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THE YEAR "BEFOKMJS.
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It Will Be the Last on Earth to Some
Who Read Talmasje's Sermon.
. I5E READY IX EARTHLY AFFAIRS.
, Spend Well the Time Left for,Tou and Be
Prepared for Eternity.
THE BEST
INSURANCE
tf FECIAL TELEGK VU. TO THE DISPATCH.
Brooklyn, Jan. S. At this morning's
Tabernacle service Dr. Talmage read sev
eral passages relating to anti-diluvian
longevity, making characteristic comments
as he read, and then preached from the
ominous words, Jeremiah ixviii:lC: "This
year thou shalt die."
This Is the first Sahlmth of the year. It is
a time for review and for anticipation. A
man mut be a genius at stupidity who does
not think now. The old year died in giving
birth to the new, as the life of Jane Sey
mour, the English Queen, departed when
that of her son, Edward VI., dawned. The
old year was a queen. The new shall be a
kins. The grave of the one and the cradle
of the other are side by side. We can
hardly guess what the child will be. It Is
only two days old, but I prophesy for it an
eventful future. Tear ot mirth and mad
ness! Year of pageant and conflagration!
It will laugh; it will sing; it will groan; it
will die.
Is it not a time for earnest thought '. The
congratulations have been given. The
Christma trees have been taken down, or
have well nigh cast their fruit. The friends
wno came for the holidays are gone in the
rail train. While we are looking forward to
another 12 months of intense activities, the
text break upon lit like a bursting thunder
liead: "This j ear thou shalt die !"
ainn's Uncertain Chances for Life.
The text will probably prove true of some
of u. The probability is augmented by the
fact that all of us who are over 35 years of
age have gone beyond the average of human
life. The note is more than due. It is only
I)y sufferance that it is not collected. We
are like a debtor who is taking the "threo
days' grace" of the banks.
Our race started with 900 years for a life
time. We read of but one antediluvian
youth whose early dcatli disappointed the
hopes of his parents by his dying at 777
years of age.
The world then may have been ahead of
, -what it is now. lot nien had so long a time
in which tostudv and invent and plan. If
an artist or a philosopher has 40 years for
woik he m.ke gieat achievements, but
what must the artists and nhilosODhers
have done who lnrt 900 years before them?
In the nearly 2.000 year- before the flood,
considering the longevity of the inhabi
tants, there maj have been nearly as many
penple a there are now. The flood was
not a Ircshet that washed a few people
off a p ank. but a disaster that
may have septaway a thousand million.
li the Atlantic Ocean, by a lurch of the
earth to-nisht, should dfown this hemi
sphere, and the Taciflc Ocean, by a sndden
lurch of the earth, should drown the other
iietnivpliere, leaving about a many beings
as coud be got in one or two ocean steam
ers, it would give you an idea of what the
ancient flood was."
At that time God started the race with a
shorter allowance of life. The vast majority
of the race pass off before 50 years. To evoiy
apple there are fl e blossoms that never get
to be apples.
ICacli Ocrnpatlon Has Its Dangers.
The character of our occupations adds to
the probability. Those who are in tho pro
fessions aio undergoing a sapping of tho
brain and nerve foundations. Literary men
In this country are driven with whip and
spur to their topmost speed. Xot one brain
worker out of a hundred observes any mod
eration. There is something in ail our occupations
which predisposes to disease. If we be
etout. to disorders ranging from fevers to
apoplexy. If v be frail, to diseases rang
ing from consumption to paraljsis. Print
ers rarely reach 50 j ears. Watchmakers, in
making the time for others, shorten their
own. Chemists breathe death in their
laboratories, and potters absorb paralysis.
Tainters fall under their own brush.
Foniidm men tnkp. flpnth in uiMithA flHnpc
Shoemakers pound away their own lives on
the last. Overdriven merchants measure off
their ow n lives w Ith the vara stick. Millers
grind their own lives w ith the grist. Masons
dig their gra es with the trowel. And in all
our occupations and professions theie are
tho elements of peril.
Hanid climatic changes threaten our lives.
