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THE PIT-TSBTIRG- DISPATCH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1890..
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IUSIHESS IS SLICK.
The Stringency in the Money Market
Felt in Many More Cities
That Last Week.
LARGE XUSIBEI1 OF LABOR STEIKES
Ihe Yorstin the Iron Trade at Pittsburg
Supposed to be Over Despite a
Lai ge Production.
DECREASED PRODUCTION DOWN SOUTH.
Bark Clesrags t Nor York Cjty Are Faling CS, bat
Are Inocisirg Hstwhcrt
IBPICIAL TELEOKAX TO TOE OISPATCn.1
Xew Tork, Dec. 12. Special telegrams
to Jlradstreel's record a quite general re
striction of the volume of trade throughout
the country, in large part due, of course, to
the season of the year. The fact, however,
remains that the prolonged stringency in
the Eastern money markets is beginning to
have an effect elsewhere, and at points
where no scarcity of funds had previously
been noted money is now quoted close, and
discount rates in some Cases have advanced
from 1 to 2 per cent.
At Boston and New York fnnds on call
have been easier since the shipment of gold
from abroad to tms country, but not much
change is noted at Philadelphia, except that
the banks charge 12 per cent less when
loaning to regular customers than in other
cases. Low rates for sterling exchange have
ben a leature, but they came at a time
hen there was little demand lor commer
cial bilK
The cotton trade at Memphis and New
Orleans has been checked. Trade is now
said to be smaller in volume at Chicago, St.
Lonis, New Orleans, San Francisco. Omaha
and Dulatli, owing to derangement in the
money market
A Larjie Xumbrr of Mrikes.
The general industrial situatiou is less
quiet, owing to a number of large strikes,
notably among coal miners, thread mill
Lacas and leather workers. There are JS
strikes, mvoh ing 19,32 person1:, reported
so far il December, more than double the
number in December, 1889.
Iron is still dull, but no lower, despite an
increased output during 2ovember
"Worsted factories at Philadelphia are ac
tively engaged.but wool and hides are duller
and in slow demand
The products and live stock have very
generally dtclmcd in price. Wheat has
been irregular and is 15c higher. It is
officially reported that there were 20.000.000
bushels of wheat in and on' of producers'
i-nds in California on December 1.
Bank clearings at 54 cities for the week
ended December 11 are $l,18fi,283,0JS a
fractional decrease from this week last veir.
New York City s clearings, which consti
tute 60.7 per cent of the grand total, are less
than those for the same period Jast year by
3.7 per cent, while at 53 other cities the
gain is 5.2 per cent
Drygoods are in betwecn-seasons demand.
Tight money neutralizes to some extent the
effect of the steady cool weather on reorders
for seasonable good"-. The holiday trade is
good. Cotton fabrics are quiet. Brown
cottons and print cloths are the principal
exceptions to general price steadiness.
Manufacturers are slow to sell at present
rates, which are five-sixteenths of a cent
lower than three weeks ago.
tool Market is Slow.
"Wool is quiet but firm on small stocks in
spite of m n-y stringency and weak de
mand. Australian wools are more active.
Carpet sorts are duller Cotton is one-six-tcent
of a cent lower ou tight money and in
creased offerings at this and primary roinK
Business failures reported to Brad&treet's
nnmoer341 in the United States this week,
against 321 last week, and 370 this week lat
year. Canada had 40 this week, against 27
last week. The total number of failures in
the United St ites from January 1 to date is
t) 842, against 11,023 in a like portion of
1SS9.
1L G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review says:
The business outlook is more hopeful, but
the past disturbance and continuing uncer
tainty are felt in a teduced volume of busi
ness throughout the country, which, though
slightly larger than a jear ago.no longer
show3 the material increase until recently
maintained.
The South reports fair business in spite of
the continuing decline in cotton. Spirits
move Ireely at Savannah, orauces at Jack
sonville and suirar, niolas;.cs and rice at
New Orleans, all at good prices.
Rciiortn Trom Various Cities.
The supply of money is ampie for necessi
ties at New Orleans, but at other points
money is light, though banks help their
customers as far as they can in legitimate
business only.
At the West colder weather has helped
trade at Cincinnati, Detroit and some other
points, and business is only fair at Denver;
good lor the season, with large cattle and
lioz receipts at Kansas City; strong, with
liberal distribution of goods, at St. Louis;
fair for the season at St. Paul, and more
active in holiday lines at Cincinnati. Chi
cago business continues mucu larger thau
last year, being little affected by Eastern
troubles, and tne receipts of most products
eIiow increases.
