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JHB SMART & SILBERBERG CO., OIL CITY, PA.
i The Distinctive Garment Store I
Shirts made to order $2.00 and
upward.
Suits made to order $16.00 and
upward.
You Are Always Sure Of A
Welcome At This Store.
To make a visit, it is not necessary for you
just to run through hurriedly,- nor need you buy
anything.
If you should see anything you like and
care to buy, it you find it does not please you
when you take it home, bring or send it back,
and the money will be paid back to you without
a quibble.
The prices are in plain figures and are
fixed at the lowest possible rate so that the
blind man or little child can buy as safely as
the best judge of goods.
And under our rebate system, your fare to
town will be paid one way or both ways, de
pending on how much you buy.
VUDOR PORCH SHADES.
Hang Them Now And Get A Full
Summer's Benefit From
Your Porch.
Vudor Porch Shades always keep fresh, for they are
not painted, but indelibly stained in pleasing shades of
dark green, mottled olive green, and dark brown alter
nated with olive green.
Stock sizes are 4 it., 6 ft., 8 ft., 10 ft., 12 ft. widths,
with a 7 ft. 8 in. drop.
Prices range from 2.25 to 9.00, including pulley,
cord, screws, cleats, etc.
Vudor shades are sold in Oil City by this store only.
Some Special Values In New
Dresses and Coats.
Dresses of taffeta silk and wool crepe; latest models
effectively trimmed, and very CIO ftrt
special at LplU.UU
Dresses of white serge, black and navy serge, striped
challies, figured seco silk, ratine, and black- -and-white
striped serge; special at ; J)).UU
Balmacaan Coats smart new models of fine Scotch
homespuns and mixtures, considerably less
ilL'.r.ul..$7.50, $8.00 and $10.00
SAFETY.
It may well be said that Trust Companies are the safest of
all companies accepting money on deposit, because the law has
thrown every safeguard about them. You have the additional
security with us of a
Capital and Surplus of Over
$1,000,000.00.
Oil City Trust Company
Oil City, Pa.
$1.50 to Olean or Bradford
and return,
$1.00 to Warren
and return,
Sunday, May 17,
SPECIAL TRAIN
Leaves Tionesta 9.02 A. M.
Returning leaves Olean and Bradford 8.00 P. M., Warren 10.00 P. M.
Tickets good only on Special Train. Consult Ticket Agents.
Pennsylvania Railroad.
Counting by Knott.
It was the custom of tlio Aztecs t"
loop their accounts by means of
Jtrlncs. The numbers were indicated
ny knots. A single knot was ton. two
single knots twenty, anil so on. The
hundreds were Indicated by double
knots. The color of the string Indi
cated what the Hungers referred to.
toldicrs were red, K"'d yellow, silver
wlilte and corn given. This method is
till in use on the sierras of the Argen
tina, where the herdsmen keep tale of
their (barges In a similar way. Sev
eral strands depend from one. the first
of these strands beinK reserved for
bulls, the next for cows, the milk and
ilry hems; differentiated; the next for
sheep, anil so on. Knots were proba
bly anions; the lirst methods of man to
rectvd figures the knot or the mark on
i bit or Ht ii k. In the English hop gar
llens the tallyman (generally the local
cioolinasteri goes around with the
Lilly and its mark, and I lie most civi
lized lhicagoan still ties a knot in tils
handkerchief when lie is asked "to be
sure to remember." Chicago News.
Aluminium Weldi.
The soundness of nn aluminium weld
may be tested In water. If bubbles
accumulate on the surface within for-tV-clght
hours the mend Is defective.
, Elephant.' Teeth.
The elephant lias no cutting teeth,
like most anlinals, but only a 'series of
molars. These molars or grinders ns
they wear away gradually move for
ward In the jaw, and the remnant of
the tooth, when the surface is com
pletely destroyed. Is cast out in front.
