LEAVING THE FARM.
Few Tillers of the Soil Nowadays
Fonnd Sitlins as Jurymen.
GREAT STRIDES IS OXE DECADE.
ilnch PiUshcr-: Monej Being Sent Abroad
for Christmas Presents.
SIIOET TILES OX VARIOUS SUBJECTS
Mr. Harry E. Armstrong, clerk of Com
mon Pleas Court 2so. 2, is an ex-newspaper
man, and his training there makes him
quick to perceive what most people in his
position would pass over without recogni
tion. His attention has lately been at
tracted to the farming depopulation that has
been silently going on for more than a de
cade, but with greatly accelarated pace
during the past five years.
An examination of the list of citizens for
the purpose of selecting jurors, each name
on the list being accompanied by the occu
pation of the owner, shows tliat in some
rural districts where oucc the occupation
"frmcr" accompanied nearly every name,
the agriculturists have become quite
scarce. Iustead, the occupations given
are those of artisans of some kind
or professional or tradesman. The majority
of the few remaining farmers are old men,
some of whom have been serving on juries
at intervals for nearly halt a century. The
sons of these farmers have either learned
trades or professions, or have drifted from
home to become brakeraen and other rail
way empires, or clerks, or bookkeepers,
etc. and the cricket on the hearth sings his
strident lay to the old folks and hired help,
except on holidavs, when children, grand
children and great grandchildren come
home to revive memories, of auld Iang sine.
Many erstwhile farming localities have
given way to small villages.
AI.OXG HIE ALLEGHEST EIVEB.
Take a trip in your mmd down the- Alle
gheny river, from tlie Westmoreland county
border. East Deer township is largely occu
pied by the plate glass works and the nu
merous population necessary to man them
sud attendant stores and small industries.
Slinngdale is largely occupied by villages,
many ot whose inhabitants find employment
in the cities. Harmar is largely given up
to manufacturing. O'Hara contains the
workhouse, around which considerable vil
lage population nas grown. Penu and Plum
townships axe largely taken up by mining
villages.
Down the north bank of the Ohio river is
an almost unkmken line of villages and
borough", and Kitlbuck, Aleppo and Leet
townships can scarcely be considered agri
cultural now. On the south bank, below
the city line, are Esplen, Ximick, Char
tiers Ivanho, Coraopolis, Stoops' Ferry,
"West Economy and Shonsetown, where
only the rudiments of two of them existed
11 years ago. Out the Panhandleand Char
tiers Valley much the same thing Is noted.
Braddock, Mifflin and South Versailles
townships are almost monopolized by small
proprietors, the great boroughs of Braddock,
McJCeesport and Homestead, which would
be cities out West, almost monopolizing
those townships, and making wnat larmiug
land is left merely suburb. Out the Penn
sylvania railroad will soon be 30 miles of
continuous villages.
GHOWTII OF A SINGLE DECADE.
Ten years ago there were scarcely any
boardwalks in all this scope of territory
spoken or. Now one might walk 100 miles
on boardwalk, irom viliane to village, and
all this nas beenforced by small property
holders who fight lor pedestrian rights.
The old-time farmers, if left alone, would
never make walks, and these small property
holder are jrettiutr their ees onen. and iu a
few years' trier will insist on good wagoni
roans as wen.
Mr. Armstrong thinks that with th right
kind of management every steam railway
leading out of the city will be paralleled by
an electric one, as they will become
a necessity. He also thinks it will be lor
the advantage of the great body of
through travelers who use the steam rail
ways. Local travel doesn't want a. 40-mile-an-hour
pace so much as it wants one teason
ably rapid without the inconvenience of
waiting on trains, and this electric power
furnishes. Tne through traveler is the one
who wants to make time, and the steam rail
ways, freed rom the bother of local travel,
will be able to make a high rate of speed
with safety.
Ii things go all right for ten years the
next census may show the whole c'ountv in
the city and population close to a million,
and then the now disgruntled granger may
litt up his head and rejoice in a market that
will enable him to make as much on 10
acres as he now docs on 109.
A CHESTKITT KEVIVZD.
The Pcnnsj lvania Company After the Hard
scrabble Site Tor a Year.
"It is funny how some newspapers will
print stale news," said Bufus Herron, who
has charge of the Schenley estate, yesterday.
