THE SAYIOK'IS BOM. Bis Coming Honors First of All the Dumb Brute Creation. XEXT A TRIBUTE TO CHILDHOOD. How the Field's Were Honored When Angels Proclaimed Peace A DIYI.NE BLESSING OX MOTHERHOOD rSFECTAI, TELEOIt ".M TO TDK DtSrATCII.1 Brooklyn, ". Y., Dec. 27. Dr. Tal mage preached this morning a sermon ap propriate to the Christmas season. His text was Luke 2:10. "And they came with haste, ard found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lyine; in a manj-er." The black window shutters of a December night ere thrown open, and t-oinoof the belt sinpei s of a i orld where theyallsine stood, there, and putting back the drapery of cloud chanted a peace anthem until all the echoes of hill and valley applauded nnd encored the Hallelujah chorus. Come, let ns go into that Christmas "-cone as though wc had never before worshipped at the manger. Here Is a Madonna woith looking at. 1 wonder not that the most frequent name in all lands and in all Christian centuries in Mary. And there are llarys in palaces and 3Iaryp in cabins, and though German and French and Italian and Spanish and Eng lish pronounce it differently they are all namesakes of the one whom vie find on a bed of straw, with her pale face against the soft cheek of Christ on the ni-ht of the Na tivity. All the great painters have tried, on canvas, to present Mary and her child and the incidents of that most famous night of. the -n orld's history. Clod Honors Ills Urate Creation. Behold, in the first place, that on the first night of Christ's lire God honored the brute creation. You cannot get into that Kethle hem barn without going past the camels, the mules, the dogs, tue osen. The bmtes or that stable heard the first cry of tho in fant Lord. Some or the old painters repre sent the oxen nnrt camels kneeling that night before the new-born babe. Anil v. ell lnislit they kneel! Have you ever thought that Christ came among other things to alicvi-ite theuffer-in-s of the brute creation? Was it not ap propriate that ho should, during the first few days and nights of His life on earth, be surrounded by the dumb beasts, whose mov.i and plaint and bellowing have for ares been a prayer to God for the arresting ot their tortures and the righting of their wrong? It did not merely "happen so' that tho unintelligent creatures of God should ha e been that night in close ncizhbarhood. Not a kennel in all the eentuiies, not a bird's nest, not a 'worn-out hone on low path, not a herd freezing in the poorly-built cow -pen, not a freight car in summer time bringing tho beeves to market without water tlnough 1,000 miles or agony, not a Mirgeon's room witnessing tho struggles of fee, or rabbit, or pigeon, or dog. in tho hor rors of vivisection, but has an interest in the fact that Christ wasbotn in a stable, surrounded by brutes. He remembers that night, and the prayer he heard in their piti ful moan, he w ill a"nsw er In the punishment of those w ho maltreat the dumb brutes. The Right of Boasts to I.'.ve. They surely have as much right in this world as we have. In the firbt chapter of Genesis you may see that they were placed on the earth before man was, the fish and fowl created the fifth day. and the quadruped- the morning of the sixth day, and man rot nntil the alternoon of that day. Tho whale, the eagle, the lion, and all the les-ser creature" ot their kind were predecessors of the humaii family. They have the world bv right of possession. Thcj have also paid rent for tho places they occupied What an army of defense nlloAcrthe land are the faithful watch dogs. And who can tell whatthe world owes tothehore. and camel nnd ox: for trans portation' And robin and lark have, by the cantatas ilh - hich they have filled orchard and forest, more than paid for tho few grains they have picked up for their sus tenance. When you abuse any creature of God yon strike its Creator. btandmg then, as I imagine now I do, in that Itetlilehem night w ith an infant Christ on the one tide and the speechless creatures of God on the other, I cry. look out how -.on strike that rowel in the horse's side. Take o2 that embed bit from that bleeding mouth. Keraove that saddle from that raw back. Shoot not lorfuu that bird that is too small for food Forget not to put water into the cage for that canary. Throw out some crumbs to those birds caught too far north in tho winter's inclemency. Arrest that man who is making that one horse draw a load heavy enough for three. Teach Mercy to the Children. In yonr families and in your schools teach the coming generation more mercy than tne present generation has ever shown, and in this marvelous Bible picture of the Nativity, v, hile you point out to them the angel, show them also the camel, and while they hoar the celestial chant, let them also hear the cow's moan. Heboid, also, in this Uible scene, how, on that Christmas night, God honored child hood. Christ might have made his first visit to our world in a cloud, as He will de scend on his next visit in a cloud. In what a chariot of illumined vapor Ho might have i oiled down the -ky, escorted by mounted cavalry, w ith lightning for drawn swordi Knough have all those fathers and mothers on band if they have a child in the