Size Smati SilkdetQ &
Centre Street at Elm, Oil City, Pa.
IT'S EASY TO SHOP SATISFAC
TORILY HERE.
Broadest Stocks, Highest Values,
Lowest Prices, Courteous Attention,
and Your Trip Costs Nothing.
Think of shopping at a metropolitan store, at no greater
expense than if you went around the corner to buy a paper of
pins. I hat is precisely what our standing invitation to you
means, madam.
If you purchase 10 worth here, we'll pay lor your one-way
ticket; purchases of $20 or over entitle you to a rebate covering
your lare both ways.
And remember, that while there may be larger stocks, no
metropolitan store can show stocks better selected, styles newer,
values greater, or price . lower, than those you'll find at the
Smart & Silberberg Co.
GIFT THINGS FOR THE BRIDES
OF JUNE.
Numerous Sections of the Store Are
Ready to Provide Acceptable Gifts
for the Wedding.
If there's one time more than another when this store's
reputation for select merchandise appears as a special inducement,
it is when one has a bride to "remember," when superlative
quality and taste are at a premium, and you are anxious to have
the gitt choice well selected, even if it be an inexpensive one,
We wish to bring to your special notice, the exceptionally
well chosen stocks of the following "wedding gift" departments.
Table Linen, Cut Glass, Fancy Doilies.
Linen Sets, Bed Spreads, Towels, Sheets, Etc.
CHILDREN'S HATS ARE NOW
HALF PRICE.
"White Lace Hats Alone Excepted, All Children's Hats Are
Just Half the Original Prices.
Mothers whose province it is to provide for the little folks
well, yet economically, will hail this announcement with delight.
Think of having practically unlimited choice among the finest
collection of children's hats in Oil City, and paying just half the
prices marked. And Children's Day is not far distant.
All Gage Sailors, formerly priced up to $8.40, price.
200 shapes, good colors and styles, reduced to 50c.
A Lesson in Saving.
Our Christmas Savings Clubs have taughi many
of our home people how EASY it is to SAVE in a
systematic way. It is but a step from the clubs to the
Savings Bank Book and the regular checking account.
The savings habit is a good one to acquire and will
mean much to you in the luture.
We Pay Four Per Cent. Interest
Oil City Trust Company
Oil City, Pa.
Civilizing the Indian.
The following Is from "The Soul of
the Indian," a book by Dr. Charles
Alexander Eastman, himself an Indian:
"Long before I ever beard of Christ
or saw a white man I had learned from
on untutored woman the essence of
morality. With the help of dear na
ture herself she taught me things sim
ply but of mighty Import. 1 knew God.
I perceived what goodness Is. I saw
and loved what Is really beautiful. Civ
ilization has not taught me anything
better. As n child I understood how to
give. I have forgotten that grace since
1 became civilized. I lived the natural
life, whereas I now live the artlllcial.
Any pretty pebble was valuable to me
then, every growing thing an object of
reverence. Now I worship with tho
white man before o painted landscape
whose value Is painted In dollars. Thus
the Indian is reconstructed, as the nat
ural rocks are ground to powder and
made hito artificial blocks wlilcli way
be built into the walls of modem society."
He Took the Cue.
lie was a man who gave little and
got much. Today, for Instance, he had
got a clothes brush, u basiu of water,
e towel and a shine, and be had given
nothing at all.
Tr-r-r-ring! went his bedroom bell.
The hotel ntteudant smiled sourly.
This was the fourth time he bad been
summoned, and he did not hurry.
"I thought you were never coming,"
exclaimed the visitor when tho at
tendant appeared at last. "Are you
nicknamed 'Slowcoach?' "
"No. sir." answered tho attendant.
"They call me 'lillllard cue.'"
"Billiard cue.'" repeated the visitor,
frowning. Then an inspiration dawn
ed. "Ah! Because you're such n stick,
I suppose?" be asked.
"Wrong again, sir.'" returned the at
tendant "It's because 1 work better
with a good tin." London Answer.