Ey reason of the violent fits of the ther
mometei. witi'in two days we live both in
the arctic and the tropic I announce it as
an imnossdnlity that 3C5 davs should pass
and leave us all as wo now are. In what.
uireciion 10 snoot me arrow 1 know not, ana
so I shoot it at a venture: "This vear thou
shalt die."'
Be Commercially Prepared for Death.
In view of this, I advise that you have
your temporal matters adjusted. Do not
leate jour worldly affairs at the mercy of
administrators. Have your receipts pro
perty pasted, and your letters filed and your
book? balanced. Let no w idow or orphan
scratch on your tombstone, "This man
wronged ie of my inheritance."
I advise al-o that you be busy In Christian
work How many Sabbaths in the year!
Eifty-two. Divide the 363 days into two
parts What can you do in 182 days? What,
by the wav of saving your lamilv, the
church, and the world? You will not,
thiough all the ages ot eternity m heaven,
get over the dishonor and the outrage of go
ing into glory, and having helped none up to
the same place. It w ill bo found that many
a Sabbatu school teacher has taken into
heaven her w hole class. Hew man v will you
take in?
In view of the probabilities mentioned, I
advise all the men and women not ready lor
eternity to get ready. If you are as near
vUriiity 5 some of you seem tobe, there is
no time f& anything bnt the question:
"What must I do to be saved?" The drown
ing man, when a plank is tin own him, stops
not to ask what sawmill made it. Y'ousay,
"I have committed no great transgressions."
But aie you not aware that your life has
been sinful?
A Vast Accumulation of Wrong-Doing.
The sins of jour jouth and the sins of
your manhood, and the sins of your woman
hood maj- have seemed only slight inaccu
racies or trifling divergences from the light
so slight that they are hardly worth men
tioning, -tout they have been piling up aud
piling up, packing together and packing tc
gethci, until they make a mountain of sin,
and one more step of your foot in the wrong
direction maj-slide down upon you an ava
lanche of rum and condemnation. Some one
sin of your life summoning on all the rest,
thev surround thy soul and make the night
or thv sin terrible with the assault ot their
bloody muzzles. Oh, the unpardoned, clam
oring, raemug, all-devouring sins of thy
lifetime!
Let me announce that Christ, the Lord,
stands leadv to save any man who wants to
be saved. He waited for j-ou all last vear,
and all the jear before, and all yonr lite.
He has waited lor jou with blood on his
brow and tears in his eye, and two out
stretched, mangled hands of love.
I wish you might know what a job Jesus
undcitook when He carried your caso to
Calvarj-. Thev crowded Him to the wall.
Thej- struck Him. They spat on Him. They
kicked Him. They cuffed Him. They
scoffed at Him. They scourged Him. Tliey
murdered Him. Blood' Blood! As Ho
stoops down to lift you up the crimson
diops upon you trom His brow, from His
side, from his hands.
Christ a Physician In a Ilospjtal.
Cur Lord Jesus looked out from heaven
and saw a plague-stricken race. Sin must
be dissected, ne made His will, giving
everything to His people. He comes down
into the lecking hospital of earth. He lays
His hand to the wotk. Under our plague,
He dies the healthy for the sick, the pure
for the polluted, the innocent lor theguilty.
Behold the love! Behold the sacrifice! Be
hold the lescne!
Decide, on this first Sabbath of the year,
whether or noi you will have Jesus. He
will not stand foiever begging for your
love. With some bcre His plea ends right
speedily. "This year thou shalt die."
This great salvation of the gospel I now
offer to every man, w oman and child. You
cannot buv It. You cannot earn it.
"This year thou shaltdle." Perhaps it may
mean me. Thougli in perfect health now, it
does not take God one week to bring down
the strongest physical constitution: I do
not want to die this year. We have plan?
and projects on foot that I want to see
completed; but God knows best, and he has
a thousand better men than I to do the work
yet undone. I have a hope that, notwith
standing all my sins and v anderings, I shall,
though the infinite mercy of my Savior,
come out at the right place. I have nothing
to brag of by way of Christian experience;
but two things I have learned my utter
helplessness before God, and tho all-abounding
grace of the Lord Jesus.
Tile ISest Kind of Life Insuraacs.