house. A throne, a crown, a tceptie, a kingdom un der charge. Be careful how you strike him across the head, jarring the brain. What you say to him will be centennial and mil lennial, and a hundred j ears and a thousand years will not stop the echo and re-echo. God has infinite resources, and He can give presents of gieat value, but when He wants to give the richest possible gift to a house hold He looks around all the worlds and all the universe and then gives a child. The greatest pi eent that God ever gavo our world He gave about lt91 years ago, and lie ga o it on a Christinas night. The Child to Rulo To-Day. And to-day the child is to decide all the great battles, make all the laws, settle all the destinies, and usher in the world's salva tion or destruction. Men, women, nations, all earth and all heaven, behold the child: Is there any velvet as soft as a child's cheek? Is there any sky so bine as a child's eye? Is there any music so sweet as tho child's voice? is there any plume so wavy as a child's hair Notice also that in this Bible night scene God honored science. Who are the three w Ne men kneeling before the Divine Infant? Xot boors, not ignoramuses, but Caspar, Bolthasar and Melchior, men who knew all that was to be known. They were the Isaac New tons and Herschcls and Faradays of their time. There alchemy was tho forerunner 01 our sublime chemistry, their astiology the mothei or our magnificent astronomy. Thcv had studied Mais, studied metals, studied jilivsiology, studied everything. And when 1 see these scientists bowing be fore the beautiful babe, I see tho prophecy or the time when nil the telescopes and microscope-, and all the Leyden jars, and all the electric batteries, and all tho obser vatories, and all the universities shall bow to Jesus It is much that way already. Behold also in that first Christmas night that God honored the fields. Come in, shep herd boys, to Bethlehem and see the child. "No," they -ay, "we are not drcs-ed good enough to come in."' "Ye, you are; come in. ' Miepherd IJoj s the First to See Jesus. Yet they were the first to hear the music of that Christmas night. The first announce ment ofa savior's birth was made to those men in the llc.d. There were wiseacres that night in Bethlehem and Jerusalem suoiing in deep sleep, and there were salaried offi cers or Government, who. hearing of it afterward, may have thought that they ought to hae had the first news of such a Xreftt eeut, some uc dismounting from a switt camel at their door and knocking till, at some sentinel's question, "Who comes theie?"the great ones of the palace might have been told of the celestial arrival, No; the shepherds heard the fir-t two bars of the music, the first in the major kevnnd the lat in the subdued minor: "Glory to God in the highest, nnd on earth peace, good will to mew." Ah, yes; the fields were honored. The old shepherds with plaid and crook hav for the most rjnrt vanished, hut wc have grazing our United .states pasture fields and prairie, about 45,ooj,.o sheep and all their Keepers ought to lollow the shepherds of my text, and all those who toil in fields, all vine dre-sers, all orchard ists, ull husbandmen. Xot only that Christ mas night, but nil up and down the world's history God had been honoring the fields. Xenrlyall the messiabsor icrormand liter ature, and eloquence, and law, and benevo Iuice, have come from the liclds. Washing ton from the fields. Jefferson from the fields. Eminent Statesmen From Farms. The Presidcntal martyrs, Garfield and Lincoln, from the fields. Henry Clay from the fields. Daniel Webster from tho field. Martin Luther from the fields. Before this world is right, tho overflowing populations of our crowded cities will have to take to tho fields. Instead of ten merchants in rivalry as to who shall sell that one apple, we want at least eight of them to go out and raise ap ples. Instead of ten merchants desiring to sell that one bushel of wheat, we want at least eight or them to go out and raise wheat The world wants now more hard hands, more bronzed cheeks, more muscular arms. To tho fields: When tho shephera's crook was that famous night stood against the wall of tho Bethlehem khan.it was a pro phecy of the time when thresher's flail and fanner's plow and woodman's ax: and ox's yoko and sheaf-binder's rake shall surrender to the God who made the country, as man made tho town. Behold, also, that on that Christmas night God honored motherhood. Two angels on their wings might have brought an infant Savior to Bethlehem without Mary's being there at all. 