THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH SUNDAY NOVEMBER 8, 189L
13
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MOLTKE'S BOOK
lord Wolseley Is Kot at All
Complimentary in His
Beriew of It
CALLS IT A BOIL-DOWN
Of the Elaborate Staff History
the Franco-German Yar.
of
XOT A BELIEVER IS PEACE.
The Field Marshal's Opin'on of Etanding
Armies for Europe.
rXTERESTIXG FOISTS OF THE TVORK
The Dispatch has been able to secure
from Lord Wolseley, the preat English
Eiilitary authority, his review of Field
Marshal Count Von Moltke's posthumous
work on the Franco-German War of 1S70-L
The review is a: follows:
In the preface, written by his nephew,
who edited the work in German, we are
told that when pressed to write an account
of the Franco-German War, Von Moltke
aid: "You have the history of the cam
paign, published by the general stafL
Everything is contained in it To be sure,"
he added afterwards, ''it is for the greater
number of readers too detailed, and written
too technically. An abstract of it must be
made some day."
That great military work, the German of
ficial staff book of the Franco-German war,
with its enormous length and ponderous de
tail, isa weariness of the flesh to many. Few,
I think, have ever read it through without
tome long break in the tak, not even those
who most feel its great value as material for
sound, useful study and genuine criticism.
A short, light book on the war, by the great
soldier who planned its operation and dailv
directed them, ought to be delightlul read
ing to the student, wearied with the length
and detail of the official history.
Disappointed Vflth tbe Work.
But I confess to a feeling of disappoint
ment with this book by Count Von Moltke.
The military student, who is well-up in the
German staff history, will find nothing here
he did not know before. That official his
tory is, throughout every chapter, so im
pressed with Moltke's supervising genius,
and was put together so immediately under
his direct superintendence, that it would in
deed be strange if anything he had to tell
about the war had not been inserted in that
most comprehensive work. It is, therelore,
but natural there should be a strong family
likeness between the two a close similar
ity, not onlv in stvle, but in matter.
To me, the Field Marshal's book is little
If anything more than the popular "ab
stract which he said as quoted above
must sooner or later be made of the great
stafi history. It is, I think, to be much re-'
gretted he should himself have made this
epitome of a book, that was compiled and
written so immediate v under his close per
sonal supervision. Throughout the work
he writes with the clearness of style, di
rectness and simplicity of diction, for which
ne is famous iiaon; the German literary
men of the day. His narrative has at places,
I admit, a special character of its own, but
In other parts the very words of the official
niBiory are reproaucea. j. strive to regara
it, not so much as a history, as the special
contribution of the chief of stafi, the direct
ing genius of the war, to that history.
It Is Merely an Abstract.
Thoe who, like myself, revere the mem
ory of this great patriot soldier, and who
prize his military writings beyond; measure,
feel a twinge of regret that in his very old
see he should have been induced to devote
himself to this "abstract" a work scarcely
worthy of so great a man. The fact that he
did write it, however, will lend it a special
Interest as being the last words of so high
an authority upon a subject of which he
knew more than any other living man. It
Is essentially his own view of the war, as it
presented itself to him in the field when he
was the guiding spirit of the King's Head
quarters. Or perhaps it would be more ac
curate to say that it contains so much of his
views as he considered it advisable for
publio reasons to make generally known.
It wants brightness, and this dreary
translation serves to make it seem duller
than it reallv is. Let anyone follow the Le
Mans campaign in this translation, or com
pare General Werder's Southeastern cam
paign with the same story as told in tbe of
ficial history, and I think he will turn with
a yawn from the dry skeleton now present
ed to him, in this cold, spiritless summary
of great events and of famous victories. It
was only Von Moltke and a very few others
carefully educated under him who could
have boiled down, as it were, the mass of re
ports received from generals and other offi
cers of what they daily saw and did into the
staff history of the war. Bnt there are any
number of educated officers in every regular
army who could equally well have written
this precis of it.
What Ton Moltke Might Have Told.
He gives us very little that is based upon
a comparison of the evidence collected and
published since the appearance of the offi
cial account with that account itself- He
does not tell ns what views he entertains re
garding the various corrections which indi
viduals have asserted to be necessary in
many parts of the stati history. We do not
know if he accepts or rejects those correc
tions, and he throws no light upon rrmnv oi
the moot points we should like to have ques
tioned him about.
