wgBsagsa 5rwvs Wrn vgpww1 THE- HTTSBUBG DISPATCH, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1890. 8 MEN FOR THE SOUTH. An Alabama Manufacturer Comes to fittsbarg for Workmen. ACCOUNTS EASILY COLLECTED. Democrats in Southern States Who FaTor Protection. SEWS FROM THE CIRCLES OF LABOR James G. Caldwell, President of the Birmingham (Ala.) KolliugMill Company, operators of the largest iron plant in the South, is at the Monongahela House. He is accompanied by John D. Dwyer, Superin tendent of the works. The two gentlemen are here for workmen, and will take 40 or 50 men from Pittsburg to-morrow to work in their mills. Mr. Caldwell was seen at the hotel yesterday by a reporter of The Dis TATCH. He is a genial conyersationalist, is well posted on the in dustry in which he is encaged, and talked freely about it to the reporter. He said: "We have the largest tron plant of the South. "We employ about 1,000 men, and onr capacity is 150 tons per day. Our busi ness is good. But the same can be said of every industry in the South. Our people arc on the advance, and the South stands the peer of any other section of the country. There is one thins 1 wonld like to say about the Southern people. There is a general impression abroad that it is hard to collect bills in the South. HONEST BUSINESS MEJT. "I h.iTe been in the iron business for ten years. Dunne that time I have done abus- iuess aggregating 57,000,000, and I'll ven ture to say that I have lost less than $7,500. That shows the healthy condition of trade down there a well as the honesty and sta bility of the merchants." As 3Ir. Caldwell's company had signed the Amalgamated scale last July for the firt time in seven years, he was queried in regard to the condition of labor in the South. He said: "We can get alone very well now with the association. Before when we were in it we had all sorts of trouble with the men. They would raise disputes and fail to fill their agreements. Since Mr. Weihe and Mr. Martin have been in charge of the as sociation it has been conducted in a busi nesslike manner. They are honest men, and i: contracts are not lived up to it is not their lault. 1 regard it as an advantage to have a union mill this year. Our workmen are easier to ileal with. The only difficulty is we cannot get enough of them without com ing 2orth tor them." &OTJTHEUN PKOTECTIOXISTS. "How do the Southern manufacturers re gard the tariff question by this time?" was asked. "Well, they favor it as a rule. I am a Democrat, but I believe a protective tariff to be a good thing. It has proven so to our business." " What do you think of Blaine's recimocity project?" "I don't like it I may not be thoroughly posted as to Mr. Blaine's intentiSn, but I think we can get along without such a plan. Our trade with other countries does not amount to much. Our company tried sev eral years ago to work up a trade in Mexico, nd we hold some of it yet, but the uties were so heavy that we were com piled to arop it. Our trade is confined journed shortly after midnight, giving the popular young manufacturer a hearty wel come to the army of benedicts. Opposed to the K. of I.. The Painters' District Council has adopted a resolution to the effect that on and after to-morrow week all Brotherhood men will refuse to work with members of L. A. 1397, K. of Ii. Indmirlnl Notes A sew stonecutters' union was formed at JIcKeesport last night, A delegation wentnp irom the city. All the window glass factories will resume operation on Monday, except Wolf, Howard fc Co on the Sonthslde. The machinists formerly employed by the National Tube Works, at McKeesport, are now receiving benefits from the National Union, anil say they have no intention of settling their difficulty. BTBTTCE BY A HIDDEN FOR HEAELY BASHES TO DEATH. A Fnaiencer Coach Dornilcu Near the Edge ' or n High WhII. Last night a passenger train on the Pitts burg, Virginia and Charleston Railroad ran into an open switch, near Sixth street, on the Southside, at one of the most dangerous daces on the road. For three or four blocks the track runs on an elevation of about 100 feet above Carson street, the tracks being about three feet from the edge. Fortunately the train was going Blowly or the result would have been very serious. The passengers were not'aware of the im pending danger, and not until the train had stopped for some time did they realize that a catastrophe had been averted by mere chance. The railroad employes denied that the train was off the track, bnt a passenger who was on the train states that it was. Albert Williams Assaulted While, at Work Reward Offered for the Perpetrntoi. Abont 1 o'clock yesterday morning a mys terons assault was made upon Albert "Will iams and Philip Miller, two glass workers, while at work in the glass factory of George A. Macbeth & Co., on South Eighth street. Both men were together and were busy. Xeither was conscious of any danger, and were alarmed at what developed. The first thing that aroused them was a big white ball that came whizzing from somewhere in the darkness past their heads. Both men looked abont for the thrower, but no person was to be seen. Work was resumed again, but not for long, as another piece of pot was thrown. This time the aim was more trne than the other. The flint-like lump struck Williams across the forehead, cutting a long gash down and across his right eye, causing him to lose his sight in that eye. He was tacen to his home in the Twenty-seventh ward. It is possible that the wounded man will lose the sight of his remaining eye, as the cut extends through the eyelid to the ball. Mr. George A. Macbeth has .caused a reward of (500 to be issued