'When tho villagers, on tho morning of December 25, awoke, by divino arrangement, and in some unexplained way, tho Child Jesus might have been found in some comfortable cradle of tho village. But no. no!. Motherhood for all time, was to bo consecrated. Good Motliers of Famous Men. In all ages God has honored good mother hood. John Wesley had a good mother; St. Bernard had a good mother; Samuel Bud gett, a good mother; Doddridge, a good mother; Walter Scott, a good mother; Benja min West, a good mother. In a great audi ence, most of whom were Christians, I asked that all those who had been blessed or Chris tian mothers arise, and almost tho entire as sembly stood np. Don't you seo how im portant it is that all motherhood be conse crated. Why did Titian, the Italian artist, when he sketched the Madonna, make it an Italian face? Why did Kubens, the German artist. in his Madonna, make it a German face? Why did Joshua Beynolds, tho English art ist, in his Madonna, make it an English face? Why did Murillo, the Spanish artist, in his Madonna, make it a Snanish face? I never heard, but I think they took their own mothers as the type of Mary, tho mother of Christ. When you hear some one, in ser mon or oration, speak in the abstract of a good, faithful, honest mother, your eyes fill with tears, while you say to yourself, "That was rav mother." The first word a child utters is apt to be ""Mother." and tho old man, in his dving dream, calls "Mother! mother!" It matters not whether she was brought up in the sur roundings of a city, and in affluent home, and w as dressed nnpropriatelv, with refer ence to the demands of modern life, or whether sho wore the old-time cap, ana great round spectacles, and apron of her own make, and knit ,your socks with her own needles, seated by the broad fire-place, with great log ablaze on a winter night. A Tribute te the World's Madonnas. It matters not how many wrinkles crossed and recrossed her face, or how much her shoulders stooped with the burdens of a long life, if you painted a Madonna, hers would bo tho face. What a gentle hand the had when we were sick, and what a voice to soothe pain, and was there any one who could so fill up a room with perfce, and purity, and light? And what a sad day that was when we came home and she could greet us not, for her lips were forever still. Come back, mother, this ChrKtmas Day, nnd take your old place, and as 10, or 20, or CD years ago. come and open the old Bible as you used to: read and kneel in the same placewhereyouusedtopray.andlookuponus as of old when you wished us a Merry Christ mas or a Happy Xc w Year. But no! That would not be fair to call you back. Yon had troubles enough, and aches, enough, and bereavements enough while you were here Tarry by the throne, mother, till w o join you there: your prayers all answered, and in the eternal homestcad'of our God we shall again keep Christmas jubilee together. But speak from your thrones, all yon glori fied mothers, and say to all these, your sons and daughters, words of love, words of warning, words of cheer. They need your voice for they have traveled far and with many a heart-break since you left them, and you "do well to call from the heights of heaven to tho valleys of earth. Hall, en throned ancestry! We are coming. Keep a place right beside you at the banquet. Plow-footed yearsi More swiftlv run Into the cold of that unEctllng sua. Homesick we are for lliee. Calm land beyond the sea. CRIMES OF BUSINESS MEN. Bishop Fallows Talks ISoldly to a Chicago Assembly. Chicago, Dec. 27. Yesterday was the closing day of the American Institute of Sacred literature at Far-veil Hall., The in terest of the day centered in the address to business men by the Itt Eev. Bishop Sam uel Fallows. He said: "The crimes of business men to-day were begun centuries ago and were among the chief causes that led to the rain of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Their balances were deceitful and their measures false; they gain wealth by defrauding their fellowmen. Tiie same statements can be applied to the great majority of the busi ness men to-day. They sell adulterated food and ease their conscience by thinking .that they did not do the adulterating; they give short weights in coal; they use marks and brands that are calculated to deceive, and sell liquors and beverages that cannot fail to have deleterious effect on the purchasers. "It is bv these methods that the business man of to-day acquires money, and it is by these practices that the whole of business intercourse is made corrupt. It is to abol ish such practices that institutes of this character are organized and maintained. The business man who knowingly sells an article that is not what it is represented to be and then goes to church and prays Sun day will be a long way from heaven when the judgment day arrives. "The business men of Chicago are busy men, and many of them may claim that they have not time to devote to the study otythe magnitude of the evil or to take any steps to stop it. Every man has the time to do this thing if he only has the disposition. Study your Bible lesson each Sabbath, and give a portion of each day to the study of such principles as will tend to elevate the mind If you give one-tenth as much time to such contemplation as yon give to your business affairs you will find that both your self and the world will be bettered. Our work is to elevate the morals of the people, and your aid is indispensable to us." IKSTJBANCE TO GO TIP. Leading Agents Say Kates Are Bound to Be IHgher in America. Boston, Dec. 27. Mr. John C. Paige, one of thd best known insurance agents in this part of the country, says of the pre vailing unsatisfactory condition of the insurance business: "Upward of 40 reputa ble insurance companies' have gone out of business in 1801 because they did not get premiums