jr THE PITTSBtrKGr DISPATCH, MONDAY DECEMBER 7, 189L . STEEL FOR THE NAYY. Secretary Tracy Delighted With the Oarncsjie Harveycd Jfetal. THE BEST ABJIOK IN TJ1E WORLD. Ferlons Pelay rrevented bv Contracting With the local Firm. COMMENTS OX THE CHILEAN AFFAIR "Washington-. Dec 6. Secretary of the .Xavy Trac lias liis report ready for the President It embraces a number of im portant topics the Chilean matter cover ing a number of pages and 'be armor tests net bein; at all slighted. Besides, the information relating to the building of the ncn na is voluminous Secretary Tracy prepay his report with no introduction, lie merely ays, "To the President," and at once goes into the details of the construc tion ot the new cmiserv and other esels. He says During t'ie pil 3 ear four new veeN liave been plic-d m commission, making a total number f 13 since March 1, 1S9 as fol lows Clucaso, lorktonn. Petrel, Chmles ton, Biltimore, CuMiins, e-uvius, I'lnladel pl.Li. ati Fi uicisco Neviaik Concord Ben nington, and Miantoiiomoh There are22 ve cU remaining undercon-ti.irtioii,and iuti Jactorj iii-oiC"1. i- reported on all The delajs in the deliei;i of armor may caue the date of fin il completion ot the 12 armored rebels in the lit to be somewhat later than v as contempt ited when the con tract" were dra mi; but with the increased soul ces or supplj of armor plate now avail able it i pi oh ibie that this delay will bo short, and it will be much more than com pen-ated lor l) thesupcnoi qniliti of the sinror whic'i ha been flex eloped duiing the Jxi't vear The 'Mouientous Question of Armor. B far the mot momentous question which the Dep.ii tment had had to consider in connection with the conduction of the new na j is tl'it of armor First, to secure n Mipplv of Amei ican uiinninctnic, and sec ondlj. to determine what kind of armor should by adopted, hiving reference both to it com osirion ind node of tieitment. The more this ub)cct i st idie1 the more le marknble .ijinc-u- the foresight and judg ment with w Inch the first contract of 18S7 -n isellectert, and the creation nnred of the unequaled pliivt now in tlie lust staees of completion at 'oiuli Bethlehem Tl it difficulties and delajs should attend nwoiko: such masnituile is nnioidablft, and the establishment of armor manufacture i.i the I mted states lias been nociception to the rule The report of last j cat des cribed the ur.satisfactorv condition at that tin e, ot tne v oik under the Bethlehem con tract, and the effoits that had been made by the Department to hasten it Iu Men of the delas incident to the worh. under the Bethlehem con tract, "he Department, in tne sum- niti of ItSO endca ored to secure a second source ol snppH andon ocmber20ofthat jearenteit-i into a ocnf-ict with 3Iers Cirnecie Phipps A Co fo- 3,3X tons of ar mor plate-a the san e price as that stiou Iituil m tin. Bethliliem contiact. The time Hied lor delnenes to bcc;iii Julj 1, 1891, spen months jinn the date ot the contract, va-too short toen ible the comp.in to com plete the ieces irv extension of its plant. Adanta;os or the Carnegie Contract. The work his how cer, beer wsoiouslv pushed, and 150 tons of nickel steel armor foi the ilontercj h ive been trrned out, and are now onlj awaiting the required ballistic tests prior to ncceptrnce. If this contract bad not been m ide it i safe to ay that the completion of manyo' the armored ships now under coi.struetion would havo been postponed for an indefinite period. The balance ot thearmbr not included in either contract, e.tim ited at between 4 003and5,000 t"i. w ill be opci ed to competition. The conti-ict t ith Messrs Carnejrie. 