f!sf- mmZ Trt 'pf?re'W7 frfT THE -PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 189L -. x ' ai CO HOLIDAYTRADE Pittsburg People Hare the Money and Are Buying Presents in All Lines of Business. NOVELTIES IN TOTS AND JEWELEY Eailroads Are Enjoying the , Benefit! That Christmas and Xew Tear's .Always Bring. XOLAEGE BUHS OP H0XET GOIKG ABROAD Cieip lakraSor Ee&lf Being Sola to Decerre Buyers About tbs Fries. This is the time of the rear when the tradesmen end shop keepers revel in busi ness, and lay away shekels for the winter. The holiday trade has commenced with a vengeance, and the stores are crowded. Money m ay have been tight during the summer and fall, but there is plenty of it now. People will buy holiday presents, no matter how dull the times. Busi ness men have had a prosperous year, and Christmas and Sew Year's trade promises to be larger than ever. In general the demand is for better goods, and the cheap and trashy stuff is not wanted. This is considerrd an encouraging sign. Presents for the children claim the atten tion of fathers and mothers hrst. There are no striking novelties in toys, but the stores are full of bright and pretty things for the Utile folks. In speafcing of the toy busi ness yesterday, James W. Grove said: "The trade so far has been excellent. It was a little low in the wholesale line last month, but I had figured on a good holiday business and am not disappointed. Some Oddities in Toys. "The tastes of the people are developing and thev want the best. Already our cellars and warehouses are packed with purchased goods that are to be shipped or delivered at a certain time. "We have a large .number of orders for New York. This summer I sent a man to Europe to buv a better class of toys. The cheaper trade begins about December 15. The demand for pretty doll carriages has increased 60 per cent in the last five years. The Germans are chasing the French in making dolls, and they have already outstripped them. The Ger man gets a better expression in his work, and the dolls are cheaper than the French. The call for music boxes is good. There is a good feeling among the people, and they are well supplied with money. I suppose I spend f 10,000 for toys and goods in Germany where I now put up S1,000 in France. No particular toy has a wonderful run like some of the puzzles, but original ideas are not lacking. Something new is always being designed to interest children." S. F. Eoberts talked for the jewelers. He thinks the holiday business will be ahead of last year; if not the heaviest in the history of tfie trade. The tastes of the people this fall are running to bow knots and fancy combinations in rings. In the latter line there is a demand for diamonds used in con nection with colored stones like the emer ald, ruby or sapphire. Bow-Knots Are All the Go. The bow-knot makes a verv pretty pres ent, and is made up extensively into stick pins 'or the ladies. They are ot different shapes and stvles, some being plain gold bandit twisted into a solid bow, but the mot popular are studded with little diamonds, pearls, or some other at tractive toie- I thought the edge had been taken offthe souvenir spoon business last summer, but we sell as many to-day as when the craze commenced. The demand for fine piano aud banquet lamps keeps up also. The people want expensive and first-class goods. Cheap articles are not called lor to any extent. Diamond lockets make nice presents for men, and we are selling a great many. Occasionally there is a call for bronze statuary, but bronze has not been in favor lor several years. Marble busts are in demand, and have been all summer. I find that many people who are not wealthy save their money during the fall, and at Christmas time spend from 550 to 5100 buying presents lor their friends. The rich can get what they want at any time. Those in medium circumstances have good taste, and nothing cheap will satisfy them. In the last four days the increase in business has been very perceptible. Money is not scarce, and buyers are numerous and in good humor." Heavy Demand for Drygoods. In drygoods and notions the same pros perous state of affairs exists: Joseph Home & Co. said business was good in every de partment, and they report what otherstore- teepers ao, mat tne call is lor the best ot everything. This year brass beds have struck the popular fancy, and those who can afford it take pleasure in presenting them to friends. They are light and don't take up much room. A great many are be ing sold for voung housekeepers. The de mand for cloaks and dress goods, from the coarsest to the best, is good. During the holidays the wealthy often give dresses as presents to their house servants. They are not particular about the material. but immediately after the holidays the drygoods men put on a large force of men to make alterations in garments. People guess at the sizes, and when the presents have been made they are changed to fit the body. It is surprising how many blankets are sold for presents during the holidays. Thev are a desirable gift for married people, and" this class must not be forgotten. On the whole, the local storekeepers expect to do a rush ing business between now and January. Only Three Convention Cities. "W. P. Coaley, General Eastern Agent of the Chicago, St