enough to pay losses and ex penses. Expenses are capable of some re duction, and the necessary steps to bring tli em to a minimum have already been taken. But under the operations of sup ply and demand in .the last five years there has been a small margin of profit for the best managed companies, though none lias been made this year. "Kates in JTcw York, with less companies competing, will probably go up. Kates in Boston have been steadily reduced since a small advance was made in the winter of 1890, while the expense here has always been moderate. The results call for a gen eral advance in fire insurance rates through out the country." Mr. George C Carpenter says: "This has been a hard year for all insurance com panies. It has not been confined to any iiorticular section of the country, but lias icen spread over it all. The losses by fire have been very heavy. A slight increase iu rates will probably come, and united effort will probably be made to havo prop erty owners ha, e a large percentage of their property insured." m Mr. Benjamin B. "Wnittemore, of the -Etna, says that insurance rates have got to the bottom notch and something must be done to increacthe profits of the insurance companies. This is why they are going to be increased. The Belgian Government now asks 20, 000 francs for permission to give hypnotic performances. Doctors may make experi ments in the interest of science, but tiie the atrical practitioner will have to pay high. YESTERDAY'S HOTEL ARRIVAL?. MoxoxbAHELA C. T. Dennis. Buffalo; S. 11. Gnnder, il. M. Fnnston. Hew York;. W. Chal lord, Brownsville; J. B. Eckhart, Philadel phia: II. B. Shields, Glrard; Miss Lizzie Fee Detroit; L. F. Humphrey, Boston: G. C, Hale, Kansas City: E. T. Hitchroan, Canons burg; M. S. Stokes, Philadelphia; 1- A. Dompsoy, Bradford. Duqceske C S. Kogen, Milton; D. X. lon nev, C. II. Brinker, -C. A. Macdonald, Chi cago; J. W. Crawford, Duquesne; T. B. Mur phy, Elizabeth: L. Goldsmith. Cleveland. ATOKnsox M. J. Bergen, Colnmbus: .Miss n. Picise, Xcw York; L. G. Louisson, . A. Brady,-E. Keis. B. F. Mead. G. B. McGahan, J. A. Ashcr, Xew York; W. S. Gans, Phila delphia; C. X. Stark, Greensburg: J. S. Uid inger, A. C. Boyd, Irwin: A. Findlay, II. os harrtt, Chicago; It. T. Lincoln. Boston: H Bissinger. Philadelphia; W. L. Whitney, Boston: X. T. Porterfleld, Hartford; Miss Louise Eissing, Chicago. Sctilosser W. E. Gump, Xew York: M. Eecherer, Chicago: Miss Frankie Raymond, Miss M. lnnler, Miss T. Venn, Miss B. Rod ney, Miss A. Dacre.Dsnlel McCullough, Xew Yrk. , St. Charles F. B. natch. Harry Hotto, A. Golber, Xew York: C M. Wilgus and wire, Xewcomerstown: M. Cowles, Chicago; Slog Flousham, Mrs. W. P. Kelso, Finleyvillo: N. A. Rist, Dawson; Mrs. Lyons, Bedford; J. D. Walsh and ramily, Xew York: H. S. Chap man, Penn; Miss Ida Mulle, Xew York; P. J. Barre, Cleveland. Cektbal T. Constant, Columbus: Henry Koon. Chicago: Bingley Fales, Xew York: C. II. Balton, Irwin: T. P. Burton. Brooklyn; I M. Worden, Omaha; C. Drake, J. Cam mever, Xew York. , . ST. James P. T. Hughes. CharleroJ: Will iam Izell, Fred Laycock, Irwin; Robert Sutton, Blairsvllle; a Douds, Boquet; J. D. Hudie. Chicago; James Johnson, Cincinnati; C. S. Holme and wife, Oil Citv: Miss Lizzie Tel. Detroit; J. .A. Painter, Greensburg; C. H. Knight and wife. Van Wert; T. D. Gross, Clarion; A. H. White. Latrobe. Sevesth Avescb C. E. Wade, Jamestown; Charles Finberg, Philadelphia; W. D. Suezey, Marion: H. W. Moore, West Superior; Miss L. E. Bloom, Denver; W. P. Eckels, Smeth port; H. A Pflstn, Miss Thomas, Carrollton: Mrs. William QutDps, Miss Ida Quipps, Phil adelphia; W. H.Weir, Edw, Dambach, Evans City; 1L L. Henry. Miss Stewart, Xewaik. People Coming nnd Going. J. S.Kidinger, Secretary and Treasurer of the Irwin Gas Company and a stockholder in tho Pool Bank; A a Boyd, another stosk holder, and C. X. Stark, a Greensburg con tractor, put up at the Anderson yesterday. C. H. Bolton, of the Irwin flour mill, reg istered at the Central. It was suspected they were hero in connection with the bank failure, but they denied it. C. C TVaite, President of the Hocking Valley road, and other Columbus railroad men, passed through the city last eveulng bound for Xew Y'ork. Mr. Walte Is inter ested in a law suit which will be tried in the courts of the metropolis to-day. Harry Hotto, one of the members of the old Pittsburg stock company, is registoied at tho St, Cliarles Hotel. He is now playing with Harry Lacy. Mr. Hotto is a clever comedian and takes old man's parts. Judge Mellon returned from Kansas City last evening feeling good over tho knock out he gave the boodlcrs w ho sued him for libel. John H. McAdoo, commercial agent for the Great Northern road, and Mr. Fowler, representing the Union Pacific, went to Xew York last evening. C. E. Leslie, a Chicago music dealer, and nenry B. Shields, a Girard furnace man, arc among the guests at tho Monongahela House. Ex-Senator John M. Greer and Newton Black, of Butler, took dinner at the Seventh Avenue Hotel yesterday. "V. M. Chatland," of Brownsville, was in the city yesterday attending a Masonic meeting. " BUSHES OUT LUNATICS HOUSED. The People of Fontlac, Mich., Talcing Good .Care of the Unfortunates. Poxtiac, Mich., Dec. 27. The situation at the burned Eastern Michigan Insane Asylum is very much improved to-day. The BOO inmates who were left without nro- Wection by the fire have found quarters in neighboring asylum cottages and in houses in this city which citizens have kindly placed at the disposal of the asylum au thorities. A search has revealed but one inmate ' WOBTH A GUINEA A BOX.". 