"vt&i THE PITTSBTJEQ, DISPATCH.; MONDAY, MAEOH 9, 1891. i IMMERSE LOSS To Cleveland's Iron Ore Tratfe as the Result of Exist ing Conditions, SHRINKAGE OF PRODUCTION Will Affect the Selling Price to the Extent of $21,000,000. EXTENT OFSUUTHEKKCOUPETITION 1 hose Who Believe That It Cannot Cut llnch of a Fijure, IX SPITE OF XAlDUAIi ADVANTAGES SnCUL TBLEOBAM TO Till DISPATCH.1 Cleveland, March 8. The iron ore in dustry, which is to this city what the gen eral iron trade is to Pittsburg, has received tlie most severe blow that has ever been given to the trade in its history, as a result of over-production, general dullness in the iron and steel trades, and the shut-down among the blast furnaces in the Mahoning end Shenango Valleys. So such universal paralyzation in this important industry has probably ever before occurred, and llie mag nitude of the disastrous consequences is only realized by those directly engaged in the mining and transportation of ore. buperior mines furnished in actual figures S.S93.14G gross tons of iron ore, which amount equaled SI per cent of the entire production of the United States, and for the year lbfll reliable authorities assert that the total output of the Lake Superior mines v ill fall short of thesis million ton mark, or a shrinkage in the production approxi mating 33 per cent compared with last year. A l'lftecn-Millioii Dollar Loss. This enormous restriction in the produc tion will Cist reflect itself upon values, and it is very probable that the scale of prices according to the different giades of ore will return to the 1SS9 basis; that is to say that ore which during 1890 Eold at fC per ton will this year sell at $5, or a general reduc ticy in the price of 1 per ton. Prom this statement the loss to the ore trade by the shrinkage of production will amount to al most 515,000,000, and, further, the reduction o! SI per ton in the selling price will affect 0,000,000 tons, and produce a grand total loss to the ore trade approximating $21,000, 000 compared with the year 1890. The anons water andjrail transportation companies will be very heavy losers as a result of the probable future condition of the iron ore trade. Is'ot only will they lose he carrying of nearly 3,000,000 tons of ore, but the re-tneted volume ot traffic offering rb expected will produce a competition that will onlv end in the adoption of nearly un profitable rjte. Practically all the lake freight steamers dcueud upon the prosperity of the iron ore trade lor their existence, which same can nUo be .aid ol many of the small lines of railroads that run through the ore-mining districts on the Northern lake States. eeial Railroad Lines, Affected. itanyof the local railroads tapping lake ports, including the 1'ittsbnrg, Youugstown and As'utibula, 1'ainesville and Fairnort. Lorain and 'Wheeling, 1'ittsburg and "West ern, and the vp.ino dmsion, derive the greater part of revenue irom the carryingof ore lrom Lake l.ne ports to uinercnt parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania, and there is no doubt that their finances will be seriously affected. I was told bv 3Ir. F. "V. 2files, superin tendent of the Lake Shore road at Youngs to'vn, quite recently, that their traffic in ore had fallen off about 40 per cent, which affected their total traihe about 23 per cent. This road is not much more favored than the other ore-carrying roads in the matter of total volume of oie traffic, and if every toad is affected to the same extent as the Lake Shore many dividends will no doubt be passed, and probably one or two receivers appointed over as many different roads dur ing the court-e of the year. In c indorsation with Mr. O. C. Dallon, of the extensive ore mining and transporting firm of 31. A. llanna & Co., he ventured to Bay that the pioduction of Lake