Paul and Kansas City road, was in the city yesterday. His road took the Minneapolis delegation to "Wash ington, and Mr. Coaley helped them to secure the Republican Convention. Now he doubts if St Paul and Minneapolis together can take care of the people. Mr. Coaleythinksthe onlythree convention cities in tfie United States are now New York, Chicago and San Francisco. The lat ter has the hotels, but it is too far out of the way. Philadelphia is a big city, but it han't enough hotels to provide lor 4,000 people. The Chicago, St Paul and Kan sas City Company was called up before the joint Committee lor some irregularity in issuing the tickets to the Minneapolispeo ple. Mr. Cojley savs it won't amount to much, and the officials can soon show that cverytning was satisiactory. xnere was some livelv hustling among the Western roads to tret the delegation, and jealousy, no doubt, has a great deal to do with" the charge. Xot Much Money Coin); to Europe. For a few weeks before Christmas consid erable money is sent by Pittsburg people to friends across the wafer. Last year the amount was up in the thousands. The ex press companies and steamship agents do the forwarding. Captain McCormicfc re ports that his business this December is about 25 per cent short of what it was last year. He can't account for the differ ence except that the people haven't the money to send. "While 1891 has been a good year for working people, they are not as flush as they were in 1890. Much of the money goes to" relatives and friends in Eng land, Ireland and "Wales. The Italians and Hungarians send over a part of their wages, hut they do not save it for Christmas. IL E. Vaillant, of the American Express Com pany, says his forwarding business will be up to last season. His customers usually send their money across to bring their fam ines or relatives to America. HOLIDAYS HELP THE BOADS. The Bush Begins Ten Days Before Excur sion Kates Go Into HfTect. "With the opening of Congress next Tues day the winter travel toward the capital will begin. The mid-winter excursions will be a featnre on all the roads out of Pitts burg. The B. & O. will run the first ex cursion January 14. The company has put on a "Washington flyer, leaving here at 8 in the morning, and arriving there at' 4:45 in the afternoon. The holiday rates will go into effect a few days before Christ mas, but Division Passenger Agent Smith says the business commences at least 10 to 15 days before the reduced rates going into effect. AH the trains running into and out of the city are crowded these days with people buying their holiday presents. The rush is a great benefit "to the rail roads, and the shrewd agents are always glad to see it This year the number of passengers is large, as the crowds on the streets indicate. They are not half city people, but onlv the clerks and business men know it iast month Mr. Smith says the passenger traffic on the Pittsburg division was ahead of the same month in 1890. In the theatrical business the Baltimore and Ohio this week has Marie Wainwright and her company to Baltimore, the Boy Tramp Companv to Chicago, and Evans & Hocy to "Washington. Coming in the road has Keilly & "Woods from Baltimore; His Nibs Company from "Wheeling; the Last "Word Company from Baltimore, and Daniel Boone from TJniontown to "Wheel ing. The E. Ia Dowling Companv will go over the line to Philadelphia. Altogether the Baltimore and Ohio will carry this week about 200 theatrical people. Uad Enough of HtislmmonJ. "If I met Fitzsimmons again," said Dr. jGIadden, of Homestead, "I would allow him to take my watch rather than have a hand in his arrest No, I wouldn't be afraid of him, but it doesn't pay. I spent two weeks in court during his trial, getting 51 a day as a witness and ne glecting my business. This is making money in a rapid way. I think Fitzsimmons will be arrested some of these days. He is too conceited, and is what I would call an egregious fool. "Why, he think he can walk into the heart of the citv any day and not be caughtxTbis is where he Would" be fooled. The fellow is not brilliant, but he has a good deal of "low cunning." Dr. Gladden nappened to be passing the Clark house in Homestead, and saw the reflation on the window blind when Fitz was dressing his wounds. He notified the police of his suspicions, and the notor ious burglar was captured. Names Don't Indicate Nationality. "A name doesn't indicate a man's na tionality," remarked Manager "Wilt, of the Opera House yesterday. "I know a street car gripman whose name is David Davis. One would suppose he is a full-blooded "Welshman, but he has as pretty an Irish brogue as anyone would want to hear. Davis thinks that in the past his ancestors migrated from "Wales to Ireland, and that in time they adopted the language of the country. I "know three young ladies who were born in Ireland, and a brother who was raised in Soho. The latter never saw the old sod. "Well, I was surprised to notice that the girls had a more Englisn accent than the boy. If he had been born and reared in Cork his brogne could not have been more pronounced. This is strange, when we remember that he lives in a city where good English is spoken and taught in the schools." Frice of Sealskins Going Up. "The tendency of the price of sealskin garments is