for the appre hension of the perpetrators. The police have been instructed to keep a sharp look out for any suspicious persons and arrest them for examination. THE MODE OF DEATH Merits of Electrocution and Hanging Tested by a Vote. AT THE EXPOSITION YESTERDAY. Pnplic Opinion is Drifting Toward Change in This State. BY FAB THE LARGEST DAI AT THE POINT hiefly to the South and West. Our sharp est competition comes trom .Pittsburg. The Northern manufacturers do a big business in our section. We have a little the ad vantage over the Northern manufacturers in the matter of fuel. We use artificial fuel pas, and we get it cheaper than the Pitts burg manufacturers can get the natural gas. That is owing probably to the greed oi your Northern gas companies." Sir. Caldwell has spent part ot hisTime on this trip examining a direct process for making steel. Whether he intends to be come interested or not in the manufacture of it could not be learned, but he is of the opinion that the direct process can be made a success. Visitors to Filtsbnrg Bxpositlon Can Slake 50 Clear. Last year it cost us upward 'of $2,000 to exhibit at the opening Exposition. We have been kept eo terribly busy this sum mer, however, in selling our pianos and organs and banjos and mandolins and guitars and brass horns and sheet music, that we actually found no time to get np an exhibit for this year's show. However, we propose to give our customers the benefit of this great saving, so that any one who will buy a piano or organ, or any other instru ment during the continuance of the fair, will get the benefit of an extra reduction in price of goods of 5 and 10 per cent Visit ors to the show can therefore make some $50 by calling on H. Kleber & Bro.'s Music Store, 606 Wood street, and buying one of their instruments. Kleber's is the oldest music store west of the mountains and the most reliable one, too. They give a full warrantee lor eignt and ten years, and sell on easy time payments. Uinety persons out of a hundred would rather trnst to Mr. Kleber's choice than to run the risk of the sharp tricks practiced by so many music dealers. Kleber & Bro. have kept a music store lor fifty years, and they had the first choice of all the pianos and organs in the country, leaving the indifferent and poor ones to' be picked up by the other music dealers. They are the sole agents for the lamous Steinway, Conover, Gabler, Opera and Emerson pianos, also for the wonderful Vocation church organs, and the mouse and dust-proof Earhuff parlor organs. Any thing hi the music line which yon cannot get at Kleber's is not worth having. Don't fail to call at Kleber's, then, 506 Wood street, three doors above Fifth avenne, Pittsburg, Pa. A GEAVE CHAEGE I'Odsed Aealntt the I'eno Gas ConI Company by Miners' Prc.ideut Itnc. President Kae, of the United Mine Work ers, was in the city yesteruay lor a few hours. He had just returned lrom Irwin. Asked to give his views on the situation there, he said: "As you are aware, I spent the greater portion oi two weeks' time arguing for an adjustment of the trouble with the Presi dent and stockholders of the Penn Gas Coal Company at Philadelphia. They are all good old Quakers, you know. They pointed w th pride to the portraits of Dast Presi nents and directors which adorn the walls of the President's quarters, where the confer ence was held, and told me that the busi ness principles adopted by the owners of the laces on the wall were based on high moral grounds as well as strict business. These mi hods could nor would not be chanced. t- 3, you see, 1 trained nothing through the onlerences, except Quaker lessons on busier- morality. 'Now. ju't here, I desire to give the pub , c iu insight into the the methods praeticed bv the Penn Gas Coal Company. Tbiough a?i-uis and advertisements they have in duced men to come to Irwin and take the j.iaces oi strikers. Some of the promit.es maae nave, x assert, not been carried out. rhev have completely cut off conimunica i ion with the new men, many of whom de ure to get away since thev have found out the reai cause of the tro'uble. Mind you, ttiev were led to believe that no strike ex isted. We have managed to get some to quit, however. In order to hold the rest the com pany, through its Irwin agents, is supplying the new men with all the beer and whiskv they can drink. They are in a state oT semi-intoxication a good part of the time. The rum emboldens them, and now the good nomen of Irwin cannot go out of doors without escort. Insults are of hourlv orcurrence, and I assure you that I do not ex crgcitite when I say that a reign of terror fcxistx through the agency or the rum snp t lied to these men. If this is the sort of tninp which the good stockholders of the Penn Gas Company believes in, why, I want none of iL "Our expenses in this struggle are heavy. Wc need lunds to feed and tranrport the lamilies oi strikers, and get them out of reach of the rum-soaked men now at work. I will appeal to the public for aid, and, when the lacts are well known, feel certain of a hearty response." Do Ton Eat Jnst think of it ! While other dealers are crying scarcity and famine we continue to show where they are wrong, as follows: Large familv scale $1 95 To weigh 16 lbs best standard A sugar 1 00 To weieh 15 lbs grannlated sugar 1 00 .And 13 lb dry peas 25 Chalmer's gelatine per package 10 3 cans red jacket lobster.............. 50 13 bacs table salt 25 10 lb. pails home-made preserves 1 16 Glass oil can, tin covered... 28 .Extra American sardines, per can 5 Billets' French sardines per can...... 15 Extra salmon, none better, 2 cans for. . 