Superior ore during lb31 would probably fall 3,000,- 000 tons below the output last year, and that the prices ot ore would in all likelihood bea re-adoption ot the prices that ruled during 1869, which were about SI per ton below the prices of 1890. It is his belief that the revenues ol the different carrying companies will be seriously affected as the result of the reduced amount of traffic, and the lowering in rates that will naturally follow in the. competition by the different companies tqie ctire bumess. Not Afraid of iho South. Drifting into a general conversation about tne condition of the pig iron market, and ihe extent of the possible injury result ing from the encroachments by Southern blast furnacemen on the domain of Northern iron makers, Mr. Dalton talked lightly on the matter. It is hu opinion, and he stated he had been looking for its ful fillment fur the past twoyears.that the South ern pig iron makers would nevercut much 01 a figure in the Northern, especially the "Western Pennsylvania and Ohio markets. lie would not for a moment discbarge the pre-eminent natural resources of the South, but the improbability, so far determined, ot the conversion ol Southern crude material into pig iron, equal in quality to that made in the North, precluded the chance of the South seriously injuring Northern mer chants trade. The Southern product can Lc used as a mixture with Noithern lion, but in such a small proportion tiiat no fear need he enter tained ot its ever totally displacing Northern-made iron. In an interview with Mr. Walter Ku:i an, of the ore mining firm ot Itunyan, Stubbs & Mack, lie fully agreed with Mr. Dalton, as lar as the restriction in the production ol ore was concerned, as well as the alter bad efiects on the revenues of water and rail transportation companies, rc iulting from the reduced volume of traffic offering, but he was disposed to give the question of the Soutb's invading Northern iron markets with their prouuet, serious thought. The South's Natural Advantages. He stated that he was not thoroughly con versant with the coke or limestone advant ages of either the ICorth or South, but knew full well the great disadvantage that North ern furnaceiuei. labored under in obtaining treir ore supplies. Iu the South lie uuder stov.J the conditions of the propinquity of iron ore, coking coal and limestone are ideal, and are unequaled anywhere in the world outside of the famous Cleveland dis trict in England; that these materials were exposed in the surface of the mountains, almost at the lurnaco doors, and that the cost of labor for mining was but SI or $1 25 perilay, but m the North the natural con dition ui suuphes was wonderfully dil fercnt. Jvclerniii.' to oie, throughout the Lake Sj peiior distrut great sha ts were necessary to be sunt irom 5U0 to 1,000 feet in depth, in order to get at the vein. The cost ol mining was almost double that in the South, the workmen being paid from S3 35 to $2 50 per day, and it was necessary to haul the ore to the surface, load it in railway cars and haul it to the lakes, dump it into vessels trans porting it hundreds of miles, shoveling it out of vessels on to the docks, reloading it on railway cars aim distributing at far-vr.v joints in all. i. nulling it six diif-rcnt times and carrying it probably a thousand I'iilec under the expense of highly" p'aid la Lir and heavy transportation charges. lVkoilillity or I'tuificatioiu Only slightly modified conditions govern thejjuarryins of-limestone,-the wining-of L coal and its conversion into coke throuch out the North and it is for these reasons, Mr. Eunyan stated, that there wa3 a possi bility of the Southern product substituting Northern iron, if they were successful in tne South in eliminating the disagreeable properties contained in the Southern