1'hipps &o proxided fur i.tilirincr nickel in eon liectiou with steel m tlio inanuf icture of i nnor. ejioti itions ha alsifliecn entered into with .i lew of -nu-titntinsiiickLl-stccl in nine of all -tori armor for the vessels in cluded in the Beihlelum contract, t'ndcr flic niipiopuaticni trade last car tlie De partment lias puiclit-ed 4 V.0 tons of niektl luitie com ilinu about :M tons of nickel, forth!-nu.po-- Tlic-nnnH ofannorofdomestic manufact ure 1n in,; Ixeu immdcd for. it remained for the depirtment to determine linillv the mitcriil and tin method ot treatment that mould lie adopted ltcsults of Cmnpetitie Tetts. The evpenments made last year at Ann apolis described in the annual report for IbJO, consisted of a test of the two principal ToreiRii types of armor, the Knqlisu com Itouiid plate and the French all steel plate, aid an cntirelj new plate, also nnde in France upon the special order of the depart ment, of nickel-steel The resultof the trial showed that the compound plate was de cidcdlj lnlenoi and that as between nickel Mcel.i'nd all steel the former had distinct mid po-itu e Hdv.inlises the all steel plate lieinjr biokcn into torn pieces while the nickel pi ite remained absolutely uncracked. i m ries oi tests maue uunng tne ionow liier the s)nnn and summer confirmed the conclusions foimedat the Annapolis trial os to the superiority of nickel-steel, and the Hepirtment according decided to adopt it, and made ananccments with the con-is-ictors looking to that end. It reniiined, liowccr, tociea tiioiouh tnal to the lirst sinnoroi domestic mauulactuie before be riiinliiK to place it upon the vessels, and for Tills purpose it was decided to order typical p ares, w hull should be made the subject of aiicxticriiiii.nt.il ttst This trial watoas crtaiu two points fust, whether our do li c-stic maiiuiactmcrs could produce an armor tint would stand competition w ith the iiat n il manufactured abroid: and, -c4Hind which of the various modes of treat ment st, sted w ould n c the best results 1, nfiici.ee to the litter point the qnes twnsto lie c nsideied wore the lclatne merits o' rollinc ind rorging in the manu Ia4uit md the fleet of anew method of treatment n imed, from its inventor, the iliu-vcv process designed to lnrden the suf fice or 1 1 eplite while retaining the tough ness of its bodj J-aticrclor Trills at Indian Head. Of the sit plites ti led three were furnished liv the Bethlehem lion Conipanj- and three l Carnegie, riupps Co. in these trials nhii li took place it Indian Held on Octo licr 31 and No ember 14 the plates were sub jected to teels moie severe than hadcter been ajiplied at anj forenrn government tj-tois l'ou i shots were Jircd at each plate fixnna six men pun w ith an impact a clocity ot 2f),j leet. per second and an encrgv of 2.9ss toot ton. usme the JIoltzernroinet'lB of 160 pounds One shot was then tired at the center of cieh plate from an eisht inch pun with an imp let eiiers of 4,)sS foot font, Wsmj Fn mm and Carpentet pnyectile' of 2Wand 2o0 pounds weight respectively. The iates wie placed not mal to tlie line of lire. Tuc n suits of the trial were in the highest -jrrec itisfactor Each of tlie six plates i.inm.tncnii-ed in this eonntr was superior tothe Ilnzlisii lompuund plate, while the nwkel Ha it cd nine md tlie hiRlicaihou n.'-ke! plate weie supenor to all the foreign plates .i the Annapolis trial They may inert fore lie nronounced inadanco of the ! st armor hitherto nianufictuied in Ku 'one rurther liht wis thrown upon the ques tion of theielitne mciitsof all-steel and i icl.1 -steel artaiir, a.id an doubt which a. liaio reinauitdupon thatsubject was 1ii.hI! set at rest Of the three plates mude ' Bethlehem two ,eieof nickel stoel, one ifatetl l) the IIirev pi-ocess, the other i t, aim I he third was ot all steel, Harvejed. iwiL tlie nitkci plitcrs pro ed to be far sn m i ,i- to the