Y.
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The Amount Tension Commissioner
Eaum Sisjns Away This Year.
GREATEST OFFICE IN THE WORLD.
letters Poor in at the Kate of Ten Thousand
by Every Day's Mail.
LAKGEST BUILDING MADE OF EEICK.
Pensions raid to the Widows ot Illustrious Soldiers
Three Wars.
Frank G. Carpenter has drawn for The
Dispatch a pleasing pen picture of Gen
eral Green B. Raum. He is a thorough
business man and business principles gov
ern throughout the great office. The build
ing is the largest brick building in the
world. The prominent pensioners on the
list is an interesting topic About $100,
000,000 will be paid out iu pensions in 1890.
rSFSCIAL TELEOKXM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Washington, March 1.
SHOKT, broad
shouldered man,
with a big, half
bald head and a
long beard of black
mixed with gray,
stood inside of
black clothes and
buttoned gaiters in
the Commission
er's room at the
Pension Office yes
terday. Every
surrounding ot the
man was that of
business. A big
desk at his back
was litered with
papers. A stenog
rapher was rapid
ly transcribing notes in one corner of the
room and in another corner the click of the
typewriter went merrily on. About the
room, seated on the red cushions of chairs
backed against the wall were a score of
noted Congressmen from every part of the
Union, and talking to the little stout man
with the big bald head was Senator John J.
Ingalls, who, thin and tall, looked like a
great interrogation point as he stood with
his hand at his side holding a bundle of
papers and enforced his argument with a
shake of the head.
The stout, broadshonldercd man in gaiters
listened patiently, and his eyes of hazel
blue smiled from under his high forehead
as he nodded his assent to the Kansas Sen
ator's proposition.
A moment later and the Senator was gone
and Springer, of Illinois, had taken his
place. He was disposed of in the same easy
manner, and I noted that the rcfnsals of
the stout man in gaiters were accepted -quite
as pleasantly as his promises of help.
A HUJfDEED MILLIONS TO PAT.
This stout, hroadshouldered, dark-whiskered,
hazel-eyed man was General Green
B. liaum, the nev Commissioner of Pen
sions, over whose signature during the next
year will be paid out ncarlv 100,000,000.
The appropriations asked of Congress to p-iy
the pensions of 1890 amount to ?98,000,000.
Several Senators and half a dozen Eepre
sentatives hare bills proposing an increase
of the pension list, and the probability is
that more than 100.000,000 will be given to
our old soldiers next year.
It is an immense amount and the short,
fat fingers of General Baum will hold the
pen that signs away every dollar of it I
thought of this as I grasped his hand. What
a mighty power to rest in one thumb and two
fingers a power sufficient if he could wield
it for his own benefit to make him a Yander-
bilt or a Gould enough to give a dollar and
a half to every man, woman and child in the
United States, or seven dollars and fiity
cents to every family. Before I left I looked
at the autograph which would make this
immense amount good. It is a plain busi
ness signature, and it reads without a title
"Green B. Eaum."
A JIAN OF BUSINESS.
The signature is indicative of the man.
' General Baum is business from the word go.
He was a practical baby GO j ears ago, and
he is to-day one of the common-sense busi
ness statesmen of "Washington City. He
had big business interests before he ac
cepted this appointment, and he brings the
same practic tl business ways into the office.
It takes 1,600 men and women to form his
clerical lorce, and he keeps every one of
these up to the scratch. He works "by ex
ample as well as by precept Promptly at
9 o'clock he is at the office. Prom 9 to 10
he dictates answers to his private corre
spondence, averaging about 75 words a
minute.
At 10 his doors are open and the crowd is
let in. He has about 300 callers a dav and
he makes it a point to see everyone. Many
applicants have to be refused and there are
now and then stormy times. General Baum
makes it a principle not to lose his temper
about business matters and he is as diplo
matic as possible. He promises what he
can and refuses what he must, aud lie dis
poses of the crowds cry ramdly. His calls
continue until 2 o'clock. He then takes a
lunch if he has not had it before. This he
has in his office. It consists of a piece of
beefsteak and a biscuit, with a glass or two
of milk. He is very careful of his health
aud he watches his diet
THE COMJIISSIONnE'S HOME.
