DEALERS IK EEALTY.
!
01d-Time Methods of Buying, Selling
and Renting Property..
ITEB HUSTLING ILEAL ESTATE MEN
And the Important Part They Take in Such
Transactions fiow.
ji BUSINESS OF MARYELOUS GEOWTH
tWEITTXN ros ths EisrATcn.1
THERE are in
Pittsburg and Alle
gheny, between 150
and 200 individuals
and firms engaged
in. the real estate
business. Fifteen
years ago there were
scarcely a dozen; 30
years ago, less than
half that number,
and 50 years ago
none at all. Not
IT. A. JTcrron. that the men of
Pittsburg,, half a century ago, did not buy,
sell and rent houses and other property as
they do to-day for they did, though on a
limited scale but such an occupation as
that of the modern real estate agent was un
known. It did not exist, because it was un
necessary. Old-time Pittsburgers doubt
less had less bnsiness to attend
to than the citizens of to-day. Most of them
had less property, too; and land owners gen
erally had time to attend personally to such
business as the selling of lots, the renting of
tenements and such other duties as are now
placed in the hands of agents. Those who
could not do this employed lawyers or jus
tices of the peace to manage such negotia
tions for them. "Whatever real estate trans
actions were made
were conducted by
tthose who depended
upon some other
bnsiness or profes
sion as their main-
t stay and support.
But as the city
grew and land be
? came valuable,those
s ho were bo f Grin
s' nate as to possess
larpft estates beiran
to find that it re- Henry A. TTeaier.
quired more and more of their time each
jf year to look after their vested interests.
Gradually they drooped other occupations
it to devote their whole attention to the man
E agement of their properties. Those who
3 succeeded in making their own estates yield
$ profitable returns came, after a while, to be
i entrusted with the conduct of similar busi
ng ness for other parties. They also speculated
F in a small way, and so by eay gradations
? became brokers and dealers in real estate.
m The real estate agent, as w e know him to-
dav, came into being in Pittsburg some
r time between 1840 and 1S50. Sterley Cutli
je bert, whose sons still continue in the busi-
ness, was the pioneer. Shortly after, Ben
& jamin McLean secured a tract of land, laid
g off lots and began selling them. His son-in-
law, Thomas S. Maple, nest took an inter-
est and the business was continued for some
years under the firm name of McLean &
t Maple. In ante-war times Mr. Cuthbert
? and the firm just mentioned were the lead
is ing operators.
1" " For many years, and indeed until after
S after 1863 the business done was inconsider
J able, and probably some single firms in the
city now record more
transactions in one
week than was done
by all these early
agents in a year.
At the beginning
little advertising
was done and scarce
ly any attempt was
made by agents to
induce those who
had property to sell
to place it in their
hands. "Running
after people" was
considered undigni
Samuel W. BlacX.
fied and unprofessional; business would be
feaccepted if it came in the dealer's way, but
-present meinoas oi soiicitm? it
Jfewere little used. It is safe to say
J; that any man who should attempt
3to conduct a real estate agency now, as
thoe of 30 years ago were conducted,
t would find his occupation unprofitable. In
xthese days it is ihe man who has property to
f sell who advertises seldom the man who
desires to buy. Those who are most success
jS'ul in this business are those who take the
, roost pains to keep the public inlormed of
tt what they are doing ana ot what bargains
' sthev have to offer.
- For a business so recently established the
, , growth of the real estate traffic has been sur
i ijprisingly great The war period was a sea
son of ureat activity for the few who were
.Jthcn dealing in realty. Money was made
ttiapidly, and a great deal of "it lost with
l equal "suddenness when the panic of 1873
'brought financial stringency and swept
f j away inflated values. Recovery from the
jgeffects of the panic was slow and painful.
3For a period of five years or more the real
Restate market was depressed, but the steady
'Sgrowih of the city necessarily forced
lit to rally by degrees. Since
$1880 the business in general has
Mimproved steadily, and during the past
jthree years especially the real estate men
"$have "enjoyed a season of unprecedented
i "prosperity." It is the almost unanimous tes
timony of the dealers of to-day that values
are fixed and substantial, and that most of
the property which exchanges hands is sold
at such figures as to render the investment
jja sate and profitable one to the buyer. Of
"(course there are owners who are asking
aniore for their properties than they can
reasonably expect to realize at present; but
athese instances are not numerous, and fic
titious Talues are rare among those who de
Jfcire and expect to find purchas
Wers immediately. The great com
jpetition in the business at present
also operates to pre
Fvent undue inflation.
Pittsburg has never
had a "boom in the
fcVTestern sense of the
perm, out li nas en
joyed a constant ana
prosperous growth,
(which, in all the ele
ments that tend to
strengthen confidence
in the present and
ausrur well for a
thriving future, was
perhaps never great
er than now.
KA. partner in one Davtd B. Black.