1TT1 .lu .; nmrAc fi( cllrlrfpn bursting1 forth of pent up Tvaters. What a racing torrent of a fever, which might be averted by a regular use of x BEECHAMS Q II I A In keeping: the Blood r IbLO Cool, the liver In good n-orklnr order, and ia preventing SIcU n.njiar.ii. OTn1c Stomach. Inrnntred Dlie.tlon.etc Of all druggists. -5c a pox. new x uri& xin., jy3ririi J. Don't be Humbugged hv the fictitious- j -claims made for Porous Plasters that cure before they are applied. Uso Benson's, a scientific preparation that gives prompt relief and is Indorsed by over 5,003 reputable Physicians and Druggists. Get the Genuine. .. Must Be Closed Out This week to make room for our great JANUARY SALE. All we have left in Lamps, Mirrors, Plagques, Dolls, Books, Albums, Vases, Toilet Sets and'Bric-a-Brac. To close these goods out "this week" we will sell all at ' 33 1-3 Per Cent Less Than our already well-known low prices. We desire to thank all our friends and customers for the increased patronage bestowed upon us during the Holiday Season, wishing our many friends and customers a "Happy New Year." DOUGLAS & MACKIE, 151, 153 and 155 Federal Street, Allegheny, Pa. PRICES CUT FOR From now till Christmas Keech has decided. In order to close out all Holiday goods, to CUT TIIE PBICES EVEN LOWEK THAN BEFORE! Big Drive in Children's Books. Keech iR Relllnsr at 15c each, or 45c for net of three, BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED CIIBISTMAS BOOKS for children. Other dealers chargo fiom 75c to $1 a set! Compare them. Only about 300 sets remain. Great harcalns in EASELS, PICTURES, CLOCKS, LAMI'ssiI-lYIXG STANDS, DRESS- ERS, CUTLERY, CHEVAL MIRRORS, BLACKING CASES, HOUSEHOLD GOODS OF ALL KINDS. KEECH, CASH 823, 925, 927 PENN AVE., OPEN EVENINGS rVcm dictyS&rib &ocoa is specially commended to sufferers from Indigestion, or Weak Stomach. Delicate and Nutritious, pss. missing, a man named Steele, from Detroit, The trustees will begin the. work of re building at once. -The people of this city have furnished to-day a great amount of food, and will continue to do so until the culinary department of the asylum has been re-established. Distress After Eating; Indigestion, Nausea, Sick Headache, Biliousness, Dyspepsia Sour Stomach, Heartburn, etc, Are cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla 3SO OTBCEIt Leatos a Delicate and Lasting Odob Tot alo Sy all Drug and Fancy Goods Dealers or It unable to procure this fvonderftal soap send 23c in stamps and receive a cake by return mall. J AS. S. KIRK & CO., Chicago. SPECIAIr-Shandon BellsWaltz (the popular Society Waltz) sent FREE to anyone sending W three wruDDcrs of Shandon Bells Soap. T KcslilerTs InstallmentHonse, g & SlXth St. 2d Floor, I B MEN'S & BOYS' CLOTHING ON CREDIT, (Beady-Made & to Order. ) Ladies' Cloaks & Jackets Watches & Jewelry, ON INSTALLMENTS. AT Gash Prices-Without Security TERMS: One- third of the amount purchased mest be paid down: the balance in small weekly or monthly payments. Business transacted strictly confidential. Open dally, from 8 A. M. till P. M- Satur days until 11 P. M. BERNARD E. ARONS, Jeweler, Sole Owszr VOLTAIC DIAMONDS, . S Ilfttx Ave. de27 df28-M8 CREDIT - HEAR NINTH STREET. TILL 9 O'CLOCK. de21-Mw 1 ' ' m yrm week I TOlf'O f sell 1,000 Babies' f A Solid Gold Rings Al JL 15c EOH.J) CHRISTMAS BUYERS THE PEOPLE'SSTORE Fifth Avenue, Pittsburg. To-Day Our AiMl All & a, 83, 85, 87 and 89 Fifth Avenue. de27-M fJ977z AETIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER 16 SIXTH STREET. Cabinets, $2 to $4 per dose;,: petites, $1 pet dozen. Telephone 17SI. an8-73-Mwron AMCSEMENTS. THEATRE TO-NIGnT, HARRY LACT ROYAL OF THE KD. Matinees Wednesday, New Year's Day and Saturday. Jan. i The 13 Temptations. de28-13 i TUOUESNE J Pittstmre's Leadinsr Theater. TO-NIGHT, Matinees Wed., Fii. and Sat., The Amer- ( Ol M D A D) ? Ovor 10 icanExtrav-3PDfU People on aganza Co.in ( ) the staRe. David Henderson, Manaser. Tho legiti mate successor of tho Crystal Slipper and the most snperb spectacle onthe stasto. Next week Carroll oouiKoa in "Tho Gossoon, de2&5 ALVIN THEATER Charlos L. DavK...Owner and Manager. To-nich t. New Tear's an d fratnrdar Matinees. y MR. RICHARD MANSFIELD. Monday.Friday eve. and Saturday Matinee, Bean Brmnmel Tuesday evening. Prince Karl. Wednesday evening, A Parisian Ro mance. Thursday eve. and Friday Matineo, Don Juan. Saturday evening, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Next.week A. M. Palmer's Co., in "Ala bama.'' de28-29 Gr"fcO-lDM LJ house. ALL NEW YEAR'S WEEK. Matinees Wednesday, New Year's Day and Sutnrday. DIDnO nC I Cbas. I5ower,MarIe Sailer, DlnUO Ur Frank McNish and a ACCATUCD I groat companr. rtAI ntn. Prices, 13, 25, 50, 75, $1.00. Weduesday Matinee, 25, 50, reserved. Next week Frederick Brvton in "For given." de27-M MESSIAH. BY