The same molar enn thus lie replaced
as many ns eight times. The tusks,
which are only enormously elongated
teeth, can be renewed only once. This
wearing process and the ejection of the
stump of the tooth go on very slowly
during the life of the elephant Only
one or two teeth at n time are In use
or in view in each Jaw. There are al
ways other teeth waiting to pass for
ward and begin their work, ulthoiirrh
there Is n limit to this succession, for.
when the last has come Into use and
been worn down, the elephant can no
longer chew his food and must die of
starvation. If he has not already suc
cumbed to old age.
One Sided Humor.
After the company had gone Mrs.
Mason said to her husband. "What on
earth did you mean. John, by telling
the Flemings that my humor was posi
tive, but not negative?" "1 meant,"
said Mr. Mason, discreetly moving to
ward the door, "that you could make
a Joke, but couldn't take one!"
Women's Fashionable Suits and
Coats Marked at Prices That
Should Win Instant Favor.
I Fifty Women's and Misses' New 1
Spring Suits. fi
All the most popular mater- DO f fl(
ials, including mannish serges, JJ
poplins, gabardines, crepe poplins and many new
fancy weaves made up in the most fashionable
models the skirts have tier, double tunic and
draped effects, coats tailored and dressy semi
fitted back styles all effectively trimmed, in
most every color and sizes.
A Great Variety of High Grade
Suits.
Coats in the new and effective y C ((
butterfly design, new fish tail H-
points with tunic skirts to match, trimmed with
taffeta and moire plenty of tailored and semi
dress models in all the new shades.
Agents for the original and best Front-lacing
Corset made, "The Gossard."
The Distinctive
Henry J.
111 CENTRE ST.,
BUSINESS FIGHT
WINS CONVERTS
Campaign of Manufacturers
MakiiigFriends For Penrose.
HEART TO HEART TALKS
Practical Men Tell Voters How Thingt
Stm.d With Industrial World ane
Why It Need Senior Senator.
Philadelphia, May 4 Manufacturers
In the various counties of the Btate.
who are affiliating themselves with
l!:e Pennsylvania Protective Union,
t.ntiiiue to show great activity and
enthusiasm in the campaign for the
:euoniination and reelection of Sena
tor Ptbrose. The meetings that are be
fifc ncld in different county seats for
iiie ratification of Penrose endorse
ments are attracting wide attention.
Never before in the history of politics
lias a campaign been waged along
these lines, and the favorable effect
upon public sentiment as regards the
s -ulor senator has been marked.
At Lebanon the speaker was P
T'KWBnn Coleman, perhaps the most
prominent ni.iinil-i-iu-er in Lebanon
county. Mr. Col.? said that he was
pleading the canst c! Senator Penrose
before tl.e people of Lebanon county
because he believe,; that this nation
was face to fate with the most serl
ous Industrial and financial crisis In
Its history."
"Two years ago," continued Mr.
Coleman, "the opinions anil advice of
nihiuifa'-turers on political questions
was neither appreciated nor accepted,
but great change has taken place.
The public has learned that in hurting
the employer It was hurting the em
ploye, and incidentally, Itself. We
i.nvo come to realize that industry is
one large vessel that carries us all,
and that if the ship is scuttled every
body aboard must go down with her
the r no!,- and the cabin boy as well as
mo captain and the mate.
Even Western Farmers Complain.
"We all know that business in Leb
anon county Is at a low ebb, and those
of us who read the newspapers also
innw mat me trouble Is not confined
to Lebanon county. I saw not long
ago a resolution adopted by farmers of
Malio complaining because farm pro
ducts had been placed upon the free
Hsi in the Democratic tariff law and
had been affected to such an extent
that in many instances prices bad al
ready been reduced below the cost of
production.
"The condition of our railroads and
of the Iron and steel industries of the
country Is well known. You will have
observed that pig iron Is now coming
In Irom Nova Scotia, thus outdoing
the anomaly of 'carrying coals to New
Cattle.' If there is a single branch of
trade which has not yet felt at least
premonitory symptoms of the free
trade paralysis, 1 do not know what it
is.