If the text means some of you, my hearers,
I do not want yoti to be caught unprepared.
I would like to have you, cither through
monej- you have laid up, or u "life insur
ance," be able to leave the world feeling that
your familj" need not become paupers. But
If j-ou have done your best, and youleavo
not one dollar's worth of estate you may
confidently trust the Lord who hath
promised to care for the widow and the
fatherless. I would like to have your soul
fitted out for eternity, so that lr, any morn
ing, or noon, or evening, or night of these
365 days, death should look in and ask "Are
vou readj ?" j-ou might with an outburst of
Christian triumph answer, "Aj-, ay! all
read-."
The sooner tho last hour comes the better
if we are fitted for entrancointhecelesti.il
world. Some da- the angels In heaven see a
cohort leaving" heaven, nnd they sav,
"Whither bound?" and the answer is, "To
bring up a soul from earth:" and the ques
tion is asked, "What soul?" And a family
circle in heaven find that it is one of their
own number that is to bo brought up, and
they come out to watch, as on tho beach
wo now watch for a ship that is to
bring our friends home. After a while the
cohort will heave in sight, flying neaierand
nearer, until with a great clang the gates
hoist, aud with an embrace, w Hd with the
ecstasy of heaven, old friends meet again.
Awav with your stiff, tormal heaven. I
w ant none of it. Give mo n place of infinite
and eternal sociality. My feet free from tho
clods of catth, I shall bound the hills with
gladness, and break forth in a laugh of tri
umph. A Meeting to Tart No More.
Here Is a child and Its mother Vieotlng.
The child long in glory, the mother Just ar
though the infinite mercy or my Savior, -nTTXTT' fT?T TT "DDAWXT NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, r NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. , - ' . SS - E ADVERTISEMENTS.
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rived. "How changed you ate, my darling!"
says the mother "Yes," says the child,
this is such a happy place; and Jesus has
taken such care of me, and heaven is so
kind, I got right over tho fever with which
I died. Tho skies are so fair, mother! The
flowers are so sweet, mother! The temple is
so beautiful, mother! Come, take me up in
vour arms as j-ou used to do." Oh, I do not
know how we shall sts.nd tho first day in
heaven. Do you not think wo will break
dow n in the song from over delight? I once
gave out in church the hymn:
There Is n lind of pare delight.
Where saluts immortal reign,
and an aged man standing in front of tho
Enlplt sang heartily the first verse, and then
e sat down weeping. I said to him after
ward: "Father Linton, what made you cry
over that hvmn?" He said, "I could not
stand it the" Joys that are coming." When
heaven rises lor the doxology, I cannot see
how we can rise with it if all these waves of
everlasting delight come upon the soul,
billow of joy alter billow of joy. Methinks
Jesus would be enough for the first day in
heaven; j-et here he appioaches with all
heaven at his back.
But I must close this sermon. This is the
last Jan nary to some who are present. Y.OU
have entered the year, but you will rot
close it. Within these 12 months j-our eyes
will shut for the last sleep. Other hands
will plant the Christmas tree and give the
New Year's congratulations. As a procla
mation of joj- to some, and as a matter of
warning to others, I leave in j-our ears these
five words of one syllable each, "This year
thou shalt die!"
BAILK0AD BUILDING IN SIBEHIA.
An Army or 20,000 or 83,000 Men Re
quired to Trotect Its Construction.
San Francisco, Jan. 3. A. Pysoff,
Chipf Engineer in charge of the
construction of the TTssey and Amoor
divisions of the Siberian Railroad, is in
the city. He says the Ussey division
is over 200 miles long. Over 3,000 soldiers,
convicts, Corcan and Russian subjects, are
now at work on it. Xext year there will be
7,000. It will take 12 years to finish the
entire job.
"We have'had to constantly protect the
surveyor and builders of the road, and have
now 18 battalions of troops of 1,000 men
each; nine squadrons of cavalry and a
brigade of artillery of six batteries. We
need them all, too, for the road runs close
to the Chinese frontier, and the country is
in an extremely turbulent state. The other
divisions have been surveyed and the line
has been extended 1,700 miles easterly from
St. Fetersburg.