all steel llarvej ed plate, not i liMamliiithi itanlanes which it may li dned fiom the special treatment: ami uoth prox d supenor to the French all col plate tiled at Annapolis Melcle i'late Superior to AH Steel. tlmd nickel plite, manufactured by tauiegie, under the rolling process, also iovdn n uked superionty over the all-fccs-i ui ii of liis -. eir, and both it and the coin spondnig Bethlehem plate mauufac iwred indii the h inn lcrsliowed a capacity ot reMstanceto peitorniioii itilLj lOp.rcent gi-eatir tn in ihit of the French a 1-steel jildte In this respect the icsults furnished Vy the two Amcucau plates manufactured ly the Uiffei-eiit pi-oeesses (forging and rolling) proed to be lemaikably unlfonn, llj-iach slui's that were filed at them dif-fetin- iu penetration but an in ippreciablo limoun Tlie trial thus definitely establishes the fact tint aiuioruf excellent quality may bo jji-oduci u Ijj tlie rollini; process, and that 10iK''-gb meansof the h tmniei, thcgieat ? source hftLcrto of expense in mannfact lire, is no longer to be leaided as an abso lute neccs-it The importance of this tact can bardic be o er estimated, for it raises a probauiPtj tnat within a year or two the nraioi piodueina cipacity of the United butes may be quadiupled in case of neces sity, and that if wo had 10 000 torn to let and could gic IS months Irom date of contract to commence delivery, the cost of lnmu facture would bo reduced from 25 to 33 per cent, w hile the work hitherto coallned to two Arms would bo thrown open to a largo number of con petitors. Finally, the trial shows that the high car bon nickel Hirvev ed plate Is undoubtedly the best armor plato e er subjected to bal listic test. It may bo assumed that tlio principle of Buper-carburi7ing steel to a considerable depth Ins pissed beyond the experimental stage. The question of tempering or chill ing the caiburlzednrmor plat needs, how ever, further evpetimcntal development, and the lick of unifonnitv in results indi cated in the Indian Head armor trials, may prob iblt be asciibod to this want of experi ence. The assurance of success bowc er, is pogreitas to warrant the department In mikirg furthcrexperimentin this direction, witli eerj-reison for anticipating a com pletely satisfactory result. The Itata and Valparaiso Affairs. Thepoitionof the report devoted to ord nance is not cxtensix e. and that nart given up to powder and high explosives has been covered in the report ot Commodore Folger, already published In armor-piercing pro jectiles no progress is reported. More ad ince is reported in torpedoes. Tlio correspondence on the Itata affair and the attack on American sailors at Val paraiso his all been given to the press Sec retin Tracj 's comments thereon are as fol lows: It therefore appeirs tint neither in the affair of the Ititn. whose surrender was vol nntaiilv determined on bv the provisional Government at Iquiquc, norin the presence of the Baltimore when the agents of an American cubic company spliced their cables on the ODen sea, nor in the visit or Admiral Brown to Onlnteros Bav was there anv around o' ofTcnso given by the navy of the United States to anv person, party, or Government then existing in Chile, noi was any assistance or encouragement of any kind rendered to what was at that time rec ognized b3 all the world as in fact the Gov ernment or the country. Yet It Is impossible to ac-ount for the series of ontrases perpe tiatedou the crew of the Baltimore on an other supposition than that those who con certed them were influenced, by the calum nies which had been nctn ely circulated, and tint thev were aided and abetted bva police gu ird which should ha e suDpressed them. o charge oi een suspicion of misconduct attaches to the men who, on the