"Why in our own county and town
the plants are running about 50 por
cent or their capacity. The head of a
certain concern which formerly had a
large business in the gulf states told
me the other day that his product had
lif-on entirely supplanted there by for.
sign manufacturers who, under the
new tariff and the cheap ocean freight
rates prevailing from Europe to Amer
ica, are able to sell at a profit at leas
lh.ni it costs him to produce. One of
!ii. la.-yest and most successful indus
trial corporations in this state has re
cently passed Its dividend.
Wanes Reduced In Lebanon.
"in at least one local Instance that 1
kaow of, wages have already been re
duced, and 1 fear that we are on the
verge of a general wage reduction all
blong the line. This, to my mind,
would be a calamity for which the
American people would never forgive
the Democratic administration-. We
have built up here in the United
Garment Store
McCarty,
OIL CITY, PA.
Mates u social anu industrial stand
ard which has made the American
wage earner the envy and admiration
ol workers the world over. Labor here
ho. risen to a new dignity. Honest toll
has brought comforts and even lux
uries that toilers never knew before.
"Wo have been told that the Under
wood law is a 'tariff for revenue only.'
The condition of business indicates
very clearlv that it certainly lives up
to the word 'only.' There Is, as Mr.
Underwood said, fnot one atom ol pro
tection in it.'
"but recent figures from the de
Dhrtment of commerce show also that
It does not produce the revenues ne
cessary to operate the government
even in times of peace. In the month
of .March imports free of duty had In
creased to $111,053,4110, as compared
v.itn i.M.i'in.uaa in .March or 1913. Du
tiable imports shrank from $71,229,45
!n March, 1913, to $70,876,559 in
March, 1914. .Meanwhile our exports
decreased, and the excess of exports
over Imports, known as 'the balance of
trade,' decreased from $31.9X1,213 in
March, 1913. to $.'),3S4,13l last month.
Facing War; Revenues Crippled.
"Thus, we are about to enter upon
a costly war witli an apparent balance
:tf truilp In mr fnvnr nr ulmti ti;u oho .
: whereas, under Republican' ad
ministrations, our naiance excteJel
$i;,'iii,iiiiii,iiimi.
"Nor Is there any good reason to
suppose that this small balance or $.",
'111,(11111 a month will be retained, for
is the sapnine influence of free trade
goo. on the influx of foreign goods
will bo constantly greater ami the ex
ports of domestic goods constantly
Miialler. My prediction is that within
fix lip. nt lis the balance of trade will
l e asuinst us instead or in our favor.
"So I say that there are manv im
Jirtaut phases to the senatorial cam
piilun which will begin with the pri
maries on May 19. We must protect
not oiiiy our private businesses, our
:uv!''cs and our farming communi-
;ics, imt we must protect Uncle Sam
"I low shall we do It? Not hv the
plot lion ol a free trader to the unite. t
Stale sei.ate. That eoes without
sa.li"-' Not by the eleition of a thro
rotiral forester, who may know a great
dci! aliout trees, but who has certainlv
nrxtr given any lndicat'on that he
knw much about practical business
retirements, we must elect a Kepuo
!lt?n enatt r.
"T"St being the case, the first thing
to i'? is to nominate one. There were
'ii t'v beginning three candidates. One
.if tn?ii! has withdrawn, leaving two
Mi. Ut:nmiok, of Scranton, and our
v.e. ? .i senior senator. Mr Penrose. I
do not know Mr. Dlmmlck and l know
very little about him except what has
been said In the newspapers since h
became a candidate. Of course, If thf
majority of Republicans want him
they will nominate mm at tne primar
les, and in that event we will all sup
port lilni.
"Hut Senator Penrose we do know
Most of ns have met him personally
and those of us who have not are thor
oughlv acquainted with his work in
Washington In beliair or tne elglit mil
lion neonle wlio inhabit Pennsylvania
We know him to be honest. We know
mm to lie energetic prodigiously so
We know him to lie canable ami elh
elent. We know his facility for acbiev
lug things for Pennsylvania and his
unswerving loyalty to tne state ne rep
resents its hie interests and its lit
tie interests its republican interests
and Its Democratic interests all in
tcrests nnd all clas'ies.