AHer2 P. si. he receives the chiefs of his
department, considers knotty pension cases
and remains at work until 5 o'clock
when he drops his papers and
goes home. General Eaum lives here in
Washington on Ehode Island avenue near
Iowa Circle. He has a house worth at least
25,000, and this is very comfortably fur
nished. A part of the furniture was bought
recently, and his sideboard, which came
from Grand Bapids, Mich., took a number
of prizes at State fairs before he purchased
it.
The business of the Pension Office can
hardly be appreciated. The tiles of its cases
would carpet a state if the papers were
spread out The old documents among its
records would make a strip as wide as a
wagon road and long enough to reach around
the whole world. It has settled millions of
claims, and there are now more than 400,000
cases in the office awaiting settlement Gen
eral Baum believes that the cases should be
made complete by the claimants, and at the
present rate of progress, if the lawyers aud
claimants could have all these 400,000 cases
ready for action to-day, he thinks that in
seven or eight months his bureau would
stand even with the world aud everything
would be finished up to that date.
MILLIONS OF LETTEES.
His mail is immense. The Pension Com
missioner gets fully 3,000,000 letters a year
and 2,000.000 of these require prompt an
bwers. Think of 3.000,000 letters! Each
one will contain at least a foot of note paper
and if you would paste the sheets together
the mail received by this man in a single
year would make a ribbon six inches wide
longer than from New York to Cleveland.
Estimating each letter as costing a two-cent
stamp it makes 60,000 for postage, and when
you figure up the labor and brains, the
worry and trouble, you have embodied a
number of lifetimes in this one item.
Ten thousand letters a dayl Seventy
thousand letters a week 1 More than 3,000,
000 letters a yearl This is what the
Pension Office mail amounts to. The most
of the letters -ire, bovever, raan.iccd bv I
clerks, ana the l'ension Umce postoffice and i
distributing room is as big as that of many
a village postoffice. Nearly every letter re
quires research and many of tbern consume
several sheets of note paper. Nevertheless
about 10,000 are answered every day. The
letters received from Congressmen amount
to about 1,000 a day and Congressmen's let
ters must always be answered. More than
2,000 pension cases are settled every week
and during the last six days 1,408 invalids
have received pensions and 548 pensions
have been granted to widows, 613 men have
been granted an increase of pension and
1,783 new claims have been admitted.
BIG BUSINESS AND BIG BUILDING.
At present there are nearly half a million
claims pending in the Pension Office and
the department is paving out more than a
million and a half of dollars in pensions
every week. It is the biggest business ot
the kind in the world and it grows bigger
every year.
Let tne tell you something about the
building in which this immense business is
transacted. It is the biggest brick building
in the world and its mighty roof covers two
acres ot ground. It is made of red pressed
brick, a mighty three-story structure with a
great glass roof rising tier by tier over it.
The biggest brick structure ot the past was
the baths of Diocletian, the ruins of which
stand by the Via Kazionale. in Borne. These
baths were a mile in circumterence, their
interior was finished in marble and Egyp
tian granite and they had 3,000 marble
seats tor bathers. AVonderiuI mosaics cov
ered its floors, hot and cold water continu
ously flowed lor the use of the bather and
the dirtiest of plebeians could have access to
them for one-eighth of a cent a time. It
maybe that General Meigs had this im
mense structure in his mind when he mod
eled this pension building. It is made
after the Boman palaces of the fifteenth
century and it consists of a series ot big
rooms around a great central court
COVEKING AN ACEE.
This court is much like the court of St
Mark's in Venice, save that St. Mark's has
only the Italian sky to roof it, while the
Pension Court is protected from the cold by
a sky of glass, and its immense glass roof
is uphela by 80 mighty brick columns
higher than any city house outside of a flat
and thicker thin any tree in America out
side of California Each of these columns
contains enough brick to build two good
sized houses, aud iu the ages of the future'
they may stand here like obelisks when the
rest of the building has crumbled into ruins.