25 5 packages best corn starch 25 Choice coffee (ground), per lb 15 Choice Orleans molasses, per gallon ... 39 Choice syrup, per gallon 40 Solid packed tomatoes, percan........ 8 Elegant chewing tobacco, per pound.. 25 French peas, 2 cans for 25 1 dozen boxes (200) parlor matches... . 12 Good sugar corn, percan 6 3 boxes B. T. Babbitt's lye 25 4 packages Bosenstein bird food for. . . 25 50 bars Family soap 1 00 Grandest flour in the citv. per sack.... 1 40 (Try it and be convinced) in bbls 5 85 2 bottles root beer 25 5 lbs. good tea, in all varieties, for.... 1 00 Delivered to all carts of two cities. To parties living out of the city will prepay freight on all orders of $10 and upward. Send for price list. JAS. J. WZLDOK, No. 201 Market street, corner Second ave nue, Pittsburg. Telephone, 1864. THE GIBX OF THE PEBI0D AGAIN. An Impertinent Dnde Knocked Oat by a CrooU-IInnilled Umbrella. A stylish dressed, attractive-looking young lady was passing the Fort Wayne station in Allegheny last nigh; abont 10 o'clock, when a bright and promising speci men of the genus dude, standing in tbe doorway and seeing her approach, began to plume himself for a conquest. He began by making remarks to his companion, in a very audible tone, meant to reach the ears of the lady. The tenor of these remarks was to the effect that "She was a La-la" and he was "going to catch that," etc Just as the young lady came opposite him the specimen sung out: "Oh, mamma, buy me that." The lady who had been conscious of bis remarks, but was passing on with averted eyes and a look of contempt on her pretty face, at this turned and deftly caught the dude by the neck with the big crook on the end of.her parasol handle, and with a sud den movement jerked him out irom under his hat and landed him on the curbstone, and before be knew what was coming next, brought down a couple of good hearty whacks on top ot his head, and passed on with a calm and stately tread, leaving the iresh young man in a decidedly dazed con dition and the bystanders in a "state of up roarous hilarity. The young man boarded a train for Beaver Falls, muttering that Allegheny girls were too many for him. THE Tin pi it iep. SELECTED To Represent the County Democracy nt tbe Club Convention. The following is the list of deputies se lected to represent tbe County Democracy Association at the club convention to be held at Beading on Tuesday and Wednes day next: "W. J. Brennan, Patrick Foley, Thomas Mullen, E. S. Kennedy, D. J. Boyle, B. A. Campbell, G. T. Bafferty, J. M. Gufiy, James Atwell, Alderman John Burns, Alderman P. B. Beilly, Alderman B. McKenna, Henrv Meyer, Dr. John Sul livan, Dr. C. C. Wylie, Patrick Fallon, James McCormick, JohnDellemuth, Harry Beltzhoovei, C. F. Anderson, John Tobin, J. J. Fox, Job- Elmore, Phillip Smith, Bartly Flinn, Daniel Mo Williams, David McCarthy, Daniel McCarthy, P. A. Mad den, J. W. Jiles, Patrick Allen, Jerry Dougherty, "W. H. Eeel, A. H. Kowand, Sr., J. L. McShane, P. M. Carr, Peter Duffy, Patrick Joyce, Timothy O'Brien and John Downey. The delegates will leave for the meeting to-morrow evening. A LOUS SHELLING DBTJG. Fbiedbichshall "Wateb has an ancient and established reputation among the aperient springs oi Europe. Its vogue is increased by the care which is now taken to prevent the dilution which formerly oc curred, owing to the mode of caption, so that it is now possessed of a strength some 20 per cent greater than it could formerly claim. It has recently been carefully studied and warmly recommended by Proi. Nothnagel, whose high clinical authority establishes anew its claims to favor. BritisL Medical Journal, August 23, 1890. lOW KATE TO CHICAGO. ADIEU TO BACHELOS FELEITDS. Mnnnccr Ralph W. Carroll Bids Fnrevroll to Mnele Life. Balph W. Carroll, Manager of the Amer ican Tube and Iron Company, who is to be married on Tuesday evening to Miss Sarah Stevenson, of Allegheny, gave a dinner to a number of his bachelor friends at the Mo- uonganeia House last night, Those present were T. S. Blair, Sr., T. S. Blair, Jr., James S. McKean, A. S. Mathe son. C. B, Dallas, C. II Miller, C. S. Holmes, H H. ArnoldW. F. Llovd, J". S. Craig, W. J. Crawford, P. D. Beatty, Henry McKuight, Henry Lloyd, S. D. Boles D B. McClelland, W. M. Bees, Charles Dicken, T. H. Shedden, J. H. McCutcheon D. F. Collingwood, William Kirkpatrick' T D. Harper, A. W. Lewis, Ernest Beattv' J W. Friend, E. A. Beillv, J. H. Paige' W. G. Carroll and Major Kay. ' Tbe guests are all connected with various iron firms in this city, and the evening was spent in wishing the "lone bachelor" a pleasant and joyous voyage on the sea of matrimony. Speeches were made by Messrs. 3Iatheson, Shedden, Miller, Kay, Colling irood and the host, and the party ad- $10 Bonnd Trip via ihs Pennsylvania Lines Tuesday, September 1 C. On Tuesday, September 16, round trip tickets to Chicago, via the Pennsylvania lines, good returning until September 23 will be sold at low rate of ?10 from Pittsi burg. se4,7,10,14 812 to Cincinnati nnd Itctorn. Pittsburg and Cincinnati Packet Line steamers leave foot Wood st. as follows: Keystone State every Monday 4p.m. Andes every Tuesday 4 P.M. Hudson every Wednesday 4 P. m. For Cincinnati. Fare, including meals and stateroom, 57. Bound trip, $12. Or down by boat and return by rail, $12 50. Tickets good until used. Jas. a.. Hkndekson-, Supt. A box of St Patrick's Pills will cost you no more than any of the cheaper sort with which the market is flooded. It pays to get the best, and by calling for St Pat rick's, and refusing to take "any other kind, you are sure of getting the bestjandmost re liable pills made. -vsa Infant.' nnd Children Clotblar. Mrs. McGowan, with Best & Co., of