'It has been known for more than a year
that the Pennsylvania Company is after the
Hardscrabble site for a freight depot, but it
is now a question of price. A year since
the company asked us to put a price on the
ground, as buyers. We did so, and now it
happens that we are the sellers, so to speak.
The price asked to-day ii almost the valua
tion placed on the site by us 2t first.
The company has had the land surveyed,
and it has not said whether it will take it or
not. It is a question, also, whether its
right of eminent domain will apply in such
a case, but railroads have the right to con
demn propt-ty needed to carry on their bus
iness at a reasonable price. The site in
cludes about 3J4 acres, but the city will
need some or ii for the Forbes avenue ex
tension. It may be possible, too, that the
railroad is after other pieces of property in
the neighborhood.
"As lor this property at the Point, the
tcnanls where the leases have expired are
served witn quit notices. This does not
mean that they are forced out on the streets
but those who desire to re-lease and make
the improvements required can do so and
are given the preference. It is true there is
a good demand for warehouse and storage
leases, but I want it distinctly understood
that nobody is being evicted. It a tenant
has made valuable improvements he is at
liberty to sell his lease, or Mrs. Schenlev
will take care of his interests."
A KEW BUILDING KATEEIAL.
Imitation Mono Made in the East Said to
Beat the Natural Kind.
This is neither the stone, bronze, golden
nor iron age. Ex-County Controller Warner
a lew years ago denominated it the bonded
age. on account of the very prevalent dis
position to run in debt according to the
example' set by Louis XIV., of France, and
his subservient financiers, and leaving
posterity to pay the piper. But it may be
fitly denominated the agglomeration of all
ancient and an inuuitudcof modern ages
the bonded age, golden age, paper money
age, the iron age, steam age, electric age
and the artificial stone age.
"Many kinds of artificial stone have been
made in late years, and all possess merit.
Xow comes a Boston company which claims
to make an artificial stone in" the semblance
of manv kinds of natural stone, and which
is claimed to possess all the requirements of
the builders durability, hardness, great
resistance to pressure, and, above all, tire
proof. Architect Frank I. Cooper has had sub
mitted"to him 13 samples! all of the same
merit, so far as the above named qualities
are concerned, and presenting the appear-
ance of 13 different kinds of stone; including
granite, and warranted fast colors, at only
66 per cent of the cost of granite, and has
the added quality of less weight. Mr.
Cooper says the base- is composed of fine
clay, with the addition of different kinds of
earth, according to the imitation desired. It
is more handsome than brick: and more
durable than stone, according to the claims
made, and Mr. Cooper thinks it very nearly
the desideratum for city buildings, where
these qualities are required." ,
HEAVY DBAFI BtrsfflZSS.
The Poorer People Kememberlnjr Friends
Across the Sea.
"The draft business across the sea has been
booming for the past two' weeEs," said
Captain J. J. McCormick, yesterday. "In
that time I have forwarded at least 2,500
drafts for poor people. It is the largest
business I have done in this branch for
years, and in a measure can be taken as an
indication of the prosperous condition of the
Pittsburg workingmen. The sums vary
I rom JE2 to 3. and are not as large as last
vear, but the number is greater. Whether
tne people have made money or not, they
think it is their duty to remember their
relatives and friends in foreign lands. I
expect by tlip middle of next week to have
for'warde'd ?23,000 altogether. The money
is always sent in time lor Christmas.
"It is surprising also how many have
crossed over to spend the holidavs nt their
old.homes. The Teutonic lastJWednesday
lelt New York with 1,440 passengers on
board. This is the largest number ever car
ried by a steamship out of the metropolis.
The New York left with all the people it
could carry."
THE VALXTE OF ANGLEWORMS.
How These Little Fellows Slake Fallow
Fields for the Farmers.
"Don't discount the common angle or fish
worm," remarked a farmer at the market
house to a customer yesterday. "Did you
ever notice the piles of dirt at the tops of the
holes in the ground where these little ani
mals make their homes? Well, they like
moist places, and are constantly carrying to
the surface the best kind of soil. Wherever
you find an angleworm, you can rest
assured the soil is good, for they won't live
in any other.