ores, and which latter achievement he thought is cot improbable in the near future. Many other prominent ore merchants I interviewed held similar views to Mr. Eun yan's as regards the Southern iron question. There is no mistaking the fact that Northern pig iron manufacturers are working under grenf disadvantages in every article that enters into the manu acture of pig iron and the cost of transportation, compared with furnacemen in the South, and while the possibility may be remote of Southern pig iron manufacturers totally assuming control of Northern markets, there are many who believe that the Southern product will not lose much of its present hold on the market; that the volume of the shipments of South ern iron into Northern markets will put a check'on the building of new blast furnaces in the North, and prove a damper to future rapid and unnatural advances in the prices of Dig iron. It is a significant fact that only one or two new furnaces have been built in both the Mahoning and Shenango Valleys during the last few years, notwithstanding the won derful increase in the production of the Northern part of the United States during the past few years. Many stacks ot antique pattern, and being improved according to the times, find it impossible, in the present condition of the market, to make iron at anything like what the modern-built uruace can produce it. A Ke olution Impending. An evidence of this is seen from the report that the Ilimrod furnaces at Youngstown, of an old pattern, will not resume operations owing to their inability to compete with the more modern furnace plants. It is not un likely that the pig iron markets will under go a complete reorganization in these dis tricts. It the past years, even up to July, 1890, there have been irqniense profits in the pig iron industry, and the general tendency of the times is toward large sales and small profits in cverv business, and it is certainly not remarkable if the pig iron industry should follow the drift of business forms and policy. There must be a cheapening in the cost of ore, coke and limestone; a reduction in the rates of railroad charges and more than likely a reduction in the cost of skilled labor. It is owing to the refusal to grant these concessions that the Valley lurnace men have taken the determined step to totally suspend operations, believing this to be the only method by which to bring their obdurate and unreasoning handmaids in in dustry into subjection. C. J, K. SUNDAY'S DISPATCH. SUMMABY OF THE HEWS CONTAIHED IN YESTEBDAY'S TEIPLE SHEET. Twenty l'ages Filled TTlth tho Doings of the Civilized "World, and Other Features That Tend to Make a Tirst-CIass News paper in All Eespects. From the first to the last of its pages Sun days Dispatch was full of interest for the general reader. All of its departments were up to the usual high grade of merit, tho for eign, domestic and local reports being particu larly well served. The fourth and supple mental pago contained a great deal of original and choice selected matter. Following is a re sume of the news features of the paper: Foi eign. Joseph Ribot sentenced in Paris to 20 years inmri-onraent for murdering his wife.. ..Henry S. Watts, American, badly treated by Italian Customs officers at the French frontier.... Dar nell cultivating tho labor element.... Koch's ljmpli pronounced a failure in Loudon. ...Par nellite delegates sail for Now York on their financial mission. ...London He brews excited oyer proposed removal of an ancient synagogue .... Nihilist Degajeif arrested in Russia for murder.... Flames destroy an immense pine forest' in France.... Peao of Europe threatened by the squabbles of King Milan and Queen Natalie ....A London bunco man soundly thrashed by an American.. ..American method of spelling not popular in