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OF SPORTS
Some
Reasons "Why the Baseball
Magnates Should Adopt a Plan
of Consolidation.
SEW IOEK CAPITALISTS' POLICY.
Hr. Talcott's Good Seasons for Trying to
Save the Prestige of tlie Xa-
tional Game.
THE LOCAL FOOTBALL PKOSPECTS.
0ui About til Leading Pcjilisti-Thi Qtiirtj ted
Esiih Bit'Ja.
There are several reasons 'why baseball
should form the subject of a lenjrthy discus
sion in this week's review. One chief rea
son is the fact that the annual meeting of
the Players' League will be held in this city
Tuesday nest. Another reason is that sev
eral leading players and one or two capital
ists are trying in every way possible to pre
vent any settlement ol the trouble that has
brought the national came iuio disrepute
and to a great extent disgrace. For the life
ot me I cannot sec why any man or body of
men interested in baseball should try and
prevent the settlement of a trouble that has
cost many thousaud of dollars. Oi
course, I am aware that no man
will admit that he is preventing or trying
to prevent a settlement, hut we each have a
right to form our own opinion as to what are
the intentions of people who are evidently
doing their best to keep rival patrons apart
and sustain the warfare. Depend upon it
that those who are so acting arc no friends
of the national game nor of those who pat
ronize it. 1 don't hesitate to say that one of
the most foolish things that magnates of the
1. L. ever did, and like the X. L. great
people they have done many very stupid
things, was to hold a meeting tn Phila
delphia Thursday. The most important
icature I may say fact of that meeting
was to prove that the P. L. is tadly rent
and that the wisest members of the
P. Ii. were not at the meetiug at all. I sup
pose we will not be wide of the ru.irK if we
tay that those who met at 1'liilaJelpuia
Thursday are the "Sjht-to-a-finish" taction;
ia other words, the brave and valiant con
tingent when other people ;roduce the
money. 1 am not exaggerating anything,
because we all know that the money pro
ducers of the P. L. were these very gentie
jnen who were not at the meeting and who
Lave been censured by those who h.ive used
their money. But really, there is something
very amusing about those people who met
at Philadelphia Tcursday. In the first
place they were a party of men who had
Jailed to arrive at any aiuisable settietnent
of the baseball trouble in their respective
cities, liut those gentlemen who were not
at the meeting had settled their troubles;
like good common sci.se business men
they soon devised a plan of settlement and
agreed to adopt it. Weil, but the fighting
contingent who have been ell over the
country collecting money lor something
they call stock, canuot come to terms, at
3 east they don't come to terms, atid they ac
tually meet to use influence to prevent the
good work of other people. This cerUlnly
is exceedingly rich and rare.
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An Important Fact.
But in discussing this part of t'ie subject
one important fact forces itself upon us; a
fact that we will all do well to note. "When
the P. Ii. was organized its leaders told us
time and time again that it was not intended
to down the National .League. Why, sub
sequent events have shown that a grosser
falsehood was never told. The fact is just
as clear as the sun at noonday that the bulk
of the P. L. magnates desire to have the N.
It. put out of existence. I don't say whether
or not an ambition of this kind is right, but
2 want the fact cf the existence of that am
bition plainly understood. The past season
has proven to all of us that as two opposing
forces the P. L. and N. L. canuot exist, and
these who arc stulborn enough to turn a
deaf ear to all entieaties arc bringing upon
themselves a very grave respsibility. So
far I have failed to perceive anything
agaiust consolidation except sentimentality,
ami 1 do hold that in such matters
sentimentality is very ephemeral. But let
tissunpose that the war is to be continued
another year, and what will be the result?
"Why, lo5es consiueraLly greater than dur
ing this year. That is just assure an out
come as the fact that the 240,000 profit
didn't come to the P. L. this year. Well,
then, the question is: Have we men in our
midst ioolish enough to throw money away
and disgust the public merely to gratify a
petty whim? If we had neither a Players
Leasuc nor a National League the heavens
would not 'all. We cerUiniy can rest as
iHred on that score. It we banish that
ridiculous sentimental feeling that has mis
led so many we will soon see that it will
make no difference to any of us whether the
ball club in Pittsburg is a Players' League
club or a Katioa.il League club. The name
goes for very little. Then, I again ask, why
won't these people who are interested in
these clubs meet together and make one club
ot them? Ii anybody will give me a reason
able answer showing why it should cot be
done I'll say no more on the matter.