At Pittsburg the worst is thought to be
over, and money ami collections are easier,
though iron has declined, and there is less
demand for manufactured products. Phila
delphia notes little improvement. The shoe
trade notes sharp falling off, especially iu
Southern demand. Boston observes im
proved demand for leather at the lower
prices, and wholesale trades are generally
quiet.
Iron production increased in November,
reaching 18o,S4G tons, December 1st, a gain
of nearly 0,000 for the month and over
14,000 compared with last year. Several
new and large furnaces nave gone into blast,
but liter dispatches show that within two
-weeks a number have stopped production,
and one Southern establishment has failed.
Quotitions are lower, 18 for Northern and
S172o for Southern No. 1, with rails lifeless
aud decidedly less demand for bar iron and
plates. It seems clear also that stocks of
-unsold iron at furnacis are iucreasiug so
that a curtailment of proauctiou seems to be
unavoidable.
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Tike silk initial handkerchiefs for holi
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THE AIDST0 NATURE.
Continued Jrom first Page."
water, and would probably be erected by
citizens under subsidy from the Government
and used for the ordinary commercial pur
poses of millinc, manufacturing, fish cul
ture, etc., but with the obligation on the
part of the owners that they should be filled
or emptied at the order of the officer in con
trol of the river works; however, the inter
ests of private business would probably co
incide with the demands of the public serv
ice and little control would need be exer
cised. The further details of the appliances to
accomplish these ends will be published in
later papers. Our preseut purpose is to set
forth a comprehensive plan for controlling
the flood waters alter the improvements are
made.
The system would be under the control of
a general officer centrally located, having a
staff of subordinate officers and a large or
ganization of operatives scattered through
the length and breadth of the valley. All
stations would communicate by telegraph
at short intervals with the central office
Any unusual rainfall would be immediately
reported and compared by the central office
with tables from which necessary measures
of control could be readily determined.
now Floods Could be Handled.
Let us suppose it to be the summer season!
when there may be local floods, but general
floods are extremely unlikely. The dams
are all closed, the river beds are all full of
water, and navigation goes on in all parts
of the system. Suppose now the Central
office should receive notice of a local area of
great rain tall liable to produce floods in
one or more important tributaries. 'When
the rainfall reaches flood matk the officers
in charge of the tributaries about to be
flooded are notified to empty their rivers;
and the officers commanding stations in the
lower reaches of the tributaries and
the Mississippi are notified to lower
their water a certain amount, suf
ficient to accommodate the com
ing flood. The tributaries being emptied of
their waters, their dams would again be
closed and the flood waters, or a large
portion of them impounded, thus mitigating
the flood in the said tributaries by, as it
were, extending the high water through a
time long enough to insure its safe re
moval. Doubtless many such locaffloods
would occur during the navigation season,
but none of sufficient magnitude to require
a general opening of dams or suspension of
navigation.
As the flood season proper draws on, say
in November and December, it wonld be in
order to examine the river beds by inspec
tion, or by soundings, and to locate any ob
structions in the main channels by the for
mation of shoals or bars wherever the same
might be reported or be likely to occur. In
case any serious obstructions were found
the engineers would direct the setting of the
portable caisson jetties in position best
calculated to wash out such obstruction,
when the dams were opened and
the velocity of the current augmented.
The time of flood having come all vessels
would be notified to betake themselves to
harbors of refuge, and as soon as they were
satcly bestowed the dams would be opened
and the waters would come out with a rush.
emptying the rivers from one end to the
other and in their impetuous outflow wash
ing away obstrnctions and scouring the
rivers wherever such action was necessary.
Coming Floods Provided For.
The mill dams, fish ponds and other
small basins and reservoirs at the extreme
headwaters of the tributaries would also be
emptied. Thus the system would be
emptied from one end to the other and pre
pared fortdc coming floods.
When the floods commenced it would be
the duty of the officers commanding stations
in (he lower Mississippi and main part of
the Ohio, Bed river and other principal
tributaries to keep their channels clear and
empty, unless otherwise directed from the
central office; while it would be the duty of
the officers commanding stations in the
smaller and higher lying tributaries to catch
and impound the flood waters.