London. ...The old story against Dilke being used to his disadvantage.... An English physician wins a fortune at Monte Carlo and falls dead.. ..Dock laborers lose their fight. Domestic A famous women's organization in "Washing ton splits over the color line.. ..New lork's Four Hundred witness Carmencita dance.... New York artists indignant over the attack made on their works in Philadelphia. ...Phila delphia M. E. Conference votes against admis sion of women.. ..A. C. Dravo has the Balti more attachment withdrawn. ...Three mur derers under 16 years old to bo tried in Kentucky. ...Colonel I. Underwood dies lrom the shock of the Columbus shooting tragedy.... An aged New York woman drives her grand daughter from home and kills herself.. ..Dr. George Baird shot and killed by Dr. George I. Garrison, at "Wheeling.. ..An incorrect map caused th'c Jeancsvillo mine disaster.... Ohio Valley Amateur Baseball League to be formed. ...Cambria Iron Works. Johnstown, deprived of gas, shut down.... Miners at Mr. Pleasant denounce Operator Rainey.... Phila delphia bank wreckers sent to prison for terms ranging from two to four years. ...Indian Com missioner says a general Indian disarmament would bo dangerous.. ..The Hearst funeral train starts from Washington.... Judge J. H. Beany appointed U. S. District Judge in Idaho ....Queer mix in the Kansas Legislature, IacaL The Russian girl who committed suicide at Union station was deserted by her lover.... Central Trades Council protests against the treatment of coke strikers.. ..Elmer Collins be gins Ins 17th day of fatmg....Johnlilondou ar rested for the murder of Patrick Burns in Upper St. Clair township.. ..Henry Wertzhoif assaulted and robbed on the Forty-third street bridge Home for aged people to bo estab lished by the Women's United Presbyterian Association. ...Flans considered for a new bridge to Herr's Island.. ..Recent changeable weather responsible for much sicknes.... Ben jamin Darlington dead... .Legitimate beneficial societies will not be dragged down byJJiose of mushroo-n growth .... President "oaipson hears chaiges against local painters. Tourists, Whether on pleasure bent or business, should take on every trip a bottle of Kvrup of Figs, as it acts most pleasantlj and cffeetiiall on the l.idnejs, liver and bowels, pi eventing fe,vers. headaches and other forms of sickness. ' For sale in 50c and SI bottles by all leading drug gists. " mhl A FEATURE Of Great Interest to Renters. ST Special rent lists appear Mondays and Thursdays in this paper, contributed bv leading agencies in both cities and the Eas't End. It will pay you to consult them. SPECIAL TO LET LISTS TO-DAY. Are You Ready For the change of season now so near, when infinities in the blooil are liable to manifest tlirraselvts in must unexpected waje, reduce jourKe.nci.il health, or'bring ou that tired feel ing? Hood's faarsapaiilla will do you an enor mous amount of good just now, by purifying jour blood and building up your system so that you will "tide over" the depressing effects of milder weather. Try it. N. B Be sure and get Hood Sarsaparilla Sold by all drujsists, SI; six for Si Prepared only by C. I. HOOD fc CO.. Lowell, Mass. J0Q Doses-One,-flQllar SEVEN NEW SHADES. SC 50 Will Buy One To-Day. Take notice that we will sell to-day a splen did lot of men's spring overcoats, seven shades, for 6, 50 each. They are made from cassimeres, worsteds, and plain black chev iots are also in the lot all sizes, silk-faced or plain. P. C. C. C, Pittsburg Combination Cxothihg Company, corner Grant and Diamond streets, opposite the Court House, A FEATURE Of Great Interest to Renters. Special rent lists appear Mondays"and Thnrsdays in this paper, contributed by leading agencies in both cities and the East End. It will pay you to consult them. Only 81 