Know Penrose; Want Others To.
"Surely, we wotild be very foolish
men If, knowing Senator Penrose as
we do, we vere to fall to use our best
efforts to convey the information we
possess to other voters in the county
who mav not know him so well and
who mav have gotten a false impres
sion of him through the tireless
tirades of his personal enemies. Let
us tell our Republican friends that 11
they want a senator In Washington
who can lead for them they must re
tain tne senator who is now leading
Ic.r them and lias been leading for
many years. Newcomers in t "tie United
States' senate are required by prece
dent to take a back seat and it would
be a long time before Mr. Dimmick or
uny one else could possibly have the
prestige anil Influence which Senator
Penrose possesses and which Pennsyl
vania must have.
"Let u stop playing with dynamite
and get together behind the Republi
can party with an earnestness and an
enthusiasm which will prove us wor
thy of the reputation we earned as the
greatest business nation on earth and
the most dependable, least mercurial,
most sensible people history lias any
record of."
The Lebanon county statement was
signed by sixty-seven manufacturers.
Reading Hit by Tariff.
The Berks county statement bore
the signatures of eighty manufactur
ers and wau clven out at a meeting In
BoniJiu:, which was ultiiesasJ by
We received a telephone message from a customer several days ago inquiring if we in
tended doing business during the alterations to our store room. We desire to answer mat
question in this
Letter To The
Public.
We shall continue doing business without the loss of one minute all through the process
of changing our store room from one to three floors. The elevator is being rapidly installed,
the CaxpeTiters, Plasterers, Bricklayers, Plumbers, Electricians and Woodworkers are working
with might and main to get this magnificent store ready in as short a time as possible. The
alterations while extensive will not hamper us to any great extent in our daily business. So
you can arrange to shop here as usual without any inconvenience. The clerical force, always
alive to do your bidding, are keyed up to the always high standard of Printz Co. service.
The stocks are beautiful to look at and we invite your looking.
Some day within a the next few weeks the builders will turn the building over to us
complete in every detail.
We in turn will turn it over to the betterment of our personal service to the many Oil City
and vicinity friends who have made the success of this store possible.
T.
A.
P.
Oil City, r
Clianes k. i.eippe, proprie'or of the
Heading Knlttimr Mills, who, a ter sug
gesting that it was time to "stop and
consider what the l)c m.iciatic ndml i
istratton has done for us," sad:
"I received the ether day some of
flclul figures, comi nrlng the imporif
of foreign goods Into this country dur
in Kebrunry of 1914 with siiui'ar im
ports of the same goods during Feb
ruary of 1913. Some of these aniclei
such as aluminum, watches, glusswar,
and raw wools, neither Heading noi
llerks county is vitally concerned In
Others, however, we man ifacture
here. When they begin to brl.ig In
cotton cloths, hosiery and other knit
goods, cutlery, tanned leathers, veget
aides, woolen cloths and wearing ap
parel, it Is our ox that is belli fo-ed,
and I want you to behold the alarming
mutilation of it.
"We make cotton cloths here In
Reading. The imports in February
jumpt luo per cent.
"we make stockings. I make them
In my mill. The increase In the im
ports of hosiery amounted to 40.5 per
cent.
Imports Jump 677 Per Cent.
"In other knit goodB. which are also
made in Heading, the Jump was from
143,825 worth ill February, 1913. to
$340,(137 worth In February, 1914, or
t77 per cent. Think of that! Nearly
seven times as much of this die id la
bor foreign goods brought in under the
Democratic Underwood tariff law in
February. 1914. as came in the preced
ing year under the Republicans.
"Do you wonder that our knitting
mills are running along from hand t.)
mouth, many of them on short tine.
and otlicrs contemplating wage reduc
tions in order to keep afloat amid the
free trade Hood that is pouring In upon
us?