"Darwin, in one of his books, speaks of a
stony field that in 20 years was transformed
and converted into 'fallow ground. The
worms had dug down and Carried up enough
dirt to entirely rover the stones, and it
wasn't necessary to grub it, as the grangers
say. I have often noticed the beneficial
work of these little animals, and I believe
in treating them kindlv."
SHE WAS A "PCOS CEITIEB."
A Charitable Lady Outlines to Chief Elliot
the Grades ot Poverty.
A good little bit of amusement was occas
ioned yesterday afternoon by the appear
ance of an old lady and a letter at the De
partment of Charities. The old lady was a
strange looking creature and carried a big
umbrella and a basketful of clothes. The
letter was what caused the most amusement.
It was from a lady well known in charitable
circles, and read as follAws:
The bearer is a homeless woman, without
friends, bhe has asked me to write to the Poor
Board, pleading her case for admission to tbo
Poor Farm tor one week. I hope jou can send
her. I have known her. many years. She is
w eak-minded, and must be cared for. It is said
there are three kinds of poor God's poor, the
Devil's poor, and "poor critters." She Is one of
the latter class.
The old ladv stated her case, and was
given transportation. the County Home.
SCOOPED THE TOWN.
Theatrical Combinations Leave Over the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
The Baltimore and Ohio scooped .the town
in the theatrical business last week. The
Bostonians, 50 people, left over the line on
the Cincinnati express last evening for
Wheeling and Columbus; Lotta and her
.company, 20 people, went to Cincinnati and
St. .Louis; W. s. Cleveland's Minstrels, 40
people, to Brooklyn; Eeilly & Wood's Com
bination, 17 members, to Cincinnati, and 12
Irom the World's and Davis' museums
started for Eastern and Western points.
Finding one afternoon each week for
the sale of diamonds not sufficient to supply
the demand, I have decided to devote the
hour between 3 and 4 P. at, daily, for the
sale of diamonds at auction at 533 Smithfield
street.
Not for One,
Bnt for all, .ire the Christmas bargains at
Thompson's New York grocery.
16 lbs granulated sugar 1 00
12 cans sugar corn S3
12 cans good peas 70
12 cans choice tomatoes (3 lb cans). 88
Hard mixed candy per lb 10
Cream bon-bons, 2 lbs for 25
Fine cream mixture per lb 15
Cream chocolates per lb....... 20
b Ids new apricots ..v.. ....... 1 00
7 Ids (Jalnornia peaches- -.... 1
12 lbs evaporated blackberries..r.T; 1
14 lbs California raisins 1
13 lbs extra lame raisins........... 1
18 lbs new currants 1
1 lb Leghorn citron
1 tb lemon peel '. :....
1 lb orange peel .
28 lbs rolled oats l
10 cans Columbia river salmon.... 1
50 bars good scrubbing soap 1
28 bars 5-cent wax soap 1
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15
18
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28 bars best 5-cent floating soap 1 00
1 gallon choice Icw Orleans mo-
1 callon Golden Drip svrup
32 lbs Butier county buckwbcit....
Extra sugar-cured hums per lb
Extra sugar-cured shoulders per lb.
(i lbs good tea ....
5 lb25-cent tea ,...
4 1bs30-cent tea
45
37
1 00
10K
l'OO
1 00
1 00
3 lbs 40-cent tea 1 00
1 bbl. good Amber flour 5 50
1 dozen parlor matches, 200's..... 10
4 bottles ketchup 25
A handsome clock given away with 5 lbs
fine mixed candy.
Goods delivered free to all parts of both
cities. To those living out of the city will
prepay freight on all orders .of 10 and up
ward to any station or landing within 100
miles of Pittsburg. Send for price list.
M. K. Thompson.
301 Market street and 69 Thirdavenue, op
posite tinstys.
Those Free Picture Books Are Beauties.
"We refer to the magnificently illustrated,
strongly-bound and large-size Christmas
books, sold in retail bookstores for $1, and
given gratis by Kaufmanns with every boys'
suit or overcoat or girls' cloak or jacket.
Feinted Tndia silk, choice designs and
colorings were $1 25 and SI 50, now 75c and
SI a yard. HrjGUfa & Hacke.
TTSSU
Hops are mildly sedative. -'A; glass of
pure beer at bedtime insures pleasant sleep.