night ot the 10th of October, endeavoring without weapons to defend thenr-ehes agilnst an armed attack, weie driven by the police to a Chilean prison because they wore the uni- lorm oi American sailors. Xeeds and Cost of the iavy. Recommendations arc made as to pro motions in the navy, and an increase of apprentices fiom 750 to 15C0, also, the im portance of a trained militia for the navy. Tl o general estimates for the suppoitof the navy, including public works and the marine corps, which were sent in last year, showed a reduction, as stited in the report of that ear, ot over $1,000,000 below the estim ites of the prewous car. The estl mites for the same purpose herewith trans mitted show n lurther reduction of $241,053 below the estimates of last j ear, and a re duction of $5 SCO iiS below the appropriations for the current j car. THE DOINGS OF A DAY. WHAT THE WORLD IV AS Br TO ON A SCNNV SATDKDAr. . Tlie Sunday Dispatch Tells All the News of the Two Cities, or the Three States, of the Whole Conntry and of Ijii.ds ISeyond the Sea. If vestcrday's Dispatch contained nothing hut Mark Ti aln's second letter from Europe it would be worth manj times Its price. Be sides this letter, theothei literary and news departments were up to the usual high standard. The following is a brief resume of tho leading news features- I-ocal. Dr. Winsloar hag nnalyzed Allegheny's water supply and found it to bo vile.. . .Cam piign cleiksSped the Stralghtout organiza tion for compensation due them. ...Ma or VTj man will not be a candidate for delegate to the National Republican Convention.... Theo'lore Doerflingcr, the alleged embez zler, has been made librarian of the county jail Allegheny is still searching for a poor farm site.. The holiday trade season opens with a boom. ...Dr. C. C. Wiley, the in finity expeit, received an anony mous letter of warning ..Senator Ku tan denies that Mic his a running mate in tho legislatit e race ...An ordinance to regulate tho Mayors actions will be m tiodueed into Allegheny Councils ... Chauncev M. Depew and other Vandeibilt ofhcials were in town. ...Italians who can't endure Pittsburg's climato are flocking back to their native country... The Duquesne line will probablv inn all-night cars Harry Davis, a porter in the Central Hotel, had his throat cut by his roommate and may die Mayor Gonrley signed the TVest End railway ordinance. General. Democratic Congressmen took 17 futile ballots for Speaker . The Republicans re nominated Tom Reed .. Russell Sage lias nearly recovered from his wounds. ...Ex Governor Beaver's iron and nail mill at Bellefonte has temporarily closed down A poll demonstrates that a free coinage bill cannot becomd a law during this Congress ional session ...Philadelphia surgeons are endeavoring to l cclann a 3-year-old idiot by splitting his skull and enlarging his cranium Thewoik ol the coming Catholic Con gress is outlined. ...The Mayor of Columbus has ordered all gambling houses in that city to close Timothy E. Byrnes, a prominent politician of Minneapolis has been in dicted for forgery Tho South Caro lina lower House pissed a prohibition law... Secretary Proctor has left tho War Department Carnegie's workmen at Brad dock object to woiking 12 hours for eight hours' pay. . The state of Mrs. Cleveland's health mav precnt the ex-President fiom accepting a rcnominatton Chicago Is m ik ing active prepirations for the funeral of Colonel Taylor, the onginitor or tho green back idea ...A New York girl asked a po liceman the way to tho river, w here she could drown herself Collector Warmcas- tlr's friends at Washington are feeling ap prehensive . i,oernor-elcct Flower's plu ralltj is officiallj asccitaincd to he 47,938 Foreign. Emperor William's despotic speech to the recruits