He had the military history of all ages at
his finger' ends, and no one ever knew
more thoroughly the details of all the cam
paigns of Frederick the Great and of Na
poleon. It would have been of the deepest
interest to know if he thought his method
of strategy differed from that of those two i
great conquerors, and if so, in what re-
spect; to have had from his pen acompan- .
son between the etrategy ot Frederick the
Great in his invasion ot Bohemia in the last
century, and that adopted in 1B6G which so
closely resembled it; to learn what he
thought of Napoleon's severe criticism of
Frederick's operations then, and why it was
that with such an adverse opinion from such
a master before bim, he ventured upon that
invasion on almost identical lines? The
Staff History is necessarily very guarded in
the care with which all criticism is avoided
of the conduct and proceedings of the chief
actors in the war. But in this abridgment,
Von Moltke from time to time, in his very
quiet way, allows the reader who is
Well Versed In Hie Evpnts,
to see thst he thinks certain definite mis
takes were unon occasions made by the com
manders of armies. The careiul student of
his pages can be in no doubt as to his
meaning. On one occasion he most frankly
admits thst he himself might have acted
better than he did. I propose to pick out
aod show the bearing of these and some
other of his minor criticisms. Until a bet
ter tranclation ot his work is given us, or
until the present one is thoroughly revised
throughout by some soldier well acquainted
with the events and several phases of the
Franco-German War, his criticisms are the
only points worth the attention of the
English reader.
Von Moltke was no believer in a reign of
universal peace in this world of ours as it is
still constituted. At one time there were
many good people who devoted time and
money to the duty of warning England
that the end of the world was close at hand.
That mania has been replaced by a craze to
make all civilized nations believe that war
will very soon cease forever to trouble the
world. This craze is by no means new.
v.uisiuuiujjr juxuvicH lor long penoas, IS I
reappears and reasserts itself as an old
'friend in 'some new guise, No wand then
the earth is convulsed by the dire struggle
between contending kingdoms; but though
i it may cause a few to fall off from this inno
cent and childlike faitn, tne religion tor
such it is does not die out. No amount of
wars can eradicate it, though all nature it
ever at war, and the greater part of animal
life is fed by slaughter.
The Preparation tor War.'
The practical influence of this faith upon
the world generally can best be gauged by
scrutiny of the vast sums steadily in
creasing in amount which are devoted an
nually to the maintenance of great armies. ,
n is oecause the soldier Knows best what
war means, especially to the defeated, that
he urges his countrymen to be always strong
and thoroughly prepared for whatever may
be the species of war to which his country
can be exposed. For tbe country exposed
to invasion, a condition of complete readi
ness to resist it is the most likely way to
escape that fearful contingency. ' Even if
strength does not entirely protect you from
the risk of war being declared aiainst you
by some neighboring swashbuckler poten
tate, it at least enables you to push back
the war from your own frontiers, and to
transfer from your own toyourenemv's ter
ritory the ghastly miseries, the dire woe
and desolation of that unspeakable scourge.
If Prussia and its allied provinces had
been less prepared for war in 1870, the mis
eries which overtook the French villages
and farmers and peasants, wherever the hos
tile forces were engaged, would have fallen
upon Germans, not upon Frenchmen. Al
thoueh the strength of the German army
did not save Germany from war, it at least
saved her lands and her people from its de
vastating horrors. Upon this question Von
Moltke writes:
We Are Not Done With War.
"As long as nations continue to lead sep
arate and independent exis'ences there will
be disputes, which an appeal to arms can
alone settle; but in the interest of mankind
it is to be hoped that wars will be less fre
quent now they have become terrible. It
is no longer the ambition of princes, but the
sentiments and the dissatisfaction of the peo
ple with their surroundings, tbe strife of
parties, and especially of party leaders,
which endanger peace." Peace will be more
commonly urged by onp leader than by a
council of wise men. It is easier for a large
assembly to declare war (for then no nerson
is responsible) than for one person to do so,
no matter how high may be his position."
So writes the wise and experienced Von
Moltke in these memoirs, and I can confi
dently recommend these two first pages t f
his work to the serious study of those who
believe in the possibility of universal peace
under the present dispensation. In doing
so, I would beg all who seek for peace, and
wish to secure it, to believe that no man
wishes to avoid war more than the patriot
soldier, and that he does it most heartily
and logically, for he knows better than
others how truly horrible it is. I would
ask of them to believe in the peace-loving
sincerity of the soldier who presses upon
bis countrymen the urgency of being strong,
if they would be safe from war and its at
tendant misery.