"We make cutlery In Reading. The
Democratic tariff law increased our
Imports of cutlery 34.6 per cent In one
month. It gave us 79.ti per cent more
tanned leather to compete with; 2fi
per cent more paper anil manufactures
of paper: 44 per cent more vegetables
which have merely Interfere! with the
farmers' prices and produced no relief
to the consumer; 25 per cent more
wearing apparel and 4tit per cent more
woolen manufactures of varieties not
included under the other headings.
"Such are the conditions which our
neighbor. Congressman A. Mitchell
Palmer, has the audacity to paint as a
great political and Industrial triumph,
warranting his promotion from t! e
house of representatives to the Unite 1
States senate. It is the height of ef
frontery, and I am glad to say th it
some good Democrats have joined with
us Republicans in determining to re
buke it at the polls.
"Never was a vindication more ab
solute than that which lias come tu
the position sturdily maintained and
fought for by Senator Penrose against
overwhelming odds In regard to pro
tective tariff. He knew the Import
ance of it and he had the courage to
stand up for it when some of the rest
of us were weak in the knees and al
most inclined to believe that peril a os
the tariff wasn't so important after
all."
Carbon county manufacturers were
addressed at a meeting last Frl lay in
Mauch Chunk by William R. Huiler,
who grew sarcastic at the expense of
Congressman Palmer.
Be Cheerful, But Not an Idiot.
"The present condition of buslnes
in Carbon county." said Mr. Butler,
"is not at all satisfactory. Like tin
rest of the state and country, we are
putting the best face on a had bar
gain and trying to do everything in
our power to provide an antidote for
the industrial poison that has been ad
ministered to the country from Wash
ington. "I am not a pessimist. I do not be
lieve in fiaying that things have gone
to the bow-wows and quitting. I am in
favor of being as cheerful as possible
under the circumstances, but I am em
phatically opposed to permitting this
optimism to carry us to a point where
we thrown business acumen to the
winds and throngh sheer indifferent;?
Fernilt a continuation of the fallacious
)emocratlc tariff legislation which
has brought us to our present pass.
"Our representative In congress, Mr.
A. Mitchell Palmer, who, by the way,
Is a man I know and like personally,
ias endeavored to explain away the
results of the Underwooi law. I wa
much Interested in his re'ent speech
at Bethlehem. I read It with care, but
1 must confess that It only convince!
ine of the hopelessness of Mr. Pal
Bier's position. Why, gentlemen, 1
would rather be forced to de end the
proposition to the effect that ten cents
nail the pun-basin power o a dollar
than to be confronted with the painful
necessity of telling the wase earner)
that thev did not know when thev
were out of work or why they were out
of work.
"There Is onlv one wav to Judge of
the benefit or harm accruing Irom eco
nomic legislation, and that U by the
prosperity or the depression which fol
lows it.
"We have proved this pn'd'ng a
crow puddinz 1 should ca'l It be ause
we are now eating It. and Mr. Palmer
has undertaken a colossal task in as
suming to convince us that the flavor
1b delicious."
Verlaine and the Burglars.
According to n conteniiorary, n Tar
is beggar, seeing nn old man about to
give hi in a halfpenny, showed his con
tempt for the gift by taking n silver
coin from his own pocket and bestow
ing It on the ulnisglver. Let us hope
the recipient fared better than Paul
Verlaine did under somewhat similar
circumstances. One night the poet
woke up to find a couple of burglars
In his room. Shortly before he had
been driven by poverty to sell every
stick of furniture uml was reduced to
Bleeping on a sack. His visitors were
so touched by this evidence of dire
poverty that they gave bin) a franc
nploce nnd took their depnrture. "Un
fortunately." Verlaine had to ndinit
when he related tho story, "both the
coius were bad ones." Tuidoo Tatler.