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"WATCHMAKEBS TO STRIKE.
The Elgin Factory Is in for It, and Trouble
Is Brewing at AValtham.
Elgin, III, Jan. 3. Three thousand
operators of the Elgin "Watch Company
stand ready to strike. Several hundred
skilled workmen in two departments walked
out yesterday, and unless all signs fail, the
strike will become general. Two weeks ago
there were rumors that a general cut-down
was contemplated by the management.
These rumors were verified on the pay day
following, when the emploves found their
wages decreased from 13 to GO per cent.
The employes of the jewel room at once
quit work. They were then told by the
officials that the reduction would be made
up in the next pay roll, and that hereafter
the old scale would be in force, but they, are
not satisfied with this promise. The asser
tion is also made that 2,800 employes of
altnam atch Uompany are organized
and about to strike on account of a recent
reduction in their wages.
A Cunton Uaker Assigns.
Canton, Jan. 3. Special H. J. Bacon,
for many years a leading baker and confec
tioner in this city, assigned Saturday. Dull
trade and the pressing demands of creditors
are the causes assigned. Liabilities and as
sets are placed at $13,000 eaclu
Ocean Meamshlp Arrivals.
Steamer.
- Where Froin. Destination.
Ems ....New York Southampton.
l-.imna .rw iork vueeniowu.
Toming.. ...... New York ..Queensiown.
Illinois New York Antwerp.
Taiirica New York I.Ierpool.
Mlrhigan Liverpool Philadelphia.
Ulirnland Antwerp New York.
Sparndain ltotterdam New York.
Cartwrlglit Jfc 'Warner Underwear Hair
Price.
Entire stock of fine white merino shirts
and drawers. Goods slightly soiled.
A. G. Campbell & Sons, 25 and 27 Fifth ay.
B. B.
Iiead both our display "ads" in this paper.
" Boggs & BtrnL.
Bargain Sale of Kid Gloves.
Ladies' fine 7-hook undressed kid gloves,
slates, tans, browns and blacks. 75c,
formerly ?1 25; also, big bargains at 51,
fl 25 and ?1 50.
A. G. CAMrBELL& Sons, 23 and 27 Fifth av.
Happy
Results so often follow the use of nood's
Sarsaparilla for Dyspepsia and similar
troubles that we are warranted in urging a
trial of this medicine upon every sufferer. In
many cases w here the suffering has been In
tense, Hood's Sarsaparilla
has seemed to possess a magical touch that
brought astonishingly quick relief. Try it
N. B. Be sure to get nood's Sarsaparilla.
I Congratulate
"Myself that I used Hood's Sarsaparilla. Six
months ago I had almost a chronic case of
dyspepsia. I was also broken down by over
woik, so that I could not sleep nights. My
stomach is now perfect, m nerves in excel
lent shape and I gained ten pounds in six
months. For all this my gratitude is due
.Hood's Sarsaparilla
The best medicine in the land." B. H. Rose,
of Rose & Eddy, Hardware Dealers, Roches
ter. N. Y.
Hood's rills cure liver ills.
Price 25c
Don't be Humbugged
by the fictitious claims
made for Porous Plasters
that cure before they are
applied. Use Benson's, a
scientific preparation that
gives prompt relief and is
Indorsed by over 5,000
reputable Physicians and
Druggists. Get the
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in Which the : ' iP35 '
DIRECTORS FAILED TO DIRECT Q "" IS, IP JH YA II1 IIP I I 1 1 A K
Goes To Pieces About the Time Trusted
Clricers Go Away.
IIOXEST STOCKHOLDERS
rSPrCTAI, TF.LEOnM TO THE DISPATCII.1
Fhiladcltia, Jan. 3. Three of the
officers of the Continental Trust and
Finance Company, which was declared in
solvent by Superintendent of Banking
Krumbhaar, on Saturday, could not he
found to-day, and it is a suggestive coinci
dence that they arc the only members of the
board of officers who know anothing about
the company's affairs. None of them were
at their homes during the day,
and a diligent search throughout
the city failed to discover them.
They are Walter Brown, the president,
I'ittman Bright, the Treasurer, and T. D.