Tlie "Wise Mea of tho East.
Amid all the noise and bluster there is one
thing which stands prominently out, show
ing conclusively that consolidation can be
general. I refer to the Hew York clubs.
The directors of these clubs like sensible
men have met and settled their quarrel.
Because they have done bo they have been
the object ol much abuse, Messrs. Talcott,
McAlpin and llobinson have particularly
been targets, hut these gentlemen have rea
son and common sense on their side, and just
as sure as we live, if they sever themselves
from the P. L. it wilt be a sorry day for the
latter. They have proven themselves friends
of the ball players, and surely their advice
cr opinions ought to be listened to no'w.
Sneaking on this matter the other day. Pres
ident SlcAIpin, of the P. L., said: "As
1'resideut of the League, I have done every
thing Kissible in the interest of the organi
zation. I have given advice that has never
been heeded, but has been laughed at and
pooh-poohed. As a business man, I
thought I saw how things would eventually
drift. And they have gone just that
way. If this war is kept up it will mean
the death of biscball as the greatest of na
tional games; it will mean the supplanting
of it by some other game. A continuance
of the fight will cot injure us, but it will
lHJurc the players. Yet some ol them aie
blind enough ur.t to sec it. If a settlement
is not made, the players in another year
will have no occupation. "We are working
as much for their interests in a perpetuation
of the game as lor our own. Ko matter
what is done the players will come out on
top, that is, the good players. Dollars and
cents cut no fiirurc with us. If the game is
killed, as I have already said, we shall not
suffer by it. A year ago I stated in one of
our meetings that it would be a hard matter
to go up agairfct so old an organization as
the National League, and that to conduct
lhr fight ou sound business principles each
clab ousrht to put up 520,000 into a pool in
order to keep us ptloat and iu good trim fur
battle. 1 was jeered at lor thh advice. The
money v. as not put up, but a time came
when it would have been most acceptable."
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Some Sound Sense.
Mr. McAlpiu talks like a sensible busi
ness man, and had he nisde the same utter
. ances last winter he would have been cheered
'o the echo by the very people who are cen-
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suring him to-day. I am aware that con
solidation has the danger of monopoly con
nected with it. Centralizing all the baseball
interests will certainly have a tendency
toward a gigantic baseball trust, but mat
ters need not go that far. They may if a
settlement is not made speedily, and let me
btate at this point that the longer this hum
bus: is continued the worse it will be for the
ball player. He is the one and the only one
who cannot afford to wait. Already
there are signs of discontent among
the players. All these rumors about
a prominent man like Comiskey
are probably not idle talk and this means
that tbe words of Mr. McAlpiu ought to be
very carefully weighed by every stock
holder and every player iu the Players'
League. If we make a retrospect of the late
season we will at once see how foolish and
how absurd all this quarreling and fighting
has been. We cannot shut our eyes to the
fact that in the estimation of the public
biseball is of less importance to-day than
it has been for years, and it is still being
dragged down to a lower level. One of the
wisest acts that the Players' League meet
ing on Tuesday can do is to resolve to
end this nonsense. If it does .that
then it will go on record as being
a very sensible body. The signs ot
internal discussions among the P. L. people
themselves point with no uncertain hand
to tbe probable death of that organization
if peace is not brought about. It is impos
sible to avoid the conviction that should
the New York gentlemen be forced out or
should they retire, the death 'knell of the
P. L. will not be lar behind. The public
will be more disgusted with the discredit
able affairs than ever. The talk of cither
Mr. AVagaer or any of his friends buying
out the Brooklyn and New York clubs may
be good enough as mere talk, but I cannot
bring myselt to believe that there are men
who will spend thousands of dollars on any
such uncertain thing as either of the clubs
named. In this connection I am not
violating any confidences when I repeat au
opinion expressed by a friend of mine at the
recent New York P. L. meeting. He made a
statement to the effect that a year ago, or
nearly a year ago, tbe P. L. started out amid
a country full of enthusiasm and with more
than one star aggregation, and he reminded
his hearers that the enthusiasm is dead and
the stars are more or less obscured. It is
amid a condition of affairs like this that
another season must be started, he argued,
if two organizations are to be continued. I
am told that his statement or argument was
followed by a profound silence. Hoif, the
gentleman who made this statement is
known to all of us, I dare say. I
don't quote his words as being
my opinions, but the opinions of a man who
1ms taken a very active part in the Players'
League and has lost money in it. And yet,
despite such convincing, such plain and
common-sense opinions, we have irresponsi
ble people trying to goad others on to a con
tinuance of all this "humbug and ruination.