upward," said James Johnson, a New York dealer, at the Duquesne yes terday. "The rates for a good garment are at least -5 per cent higher than last season, and they will be dearer next year. I know dealers claim that sealskins haven't advanced, but this is deceptive. Last spring a large catch of Labrador seals was made and the skins put on the market. The fur is inferior to the Alaskan, but the public is no wiser and these cheap furs are now being palmed off as the best. Ine (government limited the catch of Alaskan seals, and it stands to reason that the price for the best garments must go up. They will be scarcer next year than at present I would advise people not to be deceived by buying the Labrador fur." A Revolution in Steamers. "The American people are sure to revolu tionize navigation in a short time," said Thomas J. "Wright at the Monongahela House the other day. "The whaleback boats now being built in Chicago are the beginning of a new era. Think of these people turning out big steamers in six months that it would take them from two to threeyearson the Clydetobuild. The whale back improved is sure to replace the ocean vessel of the present as it ha deposed the lake steamers. I am interested in a scheme to run a line of boats to Pensacola, and have recommended the adoption 'of the whale back. The subject was fully discussed in an able article in The Dispatch some time ago." A Cheaper Kate for Preachers. General Passenger Agent C. O. Scull, of the Baltimore and Ohio road, was in the city yesterday. He says after January U. tickets will be sold to clergymen on all roads for half fare. "With the exception of the Baltimore and Ohio and the Pennsylva nia roads, the other lines in the country have been offering preachers this rate. It will reduce passenger revenues on the Bal timore and Ohio about 520,000 pervear. Mr. Scull states that 1891 was the best" pas senger year the Baltimore and Ohio ever had. The excursion business was heavy, and the prospects for the winter are good. Traffic on the Pittsburg and "Western. "W. L. Cromlish, General Freight Agent of the Pittsburg and "Western road, says shipments of merchandise on the line are a little slack, but in other respects the traffio is fair. The furnace men are piling up their product, but he doesn't know whether it is for speculative purposes, or to fill or ders in the future. Pig iron is down as low as it ever was in the history of the industry, and better rates are expected in a few months. Pratt's 54th Annual Sale Of books for the holidays is now taking place at 428 "Wood street He has just re turned from New York with a splendid col lection and he has opened an "annex" on second floor of about 10,000 volumes ot beau tiful juvenile books to be sold, as he always has done, at about half regular prices. "Watch for the "Wonderful gems. "Chemical Diamonds." 4sss444sXsss444 OVER 44 PER CENT INCREASE. The attractiveness of THE DISPATCH cent-a-word columns is clearly demonstrated Dy this statement: A diets or September, October and So- in A n t vember, mi lo,4UI Same three months last year 12,762 Increase due to cent-a-word c CQQ Those who do not watch these attractive columns miss bargains of every kind, and xnnst remain Ignorant of many special op portunities to hay, sell, rent or exchange IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE. FREAKS OF SUICIDES. Characteristics of Those Who Eesort to Self-Destruction. THEIE MOTIVES AND METHODS.. An Insanity Expert Talks Interestingly on the Subject HOW THEIR EDUCATION AFFECTS THEM Dr. Andrew McFarlaiid, an insanity export and proprietor of a private insane retreat at Oakland, killed himself on Sunday night by hanging. He was undoubtedly deranged. TAKE WABNIUO. In his mail yesterday morning Dr. C. C. "Wiley received the above, a clipping from Tuesday's Dispatch. It was addressed with a typewriter. The notice to "take warning" was also type written. The doc tor first looked serious and then laughed at the clipping. He, too, is an insanity ex pert, and he was reading for probably the fiftieth time the item when a Dispatch re porter visited him. "Such suicides as that tend to puzzle one," the doctor began. "That was no doubt sent me by a friend as a joke. Of course no one knows how soon they may be stricken with a mania to take their own life; but really I don't think I shall ever be overtaken in that way. A caret ul study of suicides and their peculiar freaks has developed many de cidedly interesting facts," the doctor went on. "People don't generally know that the complexion, color of the hair and eyes, age, sex and education and religious beliefs have much to do with suicides. The days of the week, the time of the day and the seasons are also important factors in self- destruction. The community in which one lives has also much to do with suicides. Light Haired Suicides Predominate. "A compilation of suicides of the civil ized Vorld show that about 75 percent of the suicides had fair complexion, light hair and blue or gray eyes. About 80 per cent of suicides range in age from 30 to 50 years. About the same per cent of those who take their lives are males. A great ma jority of them are above the average in edu cation, and nearly two-tnirds ot tnem are Protestants. A majority of suicides are committed between Monday