New York, will be at the Hotel Anderson on tbe 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th of September, with a lull and new line of infants' and children's clothing. Mrs. McGowan will be pleased to have the ladies of Pittsburg and vicinity call and examine the line. School and College Outfits. Everything here in hosiery, underwear,. gioves, suspenders, necswear, sniris, collars, cuff', umbrellas, handkerchiefs, etc., etc. Best goods; lowest prices. A. G. Campbell & Sons, 27 Fifth are. SciEKCE of Health says: The Turkish bath is the best remedy for rheumatism. So it is, and you cannot obtain better results in any bath in tbe United States than you can at the Natatorium, Dnquesne way. A num ber of local gentlemen can testily to this. Opening Dnllr. Newest stvles and coloring in EnolUfc Scotch and boucle plaids, camel's hair nov elties, stripes and fancy mixtures in great variety ana low prices, at 438 and 440 Market street, The Scent of tbe Iodoform Clans; to It Bill!. An information was made before Deputy Mayor McKelvey yesterday by Mrs. Doris, who keeps a boarding house on Bird street, Allegheny, charging a man named Mc Donald, and a woman named Stevens with malicions mischief. It seems that these people boardod with Mrs. Doris, while playing at the World's Museum, and that after leaving, Mrs. Doris discovered that an offensive odor permeated the room they had occupied and prevented her renting it again hence the suit At the hearing ittranspired that Mr. McDonald had purchased a bottle of iodoform, lor a dog bite.and the bottle having been upset the loud smelling drng had been making itself heard ever since. Tbe defendants were dis charged. Big Pension Bmlnesi. The pension business1 Pittsburg seems to be having a great boom. Pension Agent Barclay has paid out $994,770 19 to 22.859 persons from September 4 until last night. Yesterday Mr. Barclay paid out nearly 5200,000. Tbe greatest attraction on the Exposition programme this week is Thompson's New xom lirocery, with its usual bargains. 28 lbs. rolled oats 00 28 lbs. large lump starch 1 00 20 packages corn starch.... 1 00 16 lbs. rice 1 00 16 lbs. tapioca 1 00 281bsoat meal 1 00 20 boxes sardines...; 1 00 10 cans fine Columbia river salmon 1 00 7 lbs. California peaches 100 4 lbs. finest evaporated apricots. 1 00 Sugar-cured hams, per lb 11 J Sugar-cured shoulder!-, per lb 1 50 bars good scrubbing soap 100 28 bars best 5 cent soap 1 00 28 bars white floating soap (5 cent size) 1 00 9 cans fine French peas 1 00 8 cans extra fine French peas 1 00 1 lb. can pure baking powder.... 10 lib. dessicated cocoanut 15 1 lb. pure pepper 15e, or 10 lbs for 1 00 10 lbs. pure mustard. l 00 1 lb. cloves (whole or ground).... 20 1 lb. ground mace 20 lib. cayenne pepper 20 1 lb. mustard seed 10 1 lb. cream tartar 20 Goods delivered free to all parts of both cities. Tb those living out ot the city will prepay freight on all orders of flO and up ward to any station or landing within 100 miles of Pittsburg. M. B. Thompson, 301 Market st, corner Third ave. Monday Morning, Starting promptly at 8 o'clock, we continue the great $8 90 men's suit sale, which was so success; ul on Saturday, So many could not rje waited upon mat we decided to con tinue this sale in order to give every man a chance to buy a good suit of clothes worth 514 to ?16, for 58 90. No doubt the rain kept many awav who will attend to-morrow. P. C C. C, Pittsbubo Combination Clothing Company, cor. Grant and Diamond sts., opp. the Court House. Visit Oar Infanta Depaitmost, The most complete line we have shown. Styles here that can not be elsewhere. A. G. Campbell & Sons. 27 Fifth ave. Last night's crowd was the largest that has attended the Exposition. The out-of-town people came in the after noon mostly, and in the evening the city folks swelled the number. Manager Johnston says the electric foun tain will be ready for operation Monday. The oil well machinery is all in place and operations will be commenced Monday. Yesterday's popular voting topic at The Dispatch headquarters was one of vital im portance to the citizens of Pennsylvania, and a big vote was called out The subject was: "Should Electrocution be Substituted for Hanging in Pennsylvania." The adoption of this method of disposing ot murderers by the State of New York and the Kemmler execution are iresh in the minds of the public, During the time intervening since the first'test, everyone has had opportunity to pass on tbe merits of electricity as a destroy ing agent and compare it with hanging. For this reason people were quick to vote, and voted with a perfect knowledge of the question. A pais count. No voting could have been managed more conscientiously and witbj.the one view ot obtaining an honest expression on one subject. Children and all not of legal voting age were barred. The result of the count was: For electro cution, 170; against electrocution be ing substituted for' hanging, 101. The poll-books showed that citizens of municipalities all over the State had voted. To further test the subject, a half page of the poll book was beaded at the top, "Your reason tor voting as you do." , Some of the affirmative's reasons were: "Quickest route," "The best way," "The most humane," "The most artistic," "Less painful," "Hanging is bar barous," "It is in accordance with the natural progress of science," "Because science has demonstrated that the nerve system is instantly destroyed," "More merciful than hanging," "Quick and sure," "Has been demonstrated as a success." "Be cause it is the only humane way next to the Lethel chamber." "No ropes to! break." "Quicker death." "Better than hanging Kemmler's