"of uWleadine agencies tells me that his firm
eil.:ii -n tn nnn nnn wn-l. f H.i ..4- j
fling the year if business continues to be as
good during the ensuing ten months as it
has been during January and February of
1889. He bases his calculation on the
actual record of sales made since the begin
Ening of the year. As his firm is only one
oiBeveraiuiMiiuvc uuaiucss almost n
sot quite as large, some idea may be formed
of the magnitude and importance of the
transactions in city and suburban prop
erty.
KTen years ago one of the leading real es-TiVfj-
firms found am rile accommodation!! in
the office of a firm engaged in another line
zf business, though they had only desk room
uhere. Now some of the Fourth avenue
(Sealers require offices as spacious and as
isumerouB as we principal uan&s. me m
Iteriorof the average real estate office, in-
bnsinsss Has been thoroughly systematized
Jn'rprvnt vMrs. and its different branches so
managed that callers are waited upon with
ftp-eat promptitude. Every firm dealing in
real estate handles mortgages also, and the
Naajority of the dealers make a feature of
securing tenants and collecting rents for
landlords. Insurance business is also at
tended to by sny agents. One firm has a
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fyy
CflPWteWiifSS
printing office, and issues its own lists and
catalogues, though of course this does not
reach anything like the number of people
who are reached by the newspapers. Pho
tographs of properties for sale are kept on
J hand in large quantities, and illustrated
pamphlets are put out lor the information
of customer'. Two or three carloads of lum
ber are used each vear by one firm in the
making of advertising signs. Many of these
methods of attracting buyers have been
adopted but lately.
Beal estate dealers generally transact a
commission business. Some buy tracts out
right and sell off lots at such terms as they
can. Jbrequently a
landholder places" his
property in the hands
of an agent, telling him
that he will be satisfied
if he receives so much
net, and leaving it for
the agent to make what
he can over and above
that figure. Lawyers
get a good deal ot busi
ness through real estate
men, receiving from 57
Jizme W. Drape, to $25 lor examining a
title. The Fidelity Title and Trust Com
pany makes a business of examining and
insuring titles, and because of the immense
security it gives its guarantees are much
sought after. "Notaries also come in for
their share of fees for. the execution of con
tracts, deeds and mortgages. All in all
there are fev businesses with more ramifi
cations than that of the real estate dealer.
The recent custom of selling houses and
lots for a small cash payment, the balance
to be paid in monthly installments, has
greatly increased the nnmDer of real estate
transactions. The plan is in every way a
commendable one. By taking advantage
of it thousands of workingmen in this coun
ty are now property owners, or in a fair
way to become so, instead of rent payers.
Of course, a man who buys a house or other
firoperty on the installment plan, eventual
y pays considerably more for it than its
cash value at the time he made the bargain;
but the prospect of securing a home makes
him economical, and oftentimes the money
invested would otherwise have been used in
a manner that would benefit neither his
family nor himself. It is better to live in
your own home, even if you are five or ten
years in paying for it, than to pay rent for
some other man's house all the days of your
life. As it is now, it is possible for every
industrious man of good habits to become
a real estate owner, unless some unusual
misfortune befalls him.
"Nearly every agent in Pittsburg is earn
estly in favor of the establishment of a real
estate exchange here, similar to those m
existence in other
cities. The move
ment has been agi
tated for some time,
but has at last taken
definite shape, and
it begins to look as
if the exchange
would soon become
a fixed fact and take
its place among the
recognized business
institutions of the C.S. Love.
city. Among the reasons urged for the
necessity of such an exchange are the lack
of uniform rules among real estate men in
the conduct of their business; the disposi
tion of a few to work for low commissions
and thereby cnt prices; the occasional loss
of commissions, after property is sold,
through dishonesty on the part of the former
holder, and, in fact, the need generally felt
by men in this line of business for an or
ganization that shall be mutually beneficial
to their interests.
Among the men now engaged in the real
estate business, 'who have been identified
with it almost from its inception, are "W. A.
Herron, C. H. Love, Henry A. "Weaver, C.
Beringer and L M. Pennock. Mr. Herron
started an agency in 1863 and is now the
head of the firm "W. A. Herron & Sons,
B. H. and J. "VV. Herron being associated
with him in the conduct of the business.
Mr. Herron is about 66 years of age, a na
tive of Pittsburgh and one of its best
known citizens. C. H. Love was
a pioneer in the business, beginning
it in 1857, but not devoting his whole at
tention 'to it until
1868. Mr. Love
was born in "West
Vircinian, but has
resided in Pitts
burg since 1841.
His personal
knowledge of the
history and growth
of theagensy sys
tem is, perhaps,
more extensive
than that of any
other man in the
city. Henry A.