THE MOZART CLUB, . OLD CITY HALL, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2a Tickets Fifth av. sail on at Metlor 4 Hoene's. 77 deiS PROF. JAMES P. BnOOK'S (Member or the American Society of Profes sors of Dancing, New Y'ork.) DANCING ACADEMY, Liberty av. and Sixth St. Second term for misses and masters 'will begin Saturday, January 2, at 3 o'clock r. w. For ladies and gentlemen, Monday, January 4, at 8 o'clock p. x. Call for circular at music stores. de27-61 HARRY WILLIAMS' ACADEMY Td-Night, Matinees Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Holiday Matinee New Year's Day. SAM DEVERE'S OWN COM&ANY. t)e27-3 Coin January Clearance ale Omiralelfl Reic ions Departments CAMPBELL m ART. Blest with each grace of nature and of art. Pope. , "- The suit that is not cut right ought to be cut to pieces. It makes all the dif ference in- the world who handles the blades that go through the cloth. If you cannot say of a suit that it is artistically cut, the less you say about it the better. Mr. I. Jackson personally attends to the cutting department, and he knows how the shears are handled. That is one of the reasons why our HOME MADE SUITS are so supe rior to others and defy criti cism; in the making of our suits it is needless to again call your attention to the fact that every garment is made by our own tailors with the greatest of care, with but one object in view, and that is "entire satisfaction." OUR SPECIAL REDUCTIONS Will enable you to procure the grandest values you can imagine. Special mentions our home-made Cheviot Suits at $12 and $15; our hand somely bound Clay Worsteds at $14, $15, $16 and $18. The open winter leaves us with .rather a large quantity of medium and heavy Over coats, and before stock-taking (January 1, 1892,) we must and will sell out if a low price will do it. Sweeping reduc tions, especially in Chinchilla and Vicuna, reduces to $io, $12, $15 and $18. Don't miss this rare chance. You can positively secure a bar gain at Clothiers, Tailors, Hatters and Furnishers, andX 956 LIBERTY STREET. tax? CorneV, 954 do27-33-jtwj,su GIVE YOUR BOYS A USEFUL PRESENT. Press and Outfits $1.75,2.50,5.00 7.50, 10.00, 21.00 to 31.00. Send Ec (or Catalogue VY.A. BUNTING BO Btlx AT7-Q. PITTSBURGH, PA. KA1LKOADS. PITTSBURG AND LAKE )JItIE RAILROAD Company;, bcbedulc in effect November 15, JS91, Central time. F. L. K. R. R.-Depart-Kor Cleveland. 8:00. m., l:So, 4:33, 1:Up.in. For Ciaclnnntl. ciilcsKoand St. Louis, 1:50, 9:4I p.m. For Buffalo. 8:00 a. m.. 4:30. 8:45p.m. For Salamanca, 8:0-. m.. "1:50, tt p. m. Foi YoungStown and Htvr Castle, 8:00, 80. 9:55 a. m., 10. M:20, 0: p. m. For Beaver Kall. 8:00. 7:00. '8:00. 0:45 a. m., '1:30. 3:30. . 5:20, '8:45 p. in. For Chartlers. 15:30, :3i. 6:00. 14:55. 7:00, 7:35, W. 8:55. "9:10, 9:55. 111:45 p. m.. 12:10. 1:30. 1:55. 3:30. 3:45. 14:20. '4:25, 5:10, 5:20, '8:00, 19:45, 10:30 p. m. Akmve From Cleveland. 6t1C a. m., 12i30, 6:15, 7.30 p. m. From Cincinnati, Chicago M St. Louis, C:d0 a.m.. '12:30. 7:30p. m. From Buffalo, B:?0 a. m., 12:30, 9:30 p..m. From Sals, manca, 6:30, '10:00 a. m., 7M p. m. Ficra Younffstowii and Newcastle. 6:30, 10:00 a. m., 12!J. 5:1.1, 7:T0. 9:30 n. m. .From Beaver Falls, 1.-J0. 8:15. 7:2U, 10.09 o. m 12:30, 1:20. i:U. 7:30, 9:30 p. in. 1'.. ". i. Y. trains for Mansfield, 7:35 a. m., 12:10. 3:45 p. in. For Esplon and Beechinont, 7:35 a. m., 3:45 p. m. P.. C. & Y, trains from Mansfield. 7:05. 11:59 a, ni.. 3:35 p. in. From Berchmont, 7:05, Hs59 a. m. 1'., McK, Jfc Y. K. It. DKrAKT For New Haren, 'svO, 3 p. m. For AV'est Newton. '8:20, 3.:f0t 5:25 p. in. Arnii VE-Frora New Haven, w9:n a. ra., UM p. m. From West Newton, 6:15, 9;C0 a. m. '4:01 p. ra. For McKeesport, Elizabeth, Mononpahela Citv and Belle Vernnu, 6:45, 11 05 a. m., 4:00 p. m. From Belle Vernon, Mouoiifrahela Cltr, Eliza, beth and ilcKi'enport, 1:40 a. in.. 1:20, '5:05 p. m. Dallv. ISundajsonly. Cltr ticket office. 6J9 Smlthflcld it. A LLEGHENY VAI.I.KY, RAILBOAD-ON IS. and after Sunday. Juno, 28. 1891. trains will leave and arrive at Union station. Pltubarf, east ern standard time: Bnllalo express leaves at :3t a. m., 8:45 p. m. (arriving at Buffalo at 5:45 p. m, and ac tnv a. ui., ow p. ra, Ull Cltr and Dullols express Leaves 8:20 sura.. Irion. j.m.,inn East Brad; m.: arrives 1:00. 0:25, 10:00 p.m. East Brady Leaves at 6:53 a. ra. Klttanulng Leaves :0fa. m.. 3:55. 5:30 n. ra. : arrives 8:55, 10:00 a. m.. 5:SJ n. m. Braebnro Leivea4:M.6:lSp.m.;arrive3 1:05 a. m 7:40 p. m. Valley Camp Leaves 10:15 a. m., 12:05. 2:21. 