JIcGlathery, the solicitor of the bankrupt
concern. Superintendent Krumbhaar did
all his duty on Saturday when he closed the
doors of the company's' handsome offices at
125 South Fourth street- To-morrow he
will nlace the matter in the hands of At
torney General Hensel, as the law creating
the new banking department requires, and
the latter will apply lor a receiver.
The assets of the concern amount to abont
57,000, and the liabilities may be anvwhere
from $20,000 to S200.000. If President
Brown's last report to the Board of Direc
tors be taken as gospel truth the companv
will owe its stockholders alone about the
latter amount. To what extent it is in
debted to depositors will not be known
until the receiver goes over the books.
Only $2,000 in cash was in the safe when
Superintendent Krumbhaar closed the
office. The company was capitalized at
$1,000,000.
They Took Brown's Word for It.
General James Stewart, Vice President
and one of the- Board of Directors, told of
his connection 'witb the company to-day,
and with the exception of Messrs. Brown,
Bright and McGlathery, the other officers
have the same story to tell. They were in
duced to join the company by President
Brown, and paid In full for all the stock
they subscribed for. Brown's reports to
them indicated prosperity, and they
never but once took the trouble to
go behind his statement General Stewart
said Brown came to him before the Con
tinental Trust and Finance Company-had
been launched, and interested him ih the
venture. He had excellent letters of recom
mendation from bankers and business
men of St. Louis, Kansas City and
other "Western cities, and General
Stewart subscribed for $1,000 worth
of stock. He paid cash for the
rmrchment on five calls of 20 per cent each.
The election to the Vice Presidency and to
the Board of Directors was something of a
surprise to General Stewart, for he had told
Brown he could devote no time to the man
agement of its afiairs. This was evidently
the cause of his selection, for it was a simi
lar one which gave his companions their
positions.
TYnnted Directors Wlio Couldn't Direct.
Maxwell Somerville invested $5,000 in
Continental stock and went shortly after
ward to Egypt President Brown made
him a director. Colonel Francis S. Keese
owns $500 worth, and is also the holder of a
responsible position, although he told
Brown he very seldom visited this city. R.
AV. Carey, another director, resides in Kan
sas City, aud has never been in Philadel
phia. This left the active management of
the company in the hands of President
Brown, Treasurer Bright and Solicitor Mc
Glathery. "I did not have time to watch the opera
tions of the officers ip charge," General
Stewart said, "but in company with the
other stockholders I had the utmost confi
dence in President Brown. He said his
idea was to conduct conservative business
at first, and to branch out as confidence in
creased after the recent panic. We thought
this a good idea, and whenever I could do
so I attended the monthly meetings of the
Board of Directors. Brown made regular
reports, and they showed that the company
was doing a moderately good business and
that stock was being marketed at an encour
aging rate. General Stewart admitted that
he knew several months ago that Treasurer
Bright of the company was a defaulter."
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AROXS' XEW IDEA.
Respectfully dedicated to newly married
men who are compolled to walk at night.
Also, to pome would-bo competitors who are
losing sleep over our large and continued
sale of those renowned brilliants,
VOLTAIC IHAMOXnS.
Nothing like them has ever been discov
ered, or ever can bo. Nature has made them.
They are not manufactmed. Set in solid
gold, sizes from J to 5 carats. Biing your
own genuine diamonds with vou and see
how thev compare with them. I am not an
agent. They are wholly owned and con
trolled by me.
BERNARD E. ARONS, JEWELER,
65 Firth Avenue.
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Watches & Jewelry,
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must be paid down; the balance in small
weemy or montmy payments. Euaness
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YEAR
A
SPECIAL
MILLINERY
SALE!
A Fresh New Assortment Even at
the End of the Season.
In looking over our stock a short
time ago we discovered that the
most desirable shapes and shades of
Felt Hats were nearly all gone. We
had many calls for such hats, and de
cided to take advantage of a golden
opportunity offered us by an Eastern
dealer who had a fine assortment
which he wanted to dispose of.
We Secured 100 Dozen
Of the choicest colored French Fur
Felt Hats at our own figures a qual
ity that sold "all over" this season at
Si.25our price now, 38c each.