This would be a time of great activity at
the central office. Hourly reports of rainfall
would come in from every station in the sys
tem, and by reference to their appropriate
tables the probable rise in each and every
stream, however small, would be determined
and the officers accordingly instructed, here
to release and there to impound, the govern
ing principle being to drain the water out of
the lower reaches of the principal rivers and
to impound it iu tne higher levels of the
subordinate tributaries.
Practical "Working of the System.
Let us show as a practical exam
ple of the working of the system
how it would have operated in the
case of the disastrous floods of 1882. The
whole system being supposed empty, the
stations in the lower Mississippi would be
directed to drain off the waters as rapidly
as possible, leaving their dams open for
tnat purpose; wbile the stations in the small
tributaries in the lower part of the valley
would be directed to impound or to let go
their waters according to the state of the
main river. Thus all the waters from the
small and low-lying tributaries would be
either impounded in their own beds or
drained off through the Mississippi before
the vast floods of the Ohio and the Bed
river would be due.
The first flood waters of the Cumberland
and other tributaries of the Ohio risine far
to the south would now come booming down
their courses into the Ohio ind so into the
Mississippi, which would be prepared to re
ceive and remove them. The officers of the
(Cumberland and Tennessee would now be
instructed to close their dams and fill their
rivers lull, relieving the lower Ohio and
Mississippi in expectation of floods from
those tributaries ot the Ohio rising in the
northern part of the Appalachian chain and
the State3 bordering the Great Lakes, the
first flood waters of which streams would be
allowed to drain off, and a large portion im
pounded later on, as in the case of
the Tennessee and Cumberland as just
described. These measures and the closing
of the dams in the Ohio itself, filling its
basins with water, would relieve the lower
Mississippi preparatory to receiving the
floods of the Bed river and other rivers
flowing in from the western table lands and
mountain regions, which floods are generally
later in date than the floods in the Ohio and
its northern tributaries, but reach the lower
Jlis-issippi about the same time. To further
relieve the lower Mississippi the waters ot
the Mississippi above Cairo, of the Mis
souri and of their tributaries would also be
impounded.
High "Water Periods Prolonged.
Tbe course pursued with respect to the
Bed river and all other large tributaries
would be similar to that adopted on the
Ohio. The floods iu the Upper Mississippi
and Missouri being much later in point of
time than those ot the Ohio and Bed rivers
there would belittle difficulty either in con
trolling them in these rivers themselves or
in draining off their excess from the lower
Mississippi. Thus it will be observed that
the period of extreme high waty would be
extended over a considerably Anger time
than it at present occupies; the movable
dams and other storage devices would im
pound a considerable portion of the flood
waters of the high-lying and rapidly drained
tributaries which now precipitate their
waters into the lower Mississippi with a ra
pidity and in volumes very much g-reater
than its capacity to safely carry off the same;
and the rivers would easily and safely drain
away in 1G weeks the waters which other
wise ravage and destroy the country lor 12
weeks.
The Lower Mississippi is at present a suc
cession of rapidly flowing reaches inter
spersed with extensive lagoons, flats, shoals
and bars, giving rise to extreme variations
in the rapidity of its current and very seri
ously imparing its value as an agent for re
moving the flood waters.
Systematic improvement and control
would remove existing obstructions and pre
vent the formation of new ones, straighten
the river in its more crooked portions, and
definitely establish and maintain the chan
nel with such a regimen as to give it a sub
stantial uniform velocity in all its reaches,
thus increasing its carrying capacity with
even a less sectional area thau it now has in
its largest portions, and make it practical to
lower its bed sufficiently to ensure good
drainage to adjacent lands.
Nine Months' Navigation Assured.
The movable dams, the rectification ot
the channel, and the use -of suitable means
for making the river scour its channel clean
would secure uninterrupted safe navigation
for nine months in every year.
The total volume of water in the river
beds would in ordinary times, when the
dams were closed, be tenfold greater than it
is now, and there would be the same outflow
to induce a current; and the current would
therefore be only a tenth as swift as it now
averages; and as compared with the present
currents in the swiftest reaches, would be
imperceptible.
The control of the waters and diminution
of the current would put an end to wash
outs, and there would be but a small per
cent of the present silting and carrying of
debris; and furthermore, what silting and
scouring did occur would be so directed by
the art of man as to become a benefit and an
active and most powerfnl agent of improve
ment. Tne formation of bars and shoals would
be confined to the regions adjacent to the
inlets in the smallest streams, whence they
could be scoured the next fall and winter.
