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SECOND PART.
PITTSBURG'S MILLS,
A Complete Review of the Iron
Situation by One Well
Versed in It.
A VERY BRIGHT OUTLOOK.
"Wholesale Changes From Gas Back to
Coal and Vice Yersa.
SOME MILLS TETIKG KEW FDELS.
A Kew Gas and Superheated Steam and
Slack Are Being Tested.
A WAE OX FREIGHT AXD COKE EATES
IWMTTEX rOK TOE DisrATcn.i
The activity that pervades the industrial
trades in this section has never been so
marked as at present. A tonr anion;; the
manufacturers in this section engaged in the
iron and steel business reveals a most
healthy condition cf trad,, at least so far as
the production and con tomption of these
articles is concerned, and a consequent
activity at every mill and furnace, except
where the shortage of gas interferes;
The flurry in railroad and financial circles
throughout the country has no doubt
created nine distrust among buyers, and
lessened the demand, as well as incon
veniencing some local manufacturers; but
merchants are a unit in the opinion that
this is only temporary, and assert that val
vucs arc on too solid a foundation, and the
legitimate demands of the country too great
to be seriously effected by the operations of
Wall street speculators.
There is now an echo of complaint from
some pig iron makers against the low prices
ruling for all grades of pig iron; neverthe
less, the output lor the number of furnaces
in blast is as large as it ever has been.
A 1$ right Outlook Tor Xext Year.
"Well-posted iron men are of the opinion
that prices will advance, and base this be
lief not only on the great consumptive de
mand of the country, but upon the natnral
reaction from the present abnormally low
range of prices.
The year just drawing to a close has been
one of the most prosperous in the history of
the trade in this vicinity. Mills have all
been favored with plenty of business, and
the general conditions existing throughout
the year, until very recently, have main
tained prices xt a very satisfactory level.
We nre now near enough to the close of 1890
to estimate the production at about S.OOO.OO
tons, with unsold stocks on December 31
estimated at 350,000 tons, or 4 per cent of
the production. The ontlook for the coming
year is none the less promising. From pres
ent indications, the consumption in 1891 will
be between 10,000.000 and 11,000,000 tons.
The amount ot railroad building and car
construction, the heavy demands lor struc
tural material for building purposes, the
activity among foundries, machine shops,
and engine builders and boiler makers, as
well as the usual demands of the country
for iron promised for the year, all warrant
the prediction that the incoming year will
prove one of the greatest in activity and
profit, alike to mill owners and wage
workers. The fuel question is sow uppermost in
the minds of Pittsburg ironmakers. Ac
cording to recent reports, there are 14 mills
here (not including McKeesport) that have
changed back to coal in the puddling
furnaces, although in two of these some of
the furnaces are yet working on gas.
Furnaces Changins From Gas to Coal.
In these mills there are 454 puddling fur
naces, while the total number of furnaces in
Allegheny county, including McKeesport,
is 1,152. At the National Tube Works
Company, McKeesport, every department
of the four rolling mills is again usingcoal.
About 15,000 bushels are being consumed
daily. The company intend erecting a coal
elevator on the river bank near their works,
in order to transport the coal from the
barges to the mills. They recentlv erected
at their No. 4 mill 15 double puddling fur
naces, and tnese will now nave to be torn
down, owing to their not being adapted to
the use of coal; either natural or artificial
gas must be used in these furnaces.
At the Clinton Mill, on the Southside.
five double puddling furnaces are standing
idle, while the single furnaces are using
coal. At tbe .Republic Iron works, on
Twenty-fifth street, Southside, they aie still
in a condition of gas shortage. The new
puddle forge, consisting of 14 double
puddling furnaces, will have to be torn
down. The old forge, comprising 26 single
furnaces, is back to coal, and a part of the
finishing department is likewise back to
coal.
It is thought that the recent gas strike by
Jones & Laughlin, whose mill adjoins there,
will urge the Bepnblic to try for gas. At
Howe, Brown & Co.'s mill, on Sixteenth
ttreet, coal is being partially used. In the
Will vale mill tbe puddling department is
equivalent to 36 single furnaces, but only 21
o! these arc built single. At this mill there
are two quadruple furnaces, being about the
only lurnaces of their kind about Pittsburg.
In one turn tbe total output of oue of
these furnaces is about 12,000 pounds, while
ot a tingle furnace it is 2.500 pounds
The Pittsburg Forge and Iron Company
is using coal in all their puddling and scrap
furnaces, and artificial gas in their beating
department. About 7,000 bushels of coal
will be required daily at this mill. At the
Lockhart Iron and Steel "Works, Chartiers,
the puddling lurnaces have been changed
back to coal, ns has also the puddling de
partment in the Soho mill of Moorehead,
McCieane & Co. Lindsay & McCutcheon
and Chess, Cook & Co. are now using
coal entirely. The consumption in these
mills is almost 10,000 bushels per day.
Experimenting "With a Xew Gas Process.
At Painter's mill in the West End, 10
puddling lurnaces in tho new forge were on
last week, and 44 off owing to the shortage
of gas; in the old forge 24 furnaces are idle
and under repairs to resume coal during the
week.