For 12 elegant cabinets. Hendeicks & Co., 63 Federal street, Allegheny. House Hunters Will find excellent lists of houses for rent in The Dispatch this morning. Mondays and Thursdays are special rent days. SPECIAL TO LET LISTS TO-DAY. DIED. ALBERT On Saturday, March 7,1891, at 9 p. St., Frederick M., son of Henry and Min nie Albert, aged 7 months and2 days. Funeral on Monday, March 9, 1B91, at 2 P. M.. at paronts' residence, Hawkins. Pa. BAHLE Saturday, March 7, at J 1:45 A. IT.. MlCnAEL BAIIIiE, beloyed son of Jacob and Henrietta Bahle, aged 9 yeaTS and 4 months, at his parents' residence, 87 Washington street, Allegheny. DARLINGTON On Saturday, March 7, 1891. Benjamik Daklinqton. Funeral services at the First Presbyterian Church, Wood street, on Tuesday after noon at 2 o'clock. 2 DIEIIL Christina Elizabeth Dieul, wife of Gottlieb Dienl, in the 63d year of her age. Funeral from her late residence. No. 6 Mon tour wav, Monday AriKKN'ooN, at 2 o'clock. Friends of the family aro respectfully invited to attend. 2 HIGGINS On Sunday, March 8. at i A. M., Makie, daughter of William and Matilda Higgma, aged2 years and 8 months. Funeral from the residence of her parents, fustin street, near Gist, on Monday, March 9, at 2 p. si. KENNEDY On Saturday evening. March 7, 1S91. at 6 o'clock, at her residence, Duqnesno Park, Perrysrille road. Tenth ward.Allegheny, Margaret Kenned v, mother-in-law of Nish D. Elkin. LEIDEMAN On Snnday afternoon, March 8. 1S91, at 12:15 o'clock. George, twin son of Adam and Josephine Leideuan. aged 3 months. Funeral will take place from the parents' residence. No. 289 Forbes street, on Tuesday, at 1:30 p. M. Friends of the family are respect fully invited to attend. MENSENDEIOK On Sunday, March 8, 1891. at 9:3.5 p. jr., Majhe Bernhedeine, dauchter of Minnie and the late Fredrick Mensendeick, in her 22d year. Fnneral from the residence of her parents, 163 Pennsylvania avenue, Allegheny, on Wednesday, at 2 p. m. Friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend. RAINEY On Sunday. March 8, 1S9L at 6:10 A. JE., Martha A., wife of William J. Rainey, in her 33d j ear. 3 Tho funeral will take place from the resi dence of her husband. No. 522S Carneglo ave nue, on Tuesday, March 10, at 2 P. M. Friends of the family aro respectfully invited to at tend. 2 RILEY On Sunday, March 8, 1S91, at 1 P. at, James Riley, of the Tenth ward, aged 47 years. Notice ot fnneral in evenins papers. RUHL On Sunday. March 8, 1S91. at 5 A. 31. John'Frederick Ruhl. aged 34 years. Funeral from the residence of his brother, Christ Ruhl, 285 Ohio st, Allegheny, on Tues day, at 3 P. M. Friends of the family and members of Allegheny Council No. 112, Jr. O. U. A. M.,are respectfully myited to attend. 2 WELSH On Friday morning, March 6. 1691, John, son of Thomas and Margaret Welsh, aged 8 years 1 month and 18 days. WILSON At Fairview. W. Va., March 7. 1891, at 12 30 A. M., S. W. Wilson, ;n the 75th year of his age. Funeral Monday, March 9, at 1:30 P. M. 2 WOODS On Sunday. March 8, 1891, at 10:52, Habry T. Woods, beloved husband of Sarah J. Woods, in his 56th year. Funeral from his late residence, 251 Meyran avenue, on Wednesday, March U, at 2 p. it. Friends of the family are respectfully Invited to attend. St. Louis papers please copy. ANTHONY MEYER. (Successor to Meyer, Arnold & Co., Lim) UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER. Office and residence, 1181 Pcnn avenue. Tele phone connection. myll-140-MWFSu FLORAL EMBLEMS. ORCHIDS AND ROSES OF RARE BEAUTY A. M. & J. B. MURDOCH, 510 SMITJIFIELD ST. Telephone 429.' de9-92-STWF Fresh Seeds for Gardeners. Get our 1890 crop, including novelties in Flower and Vegetable Seeds. Also, order trees now. Telephone 239. Catalogues free. JOHN fel8-MVF R. & A. MURDOCH, TJEPRESENTED IN PITTSBURG IN 1801. ASSETS - - 9.071.096 33. Insurance Co. of North America. Losses adjusted and paid by WILLIAM L. JONES. 