and Thursday of the week, and in about the same percent the early hours of the day are chosen for the killing. More suicides are committed in the summer than m the winter, but the fall "and spring about equally divide the number. Most suicides are committed in large cities, but a mountainous region is rarely shocked by such a crime. "People of fair complexion, light hair and blue eyes are, as a rule, mild characters, easily discouraged, and feel more keenly any trouble or affliction that may overtake them. Their temperament tends to nervous ness, and they are more susceptible to in jury inflicted or assumed, hence they are more frequently driven to suicide. "In the matter of age, women as a rule commit a majority of the suicides that oc cur with people between 18 and 30 years old. Disappointment in love generally leads to the crime with people of that age. The tendency to suicide always shows itself early in women. With men the sorrows and "hopes of youth sustain them until they reach those critical periods of life, puberty, menopausis and complete mental develop ment At these periods great modifications of the constitution and brain occur. Indi vidual will undergoes organic and physio logical transformations between the ages of 25 and 50. Then the worry of business and worldly affairs bears heaviest on the man, and be'becomes reckless and ends his tronble by ending his life. DcRthc Cansed by Saturday Dissipations. "Our system of labor is so arranged that! the world takes a rest on bunday. Dissipa tion and debauchery follow the ending of a week's work. Then comes a suddeu check of the recklessness for the next week's work, nerves are unstrung, intense suffering physi cally and mentally follows, and too often the suicide. They don't wait for nature to assert itself. They go to pieces like a wrecked machine, and the tendency to suicide in their natures wins in the great mental struggle that necessarily goes before the commission of the act The early morn ing is usually chosen for self-destruction. The struggle and worry of the day extends into the night Then comes a short, rest less sleep, an unsatisfactory awakening, then the suicide. It is a fact that about 80 per cent of such crimes occur in the morn ing. "One would naturally expect to find more suicides in large cities than in the country. But there are just as many people kill themselves to every 100,000 people in the country as to that number ot people in the cities. Mountainous regions are excepted. There is a something in the mountain air or something in the mountaineer's life and na ture that prevents his killing himself. He is persevering, peaceful, patient and is con tinually struggling with the brute forces of nature, and is less subject to agitation and distress. He is as a rule, hardy and healthy, and in his unending struggle he has little time for reflection. Few Catholics Kill Themselves. "The influences of religion are, togather with the influences of race, the strongest motive powers which act on the will of men. About 80 per cent of the suicides of the world are Protestants and it is easily noticeable that all Catholic nations stand on the lowest step of the scale of suicide, wnile tnose exclusively or mostly Protes tant take the first grade. The Catholic re ligion is responsible for this. For a suicide in the Catholic Church there is no hope be yond the grave and the effect of the teach ing is evident in every country where there is a Catholic church. Hebrews rarely commit suicide, but in their own countries, where they are found living in crowded cities, suicides are not infrequent, but do not compare with the number in other countries. The professions followed by the Hebrew people are more liable than others to commercial crises and the constant vicis situdes of trade. ' "The female suicides stand toward the male in the general ratio of 20 to 100, and in education the number of women is always below that of the men. It is true, cer tainly, that the average of female education does not stand in the same relation to the male in the two relative numbers of violent deaths as it ought to do if the intensity of the suicidal tendency depended only on the greater or lesser degree of education. Culture and Suicide Go Band in Hand. ''Ignorance and suicide does not go to gether. In countries where they have the highest culture there also they have most suicides. The increase of educa tion goes pari possu with that of madness, and it is not surprising if the same occurs with regard to suicide. Oue authority asserts that it is possible to de duce theaverage of voluntary deaths in a given country from the number of pupils in the public schools. Colored people have marked tendency to suicide, but they are slow to commit tne deed. "The methods employed for self destruc tion are an interesting study. The choice of the instrument of death tells plainly the cause oi tne suicide, xoutntui suicides, who are driven to their rashness by crossed love, jealousy or domestic troubles or em broiled affairs, resort' to firearms or poison, considered the most romantie and least ignoble instrument of death. By those prompted by the less elevated mo tives are invariably employed the meanest methods. Thus hanging is chosen by indi viduals who are tired of life or are suffering