The firm is experimenting with the Archer
process ot fuel gas. The new fuel is Lima
crude oil, but, judging from the former re
port of the change back to coal, the process
'must be unsatisfactory. Bcgarding the
Archer process, an authority states that it
has a poor future; that it would cost more
than natural gas, and nearlv double the
price of coal. It is understood that the La
Belle Steel Works, of Smith Bros. & Co.,
in Allegheny, also the United States Iron
and Tin Plate Company, Linden Steel Com
pany. Duquesae Tube Company and the
Pittsburg Tube Company are experiment
ing on this process.
At the American Iron Works of Jones
& Laughlin, the puddle furnaces that were
changed back to coal when the gas gave out,
are now being returned to gas, the company
having struck two wells of their own that
lurnishes tbem more than an ample supply
of gas. The works are now running lull in
all departments, with the likelihood of con
tinuing so throughout the winter. The old
wells have been plugged and reserved for
possible future use.
In the Upper Union Mill of Carnegie
Shipps & Co., Thirty-third ttreet, there is
iU considerable trouble on account ot the
gas shortage. During the last month the
puddling department has been making only
from two to three heats per turn, but the
finishing department is working full, turn
ing out about 275 tons of finished iron and
steel per turn. Owing to the lack of gas,
about 35 men at this mill are idle.
At Oliver Bros. & Phillips, lack of gas
has made it necessary to fall back on coal in
the puddling department. Of 42 lurnaces,
28 have been changed, as far as we can
learn, and these are using the slack and
cold blast process, which was the general
fuel mostly used by this company previous
to tbe adoption of gas. It is likely that
superheated steam and alack will be gener
ally used in the mill.
New Steam and Slack Process.
This is the same process as is used in the
entire puddling department of the "Vesuvius
Mill, ot Moorehead Bros. & Co., and the
Kensington Mill, of Lloyd, Son & Co. This
process is the newest substitute for fuel in
puddling furnaces, and it is claimed its cost is
only one-half that of gas. The furnace used is
the same as that used for coal. It is charged
with slack coal, and the combustion is
forced by the introduction beneath tbe
grate bars.of superheated steam. The bars
are so placed as to admit steamplpe open
ings, ao arranged that there is a constant
blowing upon the bed of slack. By this
force the combustion is made so complete
that there is very little smoke and cinder.
A kind of water gas is produced by the de
composition of the steam, but there is said
to be a total absence of moisture.
Park Bros. & Co. are building an eight
and ten-inch natural gas main from the
AYlIdwood field to their Black Diamond
Steel Works on Thirtieth street, costing
fSO.000, in order to insure a sufficient supply
for their works.
It is thought that by the first of the year
all the mills now nndergoing a change to
coal will be in a position to run steady.
Operations during last month were greatly
interrupted by the withdrawal of gas from
the puddling furnaces, and the production of
muck iron during the month was not over
36,000 tons.
Sundry Repairs and Beopenlngs.
Furnace D, of the Edgar Thomson plant
of Carnegie Bros. & Co., at Braddock, was
blown out recently for relining and general
repairs. At the Soho furnace of Moore
head & Co., all repairs have been completed,
and the furnace was lighted early this week.
On the 1st inst., the large furnace A, of the
Monongahela Furnace Company's plant,
neir McKeesport, controlled by some
officials of the National Tube
Works Company, was blown in in tbe
presence of many invited guests.
The Edith Furnace, in Lower Allegheny,
has been leased by this company. Ithasbeen
casting on tbe present lining since October,
1SSS, with favorable prospects of continuing
another year. When that time comes it
will be blown ont and dismantled apd built
up as No. 3 to the two new Monongahela
furnaces, to which a fourth is to be added.
Furnace B of this plant will probably be
blown in in January. The new No. 3 Isa
bella has just been lighted up. Mrs. Ken
nedy, wife ot the Superintendent, performed
the reremony.
The most recent reports slate that there
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The place to buy your Christmas Presents. Acceptable and appropriate Gifts for Everybody here, Useful and Ornamental. Every Lady and
Gentleman, Girl and Boy, is invited to come and see our Christmas Display. The colossal display of goods of every description, all offered
at Lowest Cash Prices, will interest you. The best values to be found in any store can be had here, and a greater variety than in any other
single store in the city. To help aid you in your. choice, we have made out a list ofvery DESIRABLE PRESENTS. Plenty others in this big
store. Call in and look around.
Suggestions for
D
LAJDIIES.
Shawls, single and doable, Woolen Shawls
in Plain Plaids, Checks, Stripes and XI ray,
from $1 tn $7 50.
Fine Shawls in Beayer, Velvet and Hima
laya, from $3 to $20.
Black Cashmere Shawls, single and
double, 51 50 to $18.
Paisley or Broche Shawls, $6 75 to $25.
Colored Cashmere and Shetland Knit
Shawls, $1 to $4 50.
Embroidered Black Fichus, 200 of tbem,
just came in, beautiful goods, an elegant
present for Grandma, all prices, from $1 25
to $37 50.
Ladies' House Jerseys, $1 to $4 60.