11:30 n.m.: arrives :40 a. m.. 12:3a. 2:15 ". p. n. Hnlton Leaves 8:00, 9:50. p m. : arrives 7:35, u-20 p. m. l"ortv-thIrd street Arrivn 1:1a. A BU-CCV A, 8:20 p. in. Sunday train" Buffalo express Leaves 8:20 a. m., 8:45 p. m.; arrlves7:10 a. ra., 6:25 p. m. Emlentqn Leaves 905 a. m.; arrives 9:15 p.m. Klttanning Leaves 12:40 p. m.; arrives 10:15 p. m. Braebum Leaves 9:50 p. m.t arrives 7:10 p. hi. Pullman parlor buffet car on day trains and irnu man sleeping car on nigh t trains between Plttsoorg andlluffalo. Ticket offices. No. 110 Fifth avcniio ana union station. UAVu aruajsuo, ticnera Buperlntcndent. JAMES P.AMDEE30N, Ua TJiKststAxtnt. AHTI ST1CALLYMADE. GJmJw rpjwk f A GREEN And a Big Stock of Overcoats. Much to our sorrow we are compelled tq chronicle the above two facts. That gre'en Christmas will be an expensive thing for us. It means a loss to us of man thousands of dollars on our stock of overcoats. But we are not the men to cry over spilt milk. If the weather didn't sell overcoats our prices must. Cost or value are now no longer considered. The profits of the whole season will be sacrificed (and more) in the task just undertaken by us, viz: A forced sale of our overcoats. ULSTERS OR STORM OVERCOATS have fared worse than the .lighter garments. We've hardly had any "Ulster weather at all, and the result is visible in our stock. Will these reductions induce you to buy? ULSTERS WORTH $15 AT These are good Chinchilla Ulsters, warm ly lined and well made. They afford com plete protection in blizzards weather. and $13 FINE ULSTERS, WORTH $22, AT These are made of very fine Chinchillas, Friezes and Shetlands, and, if made order, would cost $30. isWho cannot afford to buy KAUFMANNS' Fiffch Ave. and Smitlifield St. RATLEOADS. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Schedule in effect December 2)tli. 1801. Train trill leave Onion Station, Fittsburjj, as follows (Eastern Standard Time): BIAIN IJNK EASTWARD. Pennsylvania Limited of Fnllman Vestibule Cars dally at7:I5a.m arrlvlneat Harrisbpnc at 1:55 p. m.. Philadelphia at 4:45 p.m., New York 7:00 p. m., Baltimore 4:40 p. m.. WashlngtonSAip.m. Keystone Express dally at ISO a.m., arriving at Harrisbnrg 8:25 a.m., Philadelphia 11:25 a.m., Hew York 2:00 p, m. Atlantic Express dally at 3:30 a. m.. arriving at Harrlsbnrg 10:30 a. m., Philadelphia 1:25 p.m.. New York 3:50 p. m Baltimore 1 :l5 p. m., Wash ington 2:20 p. mi Ilarrlsbnrg Accommodation dally, except Sunday, 5:25 a.m.. arriving atllarrlsbunr2:50D. m. Day Express dallv at 8:00 a. m.. arriving at Harrlburg 3:-0 p m.. Philadelphia 8:o0 p m.. Philadelphia 8:50 n m.. Kevr York 9:35 p, lnirton8:15n. m. iianunoreb:up. m., wasn- Mall train Sunday onlv, 8:40 a. m.. arrives Harris- burg 7:00 p. m.. Philadelphia 10:. p. m. Stall Express dally at 1:00 p. ra xpre6s dally at 1:00 p.m.. arrlv arriving at Har- nsDurg iu:ju p. m. re connectlng at llarrisburg with Philadelphia Express. Philadelphia Express daily at 4-30p. ni., arriving at Harrlsburg 1:00 a. m., Philadelphia 4:25 a. ur.. and Mew York 7:10 a. m. Eastern Express at 7:15 p. m. dally. arrivingHar risburg 2:25 a. m., Baltimore 6:20 a. in., Wash ington 730 a. m., Philadelphia 5:25. a. m. and New York 8:00 a. ui. Fast Line dally, at 8:10 p.m.. arriving at Hams burg 3:30 a. m.. Philadelphia 6:50 a. m Xew York 9:30 a. m Baltimore 6:31 in., Washing ton 7:3u a. m. All throngn trains connect at Jersey Citv with boats of "Brooklyn Annex," for Brooklyn. S.Y., avoiding double ferriage and Journey through New York City. Johnstown Accom.. except Sundar, 3:40 p. m. UrtensburgAccom., 11:30 p. m. week-days. 10:30 p. m. Sundays.. Greensburg Express 5:15 p. m.. except Sunday. Deny Express 11:0U a. in., ex cept Sunday. "Wall Accom. 8:25. 6:00, 7:40, 8:35. 8-30, 9:40. 10:30. 11:00a. m., 12:15, 1 :0U, 1:20. 2:30. 3:40. 4:00, 4:30. 5:15. 6:00. 6:45. 7:55, 9:00, 10:20. ll::0 p. m.. 12:10 night, excipt JUondav. Sunday. 8:40. 10:30 a. m.. 12:25, 1-00, 2-30, 4:30, 5:30, 7:20. 9:30, 10:30 p. m. vVllklnsbnrg Accom. 5:25, 6:00. 6:1 6:45. 7:00. 7:25. 7:40.8:10. 8:35, 8:50. 9:40, 10:30,11:00. 11:10a.m.. iz:ui, r:lJ, u.3U. 1:00, 1:20, i:su, 2:w, -:'. "' 3:40, 4:00. 4:10, 4.-2S, 4:3. 4:50: 5:00; 5:15, o:30. 5:45. 8:00. 6:20. 6:43. 7:2a 7:35, 8:25. :00 ?:. 10:20. 11:00. 11:30. and 12:10 night, except Monday. Sundar. 3:30. 8:40. 10:30 a. m.. 12:"5. la 1:30, 2:30. 4:"0, 5:30. 7:20, 9:00. 9:30, 10:30 p. m. Braddock Accom.. 5:25. 6. -00. 6:15. 6:45, 7:00, ,:2.. 714Q. s:ou. a:in. 8:35. 8:50. :w. iu: n.w, iii,w a. m., 12:01. 12:15. 12:30, 1:00, 1:20, 1:30. 2;00, 2:J0. 3:15, 3:40, 4:00, 4:10. 4:25, 4:30, 4:3 . 5:00. Ssl. 5:30. 5:45. 6:10. 6:20, 6:45. 7:20, 7:"5. 8:25. 9:00, 9:45, 10:20, 11:00, ll:3np. m.. and 12:10 night, except Monday, Sunday. S::o, 8.00, 8:40, 10:30 a. m., ' o"JTH-WE.ST 1'F.NN RAILWAY. For Umontown 5:25 and 8:35 a. m., 1:3) and 4:5 1,06 MOXOXGAHELA DIVISION. 12:25,1:00.1:30. 2:3a 4:30. 5:30. 720. 9:00. 9:03X OX AXD AFTER MAY 25tl!. 189?. Tor 3Ionongahel3 City. Vi est Brownsville, and Uniontown 10:40 s. in. or Monongahela City and West Brownsville 7:15 and 10:40 a. m.. and 4:60 p. m. On Sunday. 8.55 a. in. and 1:01 p. m. For Monongahela City o-ily. 1:01 and 5mO p. m. week-days. Dravosburg nccom.. 6:00 a. m. and 3-20 p.. m. week-days. V est Elizabeth accom.. 8:35 a. ni.. 4:15, 6:30 and 11:35 p. m. ouuday, 9:40 P'VkKST PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION. OS AKD AFTIB NOVEMDEB 16th, 1831. From FEDERAL STKEET STATION. Allegheny For Inrlugdnle, week-days, 6:2a 8:23. 8-50. 10:40, 11:50 a. m.,2:25, 4:19, 5:00. 5:40. 6:HH, b:2D, 8:la 10:50 and 11:40 p. m. Sundays. 12:35 and 9-3U p. m. For Butler, week-days, 6:55, 8:30, 10:40 a. ni., 3:15 and 6:10 p.m. For Freeport, week-days, 6:55. 8-50, 10:40 a. m., 3:15. 4:19,5:40. 8:10, 10:JO and 11 :10p.m. Sundays. 