Around this great court are arcades rising
gallery above gallery and opening out from
the three stories ot rooms. Some ot the col
umns of these are gilded or bronzed. The
finish of the court, the columns and the
walls, is in white, the great diamond glass
roof is set in framed mosaic of yellow and
the great acre of floor is of colored tiles. In
the center of the whole a great fountain
sends up a silvery spray and the whole is
one of the curiosities ot architecture. It
was in this building that the last two inau
gural balls have been held and it is here
that all the great balls of the future Presi
dents will be celebrated. At present the
floor is filled with great cases of files and
you may walk tor a mile in and out through
the aisles surrounded by these great cases ot
pension papers.
SOME ILLUSTBIOUS PENSIONERS.
In these old papers may be found the
names of the most noted men of out history.
Blaine's great-grandmother got a pension,
and Presidents Grant and Lincoln received
land for their services in the Mexican and
Black HawK wars. Bobert E. Lee got 160
acres of land for the work he did as a
colonel in our war with Mexico, and
Jefferson Davis received the same amount
for his services. The Mexican "War pen
sions are fast dying out and there are at
present but lew revolutionary widows on
the pension rolls. About five years ago
there were 80. The number is now reduced
to 29 and tbree ot these are 97 years of
age. They ae Anna Maria Young of
Pennsylvania, Nancy Bains of Vermont,
and Susan Curtis ot Maine. They must
nae been married to tbeir husbands long
alter the Eevolutionary War for they were
only 7 years old at the beginning of this
century and the war closed 17 years before
that The youngest Eevolutionary widow
is Nancy Green, an Indiana woman of 71.
She was born in 1819 and her husband must
have been gray-haired when she married him.
Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Garfield are the only
Presidents' wives who now receive pensions.
They get 5,000 a year by a special act of
Congress. Mrs. President Lincoln got
3,000 a year from 1870 to 1882. lhe
amount was then increased to 5,000 and
this it continued until her death.
WIDOWS OF IOTED SOLDIEBS.
The daughter of President Zach Taylor
gets 50 a month, and she receives this for
General Taylor's services in the Mexican
War. Among the noted widows of Generals
of the late war who receive pensions are
those of E. D. Baker, Whipple, Sumner,
Bobert Anderson, the iiero oi Port Sumpter;
ot George II. Custer, the Indian fighter; of
Daniel McCook and Frank P. Blair. Mrs.
John A. Logan gets 40 a week by u special
act of Congress, and the widow of Admiral
Farragut receives 2,000 a year in the same
way. Phil Kearney's widow did get 30 a
month, but I am told she has married again,
and the sum now goes to her children. Mrs.
General Hancock gets a pension, and there
are a number of other soldiers' widows who
have been pensioned by a special act of Con
gress. Frank G. Carpenter.
Afe A IEKVE TOMC
Use Hereford's Acid 1'bosphatc.
Dr. S. L. Williams, Clarence, Iowa, savs: "I
liae usedit to grand effect in a case of neu
ralgic fever, and in uterine difficulties. Also,
in cases wheie a general tonic was needed. For
a nerve tonic 1 think it is the best I have ever
used, and can recommend it most conhdently."
Never Too Lnto to Mend.
Mend what? you will say. Why your
old clothes, to be sure, and Dickson, the
tailor, of 05 Fifth ave., cor. Wood st, sec
ond floor, is the man who makes old clothes
look like new for a trifle. Telephone 1558.
Lace Curtains. Our assortments were
never so large nor prices so reasonable as
this season. See our new designs and values
from 75c to 5 per pair.
TTSSU HUGUS & HACKE.
Uillnc
Callat 47 Lewis block. Sixth ave., and
examine our late arrivals of styles and fash
ions. TTSU
AT THE OLD STAND!'
307 WOOD STREET.
BARGAINS GREATER THAN EVER
Competitors scattered to the four winds. None left to tell the tale. One short year ago
we had SIX competitors on Wood street. Where are they now?
OUR PRICES DID IT!
Our elegant assortment of goods did it. Our easy terms did it The courteous treat
ment of our customers did it Good goods at living prices did it They will always do it
Competition cannot live under such a strain. They either break up or go out of the neigh
borhood in which we do business. People appreciate the fact thatwhen they deal with us
they will be treated more like human beings than victims of highway robbers; and now
that we have ALL Wood street to ourselves, we will Bhow the public such a series of
Bargains in Bedroom Furniture,
Parlor Furniture (our own make),
Axminster, ffloquette, Velvet, Body,
Tapestry and Ingrain Carpets,
With suitable Bugs. all-Chenille and Lace Curtains, Folding Bed, Sideboards, Ward
robes, Chiffoniers, Hall Backs, Parlor Cabinets, etc., etc., etc. Specialties in odd pieces
of parlor good3. Specialties in Easy Chairs for Gents. Specialties in Ladies' Eockers.