Families supplied direct by Iron City Brew
ing Co. Telephone 11SG.
Plenty of Time.
Do you want a craTon for Christmas or
cabinets? Come to Hendricks & Co., 68
Federal street, Allegheny. They never dis
appoint you. Good cabinets SI a dozen.
Those Free Picture Books Are Beauties.
We refer to the magnificently illustrated,
strongly-bound and large-size Christmas
books, sold in retail bookstores for SI, and
given gratis by Kaufmanns with every boys'
suit or overcoat or girls cloak or jacket.
None but pleasant effects from using
Iron City Brewing Co.'s beer.
Don't fail to attend Groetzinger's great
sale of hearth rugs and carpet remnants.
PE0PPING UP PRICES.
Plate Glass Jobbers Agree Not to Cat
the Present Scale.
A THIRTY PER CENT ADVAKCE.
New Tein of Fire Clay of Care Quality Dis
covered in Ohio.
A WELSHMAN'S TIEAVS ON TIN PLATE
The plate glass manufacturers and job
bers who have been in session in this city
for the last two days, adjourned yesterday
alter transacting all the business that was
to come up before them.
The Eastern dealers left at 7:15 last night,
and the others remained at the Mononca
bela House. While none of the members
would divulge directly what the objects of
the meeting were, it was intimated that they
were called together fortbe purpose of form
ing an agreement on the question of prices.
In fact it was stated positively that one of
the matters considered was that of prices.
But it was hinted on the outside that the
meeting was held here lor the purpose of
getting the Western dealers to join in the
agreement that had previously been entered
into by the Eastern dealers, according to
the terms of which the cutting of prices is
prohibited.
Of course, like many other agreements,
the one made in the East was not lived up
to strictly. Many of the houses endeavored
to maintain prices, but since the SO percent
advance went iuto effect a few dealers al
lowed their desires for an increased business
get the better of their regard lor the agree
ment, and up went the discounts beyond
what the agreement permitted.
To overcome this the dealers of New York
and Boston held a meeting a week ago inJ
the Metropolitan Hotel in New lork and
the combination was materially strength
ened. Then it dawned upon the Eastern
people that the Western jobbers ought to
be in on the deal and accordingly the meet
ing just closed was called.
The session here on Friday did not ac
complish much and it was not until about
the middle of the afternoon session yester
day when the final agreement was reached
by renewed pledges to maintain prices were
exacted. The condition of the trade was
also talked over and reports showed the
market to be in a better shape than it has
been for a long time.
There is an active demand, though not an
unusual one for the season, nd stocks m all
hands are low. It is said that no relief can
be looked lor from the other side as prices
there have also been advancing and the im
port cost" is altogether too high to encourage
importations.
Among those who left last evening are
W. W. Heron and J. E. Holbrook, of New
York, who took an active part ia the meet
ing here.
THE "SXSH FOE PICTSBUBG.
An Ohio Vein Makes Bricks of the High
est Refractory Quality.
Pittsburg manufacturers may be expected
to look into the merits of a new fire clay. A
test was made last week of some bricks made
irom the Roger vein clay, at Steubenville,
and thev proved of the highest refractory
quality known.
The'bricks were placed in a kiln directly
in front of a flame as it issued from the
pipes, and, consequently, they were subject
to the most intense heat that could be
brought to bear upon the surface. In being
taken from the kiln it was found in as per
fect a condition as when it was put in. Such
tests irrefutably prove the superiority of the
clay. With such generous deposits of nat
ural wealth Steubenville ought to advance.
The bricks are the very kind required by
manufacturers for their furnaces and it is
likely Pittsburg will lorm a market for the
new product. The ecological plane of the
Itogpr"vein places it a very little lower than
the Ohio river at Pittsburg.
A WELSHM&iVB VTEWB.
What a Foreign Tin Plate Maker Thinks ot
the American Effort.
Sir John Jenkins, one of the British vis
itors, is credited with saying this in regard
to the effort to manufacture tin plate in
America:
"In America it would he of no use for a
small capitalist to try and start work of two,
four or six mills. But if Mr. Carnegie or
Jones & Laughlins, Pittsburg, or other
great steel making capitalists who can afford
to lose lor two or three years, took the
matter in hand, they might be able success
full v to com pete with us. The smaller cap
italists could not, he thinks, succeed."