Special bargain in Silk Jerseys, $13 CO
quality marked down to $10; $10 quality
marked down to $7 60.
Great Sacrifice in
MILLINERY.
All our Trimmed Hats and Bonnets that
sold for 58, $10, $12, $14 and up have all
been marked down to $5.
All untrimmed Felt Hats and Bonnets
that sold from 90c to $1 40 marked down to
50c
Those that sold from $1 50 to $2 50 down
to$L
Special Bibbon and Feather bargains, also
Wide Sashes for evening wear are also
here.
Ladies' Underwear.
Ladies' Natural Wool, Camel's Hair,
Merino Cashmere, Jersey, Lisle Thread,
Gauze and Silt: Underwear from 25c to $3.
Ladies' Muslin and Cambric Underwear
from 25c to $5.
Special bargains in Ladies' Sleeveless
Jersey Bibbed Jackets now $1, were $1 50.
Ladies' Zephyr Nubias and Hoods, 30c to
J2.
Underskirts in Alpaca, Sateen. Flannel,
Satin, Cloth and Knitted, $1 to $7 each.
Campbell & Dick.
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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH.
are now three furnaces not in blast, two of
which are Deing relined, but will be ready
some time during this month and 22 are cast
ing 4,000 tons daily. The 11 furnaces at the
two plants of the Carncgies' produce exactly
one-half of this.
THE CAKNEOIES BREAK TIIEIB EECOBD.
Carnegie Bros. & Co. are placing 35 Boney
stokers in their Edgar Thomson mill. On
the 5th instant these works again broke
their already remarkable record of rail-niak-ing,
turning out 1,441 tons in 24 hours. The
best previous record for the same time is
1,417 tons. The rolling capacity of the mill
is now less than the converting department,
and will be brought up to the increased re
quirements. The Allegheny Bessemer Steel Company,
recently purchased by the Carnegies, resumed
operations under tbe new management on
the 25th ult. The output lor the present
will be steel billets.
Orders received by the Westingnouse
Machine Company for the month of Novem
ber amounted to 57 engines with 2,710 horse
power, compared with sales during October
of 109 engines with an aggregate horse-power
of 5,930. Their best months' record is 110,
engines. Among the orders for the com
pound engines were the following: two 250
horse power for Baltimore; one 150-horse
power tor Galveston; one 80-horse power for
Thurlow, Pa.; three 80-horse power for
Burlington, la.: one 65-borse-power for
Kochester, N. Y.; one 65-horse power for
Altoona; one 60-horse power for Boston;
one CO-horse power for Ban Francisco, Cal.;
one 50-horsepower for Millford, N. H.
Among orders for standard engines were:
one 100-horsa power lor Pawtucket, B. L;
one 75-horse power for Glen Falls, N. Y.;
one 75-horse power for Salisbury Mills, N.
Y.; one 60-horse power for Kansas City;
one, 60-horse power for Cheyenne.
Among the orders for iunior engines are
one CO-horse power for Brattleboro, Vt; one
50-horse power for Stoneham, Mass.; one 50
horse power for New Bedford, Mass.; one
50-horse power for Missoula, Mont.; one 50
horse power for San Francisco; one 75-horse
power for New Cumberland, W. Va.
Among the foreign orders were the follow
ing: One 100-horse power, compound, for
Spain; one 75-horse power, standard, for
Brazil; one 60-horse power, standard, for
Mexico; one 35-horse power, standard, for
Germany; one 10-horse power, standard, for
South Africa; two 25-horse power, junior, for
Anstralia; two 15-horss power, junior, for
Cuba.
Various Improvements in Plants.
Ireland & Hughes are making a 50x50
foot addition to their oil well tool works on
Twenty-first street. The Oil Well Supply
Company has also recently made extensive
improvements on their Twenty-first street
shops, a new furnace and heavy hammer
having been added. It is understood that
this latter company is backing the lessees of
the old Continental Tube Works and the
Elba Iron Company in their management.
Tbey have agreed to take all the product of
the mill, but owing to the damage by fire to
the works on the 8th inst, operations were
suspended until last Monday.
The W. Dewees Wood Company, of
McKeesport, has commenced the construc
tion of two new 24-inch sheet mills at that
PEOPLE'S STORE, FIFTH
LARGEST
Suggestions for
D
LAJDIIES.
The following in fnll dress patterns :
Black Silk Dress Patterns, 18 yards,
$13 50 to $45.
ColoredSilk Dress Patterns, 18 yards, $9
to $40.
Imported High Class (Paris) Novelty
Silk Dress Patterns, $12 to $90.
All-Wool French Cashmeres and Henri
ettas, all eolors, $4 to $12.
Silk and Wool Cashmeres, $10 to $12 50.
Ail-Wool Tlaids, $4 50 to $20.
Novelty Kobes, $7 50 to $20.
Cashmeres, Plaids and Stripes, $2 to $5.
Black Dress Goods in Fnll Pattern
Lengths.
AH-Wool Cashmere and Henriettas from
$4 to $15.
Silk and Wool Cashmeres from $10 to $25.
Fancy Weaves from $5 to $20.
Black Paris Bobes from $10 to $25.
Black and White Plaids and Stripes from
$3 to $15.