77fc.. r Weaver is the old-
Thomm Liggett. est man still act
ively engaged in real estate dealings, his
age being almost three score and ten, and
he has long been connected with the
civil and business interests of the city. He
W3s formerly a merchant, and from 1857 to
1860 served as Mayor of Pittsburcr. He
afterward held the position of TJnited
States Assessor of Internal Revenue for six
years, and for a period of 16 years has con
ducted his present business, dealing in real
estate and mortgages. C. Beringer, who
was born in Germany, but came to Alle
gheny county when a boy, opened a real
estate office in Allegheny in 1863, and, ex
cepting a short interval, has followed the
business ever since. His son, "W. C. Ber
inger, is now a member of the firm, the style
of which is C. Beringer & Son. L M. Pen
nock, of I. M. Pennock & Son, came to the
city from the neighboring county of Fayette
in 1837, and has devoted his attention to his
present business since 1866.
imminent among the younger real es
tate dealers, those who have come con
spicuously to the
front with Pitts
burg's new growth,
is the firm of Sam
uel "W. Black &
Co., established in
1878. The head of
the firm is a Pitts
burger by birth,
and a descendant of
one of the early
settlers, his grand
father, Bev. John
Black, D.D., hav
ing located here in
1797. Mr. Black is
thepersonification of
acuvny, anu owes.
(T. Berinoer.
like the other leading agents, much of his
Bucuwa ku uia live ana juaicious auvcr
tising. The steady and rapid growth of the
business of this firm affords the best of evi
dence of the value of such advertising,
Speaking of old-time methods of real estate
'dealers and contrasting them with those now
in use, Mr. Black said:
"Formerly an agent kept his list of
properties for sale or to rent, in a book in
writing, which he showed to customers as
required. That system soon went out of
date, and was succeeded by the plan of pub
lishing a list to place in the hands of those
who made inquiries. These lists, at first
published at intervals of several months
each, crew into monthly, then into weekly
and finally into daily publications. Lately
we have adopted the plan of printing a
To Let' list, a column long in The Dis
patch twice each week, as the best means
of informing our customers what we have
to offer. The renting of property, once an
inconsiderable part of a real estate agent's
business, has grown to be one of his most
important sources of income."
One of the best-liked men in the real es
tate business is Mr. John C. Beilly, who
was formerly in the livery business as mem
ber of the firm of Burns & Beilly, and who
was also one of the builders of the "West
End Passenger Railroad. Mr. Beilly is an
excellent judge of property. His manners
ars quiet. He is Tery popular -with the
other agents as well as with buyers and sell
ers. The firm of Black & TSaird, thongh re
cently established, has a business of large
proportions. In December, 1887, David P.
Black, Milton L Baird and Ledlie Glon
incer, three enterprising young men, who
had previously served an apprenticeship at
the business, severed their connection with
the firm of Samuel "W. Black & Co. and
formed a partnership under the style of
c"g"SJW
JSSfjL
1 Black & Baird. Mr.'D. P. Black hadbeen
with various real estate firms for about teu
years; the others were younger in the busi
ness. By a liberal use of printer's ink and
by their systematic business methods these
young men soon succeeded in reaching a
place in the front rank of real estate men.
They now ha e a force of 25 employes and
handle several millions worth of property
annually.
A few words regarding other representa
tive meu in this line of business whose
portraits accompany this sketch. Thomas
Liggett, one of the foremost advocates of the
proposed Beal Estate Exchange, has been
a real es t a te
dealer for ten
years, and has a
prosperous and
growing busi
ness. James "W.
Drape, a Scotch
man by birth,
came to this
country 22 years
ago, and joined
the real estate
fraternity in 1873.
His partner, J.D.
Glover, who has
been in the busi
ness nearly as
Thomas McCaffrey. lone, became the
associate of Mr. Drape in 187i. Thomas
McCaffrey, a brother of Pittsburg's cele
brated Dominick, opened an office in
Lawrenceville three years ago, and now has
a liberal share of the business in that sec
tion of the city, besides , . dealing
quite extensively in rural "property.
Reed B. Covlo & Co., the firm being
composed of R. B. Coyle and R. J. Coyle,
Jr., are among the youngest of the well
known agents. They engaged in bnsiness
for themselves in December, 1887. Mr.
Reed B. Coyle had previously been with
Black & Baird.
Among other prominent firms, whose offi
ces are located in the old citv are Alex
ander & Lee, Alles & Bailey, John F. Bax
ter, Henry A. Breed.Balteu'sperger & "Will
iams, J. R. Cooper & Co., J. Dermitt, D.
P. Thomas & Co., Dunlap & Bennett,
Graebling & Co., Morris & Fleming, J. J.
Howlev, Hart & Wilkinson, "McCune &
Coulter, "W. "W. McNeil & Bro., John H.
McCreery, A. J. Pentecost, Pittsburg Com
pany (limited), George Schmidt, W. C.
Stewart, Straub & Morris, Ed "Wittisch and
E. D. "VVingenroth the latter one of the few
who have graduated from the newspaper bus
iness and engaged in real estate transac
tions. The firm of A. Leg-gate & Son, of Alle
gheny, is one of the oldest, if not the very
oldest, on that side of the river. Ewing &
Byers, A. D. "Wilson, and many others are
among the agents in our sister city, where
values, especially on residence property,are
increasing very rapidly. Among Penn
avenue and .East-End real
estate agents some of the
best known are Mellon
Bros., who deal in their
own property exclusively
and havi immense hold
ings; George F. McCon
nell, L. O. Frazier.D. C.