Why, the thing is preposterous; and the
wonder is that at this period of the world's
history men can be found foolish enough to
be identified with a condition of things that
ordinary school boys wonid deem too stupid
to have anything to do with. There is only
one way by which the baseball magnets can
regain public recognition, and this is by act
ing like sensible people and terminating
their Hilkenny-cat policv.
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The Football rinyers.
Football continues to increase in popu
larity, not only in Pittsburg, but through
out the conntry generally. The visit of the
Princeton Preps to this city certaiuly had a
good effect in more ways than one. The
Preps not only gave an exhibition of good
football playing, but their work was an ex
cellent lesson for, the home team. As a re
sult, we can reit assured that before another
season opens we will have a very good team
ia Pittsburg. It will take time to prove
ivho are our best players, and it will also re
quire good opposing teams. That we have
Home good players, there is no doubt,
but regular work against the best kind
kind of kickers will rmKo our good men
first-class. The Athletic Association has
been compelled to increase the admission fee
from 25 to SO cents. As a rule, I am a
strong advocate for popular or low prices,
but there aie occasions on which popular
prices cannot be put in force. I think in
the present case such is the fact. Such
teams as Princeton. Detroit and Cleveland
lost a large amount ot money, that is, their
expenses are heavy and an admission fee of
25 cents will not yield sufficient to pay all
expenses. I am informed by Secretary
Dawson that only tbe force of circumstances
causes the adoption of the 50-cent rate.
Of course I anticipate that when clubs that
are not so expensive as the Detroits play
here only 25 cents will be charged. If that
is so it will prove that the Athletic Associa
tion want to deal lairly with the public.
Put the association will have many oppor
tunities to act cenerously with the public.
It will have more events than football
matches under its auspices, and if we have to
pay a little extra now to see a good football
team we may get something equally as good
for a less price in future. At any rate the
associations only starting out and it needs
the help of all of us to put it fairly on its
way.
Carys Itecent Failures.
L. N. Cary, the sprinter, who claimed
that he ran 100 yards in 9J seconds a short
time ago, has been trying to break some rec
ords during the week. He did not try to
make a 100-yard record, which, to me, is
very singular. He, however, ran 110 yards,
and tailed to break anv records. He ran iu
very good time and proved beyond a doubt
that he is a very good sprinter. I am satis
fied, however, that he is not a 9)4 nian by
any means, and while I say this I claim
that he is a speedy enough runner to war
rant a careful investigation of any claim
that be may put forward. A great amount
of the unpleasantness regarding Cary's lat8
claims would have been avoided had'the A.
A. U. board condescended to examine his
claim careiully. Finally the claim was ex
amined thoroughly, but only through the
newspapers after the board bad ignored it.
This is not a safe way of doing business.
The caEe ought to be a guide for future
cases, and I am disposed to think that from
now on claims for records will be very
closely examined before being accepted.
Cary cannot now reasonably complain
about the non-acceptance of his claim, be
cause with his own pistol tire he the other
day failed to even t qual any record.
Professional Sprinters.
Speaking ot sprinters reminds me that
there is an announcement I have intended
to make on several occasions. It relates to
challenges of professional sprinters which
reach this office almost dailv. No less than
seven arrived here daring tbe last three or
four days, and not one was accompanied by
a for'eit. What I want to say is this: Those
challenges cannot appear in this paper, be
cause there is nothing to show that they are
made in good faith. If any man desires to
run another man why surely he will be
ready to prove the honesty and earnestness
ol his desire by putting up a forfeit. Time
and time again challenges have been issued,
aud they were nothing more than mere blus
ter or jokes. Of course, this refers to more
than professional sprinters; it relers to all
professional challenges, and I trust that this
announcement will not be forgotten. The
object is not to keep out the challenges, but
it is to insure tbe public and ourselves that
everything is being done in good faith.