Could Help Her.
Fussy Lady Patient I was suffering
bo much, doctor, that 1 wanted to die.
Doctor You did right to call me In.
dear lady. London Opinion.
Olfi Time Trade Signs,
on nearly all street corner even In
-he largest metropolis of Europe may
be found relics of the middle ages and
of the earliest times. Take, for In
stance, the wooden image of a shoe,
which every cobbler hangs out above
bis door. It goes back for its origin
to the Uome of the pre-Christian era.
In the ruins of the lava buried cities
of Ilerciilaiieum and 1'ompeii many
shop signs of stone and terra cotta
have been discovered, the forerunners
of those that for centuries adorned
the highways not only of Europe, but
of the new world. Among them was
the emblem of the shoemaker's trade,
a Cupid carrying a dainty pair of wo
men's shoes, lint the Unmans did not
stop there. They used the image of a
goat to indicate the dairies, that of a
mule driving a mill to point out the
bakers' shops and n bush of evergreen
to direct the thirsty traveler to a tav
ern. This particular sign gave rise to
the English proverb, "Good wine needs
no bush."
. What kind of paper resembles a
neeze? Tissue.
Bigness of Big Ben.
Rig Ren, which marks the hours for
parliament at the top of the clock tow
er at Westminster. Is bigger than It ap
pears from below. Looking at the dial
of Big Ben from the northern footway
of Great George street or from the
Thames embankment, it appears as if
Its diameter might he equal to the
space that a man of medium size could
cover with outstretched arms. As a
matter of fact, however, tho diameter
of the dial Is twenty-three feet. Eroiu
the ground the minute marks on tho
dial look like ordinary minute marks
and as If they were close together.
Iteally they are a foot apart. The nu
merals are two feet long. The niinuto
baud, with Its counter balance tho
heavy piece of metal that projects be
yond the center of the dial is fifteen
feet In length. This hand Is so massive
that during a snowstorm the clock Is
sometimes retarded by tho weight of
the flakes that alight on It. London
Mall.
A Mdtter of Color.
"Why do ymi refer to your youngest
son as the Mark sheep?'"
"Because Me paints the town red."
Toledo Blade.
SENATE ADOPTS
PRIMARIES BILL
Measure With Amendments Op
posed by Flinn Passes
FIGHT SHIFTS TO THE HOUSE
Another Battle It Promised Over the
Workmen's Compensation Measure,
Which Was Amended in the Senate.
The state senate 'passed finally the
statewide piimary and Flinn party en.
roll men t ibllls. The contest now
shifts the house.
William Flinn announces that h
will carry the fight to the house and
attempt to prevent the passage of the
legislation In Us present form. Flinn
was defeated at every 'point In the
senate.
"The action of the senate," said
Flinn, "Is disappointing. I had ex
pected that senators would keep their
pledges. The three points in the pri
mairy bill which are not satisfactory
are those eliminating nomination pa
pers, the preventing of fusion and the
refusal to adopt the non-assistance
clause."
With the exception of three points
mentioned by Flinn the senate did not
make material changes In the primary
bill as it passed the house.
In the senate C. A. Snyder, Schuyl
kill, reported from the Judiciary spe
cial committee the woman and child
labor hills as amended. The principal
amendments would fix the number of
hours per week for women at fifty-
four, instead of fifty, as in the house
bill, and for children at fifty-four, in
stead of forty-eight, as In the house
measure. The bill will be on first
reading on Monday.
The Flinn house bill, to provide for
the registration and enrollment of
voters according to their respective
party preference, passed the senate,
26 to 16.
The state senate passed finally the
workmen's compensation bill in Its
amended form. Within an hour the
house had unanimously refused to con
cur in the senate amendments. This
will mean that a committee of con
ference will be appointed and these
six men will have the task of working
out a bill which will be satisfactory to
both houses. There is a general feel
ing that this can he done. The
friends of the legislation do not feel
the fight has been lost.