from alcoholism. Those who have heavy domestic sufferings end their life by drown ing. A painful method, but forwhicha rapid and almost sudden determination is necessary,, is falling from a height It is frequently used by mad people. It is curi ous that in madness and extreme misery there is almost a repugnance to the use of firearms." EOS A GAME PEE8EEVE. Fish "Warden Hague Forming a Company to Purchase m large Tract of land. Fish "Warden James H. Hague has un dertaken to form a stock company with a view to purchasing, and managing' a large tract of land in Elk, Cameron and Clear field counties as a game preserve. The tract of land comprises '13,018 acres', and Mr. Hague has already secured an option on it for ?24,000. The present owner has agreed to take ?8,000 worth of stock in the company. Two Pittsburg gentle men have already subscribed for 51,000 worth of stock each. The Fish "Warden anticipates no difficulty in placing the rest of the stock, and as soon as possible he will visit and inspect the vast property. Its owner guarantees that there is on the tract yellow pine that can be marketed within two years at a profit of ?18,000. There are more than a dozen prolific trout streams on the premises. Already this season a dozen deer have been killed on the property, and there is an abundance of all kinds of game. Anxious to Declare His Father Insane. "William "Woods exhibits a great deal of perseverance in his efforts to have his father, John "Woods, declared of unsound mind. The third effort to have the old gentleman examined has been commenced, and his attorneys will probably follow the same course in fighting the application; in fact, they have already done so, N. "W. Sbafer having used the motion to quash successfully twice has made the same move for the third time and- something definite will result this week. The old gentleman does not allow the matter to worry him and keeps on in the even tenor of his way. He is somewhat hard of hearing, but otherwise appears like most people of his age and de ports himself with the ease of rational peo ple who know they have enough of this world's goods to make the evening of life pleasant r i "" From a Bakery to the Workhouse. Yesterday morning four men entered Beran's bakery, on Chestnut street, Alle gheny, and asked the baker, Marks, for four pies. "While Mr. Marks was procuring the pies one of the men commenced filling his pockets with small cakes and this was objected to by the baker, who picked the offender up and threw him out of the shop. The other fellows tried to make off with the pies in the scrimmage,but the baker was too quick for them; picking up a shovel he whacked them over the bead and they dropped the eatables. On the outside one of the men ran into the arms of it police man, and, as an outcome, he is now doing 30 days in the workhouse. Two Bodies Yet TJnrecovered. St. Paul, Dec. C The Coroner's jury has found that eight of the men killed, yes terday died by accident, and adjourned un til Monday. A small gang are at work on the ruins to-day. At least one mau and probably two still lay buried in the ruins. The one known to be missing is John "Wol finger, but the identity of the other could not be discovered. BEER BOTTLING. A VISIT TO JOSEPH .EINSTEIN & CO.'S ESTABLISHMENT. The Carefnl and Appetizing Manner in "Which This Standard Article Is Put Up for Use. Dealers in bottled beer, as well as con sumers, seldom give a thought to the article beyond certain merits relating to quality and the general exterior appearance of the bottles. They are usually ignorant as to whether that "important feature of prepara tion for the market, viz., cleanliness, is adhered to or not, by the bottlers. There are doubtless many bottling plants which overlookthis essential feature. Avisittothe large establishment of Joseph Einstein & uo., However, win convince you tnat this firm is not to be classed with this kind. To the contrary, the fact will be thoroughly demonstrated by a visit to their establish ment, that their mode of preparing their celebrated goods for the market consists of a perfect system of which neatness and purity form a major part. The business office of the above firm is located at No. 52 Sixth avenue. They have but recently moved to their new bottling house corner of Forbes, Milten bergerand Ann streets, where increased nnd perfected facilities will enable them to cope in a more satisfactory manner to the increasing demand for their famous goods. TJpon entering the bottling works from the office a busy scene meets the eye. It is in teresting indeed to watch the progress of the bottles from the first of the cleansing process until they are filled, sealed and .labeled ready for shipment First the botiles are soaked over night in a vat of steam-heated water. The daily capacity of these vats is 500 dozen each. From these soaking vats the bottles go to the washing machines, where any impurities which may remain are dislodged" by brushes which "make 3,500 revolutions a minute. These latter machines are capable of handling 60 dozen bottles per hour. Next the bottles are placed on the rinsing machine, where, also, any corks which may have been left in them are extracted. The bottles are then thoroughly inspected, after which they are filled from overhead barrels