Gray and Second Mourning from $2 to
$12.
Full Dress Pattern Lengths of Calicoes,
Ginghams and Satines, from 70c to $5.
JACKETS AND WRAPS
Fur-Trimmed Jackets from $15 to $35.
Fine Mattelasse Jackets from $20 to $33.
Astrakhan-Trimmed Jackets from $8 60
to $12.
Cheviot, Diagonal and Cloth Jackets from
$5 up.
Stockinette Jackets from $2 60 to $12 50.
Seal Plush Jackets, $10 to $35.
Seal Plush Sacques, $14 to $45.
Seal Plush Newmarkets, $35 to $50.
Wraps in Cloth and Diagonal, $8 to $45.
Plush Wraps, $14 to $35.
Newmarkets in Cloth from $5 to $25.
Alaska Sealskin Jackets, $125 to $225.
F,ur Capes from $5 to $50.
Astrakhan Capes, $3 75 to $10.
Fur Muffs from 35c to $50.
Fur Sets from $5 to $65.
Ladies' Made-up Suits, $6 to $95.
Ladies' Gossamers and Mackintoshes,
$1 25 to $16.
Campbell & Dick.
Store open till 9
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esents
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'PITTSBURG-, THURSDAY,
place, which will take some months to
complete. Two new beating furnaces have
been placed in the plate mill department of
the Vesuvius Iron Works, of Moorhead
Bros. &Co., whioh will increase the capa
city of that department by 110 tons dally.
Ground was broken on the 9th inst. for the
erection bv Carnegie, Phipps & Co., at the
old Poor Farm site, Homestead, of their new
36-inch beam mill, which will be the largest
in the world, and will take some months to
The contemplated move among the fur- j
nacemen in tbe Alanoning ana onenaaKu
Valleys to shut down on January 1, unless
the coke combine reduces tbe price of coke
from the present rate of $2 15 to about $1 35
or $1 CO per ton and the railroads agree to
lower their freight rates, it seems, will be
carried out nnless the relief they ask for is
granted in the meantime.
Excessive Coke and Freight Bates.
There has been an agreement signed by
them to this effect. At each furnace only
enough coke is being bought to run until
January 1, with the expectation of going out
of blast at that time.
The production of pig iron of valley
furnaces is estimated as 90,000 tons per
month, Bessemer predominating. On this
basis they consume about 125,000 tons of
coke per month, and the revenue to the
railroads from these industries is estimated
at near $200,000 per month. It is almost too
early in the fight to forecast the probable
outcome of it. Coke operators say they
have not given the matter much thought.
Their agreement with the cokers remains in
force until February 12, 1891, and they say
it is not likely there will be any reduction
made before this time. Local iron men
think that the move on the part of the
valley furnacemen is a very bold one, and
while they may succeed in banking their
furnaces, yet tbe loss of output by tbe idle
ness that will be necessary to remedy the
so-called evil will probably amount to as
much as the difference would foot up in ten
years. C. K.
AUCTldK.
Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry and Sliver
ware, Etc,
AT XO. 533 SMIinriELD STBEET.
Positively this stock will be sold to the
highest bidder without- reserve, as I am de
termined to close out this stock. Come and
buy yonr Christmas presents at your own
price. Sales every morning, afternoon and
evening nntil all is sold. Store for rent and
fixtures for sale. D
A Few of Many Suitable Gifts.
Ladles' and gents' handkerchiefs, from
low to fine grades, in silk and linen, in at
tractive boxes, 1-12, 1-6, dozen each. We
call special attention to our immense variety
of extra fine handkerchiefs at 25c.
In fine leather goods we offer pocketbooks,
satchels, shopping bags, belts, etc, in wide
assortment, gloves and hosiery, embracing
staples and novelties. Bibeb & Easiok.
Eecommended medicinally. Iron City
Brewing Co.'s lager. Telephone 1186.
AND FINEST STORE IN THE CITY IN HOLIDAY
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Suggestions for
D,
White Cambric and Swiss Aprons, 25c to
$2.
All tbe leading makei In Corsets from
medium to finest Satin, COo to $3 60.
Black Cashmere Gloves, 21 to 65c.
LADIES' CLOVES.
Kid Gloves at 58c, 75c and $1.
Special at $1 25. Four-button Kid Glove,
worth $1 75. Best ever sold for tbe money.
Every pair warranted. Mousquetaire and
Suede Gloves, 8-button lengths, $1 to $2.
Ladies' Fur Tops, lined, Kid Gloves, 87o to
$2 25. Also the world renowned Dent Kid
Glove, $1 75 and $2; patent fasteners.
Fine Cashmere Hose, 50c to $1.
Silk and Cashmere Mixed, $1 37.
Silk Hose from 75c to $3 50.
HANDKERCHIEFS.
200 different patterns Hand-Embroidered
Handkerchiefs, 25c.
Ladles' All-Linen Handkerchiefs, 2-inch
initial, J dozen in box, $1 50 per box.
Ladies' white Hemstitched Handkerchiefs,
1-inch initial, 10c each or SI a dozen.
100 different patterns Scalloped and Em
broidered Edges, COo to $1.