Negley, Dennison&
Schwan and Frank O.
Van Gorder. Over on
the Southside the Knox- -ReedB. Coyle.
ville Land Improvement Company has been
doing a large business for some years. The
agency of O. R. Toudy, of Carso'n street, re
ceives a good share of the bnsiness from the
Birmingham district. These lists might be
multiplied indefinitely, bnt limited space
and some consideration for readers' patience
forbid the addition of another name.
E. "W. Babtebtt.
BOTES ABOUT ART.
The testimonial from the fire department to
C. L. Magee was executed at the pen art de
partment of Duffs College. The details of the
engine are brought out with great care.
The New York Art Guild is endeavoring to
increase the number of its members and the
field of its usefulness at the same time. It has
now a membership of over 200 well-known
artistB, and is receiving additions to its mem
bers from a more widely extended territory
than formerly. In the course of a conple of
months it is the intention to establish a Bureau
of Exhibitions, which will receive, care or and
insnre pictures belonging to members of the
gmld, which may be sent to It to be forwarded
to the various expositions.
A project which is being advocated by a
number of Eastern people, who take interest in
art matters, prominent among whom Is Mr. A.
B. Tornure, editor of the Art Age, is the estab
lishment of annual conventions of representa
tives of all the art societies in the country. The
scheme includes the uoldinc of exhibitions and
the conferring of prlzes,and would doubtless be
greatly beneficial, as it would tend to bring
various art associations together and develop
an interest In tao subleot in some degree com
mensurate with its importance. The annual
exhibitions would then bo really representative
of the nation's art, and result in the concentra
tion of various energies which are now weak
ened for lack of united action.
According to the original intention yester
day was to have been the last of the exhibition
of foreign paintings in the Gillespie gallery,
bnt Mr. Collins has decided to remain until the
middle of the present week, and when he does
depart it 13 more than probable that he will
leave a number of fine works behind him.
Several pictures have already been sold
and removed from the gallery, and
certain others are almost sure to find
Eurchasers. Quite a number of new works
ave been received and added to the collection,
taking the place of those which have been sold.
A striking and original work bears the signa
ture "Geo. Washington," a name dear to the
heart of every American, though the artist is
in nowise related to the man who first made it
illustrious. A picture entitled "Defending the
Dispatches," by Beauquesne, is a splendid
painting, though by no means the most expen
sive one in the collection.
The celebrated French artist, Gerome, does
not like the idea of a tariff upon works of
art, aqd when it was suggested to him that he
send some of his pictures to the United States,
he emphatically declined, and rather irritably
exclaimed that the Americans viewed alike
both art products and sardines, and made them
pay the same tax, and then, after paying it, the
pictures might not sell and would have to be
returned. Whatever else may be said
about the matter it is extremely un
likely that any good pictures would be re
turned for want of purchasers, as the people of
this country are particularly liberal In regard
to the prices they are willing to pay for foreign
works. There are a number nf Oerome's
Eictures in this country, one of them having
een exhibited in this city recently In the
Bcicbard collection. The work in question
was bnt a small canvas, and being valued at
S2.2S0 will convey some idea of tbe prices at
which other works by the same artist are
likely to be held.
The method of steeling etched or engraved
plates of copper, which is a comparatively re
cent invention, is one of these instances In
which science lends its aid to the introduction
of fine art into the homes of the masses. For
merly the first few proofs takeu from a plate
were immeasurably superior to those which
followed, and tlw larger the edition of a work
published the poorer became the later issues.
The Introduction of the process of depositing
upon the surface of the etched plate a
thin coatinr of steel has materially altered
this condition of affairs, rendered the number
of proofs, which may be issued from a plate In
a fair condition, a practically unlimited quan
tity. The process, which simply consists of
electro-plating the copper with steel, renders
the softer metal as durable as the steel itself,
for when the surface begins to wear, it may be
re-steeled. Since it has thus become possible
to issue as manv copies of a work as may be
thought desirable without the plate showing
signs of wear, the price of good etchings from
plates in first class condition has boon mater
ially reduced.
Two new etchings, "Eventide and "The Edge
or the Marsh." both by E. L. Field, are very
pleasing and effective pictures It is worthy of
note, however, that much of their effectiveness
must be credited to the skill of the printer, and
Is due to what Is known as "artificial Mintlne."
In the ordinary or "natural" method of print
ing etchings the surface of the plate is wiped
perfectly clean, leaving inkanly in the bitten
lines, and the proofs then show nothing
but plain Une-work, with a clear surface be
tween them. The "artificial" printing consists of
a method by which a slight coating of ink is loft
on the surface of the plate, and which appears
on the proof like a thfn wash of color, usually
of a graduated tone, supplementing tbo lino
work or pure etching. Many art critics insist
that this method of work is false to the true
principles of art, and they contend that the
technique of a picture should' be as simple as
pussiuie; ujafa uiv otcumg euouia oe pure eicu
ing; mezzotint should be pure mezzotint, in
short that each branch of art should
be practiced simply, and that two
or more methods should never be combined for
tbe sake of effect. But, in spite of the critics,
leading men in every branch of art and in all
ages have seen fit to violate this rule, and have
done so with such skill and judgment that the
objections have been, for the time being,
silenced. Artists work for tbe sake ot results,
not methods, an6 their work should be judged
by its effectiveness, not by the process by
which such result was reached. If one may at
tain a desired end by a short and easy method
it is lolly to adopt a longer and more laborious
one.