execution bungled." "Because it is instant" on the otheb side. Some of the negative reasons were "Too inhumane," "Because no person understands the art," '"Cause it hurts," "Too painlul," "Because one who deserves hanging cannot get too much punishment," "Bemember Kemmler," "Too much'sentiment wasted on murderers," "Fiat lailure," "Inhumane." One prominent Pittsburger said: "I don't care how they dispose of murderers I would be more solicitous to find a wav to have murderers kill their victims with less pain." Among those who voted were: D. C Herbst K. M. Hamilton, W. D. Lari mer. Samuel McKlm, A. M. Eiler, Charles W. Fisher, W. H. Fredorick William Irving Evans, A. M. Fereuso'n. George E. McMurray. Brvan Robertson, R. D. Layton, Georgv Harris, W. J. Cochran, Albert Dtralap. Sam P. Luhr. Mark Guskey. Charles Reynolds, Elizabeth McNeill, M. Wil son Stewart, Russell NcNeill, Sophie McDow ell, Roberta Alexander, J osepbinn Robinson, J. A. Clark, J. W. Haney, R. M. Hamilton, Charles M. Clark. Charles Blonde, John C. Thornton, Harry Hhallenbergcr, John H. CaveD. D. C. Blair. J. H. Dickson. N. J. Grace, E. B. Bennett, C. A. Ferguson, John G. Ash bangh, John A. Kennedy, W. F. Jordon, Thomas P. Roberts, W.M. Roberts, Jr.. J. R. Kine,Go. Simpson, H.L. Cbadwick. E.V. Bab coclr, C. C Robingseuv George Atkin, George Rapp. G. Schults, James D. Rhodes, K. B. Jones, J. Jacobs, J. W. Walkers. ! ?f ,? , LoD1i. A Duncan, B. C. Over. Grant E. Reed, George Snyder. J. J. a TJneer. E. M. Barclay, William G. Ander son, Abdy Ripley, Benj. F. Pritchard. John A. Elliott, C K Oliver. C. H. Oliver, J. Jones. R. H. Dnrbin. F. C. McGonigle, William J. Hanker. L. N. Ingham, George ii Nefl", C. T. Dawson, W. F. Kennedy, J. P. Adams, C. V. McAdams, W. J. Wiseman, C. W. Mc Clellan, William K. Richardson, T. B. McCain, F. B.Dix, T.S. DaDcan.F. A. Wolk, L. O. Bihler. W. W. Bradshaw. Future topics for voting and the next prize essay contest will be found on the fourth page of this issue. tons weight in the middle of each floor does not injure it. Everything is on a scale of great magnitude, for this firm carries full lines of all styles, colors and makes of car pets, both of American and foreign stand ard goods and novelties. On tbe seven floors are carpets and floorcoverings every where, at prices to suit tbe masses, ranging from lowest cost to the highest grades of luxurious weaves demanded by the wealthy. An exclusive feature is the arrangement of a number of display rooms (each completely isolated from the general floor space), where are shown the most costly wiltons, moqnettes, velvets, ax minsters and gobelins. A tour of inspec tion of this mammoth establishment is a de light to any observer. Under the most courteons guidance, the perfection of ar rangement to tbe minutest details is pointed out aud explained. The tremendous size oi the floors, the great height of all ceilings, the handsome light wood finish, the profu sjon of goods,the perfect light and ventila tion are very impressive. In a word, it is a great business, conducted and guided by a master hand. Strangers visiting the city are cordially invited to call and inspect our stock of carpets and curtains. Courteons salesmen will receive and conduct them throngh the building, whether they desire to purchase or not . PORTRAITS AND FHOTOS. ever seen Colobed dress goods, novelties in smooth and rough effects, high class plaids, etc., in great variety. Huous & Hacxe. TTSSn - Commenclnf Monday Morales We shall offer following ex. bargains in dress trimmings: Black silk and jet, 51 per yard, reduced from (4 60 and 55 00; Persian, 75c, reduced from 53 00; 50c, re duced trom 75c; 25c, reduced from 51 00 and 51 50; point trimmings, all shades, 2 CO, H. J. LynchV worth 55 00. hwfsu. j A. G. Campbell & Eons, 27 Fifth are. A MAGICAL GROTTO, Which Will Soon be Rendy for Inspection at tbe Exposition. The He-No Tea Hong has been consid ered a wonderfully unique exhibit and has caught the eye of all Exposition visitors. Many have wondered what was in the cave like place under the little house on top of the rocks, and many a curious individual has lifted up the curtains of the entrance to look inside. This cave when thrown open to the public will excite their curiosity anew and their admiration of the manner in which this silent firm has placed the best exhibit in the Exposition without any noise about it. The groto is now done and will be thrown open to visitors as soon as the Electric Light company lurmsnes ngnts enough. When it is opened for public inspection it will certainly be considered the most wonderful creation ever attempted by the hand of man. The walls, rugged and cave-like, have been covered with different mineral dusts and silver, gold and copper leaf. On the roof is dollars and dollars' worth of gold leaf, which shimmers in the electric lights and sparkles the eye of the beholder. One glance into the grotto reminds one of dreams of fairy land. The light, in rainbow colors, is reflected from the walls on all sides. If each inch of the walls were covered with precious stones it would be doubtful if the effect would be more magical at first sight. In one corner a miniature fish nond is seen in tbe side o tbe grotto and little Japanese goldfish can bs seen swimming about With a slight stretch of the imagination one can imagine that he is looking through a crevice in tbe rocks at the fish swimminc in an iin. derground stream. Over in one corner of the grotto will be placed the idol Buddha. It is in itself a won der.nl relic. At other parts of the grotto are stalac tiles and ohl one can't "half describe this wonderful cave, but when it is all finished