at Potsd im is still exciting Gei man ire.. .The Evangelistic Sj nod at Berlin pro tested agaiust the Kaiser's rescript on im morality.. .The new treaties of commerce will be submitted to the German Reichstag to-day The Czar has appointed a Central Famine Committee. ...The state of Glad stone's health Is disturbing the Lnglish Liberals Welsh tin-plate workers are in censed against the proposed shut-down Mrs. Langtry is too ill to appear on tho stage.. ..Italian brewers tureiten to close down.... British manufacturers are com plaining because tho Royal Commission charges for space at the British section or the World's han .. The English Mohamme dan community at Li erpool is growing.... The next lnglish divorce scandal will in volve titcatric.il personages... .AH is quiet in Rio Grande dobul. , "Wiixke there are children, there should Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup be always handy. 2o cents ifaet NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS. "Vanilla Of perfect purity. Lemon -I Of great strength. Almond -I Economy,ntheIruse Rose etcyl FJavor as delicately and dellciously as the fresh fruit' lyiu-wwxu i DELICIOUS Flaforiini JUT IN TIME FOIl CHR1STMA!9 llUV EltS. A Shipment or Oar Celebrated Donrermllne Table Linens. Cloth and napkins to match, put op in handsome boxes. These popular goods loot better after each washinc. Choke new patterns and at popular prices in linen department. Jos. HoiHfKsVs Co., 607-621 Pcnn Avenue. Fun rngs, robes and gloves. SMIX.EY & Co., 28 Fifth avenue. DIED. BERLIPr On Sunday, December 6, 1801, at 4 45 r. M . Gfokoe L. BEBtirP, or pneu monia, at his residence, 1902 Josenhine fcreer, Southside, aged 30 years, 8 months and 24 days. Funernl TuEsntv, December 8, at 2 r. M. Friends of tho family are respectfully in vited BLACK On Snndiy. December 6, 1801. at 6 a. m . Mrs. Jam. Black, mother or William Black, aged 75 j ears. Funeral from the residence of her son, William Black, No. 21 Overhill street, Pitts burg, Pa , on Tuesday, at 10 a. m. BOYLE In tills city Javes Botle, on December 5, at 11 a. m., Brownsville avenue, acd 80 years. BROOK On Snndav, December 6. I8DL, at 2 30 r. v . Jane Woolet, wife of Mark Brook, in her 43J j ear. Funeral services at tho lato residence. No. lOTecumseh street, Hazelwood, on Tins. dav, the 8th inst , at 1 30 p. it. Friends of the family are rospectfull invited to at tend. 2 DECKER At San Jose, Cal.. on Saturday morning, December 5, lS91,atl0 30, Hamiltoh Craio, eldest chlldof George E. and Margaret Craig Decker, aged 7 years and 7 months. 2 DUG AN On Sundav, December C, 1891, at 7 30 p. M., Maggie, wife of Peter Dugan, in her 32d year. Notice of funernl hereafter. FENDERICH On Sundav. December G. 1891, at 11-25 a. v.reMsiK jr daughter of Charles R. and Mary Fenderich,aged 11 years. Funeral services at tho family residence, 163 Irwin avenue, Allegheny, on Tuesday, December 8, 1891, at 2 r. si. Interment pri vate 2 FITZGERALD At the family residence, No. 6212 Bond street. East End, on Sundav, December C, 1891, at 12 33 P. M, Mrs Mar gabet Fitzgerald, w idow of the late Thomas Fitzge-ald, in her 72d year. Notice of funeral later. FRAZIER On Satnrdiv, December 5, 1S9L at 2 a. m Haxce M. Fraziek, aged 47 years GOEWEY Suddenly, at Decatur, 111, E. W., son of A. B Goew ey. Funeral from the residence of his father, Frankstown avenue. East End, on Moi.nor, at 4 p. ii. Friends of the family are lespect fully invited to attend. KAUFFELD On Sundnv, DecembcrO, 1S91, at 0 55 A. m.. Olivettf Elida, daughter of Alex C. and Chi istina Kauffeld, agea 2 years, 4 months and b daj s. Funeral from parents' residence, No. 32 Mlltenberger street, city, on Tuesday, De cember 8, at 2 p. M. Interment private. 