Also 20 dozen nicely trimmed
Toques, all ready to wear, choice
colors and stylish shapes, at 50c;
regular price, $2.
Balance of our Stanley Caps at 15c
each.
500 pieces pure Silk Gros Grain
Ribbon, No. 22, in pink, medium
and light brown, tan, drab, beige,
black, cream, light blue, etc., at 18c;
regular price, 35c a great bargain.
New Flowers for dress tiimming,
millinery or decorating.
J-jrIf you want rare values in
Millinery Goods you should see what
this popular department offers to quick
buyers for the next few days.
510-518 Market St.
Jal-o
AMUSEMENTS.
WALTER DAMROSCn, CONDUCTOR
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
9 OF NEW YORK.
TWO CONCERTS,
Cyclorama Auditorium, Allegheny,
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY' EVEN
INGS, JANUARYS ANDC.
Tickets now on stle at Mellor & Hoene's,
Pittsburg, and Alex Ross', Allegheny.
jat-11
ALVIN THEATER,
Charles L. DaYi, Owner and Jlanajier.
To-night, Wednesday and Saturday
Matinees,
Mr. A. M. Palmer's Company, presenting the
greatest dramatic trlumuh of the age,
"ALABAMA,"
A story of tho Sunny outh, written by
Augustus Thomas.
Week January 11 Mr. Henry E. Dlxcr.
jatSO
DUQUESNE
PITTSBURG'S LEADINtf THEATER.
To-Nlght
The Comedian
CARROLL JOHNSON,
In the
POPULAR
PRICE
MATINEE
WEDNESDAY
l! Refined Irish Comedy
THE GOJ3SOO IT,
By E. E. Kidder.
Next week Mr. and Mrs. Kendal. ja4 33
piKAND OPERA HOUSE
TO-NlGnT.
Matinees Wednesday nnd Saturday.
FREDERIClcnDmucM! RALPH
BRYT0N
runuivE.11
DELMORE
Prices: 15c, 25c, 50c, 75e and SI; Wednesday
Matinee 25 and 50c reserved.
Next week Duff Opera Company. ja3-59
H
ARRY WILLIAMS' ACADEMY-
TO-NIGHT.
Tuesday, Thursday nnd Saturday,
Matinees-
THE FRENCH FOLLY
BURLESQUE CO.
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The Thuma Dancing Academy,
NO. 6i FOURTH AYENDE,
ESTABLISHED 188a TINTH YEAB.
Opening ot second session. Every even
ing of weeks commencing January 1 and 11,
1892.
SPECIAL ADVANTAGES
FOR BEGINNERS.
Office open day and evening. jan3-19
PRDF. JAMES P. BROOK'S
(Member of the American Society of Profes
sors of Dancing, New York.)
DANCING ACADEMY, .
Libei ty ar. and Sixth st.
Second terra for misses and masters will
begin Saturday, January 2, at 3 o'clock p. m.
For ladies nnd gentlemen, Monday, January
4, at 8 o'clock r. it. Call for circulars at
muslo stores. de27-61
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SHI OF
GOING OUT
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25 CENTS ON
WHAT DOES IT MEAN ?
It means that there is to be dissolution of the firm of
CLOAK MANUFACTURERS,
819 LIBERTY STREET, ... PITTSBURG, PA.
And that we have "purchased their entire stock at one-quarter
value, and we shall use this immense bargain, not to make extra
profits, but as an advertisement -to crowd our store during
January.
Their stock consists entirely. of the latest novelties of this
season's make, comprising . ,
426 Children's Garments from 75c up.
140 Misses' Jackets from $2 up.
260 Ladles' Jackets from $2 up.
74 Plush Sacques from $10 up.
100 Ladies' Newmarkets from $1 up.
58 Ladies' Plush Jackets from $5 up.
We desire to call particular attention to one line of
50 Mies' CraTeMG Mackintoshes,
Made of the finest imported shower-proof cravenette; the regu
lar price of the garment is $18;
ONLY $10.
Don't Miss This Chance.
STOCK MUST BE CONVERTED INTO CASH
WITHIN 30 DAYS.