Specialties in Irish Point Curtains at ruinous prices. Specialty of the DAVIS SEWING
MACHINE; fully 30 per cent lower than other prices, and a written guarantee for five
years. We will furnish your house complete, or furnish any part ot it We will sell
very low for SPOT CASH, with an additional 10 per cent added for time settlements.
Examine some of our bargains before buying elsewhere.
HOPPER BROS. & CO.,
307 WOOD- STREET. 307
NEAB COTUVJEIt FOUBTH A."V332VT7E.
N. B. Baby Carriages now ready for inspection. ' mh2-wrsu
The lire at the Cameron Colliery, at Shamo
kln. Pa., is thought to bs under control.
Ex-Governor Oglesby, of Illinois, denies that
he is a candidate for the United States Senate.
The builders' strike at Wheeling is ex.
pected to be settled soon by mutual conces
sions. Boomers aro congregated around Arkansas
City an aiting the opening of the Cherokee Strip
to settlement
State Senator B. H. Oxley has been ap
pointed Librarian and Adjutant General of
West Virginia.
Tne missionary steamer Glad Tidings, re
ported to be lost at sea, has arrived satelyat
Port Simpson, B. C.
Mortgages to the amount of SLIOO.OOO on the
Jacksonville and Southeastern Kail way Com
pany have been foreclosed.
A man named Holme", his wife and two
children were murdered for a few dollars in the
Indian Territory by outlaws.
Brocky Smith has been convicted of mur
der m the first degree for the killing of Mrs.
Byron at Cincinnati. Smith pleaded insanity.
Six men got into a fight Friday at Kitzville,
Wash., over the ownership of some bay. Four
were wounded, L G. and Virgil Wilson latilly.
Bev. Barker Shields, a revivalist at Dan
ville, III., has been threatened with violence,
and now conducts meetings guarded by armed
disciples.
Thirty-four applications for liquor licenses
will be made at the next term of the Bearer
(Pa.) County Court The W. C. T. U. will
remonstrate.
A land dispute at Sangus. Cal., resulted in
the killing of George Waltham and D. Cook by
W. A. Gardner and W. E. Cannicuael. A
Sheriffs posse is hunting the murderers.
Several thousand employes of the cotton
mills at Lancaster, Pa., will work hereafter but
ten hours a day in compliance with the recent
act of Legisliture. Eleven hours has hereto
fore constituted a day's work.
Chauncey M. Depew denies that he con
templates resigning as President of tho New
York Central Bailroad to prepare as a can
didate for the Presidency in l&rZ Mr. Depew
says there is no truth whatever in the report
Three men were probably fatally Injured in
a wreck on tho Chicago, Milwaukee and St
Paul fast mail train and a freight train at Oak
wood, Wis., yesterday morning. The injured
men are Engineer Carroll and his fireman, of
the passenger tram, and the rear brakeman of
the freight. The damage will exceed 30,000.
At .New York John Griscom was found
dead in bed jesterday morning, having com
mitted suicide with liiumuating gas. lie nau
attached a rubber tube to the gas burner,
turned on the gas and buried his head under
the bedclothmg with the end of the tube next
his mouth. The suicide was a man ol some
prominence in the scientific world and In rail
road circles.
John L. Spencer, a well known farmer of
Somerset county. N. J., has disappeared from
his home, and it is reported that startling ir
regularities havo been discovered in his busi
ness and personal accounts. A number of
notes on which be has secured money from
Plainfleld and Newark banks are said to bear
forged indorsements. Speculation is supposed
to havo led to his downfall.