It Wi s Disinterested Advice.
Moltke knew this better than most men.
He had no political end to serve in the ad
vice he gave his countrymen. In what he
said he was influenced by no desire to catch
votes or extend his popularity. His mind
was entirely free from the palsying, putre
fying contagion of party. He thought only
of the Germany lie had "so materially helped"
to create, ol her greatness, and of her safety.
Her readiness for war, which ho had
planned and perfected, has secured her the
most honorable immunity from war for the
last 20 years. Peace, complete peace for so
long! what a blessing to the nation wise
enough to buy it at a price, which, thongh
in some respects high, procures for every
young German the most manly and elective
sort of physical and mental training.
Moltke knew that no form of constitution
or system of government could protect his
or any other country from war, if it was to
hold its own amongst the great nations of
the world. A people can only hope to
avoid the disease of war by constant readi
ness for it, as we defend ourselves against
small-pox by vaccination. The longest and
most deadly and costly of modern wars was
that which raged some 27 years ago, in the
greatest and most flourishing Republio the
world has ever known. WOLSEUEY.
CALIFORNIA,
The Country of Delightful Winters.
California is the most attractive and de
lightful section of the United States, if not
of the world, and its many beautiful resorts
will be crowded with the best families of
the East during the entire winter. It offers
to the investor the best open opportunity
for safe and large returns from its fruit
lands. It offers the kindest climate in the
world to the feeble and debilitated; and it is !
reached in the most comfortable manner
over the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railroad. Pullman vestibule sleeping cars
leave Chicago by this line every day in the
I year and go without change or transfer
iiiruuu iu oau f iauuiM;u, xjiis .ngeies anu
Sao Diego. This is a feature not offered by
any other line. Write to Charles T. Apple
by, Traveling Passenger Agent, Room 303,
Bank of Commerce Building, Pittsburg, Pa.,
if you desire any further information as to
the country and the accommodations for
reaching it.
That Great Clothing Sale.
It will pay you to come 100 miles to at
tend our great overcoat and suit sale. Each
day the crowds grow bigger and bigger.
Every dollar spentat thissale will positively
do the duty of two. We got a grand bargain
when we bought the entire stock of a lead
ing New York manufacturer and we are
giving the public still greater bargains.
Men's heavy working suits, worth $10, at
$4 90; men's extra duraole pants, worth $3,
at $1 20; men's winter overcoats, including
chinchillas, kerseys and meltons, at $4 90
each; men's heavy storm ulters, with big
collar, at $4 90, worth $12; men's extra fine
fall and winter overcoats at $10 and $12.
Come Monday. We'll surprise you with
the great values we offer P. C. C. C,
Pittsburg Combination Clothing Company,
corner Grant and Diamond streets.
Bmnjo! Bunjoti
Banjo players should call at H. Kleber &
Bro's., No. 506 Wood street, and examine
here. Following are some of the bargains
to be had at Kleber Bros':
Nickel shell brackets and frets $ 3 00
Mapel shell ebonized, 13 nickel
brackets 4 00
Nickel shell wood lined, wired edge
aud frets 6 00
Th Mvstic nickel shell, 31 nickel
brackets. 10 00
Klebers' specialty banjos piccolo.... 12 00
Kleberg' specialty banjos ladies' size 1C 00
Klebers' specialty banjos ladies'size,
pat keys 18 00
Klebers' specialty banjos standard.. 16 00
Klebers' specialty banjos concert,
13 in ". 20 00
Onr specialty banjos are guaranteed the
equal of any of the older and better known
makes and are being sold from 20 to 30 per
cent cheaper than those. Also a full line
ot Fairbanks & Cole and & S. Stewart
banjos in stock. Store open every Saturday
till P. M. '
A Nearly New Upright Piano at a Sacrifice.
A very fine upright piano, used only a
short time, will be sold for $225. The
owner wishes to leave the ciy, hence the
low price. For particulars call or write
HenrickB Musio Company, Lim., 101 and
103 Fifth ave.
How Colds Are Corrd In the South.
W. J. Flowers, of Dorrance, Ga., says:
"Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Is the best
I can get for coughs, colds and croup," and
many others who have used it are of tbe
same opinion. Its promptness in loosening
and relieving severe colds has made it de
servedly popular. For sale by druggists.
WSU
Estimates furnished by samples at resi
dence pn furniture renpholstery.