by an automatic filling machine. They are then placed on the sealing machine, where a patent seal is inserted instead of a cork. The lat ter is used, however, when the goods are intended to be shipped any great distance. Those intended fcr the drug, trade are generally treated in this manner. After having been corked or sealed the bottles are placed in a steaming vat with a holding capacity of 150 dozen. This is done to arrest fermentation. Each bottle is now carefully examined for any foreign matter and none but those successfully passing this test are allowed to go to the labeling table, where the tinfoil caps and lahels are affixed. They are then placed in shipping cases and sent to the company's extensive warehouse. This en tire process takes place on the ground floor, which is cemented and sewered. In fact, signs of the firm's efforts to have every thing neat and clean everywhere abound. For still further evidence of the firm's ex treme care in this .direction may be men tioned the fact that in cleansing the bottles nothing but filtered water is used. The ground floor of this bottling plant is devoted to the storage of the immense stock oi bottles, corks and packing cases of vari ous sizes, which are required only by a firm of such magnitude as Joseph Einstein & Co., who ship their celebrated goods to all points in the country. This business was first established by Mr. Joseph Einstein 20 years ago. A few years later Mr. J. F. Mc Morris became a member of the firm. The steadily increasing business is due to their long extended experience, and also to the fact that they put tip nothing but the finest grade goods. Their large and well arranged stock room is filled with the best brands, both imported and domestic, among which are Carlmg's London porter and ales, Bar tholomay Brewing Co.'s, Bochester, N. Y.; Anheuser-Busch St Louis lager beer; Berg hoff Brewing Co., Ft "Wayne, Ind.; Dort munder & Salvator beer; imported Culm bach beer, Bavaria; Kaiser beer, Bremen; Pilsen beer, Bohemia: Eureka Springs natural mineral water and ginger ale. The entire amount of floor space devoted to this business is 10,000 square feet Eight fine head of stock, together with five wagons are constantly needed. The ever-increasing business enjoyed by Joseph Einstein & Co. is evidence that their efforts to place their goods in the front rank in the country have been entirely successful. 60,000 Emerson Pianos Are now in use. See our holiday stock. Easy payments. LECHNEB & SCHOENBEROEB, wsu 69 Fifth avenue. Gents' mackintoshes for presents. Smiley & Co., 28 Fifth avenue. "Watch for the "Who has them? "Chemical Diamonds.' GRAND STORE. JEWELRY August Loch, 145 Federal Street, Corner North Diamond. That really fine establishments have be come a necessity in Allegheny is proved by a visit to the stylish and thoroughly equipped store of Mr. August Loch. The growth from the modest beginning to the immense business done to-day by that gentleman is little short of phenomenal. The splendid stock which he carries is strictly jewelry, diamonds, precious stones, tableware, watches, clocks, lamps and can delabra, each department full to overflow ing with desirable goods. Diamonds loose and mounted, and you can be shown those that cost but a few dollars, or those whose yalnes run up to three and four figures; sapphires, rubies, Iiearls, emeralds and opals; these last which loldthe popular fancy this season can be obtained at popular prices, and Mr. Loch has his own skilled workmen, who set or mount all designs for him in all precious stones. In general jewelry there is everything beautiful and artistic in the finest grades, while popular ideas are carried out in rich plated goods; therefore in both you find brooches, bracelets, ornaments for the hair, earrings, finger rings, watch chains and charms, which latter stock probably exceeds that of any jeneler in the two cities. Full lines of link sleeve buttons, scarf pins, studs, etc., show that the gentlemen have not been forgotten. Silver tableware is in richest profusion, as Mr. Loch carries one of the most com plete lines in the twin cities. Take, for in stance, tea sets consisting of from three to eight pieces, of which there are never less than 20 full sets from which to choose. An other specialty is found in the silver "bak ing dishes," of which there is an unusually fine line, and in the matter of water sets and the new style "tilters" nothing could be handsomer. These sets contain three, four and five pieces, and when you look at them you want them for yourtelf or for your lriends; and there are soup tureens, oyster bowls, vegetable tureens, cracker jars and all the large pieces, as well as the smaller table adjuncts, in the way of syrup pitchers, olive and bonbon dishes, breakfast casters, children's cup in the new flat de sign, cujjs and saucers, individual salts and peppers, both in solid silver and in heavy plated ware. Spoons and forks are found in no fewer than two dozen styles in plate and in equal number in sterling silver, especially suitable for wedding and holiday presents, as tbey include salad sets (with gold bowls), ice cream sets, oyster forks, orange sets, salt sets, etc. Berry spoons, ice cream slieers, and all kinds of pretty dainty things pertaining to the toilet are in