A SATMAL CIRCUS.
The Inaugural Pageant is Bnt a Sop
Thrown to the Masses.
ME. CLEVELAND'S GRIM FOKTITUDE
Under the Unpleasant Exactions of Presi
dental Etiquette.
THE POLITICAL TYHEEL OP FORTUNE.
Appearance of Republican Statesmen Who Are
Almost a Eeminiscence.
iritOM A STAFF COKEBSPOSD1JNT.1
Washington, March 2. There never
was anything like it this barbarous dis
play in honor of the incoming President.
If the present is so much of an Increase over
four years ago. what will it be four years
from now? A halt must be called some
where, bnt I suppose it never will be until
a President is elected who will have nerve
enough to put his foot down on the whole
performance, Inaugural procession, ball and
the idiotio receptions that follow for four
long years, and stamp them out of existence.
If the people will not shame the President
by refusing to engage in such things I sup
pose we must wait for a President who will
shame the people. The preparations for
the inaugural parade to-morrow are posi
tively insane. The lunacy four years ago
was only a beginning to this. Seats cover
every available foot of parking. The peo
pie's ground has been sold for the time to a
few speculators, and those who do not choose
to pay the prices asked, must take their
chances on tbe sidewalks.
The streets along the route of the proces
sion arc roped in, and an army of men with
clubs is detailed to drive the "mob" to the
narrow space that is left for them on the
footways though the "mob" certainly de
serves no better treatment, if it will persist
in going to such performances, and invit
ing and permitting itself to be trampled
upon. Even half of the sidewalks are ob
structed for the most part of tbe route by
the erection of scaffolding and seats by the
owners or lessees of the buildings, and the
chances are that many of those will come
tumbling down upon the poor people who
will crowd the space below.
"Windows are selling at prices never heard
of before. I know of several for which 500
is paid. Two hundred dollars is a common
figure. I asked the price fife other day
ot a room at a little family hotel in the in
terest of a friend. "Two hundred dollars,
sir," wastbe prompt reply, without a blush.
It was a very ordinary room, and I said so.
"But whoever takes this room can use it for
sleeping purposes as well as lor the view of
the procession, and that is more than you
will usually get," and the clerk pointed out
to me half a dozen windows in the neigh
borhood which rented for $200, simply for
the procession.
Seats upon the open stands are,selling
like hotcakes for from ?2 to ?5 each. If it
were Italian opera, with Patti and Nicolini
in the cast, the rush would not be so great.
But long live nonsense! Give us bread and
circuses! Let the men who run the politics
of the country, and who are in reality the
rulers, buffet and rob us to-day, if they but
give us a show and plenty of noise and
fireworks to-morrow we will forgive them.
Fresidental Etiquette.
Mrs. Cleveland has borne herself charm
ingly in the almost humiliating ordeal
through which she is passing, and Mrs.
Harrison has done what she could to re
lieve the embarrassment of the situation.
There is something almost grotesque in the
grim etiquette of the time. "When the new
President comes to the city he must call
upon the great defeated. That is the pre
scription. Then the old President must
call upon the new. If they have wives they
must be accompanied by the ladies. When
Cleveland was elected he was not married, and
President Arthur was to all intents and pur
poses a single gentleman.
Now, these old single fellows, the one a
bachelor and the other for years a widower,
both having a profound knowledge of the re
courses of the worldly, had means to soften
the rigors of the occasion. Tbey took advant
age of the situation, and bridged over tbe gulf
between them with a span of glass. They grew
mellow and genial, and congratulated and con
doled with each other as two good fellows will,
and there were no hard feelings. But the situ
ation is different now. There are ladies in the
case, and Harrison doesn't drink. He is a re
served man, sincere, frank, and not given to
saying what be does not feel
Cleveland, as everybody hero knows, is
awfully hurt by his defeat. In these circum
stances the etiquette of the time must be, to
say the least, very tiresome. Here comes a
man who drives you ont of your house against
your will, and yet you are forced to dine him
and embrace him and welcome him as though
he were an angel of light come to bless your
home. You pack up your traps, your visitor
eats your best meal and drives in your best
carriage, and then all in a moment he says
"Now you get," and you can only say "Thank
you," instead of the other thing which you
would like to say.
Ups nnd Downs of Politics.
"What a funny thing ''popular goyern
ment" is anyway. Here is a man who last
week or last year was a simple Jawyer, no
better nor worse than thousands of other
lawyers. Perhaps he was a " Mayor or a
Sheriff, or- something of that kind. This
week he is President and his whole person
ality is changed in the eyes oi the people.