Hauoh & Kxesxb,
n S3 and 34 Water street
EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
Eccentricity of the Famous Austrian
Songstress, Marie Wilt.
NEW HONOR TO EXPLORER TASHAN.
Political TronMes of the- Bcpnblics of Co
lomlia and Brazil.
THE LIST OP THE GEEAT A5IMA1S
rWEimtS FOB THE DISPATCH. 1
But meager details have reached us of the
suicide, while insane, oi Marie Wilt, the
famous Austrian
singer. Americans
may possibly re
member her as the
operatic star whom
Max Strakosch
wished to engage
some years ago, and
for that purpose
visited her in the
Austrian capita!.
There he found a
.big, lusty woman
engaged in scrub
bing the floor, who
proved to be the
wonderful vocalist
he was in quest of.
Maria Witt. A coarse-looking
creature she was, and all tbe intercourse
with educated and refined people failed to
improve either her looks or her manners.
Her appearance was always against her.
Even with all the rich trappings of stage
queen or princess she never looked anything
but a common looking haus-frau. All the
same, she was one of the grandest singers
that ever lived. Her voice was of tre
mendous volume, power and compass. A
critic once compared her tones to' those of a
superb church organ, and said if the eyes
were closed it would seem as if an unknown
instrument was leading and overmastering
the orchestra.
With all her powers, however, Madam
Wilt cared nothing tor her art, beyond the
money that was in it She did not know
that she had an unusual voice until she was
31 years of age; then she made music her
trade and held to It for no other reason.
She was considered by many the most dra
matio singer of this or any other time. It
is a great pity that Americans have never
had an opportunity of hearing her on this
side of the water.
A New Sea on the Map.
The Tasman Sea is a new name that will
shortly be found in our geographies. It
will mark a part of tbe Pacific Ocean that
waters the eastcoast of Australia, Tasmania,
New Zealand and the western islands
of the Polynesian group. The Australian
Association for theAdvHncement of Science
holds the opinion that the body of water re
ferred to forms a sort of basin, and as such
should have a distinctive title, hence the
name above, which was given to it recently
bv this organization, with the sanction of
the British Admiralty which has already
ordered it to be inserted on their charts.
Thus again is the modest Dutch naviga
tor, Abel Janssen Tasman, honored. Tas
man discovered in 1642 a coast which he
named Van Diemen's Land, out of thank
fulness to the man who had fitted out his
expedition, but posterity would not have it
tnat
t way. The people 'who read and heard
of the awful perils and hardships ex-
penenced Dy the brave seaman insisted that
be was more entitled to distinction than the
man who had given him the means of ac
complishing his ambition. 8o in time the
big South Pacifio island became known as
Tasmania, The explorer subsequently
found parts of New Zealand and the Fiji
Islands, and returned home in 1643. The
following year the poor fellow set forth
again to explore tbe roasts of Australia and
New Zealand, and that was the last heard or
seen of him.
The Crisis In Colombia.
Dr. Bafael Nunez was a Carthagena law
yer of distinction before being elated Presi
dent of Colombia
by the Liberals in
1884. Immediately
after being inducted
into office he lost
the people' confi
dence by his con
servative tenden.
cies. The blood
revolution of 1884
85 followed, in which
the Libera element
attempted to over
throw the President
and the country was
well nigh ruined,
but Nunez still held
on and continued hit
unpopular methods.
T
PntiAenX TUmrs.
The official name of the country, which op
to 1861 was "The Republic ot New Grenada.''
and then until 1886 "The United States of
Colombia," was changed on Nunez' au
thority to "The Republic of Colombia," and
his powers as the Chief Executive almost
doubled.
But now the struggle became so fierce
that even this iron-nerved man could en
dure it no longer; so one evening in Decern
ber, 1887, he and his family suddenly de
parted from the capital and the next day
his resignation was in tbe hands of the
Government. Eliaso Payan was then called
upon to take his place. The latter proved
to be too liberal for even the Libecafs, and
Nunez was recalled, only to resume his dic
tatorial mode of transacting business, and
again the struggle between 8tate and peo
ple went on, although Nunez was time and
again triumphantly elected. Newspaper re
port now says the Colombian situation is so
strained that Nunez cannot possibly retain
his office. Readers of such reports should
be careful not to accept them as gospel im
mediately. A man who has held his own
against the most violent opposition for over
seven years and been recalled to office in
the face of it, even after voluntarily resign
ing, is likely I do not say certain to con
tinue in power.