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DOUGLAS
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In order to. minimize the task of taking
"OUR ANNUAL INVENTORY"
DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY.
- DOUGLAS & MACKIE,
151, 153 and 155 Federal Street, Allegheny, Pa.
LEADING STYLES IN QUEENSWARE.
Ladies will find at Keech's an unsurpassed line of Queensware new
styles, odd shapes and handsome decoration, from medium to fine quality.
Compare our prices on all kinds of Housefurnishings with those of other
dealers. Keech ivill save you 25 per cent in every department. Cash or
Credit. Special reductions this week in CARPETS and CURTAINS.
KEECH,
CASH
823, 925, 927 ?EW AYE., - HEAR NINTH STREET.
OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS.
JAS. 3L SCHOONMAKEK, J AS." McCUTCHEON, SAMUEL BAILEY, Jr.,
President Vice President Secretary and Treasurer
UNION ICE Jd'PG COMPANY.
Pure Ice made from distilled water for sale at wholesale only.
UNION STORAGE COMPANY,
Transfer Agent, General, Cold, Bonded and Yard Storage.
3 ACRES YARD STORAGE.
5 WAREHOUSES, containing 2,300,000 cubic feet of storage space.
Railroad siding to each warehouse. Brick warehouse for exclusive storage of
oil. Separate rooms for storage of household goods. Lowest insurance rates.
. . PRINCIPAL OFFICES
Corner SECOND and LIBERTY AVENUES.
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is cheering, more sustaining and more satisfying than
tea or coffee. Better for the nerves. Take no substitute.rua
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THE DOLLAR.
our price during this sale will be
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At One-Half, One-Third, One-Fourth,
One-Fifth and One-Eighth
Former Prices.
Kanfinais' Great January Mictions in
JACKETS.
P AC For your choice from a table
Oil of neat and good jackets, in
plaids, checks, stripes, boucles, etc.,
original prices S3, $4 and $5.
CI cn or yu cnce frm a
4)1 iDU table of fine allpwool Ker
sey, Beaver, Melton, Broadcloth and
Stockinette Jackets, tight and loose
fitting, tailor-made. satin-lined,
original prices S5, $8, 10 and J!i2.j
ft Q For your
choice from 530 fine
all-wool Cheviot, Chevron and
Beaver. Jackets, reefer, vest front and
tight fitting styles, black, blue and
tan. hich shoulders, new and fresh
goods, original prices $ 7 and $9.
(t P For your choice from the bal
J)JJ ance of our finest Jackets, reef
ers, vest fronts, hipgore style, etc.,
made of imported materials exclu
sively, best make and trimmings,
original prices 12, 15 and S18.
$8.75
For a lot of finest im
ported cheviot skirt or
hipgore Jackets, best satm-hned
throughout, smoked pearl buttons,
original price 18.
Kanfianns' tat January Reductions in
NEWMARKETS.
3) I. nil- Newmarkets. in neat
stripes, checks, plaids and boucles,
mostlv broken sizes and o'fds and
ends; original prices $6 to $ 12.
?" For choice from 180 finexheviot,
43 beaver, diagonal and broadcloth
Newmarkets, loose and tight fitting,
some braided, some passementerie
trimmed, some fur trimmed, some
plain; original prices $15, 20, 25
and 30 -
CfH or cnice from Z24 fnest
j) I U Newmarkets, latest styles, with
military and "Inverness capes, blue,
black and Scotch mixtures, high
'shoulders; original prices $20, 25,
S35, 5540 and 345.
CLOTH CAPES.
Our entire stock at about half regular
prices. Take your choice now:
j5o and $10 Capes for 5.
S12 and S15 Capes for $& 50.
$18 and $20 Capes for S5io.
JI"1 We still have 15 of those beau
tiful Parisian Long Wraps and 45
Jackets and Capes, imported ex
pressly for our Exposition display
last season, and will offer them at
half the cost of importation.
Kanfianns' Great January Mucins In
MISSES' CLOAKS.
A lot of misses' stylish and fine .New
markets, sizes 14 to 18, broken lots, scarcely
two alike, AT f5; original prices J8, 10,
812 and $15.