Navigation would be practically contin
uous, free and perfectly safe and transporta
tion cheaper than it now is in any country.
The extent and ramifications of the system
would in 20 years create and maintain nn
inland marine exceeding iu tonnage the
trade of all the oceans, and giving employ
ment to thousands of men. The products
of all the people and of all parts ot the
country would move to and fro in accord
ance with the laws of nature, so bringing
about the greatest conceivable prosperity,
and forever ending that state of things in
which men in Kansas burn corn because
they cannot get coal, and the men in Penn
sylvania cannot get corn for the coal they
dig.
GETTING TOGETHER.
THE PRODUCERS SEE THAT UNITED
ACTION IS NECESSAET.
So Far the Alliance Movement Seems to ho
Progressing; Favorably The Latest In
telligence From the Various Important
Petroleum Centers.
The Independent Producers' Alliance
movement is progressing favorably. Their
movements are conducted with the greatest
secrecy, and it looks as if they had begun
business on the ground floor, knowing well
that all attempts at independent organiza
tion since the P. P. A. have been failures,
and that if they do not succeed in their
present undertaking, they may as well hang
their harp on a .willow tree, and bid fare
well to independent action. Every promi
nent producer from Bradford to old
Kentucky will, if possible, be induced to join
the combination. The most encouraging re-
Sorts from prodncers of every section have
een received, and with one accord all will join
in the movement. The policy, as mapped out,
will never entertain any compromise with the
enemy, and should they advance the market it
will be regarded as a delusion and a scheme to
weaken their ranks. '
The most eminent and sound legal ability in
the State will bo affiliated with the new project
ana moy propose to start on a lounaation as
firm as the adamantine rock, becret meet-'
ings bavo been arranged to take place in Brad
lord, Oil City, Butler, while Pittsburg has been
selected as the place for a very important meet
ing in the near f utnre.
In the Wildwood Field.
Wildwood Guffy & Queene and the Forest
Oil Company No. 3 Rolsebonse is making 41
inches an bonr to-night, a decline of three
incbes from yesterday. Their Do. 4 Boise
house is down 1,200 feet; No. 5, 150 feet: No. 1
Runga, 1,100 lect; No. 2, 500, and No. 3 will
start drilling in a day or so. This company is
starting a well on the L. A. Heidleberg farm,
two miles southwest, on a 55 line, from the
Governor Pattison. on the Rolsehonse, and is
the farthest location on the southwest line in
the Wildwood field.
The Bryrant Farm Gas Company has com
pleted its line into the extreme southeast
part of the field, and is f urnishinc the drill
ing wells with gas, which is a boon for the con
tractors. They have also piped other sections
of the field, and in all have laid about fire miles
of line. At present they are furnishing 22
drilling wells, two pumping wells and six or
eight drilling houses, which docs not consume
half the gas the well produces; this is pretty
good evidence that there is some gas yet left
in Allegheny county.
The Forest Oil Comany fc Patterson's Young
No. 2 is still drilling, and is making a very small
showing. Same parties' No. 3 is through third
and fourth sands and dry. The Smiih Oil Com
pany started to drill their No. 7 on the Smith
farm yesterday. Griffiths and Forest Oil Com
pany made a location for their No. 4 on the
Herr farm to-day. Griffiths i. Miller and Forest
Oil Company started to build rigs No. G and 7
to-day on the Kingelsen farm. Deibert & Co.
are rigging up on the Sample two-acre
lot. and will bo drilling by Monday.
Griffiths and Forest Oil Company's No. 4,
Smith, will be in by middle of next week. Their
No. 3 is in tb 30-toot sand, aim their Whitc-
seii jno. a nas got tne second casing in. and the
No. 9, same farm, is down 900 feet. Forst
Greenlee's No. L on McGeagh lot, was cased
yesterday, and will be due in about ten days.
McDevltt & Co., on the Guyton farm, are down
1.750 feet ibis evening. Rotn Oil Company are in
the sand in their No. 4 Kretzer.and it is reported
that they are just a little below the spot at
which the pay snould have been found; they
are still drilling. Tne same company bas got
No. 5 rig up on the same farm, SCO feet west of
tbeir No. 2. and are also rigging up on their
No. 1 well on the Peebles farm. Dunn, Phillips
& Co. at last have got the striu" of
tools out of the Dr. Smith farm "well
No. 3, and have begun again to drill
a bit out that they got in tho bole
some time ago: this well was started some time
abont July last. The Roth Oil Company have
torn down their old No. 5 rig, on the Harbnsh
farm, and moved it 400 feet west of its original
location, and are getting ready to drill the well.