Extinction of African Animals.
Investigation proves that our American
bison is not the only animal that is ap
proaching extinction, thanks to the rapacity
of pot-hunters. Where a few years ago,
herds of 70 or 80 giraffes were by no means
uncommon sights in parts of Africa, now a
score is considered a large herd, and Dr.
Henry Schlichter in a paper read before the
British Association a few weeks since says
that the li ns, antelopes, buffaloes, rhin
oceroses and other large animals to be found
in many districts ot "the dark continent"
arc disapearing with equal rapidity. Ac
cording to Anderson, one ot the earlier ex
plorers of Africa, 1,200 pounds ot ivory
could be bought in the neighborhood of
Lake Ngami for a musket, while the present
output of the some commodity from Wal
fish Bay, the chief port of the ivory trade
of that section, amounts annually to only
1,500 pounds where 15 years ago it ran aa
high as 37,000 pounds.
The elephant has almost entirely disap
peared from Southwest Africa, except in
the region of the lake mentioned above. It
is said that plan will shortly be suggested
to preserve the game animal or Africa
from indiscriminate slaughter by hunterg.es
pecially those who have no other object in
view, except sport.
What England Give to Selene.
Last week I (poke of the parsimony of tbe
United Stat Government in scientific mat-
mvK So
mwr w
mm
ters. Below are given the amounts of the
last appropriations allowed scientific in
stitutions in England. It is extremely in
teresting to compare them vith th"e of
this country. The following figures
do not represent all the money spent
by the English Government on science
durirg the year; merely the amounts given
the more important'museums. and colleges:
British Museum, S764.994 80; South Kens
ington Museum, $536,775 3C; Natural His
tory Museum, $204,485 16; Dublin Museum
of Science and Art, $81,103 80; Edinburgh
Museum of Science and Art, $59,062 62;
Royal College of Science, $40,849 08; Dub
lin Royal College of Science, $33,875 16;
various institutions of lesser note, $197,
312 28. The total aggregates nearly $2,000,
000. We ought, In this country, to be as liberal
as the British. We are as well able to put
that amount of money, but, we don't, and I
suppose that is all there is about it.
Religion and WurtembarcB Crown,
The Queen of Wurtemburg is 27 years
of age and the second wife of the new King
of that country, Wil
liam IL She was
Prince Charlotte, the
eldest daughter of
Prince William of
Schaumberg-L i p p e,
only brother to the
reigning Duke of that
principality. Queen
Charlotte is a highly
educated woman. She
is well read in general
history and literature;
a talented smatenr
artist; highly accom
plished as a linguist
and musician; s splen-
A am norsewoman anu
X. best of all is very
Queen Charloits. handsome.
The King, who is now 44 vears of age,
has had no sons by either wife and as the
Salic law prevails in' the kingdom, it is
worthy of note, that in case of his demise
without male issue, the crown reverts to the
Roman Catholic- branch of the House of
Wurtemburg, a possibility promising a
curious condition of affairs in the future, as
the Protestant element of the population at
the last census, taken in 1885, consisted of
1,378.216 persons as agains 098,339 of the
Roman Catholic persuasion.
Most Degraded Race on Earth.
The better part of the Solomon Islands
belong to the German Government, but, that
rlnoo nni nroconl th
English from inflict- 'j
Ing summary punish-. oCvJ
ment on the natives.
whenever guilty of
outrages on anyone
claiming to be a Brit
ish subject. On such
occasions they are
handled with as much
freedom and severity
as if the Germans had
never been heard of
in tbe vicinity. At
the present time the
English war ship,
Royalist, is visiting
the different islands
from which crimes
have been reported A Solomon Island Chief.
and chastising the guilty ones whosoever or
wherever they may be. even to the extent
of destroying their villages whenever they
have had any difficulty in locating the righ't
parties.
I suppose the Germans do not care much
S"V. J"" :? -l--C2. .H?,ef-
whether these subwets ot theirs are ex-
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selves. Missionary work has been a total
failure in tbe Solomon Islands, although
persisted in for many years and by different
religious bodies. In most cases the only re
sult arrived at by the missionary is to sup
ply a banquet for his congregation, forming
himself the principal dish of the occasion.
As a people the 'Solomon Islanders are per
haps tbe most savage, the most brutal and
the most degraded race on this earth to-day.