Therefore, forfeits must accompany chal
lenges. Among tUo'PogUlsti.
On Tuesday evening next E. Smith, of
Denver, and George Godfrey, the colored
pugilist of Boston, will meet' in a battle
which is practically to a finish. It will be
another of these club encounters which have
done fo much to ruin whatever good qual
ities there were iu pugilism. However,
when men contest in these clubs or more
correctly speaking these saloon clubs, we
have to measme the men accordingly, be
cause a good man in a club affair may not
be a good man in an ordinary 24-foot ring
on the turf. As livjs I know Godirey hat
done little or ".-" else in a pugilistic
way than take part in stage or clab con
tests. He and Lannon have had many en
counters bnt my readers will know that my
estimation of either of those men has never
been a high one. Godfrey particularly is one
of these performers who were brought out
when the public was being galled by boxers
or alleged boxers and their managers. In
short, Godfrey has yet to con
vince me that he is a pugilist,
Regarding Smith, one cannot say
much, because he u. to a very great extent,
an untried man. Experienced men state
that he is a coming champion. He is big
enough, and may be too big. But if the big
man from Denver cannot polish off Mr.
Godfrey very handily, the former's future is
not a very bright one, as far as I am able to
judge. We must not believe all that we
read in newspapers about the abilities of
this man or that man who professes to be a
fighter. Men like Smith, who are just step
ping into prominence, have people surround
ing them whose business it is to circulate all
kinds of statements' about the "coming
star's" prowess. There have been dozens of
instances of this. Take, for instance, such a
pugilistic fraud as Frank Herald. We can
easily remember how, odb or two person's
flooded the countrv with extraordinary
storiex about Herald's abilities. It was to
gull the public, and, as matters turned out.
Herald was a rank failure. Of course, I am
.not arguing that a similar state of things
surrounds Smith, of Denver, bnt I do Bay
that it is possiBle. However, we shall see
in a day whether Smith has any just claim
to tbe name of a good pugilist.
The Middle Weight Champions.
So far there has been no definite settle
ment for an encounter between Jack Derap
sey and Fitzsimmons. The latest advices
from the East arc to the effect that there is
little probability of a battle between these
men. Some people think that it is Demp
sey's fault, and others, of course, think that
it is the fanlt of the man from tbe other side
of the globe. I can come to no other con
clusion than thinking that Dempsey ii to
blame for the delay, and I add that in my
judgment he is Tery wise in doing so. He
has had a remarkable career as a boxer
pugilist, if we can use the term, and none of
us should be eager to see him rush to prob
able defeat at the close. Better middle
pugilists than Jack Dempsey have lived,
and probably will live again, but that does
not alter the fact that he has had a very
busy and in many respects brilliant career.
It might be more profitable to Dempsey
were he to try and redeem his defeat with
Li Blanche. Were ho to do that he would
have just reason for retiring. Now that
there is little probability of a battle between
Dempsey and Fitzsimmons it seems very
difficult to surmise as to who the next prom
inent middle weight contestant will be. I
don't know that there is any man in En
gland that is anxious to face Fitzsimmons.
There has also during the week been a little
trouble abont arranging a match between
the little fighters Dixon and McCarthy.
The latter signed articles more than a week
ago, and it is very strange that the Dixon
party are holding back so long. They
talked as if they would sooner meet Mc
Carthy than eat theirdinner. However, they
arc none too anxious to tackle McCarthy,
and just as sure as the pair fight Dixon and
bis friends will discover that there is a more
difficult task in hand than was expeeted.
McAuliffe and Smith.
There is some talk of a battle between Joe
McAuliffe and Jem Smith, the Englishman.
I dare say that this pair might make a very
good contest in a 24-foot ring, but I fail to
see where Smith could defeat McAuliffe iu
a glove contest under Queensberry rules.
Smith is not such a bad fighter as many
people think he is, and McAuliffe is not as
good as his friends think him. But it is
not likely that these two men will fight un
til after the Slavin-McAnliffe case is tried.
If the two latter are found guiltv there will
be no fight at all. Pbin gle.
No use to deny the fact that Salvation Oil
is fast taking the place of all other liniments.