2 LAUGHLIN In New York, at 21 o'clock, on taturdaj' morning, Deccmbei 5, 1S91, of pneumonia, Isabel Bowman Lacoiilin, wife of Mijoi George M Lauhltn and daughter of Hon. William MclCennan, of Washington, Pa. Funeral services at the family residence. Slui-ray Hill avenue, this city, Mosday aptioVsoov at 2 30 o'clock. Interment nii vate. 2 LENZ On Saturday, December 5, 1891, it 3 30 a. m , Albert, son of Peter and Anna B. Lenz, aged 7 -eais 5 months and lOdajs. Funeral from his parents' residence. No 39 Main street, Allegheny City, on Monday, Docember 7, at 2 p. sr. Friends of tho family are respectfully invited to attend, 2 McCUNE On Sundav. at 6 30 A. St., at tho residence of Mr. Park. No 2"0 Noith avenue, Allegheny, Mauy Muiqaret McCuke, in the 29rh year of her age. Inneral from the residenco of her brother, William James McCune, coiner of Southend and Virginia avenue. Tenth w-nrd, Alle gheny, at 2 p. m , Tuesday, December 8, 189L Friends of the family are respectfully in vited to attend. 2 NIETII On Sundayi December 0, 1S91, at 11 45 c. M., A-A M , wife of J. H. Nieth, in the 40tU jeai of hei age. Notice of funeral hereafter. PATTON On Sund iv, December 6, 1891, at C 55 r. m., Jamks W. P vrro-f, aged 33 3 ears. The funeral will take place fi om his late residence, 5257 Cai negie avenue, on Tuesday, December 8, 1891, at 2 r. 11. Friends of tho family respectfully invited to attend. 2 PENTLAND Suddenly, near Freedom, Pa , on Saturday, December 5, 1891, at 6 30 p. m , Miss CAROLi"iE I PtTLA5D, in her 73d ycai. Funeral from her late residence, near Freedom, Pa. on Mo:DtY, December 7, 1891, at 3 p. M. Train leaving Union station, Pittsburg, at 1-23 r. 51 , central time, will stop at Freedom. SINCLAIR At the family lesidcnce, Mc KeesDort, on Friday, December 4, 1891, at 1130, Mis. Sarah J., widow or tho late Cap tain II. B. Sinclair, in her 73d j ear. Funeral on M 03 day, December 7, 1891, at 2 P. St. 2 A.MIIOM mi:yer, (Successor to Mej ci, Arnold & Co , Llm.,) UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER. Office and residence, 1134 Penn avenue. Telephone connection tin 13-34-mwfsu FLORAL EMBLEMS. ORCHIDS AND ROSES OF RARE BEAUTY. A. M. & J. B. MURDOCH, 610SM2THFIELDST. Telephone 429. de9 92-srwp Premium Flowers. Low Prices. At the Chrvsantlicmnm show we weie awarded five first prizes for supenoi Dec orative Tropical Plants, Elegant Bridal Bouquets, Vases or Chrysanthemums and Exquisite Rosebuds. Get our prices Qual ity unsurpassed. Telephone 239 JOHN R noli mwp 'AND A. MURDOCH, MS Smitbfleld street. T) EPRESENTED IN PITTSBURG IN 1S0L Assets ... $9,071 C96 33. INSURANCE CO. OF NORTH AMERICA. Losses adfustcd and paia by WILLIAM L. JONES, Hi Fourth avenue. jyl'J-101-o Fur v Announcement Extraordinary. An opportunity to secure BAR GAINS in FUR CAPES. We have decided this year to begin our Clearance Sale of FUR GOODS on December 1, instead of waiting until January 1, as has been customary in the past. To this end we have made a Large and Libera! Reduction In the prices all along the line of Fur Capes, and will also offer about 6 to 8 SEAL JACKETS at prices much below the actual value of the goods. About 5 Seal Capes at 50 to $ 65 each, worth from S75 to Sioo. Marten Capes at 35 to 50; a re duction of $s to $& on the prices. BLACK ASTRACHAN CAPES, S15 and $18, that sold at $18 and $22. Now is the buyers' time. HORNE&WARD, 41 Fifth Avenue. v NKW ADVERTISEMENTS PEPI ZAMPA, igggfe The divine diva, says: "During a spell of hoarseness I used tho Soden Mineral Pastilles, and I am pleased to sav that thev hove relieved mo at once. I would not go on the stage without having them with roe." The ,"cennine"musthave Qthe Fiprnature or "EiinerAMendclson Co ," Sole Agents. New Yorky around each box. L o. ..