They practice nothing but the most barbar
ous ot customs, and are of so fierce and
rapacious disposition that it is not sate to
approach within 100 miles of any of the isl
ands inhabited by thcru. They are cannibals of
the worst kind; visitors to tbe inlands In
quest of sandalwood and tortoise shells, the
chief products, have seen in different bouses
various parts of the human bod) in process
of preservation for future consumption,
just as civilized nations would cure animal
meats, and the owners of vessels bave fre
quently human flesh offered them in ex
change for something desired by tbe
natives. Head-hunting is another of their
accomplishments. It is practiced under all
sorts of pretexts; in some cases the chiefs
offering rewards for the best results ot an
expedition. Prolessional head-hunters are
not uncommon, and they usually take the
honors. From the above, I hope the reason
why the Germans do not call a halt on the
British may be gathered.
Brazil Paid In IU Own Coin.
Bumora of trouble come up to us from
the comparatively new Repnblic of Brazil,
the country that started out so bravely a
year or so ago after unfeelingly disposing
of the best monarch of the nineteenth cen
tury. According to the reports received at
this early writing the entire country is in an
uproar, martial law proclaimed and a dic
tator appointed. Newspapers are asking
in this country: What is the matter with
Brazil? There is no need of such a query.
A couple of years ago Brazil was a flourish
ing country in every particular. All of its
best resources were being rapidly devel
oped; its finance at the top notch; its
schools attaining the highest order ol excel
lence; in fact, everything in the country
showed advancement, and nearly all, or
quite all, owing to a man who never
made the slightest pretense to absolutism.
And yet for all his plans he was ignomin
ously thrust out of tne country for no other
reason, as has been abundantly proven
since, than to satisfy the greedy ambitions
of a few political tricksters. Need any
questions be asked why these people do not
prosper?
Brazil's ingratitude to Dom Pedro, the
man who made the country what it is, is
being repaid in its own coin, just as was pre
dicted in these columns nearly a year ago.
Fickleness such as the Brazilians have dis
played is bound to bear fruit sooner or
later.
Too Young to Be President.
A number of the successful candidates
are having the usual after-election booms
for tbe Presidental nomination next year.
Among those mentioned is the youthful
Governor of Massachusetts, some of the
leading newspapers ot the country, not in
cluding Tub Dispatch which stated the
facta Thursday, composedly making the an
nouncement. Reference to Article II, Sec
tion 1, ot the Constitution of tbe United
States, will convey the information that to
be eligible to that honor, one must be at
least 35 years of ace. Governor Russell is.
I believe, abont 30 or 31, if my sources of
information are correct. WlXKlE.
Implsb Freaks
Are those of a disordered liver. But when
that organ is thoroughly disciplined with
Hostetier's Stomach Bitten, the bile ix ade
quately secreted, diverted from the blood
Into Its proper channel, digestion grows ao
tive, tbe skin and eyeballs lose tlieir bilious
tinge, pain in tbe vicinity or i he liver ceaes,
sick headache and nausea depart. Tbe bit
ters Is an incomparable preventive of ma
laria, rheumatism and kidney complaint;
O. Cojtomos, tbe Greek-American confec
tioner, at 232 Filth avenue, Pittsburg, has
commenced the anufacture of a new con
nection, Turkish Hal Yah. This is the only
place in tbe United States where this candy
is made. It is delicious candy, best
known in oriental countries.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
YOU'LL
When we call this "a daisy ad." Each price is "a daisy" FOR
YOU, and you will find on inspection that each and every one
of our Merchant Tailor-made Garments are "daisies."
THEY KNOW IT I
WE KNOW IT I
YOU CAN KNOW IT I
w:e:T?
-That you can buy
-An Overcoat as well made.
-An Overcoat as nicely trimmed.
-An Overcoat of as good cloth.
-An Overcoat of as late style.
-An Overcoat that fits as well,
-Of the MISFIT PARLORS,
-5 1 6 Smithfield St.,
-For one-half the price
-You pay to merchant tailors.
-Is it worth your while to know
-THIS ?
-That our Sack Suits cannot be beat.
-That our Double-breasted Suits
-Cannot be beat.
Where You Secure Merchant Tailor-Made Garments for One
Half the Original M ad e-to-Order Prices.
Suits for
$12 that wero originally made
forS25.
Suits or
for $30.
Suits for
forfW.
Suits lor
$15 that were originally made
$20 that were originally made
$23 that were originally made
for $50.