The senate passed finally the pro
posed amendment to the constitution
recommended by the framers of the
compensation bill. The other com
panion measure to require employers
to make accident reports to the bureau
of ' industrial statistics passed, also.
The .bill to regulate the policies of in
surance against liability arising from
the proposed compensation law and to
provide for the incorporation of em
ployers' mutual liability Insurance as
sociations were placed on the post
poned calendar in the senate. . They
will be voted on later.
The senate passed finally the house
bill to tax anthracite coal 2V4 per cent
on the value of each ton at the mlne.i,
or approximately 5 cents a ton. It Is
estimated that, if the bill becomes a
law, the revenue derived will be about
$;,000,00O, of which half will go to the
nine anthracite counties in which the
tax is levied and the other half will
go Into the genera) fund of the state.
The house passed finally the Clark
measure for the government of cities
of the third class. The bill will be
sent to the senate for concurrence !n
minor amendments.
The Judiciary general committee of
the house decided to recommend ai
pointment of a committee to investi
gate charges made against Judge Fl.
E. Umbel of Fayette county and also
to recommend that, if a committee is
named, it should take cognizance of
references to Judge John Q. Van
Swearingen of Fayette county. The
committee, If named, will determine
whether the charges warrant a pre
sentment for impeachment.
The majority and minority reports
of . the committee Investigating the
charges against Judge Charles N.
Brumm were made a special order of
business for next Tuesday.
Representative Samuel B. Scott of
Philadelphia tried to lop $500,000 off
the appropriation of $1,000,000 for the
University of Pittsburg. In making
this motion he announced that It was
part of a plan to reduce the appropria
tions for this Institution, the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, State college
and Temple university and endeavor
to prevent anything being given to D;i
quesne university and Grove City col
lege. Scott is not objecting to the Institu
tions getting the money, but contends
that the state must fix some policy to
be followed in making appropriations
or every Institution of 'higher learning
In the commonwealth will be demand
ing money. His idea Is to give the
four schools receiving state aid two
years ago about the same sums they
then received and then have the state
agree on some definite policy to he
followed in the future.
There was considerable debate on
the Scott proposition, but no action
was taken, as a roll call would have
disclosed the abseuce of a quorum.
Brands as Ridiculous En
gagement Reports
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Woman Burned to Death.
Mrs. .1. H. Broil was burned to death
at MoorofiVJ, V. Va., while cleaning
picture frames with coal oil.
Time to Go.
"Pa, Is a vessel a boat?"
"E yes you may call if that."
"Well, what kind of a boat is a
blood vessel?"
"It's a lifeboat. Now run away to
bed." Boston Transcript
Not Fast.
"I understand," says the father,
Mint you have been going with a very
fhst set"
"Fast nothing!" retorts the son.
"Why, not one of them bas a four
cylinder cur!" Judge.
QUEEN AMEI.IE.
Queen Marie Amelie of Portugal
stamps as absurd the widely published
report that she is to wed Count Vas
salaes, one of the iroyalist leaders ot
Portugal. She Is the daughter of the
late t'ompte de Paris and a sister of
the Dukes of Orleans and Montpensler
King Manuel is her only son.
KILLS THREE; WOUNDS ONE
Canton (O.) Man Starts to Settle
Domestic Trouble With Gun.
Enraged, he said, because his wife
bad left him, Robert Roach, aged
twenty-seven, started in to destroy her
family at Canton, O., with a gun.
He Bhot and kl'.led his mother-in-
law, sister-in-law and sixteen-month-
old baby and when a policeman trid
to arrest him seriously wounded him.
Roach then tried to end his life
with gas alter barricading himself in
an upstairs room. Roach was In the
Massillon asylum two years ago and
he is believed to have become sud
denly demented.
Michael Murphy Dies.
Michael Murphy, the world's famous
athletic trainer of the University of
Pennsylvania, ended a long and gal
lant flelvt with death when he passed
away at his home in Philadelphia. A
complication of throat and lung
troubles brought death for "Mike," be
loved of thousands of students and a
man to whom is largely owing Penn
sylvania's present prominence in
track sports.