84 Fourth avenue. ja20-o9-D JS"tox fixsi Chronic Cough Now.' T"rkT it -vriri Ar rtf 4f mn r,AAA.A i sumpthe. For Consumption, Scrofula. I toenerttl Debility and Wasting Diseases. I SCOTT'S Of Pure Cod Lirer Oil and HYPOPHOSPHITES S Xilxxio and Soda. It Is almost as palatable as milk. Far better than other to-called Emulsions. A wonderful flesh producer. CHEW TICKLER PLUG TOBACCO! The best chew on earth. Trv it and be convinced. We lnve thousands of testi monials recommending it as the best plujr in the market. Take a chew of the cele brated Tickler, as it is a sure cure for dys pepsia, and makes a man feel ten years younger after having used it. L. Goldsinit & Bro 5 Leading Jobb9i-s in Tobacco, Cigars, Etc., f705 LIBERTY ST., PITT8B UJUGFA. mism HnmanHnoH i Scott's Emulsion JTherejarepoorlmltatlons. Get the genuine. AeH-av-J SEW ADVERTISEMENTS. SPECIAL. CommencinK March L, to the 15th, we will make a liberal discount on all DECORATIVE and ART GOODS. To make room for our spring importations wo are willing to sacrifice our immense stock of VASES. PLATES, CUPS and SAUCERS. Onvx PEDESTALS, CABINETS, TABLES, LAMPS, Marble STATUARY and BRONZE GOODS. Don't miss this opportunity to secure ft bar gain. Positively no reduction after tho 15th inst. SHEAFER & LLOYD, JEWELERS, Successors to Wattles fc Sheafer. NO. 37 FIFTH AVENUE. Telephone 1833. leV-yivrv CARPETS. Nowhere else is a dollar able to buy as much as with us. "We will prove the above if yott will call at our store. Kowhere else can you see such bargains as our offering of Tapestry Brussels Carpets at 40c per yard; also choice patterns Body Brussels at 75c. Oil Cloths at 25c. You can furnish with first quality ot sec ond quality price by calling on us, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN WALL PAPER? What do you think of good substantial Wall Papers at 4c and 6c? "We have them better ones, too. CALL AND SEE. SCHONDELMYER I &c oo., 68 and 70 Ohio St., Allegheny. mh9-MThS LADIES WHO APPRECIATE FINE UNDERWEAR ARE INVITED TO LOOK AT OUR NEW LINE OF IN INDIAS, SURAHS AND TAFFETAS. ALSO NOVELTIES IN Fine Flannel Dressing Sacks and Wrappers. Home, k Ward, 41 FIFTH AVE. mh 3-D NewSpring Goods Our First Display of Hew Spring Dress Goods Has created a lively demand owing to special prices for this month. We are nowshowlng all the newest LACES, FINE EMBROIDERIES, FLOUNCINGS, EDGINGS XILSTSIEIRTIEIETG-S The remainder of onr Cloaks and Wraps selling at ridiculously low prices. T. M. LATIMER, 138 and 140 FEDERAL ST. 45 and 46 SOUTH DIAMOND ST. ALLEGHENY, PA. ONLY AN ADVERTISEMENT. 300 DOZEN UNLAUNDRIEDSHIRTS AT '50 CENTS EACH, OR $6 00 A DOZEN These Shirts are made of Utica Nonpareil Muslin, good Linen Bosoms, Keinforced felled seams, and is of extra quality. The usual price is 75c, but we are selling them at COc AS AN ADVERTISEMENT. Fleishman & Co., 604:, 506 and 508 Market St. t& JSaiter'Cards now in. 5? J NEW ADTEBTISEMENT3. B. & B. TO-D-A-IZ" GO ON SALE HIGH CLASS The Largest and Choicest Collection These Stores Have Ever Shown. 200 pes. Assorted 50 to 56-Inch ENGLISH AND SCOTCH TAILOR SUITINGS, $1, $1 15 and $1 25, and up to $2 75 a yard 6 to 7 yards make a suit. THE MOST IMPORTANT Offering of the season is to-day's open ing of INDIVIDUAL DRESS PATTERNS, STREET SUITINGS AND HOUSE DRESSES, 510 to $G0 each, and PMCES so much less than New York Tailors or Modistes will sell like goods that they are well worth consideration. The Most Extraordinary Value and Desirable Styles Double width (36-inch) TAILOR STYLE SUITINGS, 50c, In neat styles for Misses, Girls and Children's Suits are bringing lots of new customers. SILKS! BLACKS. The greatest purchase aa to value we ever made. The greatest Silk Cbance this com munity has seen for "many a year" perhaps a lifetime. 