He is elected simply to serve, to look after
our little affairs for a short time, to exercise a
judgment which is just as crude as it has Veen
in all the long years when he went unrecog
nized, and yet ne is a god, or a king, or some
thing more than a man. and the oeonle am
crazed to see him, and trample upon one an
other and pay enormous prices to get near to
him as he passes in the street.
Of course a great deal of this Is due to the
whoop la character of party politics. It is a
good thing for the party to make a noise. It
impresses tbe "mob." There is nothing like
cannon and "soger boys" and drums and horns
and fireworks to aronse enthusiasm. They are
so much simpler than reason and common
sense, so much more easily understood. Ah,
what a great, serious, lucid, reasoning, intel
lectual people we are, to be sure.
Renurrected Stntcsmou,
But the time has brought lots of interest
ing, prominent and historical people to the
town, and many are given a chance to se'e
them, if nothing more. Men like Cassius
M. Clay and "Hannibal Hamlin and "Wil
liam "Windom, who were nearly forgotten,
turn up almost as bright and as fresh as ever,
and remind us that death is not always ci uel,
as so many good people are allowed L live long
beyond the average age of the human kind.
The swallow-tail coat of Hamlin is a sight for
sore eyes. It recalls tho good old-fashioned
past. The swallow tail has disappeared from
Congress. When Hamlin passed out of the
chair of the President of the Senate, Conger
came in a few years to supply the lack in that
body.. Then Luke Poland, whose swallow-tall
had the addition of brass buttons, came into
the House, and so both tne House and the Sen
ate for a time had representatives of the old
school.
What a revival of the past this re-entrance of
the Republican party is. Here at a glance, in
the rooms of the Arlington, may be seen Blaine,
Morton. Piatt, Windom. Clay, Clayton, of Ar
kansas, Speer, or Georgia, Longstreet, Hamlin,
Elkins, Boutwell, Proctor, Mahone, Hender
son, of Missouri, and dozens of others whose
forms were familiar years ago, -but most of
whom wore practically retired from politics.
Dorsey and Brady are about the only ones who
are absent of tbe old circle of managers. They -have
reformed. E W. JL.
A Trust That la No Monopoly.
The trust reposed by the dyspeptic and bil
ious in Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is not a
monopoly. It Is shared not only by them, but
by residents of malarious localities, quondam
rheumatic sufferers whom it has relieved, and
the nervous, debilitated and infirm whom it
has built up. If troubled with inaction of the
kidneys you should use it. Give this medicine
tbo systematic trial it merits.
Wash Goods.
See our line of American challi at 630
and 20o a yard. Many very beautiful styles
in these popular fabrics. .
otvtsu Hcous & Hacks.
BIJOU THEATER,
Under the Direction of - -
Business Manager - - - -
WEEK OF MARCH 4, -
MATINEES WEDNESDAY and SATTJEDAY.
The Great London and New York Success,
TBI FUGITIVE
By TOM
The Most Powerful Melo-Dramatio
Production of the Times.
A Thrilling Story of Love Won
and Lost.
Ne-w York, Six Weeks to Standing
Boom.
Interpreted by the Strongest Dramatic Company Traveling.
Act I. The Grounds. Templeton Manor. Actn. Office Lowerside Mills. Act HI. Lapse
of Six Months. Galton Cross. Winter. Act IV. Lapse of 18 Months. The Priory.
THE STORM at SEA and the WRECK of the MELBOURNE.
This has been pronounced by competent judges the most Realistic Shipwreck
ever placed upon the stage. .
J93-N. B. Having purchased the play for the TJnited States, Messrs. Proctor fe Nugent
secured the services of the eminent scenic artist Mr. Phillip Goatcher, and instructed him to
spare no expense in making THE FUGITIVE one of the grandest scenic productions of the
present day. In this he has met their approval. '
B8 SHI 1 DDXOCCl eeservedseats;
IJUU IT Kibpb 75c, 50c and 25c
Next Week "The Twelvj Ti imitations."
WEEK COMMENCING MARCH 4, 1889,
EVEBY AFTEBNOON AND EVENING.
SS AGNES CODY
STJPPOBTED BY PALMEB'S COMEDY CO.
M
Every actor and actress in the city
J Matinee, ioc;
1 .TrMl4 j-kMi "D
fi iiisiu, iuu,
March 11-JameB H. "Walllolc's "Cattle King;
A YEEY SELECT AFPAIB.
Word McAllister Superintends tho Ticket
End of the Centennial Ball.
rSFXCIAX, TELEQBAM TO TBI DISPATCII.l
New Yoke, March 2. The tickets for
the ball at the Metropolitan Opera House,
on April 29, which is to precede
the Centennial celebration of Washington's
inauguration were not ready to-day,
so the considerable number of people
who applied at the Madison Square Bank
for them were disappointed. If ready to
morrow they will be issued at
once, at $10 each, only to those
whose names are found in a list
furnished by Mr. Ward McAllister, mana
ger of the Entertainment Committee. Ihe
bank will submit the names of persons not
on the list who apply for tickets to the
committee, but will not sell their tickets
until authorized by the committee. The
list is said to be a list of applicants whose
applications have been passed on already.