HO FUETHEK DnTICULTY.
The Glenwood Yards Have a Full Force and
All Trouble Is Over.
There are now about 40 men in the Glen
wood yards, qJive over the usual number.
The report that Yardmaster Dietrich has
been discharged is denied by officials, who
say he is confined to his home as the result
of an injury received, iu a wreck some time
ago.
Claim Agent Howell said yesterday that
the company had settled down to business
again and that there would be no further
difficultv.
The Corkworkers' Fair.
The fair at the Central Rink, given under
the auspices of tiic Corkworkers' Assembly,
Knights of Libor. is proving a uig success.
It will continue until January 2. Arrange
ments have been made for the Salesmen's
Assembly to attend the fair in a body on
"Wednesday evening.
i
Increased Their Capital Stock.
The directors of the Journal of Building
Publishing Company held a meeting yes-
arn.i. nt tt.li,nh tf.a .nntt.l .tnll. . 0 in
creased to 4,500, or two and one-half limes I
the original figuie. ;
Gas Short on the Southslde.
The Philadelphia Company was not able
to supply the Southside with gas yesterday.
Several establishments, among others Byers
& Co.'s mill and 'the Monongahela Incline
Company, were inconvenienced by the
shortage.
Industrial Notes.
A FIGHT over colors is promised among the
painters.
The coal miners o( the fourth pool are pre
paring a demand for an advance in wages to 2
cents over a straight screen.
The material for the Monroe street bridge in
Baltimore is being rolled at the mill of Car
negie, Pbipp3 fc Co. at Twenty-ninth street.
There are at least six plate glass companies
in the United States that have an annual prod
uctot nearly 12,000,000 feet. This exceeds the
output of all Europe 15 years a;o.
Secretary W. c. Cronnesiyer, of the
Tinned Plate Association, is home from New
York, where ho went to consult capitalists in
regard to establishing plants In this city.
A convention of the miners of District No.
5 has been called for Wednesday to consider
whether there should be a price for local trade
Independent of the inter-State agreement or
not.
Secretary Knox, of the Builders' Ex
change, thinks if a few more banks close there
will he no need for the workmen to ask for the
eight-hour system next spring. They can re
main idle all the time.
Those Free Picture Books Are Beauties.
AVe refer to the magnificently illustrated,
strongly-bound and large-size Christmas
books, sold in retail bookstores for 51, and
given gratis by Kaufmann with every boys'
suit or overcoat or girls' cloak or jacket.
DON'T fall to attend Groetzinger's great
sale of hearth rugs and carpet remnants.-
BUILDING AND JLOAN ASSOCIATION.
The Inter-State.
December series nofr open. Shares, $10Q
each, payable in installments of 60n per
month; dividends declared semi-annually.
Last year dividends exceeded 18 per cent.
Stockholders can withdraw at any time and
receive interest up to time of withdrawal.
Cost to borrower, 7 per cent. Borrower also
gets dividends, on his own. stock. Paid up
stock drawing 6 and 8 per cent interest sold
that can be withdrawn on demand, and in
terest paid to time of withdrawal.
E. L. HA-w-fcEY, Gen'l Ag't,
606 Penn building.
If You Are In a Quandary
Aud unable to make np your mind what to
buy for your musical friend, the display and
variety of musical goods in the show' win
dow of Geo. Kappel, 77 Fifth avenue,
might suggest something and help you to
decide. 'Better still, come right inside and
look around and wc will take pleasure in
showing you our large and complete stock
of holiday goods. Gfo. Kappei.,
Thsu " 77 Fifth avenue.
We have no desire to be egoti stical in
valuing ourown goods, but we assure the
public that a trial of our old "Log Cabin"
rve whisky will give complete satisfaction.
Put up in full quarts at 75c or in cases
containing one dozen bottles 8 00.
T. T. Casey & Co.,
971 Liberty street,
TVSn Corner of Tenth.
STANLIIVS STOKY;
Or, Through the TV lids of Africa.
A thrilling narrative of remarkable ad
ventures in the Darx Continent. Compiled
from information, data and official reports
of Henry M. Stanley by Colonel A. G.