5,000 Yards Black SATIN and AR MURE STRIPE SILKS On tale to-day 50c a yard. OHAtiLIS. A large Special Department center of store rear of Dress Goods and Silk Boom. ALL-WOOL FRENCH CHALLIES. The handsomest printings ever pro duced 55c over 600 exclusive and different styles for selection. 4-4 AMERICAN CHALLIES, And choice ones, 12'c. 3-4 WOOL CHALLIES, 18c. Silk Striped Wool Challies, 25c. Just as an advertisement, will sell this week 2 cases AMERICAN CHALLIES. 5c a yard. So much choicer styles so much better quality that the Challie Sale will be appreciated. INDIA SILKS. Marvelous sales daily here no won der we started out to do the greatest INDIA SILK business this season bought over 1,000 pieces to start 'with extended the Silt Department for these Indias PRICKS have much to do with this, but not all choice hand, some styles and reliable qualities are equally as important aa prices. You get both then see these Indias and save money. Genuine SHANGHAIS, 50e. 27-inch Printed Indias, 75c, $1 and 51 25, and up to $2 25. New Jackets. New Paris Wraps. Children's New Wraps and Jackets. The choicest these Cloak Booms have shown. Lace Curtains. Silk Curtains. Portieres. Sash Curtains and Ma terial. Silk and Lace Draperies. No carpets, but a LACE CURTAIN and UPHOLSTERY DEPARTMENT that pays you to visit dollars saved is of importance to most people. CUR TAINS sold at less prices bring us lots of business to second floor. Easy to get there take elevator. Boggs&Buhi, ALLEGHENY, PA. DRESS tlllS III S1ITIS! m-u NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Our New Square Crown StiB Hat, THE "STAN U Y' la Black and Brown, is rapidly becoming . as popular as its famous namesake. KNOX'S, World-Renowned Derbys and Silk Hats for Sprinc are also now readr. Alwavs correct in STYLE AND OF BEST QUALITY. Eemember, we are SOLE AGENTS for Tress & Co.'s, A. J. "White, Cooksey's and Bobert Heath's exclusive English Hats. PAULSON BROS., No. 441 Wood St. N. B. The marked steady increase in the sales of our now well-known $2, $2 50 and $3 STIFF HATS is a sufficient proof of tneir excellent value. fe20-srwr 0. iClintock&Co. NEW CARPETS, NEW MATTINGS NEW RUGS. (See samples in show window.) We have just completed the work of opening and placing on exhibition in our rearranged showrooms, sev eral hundred new patterns of latest styles and colorings of Carpets, largely in designs ex clusively our own, and in all grades of Wiltons, Axminsters, Moquettes, Velvets, Body and Tapestry Brussels, Ingrains. Color Harmony. Our Spring selections of Carpets have been made with a view to artistic color combinations with Furniture Coverings and Drapery materials in our Curtain Department. We have salesmen trained in the difficult art of harmonizing all the parts of housefurnishing Carpets, Draperies, Wall Pa pers and Upholstered Furni ture with the laws of color. China Mattings. The latest patterns tn our new lines of Cima and Japanese Mathngs are small and quiet designs in closely woven fine straw, which will also prove more durable than the bold, coarse effects in last season' s patterns. N. B. Our sacri fice sale of Furniture now in store still con tinues with increasing daily sales. I Mitel 4 to. 33 FIFTH AVE. njl)5-TT3 ProteGt Your Horse. Horscshofln being a most important opera tion, ic Is necessary that all slioers should understand the construction and diseases of tho foot. The want of knowledge and skill of shoeing often generates many diseases, such as corns, quarter anil center crack, which are Terr annoying. Attention given road, track ana interfenns horses. I also manufacture a HOOF OINTMENT, guaranteed to keep horses' feet in good con dition. ANDREW PAFENBACH, Cor. West Diamond and Erie Sts. (Rear of Sempl'g Store), ALLEGHENY, PA, felI-53-MWF MANUFACTUHEUSAND MERCHANTS INS. CO., 417 Wood St., Pittsourir. Pa. caiiltaL 8250,000 00 Asief. Jatiu.