Several who applied for tickets to-day
were not on the list. They took it good
naturedly when told thatthey could'nt have
had tickets even if they had been
ready, and left their money as required.
The tickets, if ready, will be on tap to
morrow, at a little window like that of the
box office of the theater, just within the
door of the Worth Monument entrance to
the bank.
Air indefinable yet exquisite perfume lin
gers in the laces and lingerie among which
has been laid one of J. & E. Atkinson's
delicate sachets. su
Cloak Department.
Spring jackets, spring long and short
wraps, spring garments in all the newest de
signs; novelties in black lace cloaks and
mourning wraps, Hugus Ss TTacke.
Mwfsu
EIXITIR.A...
E.D. WILT. Lessee and Manager
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT,
COMMENCING MONDAY, MARCH U.
Farewell Tour of the Comedians,
I
And their company, presenting Brouson How
ard's great Comedy,
The Henrietta.
Mr. ROBSON as Berta, The Lamb
Mr. CRANE as Nicholas Vanalstque
PRICESr-Parquet and first two rows lot
circle, SI 60; balance of parquet circle, SI;
first two rows dress circle, 75c; balance.50;
gallery, 25c Sale of seats begins next Thurs
daytaornlng. mh3-71
TMPERIAL HALL. COR. SEVENTH AVE
JL NTJE and new Grant street.
"The Imperial Club reception and dance
THURSDAY EVENING, March 7; 8 to 2
Original Royals McMichael'S. All lovers of
dancing are invited. mb3-5S
F. a. EEMEMAN,
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53 AND 51 SIXTH STREET.
Headquarters for Costumes of all -descriptions,
tor hire at reasonable prices.
del6-Ba F. G. RE1NEMAN.
GMi OPERA flOlII Sj Ilia' Academy.
- - - B. M. GUIiICJK & CO.
- - - - - A. J. SHEDDEN.
OBAVEN.
Boston, Two "Weeks 'to Standing:
Boom. ,
A Reigning Sensation in London.
A Storm of Tears and Laughter.
The Suocess of Two Continents.
mh&&i
-CTHEATEFte-
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
In the Great American Flay entitled
It is not a border drama, but a sweet, pure,
simple story of our day. It has its sunshine
and its gloom, its bright-colored hopes and its
shaded sorrows. It lives among the plays that
fathers, mothers and their children can see
again and again, and each time feel better for
it. It is a family narrative, a thrilling story of
the home fireside which touches home to every
heart.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
The Story of Mormon Life, entitled
DANITES.
Invited to the Thursday Matinee.
Reserved Seats, 15c and 20c.
nM A...A J 0 . . 1 .
ivcacrvcu oculs, lcaaa 2SC
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U1L11 liUUUU,
E.D. WILT Lessee and Manager.
Week Commencing Monday, March 4
Wednesday and Saturday Matinees.
The distinguished Irish Comedian, MB.
JOSEPHMURPHY.
Monday and Tuesday Nights,
THE-"
KERRY QOW,
Supported by the Talented Young Leading
Actress, Miss
BELLE MELVILLE,
And a Powerful Dramatic Company.
Wednesday Matinee and Night and Thursday
Night, In his new play,
THEDONAGH
Introducing Panoramic Views of the beauti
ful LAKES OP KILLARNEY.
Friday Night and Saturday Matinee and Night
he will appear in
SHAUN RHUE,
Introducing Mr. Murphy's wonderfully suc
cessful song,
"A HANDFUL OF EARTH."
Week of March 11 Robson and Crane. In
"THE HENRIETTA." mh!21
Monday evening, March 4.
Matinees: Taesfiay,TliuTs3ay & Saturday.
LILY CLAY'S
COLOSSAL
Gaiety, Comique and Burlesque
COMPANY.
THE SHOW OF THE PERIOD.
All new features and the new burlesque,
entitled
ROBINSON CRUSOE.
March 11 Harry Williams Own Company.
mh3-18
CASINO MUSEUM.
JOHN W. O'BRIEN;..;. Proprietor
JOHN W. FLOOKER Manager
JOHN W. WALLACKER Press Agent
WEEK OF MARCH 4.
Kennedy and Mack, Frank and John.
Cuponties, Chas. and Alice. Thomas Hall.
Bradys, Jim and Jennie. T. J. Hcfron.
rightand Bums, John and Lotta.
Prof. Lee Howard.
Little Eva, the smallest living being now on
earth.
Admiral Dot. Miss Sadie Beltos.
Murphy, Irish Whlttler.