Ladies' China Silk Initial Handker
chiefs, 25c.
Embroidered China Silk and Scalloped
Edges from 35c to$l 50.
225 Colored Silk Handkerchiefs reduced
to 50c, worth 75c.
Black Eeefer Scarfs, Surah Silk, only $1.
White Silk Mufflers, 75c to $2 75.
Hand-run Spanish Scarfs, $1 50 to $15.
JEWELRY.
Plated Silver Mugs, 75c to $1 50.
Butter coolers, $2. ,
Boiled and 14-carat Gold Bracelets, 25c to
$5 50 per pair.
Latest and novelty Stanley and Shake
speare Bracelets, $5 60 per pair.
Ladies and Children's Kings, with set
tings, 25c to $2 60.
Gold Band BIngs, handsomely carred, $1
to 2 CO.
Serpent Bings, $1 to $2.
Pendants, Neeklaces, Breastpins and Ear
rings, 10c to $3 50.
UMBRELLAS.
26-inch Imported English Gloria, $1 60.
26-inch Bainbow Silk, Oxidized Handles,
guaranteed, $2 50.
26-inch Natural Stick, Gold and Silver
mounted, Paragon Frame, Puritan and
Connestoga Silk, guaranteed for a year.
$3 50, $4 25 and $5
Campbell & Dick.
P.M. on 'Saturday,
Closed All Day
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UlilldUIMN 11 OMNIA,
LA-IDIIES.
DECEMBER 18, 1890.
MORE BEER BREWED
In Pittsburg Now Than Ever Before
in the History of Brewing.
AN INCREASE OF ONE-THIRD SHOWN
In tfe City's Production of Six Months
Compared to 1839.
BUSINESS ;0P THE ENTIRE C0UHTEI
The brewers of the country now stand
back and view with delight the rapid in
crease in the consumption of their product.
While the sound of the subterranean guzzle
as the malt fluid wends its way down cir
cuitous stairways of the throat is sweet
music tapping against the eardrnm of the
drinker, Its comparison is not be considered
with the joy of the brewers as they hear the
gold clink into their money drawers In pay
ing for the privilege of making away with
the home-grown product of hops and barley.
In the grand round-up the Pittsburg brew
ers stand well with others of the country in
thej increase in their business. In the six
months ending with October ot this year,
compared with the corresponding six months
of 1889, the increase in Pittsburg's produc
tion amounted to 95,189 barrels, or over 33
per cent. In the same time the increase all
over the country was but little more than 13
per cent.
From figures secured at the office of the
Internal Bevenue Collector last evening it
is shown that the production in Pittsburg
at the time above mentioned was: In 1889,
May, 67,688 barrels; Jnne, 52,522; July,
67,599; August, 58,444; September, 51,232;
October,' 47,122; total, 334607 barrels. In
1890, May, 67,540; June, 76,590; July, 80,
562; August, 78,038; September, 69,044;
October, 68,022; total 429,796. This shows
the increase stated above at 95,189 barrels.
the cut's consumption.
Mr. Warmcastle said that this does not
give the amount consumed in the city, as
that would be almost impossible to learn
except by communicating with every firm
who wholesales beer, as It comes from Cin
cinnati, Milwaukee and other cities and
great quantities are shipped out of the city
by the local firms.
One of the prominent local brewers, in
speaking of this wonderful increase of the
business In Pittsburg, said: "That is ex
plained by the fact that we are making
much better beer than formerly. Pittsburg
is rapidly making itself a place among the
brewing cities of the country, and we hope
to see the day before very long that we can
stand as a city in competition with Cincin
nati and Milwaukee. We now produce the
Suggestions for
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O-ZEHSTTS.
Gents' Kid Gloves, 75c to $1 50.
Fur-Lined Gloves, 75o to $2 75.
Driving Gloves, 50c to $1 50.
Woolen Gloves, 35c to $1 50.
Laundered Shirts, 75c to $1 75.
Unlaundered Shirts, 50c to $1.
Night Shirts, 50c to $2 50.
Socks or Halt Hose in Wool, Cashmere,
Merino, Silk and Wool Mixed and Lisle
Thread, 10c to 85c.
NECKWEAR
Teck, Four-in-Hand and Puff and String
Ties, 10c to $1.
Suspenders, 15c to $1 50.
Linen Collars, Cuffs, Cuff Buttons, Studs,
Cuff and Sleeve Holders, 10s to 60c.
Smoking Jackets, $5 to $16 CO.
Fine Cardigan Jackets, $1 50 to $2 75.
Worsted, Cashmere and Silk Mufflers, 10c
to $3.
Natural Wool, Camel's Hair Shirts and
Drawers, etc.. 25c to $2 25.
Flannel and Jersey Overshirts, 75c to $1.
Gents' Umbrellas, 28-inch Buckhorn
Handles, Gold and Silver Mounted Natural
Sticks, $3 CO to $10 CO.
Gents' All-Linen Handkerchiefs, two
inch initial, 25c.
Gents' China Silk Initial Handkerchiefs,
50c to $1.
BOYS.
Flannel Waists, $1 to $2.
Bicycler Hose, 25c.