This well was abandoned, but was considered
"off the belt." McKee & Beers are rigging up
attbeir No. 1 Kolbar farm, and will be ready
to spud by Monday or Tuesday Bear Creek
Refining Company have a nc up for No. 2 well,
on the McClag farm, atSemple station. Finne
gan. Downing fc Co. are building a rig for their
No. 2, John Wallace farm, and pulled the cas
ing again to-day in No. 1.
Some Mysterious Movements.
Moon Township There is considerable
mjstifjing being done at the Moon well, and a
correct report of it is hard to obtain The tcr
nrory in this section has abont all been picked,
ana what Is left is held at a high figure. The
Dispatch scouts paid a visit to tho well to
day and by putting this and that together with
visible evidence came to the conclusion that
the venture may make from a fivo to a ten
barrel well. The well will be tubed to morrow
or next day.
Drilling a "Wildcat.
Brush Creek H. W. Lock & Co. are drill
ing a wildcat well on the Day farm, which will
bear watcuinsr, as it is important. The venture
is through the gas sand, with a fishing :Aft on
hand. Wood it Co., on the Roscnwil faml, are
m the gas sand and have the tools stuck. Ray
& Co. are down 900 feet with their well on the
Jones farm.
Production or 1GO Parrels.
WELi.sviLi.E-Tne Ohio Valley Gas Com
pany's two wells located across the nvor In
West Vircinla and about ono and one-half
miles from this place, are together producing
about 150 barrels per day. Some dry holes
have been drilled In close proximity to these
wells, and other wells are uow drilling. Tho
oil is found in tho Turkey Foot or Smith's
Ferry sand, and the extent of the territory in
this locality can only be determined by future
operations.
They Have Ceased Drilling.
PAEKEnsnuita-Drilling has ceased en the
well located near the town of Elizabeth, the
county seat of Wirt county, tho contractors
having made an assignment. This well was
drilled to a depth of abont 2,000 feet and no
show of oil or gas was found. The uell is be
tween four and five miles west of tho old Burn
ing Springs development ana shows a dip
in the rocks of too to 700 feet. The
drilling in Wirt county during the pre
ent jear has been limited to five or six
wells, but operations have not been encoraging,
as oil was only found in small quantities in two
well8 near to the old Burmntr Springs field.
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"THE CHARITY BALL"
Great cast, new special scenery.
Prices, SI, 75c, 50c and 25c
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DUQUEbNE THEATER
(Pittsburg's Leading Theater.)
THE BOSTONIANS.
Matinee To-Day at 2. Puces, 25c to SI.
ROBIN HOOD.
TO-NIGHT: : : : ROBIN HOOD.
TO-NIGHT: : : : ROBIN HOOD.
Seats on Bain at Duquesnc Theater, and at
Branch box office. Hays', 75 Fifth av. Prices,
25c to Jl 5U
Dec. 15-ROSINA YOKES. de!3
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UQ.UESNE THEATER.
SEATS NOW ON SALE.
Beginning Monday evening. Dec 15.
Miss j voKES I Supported by
Rosina VUH-JiS. Felix Morris
And her London Comedy Company.
3 Dhtinct Plays at Each Performance 3
For repertory see Sunday papers.
Seats may ho bad at Duqnesne Theater and
at branch box nilice. Hays, 75 Fifth av. Prices,
25e, 50c, 75c and SI. dell-57
GRAND OPERA HOTJSF
TO-NIGHT,
Matinee &atnnliy,
CLEVELANDS CONSOLIDATED MIN
SPKELS and the MARVELOUS CRAGGS.
Next week: Tbo Charity Ball. dell
GRAND OPERA HOUSE EXTRA
NEXT WEEK.
Idreat Cast
New. Elegant
Scenery.
Prices, $1, 75c, 50c and 25c. dolO-85
BIJOU THEATEB-TO-NIGHT.
LOTTA.
Only Matinee Saturday,
Dec 15 Bronson Howards "SHENANDOAH."