Suits inr
$30 tpat were originally made
$33 that were originally made
$40 that wero originally made
for $G0.
Suits Tor
for $70.
Suits tor
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Pantaloons at $2.50, $3, $3.50, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9 and $10 that
were originally made to order for double the amount of our prices.
No garment allowed to leave our house unless it is a perfect fit in every
particular. Alterations made free of charge.
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Next Mellon's Bank.
NEVER IN YOUR
.. CARPETS
Stores have been thronged during the past week, and no wonder. Those 500 Chamber Suites
Sale and are being closed out at less than manufacturers' price, have caught the popular fancy, and
opportunity, for they are the best value offered for the money.
$18 $18 $20 $20
Finished in Antique, Sixteenth Century and Imitation Wal
nut Full size and guaranteed. BRING THIS CUT WITH
YOU.
Our line of Carpets and Curtains is the finest selection we have ever showa The patterns are all new and stylish and of
the most reliable makes. We have all grades, from Moquettes, Brussels and Tapestries down. Stock is carefully selected and
guaranteed as to quality and price. In Curtains our assortment is the most complete in the city. Special patterns that cannot be
duplicated elsewhere, and fully 25 per cent cheaper than other dealers.
dSPECIAL SALE Antique Oak Rockers $3.50 each ! Special bargain in Hassocks 50c each ! Fine new stock Queens
ware very cheap ! Unsurpassed bargains in every department I
CASH OR CREDIT
923, 925,
WITH US
-That our Cutaway Suits
-Cannot be beat.
-That our Prince Albert Suits
-Cannot be beat. s
-That few tailors in Pittsburg
-Can even equal them.
-That the dealers in ready-made
-Clothing are "not in it" with our
-Fine Merchant Tailor-made Suits.
-That the fit we turn out is a daisy.
-That after seeing our superb slock
-You can't help but call this "ad"
-A daisy, as it brings you right to
-THE PLACE
Overcoats at $10 that were originally
made for $20.
Overcoats at $13 50 that were originally
made for $28.
Overcoats at $16 SO that were originally
made for $3!
Overcoats at $22 SO that were originally
made Tor H"i.
Overcoats at $27 fiO that were originaUy
made for $55.
Overcoats at $32 SO that were originally
made for $G5.
Oyercoats at $37 60 that were origlnaUy
made for $75.
Opposite City Hall.
EXPERIENCE HAVE
GREAT SACRIFICE SALE
KEEGH'S
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927 PENN AVENUE,' - - NEAR NINTH
....OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS.- ,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
BU5Y
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The various factories already built at Ellwood will employ 1,500 peo
ple, and more to follow.
THE DERWENT FOUNDRY COMPANY
Have just completed contracts to immediately start a stove and light castings
foundry at Ellwood. All this is because
ELLWOOD'S SITUATION FOR BUSINESS IS UNSURPASSED.
On two Trunk Lines and another coming in, affording competitiva
freight rates, through shipments, no switch ing charges, no transfer charges.
Ellwood has coal, fire clay, glass sand, building stone, limestone, nat
ural gas, electric lights.
The 160 houses built within
the year (average value J?i,8oo)
are all taken, and over X'ioo
applications in advance for houses
to rent so buy and build at
Ellwood; you can make 20. per
cent a year at present prices.
Wanted More houses for the
employes that will be at Ellwood
within six weeks.
Beautiful
Is also an ideal place for a home. All of it is charming, but the 100 acres
of parks on the Conoquenessing is a fairyland. Come and see what natura
has done and enterprise is doing,
Ellwood is not being rushed off for commissions, but is being DE
VELOPED FOR FUTURE VALUES. The sort of place to invest in.
CALL ON OR WRITE
THE PITTSBURG COMPANY,
MERRETT GREENE, General Manager,
1 08 FOURTH AVE., Pittsburg,
Or HOTEL OLIVER, Ellwood, Pa.
no8-15
A GREAT LUXURY.
LAIRD'S SHOES!
$2 00, $3 00, $4 00, $5 00.
LAIRD'S SHOE STORES
406, 408 and 410 f EVERY 1 433 Wood St
PAIR V
Market St I RELIABLE I Entire New Stock.
YOU HAD A BETTER OPPORTUNITY
OF CHAMBER SUITES 1
Finished in Antique and Sixteenth Century; finely polished;
large bevel plate mirror, and worth twice as much as the sell
ing price.
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