Smarts Silbakty G f The Distinctive Garment Store - - Prepare FoJhanksgivingjj Shirts made to order $2.00 and upward. I njeji Suits made to order $16.00 and upward. Centre Street at Elm, Oil City, Pa. tv f ... ... P ..-. 1 .... Every department of the ; I well stocked with merchandise for the winter season ; ; " ' . " ;; the prices are uniformly reasonable. There is no better' X place at which to fill your winter needs. Sale of Thanksgiving Linens Featuring More Linens, Better Linens, , at Lower Prices Than Ever Before. Perhaps the influence oi Fine Linen upon the .Thanksgiv ing Dinner is not powerful enough to turn a tough turkey into a tender one, but it surely adds glamor and charm to the festive meal. With three display windows outside, and every inch of available display space within, devoted to this greatest linen showing, now is the time to prepare for the great November feast day. $1.25 Bleached Damask 95c. Pure linen double satin damask; 72 inches wide, that was a remarkable value at its original price. Napkins to match, regularly $3.50 a dozen, at $2.85. Table and Fancy Linens. All Pattern Cloths 20 per cent. off. All table Napkins 20 per cent. off. Table Damask, regularly 50c, 60c, $1.00 and $1.50, at 45c, 49c, 65c, 85c and $1.25. All fancy Linens 20 per cent. off. This includes centerpieces, doilies, scarfs, luncheon sets, etc., fn Florentine, Madiera, Cluny, etc.; or lace with cluny. A splendid showing. Our "Deposits. Regular Trust Total We would be pleased to act as your depository. Oil City Trust Company Oil City, Pa. Moiitura, H.at and Mildew In India. The ruin fnl I In India, which all takes place within four or Ore months, con tributes largely In giving to the cli mate Its peculiar character. The ef fect of heavy and continuous rain In the tropics Is to produce a dampness In the air quite unknown in F.urope and which Is very destructive to many articles of European manufacture. The moisture and heat combined set up nil kinds of fungoid growth and de cay lu poods which are quite unnffeit ed by the climatic conditions of Ku rope Mildew attacks textile goods, leather, books and stationery. Arms, cutlery and metal work require con stunt supervision to preserve them. European furniture of wood Is soon spoiled by swelling and shrinkage or by borer worms. Periston ble goods soldered up In tin lined cases are not safe If they have lieen packed In Eu rope In wet weather. The beat Of the ship's hold In the Hod sen or that of a flimed Iron wagon on the Indian mil ways, when the Iron may ncqulre n temperature of 1(!0 degrees In the sun. will start mildew in the cnse by the aid of the moisture within it New York Post. Electric Motion Sign. The Junior member of n big electri cal sign construction company was walking along Broadway with n friend after the theater. He nodded his head toward one of tin; bln.iug ndvertise ing displays In which a horse appears on the gallop. "llns it ever occurred to you how de ti'lled must be the work of the sign builder to represent the movements of living beings in bulbs and make them artistically realistic? We have to go far afield sometimes to obtain the life like effect That horse; for example, plants his hoofs Just as In real life: otherwise that sign would be an ani mated cartoon. Now, to get the indi vidual or disjointed movements of tho legs In their order of sequence the builder minded that the eye of the camera Is keener than man's, procured the motion picture II I in of n galloping horse and examining each snapshot, drew his plans lu duplicate. Flashing his bulbs on and off with the same speed employed by a movlo operator, the designer lias produced the effect of smooth and continuous motion." New York Sun. store is more than usually t $4,258,083.49 994,806.49 $5,252,889.98 Where a Rainbow Touches th. Earth. lu every country lu the world rain bow folklore declares that some ob ject of value may be found where the ends of the beautiful arch touch the eartb. In Sunblu the ends are said to rest on bowls of gold; lu Hungary, that cups of stiver will be found at the spot where they come In contact with the earth, lu Switzer land it is said that :i shoe cast over the rainbow will come to the ground on the other side tilled to overflowing with gold. In Bosnia It Is said that If Iron or other base metal happens to be at the sHt where the bow touches the ground it will be instantly transformed to pure gold, lu mauy parts of Ger many." Poland, Kusstu. Belgium and Holland it Is said to be a golden key that may be found ut "the end of the Ikiw." In Portugal and Spnlu they speak of the "silver ben" having ber nest where the bow rests, nnd In Nor way it conies to the ground nt