visitorsxan see for themselves, and after admiring it, can go up the stone steps to the top and get a cup ot that delicious He-No tea that has been the byword of Exposition visitors. DOUBLED IK-TWO YEARS. Tbe Remarkable Bmlaess Growth of tbe Leading Cat pit Hoaneof Pitiibnrff. In 1888, when E. Groetzinger first occu pied the immense new buildings, 627 and 629 Penn avenue, specially erected to accom modate his exclusive carpet and curtain trade, his business was considered of great magnitude. It has since been more than duubled by reason of the superior facilities this bouse possesses, and its vigorous and popular business methods. To-day it is the largest exclusive house west of New York City. Not alone does this statement apply to local retail trade. It is equally true as regards its jobbing and wholesale depart ments. By controlling exclusively the prod uct of leading and popular carpet manu facturers, Mr. Groetzinger has been enabled to undersell competitors and largely cuuuui me juooing trade within 200 miles of Pittsburg. His traveling salesmen successfully compete for business as far west as Cleveland and Cincinnati, and the reporter was shown a consignment of 515,000 worth of choice carpets jnst ready for shipment to an Ohio house. While these goods made a very large stack of bales, yet they were scarcely noticeable on tbe spacious floor of the packing room, so small a proportion of its snriace did they occupy. The vast double building.six stories and base ment, is of inch solid construction that 100 Imposing Display of J. It. Pearson. The section of the Art Gallery exhibit devoted to portraits and photographic art generally has been tbe subject of too much comment to require details as to location. That the wall space occupied by J. E. Pear son has been admired and complimented by visitors unanimously is beyond donbt Tbe writer would have liked to count the num ber of faces represented, but it would have required so much time that all other ex hibits would have to pass unnoticed. The successful posing, the numberless angles from which heads and faces are taken, the wonderfully life-lice expression, the pleas ant way in which the eyes meet yours, and the superior finish of all of it. stamp it as a notable collection. That Mr. J. B. Pearson's studio is the place that meets the views of those who. want only the best pictures is palpable when you look at the vast array of cases in which his name appears. There is one very large case in the Pearson display that provokes an invol untary smile, iu pure accord with the sub jects. It is a whole lot of babies, and each and every baby is smiling or laughing with all its little might. You can fairly hear tbe chuckles of some of them; but laugh in sym pathy with them you must If there is such a thing as a "double patent," Mr. Pearson must have secured it for pleasing and amus ing the little ones. What was ever known to appeal quite so closely to a woman as a Drignt, cute likeness of baby? The large crayon portraits bear the same striking characteristic of the smaller types. There is wonderlul breadth and vfgor in this crayon work, that is satisfactory in the ex treme. Tbe shading is remarkably trood. That peculiar heavy blackness, that seems to make some crayon pictures frightfully depressing, and that no amonnt of bright light can seem to brighten, is conspicuous by its absence. There is a cheerful "glad-I-came" air about it all that is causing re mark. Unless Mr. Pearson changes his tactics he is liable to have more vork than he can attend to, even with additions to his large corps of assistants, nnd the aids to rapid work which he employs. The studios are at 96 Fifth avenue, Pittsburg, and 43 and 45 Federal street, Allegheny. THE SCIIOENECK WAX. WHERE THE CROWDS GATHER. Hopper Broo., 307 Wood Street. Follow the crowd until you meet a block ade in the north gallery, and you will know that you have reached the Hopper Bros.' exhibit, and a very beautiful exhibit it is, too. A firm that can handle an immense space like this, and have everything in such perfect taste, the colors so well blend ed, such new and pretty devices for show ing the fnrnitnre. etc., to advantage, and yet preserve such an air ot easy comfort withal, should be congratulated, for they have honestly won the praise which has been so freely bestowed upon them. Nor is this all; such a firm Is the one to be in trusted with fitting up your whole house, or any part of it, for they will do full justice to the subject That Hopper Bros, have a large and valu able stock, is proven by this, display, for strange as H may seem, this very elegant apartment was iurmshed right irom their stores. Thev use care and discrimination in selecting their stock, or the samples in the display would not all he of such beauti ful woods, or tbe finish so superior. No matter how slender any piece may seem to be, you can rely upon it that it is as strong and durable as such an article can be. Be gin at the entrance gate and look at each piece of furniture in detail, for it will all bear inspection, notice how mnch there really is in this exhibit, and then ask your self if the Hopper Bros.' display has not given you both pleasure and instruction ? Tnjlor it Donn.203nnd 20SAInrkrt Street. Alter examining the exhibit on main floor those interested in matters of heavier iron work should gojto tbe Market street estab lishment and seethe fire escapes of every de scription, Tire shutters, bank work, vault doors, vases and stable fittings, store fix tures, elevator inclosures, bank and counter railing, and every other sort ot railing and fencing, in which lines of work this firm are unexcelled. There