Boys' Double Knee Hose, 25c and 30c.
Boys' Bibbed Hose, 37c to 87c.
KID GLOVES.
Lined with Fur Tops, 75c to $1 60.
Woolen Gloves, 25c to 60c.
Unlaundered Shirts, 45c.
Boys' Ties, 10c to $1.
Suspenders, 15o to 50c.
Collars and Cuffs, 10c to 25c.
Woolen, Camel's Hair and Merino Under
wear, 25o to $1 50.
One and two piece Suits for Boys of 2f,
3 and 4 years.
Nice Kilt Suits for Boys from 2J to 6
years.
Fine Suits for Bovs,
One-piece Suits for Boys 2, 3, 4 and 6
years, $2 25 to $3 87.
Two and three-piece Kilt Suits, 2f, 3, 4
and 5 years old, $2 25 to $9 50.
Two-piece Boys' Jersey Suits, "4, 5, 6 and
7 years, $3 CO to $6.
Two-piece Csssimere Suits, Jacket and
Pants, 4 to 14 years, $1 50 to $10.
Three-piece Cassimere Suits, Jacket, Vest
and Pants, 11 to 18 years, $4 50 to $10.
Boys' Odd Pants, 4 to 14 years, 42o to
$1 50. v '
Boys' Overcoats, large and handsome
variety, 2K to 18 years. $1 75 to $13.
Boys' Hats, 48c to $2.
Campbell & Dick.
Unas
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Monday, Tuesday and
Both Christmas and-llew' Year's Day,
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very best of beer and the result eboVs that
it Is becoming known. Yon may depend
upon it that Pittsburg will make a better
showing next year tban the past in her in
crease in the brewing business."
Following are given the fignres of the in
crease in tbe consumption of beer all over
tbe country, as compiled for the Western
Brewer. According to that journal it shows
a marvelous increase. The sales lor the six
months ended October 31, were 17,119,670
barrels, against 15,066,091 barrels for the
same months of 1889. This is an 'increase of
2,053,579 barrels, or more than 13 6-10 per
cent.
The following table shows tbe number of
barrels of beer sold in the months of May,
June, July, August, SeDtember and October
for the past four years:
TOE COUSTBT'8 BUSINESS.
UOHTIIS. 1897. 1883. 1889. 1890.
May 2,319,906 Z.247.C72 2,430.233 2,670.207
Jnne 2.439,701 2,699,47.: 2,515.000 3,039,222
July 2,652,1126 2,fe6.tl90 2,833,233 2.304,893
Aujcnst 2,514,358 2.587,109 2,758,704 3,1148,1111
September.. 2.210. IJo 2,162.321 2, 321, 96 2,(97,289
October 1,979,746 1.W 1,806 2,181,960 2,461,894
Total 14,192,872 14,274,030 13,086,031 17,119,670
The largest increase ever made was 2,490,
898 barrels for the 12 months ending Aoril
30, 1884.
The sales for the whole vear ending April
30, 1883, were only 17,349,424 barrels, or but
little more than the first six months of the
current year, and for the year ended April
30, 1875, they were only 8,383,720 barrels, or
considerably less than one-half as much as
for the oast six months.
The Brewer adds: "That the United
States is fast becoming the great beer drink
ing nation of the world is clearly shown by
the foregoing figures.".'
The business of nfalcing beer in Pittsburg
has not only crown rapidly of late, but that
of manufacturing beer-making machinery is
keeping pace with it. Pittsburg and Alle-'
gheny brewers' machinery manufacturers
are now receiving and filling orders from all
over the United States. A model new brew
ery almost entirely fitted up by Pittsburg
and Allegheny manufacturers is that of G.
J. Benner, Jr., at Youngstown, O., just com
pleted on the site of the City Brewery, which
was bnmed down over a year ago after its
boiler explosion.
Don't allow yourself to trifle with a cold,
and so encourage the development of some
latent pulmonary or bronchial disease, which
often ends fatally. You had better cure your
cough or cold by promptly resorting to Dr.
D. Jane's Expectorant, an old-time remedy
for all coughs, lung and throat affections.
Watches.
Elgin, Waltham, Dueber, Hampden, Col
umbus, Bockford, Howard, in beautiful
gold cases, for ladies and gents, and for boys
in silver cases, plain or engine turned; guar
anteed good timekeepers, at
, Henby Tebhetden's,
The Smithfield Street Jeweler.
Gives stimulation to the overworked.
Iron City Brewing Co. 'a lager. Tel. 1186.
Our stores will be kept open every even
ing previous to Christmas.
Bibeb & Easton,)
AVENUE,
Suggestions for
Misses' Jackets,
Jackets $3 87 to $12.
Long garments, $2 75 to $20.
Silk Plush Coats, quilted lined, 2 to 12
years, $5 to $10.
Misses' Made-up Suits, $1 25 to $20.
Misses' Gossamers, 75c, $1, $1 25 and
$150.
Nice Plaids for dress goods from 10c to
$1.
Nice Plain Dress Goods, 10c to $1.
Plain Trimmed Hat, $1 to ?5.
Fine Silk Umbrella from $2 50 np.