-lEiRasnEiR KEEPING AT IT. That's what we are going to do until every boy in town has had a pair of our IRON KING SCHOOL SHOES. lou never saw such values for the money, and, no matter now wide or how nar row his foot is, we can fit him. Youth's Sizes, $2, Boys', $2.50. $3.00, A Specialty ,' C. A. VERNER, Fifth Ave. and Market St. de4 mwi NECESSITY DEMANDS That you turn your thoughts to WINTER BLANKETS AND COMFORTABLES, FLANNELS AND UNDERWEAR, CLOAKS AND WRAPS, WARM DRESS GOODS. Are you ready to buy the presents? We will show you sensible gifts among this grand stock of ours at close prices. If you wish to snend money where it will do vou most service come and see us. Artlm, Scloiifflyiir & Co., 18 and 70 OHIO ST.t Allegheny, Pa. uct-uTha POSITIVE. Any lady desiring to wear a Kid Button Boot stylish flexible perfect-fitting should invest at s. $2 00! It's as prime a shoe that ordinarily sells at $3 00. Believing isseeing, and you want to see them at de642-XTTh TOOTHPICK UMBRELLA. Something New. J. G.BENNETT & CO del-W cor. Wood St. and Fifth Ave. V IWi&KM&L f si.-w. mmM f&2? I POINT u 430-436 MARKET ST. iHSfl! NEW ADV EKTISBMENTS lit itawk's CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS! OUR entire first floor is devoted to our Tetith Annual Holiday Bazaar of arti cles suitable for home utility and decoration, representing the Car pet, Furniture and Curtain De partments. We have done our best by carefd selection, conven ience of arrangement and large variety, to make Christmas buy ing easy and satisfactory. BULLETIN, NO. 2. FOR A GENTLEMAN: This all-leather, spring edge, easy chair is 18, or with platform rock er is 19. It rep resents a large stock of easy chairs and library furni ture. Our Office Desk. Department offers roll-top desks and rotary chairs as the dal ly nec- One like the cut, full 54 inches long, of excellent construction and finish, is only 25. It certainly combines greater intrinsic value, more ingenious contrivances and more practical every-day helpfulness for the money than anything else in the whole range of furniture. To a busy man shaving is a test of patience and a waste of time. "What can't be cured must be en dured." But with the combined conven iences of any one of our shaving stands we may mitigate the evil. The one of our cut is a combination of shaving stand and chiffoniere. with hat closet and drawers for underclothing and carved "claw" feet. Our price for it in antique oak is 20. Every carpenter needs a tool chest, every physician needs a combination bookcase like the one of the cut above. Besides being a symmetrical and elegant piece of furniture the companion of a lifetime it is invalu able for its manifold uses. It has ten small drawers for bottles and small articles, two large closets and one long drawer for surgical instruments, five book shelves behind two glass doors for a medical library, and, although five feet wide by six feet high and handsomely carved in antique oak, our price is only 68. 0. MMoCa & Co, 33 FIFTH AVE. do7-jrsvT VINCENT & SCOTT, 6023 Penn Ave., have the finest display of Holiday Goods ever shown in the East End FANCY ROCKERS, ONYX TABLES, : EASELS, : LAMP STANDS, BLACKING CASES, Etc. "VIIsT-OEITT -& SCOTT, CARPETS AND UPHOLSTERY, 6023 PENN AVENUE. EAST END. de2Mwr ARTIST AND FIIOTOGBAPHE 16 SIXTH STREET. rt,,ne's.to4per dozen; petltes, W p? dozen. Telephone 1731. pS-78-itWMU "tifttsr ll v ijffitfViY : Jiiiipir essityof ffji made jffjQII eve r y JZ Jn W IP ol home or 1 1 Us -t office use. Estr gliH""l I SB & I es a" NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. WOULD YOU PAY $10 A PAIR For portieres? If you were satisfied they were of sufficiently good quality, liberal size and artistic design and coloring? They are here J15 they should be would be