PITTSBURG MARKETS.
Better Prints, 31 Hi tubs, 30. Eggs
Selected, 22. Poultry Hens, live, 16
17.
Cattle Choice, $8.40(38.60; prime,
$S.20u8.40; good, 8.10!fi 8.;sr; tidy
butchers, $7.7.HS 8; fair, $7.2.17.60;
common, $68; goodtochoKe heifers.
$6(8 8; common to fat bulls, $67.50;
common to fat cows, $47.50; fresh
cows and springers, $60((i75. Sheep
and Lambs Prime wethers, $3. 35
5.50; good mixed, $4.90(5; 3.23; fair
mixed, $4.2.",i34.73; culls and common,
$2.503.50; lambs, $47.23; spring
lambs, $3.308.30; veal calves, $10.30
(311; heavy and thin calves, $8(5 9.50.
Hogs Prime 'heavy, $8.85; heavy
mixed, $8.83 8.90; mediums and
heavy Yorkers, $8.90(5 8.93; light
Yorkers and pigs, $8.95(39; roughs,
$7.507.73; stags, $6.757.
A Joke That Failed.
The clerk of a supply store In
MUthern Colorado did not know In
dian nature very well when he Invited
a Ute chief to a boxing bout After
explaining the use of the gloves, which
the chief seemed to reudily under
stand, they went Into a vacant room
in the rear of the store to spar. The
gloves were adjusted, and the clerk
invited the chief to hit him. This, of
course, he failed to do, as Indians nev
er strike with their hands in conflict
All at once the clerk struck out and.
catching the chief under the ear, land
ed him on the floor. This was enough.
The Indian sprang to bis feet, pulled
off the gloves. Jerked out a knife, nn?
the clerk hud to run for his life. For
tunately he managed to keep out of
reach until some friends caught the
infuriated Indian and held him until
be cooled off. Then the clerk explain
ed the Joke, but with very poor suc
cess. The chief consented to forego
vengeance for the Insult, but he was
never friends with the clerk again.
St Louis Globe-Democrat
Ornamented With Scan.
The natives of some of the Islands
of the Pacific are always glad to see
the doctor on his periodical visits. At
Kaiser Wllhelm's harbor the German
government has stationed Dr. Helse
gnng as medical otllccr. lie Is a busy
mnn. Natives by the dozen come to
him, not to be treated for illness, but
to get the benefit of his professional
opinion on how to scar themselves ar
tistically. The natives are very fond
of scars, and nearly nil of them are
covered with specimens which have
resulted from self Inflicted wounds
which were kept open by frequent
scratching or by the Introduction of
foreign substances like sand, bamboo,
shells and so forth. The excrescence
which results from the average vacci
nation Is scratched off at the proper
time, and the resulting large scar is
very dear to the native. A young
Islander whose face and body are n
mass of cuts, bruises and scars is con
sidered the catch of the seasou by the
dusky belles.
An Innocent Query.
At n dinner party in England the
host introduced to the favorable notice
of the company, amid murmurs of ad
miration, n splendid trutiled pheasant
"Isn't it n beauty?" he said. "Dr.
So-and-so gave it to me; killed It him
self." "Ah! What was he treating It for?"
asked one of the guests.
Suits to Order, $12.60 to $36.00.
Shirts to Order, $2.00 to $12.00.
New Additions to Our Great Big
FoLmily.
We announce with all the pride in our make up the arrival of
T. SIXTY-FIVE
A Brand new English and Norfolk model Suits for service at once. No two suits are alike.
Every suit and every model is as fresh as the morning dew. Really it is a corking good chance
for a man to get a right smart midsummer outfit that will please him and serve him like
faithful friend.