The largo number of English horses ex
ported in 1SS9 proves that the demand for
them abroad is unabated. Over 14,000 were
sold away from the country last year, and fears
having been expressed that the English stock
is in danger of deterioration by the loss of its
best blood, the London Era assures its fellow
countrymen of a fact which may be interesting
to buyer-, that although the conhding for
eigners pay for the best, they by no means get
the best
ONE of the requisites of apleasant stay in the
city of New York is a comfortable hotel which
is centrally located where moderate prices are
charged. The Sturtevant House, Broadway and
Twenty-ninth st, fulfills these requirements.
For To-Morrow
We offer the finest line of men's suits at 10
ever shown in Pittsburg. You know our
superb make of clothing. Call Monday and
see these suits. P. C. C. C,
Cor. Grant and Diamond sts., opp. the new
Court House. '
Me. Wsi. Starz, 324 Beaver ave., Alle
gheny, cured of chronic diarrhcea ot nearly
four years standing by Prof. Wundram's
Heib Powders. Druggists 25c
Cash paid for old gold and silver at
Hauch's, No. 295 Fifth ave. wfsu
For a good fitting suit go to Pitcaim's,
434 Wood st.
WM. GRABOWSKY,
THE HATTER.
Our new spring stvles of Ladies' Straw Hats
are ready. The styles shown will meet the de
mands of onr many friends and customers. Our
good work has established our reputation as
tirst-class and tasty hatters.
The New Galatea
is extremely novel and will bo a leader this
season. Come in and ee our many new shapes.
We will renovate jour old-fashioned hat to
any of ournewsonngityles by our new elec
tric proce-s, rendering the hati as good as new
in everj respect Bring your Hat or Bonnet
now; do not wait for the usual rush. The lead
ing stiles are all in.
Plumes and Tips dyed to any sample. Black
a specialty.
Alwajs get your work done at the reliable
old business stand of
WM. GRABOWSKY,
707 Penn Avenue,
;OPP. PENN BUILDING. mh2 69-wsn
J. DIAMOND. Optician.
22 SIXTH &TBEET. Pittsburg. Pa. Spectacles
adapted to every defect of -sight Optical.
Mathematical, Electrical instruments.
Thermometer", BarometerE, etc.
Artificial eyes Inserted. ja25-TTSu
vmornkm!
JL C3XS obtained the only gold medal
awarded solely for toilet SOAP in competi
tion with all the world. Highest possible
distinction?
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DISSDLYED AND OUICUI KEHQYED WITH THE HEW SOlUllUn
JU.D THE OROWTn FOUE U DgSTKOYED WITHOUT THE SLIGHTEST INJURY
OR DISCQIOBATION OF THE MOM DELICATE SKIN. DISCOVERED BY ACCIDEt.T.
In Cosipoundg. an incomplete
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that the hair "was completely remoTed. Mo purchased the new dis- A
coTery and namea it MVlt,ai. It is periectly pare, Iree from all
inmnoiiK substances, and BO sinmle nnv one can use it. Itactsmildlr
but surely, and you will bo surprised and delighted with the results. Apply for a few
minutes, and tho hair disappears as if by magic. It has no connection whatever with
any other preparation ever used for a like ipnrpoee, and no scientific discos ery ever at
tained such wonderful results. IT CANAOT FAIL. If tho crowth be licht one
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application w ill remove it permanently, tho heavy
two or more applications Deiore an me roots aro aestroyeu, aunongn an oair win 00 removea at eacn ap
plication. Toune person 1 who find an embarrassing prowth of hair comin?, should use Modene to de
stroy its growth. RECOMMENCED BY All WHO HAVE TESTED ITS MERITS-USED BY PEOPLE OF REFINEMENT.
Gentlemen who do not appreciate nature's gift of a beard will find a priceless boon in Modene, which
does away with shaving. It penetrates the hair follicle or sac and dissolves the lifo principle, thereby
rendering its future growth an utter impossibility, and is guaranteed to bo as harmless as water to the
skin. Modeno sent by mail, In safety mailing cases, postage paid (securely sealed from observation) on
receipt of price, Sl.OO. Largest size bottle, containing three times as much Modene, and suflicient for
any case, $3.00 per bottle. Send money by letter, with your full address written plainly. Correspondence
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remove the hair, or discolors or injures the skin in the slightest manner, or produces anv unpleasant sensa
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Although it is early in the season, we are selling daily a number of those
beautiful Flower Bonnets you may see in our windows. You will be sur
prised at their low price. We do the leading Millinery business of Pitts
burg, because our stock is the largest and best, and our prices the
lowest.