ordinarily, but we bought these in a way that enables us to retail them for the tcost of making. PORTIERES $3 to $45 a pair. LACE CURTAINS, 50c a pair to almosl any price. Lace Curtains, 3 yards long, $1 a pair. An extra wide Curtain, $2 a pair. Irish Pointe Curtains, $3 50, $4, U 5 $S to $37 50 a pair. Our $5 a Pair Irish Pointe Curtains Will fill your eye both in the way of style and quality. There are hundreds of good things in this Drapery Department that will pay you to seek out. LINENS Lunch setts,8-io cloth and a dozen napkins to match, $3 50, $3 75, $4, $4 50 to $25 sett. Dinner setts, cloth and napkins to match, $4 50, 5, $6 to 30 a sett. Fancy squares, tray covers, table runners, tidies, splashers; all sizes, qualities and prices. EIDER DOWN COMFORTS, Figured satine, both sides odorless clear of dust $4 50, $5, $6 50, $8 50 to the silk covered ones at 15, $16, $18, $20 and $25. Full line EIDER-DOWN PIL LOWS ready for covering regular sizes in stock odd sizes to order 65c up. There are some ASTONISHING PRICES IN THE CLOAK ROOM THIS WEEK. For instance, MISSES' NEWMARKETS, With deep capes 14, 16, 18 years $9; worth $15. 60GGS & BUHL, ALLEGHENY. AMERICAN TIN IS A SUBJECT MUCH TALKED ABOUT NOWADAYS. WE'RE AFTER YOUR AMERICAN "TIN," TOO! ' FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY, xWv' vi i MIA, i vg& xf ijfr-N ml .) y c; G-USKY 30t TO 400 MARKET STREET. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Old Santa Claus, after reading Laird's Slipper ad, decides with his good wife to patronize LAIRD for his entire supply of Holiday Shoes and Slippers. SURPRISING DISPLAY holiday Clippers - SPECIAL BARGAIN PRICES. ELEGANT PLUSH EMBROIDERED SLIPPERS, Pink, Blue, Old Gold, Bronze, Red, Black, etc., at Si-25, S1.50, $1.75, $2 and $2.50. GENUINE ALLIGATOR SLIPPERS at S1.50, $2 and 2.50. FINE PATENT LEATHER, DONGOLA or GOAT SLIPPERS at $1.25, $1.50 and $2. CHOICE EMBROIDERED SLIPPERS at 59c, 75c, 89c, $1 and $1.25. Every desirable combination. Don't fail to see LAIRD before you buy. All warranted. Privilege to exchange or money refunded. LAIRD'S SHOE STORES, 406, 408, 410 MARKET ST. AND 433 WOOD ST. Wholesale Store J A THE PEER OF ALL COCOAS. - I Vcm (moiifortb &ocooX defies all honest competition. Economical. Pure. Obtainable of any reliable grocer. ltM. And are going to give you in exchange for a very Htde of it the greatest values in Men's Fine Suits that your money ever bought. HERE'S THE STORY: We've had a rattling suit season, and the rush of business has left us with many lots of the better class of suits some what broken in sizes. We've gone over the whole stock carefully and selected out all such lots, placing them in two separate aisles, where they can be easily got at and examined AISLE NUMBER ONE Will contain several lines which we will offer for the next two days at TEN DOLLARS. AISLE NUMBER TWO Will be filled with several hundred suits on which we have made the special price of FIFTEEN DOLLARS. LIKE THE BOY WHO FELL THROUGH A WINDOW Almost every style of -fabric you can think of is represented. Elegant Sacks, stylish Frocks and Form-fitting Cutaways, most of them made and trimmed equal to custom work. There are in the lot suits that we have sold at $i8, $20, $22 and even $24. We don't pretend that we can fit everybody in every suit But we can fit you in a good many of those we shall show. Your size is there; it will pay you to take a little trouble to find it The early birds will catch the best splits. INVESTIGATE! A.Y - 515 Wood St. de6-Mwrsn It gives us a pane in our head when we think what some of these suits cost But the first loss is the best, and trade has been so good we can afford to be generous. WE WILL BE. 1 4 .4
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