Admission....... , ,........10o
Open from 10 A. jc until 10 p. K. mfcS-U
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NEW
-AIT-
A CURRENT OF BARGAINS;
i
We'd Like to Dispel a Fallacy. It Has Been Inferred
That Because We Sell the Finest
FURNITURE, CARPETS, Etc,.r
Our prices are high. Really and truly they are not. Take any article you know about,
or which you can "carry in youl- eye," price it nt any other reliable store, then price it at ,
ours, you'll nnd that either we will sell you the article for Cash or Credit. Our figures
are lower than the lowest elsewhere. That is lor honest goods. Nobody wants a sham ,
glue for screws, shavings for hair, or any trash at any price such combinations are dear. -
We never sell what we cannot re'Mmmend, bnt we do sell grades of good Furniture, -
Carpets, etc., from the most ordinary kind up to the most elegant, and we make the terms
easy, that js, providing you wish for credit. It is a pleasure to show visitors over onr en
tire establishment before they oreready to buy, as well as after they conclude to do so.
Our warerooms abound with EVERYTHING NEW AND LOVELY. Fresh invoices
are arriving daily, and include many elegant and artistic things, while through onr en
tire stock runs a strong CUEKENT OF BAKGAINS.
Our prices are always the lowest possible, and we have always something extra to
offer for a reason. Right now we have a number of very carefully-made Suits and Pieces
in Tery choice patterns which we offer at prices much below their real value. You should
come and see us. You are welcome, whether you come simply to look or to boy.
HOPPER BROS. & CO.,
PITTSBURG'S LEADING CASH OR CREDIT HOUSE,
307 WOOD STREET, BET THIRD AND FOURTH AYES.
Passenger Elevator.
Open
DANZIGEE &
-SUCCESSORS TO-
MORRIS H.
SPECIAL and
In a Few Days We Shall be Be&dy to Announce the Date of the
GEAND
OF
DRY flU AID II 1IIGS.
:f.a.:m:otjs low peioes
"Will he the Ruling Feature in our New and Attractive
DRY GOODS STORE.
All good housekeepers will be delighted with our BIG- BASE
MENT STORE. Everything useful in House Furnishing Goods
you'll find right hero better and cheaper than you overbought .
before.
IT WILL PAY YOU TO WAIT.
EXTRAORDINARY OFFERING IN NEW GOODS.
Spring Wraps, Spring Jackets,
Beaded Capes, Blouses and Jerseys.
EemarlsalDle "Valixes
In Table Linens, Napkins, D'Oylies, Damask Table Cloths, with Nap
kins to match. Unequaled Towel Bargains.
.A. G-xa;XLd- -A-sso3?"bfn e:n.-t
Of White Goods, Embroideries, Flouncing. French Nainsooks, Victoria Lawns,
Persian Lawns, Nainsook Plaids and Checks. Plaid Lawns, India Linen Lawns and a
SUPEBB NEW STOCK OF MUSLIN UNDERWEAR, comprising everything de
sirable for Ladies, Misses, Children and Infants.
.A:p:R,o:isrs-
The largest stock in town to select from. You'll be surprised to see the pretty ancl
cute Aprons for the little folks.
Our Grand Showing of New Spring Shades in Reliable
Kid Gloves, Our Own Direct Importation. See the Very
Best One-Dollar Kid Glove in America.
Eeady to show you now all the latest Novelties in Dress Trimmings. Bead Gimps,
Persian Bands, large and small Buttons to match. Prices always theiowest in town.
The larpest assortment of the new craze, Jane Hading Veiling, 49c to $1 25 per yard.
You'll find it always pays to trade here.
DANZICER $e SHOENBERG
Nos. 42,44,46,48,50,52 Sixth St. 538,540,542 Penn ave.
f T HE
Adorn It With
CARPETS OR ELEGANT FURNITURE
Bought at the Old Reliable House of
PIOKERENTGPS;
Select from the immense' stock' we're showing this season, and take advantage of not
only our low prices, but also our offer to sell anything in the whole of our big establish
mest either for cash or on the easiest and most favorable of terms.
We have tke Finest Parlor Suits! We have the Grandest Chamber Sets! Wa
have the Most Elegant of Dining Room Suits! We have Magnificent Sideboards! La
fact, we have the best in the city!
Yon should buy your Carpets now. It'll be wise for you to do so. Come and select tha
Carpets you will want. You've only got to pay a small deposit,and we'll keep until suci
time as you want them. Let us measure your rooms and make your carpets while you have
me pictt ui ins oest we nave in our nouse. iuc carpets win tnen be all ready lor April
1. Our upholsterers are now going into every part of the two cities measuring rooms for
people who wiselv buy Carnets now. and so save bother later on.
We furnish houses complete lrom cellar
bur?. Give the best and easiest terms.
couples. Have no old stock ot any kind to
xiave no cranca stores. v;au ana see us, waeiner you want to loos or to Duy.
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PICKERING'S
OLD RELIABLE HOUSE,
COIR. "TEsTTH:
mn3x
GOODS
Saturday "Until lO o'oloolc.
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SHOEHBEEG,
DANZIGER.
IMPORTANT
OPENTlSra - . 1
OUR
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Bright, New
to attie. Make the lowest prices in Pitt
Offer special inducements to younj married r
sell. Do not deal in second-b$d goodir
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