Lots of new shapes in Ladies' and Children's Straw Hats, exquisite
Flowers, Tips, Ribbons, Trimmings, etc.
Dress Trimmings.
The latest fad is new Buckles, small and very long. Eiffel Points,'
Tinsel, Gold and Silver Gimps, Cut Steel Trimming, Zouave Fronts,
Gold and Silver Soutache Braids, Colored and Black Girdles, Scotch
Plaid Braids, Silk Gimps, Colored and Black Fringes, etc.
NEW RUOHINGS.
Pearl, Tinsel and Bead Ruchings, entirely new and in largest variety.
250 dozen beautiful Embroidered Ties at 10c, 15c, 18c, 20c, 25c, up to
the finest at $1.
Would you care to crotchet a tidy for 25c? We have bought a lot
on the other side, where money goes a long way, so we can sell you a
beautiful hand-crocheted Tidy at 25c; and the same, larger sizes, at 38c
and 50c. Flowered Silk Tidies, fringed ends, plain and painted, at 68c
a nd75c.
OUR ART DEPARTMENT SHOWS FRESH ATTRACTIONS DAILY,
5fflTMrS fjlj
Extra values in NW Spring Hosiery, Spring Underwear, White
Goods, Corsets, Embroideries and Laces. AH these in largest assortments.
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THE jaOElVirE- G. ALLEN OOMPAJV-ST,
739 and 711 Broadway, New York, and 17 SEVENTH STKEET, PITTSBURG. PA.
Address all communications to Pittsburg ofhee. mh2 71
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which is creating such a furor in Europe at present. It is sold hv Heath A. Co., Lincoln. Ben
nett & Co , and Christy & Co., of London; also. Dunlap & 'Co. and Youman & Co., of Ken York
SOLD ONLY BY
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NOW ON SALE.
Spring Gloves.
This department always crowded.
Stock complete with fresh goods.
Full lines of the celebrated Empress
Kid Gloves at $1. The Bon Marche,
five hooks, 89c; seven hooks, $1. The
Alexander French Kid, $1 25. Seven
hook Premiere, $1 50. Seven-hook
Superieure, $1 75. Fine Black and
Colored Suedes, $1 and $1 50.
MARKET STREET.
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$2 50 PER VOLUME.
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NEW SPRING SHAPE,
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?1 SO, ?1 90, 52 20, 52 40. 2 90, f3 40.
Although this handsome head covering has
been before tho public but a few week", we
havo already sold a larger number of them
than any other shape whose sale has lasted
during a whole season. We do not hesitate,
therefore, to say that it will be a positive and
unqualified success. We guarantee to all who
buy one that they will wear the correct and
stylish hat for the spring of 1&90.
RUBEN,
The Hatter and Furnisher,
421 AND 423 SMITHFIELD ST.
P. B. Mail orders promptly filled.
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Spring Opening.
SOUVENIRS FOR EVERYBODY
All our goods are now in, and we
can now show the largest and most
complete line of Housefurnishing
Goods in the State, and we will
continue as ever to give the biggest
dollar's worth of goods for one hun
dred cents of any house in the
country.
Chamber Suits,
$15 and upward.
Parlor Suits,
$35 and upward.
Wardrobes,
$10 and upward.
Folding Beds,
$25 and upward.
Sideboards,
$10 and upward.
Carpets, 20 yds.,
$3 and upward.
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HOUSEHOLD CREDIT CO,,
MANUFACTURERS' AGENTS,
723 and 725 Liberty Street,
HEAD OF WOOD,
Corner Eighth Street.
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WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED THE
MOST COMPLETE ASSORT
MENT OF FINE
CHINA.!
Ever shown in this city. Our stock em
braces all the latest and
Most Desirable Goods
In the Market,
And we invite the ladies of Pittsburg and
Allegheny to call and examine.
R. P. Wallace & Co.
211 WOOD STREET
102 and 104 THERDAVE.
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Latent imprOTed Spectacles and Eyc-Glafc;
Will Wt any nose with ease anil comfort. Tho
largest and bet stock ul Optical Instruments
and Artilicial Eyeb.