abundant varieties. Mr. Loch makes specialties also of Elgin and Waltham watches in nickel, silver,gold filled and solid gold in the latest improved and newest styles. The sizes are suitable for ladies, gentlemen, girls and boys. The bronzes, clocks, onyx tables and lamps are simply splendid. The imported clocks have accompanying side pieces, that is, they are in sets of three pieces, and are in marble, gilt and onyx; American goods at popular prices contain lovely articles. The variety of designs in banauet lamps. silver candelabra and onyx tables is just immense, leaving nothing to be desired. Optical goods are among the important articles carried at this store. Mr. Loch has thoroughly fitted himself by a course of in struction to adjust glasses and properly cor rect by their use impaired or defective sight; and just here it may be remarked that when you are examining the fine stock at this store you fully realize the Importance of having your eyes in order to fully enjoy the beautiful goods. Repairing in all its branches is done at this establishment by skilled artisans, in fact, it was a matter of agreeable surprise to the writer of this article to find in the sister city an establishment replete with all the modern ideas, handsome goods, handsome cases, tasteful bric-a-brao and beautiful flowers all lending their effective aUI in creating and maintaining the attractiveness of the place. No one who examines the wares can fail to find presents for weddings or Christmas; and they can procure the very richest articles or if the parse be not too well filled they can buy just the loveliest things at popular prices, but under all .cir cumstances a visit should be made to 145 Federal street, which, by the way, will until January be kept open until 8 o'clock. Do You Eat? "Well, don't all come with a rush a few days before Christmas; eet your orders in now. Goods never were cheaper or in more abundance. Send for this week's price list. Call or send your order; you can't be de ceived, as every article must be first-class; if not, your money will be refunded. 5 lbs currants , $ 25 3 cans table peaches 25 10 lbs California ). runes. 1 00 7 cans California black cherries. 1 00 11 lbs evaporated apricots 1 00 4 lbs pure mixed candy 25 3 lbs 20c mixed candy. 25 1 gallon New Orleans molasses 29 IOJ5 lbs Valencia raisins 1 00 17 lbs boneless codfish 1 00 4 sacks good grade family flour 5 00 4 sacks best Minnesota flour 5 80 Scans California apricots 1 00 5 lbs tea (iu all varieties) 1 00 3 lbs 50c tea (all varieties) 1 00 8 lbs best California prunes 1 00 15 lbs good raisins 1 00 3 lbs Bio coffee. ,. 50 7 lbs roasted coffee (fresh ground) 1 00 4 lbs chewing tobacco 1 00 4 lbs "Weyman's tobacco 1 00 8 lbs white clover honey (strained).... 1 00 50 bars family soap.i 1 00 "Weigh yourgoods family scales 1 95 30 bars soap (5 cents size) 1 00 8 lbs dessicated cocoanut 1 00 35 lbs rolled oats 1 00 6 cans concentrated lye. 25 10-lbkit lake herring." 49 6-foot step ladder, complete 98 1 clothes horse (4 wings, 6 feet). ...... 85 Sugar-cured hams, per pound $ 2-lb can best baking powder in United States for 20 1 box mold tobie 69 1 lb good smoking tobacco 17 Goods delivered to all parts of two cities. To parties living out of tfie city will prepay freight on all orders of $10 and upward. Send for price list before ordering. Jas. J. "Weldon, No. 201 Market street, corner Second ave nue, Pittsburg. The Kranlch Bach Pianos are the most durably constructed, no matter what rival dealers say to the con trary. An examination will convince any one of this fact. LECHNEB & SCHOENBERCEB, wsu 69 Jfilth avenue. Gents' Gold Watches In the largest variety and at most . reason able prices at Aug. Loch's, 145 Federal street, "Allegheny's grand jewelry store." Kead.the article about this splendid estab lishment, which is in these columns to-day. Thornton Bros., Allegheny. It cost a firm recently in one of these cities over f 500 to advertise a 27 inch all wool cheviot serge, in gray and brown mixed, at 29c; 60,000 people will read this local, which costs us a trifle; you get the benefit in the way of price, 23c, at the Cash Store. Bring samples for comparison. Please Take Notice. On and after Monday, December 7, our piano and organ warerooms will x be open till 9 o'clock in the evening until after the holidays. Lechneb & Schoenbebger, wsu 69 Fifth avenue. Mb. Dabbs made some splendid photo graphs of "William H. Crane who was at the Duquesne Theater the past week. The latest invention, "Chemical Dia monds." "What are they? Fub rugs, robes and gloves. Smiley & Co., 28 Fifth avenue. ALLEGHENY'S 80UTHERN CALIFORNIA. Tourists Going Via the Penna. Lines to That ' Delightful Section. Last week a delightful tourists' party started for Southern California over the Pennsylvania lines.. The party included Mrs. Judge Hice and daughter, of Beaver, Pa.; Senator Agnew and his nieces, the Misses Foster. District Passenger Agent Moody, of the Pennsylvania Company, yes terday stated that there are many inquiries coming to him from persons intending to visit California this winter. In fact, so numerous are these inquiries that it is cer tain that quite a number of people of Pitts burg and vicinity will start West after the holidays, their destinations being