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HARRIS' THEATER Harris. Bntton &
Dean, proprietors and managers.
Every afternoon and evening.
PECK'S BAD BOY.
Week Dec 15 GRAY & STEPHENS.
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ARRY WILLIAMS' ACADEMY-
TO-NIGHT.
Matinees Tuesday. Thursday and Satnrday.
REILLY & WOODS'
NEW VAUDEVILLE CO.
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HARRY DAVIS'. FIFTH AVENUE MU
SEUM Commencing Decembers
MATTIE LEE PRICE.
The Georgia Magnetic Girl.
EXCELSIOR PLANTATION SINGERS.
Admission, 10c Doors open 1 to 5, 7 to 10 P. H.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Extra Inducements.
Of all times in the year
this is the time to come to our
store for bargains. Our make
of clothing is sure to be satis
factory, and the prices are a
good deal under the usual
current rates.
Less profit, lower prices,
better goods. It's easy to
compare prices. You know
what you have been pay
ing. You know what you
can buy clothing for else
where. Compare with our
goods and prices. Try on
the garments, see the fit and
examine how nicely tailored.
We're not afraid of the ver
dict. Our whole store, from top
to basement, is packed with
Men's and Boys' Suits and
Overcoats.
Read this advertisement
and tell your friends. Let
everybody know that this is
the store for quick and active
business.
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Wanamaker
& Brown,
Cor. Sixili St. and Fenn Ave.
Tailoring well done. 2,000
styles to select from.
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H0LID1I PRESENTS!
Gold SDectacles and Eye Glasses, Opera,
Field and Marine Glasses, Binocular Tele
scopes, Graphoscopes, Magic Lanterns, Stere
opticons. Microscopes, Barometers, Thermome
ters, Photographic Olftfits, etc
BEST ASSORTMENT, LOWEST PRICES, at
KORNBLUM'S
OPTICIAN STORE,
NO. 50 FIFTH AVE.,
dell NEAR WOOD ST.
A CRITICAL COMPARISON
IS DESIRED.
EIGHT-YEAR-OLD,
Has a maturity equal to any require
ment. Full quarts $1 each or six for 55.
AN EXCELLENT XMAS QIFT.
Prompt attention given C. O. D. order?.
Eemember OLD EXPORT can only be
obtained of ,
JOS. FLEMING & SON,
PITTSBUEG, PA.
All orders should be addressed to
JOS. FLEMING & SON,
Wholesale and Retail Druggists.
PITTSBURG, PA.
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EARLY BUYERS
OF
HOLIDAY - GIFTS
Will find our stock well assorted
anil very easv to make a selec
tion from. Tho largest and
choicest assortment to be had of
ME, FANCY GOODS
IN
PORCELAIN, BRONZES
Plush and Leather Cases,
Fino Leather Goods, Desks,
Portfolios, Photograph Albums,
etc. Open every evening until
Christmas.
JOS. EIOHBAUM & CO.,
48 Fifth Avenue.
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AND
Are the best tanned and will wear longer
than any glove made of the same character.
They are made indifferent styles and grades.
To keep the hand warm, for driving or for
manual work that is to be done outside
during the cold weather, ask for "SARA
NAC" Gloves and Mittens.
Saranac Glove Co., Littleton.H.
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The SuppIyManufacturing Co.,
100 and 102 WOOD faT.
Heavy or Light Machinery il'ade to Order.
PROMPT ATTENTION
To Electric Railway and Electric Light Ma
chinery and Repairs.
RIVER HEADLIGHT PLANTS AND REPAIRS
A SPECIALTY.
Supplies of all kinds furnished. deS-TTS
1 Export Whisky,
SARANAC
GLOVES
KITTENS
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
AROUSE,
YE SLUIUIBERERS!
SUIT AND OVERCOAT
SLAUGHTER SALE
Es Now Going Gn.
FREE!
$5 HANGING RACKS.
Given away free with every 12 Suit or
Overcoat and upward, an elegant Hanging
Coat and Hat Rack (11x42 inches), iu
Mahogany or XVL Century Oak. Retails
everywhere for S5. See them in our win
dows. FOR THE BOYS.
Ten-Pin Sets Free!
Large Sleds Free!
"With every S3 Boy's Suit or Overcoat and
upward a complete set of Tea-Pins or large
sled gratis.
"Thousands of Hats, tons of Furnish
ing Goods, for the Holidays, at Slaughter
ing Prices.