On the 24th of last October they offered us their entire stock of clothing at 6oc on the dollar for cash, to speedily close up their accounts. It was an immense lot, amounting to nearly
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vfm PITTSBURG; . DISPATCH.
A MODEL REPUBLIC;
And "Worthy of Emulation in
Pure Politics, is Switzerland.
Its
THE PRESIDENCY SHORN OP POWER
federal Authority in the Council,-tho
President Only Chairman.
TAXATION LIGHT Off THE P00EEB FOLK
Under the Swisi system the President of
the Confederacy has no more authority than a
member of the Cabinet, says S. M. Byers in
Harper's Magazit.e. The head of the Gov
ernment is a CoudciI eleoted by the Parlia
ment. This Council selects a Chairman
from its numbers, who thus be
comes President of the Republic
and assnmes a Cabinet portfolio.
-usually that of foreign affairs. He is clothed
with no powers of appointment to otnee; his
co-members of tie Cabinet, even to the
Judges of the Supreme Court, are all elected.
He can serve but single year; hence his
time and 'alents, instead of being devoted' to
filling offices and iieeking a re-election, are
given to the services of his country. He is
helped in his efforts for pure and economical
government by a corpse of trained statesmen.
THE C.TVTI. SEKVICE.
The country possesses firmly established,
long-tried and perfectly satisfactory civil
service system. Wo inducement could lead
the patriotic Swiss to go back to the prac
tice of turning tbe offices of the Govern
ment over to a horde of "practical politi
cians," to be corruptly dealt out to their
followers and associates. In fact,
tho term "politician" is scarcely
known, or, if known, only spoken of
with contempt and disgust. Political "boss
lsm" would be a diadly calling there. Men
are trained to fill all minor offices and are
promoted to high posts only on proven merit.
The system has proved wonderfully econom
ical for the Government, and better and fit
ter public servants than formerly are found
iu all places of trust and honor.
Civil service in Switzerland has not
caused the people to lose interest in the
government or the welfare of the conntry.
On the contrary, they are proud of the high
excellence of their officials, and look with
contentment upon a system that assures the
people public economy and the State honor.
SMALL SAIiABIES AND FUBITY.
The salaries of all officers are small, so
that public officials do not and cannot as
Bume tbe style and extravagance so unbe
coming to a people's government, or an of
ficial extravagance that only comes, as a
rule, with high salaries, short terms of of
fice, aud consequent temptations to be cor
rupt. A dishonest official cannot clear his
skirts there by renigning and going back to
work in his political party till his crime is
forgotten. One dishonest act aud he will
never hold office ayain.
"By their fruits ye shall know them."
Switzerland is a republic like our own a
Government of the people by the people
yet its system of civil service has not only
saved millions of money, it has increased
the patriotism of its citizens and brought
honor on tbe country.
Almost the first difficulty that besets a
people trying to govern for themselves is the
question of revenue. 'Where is the money
to come from? Taxes, the bugbear of all
nations, also puzzle the Swiss. The method
of raising them in some of the cantons is
alike interesting and novel,
THE EICH JAY THE TAXES.
No official assessment is made on property.
Blanks are distributed to every house, to be
filled in by its occupants. The system is
known as "the "progressive" tax scale.
A, who owns $-4,000 worth ol property.
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pays taxes only on halt of it; B, who owns
$25,000 worth, pays taxes on eight
tenths of it; while C, with his $100,000
worth of property, pays taxes on
the whole. The result is that C
pays, not the proportional 25 times tbe
amount of A's taxes, but GO times as mncb.
The income tax is managed after a similar
fashion. The rich pay out of all-proportion
to the poorer classes. They probably would
not change places with the poor, however,
even to save what they decry as unjust tax
ation. The plan is not always a popular one.
Leaving every man to assess himself has tbe
disadvantage that the rich, with stocks and
bonds, sometimes do not make return of
them. "When a rich Swiss dies, however,
the Government control of bis estate quickly
makes amends for all .his past misdeeds in
the way of assessments, and every penny of
taxes held back is now deducted, together
with compound interest and fines.
Report of Patents.