12:35 and 9.30 p-m. Fur Apollo, week-days. 10:40 a. m.. and 5:40 p. in. For Paulton and Blairsvllle, week-days, 655 a. m., 3:13 aud ln30 p. rn. Mg-The Excelsior Baggage Express Company will call for and check baggage from hotels ana residences. Time cards and full Information can be obtained at the ticket officer Xo 110 Fifth ave nue, corner Fourth avenue and Try street, and Union Station. CHAS.E.PUGH, J. R. WOOD, General Manager. Gcn'l Paw'r Agent. HAIRHEALTH Ar m and lite to 01, is warranted to Be- new youthful color GMT Hair, (lie only II. HATS' Hill HULTH. Most sati-factory Hair (-rower. ftcZ London Su-mly Co., 53 B'dway, N.Y. Hair book free HATK I1LL COIM. Bnt CGBI far Uru, Baalau, Jtsles. i. Sold by JOS. iXKilliN(i X SO.N's ana drug gist; my24-51-UThi:03u CHRISTMAS COME IN THIS WEEK AND TAKE YOUR CHOICE FOR $8 From our former $ix( $12, $1$ and $14 Men's Overcoats. The line includes Meltons, Kerseys, Beavers, Chinchillas, Cheviots, etc., in all new shades and styles, and $12 $- Will buy your pick from our former $17, $18, $ 19 and 20 Overcoats, consisting of fine Imported Kerseys, Meltons, Fur Beavers, Chinchillas, etc., cut in latest Box and Semi-Box styles, and made and trimmed as good as custom work. even $6 cold an overcoat at above prices ? RAIlIOADa. f From Pittsburgh Union Station. ennsylvania Lines. Trains Bun by Central Time. Aor tin-rest System Fort Wayne Root Dar art for Chicago, points intermediate and beyocd L30a.m.t7J0 ajn., 1Z20 p.m.. 'LOO pjn., 8.45 v. a., 111-30 p.m. Arrive from same points : 1ZQ5 a.m., l.J5 a.m., ti.00 ajn., 635 ajn., 6.00p.m., 6M p.m. Detart forToledo, points intermediate and beyond: 7JOa.m.,ia.20p.m.,lX0p.m.,tlIOp.m. A-uuva from same points: flJ5a.au, 'tJ-XJaJn., -C.UOpjn., 6.60 p.m. Dbtakt for Clevelacd, points intermediate and beyond: feUO a.m., 7J0 a.m., f'2.45 p.nu, 11.05p.m. Arrive from same points: 50a.m., t2.15 p.m., a.00 p.m., t7.00 p.m. Depart for New Cas tie, Erie, Youngstown, Ashta bula, points intermediate and beyond: 1710 a.m t!2J0 p.m. Arrive from same points: 11.25 p.m., 19.00 p m. Dxfart for New Castle, Jamestown, Youngstowa and Niles,.T3.45 p.m. Arrive from same points: rD.10a.m. Depart for Youngstown, 1Z20 pjn. Arrive frois Youngstown tt 50 p.m. Southwest Systein-Pnn Handle Ronia DEr art for Columbus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis, points intermediate and beyond: 1.20 a.m., 7.00 a.m.,S.45 p-m., 11.15 p.m. ARRivafrocisam points: 2J0a.m.,U.COa.m.. 5j5p.m. Depart for Columbus, Chicago, points intermedlata and beyond: '10 a.m., fl2.06p.rn. Arrive from tame points: -'-0 a.m., fJiti p.m. Depart for Washington, -6.15 a. m., 1833 a. m., fl 55p. nu,t3J0p.m , f4.4-5 p.m v 1 4ifl p. m. A-tarvl from Washington, fftoo a.m., f70 a.m., j&oO a.m., flOJS a. m. , fJ.3o p.m.,-pS.S3 p.m. Depart for Wheeling, f".0O a. m., fl2 C6 n'n., f2.45 p. m., f6.10 p. m. Arrive from Wheeling, t2J0 a.m., -ro.45 a. m., f3 05 p. m., 55 p. m. PtruatA-f Sleeping Cars and Puixmak Di-n-ra Cars run through, East and West, on principal trams of both Systems. Time Tables of Through and Local Accommoda tion Trains of cither system, not mentioned above, can be obtained at 110 Kitth Avenue and Union Station, Pittsburgh, and at principal ticket offices of the Pesn rrlvaria Lines West of Pittsburgh. Daily. tEx. Sunday. 2Ex. Saturday. 7Kx. Mondsj. JOSEPH WOOD, E. A. FORD, Geafrsl V.i..r. It-.i Pwnrsr XinL ALTIMOBE AND OHIO KA1LKOAD. Schedule In effect December an 1831. Eastern time. For Washington. 1). C. Baltimore. Philadelphia and New York. 3:00 a. m. and "9:20 p. m. For Cumberland. 6:50. 8-00 a. m.. 1:10. 9:20 p. m. For Connellsvtlle. -6-50. 8:00 S8-.10 a. m.. it:ia t:15. $5:00 and 9:20 p. m. For Uniontown. 650. 8-oa 58:30 a m., :10, J4:1S and.tSr'iO p. m. FnrMt. Pleasant. fi:50and JS:O0a. m 41:13. 4:15 and t3:0O p. ra. For Washington, t., "7:20and9:30a. m., 4:CO, tl:45, 7:30anil 111:- p. m. For Wheeling. 7:2u, $2:30 a.m.. '4:05. -7:30 and 11155 p. in. For Cincinnati and St. Louis. "7:20 a.m., 17:30 p. m. For Cincinnati, ll:5p. m. (Saturday onlvl. ForColnmbus. 7r20a.m.. T7:30and 111-55 p. m. For Newark. "7:20 a. m., "7:30 and 111:55 p. m. For ChleaEO. 7:20su m. and "7:30 n. nt. Xralns arrle from New York, l'liuineipnia. uai- timoreanu: amngion, -srju IEt s:J0 p. m. From Columbu. Cincinnati and Chicaro. "3."0 a. m., S:50 p. m. From Wheeling, "8:30, '10:45 a. m 4:15, 8:50p. in. Parlor and sleeping cars to Baltimore. Washing ton. Cincinnati anil Chicago. Dallv. JDally except snuilav. j-iunday only. ISattuday only. IDally except Saturday. The Pittsburg Transfer Company will call for and check bagrage from hotels and residences upon orders left at li. & o. ticket office, corner rum avenue ana ivooa street, or 4ui ana mi Smlthflcld street. J. T. ODELL. Gmeral Manager. CHAS.O. SCULL. Gen. Pass. Agent. JITTSBUKG AND WESTKKN KAILWAY Trains (Ct'l Stait'd time). Leave. Arrive- Mall. Butler. Clarion, Kane., Akron and Erie.. ...... ........ Butler Aeccnimodatlon New Castle Accommodation., Chicaro Express (daily) Zelleuople and Foxburg 6:40 am 7:3) a m 9:35 am 3:10 pm 2X0 pm 4:25 pra llOain 7:n5pni 3:50 p m 9 -O) a in . 12:05 pm 5:30 am Dii'ifrAccuiDmoua'ion... 5:45 pm Si ooam First-class faro to Chicago: $10 50. St-cond-elasa, to 50, l-uiimau Dunet sleeping cars to umcago uaiiy. to -,g jssm FfWS ?"." - -vs