in business
for profit, but that profit must come in small parcels from a big fol
lowing, rather than the tribute from a few selected customers.
It's a big store this is, and the good people of Oil City and vi
cinity are making it bigger and better every day in the year.
We make mistakes certainly but we never make the same
mistake twice.
Oil City, Ta.
DANCES $293 WORTH
Polish Bride Collapses In Attempt to
Reach 300 Mark.
Mrs. John Kuzlus of Beaver Pa., a
bride of a few days, may die as a re
suft of her effort to establish a mark
of 300 danres at $1 a dance, at her
wedding festivities. She collapsed
when within seven dances of her goal.
In keeping with a Polish custom
each male guest was permitted to
dance with the bride after depositing
a silver dollar in a hat In charge ot
the master of ceremonies. No restric
tion was placed on the number of
dances each guest could have, provid
ing he put a dollar In the hat eacr
time. The money thus collected con
stitutes the bride's dowry. T't-o hun
dred and ninety-three dollars had been
placed in the hat and the bride was
exhausted, but she was urged by her
friends to reach the 300 mark. She
made a desperate effort, but fainted
while danc'ng with the two hundred
and ninety-fourth depositor. She Is
under the care of physicians.
BOMB FOUND IN TIME
Explosive, Located Under Business
Man's Desk, a Philadelphia Mystery.
A bomb charged with two pounds of
giant gunpowder and sixteen 32-cali-ber
loaded cartridges was found under
a desk in the offices of U. P. White,
head of a watch case .irm in Phila
delphia. A burning fuse was attached.
Mr. Coates, the manager, smelled
something burning and upon Investi
gation discovered the fuse which led
to the package containing the ex
plosives. The gunpowder and cart
ridges were in a green pasteboard box,
which was encased in wrapping paper.
Mr. Coates stamped on the fuse and
it sputtered out. Then he sent for a
detective, who took the bomb to police
headquarters. Mr. White said he knew
no reason why anyone should place
a bomb in his office.
MAN LOSES HAND WITH GEM
Dynamite Blows Off Member With
$300 Diamond.
John Hawthorne, aged twenty-eight,
probably was injured fatally by an ex
plosion of dynamite at the Bessemer
Coal company's mines, Millsboro, Pa.
Hawthorne was handling a stick of
dynamite and it exploded. His left
hand, on which he wore a $300 dia
mond ring, was blown to atoms. His
face and head were injured badly.
Hangman's Unfortunate Mistake.
John Harris, aged thirty-three, a
negro murderer, was hanged in the
county Jail at Uniontown, Pa. When
the trap was sprung Harris' body shot
through and his feet struck the lioor.
It was then discovered that there had
been a miscalculation in the length of
the rope. Sheriff Klefer and four
deputies grabbed the rope and held
Harris from the floor untill death
came, which took about eighteen min
utes, the condemned man struggling
violently all the while.
"Boy Evangelist' Accused.
H. S. Bachtell, aged twenty-four, the
"boy evangelist," held by the Pittsburg
police, will have many forged check
charges to face. He is accused of
passing a, bad check of $1,100 in pay
ment for an automobile, one for $50
for an automobile license, getting
$39.50 in change, and another for the
renting of a local theater.
Burns to Death in Stable.
Boys searching the ruins of a stable
that was burned at Holsopple, Pa.,
found the charred body of Lawrence
Klaus, twenty-flve years old.
Bean Causes Boy's Death.
A navy bean lodged In his throat
caused the death of John, three-year-old
son of Thomas Madden of Eleanor,
near Punxsutawney, Pa.
OilCity,Pa.
Prescription leu grimier
Tor I lie ejes, plus C'ollegi
alely trained and inter
nationally endorsed
Ilelilnd the CSuiin.
NO DROPS. RESULTS DEFINITE.
Artificial Fye in Ntock.
Both 'Phones.
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Beautiful White
Net Dresses $6.50
Dresses that their appearance indicate should be classed among dresses
priced $3.60 higher. Indeed we have never seen handsomer dresses such
as these priced less than $10.00.
It's only one of many special garments which our affiliation with a buy
ing syndicate enables us to offer. Bought in small quantities these dresses
would have to be priced much higher.
The materials are just such as vou would pay $1.60 yard for anywhere.
The design is tasty and original the workmanship ol the very best.
Advance Showing Mid-Season Styles in
Trimmed Hats at the Price of
$5.00 and $6.00
Hemp, milan and chip shapes in white and burnt straw mostly, trimmed
tastily with flowers, ribbons, etc.
Reflecting the latest style tendency in millinery fashion.
Early Pattern Hats priced as follows:
$5.00 Hats $ $3.60
$7.60 and $8.60 Hats $6.00
Next Week
The greatest Corset event of the
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Made Entirely Clear
The Parcel Post Chart
THIS chart has been added to The Ohio
Farmer's Geographical and Anatomical
Wall Chart. The Parcel Post Chart
fully explains the Zone System Postage
Rates What is Mailable Preparation of
Packages etc. Will enable anyone to
quickly grasp the details.
OUR REMARKABLE OFFER
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The best and most complete collection of charts ever brought to
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A Whole Library of Information 7 Big Charts, each
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If you are already a subscriber to either paper your time will be
extended.
THIS ASTONISHING OFFER will be open for a very short
time only. Our chart supply is limited and will be exhausted quick
ly. Make Sure by sending your order NOW.
The Forest Republican, Tionesta, Pa.
Realism In Babylon.
"A great deal of fun hns been
poked at the realistic school of art,"
Bays a New York artist, "and it
must be confessed that some ground
has been given to the enemy. Why,
there recently came to my notice a
picture of an Assyrian bath, done by
a Chicago man, and so careful was he
of all the details that the towels hang
ing up were all marked "Nebuchad
nezzar' In the corner, in cuneiform
characters." Lippincotfa Magazine.
T.
A.
P.
Oil City, Pa.
Voile and White i
$10.00 Hats $7.60
$16.00 and $16.60 Hats $10.00
Nemo Week
year.
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BY
To Burn Paper.
There are times when there are
bundles of old papers to be burned.
This is dangerous In a grate lire. The
following is the metliod which will
avert danger of the chimney catching
tire: Make tight rolls of all the papers
and fasten them with pieces of soft
wire broomstick wire will do. They
will then form a kind of a log and
burn slowly without a flame. The
rolls may be made of any size and
several of them burnt together.