Higdon & Higdon, patent lawyers (Wash
ington Associate, Ex. U. S. Patent Office,
12 years), 127 Fourth avenue, Pittsburg, re
port the following: Henry Aiken, mill ap
pliances (four patents); Cleaver & Fassold,
regulator for dynamos; A. Denke, rotary
engine; Joseph Forsythe, rotary steam en
gine; Aug. Haller, salt-evaporating tank;
W. H. Eobertson, type-writine machine;
George Westinghouse, automatic brake
regulator; "V. H. "Wyland, making spikes;
of Pittsburg and Allegheny.
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week at the Grand Opera House, when
"Hanlon Bros.' " "Superba" will be pre
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For a good-fitting suit or overcoat go to
Pitcairn's, 434 Wood st.
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The finest in tbe city at N. Patterson's, 41
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Hendricks & Co. '3 crayons are
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UY THEIR
OiB1 COURSE, "WE BOTJGHT.
me arrived. They are being marked and placed in position, and to-morrow (Monday) morning, we shall be ready to show
arrived.
THIS SEASON'S GOODS. REMEMBER.
BELOW ARE A
BOYS' OVERCOATS.
Our Price.
A line of Satinets that ought not to sell for less than fo, (jj 2.QQ
Some very nobby garments in Chinchillas and Union
Cassimeres,well worth $6,'
Meltons" in different shades of brown and gray goods, made
to sell for at least 8,
LONG PANTS,
Good, serviceable, "wear-resisting Cheviots, worth ,in the reg
ular way 6 50,
Handsome Cassimere Suitsf worth in the regular way $9,
Imported plain and fancy Worsted
the regular way 15,
9, - lg90
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
SUPERFLUOUS HAIR
" ON THE FEMALE FACE.
On the upper lip,
chin, cheeks, throat.
nose, ears, bands.arms
and breast, hair bo-i
tween the eyebrows,
on men's cheeks above
the beard line; also
hair growing in tuft
from scars, moles and
birthmarks destroyed
forever without rain.
shock, scar or Injury
by the EleqtricNeedle
Operation by Dr. J.
Van Dyck. Electro
Sunreon. 02 Penn av
enue, l'ittsuurg.
This superfluous
grow tli of facial bair
is surprisingly preva
lent. We see it in the
drawing room, street ana wherever ladies con
gregate. Every lady with hair on her faco
knows that the use ot depilatories, the tweez
ers, scissors and razor all make these hairs
grow coarser, stiller, darker and more numer
ous. There is only one method in the world by
which this obnoxious erowth ot hair can be
destroyed forever, and that is by the
ELECTRIC NEEDLE OPERATION.
This is a pnrely scientific operation, and is
indorsed by all physicians and surgeons of emi
nence. Dr. Van Dyck. devotes several hoars
daily to the permanent removal of hair by this
operation. He has operated for 13 years, has
treated hundreds of cases, and has a national
reputation as an expert in Electro-Surgery.
Ladies, if nature has unkindly provided you
with this obnoxious growth ot facial bair, don't
neglect your case another day, but stop the use
of depilatories scissors, tweezers or razors and
consnlt Dr. Van Dyclc at once and be forever
freed from this lifetime blemish.
Moles, birthmarks, warty excrescences on
tho eyelid;, neck and hands, red nose, enlarged
veins of cheeks and nose, elevated and discol
ored scars, keloid growths, enlarged glands,
cancers and tumors destroyed by Electro-Surgery
by Dr. Van Dyck. Book free. Omce
hours: 9 to 6; Sundays, 10 to S. Engagements
can be made by letter. Call or address
DR. J. VAN DYCK.
Electro-Surgeon,
Book free.
602 Fenn avenue, Pittshurg.
oclS-ssu
SEE
"THE FAMOUS"
SPECIALTIES
For this season's festivities. We
show the fullest variety in
LADIES' 0B GENTS'
PATENT LEATHER GOODS
And all that is choice in Ladies
White Satin, White Kid or Suede
Slippers and Oxfords at
M1F0RM LOW PRICES
And below what competitors would
consider a living profit.
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THE FAMOUS"
SHOE HOUSE.
52 SIXTH STREET.
Open every Saturday night until
10 p. M.
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Vii fair rV
&L CO.,
FEW SAMPLES : .
$4.00
$6.00
TJTT
13 TO 19 YEARS.
Our Price.
$4.00
$6.50
$10.00
Dress Suits, worth in
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
II COMFORTS M DEBTS
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Become doubly apparent.with each chill blast that makes the streets deserted and drives
us closer to our hearths and firesides.