generally Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco. Among them arc a number of ladies, who will be especially cared lor by the com pany's agents. Mr. Moody stated that ladies who must necessarily travel alone will be provided by the Pennsylvania Company with letters of introduction to the company's agents at term inal points en route, which insures them assistance in the transfer of basgage, the securing of information as to hotels, etc, and gives perfect 'safety and security. The company is in- daily receipt of letters of thanks from ladies who have been travel ing via the Pennsylvania lines, congratulat ing them upon the admirable success of this system in adding to, the comfort of passen gers. Among the larger parties going East and "West this week over that company's lines are "W. H. Crane', 18 people to Buffalo; Eobert Mantell, 17 people, to Philadelphia; the Howard Specialty Company, 25 people, to Indianapolis; the Sothern Company, 16 people, to arrive from Philadelphia; Eight Bells, 26 people, from New York, and 'She nandoah, 25 people, from Philadelphia. A HOLIDAY BARGAIN! Fine Upright Piano, S250. An excellent 7-octave upright piano, first olass in every respect, of full iron frame, handsome case and splendid tone, fully warranted for six years, only $250, in cluding plush cover and stool. A splendid bargain at 1 the music store of J. M. Hoff mann & Co., 537 Smithfield street Tusu "We pack, haul, store, ship, alter, repair, refinish and reupholster furniture. Haugii & Keexan, 33 "Water street "WTSU Go to Denver on the fast vestibuled express of the Union Pacific and partake of the elegant meals served in the Pullman dining car running on this train. Music cabinets, parlor cabinets, fancy and plain rockers, the nicest assortment in the city. Michigan FuBNirrrBE Co., 437 Smithfield'street Stylish Saltings. For a good-fitting dress, business suit or overcoat at moderate prices goto Pitcairn's, 434 "Wood street Tysu What the Roman Senators wore or what they paid for what they wore is scarcely worth talking about at this late day. They may have gone to thecoliseum arrayed in purple and fine linens, but they would have looked a good deal better in one of Jacksons' Home-made Suits, and they would have saved money at that Our $10, $12 and $15 Suits are fit for our modern Senators, and you'd look every inch a Sen ator arrayed in one of them. The nobby Overcoat in the above cut is but a poor illus tration of the handsome line of fine overcoats we are show ing. Special attention is called to our own make. Black, Blue, Drab and Bottle Green Melton Overcoats at $10, $12, $15 and $18. Standing room only in our Merchant Tailoring Depart ment First-class workman ship, perfect fit and lowest popular prices 'act the mag net A thousand and one styles of piece cloth for making to orden Competent cutters and first-class tailoring at the very lowest prices. , We guarantee to keep in re pair any Snit or Overcoat ready made or made to order free of charge for one year. A.O. 1891. A.D. FROM T0GAT0T0GS IS Clothi&rs, Tailors, Hatters and Furnishers, 954 AND 956 LIBERTY ST. STAR CORNER. , de8-o7-TTMn NEW ADVEBTISE3MNTSU A . . I POPULAR PRICED TAILORING. WliriRF 427 WOOD Our business opened up on Thursdaywith a rush, and we have been rushed with work ever since. It is not to be wondered at, either, as the public is bound to see the big values we are offering for little money. If you are thinking of ordering anything in our line give us a call. See our $16 Black Cheviot Suits made to order. See our $16 Chinchilla Overcoats (all colors) made to order. See our $18 Clay Worsted Suits Call colors) made to order. See our $18 Melton and Kersey Overcoats made to order. See our thousand styles of Pantaloons from $4 up made to order. WILDBERG. STE 427 WOOD Second door from Diamond St. Houses Can Be Rented or Sold as Fast as Built AT KENSINGTON. A large and paying business can be made in building dwellings or business houses in this new city either to rent or sell. Best tenants and buyers are ready to take them as soon as finished. The steady growth in. population has overcrowded the 300 houses already erected, making a demand for as many more. Free Tickets tarnished to KENSINGTON And return. Salesmen always on the ground. For further information apply at office of The Burrell Improvement Co., EOOMS 30, 32 AND 34, So. 06 FOURTH AVE., -FJ.XXSliU.Klj, "A. Old Santa Claus, after reading Laird's Slipper ad, decides with hi3 good wife to patronize LAIRD for his entire supply of Holiday Shoes and Slippers. SURPRISING -OP- HOLIDAY -AT- SPECIAL BARGAIN PRICES, ELEGANT PLUSH EMBROIDERED SLIPPERS, Pink, Blue, Old Gold, Bronze, Red, Black, etc.r at $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, $2 and S2.50. GENUINE ALLIGATOR SLIPPERS at $1.50, $2 and 2.50. FINE PATENT LEATHER, DONGOLA or GOAT SLIPPERS 1.25, 1.50 and $2. ' CHOICE EMBROIDERED SLIPPERS at 59c, 75c, 89c, ft and 1.25. Every desirable combination. . Don't fail to see LAIRD before you buy. All warranted. Privilego to exchange or money refunded. LAIRD'S SHOE STORES, . 406, 408, 410 MARKET ST. AND 433 WOOD ST. Wholesale Store i:; stern & CO STREET. STREET, deM de5-K DISPLAY UPPERS 515 Wood St. nN&uU., dtf-SCWTMt 1 -i I I I 'i .1 .3 m - !
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