P. $20.00, $22.50, $25.00
Among other new arrivals we find present: New Straw Hats, New Flannel Trousers, New
Fancy Hat Bands, New Silk and Linen Shirts, New Underwear, New Hosiery, New Pajamas,
New Wash and Silk Ties, New Soft Collars, New and Nobby Wash Suits, New Linen and
Duck Trousers, New Boys' Underwear and Waists, Khaki Trousers, Play Suits and Kiddies'
Overalls.
"A Good Store to Trade At"
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Oil City, Pa.
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Sale Cards all over the store direct attention to Booster ?
Week Specials in every Department.
Booster Week
Prices on
Tailored Suits.
$15.00 Suits, $ 8.75
$16.50 Suits, $ 9.75
$18.50 Suits, $10.75
$20.00 Suits, $11.75
$22.50 Suits, $12.75
$25.00 Suits, $15.75
$27.50 Suits, $16.75
$28.50 Suits, $17.75
$32.50 Suits, $18.75
$35.00 Suits, $19.75
Booster Week
Prices on
Coats.
$10.00
$12.00
$12.50
$14.50
$15.00
$16.50
$18.50
$20.00
$22.50
$25.00
$27.50
$32.50
$35.00
Coats, $ 6.50
Coats, $ 7.50
Coats, $ 7.50
Coats, . $ 8.50
Coats, $ 8.50
Coats, $ 9.50
Coats, $11.50
Coats, $12.50
Coats, $13.50
Coats, $14.50
Coats, $16.50
Coats, $18.50
Coats, $19.50
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When Lobsters Were Common.
The lobster was not always the aris
tocrat of the supper table and the
most costly of delicacies. A man who
used to live In Maine, but now lives in
Ohio, has this reminiscence, uccordlmj
to a writer in the Cleveland Leader:
"One day here In Cleveland I took a
friend out to luncheon, and suddenly
the old appetite for lobster came back
to both of us, as we were both born
on the Maine const. We had two full
portions, and the bill was $2. And y:t
as a boy I've seen my father standing
on the wharf, bargaining with a fish
erman for bis lobster catch of the day.
and often, for $2 I've seen the lobster
fisherman turn over to my father the
entire catch, and the whole boatload
250 or 300 big, black lobsters, perhaps
would be dumped on the landing and
taken back on our old farm as feed
for the pigs.
What He Wat Showing.
A young man sitting in a subway
car with legs crossed and one foot
showing a highly polished shoe and
silk sock extended so far Into the aisle
as to make it almost luiKssible for
people to pass without coming in con
tact with the obtruding member was
brought to n seuse of his disregard for
others by three young women who sat
opposite. One said, "I wonder If be Is
showing his foot or bis shoe?" The
second said loud enough to be heard
above the car clatter and of the
amusement of others, "1 think te
wants to show his clocked socks
watch it" "No," said the third, "he's
only showing his bad manners." The
foot came down and was lost In the
crowd which got off at the next sta
tion. New York Tribune.
Laughter.
Laughter, while It lasts, slackens
and unbraces the mind, weakens the
faculties and causes a kind of remiss
ness and dissolution In all the powers
of the soul, and thus far it may be
looked upon as a weakness In the com
position of human nature. But If we
consider the frequent reliefs we re
ceive from It and how often It breaks
the gloom which Is apt to depress the
mind and damp our spirits with tran
sient unexpected gleams of Joy, one
would take care not to grow too wise
for so great a pleasure of life. Addl-sou.
The Comeback.
Skinflint 1 have no money, but I
will give you a little Advice. Beggar
Well, If yer ain't got no money yer
advice can't be very valuable. Chris
tian Advocate.
They Couldn't Help It.
During the Amerieim Invasion of
Torto Hlco. In the course of the war
with Spain. General Tusker II. Bliss
with his troops, was stationed near o
village held by an overwhelming- force
of Spaniards. Orders were to keep
his "eye peeled" nnd. If he heard nny
thing suspicious, to fall back nboi
eight miles. Instead of this his men
turned In one day and captured the
village, chasing the Spanlnrds out.