KORNBLTJM, Theoretioal and
Practical Optisian.
Jfo 60 Fifth T6'.iu, neat Wood Itrtet.
Telephone No, las. dt3M
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OONFIRMATiOM
Easter
s SUITS s
Parents, whose boys will be con
firmed this Easter or Spring, we're
ready for you.. We always show
the finest assortment of Confirma
tion Suits in the city, but it has re
mained for this year to break all
records in this respect The suits
we now display were expressly manu
factured by us for confirmation
purposes. They are made of the
most exquisite impofted materials,
and are equal to the finest custom
work turned out in Pittsburg.
Prices did you say ? Well, just
read:
Short-pant Confirmation Suits,
$5, $8, io and 12.
Long-pant Confirmation Suits,
$6, $9, $12, S15 and $18.
MAGNIFICENT C0OTIRIATM GIFTS.
Every Boy or Girl getting a confirmation Suit at
our store is requested to leave his or her ad-
dress with the department manager, and,
several days before Easter, we will
forward to every address an ap-
propriate and costly Con-
firmatIon Present. ::
We Also Have
-TO
ADDITIONAL V ARRIVALS
-or-
NEW SPRING STYLES IN
Children's Kilt Suits: ?utVn?fmHdesigMi M0neriarS.S
piece Kilt Suits, in fancy, plaid and checked
Flannels, Cheviots, Mixtures, Cloths, etc.; sizes from 2 to 6; prices from
$2 to 10. Many of these little garments are confined to us and cannot
be found elsewhere in this city.
Bovs' Short-Pant Suits: Altnoush not half of our new sp"k stock
" " has as yet been received, we nevertheless
show even now a most dazzling and beautiful display of 2 and 3-piece
Suits. The predominating materials this season are Fancy Cheviots and
Cassimeres, Scotch Plaids and Checks, large interwoven Plaids, etc
ImnnrfoH Wnnlpnc for our Custom Tailoring Department Our sam
,mP0rTeQ 00IBI,b pie display in window (on Fifth avenue) will
barely give you an idea of the excellence and vastness of our stock. Ex
quisite Suitings and Trouserings from England, Scotland, France and
Germany. If you leave your measure we will guarantee you a perfect
fit, faultless workmanship and a saving of about 25 per cent.
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lanlotc and Wranc The continuous series of successes achieved by
jaunts anu vwrapb. our cloak Department has stimuiated us t0 ptt
forth our best energies for the coming spring season. We have laid in
a stock as fine as it is fashionable, as large as it is gorgeous and taste
ful. Our importation of Silk and Lace Wraps will fascinate every lady
of taste, culture and refinement. As for Jackets, every one we show is
Tailor-made and trimmed in a most artistic and stylish manner.
LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S DRESSES AND SUITS.
This is a new departure with us, and, if indications are worth anything
a most successful one. Instead of following the footsteps of others whose
very limited trade prompts their asking exorbitant profits, we started
out on the broad gauge plan of big sales and small profits, so prevalent
all over our house. This fact alone has already won for us hundreds of
enthusiastic customers. Our Ladies' Jersey Dresses at $2.75 and $4. are
still a drawing card, while our Cashmere. Dresses at $7 and our Ottoman
Silk Dresses come in for a liberal share of admiration and patronage.
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Fifth Avenue and
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March 2, 1890.
Easter
: DRESSES. :
These we display tin our large and
handsome Cloak Department They
are made of fine White Lawns and
Swiss, plain or embroidered, and
ranging in prices from $ 1.50 to $6.
If your daughter is a candidate for
Holy Communion or Confirmation,
buy her dress now, while our assort
ment is complete.
In this connection we wish to
call your attention to our general
assortment of Misses' and Chil
dren's Spring and Summer Dresses.
The very latest and choicest novel
ties of the season are here. Dresses
made of Cashmere, Jersey, Henri
etta Cloth, Gingham, Challis, etc
And don't forget that in the matter
of prices we always strike out for
rock botton.
Beautiful novelties in Misses'
Jackets and Reefers; have just been
unpacked. See them.
the Pleasure
KECOED-
ANNR
Smithfield Street