Feather. Publisher's price, S3 00; our
price only SI 50. Fleishman & Co.,
504, 506 and 508 Market street.
Krause's Headache Capsules, unlike
many remedies, are perfectly harmless; they
contain no injurious substance and will stop
any kind of a headache, will prevent head
aches caused by overindulgence of food or
drink late at night. Price 25 cents. For
sale by all leading druggists. EOD
24. Louvre. 34.
Suede mousquetaiiep, all colors and black,
SI a pair, regular ?1 50 goods for the holi
days. 24 Sixth street,, directly opposite
Bijou Theater. No connection with any
store of same name.
J .Don't fail to attend Groetzinger's great
sale of hearth rugs and carpet remnants.
STANLEY'S STOKY;
Or, Through the Wilds of Africa.
A thrilling narrative of remarkable ad
ventures in the Dark Continent. Compiled
from information, data and official reports
of Henry M. Stanley by Colonel A. G.
Feather. Publisher's price, S3 00; our
price only $1 50. Fleishman & Co.,
S04, 506 and 508 Market street.
Patent Clapper Bones
And bones in rosewood, cocoa and ebony.
Tin, brass and nickel whistles, ocarinas
(called brass sweet potatoes), "jewsharps,
mouth harmonicas, and many other similar
articles, are just suited to make your grand
son, nephew, son or little friend' happv and
make Christmas time the great event in his
life. Large stock and, variety.
Geo.jKappel, 77 Fifth avenue.
Thsu
Oar Boys Salt
And overcoat department is just teeming
with neaUlittle suits and cape overcoats for
the boys at SI 90, ?2 25 and S3 50. A nice
present with each sale.
P. C. C. C, Pittsbueo Combination
Clothing Company, corner Grant and
Diamond -streets.opposite the Court House.
Those Free Picture Books Are Beauties.
Wc refer to the magnificently illustrated,
strongly-bound and large-size Christmas
books, sold in retail bookstores fot$l, and
given gratisby Kaufmanns with every boys'
suit or Overcoat or girls' cloak or jacket.
PICTURES FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS
At Mayer's Art Store.
For all sorts of gifts, all sorts of pictures
and all sorts of price. An enormous va
riety. Mayer's Abt Store,
18 Sixth avenue.
Infants' Goods. J
See this extraordinary line dresses,
s.icques, wrappers and coats, made especially
for holiday sale; most complete 'outfitting
department in Pittsburg. Send for catalogue.
i A. G. Campbell & Sons, 27 Fifth ar.
Fine cat-glass decanters full of excellent
old brandy will make a handsome and
wholesome Christmas present Get it of
Max Klein.
Now is the Time.
To have your pictures taken and avoid the
holiday 'rush. Cabinet photos -51 00 per
dozen. Life size crayon portraits, with
handsome frames, ST 00.
Lies' Popular Gallery, 10, 12 Sixth st
TTSU
Krause's Headache Cansules are more
pleasant aud convenient to take than pow
ders, wafers, elixirs, etc. EOD
Those Free Picture Books Are Beauties.
AVe refer to the magnificently illustrated,
strongly-bound and large-size Christmas
books, sold in retail bookstores for SI, and
given gratis by Kaufmanns with every boys'
suit or overcoat or girls' cloak or jacket.
"Hot Scotch" with a lump of unsalted
butter is exhilarating; but get the genuine
old Ramsay's or luslay's Scotch whisky
from Max Klein.
34. Louvre. 24.
Gents' kid gloves, Fiske, Clark & Flagg's
make, SI 95apiir. Every pair fitted to the
hand. 24 Sixth street, directly opposite
Bijou Theater. No connection with any
store of same name.
Gold and silver head canes. Lowest
prices at Hauch's, No. 295 Fifth ave.
wrsu
PARLOR suits and easy chairs rf uphol
stered. Haugh & Keenan,
su 33 Water street.
Alaska seal
capes, the very best quail-
ties at 850 each; same
and S75.
grades elsewhere 70
Hugus & Hacke.
Fine watches a specialty, low prices a
certainty, at Hauch's Jewelry Store, No. 295
Fifth ave. Established 1853. wrsu
Violets and Roses.