Cor. Smithfield and Diamond Sts.
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HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
GOLD SPECTACLES,
So and Upward.
GOLD EYEGLASSES,
"With Chain" Attached,
S3 and Upward.
PEARL OPERA GLASSES,
$5 and Upward.
FIELD GLASSES.
J. DIAMOND, Optician,
22 Sixth Street, Pittsburg.
NOTICE Every person presenting this (Dis
patch) advertisement nill be entitled to 10 per
cent discount on all goods purchased. de9-D
SOLID AT PRESENTS.
Large Stock, complete assortment of a number
of articles suitaDle for Holiday Gifts. Call and
see what we have. We haven't the space here
to enumerate them.
WH.E.STIERM, Optician,
544 SMITHFIELD ST., PITTSBURG. PA.
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DR. J. A. BURGOON. THE SPECIALIST
is not known hy tho mounds in the graveyard,
but by the living monuments of bis marvelous
treatment. Dr. Bnrgoon has cured the people;
he is curing the people and defies tho world to
beat his wonderful record in cures of Tapo
Worm, Catarrh, Cancer. Scrofula, Stomach,
Kidney and Liver Troubles, Eczema. Rheuma
tism. Male and Female Weakness. Blood Taints
In short all chronic troubles heretofore con
sidered incnrable. Judge him by his wnrTL.
His Svstem Renovator is the erandestdiscovefy
'of the age. At all drugstores, SI per bottle or
six for So.
125 Tape Worms removed In 23 months. All
calls answered dav or niglit. TeIephone3533.
dell-TT3 47 OHIO ST.. Allegheny City.
OH. WELL SUPPLIES.
FOR SALE.
Eight-hundred acres oil lands for sale with
a guaranteed abstract title. Address
UNITED LUMBER fc COAL CO., Limited,
nol8-59-D Oil City. Pa.
OIL ILL SUPPLY CO,,
LIMITED,
91 and 92 WATER ST.,
PITTSBURG, PA.
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AJAX ENGINES
ASD
Corry Boilers.
The Ajax is the strongest, quickest, rsost
durable and economical Oil Well Engine ever
made, and Is tho only engine having the right
to use tbo Bliss Patent positive reverse gear.
All others using such reverse are infringing
upon our rights.
OVER 5,000 NOW IN USE
The Corry Boiler is the largest, strongest,
best-constructed and most economical in the
oil country. We use only the best material and
workmen, and guarantee our work. Over
8,000 In use without one blow up.
Offices in Pittsburg, Washington and Butleii
Always write or telegraph to Corry Office.
JAMJ3S M. LAMBING,
v SOLE AGENT, CORRY, PA.
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SALLER L CO.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
The Costliest Gifts Ever Distributed,
The Great Book for Which
But which, owing to its proposed price ($5 50) is unfortunately within
the reach of the moneyed classes only, will be
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With every Man's or Boy's Suit or Overcoat, or Lady's Cloak or Wrap
costing not less than $10, bought at
This book, it should be remembered, is a fine royal octavo work
handsomely printed from large, open type, on most excellent paper.
The work covers Mr. Stanley's entire career in Africa, and is wholly
disconnected from the accounts of other explorers. It is exclusively
confined to its subject, Henry M. Stanley, and gives all the interesting
and highly thrilling incidents in his most remarkable career. The il
lustrations, of which there seems no end, include some beautiful and
most artistic colored plates. Of course, we secured these books
AWAY BELOW the regular price; otherwise we could never have
afforded to GIVE THEM FREE of charge to-day with every $10 or
higher purchase in our Clothing or Ladies' Cloak Departments.
FOR THE
With every Boy's Suit or Over
coat we sell To-day
we will give
FREE!
Boys, these are none of those
poor, trashy things which foy stores
sell for 25 or 50c, but good, strong,
full-sounding drums, with rod and
key arrangement, worth from 75c
to $1.
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BIG GIFTS FOR LITTLE GIRLS.
Our grand Christmas Pictorial Books, the most magnificent and
handsomest ever given away by any house, will be. presented to pur
chasers of Girls' Cloaks, Coats and Wraps. Book stores sell this pub
lication for $ 1.
KAUFMANNS,
Eiftk Ave. and
ABOYjS who want the book, in
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jvtjit
Smithfield St.
preference to the drum, can have it.
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