a spot where a golden bowl and a sliver spoon are hidden. In many of the chief European countries It Is said that water touched by the rainbow will cure Ills and Insanity. Th. Sweating 8yat.m. Swell Yes. sir, 1 make nil ray money by the sweating system by making the other fellows do the sweating while I rnke In the coin Friend I should be ashamed to acknowledge it if I were you. Swell Why. there's no harm in being the proprietor of a Turkish bath. Is there? Extravagance. Mr. Pnnpperly (reading) Man com mits suicide by Jumping off ferryboat Mrs. Sua pperly .Inst like n man. Why didn't toe Jump off n dock and save 2 cents? Puck. Literal. "Miss Many Seasons Is furious at tlie editor of that society paper." "Wtoy?" "He referred to her as a 'well known' beauty." Judge. "Success comes only to those who lead the life of endeavor." Theodore Roosevelt. Without Industry nnd frugality notb' lrg will do nnd with theui everything, Benjamin Franklin. Thanksgiving Sale of Tailored Suits, Coats and Dresses. -i -. . ' Bountiful stocks of apparel necessities. . You. should be at your best for this great home day. Offering surpassing values in Fancy and Tailored Suits, Novelty and Practical Coats, Silk. Lace and Wool Dresses. This advertisement will prove a helpful guide ' in your preparations. An Unusual Offering of 150 Women's Suits. Distinctive Fancy Tailored models made especially for this store, $27.50 and $32.50, Actual values $35.00 to $50.00. The season's smartest materials are shown in all the fashionable colorings. The coats are beautifully , lined with peau de cygne and Skinner satin and heavily interlined for winter comfort. Another special offering of 50 Fancy Tailored Suits, Made especially for this store. The best materials and the most at tractive models of the season are represented in this assortment. All warmly interlined. $18.50 and $22.50, Actual value $25.00 to $30.00. Two exceptional specials in Women's Winter Coats. 60 Women's Street Coats. Made of the most popular winter Materials in a large and varied assortment for selection, $15.00 and $18.00, Actual values $20.00 to $25.00. ' 100 Smart Practical Coats Of wool, novelty and plain materials. Handsomely lined and com fortably interlined and unlined. Heavy warm coats. The very latest models to select from, $22.50 and $25.00, Actual value $27.60 to $36.00. Fancy Tailored Suits, Reproductions of imported models of all the desirable winter fabrics heavily interlined, $37.50, $40.00, $45.00 to $60.00, Actual values $50.00 to $86.00. The Distinctive Henry J. 111 CENTRE ST., Geasral Carranza, Lesil:r o! MeiiGij ReJlulionisls I ,-iw I DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE Storms Caused Some Interruption of Business Operations During Week. Dun's Review of Trade says this week: "Severe storms this week caused interruption to business and Involved .onslderable property loss. "Broadly considered, the mercantile and industrial situation continues fairly satisfactory and signs of trade recession are by no means uniform. Rather more encouraging conditions prevail in Iron and steel. "Developments In the Mexican situ ation were an important ' factor in financial circles with the better out look reflected in a more confident feel ing and a rising tendency In securities. "Failures this week numbered 299 in the United States against 211 last year and 42 in Canada compared with 37 a year ago." ' Husband Shoots Wife, Kills Himself. George McCarl, sixty years old, went to the kitchen of his home near Hunt ingdon, Pa., and shot his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth McCarl, forty, through the abdomen, and then turned the weapon on himself, sending a bullet through his brain. The motive of the deed is said to have been the refusal of the wile to prepare his breakfast at 3 o'clock In the morning. New Remedy For High Coat The People's institute of New York city has a new suggestion for cut ting the cost of living. It would hive the government Issue 2V&, 3 and 12 cent pieces and paper money in de nominations of 25 and 50 cents. Go After Peanut Trust. Investigation of a peanut trust among buyers operating in Virginia was begun by the department of Justice. MARKET QUOTATIONS Pittsburg. Nov. 18. Cattle Choice, $S.50 iff 8.75; prime. $8.15(8.40; good, $7.50'? 8; heifers, $57.60; bulls, $4.507.25; cows, $3.607.60; fresh cows and springers, $60 86. Sheep and Lambs Prime wethers, $4.75 4.85; good mixed, $4.354.0; fair mixed, $3.604.15; lambs. $r $7.25; veal calves, $10.75U.26; heavy and thin calves, $7 8. fsW, r"'' -" Garment Store McCarty, OIL CITY, PA. 1 Hogs Prime heavy. $7.9?7.95; heavy mixed, mediums, heavy York ers, light Yorkers and pigs, $7.80; roughs, $77.35; stags, l6.25f-6.35. Cleveland, Nov, It. Cattle Choice fat steers, $8(f 8.40; good to choice, $7.60?8.25; choice heifers, $7x7.50; milchers and spring ers. $60 0. Hogs Yorkers, $8.408.60; mixed, $8.4008.50; heavies, 8. 