-.n l, ls'Jl 3S1.3U2 37 Directors Ciiarlt'S W. U.itchelor, Preoident; John W. Chalfant, Vice President; A. E. V. Painter. Robert Lea. M. W. Watson. John Wil- son, Joseph Walton, Wm. G. Park. A. M.Byern, James J. Donnell, George E. Paiuter. John Thompson. Wm. T. Adair, (Secretary; James -muivvMiaat .JSICieuuj; -auli BacnuABesu .. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. LOVELYSPRING BOYS' YOU WILL SAVE Not only dollars, but time, trouble and annoyance by looking at our grand assortment of SPRING CLOTHING for Boys and Chil dren. We can show you more in quantity than any other house iu the State. But this is not the only ground upon which we ask your, attention. OUR PREPARATIONS For Spring Business have been of the most elaborate order and we are showing the newest," prettiest, daintiest and most elegant assort ment of clothing for the little ones that was ever garnered under our roof. We've thousands of suits, both in Short and Long Pants, not only attractive to the eye and pleasing to the taste, but THOROUGHLY RELIABLE IN QUALITY. Hi If you desire your boys -to look a little better than any other in the class when they come up for that important event in a boy's life Confirmation just bring them here and let us show you how handsome we can make them Look at a SMALL OUTLAY OF MONEY. Besides Confirmation Clothing we have in our various depart ments many other things which your bqy is likely to need at such a time. Ties, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Hosiery, Collars and Cuffs anew, fresh stock at most reasonable prices. :: :: :: :: :; :: SPRING OVERCOATS For Men, Youths and Boys. From the cheapest that's reliable up to the finest garment of this; kind ever made. When you come to see the perfection of fit and finish of our Spring Oversacks from $12 to $20, all thoughts of gel ting one made to order and paying one-third more will vanish. 220 AOO GUSKY'S GOO jnt'9-M'WF TO 400 l&JL&jliZJZn? ST, GOING OUT OF BUSINESS, Prices Reduced. Prices Reduced. 20 PER CENT DISCOUNT ALLOWED. The sharpest bargains ever set out to clothing buyers. This is a.' Positive Clearance Sale of our entire stock of fine Ready-Wade Clothing and Made-to-Measure in Pittsburg. We bring forward to-day the largest and most complete line of fine French, English, Scotch and American Cloths and Cassimeres (spring weig-hts) ever exhibited in this citv. and all to be sold a'a 20 per cent discount for cash. We use the best of trimmings and skillful workmanship in our tailor made work. The greatest unloading sale this or any other house ever attempted to do. We propose, if possible, to sell-out the en tire stock here and give the people of this city and vicinity the full benefit of our Going Out of Business Sale. Come to-day and see our mode of dealing, which is fair from the threshold clear through. Lease and fixtures of store for sale. WANAM COR. SIXTH ST. We aro Showing Some New Designs in LINCRUSTA WALLS, FRIEZES AND CEHINGSj The Most Elegant yet made, at half former price. "V7"3yn. H. LLIEiesr, 51T Wood s-b.. NEAR FIFTH Stj5gfH -"ar . gsp-t.."-zE"ivif '-''ljf?' JgMPmBw :,Jis f3lraJDHa.ta.cb.artins 1 a ' cxaaeatTOTn?nQS cieexiea Si - AS3S mL -tGg& LU!V""l.- Tl J r is a. soiiaicaKe.orscounneso TryJMny.ourJnexhhous6-cleekn'ir4 corr right.; Even the little pig in the picture is a mor agreeable companion than a man with a dirty collar or a woman who -presides over a tawdry house. But nobody wants the reputation of being a fijg'under any circumstances, STYLES -IN- WEAR. OUTFITS AKER&BROWN, AND PENN AVE mh9-D AVENUE. UZiMD - SS T 0 .' . fi-mi - "" ndUs ,Efei iji2L .!. v;
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