A pair Kid Gloves. &5 to $2.
- Fur-top Gloves, lined, 50c to $1.
Fur Sets from 60c to $6.
Fur Muffs from COc to $5.
Fur Capes from $5 to $25.
Astrakhan Capes from $3 75 to $10.
Silk Handkerchiefs, 25c to $2.
Linen Pocket Handkerchiefs, 6c to $1.
Misses' Woolen, Merino and Cashmere
Underwear, 12Jc to $1 50.
Zephyr Nubias and Hoods, 30o to $2.
Corsets from 25o to 75c.
Cashmere Gloves, 10c to 35c.
Misses' Cashmere Hose, 37c to 87c.
FOR
INFANTS'
WEAR.
Slips, 37a to $2.
Bobes, $2 to $12 50.
Sacques, 60c to $2.
Embroidered Shawls, 75c to $3 50,
Flannel Wrappers, 82 to $3 60.
Long Cloaks, $1 75'to $12.
Short Cloaks, $2 to $8.
Silk, Plush and Cashmere Caps, 60s to
Infants' Hose and Booties, 10c to COc
Campbell & Dick.
Wednesday, December -
Cinstmas ?resents.
The Expiation
Concluded from
CHAPTEP. V.
Scott passed the night walking up and
down bis bedroom nnintermittently but
softly, so as not to awaken Catherine in-tho
adjoining chamber.
His thoughts went back to' the days when
the dead and more dearly-loved Catherine
was alive and young. He lived over azain
a certain evening, when Catherine Eames,
17, and radiantly pretty, was radiantly
happy likewise; for her two lovers had come
op to supper, and it was easy to see from tbe
dark glances and bitter speeches that passed
between them, how jealous each was of the
other, and how much both aspired to her
favor.
Catherine did all she conld to foment their
bad feeling. If she gave David a sweet
smile, she straightway touched Mi
chael's hand by accident as she dis
pensed her hospitality; if she Janzhed
one moment at Michael's half-malicious
jests, the next she had turned
to David, and with pretty pleading eyebrows
and bewitching ways, he knew how without
a word to eet her laughter pardoned.
The unfortunate young men suffered tor
ments; but instead of tracing the origin of
their pain to Catherine, where it was due,
and putting a stop once for all to her thought
less cruelty, they turned fiercely on each
other, and their old friendship was half
burned up in the fires of their new passion.
Catherine's father, stolid, phlegmatic, in
difference to everything but his supper and
his doze, eat and slept the evening awar.
and noticed nothing of the young people's 1
folly.
"You will both come again and see me in
three weeks' time," said Catherine, "when
I shall be back from anntie's? and then
perhaps I may " She paused to smile
coquettishly at one and the other.
"Then you will give us your answer? im
plored David. "You will decide between
us, Catherine?"
Michael listened, and laughed, he played
tunes with his fingers on the supper cloth.
and tried to inform David by his whole de-J
meanor that tne decision had small terrors
for him personally; but when Catherine
turned toward him he immediately dropped
his boastful air, and became once more the
devont lover.
"Perhaps I shall, never come back at all,"
said Catherine, merely to tease. "Who
knows if I may nut meet my fate down
there?"
The wild gusty December wind rushed at
the cottage, and shook every door and
window with violence, as though seeking to
force an entrance; the log fire crackled
gloriously up the chimney, and red reflec
tions played over the cozy house-place and
its four occupants upon Eames, who, with
foldedhandsandhead drooped back, dreamed
PITTSBUR
ATTIRE.
Suggestions for
Ff
Is.
FOR LITTLE AND BIG.
Dolls' kid bodies, 18c to $2 60.
Dolls, jointed, 25o to $3 50.
Dolls, dressed, 50c to $2 25.
Dolls, indestructible, COc to $1 60.
Japanese Dolls. 10 to 25c.
Bag Dolls, 25 to 50c
Dolls, Sailor Lads and Lassies, 85c per
pair.
Scrap Albums, 25 to 75c.
Plush Albums, 50c to $L
Long Plush Albums, $1 25 to $3 60.
Plush Handkerchief Boxes, 35 to 75c.
Work Boxes, 75c to $1 50.
Dressing Cases, $1 to $8 50.
Manicure Set', $1 to $3 50.
Collar and Cuff Boxes, $1 to $1 50.
Celluloid Sets (Brush, Comb and Mirror),
85e to $1 75.
ART
DEPARTMENT
Silk Tidies, Hand-Painted, 75c to $5 50.
Plush Cushions, $2 50.
Silk Head Bests, 75c to $1 25.
Handkerchief, Glove. Blotter, Whisk and
Shaving Case;, COc to $1 85.
Trimmed Fire Screens, $1.
TOYS.
Horses and Wagons,Saddle Horses, Build
ing Blocks, Games, Trumpets, Horns. Tops,
Drawing Slates, Paint Boxes, Books,
"Chatterbox" for 1890, 75c.
"Dante's Inferno," Milton's "Paradise
Lost," Dore'a "Bible Gallery," all at $1 25
cb.
"Ancient Mariner" (illustrated by Dore),
2.