40ft 8.60; pigs and lights, $88.25; roiighs. $7.50; stags, $7.25. Lambs Good to choice, $7.76 8; fair to good, $7 7.50; culls to com mon, $67. Sheep Mixed, $4.254.60; bucks, $30-3.50: culls, $3iff4. Calves Good to choice, $11.60012; heavy and common. $5(38.50. Chicago, Nov. 18. Hogs Receipts, 48.000. Bulk of sales. $7.65(7.85; mixed, $7.40(5?; rough, $7.30g7.45; Cattle Receipts, light. $7.407.90; heavy," $7.308; pigs, $57.15. 26,000. Beeves, J6.65rti9.55; Texas steers stockers and feeders. $6.67.60; $4.857.50; cows and heifers, $3.20(0 8.10; calves, $7ffll.25. Sheep Receipts, 52.0C0. Native, $3.80 4.90; yearlings. $5.40(g6.10; lambs, native, $5.607.20. Wheat Dec, 8614- Corn Dec, 7114. Oats Dec, 38. East Buffalo. Not. 18. Cattle Receipts, 7,800 head. Prime steers, $8.608.75; shipping, $7.75 8.40; butchers, $7 8.35;' cows, $3.50 6.85; bulls, $4.75(6 5.25; heifers, $5.60 7.50; stock heifers, $4.766.25; ttockers and feeders, $5.507; fresh tows and springers, $40100. Hogs Receipts, 24,000 head. Heavy, (8.158.25: mixed, $8.15 8.20; York ers, $8(5 8.15; pigs, $7.758; roughs, $7.257.40; stags, $6.607; dairies, $6 8.15. ' Sheep Receipts, 18,000 head. Lambs, $5.507.35; yearlings, $4.50 6; wethers, $4.756; ewes, $2.50 4.60; mixed, $4.604.7S. He Paid For the Boots. According to uu bid French tale, a number of shoemakers argue the ques tion, Which one of them Is the most meekly submissive to bis wife? To the one who Is lenst so the host offers to give the best pair of boots In tils shop. If any one claims the boots nnd fulls to prove his claim he must pny double price for them. The boots are claimed by n nmu who dec lures that be Is not nfrnid of his wife. Tho man who of fered the prize is somewhat taken aback by the man's confident manner, but he determines not to let his boots go without nn attempt to suve tbeiu. "The hoots nre stiff. I think," he suld. "Take this grease with you to soften them, but put It lusidu your waistcoat, so that my wife may not see It." "Oh. no," was the reply, and the grease was hastily pushed away. "No; my wife would be frightful mad if 1 should grease my waistcoat." Then the other promptly decided that he must pny double price for the boots. An Expert. Tommy Pop. what Is an expert? Tommy's Pop An expert, my son. Is n person who is able to Impress us with how little we really know. Philadelphia Record. Against His Principle. "Mr grocer won't sue me If I don't pay liliu." " "Wow's that?" "lie never adopts legal measures." Judge. A Logical Cure. The venom of bees Is now employed us n cure for ophthalmia. Nothing really opens a fellow'M eyes like being well stung. -Washington Post. When The Villain'! - Gels Killed In The Last Act It Is All Make Believe. He gets killed every night just the same. We find the same parallel in clothes buying. Lots of the clothes you can buy are make believes "villains" as it were and they often die with the first wearing. There are no clothes in this man's town or any other man's town that are any better than what we have. We believe our assortment is perfect. We know of no concern in the country that offers better values than we do, and our prices on high grade qualities are guaranteed the lowest named anywhere. Beautiful All Wool Hand Tailored Suits and Overcoats $8.00 to $36.00. Great values at $16.00 to $26.00. T. Oil Citj, r. "It Is Me." The growth of language Is marked by many changes In the meanings and pronunciations of words and by the In traduction of new words where need ed. Its decay' Is Influenced by the ever Increasing tendency to slung nnd to colloquialisms, which form a "peculiar kind of Vagabond ' language, always hanging on the outskirts of legitimate sieeh, but continually straying or forcing its way Into respectable com pany." Whatever the' chilngos. con-. Mructlve or destructive, can any pro fessor or armies of wise and learned ineu make "It Ik me" correct any more than they can Justify four times clgbt equal thirty -six? ' Such teaching gives rise to the attltudo of ninny school girls who have the Idea that It Is af fected to say "It Is I." They expect to be laughed at when they use cor rect constructions. Even a lawyer of my acquaintance told us that if he were to sek correctly he would lose business with certain clients, men "In the rough," who would think be felt above them. Is It not sad that an In telligent use of language Is so rare that It sets ' the accurate speaker apart? Leila Sprngue Learned in At lantic