The makers of
Nemo Corsets
are earnestly and successfully striving to benefit
womankind. We feel that in bringing before you the
things that they have accomplished, we are helping,
too. So our Corset Department is now celebrating
Nemo Week.
The new Nemo models displayed here we believe
do more for style than any other corsets that have
ever been made. You'll be well repaid for carefully
studying them all. We mention three splendid num
bers but space does not permit full description:
No. 303, Nemo Lastikops Corset, at $3.00.
No. 551, Nemo Kopservice Corset, at $5.00.
No. 327, Nemo "Duplex" Self-Reducing Corset,
at $3.00.
Bombay's Bird Market
It Is n common practice In India to
keep birds ns pets in captivity, parrots
being most popular for this purpose,
but cockntoes. mainas la smaller kind
of talking lilrdi. canary birds, doves
and gray bended love birds are also
frequently een in cages. The bird
market at Bombay Is one of tho
unique sights of that city, there be
ing offered for sale there thousands of
birds, chiefly from India and the east
coast of Afrl'-a. esiKfially Zanzibar
JAMES HASLET,
GENERAL MERCHANT.
Furniture Dealer,
AND
UNDERTAKER.
TIONESTA. PENN
Made -To -Measure
Clothes of the
Highest Quality
may be purchased here at the
most modest prices in town.
See our marvels of beauty at
$15, $18 and $20
and our wonderful importa
tions at
$25, $30 and $35
Fit and finish guaranteed.
D. H. Blum,
TIONESTA, FA.
T.
A.
P.
Oil City, l'a.
pie fltngnefe ustpaljf Don
BrUlen.
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auf bet sJlchI)aut bura auprfltfcitynlicl'l
Ibiitiflfcit bed musculus ciliarius flci
brarfit, obcr baS'iHlfc unUoQConuneri feul
imb ba illcfullfit tocrbimltltc SefxH
mit Sdjluadie unb Sdjmtrj urn 2Ju'
ficn unb 6tirn. 2)ic3 berurfad)t Gem
acftionen, tuclcte fid) burd; fd;loere Sim
(jcnlicber, SH6the, 3"d"cn cber SJrennen,
cin efiiht, nl fti Sd;muv im tHuge,
unb battfifleit Sd)mer3, berbunbtn mij
Gmjjfinblidjfcit pegen id;t jtigen.
fd)hhid)cr bad 3luge, befto fiitI6arc
pbige Sljintome. Stugen mtfgen Myfifcj
ftart uttb gUid)U)et;l fcbfd)luad) (in unj
Umgcfcfyrt.
Urn burd; Gkbraud; tiner S3rtDfe bi
SDJiingcl aufjuheben, tuirb bie Ufycitigfcij
bcr SJiuotcIn geaubcrt, unb tuenn bci
Sd;aben Doriiber cber bura) ju ftarfj
cber ju fd;lad;e Idfernid)t aufget;pbc!
ift, fo finb bie Urfadten bet Gongeftioi
eb,cr bcrmefytt ftatt berminbert. SOcftcl j
gemifdite Skfraction, niujj irgenb eii
j&anbcUglad ben Sdfjaben bermct)ren.
Scber Sd;load;ftd;tige foUte fid; forgi
faltig hiffenfd;aftlid; untcrfud;en un)
ikillen anlpafjenlaffen, tbe er fie in ei
brmid; nimmt.
3n befonbem Sullen toerbtn lafct
auf SBcfteHung jjcfa)liffcn, in jebem gallt
iiorautirt.
For Further Particulars Call On
DOCTOR MORCK
Who Will be Pleased to Explain the
Above in Either Language.
Fred. Orettenberger
GENERAL
BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST.
All work pertaining to Machinery, En
gines, Oil Well Tools, Gas or Water Fit
lings and General KlaekHmitulug prompt
ly done at LoV Kates. Repairing Mill
Machinery given special attention, and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Shop in rear of and lust west of the
Shaw House, Tidioute, a.
Your patronage solicited.
FRED. GRETTENBERQER,
-&lGty, Pa. J