The next day the commander of the
American forces mine nlong to find
Bliss sitting in front of the borne of
the chief man of the village. The eon
mnnder asked hlui why be bad attack
ed the Spanish force, when he knew
that he was outnumbered. "Couldn't
help It," ald General Bliss. "You see,
my men have been hungry for some
days, and the wind blew toward them
from the village, and some squaw wa
frying onions over there. And so"
Argonaut
Jefferson at an Inventor.
Not many people know that Thomas
Jefferson was a great inventor. Ills In
vent ions were all of articles of every-
day use. He devised a three legged
folding enmp stool that Is the basis of
all camp stools of that kind today.
The stool he bad made for bis own
use was his constant companion on oc
cnslons of outings. The revolving chair
was bis invention. lie designed a light
wagon. A copying press was devised
by him and came Into general use.
He also Invented an instrument for
measuring the distance he walked. A
plow and a hemp cultivator showed
that his thoughts were often on agri
cultural matters. His plow received a
gold medal In France in 1790. Jeffer
son never benefited financially by bis
Inventions, but believed they should
be for the use of everyone without
cost
He Didn't Know.
One June day In 1SC2 near Freder
ickshall, Va.. General Stonewall Jack
son saw one of General Hood's Texnns
climbing a fence to get into a cherry
tree. "Where nre you going?" shouted
Jackson. "I don't know." replied the
soldier.' "To what command do yon
belong?" "I don't know," the Texan
replied. "Well, what state nre you
from?" "I don't know." Jackson
gave tho man up, but he asked a com
rade what It all meant. "Well," was
tho reply, "Old Stonewall and General
Hood gave orders yesterday that we
were not to know anything until after
the next fight."
The soldier was left to bis cherries.
Whistler's Eccentricities
Whistler's remarkable genius Is no
doubt responsible for bis many eccen
tricities, lie quarreled indiscriminate
ly with friend and foe. and for him
the public were a set of Ignoramuses
whe bad no right to any opinion what
ever. Especially well known Is his quar
rel with John Rushln. who In his
"Ars Clnvlgera" had heaped scorn on
one of Whistler's "Nocturnes" in the
following langunge, "1 have seen and
heard much of cockney fmpudence be
fore now, but never expected to hear
a coxcomb ask 200 guineas for flinging
a pot of paint In the public's face."
The artist promptly sued for damages,
and in the celebrated trial which fol
lowed he was awarded one farthing,
which coin he triumphantly wore as a
watch charm ever afterward.
In his art work, as In his own per
sonal appearance. Whistler was fastid
ious. Ills palettes were beautifully
wiped, his brushes faultlessly kept, and
as for his general behavior it was
foreign, one may even say exotic.
Why Thackeray Wat Moved to Tean.
A lady, an Intimate friend and a
frequent visitor at the Thackeray
home, called late one afternoon. Slid
was shown into the study, nnd on en
tering perceived the novelist himself
seated at his desk, his head bowed
upon bis arms Tearing she was in
truding In the presence of some great
and unknown grief, she paused, hesi
tating. Then, thinking she might be
of some help or at least express her
sympathy, she stepped forward. Jut
then Thackeray looked up. His shoul
ders were shaking, the tears stream
ing from his eyes.
"Utile Nell is dead," he said broken
ly. "Little Nell?" his visitor Interrogat
ed. "Yes. Little Nell," was the answer.
"She Is dead. I've Just been rending
It" Before him on his desk lay an
open copy of "Old Curiosity Shop."
Ladies' Home Journal.
Hidden Danger.
Owner now did you come to punc
ture the tire? . ChnulTeur-Ilan over a
milk bottle. Owner Didn't you see
It In lime? ChnulTeur-No: Ike kid
had It under his coat Town Topics.
A Dream of a Hat.
She I dreamed Inst night you bought
me a new hat. lie-Well, that's the
tirst dream of a hat you ever had that
Uidu t cost uie mouey. Club Fellow.