"Young America," "Wide Awake
Stories." "Storv After Storv" and "Khlnint-
id Bright Stories," all at 25c each.
jb ramed pictures, zzxzr, $L.
Framed Colored Artos, 26x30, $1 85 and
$2 50.
'Easles, $1 25, $2, $3 60.
Campbell & Dick.
20, .22,-23 and-24.
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PAGES 9 TO 12.
of David Scott.
Latt Tuesday.'
uneasily of business complications and
vanishing joints of roast; upon Catherine,
turning her fair hair to gold, her eyes to
jewels, her flushing cheek and tiny ear to
sunset clouds, to sea shells, or to anything
else that might seem appropriate to the
poetical fancy of the lover; finally, it glowed
warmly over tbe two young men with all
the Impartiality or Catherine herself. It
contrasted Michael's handsome Irish face
with David's Northern fairness, and so en
hanced and equalized the good looks of
both, that in point of beauty alone it was
impossible to decide which deserved the
preference. The stormy wind, rattling at
the door, mingled with Catherine's light
word, and set Michael quoting:
" 'Fate and fortune come without knock
ing, ' " said he. "Give ns your answer can
didly to-night, Catherine; for who can tell
if in three weeks' time we shall be here to
receive it? You, as you say, may stop down
there at your aunt's altozether. or a sudden
wbim may seize me to take ship to the anti
podes, and never be heard of again."
"In that case," cried Catherine, "my an
swer can be of no importance to yon."
"Ob, It would be something to meditate
on in the watches of the night!" he an
swered, and bis blue eyes drew hers and
held them fixed for one pensive moment
upon his own. A deeper color came to her
cheek.
"Have you nothing to meditate on with
out that?" she asked him, smiling; and
Michael thrust a careless hand intoTlis
breast.
"Ah, to be sure! there are plenty of nice
girls down at Hardsmoutb!" he said. "I
will meditate upon Maggie or on Liz!"
Catherine's smile only deepened, and
David, for ever on tbe watch, turned pale.
Just now it appeared to him there had
passed a glance of secret understanding be
tween the two. He looked darkly at
Catherine, who turned toward him a face of
child-like innopence; he looked at his friend,
but found no more in Michael's triumphant
expression than he wan well used to. Michael
was always sanguine; up to the very brink
of disaster his Celtic impetuosity knew no
check, bis self-confidence was never one
whit abashed. He lived gaily in the present
moment, with neither regrets for the past nor
fears for the future.
David took life more seriously; he was of
a religious turn of mind. He ardently de
sired to save his soul, but he likewise framed
plans to conquer Fortune. Lately Catherine
nad become tbe center and source of all his
day dreaming, and he thought even more of
winning her for his wife than of making
money or obtaining grace. His worldly
position was better than Michael's and he
believed he should have the old man's good
word.
The last mad wind-whirl had disturbed
Eames, and bis comfortless position in the
chair on the top of a plentiful meal had
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Suggestions for
Resents.
HOME
Miscellaneous.
All-wool Blankets, $3 60 to $6.
Fine all-wool Saxonv Blankets, $7 and $8.
Luxurious Blankets. $10 to $30
Eider Down Comforts, $5 to $12.
Luxurious Silk Covered Eider Down
Comforts, $15 to $30.
Linen Tea Cloths,
Hemstitched. Fringed or Open Work,
D'Ovlies to match, $9 to $25 per set.
Fine Table Linen Dinner Cloths, Nap
kins to match, $3 50 to $30.
Fine Tahle Cloths, with Fancy Colored
Borders, D'Oylies to match, $3 73 to $6 75.
Difference ia size and quality make the
difference in the prices on all of these cloths.
Fine Table Linen by the yard, from COc
ct?3.
Special Bargain.
1 case of 56-inch German Table Linen (all
linen), 37c, regular price 60c
Damask Towels from 7o to $3 CO.
Boyal Bengal Tiger Bug, Mounted Head,
$65, reduced from $100.
Leopard Bug, Mounted Head, $50,
marked down lrom $70.
Black Bear Bug, Mounted Head, $30,
marked down lrom $40.
Hudson Bay Wolf, Mounted Head, $18,
marked down from $25.
Fur Bugs, Plain and Bordered, $2 50 up
to $12.
Smyrna Bugs at $2 95, regular price $4,
size 30x60.
'Smyrna Bugs at $3 95, regular price $5,
size 36x72. '
Smyrna Bugs at $7, regular price $10
size 4x7 feet.
Moquette Bugs at $3, worth $4, size 27x
63.
Moquette Bugs at $5, worth $6 50, size 3d
x72.
Lace Curtains from COc to $80 per pair.
Portiers in Silk, Chenille and Turcoman,
$1 50 to $15 per pair and up.
Special bargain in Chenille Portiers
irineed at both ends or with Dado, $4 75"
north $G CO.
Haiiocks and Stools from COc to $1 37.
Art Squares, $5 to $12.
Our large stock oi Carpets is still offered
at old prices. No advance yet. We are
selling some lines of Carpet 5c per yard be
low what the manufacturers ask ns to-day
for the same goods. Bay yonr Carpets hers i
and save money.
Campbell & Dick.
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