Lilac and Lilly-of-the-Valley
And all the choicest flowers
to be had at this season of the year.
N. Patterson,
41 Sixth avenne.
Opposite Trinity.
CHRISTMAS COMING!
Refer to the Following for
Gifts.
Assortment of
Book Cases,
Blacking Cases,
Butler's Trays,
China Closets,
Curtain Cases,
Card Tables,
Cheffoniers,
Chevels,
Cabinets,
Chairs,
Dressing Tables,
Dining Tables,
Divans.
Easels,
Euchre Tables,
Easy Chairs,
Fancy Chairs,
Gold Divans,
Gold Chairs,
Hat Backs,
Hall Glasses,
Hall Chests,
H?nging Cabinets,
Mantel Cabinets,
Music Cabinets,
Music Portfolios,
Heed Chairs.
Desks, Kockers,
For further particulars, call at wareroomi.
liespectfully,
o P. C. Schoeneck & Son, -711
Liberty, street.
( Jpf 9)$.
CtnrXllfi 6S3
On the ftiyh ea-aS
You can stand in per
fect safety on these high
C's. . You will never be
swamped by the prices.
The C's are high but the
prices are low. This is a
case in which you can go
to C without leaving land
and without running any
danger whatever. It is
not necessary for buyers
to study the quality of
goods before they ' make
a purchase. All they have ,
to do is to be sure that
they go to a house which
looks upon their interests
as its own. You can make
no possible mistake if you
invest in one of our $10
Overcoats. They are
HOME MADE
by our own tailors, and
e v er y o n e warranted
strictly first-class.
We have selected a
fine lot of
815, $14 AND $12
Overcoats, and have
marked them down to
the low price of
$10 TH DOLLARS $10.
See this line of bar
gains before looking else
where. 954 and 956 Liberty St.
Stax Corner.
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HOUSEHOLD CREDIT COMPANY,
723 AND 725 LIBERTY ST., Cor. Eighth, Head of Wood St
PLUSH COVERED
$3.50
Our Rocker Display, on the first floor, unequaled by any in the
city, and prices lower than any house in the country.
- SILK PLUSH $4 50.
The elegant Albu'm Goes Free with every Ten Dollar Sale.
HOUSEHOLD CREDIT COMPANY,
723 AND 725 LIBERTY ST., Cor. Eighth, Head of Wood St -
PITTSBURG'S LEADING INSTALLMENT HOUSE.
LAIRD'S
G-HAND-
THE UNIVERSAL ATTRACTION.
CHRISTMAS
Unparalleled Bargain Sale.
THE MQST SUPERB, EXTENSIVE AND AT
TRACTIVE ASSORTMENT EVER
, .' , SHOWN IN PITTSBURG.
Elegant Embroidered Slippers,
L800 pairs, at 50c, 65c, 75c, 81, 81 25 and 81 50.
All the newest and pretty patterns.
Choice Leather Slippers.
1,600 pairs at 75c, I
, 81 25,
Patent
Fine Alligator Slippers.
1,200 pairs, at 81 25, 81 50, 82 82 50 and 83.
Black, Maroon, Tan, Bussian; all colors;
Every Style, Every Size, Every Price. All can be
suited. None need go away disappointed.
We have not time nor space to mention our immense
stock of Boots and Shoes and Rubber Foot Wear, but if you
invest one dollar or upwards it will pay you to visit Laird's.
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406, 408, 410 I Retail f NEW RETAIL,
MARKET STREET. J Stores, 433 WOOD ST.
Wholesale Store, 515 Wood Street.
"DEALERS ARE CORDIALLY SOLICITED
TO LOOK THROUGH OUR IMMENSE WHOLE
SALE STOCK OR ORDER BY MAIL. QUANTITY
AND SIZES TO SUIT AT LOWEST PRICES TO
CASH OR 30-DAY BUYERS.
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A WA Y FREE
EVERY TEN-DOLLAR
-BY
THE
I This Fine Silk
Plush -Covered Album.
HOME COMFORT $2 50,
display
SLIPPERS
81 50 and 82.
Calf, Ooze Calf, Goat, Dongola.
LAIRD
SALE. $10
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TAPESTRY COVERED
$5.00
CRUSHED PLUSH $6.