PRIDE IN OUR HOMES
Should be a feeling predominant in the breast of every man, woman and child in thU
blessed, glorious Land of Liberty. Let the cost be what it may, stint yourselves of un
necessary pleasures, and put that money where it will do the most good.
PICKERINGS
Will aid yon In this laudabla ambition, and, by doing so, benefit themselves in establish
ing their name even more firmly in your memories than heretofore.
f
OUR PHOUD BOAST"
Is ind always has been that, notwithstanding that we place 'all lines of HOTJSE
FTJENISHING GOODS, viz., FUENITTJEE, CABPETS, STOVES. ETC., in our
house at your disposal, and privilege of buying, if you deem it prudent, oa
EASY TIME PAYMENTS,
We charge yon not ONE CENT more than strictly cash concerns, and the public is be
coming gradually aware of that undeniable fact. The increased patronage of our numer
ous friends attests the success ot our HONOBABLE METHODS.
I'j FURNITURE-
vite a rigid examination of designs, finish, and last, bat sot least, our unapproachable
prices.
IN PPDDUTC "Would say that we have earned the claim of Leaders. Goods
111 uMlii C I O" unequaled in style, quality, quantity and stunning low prices.
Kotariu advance,
cent in them for you. Embrace the opportunity.
herculean efforts in all grades.
LADIES' CLOAKS-
are cognizant of the fact that they must go, hence we make it snow. PICKERINGS
never hold over stock. It's like buying gold dollars for SO cents.
COMFORTS AND BLANKETS---K
need of them. Splendid goods for
the money. Like all our other varied departments, the largest assortment in the Gas City.
We are certainly capturing the business in this line.
CASH OR CREDIT-
tne entire nouseuoia, irom tne neaa ol tus uuuuy uj
the lovely babies in tbe crib, happy and contented.
It is a glorious thing to gain a victory, politically or on the field of battle, with flying
colors, but it is far more meritorious, and better still for the humanrace, to achieve a
victory by more peaceable methods, such as is tamed by PICKERINGS in their per
sistent fisfht to annihilate high prices. Fathers, mother, sisfers, brothers and sweethearts
will attest that we have accomplished this much desired feat, hence the great rush at
PICKERINGS'
Corner Penn Avenue and Tenth Street
All our bonds in circulation are good for $1 in payment of bilU-aggregating ?10 or
over.
P. S. Stores open on Saturdays until
CHILDREN'S
OF
Our Price.
Satinets that you will find are selling to-day in many stores 95c
at Si 50,
A nobby line of Cassimeres, in Plaids and Checks, which Ql 7j
ought to fetch $2 50, v
In Blue Chinchillas, see the Coats we can now show you at 2.50
$2 50. They ought to bring $4. v ' -
All-wool Stripes and Plaids in Cassimeres and Cheviots,
with and without Capes. They would sell at $6 if we Q 00
so marked them, ' V-
CHILDREN'S SUITS.
Our Price.
Aline of Cassimeres in Plaids and Stripes, that we might 1 '50
with justice ask $2 50 for, ' v
Fancy Mixtures in Cheviots, Cassimeres and Tweeds, regu- g9 50
lar $3 50 goods, v " .
Single and Double-breasted Meltons in assorted colors-, QQ 50
black, blue and brown, ought to be $5, y"'
Elegant Pleated and Plain Cassimeres and Cheviots, in rich, 5 00
fancy patterns, worth $j, v
Black Worsteds, in Narrow and Wide Wale, also beautiful
designs in Cheviots and Cassimeres, single g QQ
and double-breasted, ought to sell for S8 and even $9, V
.
We have the largest and most attractive line ever brought
to this city, embracing car loads of Parlor, Chamber,
Dininc "Room and Kitchen outfits. Would cordially in
xne coous speac tor memseives. -sj per
We can doable discount all former
-BSecond large invoice to hand. Plush Coats, Newmar
kets, Sacques, everything in the line, at sweeping mid
season slaughter prices. The season is fully on, and wa
Eemembfr our motto, CASH OE CREDIT, and
that, ty patronizing us, a small cash outlay will make
iOTH STORES,
10 7. IT., union hours.
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OVERCOATS.
there are
eyes upon.
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