is no use in anybody being caught napping and unprepared for fire or thieves, when every means lor pro tection is so readily attainable. MEW ADVERTISEMENTS. UNTIRING ENERGY! -AJVX- Irthis damp weather continnes. inflnenza. which has made its reappearance of late, will spread and become an epidemic. So say quite a number of local doctors. The best preventive, and indeed the very best curative for this distressing malady is one or more Turkish batbs, such as can be ob tained at the Natatorium, Dnquesne way.aft Fleishman's New Cloak Department Offers plush jackets, A No. 1 seal plusb, 24 inches long, heavy satin lining, eight seal skin olives for buttons, at 510, worth 512 50. Parlor suits re-upholstered. Haugh & Keenait, 33-34 Water st. TJpbiqht pianos for rent E. G. Hats & Co., 75 Fifth ave. STRICT INTEGRITY GO HAND IN HAND AT KEECH'S. and This undoubtedly is the secret of the great and growing trade the implicit confidence of the people enjoyed by" William H. Keech. Why, the history of this house reads like a romance ! Beginning but a few years ago at the rery bottom of the commercial ladder, it has steadily climbed upward, until it now stands on the very top rung. The present opening Fall and Winter season finds Keech's with A STOCK AND STORE MORE THAN DOUBLE AS LARGE AS THA T OF ANY SO-CALLED COMPETING HOUSE. If this may be looked upon as an indication, the future of this con cern bids fair to outshine its remarkable past. A Dlaplny That Causes tbe Ladles to Talk and Talk. Near the northwest corner of the main Exposition building is an apartment that presents that odd, haphazard, and yet, in spite of ail, harmonious appearance so char acteristic of the modern American home. It is a room in which furnitnre and equip ments are all conceived in accordance with artistic taste, while retaining their usnal character. It is only necessary to say that the exhibit is that of P. C. Schoeneck & Son, the art furniture dealers of 711 Liberty street, io make it thoroughly understood that the display is pleasintr to the eve in every detail. This is the more creditable to the firm, since the articles Ihown at the Exposition have not been selected specially with a view to their relation to each other. Thus, in the handsomely car peted chamber is a suite of that gilded, crooked-legged furniture that dates from one of the Louis line of French kings, and a great number of other objects apparently picked at random from the present season's line of novelties at the home establishment in Liberty street Yet everything harmo nizes, from the light-flowered paper on the walls to the thick Brussels carpet and the rich plush and satin hangings that are draped portiere-wise about the room, partly uiuiul', naniy reveaiine me rear apartment. The firm has not aimed to make a perlectly furnished room in the Exposition. Its in tention is to show yisitors a few of the arti cles that, judiciously bestowed, will con vert a home from a mere living place into a residence in which the surround ings give pleasure regardless of the mood of the occupant The name of Schoeneck has so 16ng been associated in Pittsburg with the highest style of house hold furnitnre that the visitor to the Expo sition will stop naturally when he sees it attached to this richly-draped apartment The taste and skill of the firm is shown in a thousand ways that will strike the artistic eye at once. The design of a chair, or table, or stand, or bed, the drapery of a por tiere all speak mutely of the touch of a master hand. Many who look at Schoe- necK s atspkay will go home and pay more attention than usual to the set ot their own furniture. They will realize that as much depends upon the arrangement of pretty and useful things as upon the things themselves. This firm is acting thoronghly in line with the main purpose of the Exposition to ed ucate the people in the niceties as well as the duties of life. . wsu NoteI Kaufmanns will be closed morrow open Tuesday, as usual. to- TJfbight pianos for rent E. G. Hays & Co., 75 Fifth aye. Additional extreme novelties in Scotch and French plaids placed on our counters this week. Huous & Hacks. TXS3U Note! Kaufmanns' will be closed to morrow open Tuesday, as usual. NoteI Kaufmanns' will be closed to morrow open Tuesday, as usuai. Cheviot Reefers. A beauty at 54 75. Knable & Shusteb, 35 Fifth ave. TJpbiqht pianos for rent E. G. Hats'& Co., 75 Fifth ave. OUR EYES . , . Four Conditions of the Eye Showing: Defects That Are Corrected by the Use of Spectacles. Emmelhroplo or Normil Eye. Keech's Assortment of Furniture Large as it is, does not include a single article that cannot honestly be recommended as good and stylish. And .make a memo, of this fact: It makes no difference whether you wish to furnish an entire house or wish to purchase but a single article of furniture, you are bound to save money by patronizing Keech's. Special attention, however, is called to the grand showing of new Parlor and Chamber Suites and Folding Beds of every description. CARPETS AND CURTAINS! Keech's don't want your trade unless they deserve it. They mean just exactly what they say. Unless you are fully convinced that their stock of Carpets and Curtains is not only the largest and finest, but also the cheapest in the city, don't buy a cent's worth. Don't forget to look at the new designs in Moquettes, Brussels (Tapestry and Body), Wiltons, Ingrains, Velvets, as well as Smyrna, Persian and Domestic Rugs. In Curtains and Portieres you will find all the latest and most de sirable- novelties of the season. IlfflfflM GDI A SPECIALTY. A perfect eye is one which, while In a state of rest, as when looking at a distance, has