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N inkling of what's in store for
Christmas shoppers: Three sizes
Solid Oak Kockers, piano polish,
at $2 25, $2 0 and S3. Every
arm bolted. No glued up ones to get
loose. Better values don't exist. Over
200 different styles of Kockers in Silk
Plush, Tapestry and Leather. Yoa
bay now, and we'll hold until you're
leady.
P. C. Sclioeneck & Son,
711 Liberty Aysnue.
Established 18o2.
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A BRADDOCK LADY'S GRAT-
ITUDE.
AFTEE A COURSE OP TEEATJIEST BY IB
BYERS SUE CALLS AT 11IS OFFICE AND
ASKS HIM TO TUBLISII IIEE CASE. SUE
FEELS SO GRATEFUL FOB THE BEXEFIT
RECEIVED AT HIS IIAXDS.
Mrs. Ar:jle had been troubled with her head
and stnmacli six years, l'ain over the eye?,
ringins in the ears, haunting and spitting up a
lark colored mucus constantly blowing crusts
oat of nostril, throat dry and always a bid
taste in tbe mouth in the morning; Never
could cat annum? in the morninc. and alter
dinner and supper always had bloatin: up ana
rifting of gas. shooting pains all tnruunti the
Junes to each sbnnlder blade, with sympathetic
heart trouble. Her heart would beat rapidly
for awhile jnd then intermit and beat slow and
labored, causing such dizzy spells that the
would faint dead away. Her sleep was dis
turbed by horrid dreams and when she awoke
in the morning was more tired than when sha
went to Ded.
Mrs. iVemn Argyle, Talbot avenue. Braddock.
After six months' continuous and systematic
treatment, which required considerable pa
tience on both Dr. Byers' ana Mrs. Argyfe's
parr, ne pronounced uer cureu. A. lew weeEs
afterward he was surprised to have ber call at
his office and say that "she and ber husband
had been talking tbe matter over and decided
that as she bad received so mnch benefit from
the treatment, that they thought it was asilittle
as they could do for Dr. Byers to have hmlpab
IWli ber case as encouragement to others
afflicted as she was." It is, therefore. witlKcx.
trcme pleasure that Dr. Byers publishes rija,
above testimony In favor of bis method of treat
mont. given, ai it is bv Mrs. Argyle voluntarily,
nut of tbe goodness of her heart and sympathy
for suffering humanity. She is well-known In
Bradaock as an estimable lady.
MR. B. F. RANDALL, SEW CASTLE, PA.,
writes under date of November 22: "Inclosed
find 57, for which send me treatment for one
month. I have been getting along nicely, have
nut been bothered with pains in my bead, tbe
dropping baclc in throat and clogging up of
ni)3trili has almost ceased, and 1 have gained
ten pounds in lies!."
TREATMENT Jo .A MOSTIT, MEDICINE
IN
CLUDED.
Office of Dr. Byers, established 1SS5, So. 421
Penn av. Specialties: Catarrh, all nervous.
Mood and SKiu diseases, all chronic diseases.
Patients treated successfully by mall. Hoars,
9 till 4. 7 till 8. Sundays, forenoon only.
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A GREAT BATCH
Merchant Tailor-Made
OVERCOATS
Just received to-day (Saturday) from our West,
ern agenr. Mr. U. b: Richardson. They were
made up in Sr. Louis, Kansas City. Omaha and'
.Denver, and they came injnstm good time, for
we have had an extraordinary big run on Over
coats. They will be placed in stock in con
junction with tbe rest aud sold for tbe same old
prices,
"One Half of the Original Cost"
Kin for any Overroat that has been made up
3IU to order for S2a
CI O for any Overcoat that has been made tip
JI to order for 523.
(PIC for any Overroat that has been made up
N" to
) order for (30.
$20
for anr Overcoat that nas been made up
to order for $10.
COC for any Overcoat that has been made up
sv to order for 50.
Stylish Overcoats for Younc Men.
Serviceable Overcoats for WorKinj Men.
Extra Size Overcoat for Biz Men.
Extra length Overcoats for Tall Men.
Our suits will be sold for S10 to 25L The'
hey
were originally mads up to order for KM to Ji
Original and Only Genuine
3ftSa ?BB,, "SK
Opposite City Hall.
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