Monthly. ' What Blockade Mean. The object of a blockade Is to prevent the communication of a country with the outside World nnd to stop the en trance of supplies of provisions, ma terials of war or reinforcements. A vessel is not liable to sclxure If It Is In Ignorance of the blockade. A ves sel Is allowed to enter a blockaded port If It Is in danger or distress. Mall itenuiers,' if no contraband of war is carried, and neutral warships can en ter nnd leave a blockaded port. A blockade to be effective must be maintained by a sufficient force to pre vent the entrance of neutral vessels Into the blockaded port or ports and must be formally proclaimed. The most extensive blockade ever conducted was carried out by the fed erals during ' the wnr between the states. It extended for 3.M) miles along the Atlantic const and the gulf of Mexico nnd lusted four years. Lon don Mall. Rare Violin 8enee. An amateur violinist In town here, says the Glasgow News., hongltt n fid dle secondhand for a mere song. He lng of opinion that be had made a denl, he sent It to n well known violin expert who undertakes to give an opin ion as to the value of Instruments, monetary nnd otherwise purely for the love of It Tho expert assured him thnt there was nothing unusual about the fiddle nnd thnt It was worth about n couple of Kunds. That Is nliout nbout twelve years ngo, nnd recently the violin wns again sent to the ex pert for criticism. The reply was con tained in one eloquent sentence. "This violin has been here before." Consid ering that this gentleman criticises a very great number of Instruments ev ery year, and that he gunrnntees thnt violins will not be mnrked In any way, this Is surely nn extrnordlnary example of violin "sense." The Firefly's Light. Prolmbly us fur back as 1733 it was known that the luminous parts of fire flies, glowworms, etc., could be dried and preserved out of contact with the air for considerable periods without losing their light giving power. In late years It has beeu possible to prove this permanence of the light giving power for nt lenst eighteen months. Knstle mid McDermltt were able upon opening tubes containing the luminous organs of the common firefly preserv ed In hydrogen or a vacuum to obtain quite a brilliant light by simply mois tening with water.' The light was In creased when hydrogen peroxide re pluced the water. However, scientists have yet to discover the firefly's secret of producing light without heat. Fire end Water. Water will extinguish n fire because the water forms a coating over the fuel, which keeps It from the air, and the conversion of water Into steam draws off the heat from the burning fuel. A little wnter makes a fire fiercer, while a large quantity of water puts It out. The explanation is that wnter Is composed of oxygen and hy drogen. When, therefore, the fire can decompose the water Into Its simple elements It serves as fuel to the flames All Altered. "Gracious, Smith, old boy, how are you? I hnven't seen you for ages. You are altered. I should scarcely know you again." "Excuse me. sir, my mime is not Smith." "Great Scott! Your name nltered as well?" London Answers. FURS Ladies', Misses' and Children's Furs sets or separate pieces Fur Quality targe assortment and prices the basis on which this store expects to command ycur fur preference. There is no article of merchandise on which the quality so widely varies. There is no set standard of quality. Two coats or two suits may be alike, but no two animals ever grew pelts exactly alike. So it is only a question of preferred selection ability to distinguish quality. We feel that an experience extending over a period of 26 years ably fits us to determine fur quality and fur value. Added to that is this store's guarantee and the guarantee of the best fur house in America with every piece we sell. A few odd pieces fur priced $1.00, $1.60 and $2.00 each. Sets at from $7.60 to $176.00. Children's sets at from $2.60 and upward. New Plaid Skirts $3.50, $4, $4.50, $8.50 and $10 Price range will give you some slight idea of the extent of this skirt as sortment. Those great big handsome Scotch plaids and the equally pretty but finer French plaids. The very popular shepherd's check and the even check In which black predominates. A comprehensive skirt display that one word adequately describes this skirt showing. An Appalachian Door. Any one of tact nnd common sense ran go as lie pleases through the dark est corner of Appuluchlu without lielug molested, says u writer lu Outing. Tact however, implies the will and the Insight to put yourself truly lu the other man's place. Imagine yourself born. bred, circumstanced like hi in. It Implies hIko