its focus npon tbe retina. There are very few eyes that are exacUy uerfect In this respect and It is doe to the muscular parts of the eye that we get correct Images upon the retina, i. e., a perfect focus. Myopls or Nearsightedness. ft ' Jgjf fi Keech's are ready to show anything in the line of Woodenwart, Tinware, Queensware, Crockery, etci, as well as such articles as Lamps, Clocks, Pictures, Bric-a-Brac, Silverware and Cutlery at away below ths prices offered by exclusive dealers. AN AKRAT OF SPLENDID PIANOS. The Hcnrlcks DIuiIc Compnny, Limited. Harmony of tone and harmony of color are the order of the day, at this choice exhibit in south gallery. The handsome blue and silver pavilion is a prominent object from any part of tbe hall; but even this is lost sieht of when the magnificent pianos are taken into account. Tbey.Iead off with the celebrated Chickermc instru ments which for so many years have been those preferred by all the .crreat artists for public performances. Besides these there are 'Wheelock, Lindeman and Stuyvesant makes, all popular, all pianos that sell well and hold their own against all competitors. The leading makes of organs are represented in slock. This is a condition In which the eyeball be comes bulged backward, tbe external coat stretching Into a protuberance. Hypermetropla or Farsightedness. This is a condition in which the eyeball is flattened from before backward just the op posite of Myopia. ASTIGMATISM. A DISPLAY NOT ON WAIN FLOOR. J. F. Murder, 135 Fifth Avennp. Visitors to the Exposition should not feel that they have made the grand tour of the sights, until they have called upon Mr. J. F. Maeder, and examined the large and excellent line of goods carried by him. JUr. Maeder js prepared to trans orm these ma terials into dress, business, house, and traveling suits promptly, and to give entire satisfaction to his patrons. As he devetes his attention strictly to merchant tailoring, he ia of course conversant with all the newest modes for gentlemen and youths. The location is convenient and central, so iuai uis coraiai invitation to strangers, and cfuzeus can oe accepted witnont trouble. V Comfoit Doe to Ingenuity. The ingenuity of man is exerted mainly toward providing for the comfort of man. This isconclnsivelyillustratedinthe folding chairs exhibited by the Stevens Chair Com pany at the Exposition. When extended these semi-couches are large enough to ac commodate the biggest man in a reclining position, but they can be compressed into the compass of a square yard and carried under the arm. The specimens on exhibition, which are necessarily only a fragment of the variety manuiactured by the company, are not only comfortable they are beautiful in design and elegant in finish. Everything from a plain camp stool to a polished sec retary is finished with the most conscientious regard for perfection of detail. This Is a condition in which the corner curves more in one direction than the opposite. In stead of ray of light beta? focused to a point on the retina there is an oval or line formed. Presbyopia or "pldslght" not here illustrated. This trouble usually begins at the aeeofirorn 40 to EO years. By this time so much of the focusing power of the eye has been lost that small objects can no longer be seen without in creasing the distance beyond 14 inches. Tbe following are a few Indications of failinc sight: When the letters of a book seem to blur as if they had a mist before them: when there Is a desire to increase the light or hold the lamp between the eye and tbe object looked at or more difficulty than formerly In threading a needle. " Sight Is too precious a gift to be trusted to the avarice of incompetent dealers In specta cles, but should be cared for by a competent optician or oculist. ' Our unusnal facilities and long experience enables u to place onr services at the disposal of all. and our spectacles at prices that defy competition. We hare the largest and most complete optical manufacturing establishment west of Philadelphia, Artificial ir in,rt.H with the proper precaution by Prof. Caruss. of New York, especially engage.d for this purpose. CHESSMAN & MANNION, Expert Opticians, Office, 42 Federal St Allegheny, Or 'Working Exhibit Gallery, Exposition Building. LADIES' CLOAKS AUD HEN'S CLOTHIM All the new styles are now in, and we cordially invite a critical putni lie to call and inspect them. We guarantee full value for your money in every instance. A GENUINE CLOSING OUT SALE IN DRYGOODS Several weeks ago Keech's announced that they would give up their Drygoods Department, as the space occupied by it was badly needed for the accommodation of the more important furniture trade. To brin" about the desired result as quickly as possible, a sale was inaugurated to -close out every yard of goods at away below the actual prices. Under the pressure of this sale, the stock has melted down rapidly. Those who don't wish to miss this chance will, therefore, call at once. SOMETHING ABOUT TERMS. Those who wish to buy ON CREDIT will find Keech's terms the easiest in the city. Nor will you be dunned to death by ungentlemanly collectors. No such annoyances or vexations. All these things should be taken into consideration by intending purchasers. Examinations free nt cither place. M11C7 I EXPOSITION VISITORS FROM THE COUNTRY, You are invited to call and see us, whether wishing to make a purchase or not KEECH'S, LARGEST AND MOST RELIABLE CASH AND CREDIT HOUSE IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, 923, 925 and 927 Penn Avenne, JNeao? ZNTdLnL-tli. S-fcree-t;- . , i .-v tu-!i 4 I
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