the courtesy of doing as you would be done by If you were in that fellow's shoes no arrogance, no condescension, but man to man on a footing of equal manliness. And there are "inn nners" in the rud est community customs nnd rults of conduct that It Is well to leuru before one goes fur utield. For example, when you stop nt n mountain cabin if no dogs sound uu alarm do not walk up to the door nnd knock. You tire expected to call out "Hello!" until some one comes out to Inspect jou. None but the most Intimate neigh bors neglect this usage, nnd there In mighty good reason buck of It In a land where the path to one's door may be a warputh. New York Horuld. Lured to Destruction. The Inhubitunts of the Scllly Islnnds In the old days looked upon the oc currence of n wreck ns n blessing of providence, nnd stories nre extant utiout thanks being offered for a wreck lu various parts of the country. Some of the stories told us by the Islanders themselves, says Country Life, show that there wns uu almost diabolical cleverness In the way In which the storm tossed mariner wns lured to destruction. For example. It wns common to burn false lights, thnt were calculated to bring the ships on the rocks instead of warning them nwny, nnd worse, even, than this wns done There was nt one time a gang of wreckers, who, when n storm was brewing, fastened a bright light to the horns of a cow nnd sent her to graze along the cliffs, to the bewilderment nnd deception of the sailors Needless to say, this spirit bus entirely changed now. London's Destructive Atmosphere. The smoke nnd soot thnt nre nlwnys in the atmosphere (there nre (UXK) tons of soot bunging over London every day) contain lots of sulphur, and this sulphur when it meets certain sub stances forms sulphuric acid or vitriol It wns the vitriol in the atmosphere that brought the grent roof of Charing Cross station down with n crush n few years ngo. The engine smoke bud eat en uway the Iron, which wns lusutll clently painted. And some years ngo, before the London underground wus electrified. It wns u grent Joke nt one of the stations for passengers to go and poke umbrellas into a certain Iron girder, which nt one point wus nearly us soft as putty. Paint Is In such enses the engineer's grent standby. In some ways paint Is more powerful than Iron. M my London buildings might be said T. A. P. Oil City, Ta. $5, $6.50, $7.50, f to be pniclli-ully held together by paint, particularly railway stations. Pear son's WiH-kly. Lang Willie's Retort. A Scotch caddie Is almost certain to be u shrewd observer of men and things, and he Is frequently girted with n sharp tongue of his own. Uiug Willie was for many years a well known figure on the St. Andrews golf links On the occasion of Louis Kossuth's visit to St. Andrews a pub lic dinner was given In his honor, anil Willie applied for n ticket to the bailie who wns In charge of the nrraiige moots. The worthy man curtly re fused the application, saying to Willie thnt It wns "no place for the likes of him to be ut the dinner." "No for te likes of me!" wus Wil lie's Indignant rejoinder. "I've been In the compnny of gentlemen from 11 to 4 o'clock mnlst dnys for the Inst thirty year, nnd that's mulr than you can suy." Blowing Out an Egg. To blow out nn egg make a smnll hole In ench end. bore the holes with a large darning needle or hatpin, press ing steadily, but not too hard, nnd twisting the point round nnd round until n smnll bole hns beeu punctured; then enlarge the hole slightly with the sharp point of your scissors, being careful not to crack the shell In doing so. Make the hole In the large end of the shell a trltlo larger thun the one In the small end. Hold the egg over n bowl, put the smnll end to your lips nnd blow steadily until nil the egg hns run out of the shell. Hardly Ever. "Other things being equnl," she nsk ed," "don't you think a girl has a better hunce than n widow hns to get mar ried?" "Perhaps." he replied, "but a widow hardly ever gives n mnn n chance to consider other things equal." Chlcngo Record-Herald. Reason Why, "You hnven't ninny relntlves, hnve you ?" "Worlds of them." "I never meet nny of them nt your house." "No: they've nil got more money than I have." Judge Bound to Be Missed. "Will anybody miss me when I'm gone?" "Plenty of people. There's the piano man with his dollar n week, the ency clopedia man with his dollar and the insurance ngent with his .10 eents." Knusas City Journal. The Poor Waiter. Old Lady (who has been lunching with her sonl-Here. Wllllnni, you left this quarter on the table by mistake. It's lucky I saw It. because the waiter had bis eye on It- Life.
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