A lot of misses' handsome astrakhan
trimmed Jackets, new styles, AT 55; origi
nal price !)
A lot of misses fine all-wool cheviot
Jackets, trimmed with different kinds of
expensive fur, AT $7 50; original prices $14
and lib.
CHILDREN'S CLOAKS.
380 good Reefer Jackets, sizes 4 to 6, AT
use; original prices iz 50vana ?J.
29j hrst-class all-wool Heelers, verv
stylish, sizes 4, C and 8, AT $3; original
prices ?5 and ?i.
147 children's fine all-wool Scotch plaid
Gretchens, with deep shoulder capes, sizes
4 to 14, AT $4 50; original prices $7 and 58.
200 infants fine French cashmere long
cloaks, with heavily embroidered cape and
bottom or Gretchen waist, AT $3 19; origi
nal price $7.
GIGANTIC
MUSLIN
THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
Wait and watch for this event. It will eclipse anything ot the kind
ever attempted in Pittsburg. The very immensity of our preparations will
delay this sale till n&ct Thursday. So, after the little "Injuns" have, had
their sav, the big chiefs will step to the front with the largest, finest and
cheapest'stock of -Muslin Underwear ever displayed here. You may judge
from the following advance bargains,' just placed on sale, what is'
awaiting you:
Fine Muslin Corset Covers, neck trimmed
with embroidery, at 19c.
Fine JIuslin or Cambric Corset Covers,
V or square neck, trimmed with fine tucks
and embroidery, at 39c.
Fine Muslin" Gowns, with tncked yoke,
low collar, full sizes, at 50c
Fine Muslin Gowns with embroidery or
torchon lace on tucked roke and cuffs, at
75c. '
Fine Muslin Gowns, with fine Jorchon
lace insertion on yoke and cuffs, at 74c.
Fine Cambric'or Mulin Gowns, in 25 dif
ferent styles of embroidery, torchon or Val
encienne lace yoke in V neck, high neck or
sailor collar, at ti.
Fine Muslin Drawers, plain hem with 5
tucks above or trimmed with torchon lace,
at 25c.
Fine Cambric or Muslin Drawers, with
25'
For your choice from a lot of good House
Jerseys, in all colors and blact; original
prices, $1 50, 52 and 52 50.
KALLMANN'S
Fifth Avenue and Smithfiel(lStreet.
Fur-Trimmed Jackets.
Q "7f" For your choice from 234
4)Ui l0 fine cheviot and chevron
Jackets, black, blue or light shades,
with full shawl collar and 4-1'nch wide
facing of astrakhan, black marten,
Canadian seal, opossum, beaver, nu
tria, etc., half lined with satin; origi
nal prices $12, $15 and $18.
flll For your choice from 189
sDlfc finest fur trimmed Jackets,
with shawl collar and facing of mink,
sable, moufflon, marten," astrakhan,
lynx, etc.; original prices S22, $25
and 30.
II.USH GARMBXTS.
$5
For fine Plush Jackets, satin
lined; original prices 12 and
$15.
(T"7 For fine Plush Wraps and
J) Sacques; with seal ornaments,
satin quilted all through, sizes 32, 34
and 36; original prices $18 to $25.
T For choice from 18 exquisite
4) Parisian Seal Plush Wraps, with
heavy silk applique work, very fine but
last winter's styles; original prices 35
and 540.
(Mf For Walker's celebrated Seal
JfSU Plush Sacques, generally sold
at 325 and $30.
FUR CAPES.
48 Genuine Alaska Seal, Mink,
Sable, Beaver and Marten Capes at
$25; original prices $50 and $60.
62 Fine Astrakhan Fur, Black
Marten, Opossum and Canadian
Seal Capes, with medici collar and
high shoulders, silk lined, long cut,
at 6 75; original prices S12 and J15.
53 Black Astrakhan Capes at
$3 50; original price $8.
FUR MUFFS.
260 good, black Hare Muffs at
5c; original price $1.
300 Fine Canadian Seal Muffs,
silk lined, at $1 50; original price
S3-
84 Beautiful Silver Fox Muffs,
satin lined, at gi 50; original price
$3-
Stoles or Collarettes to match at
$1.
Here's a pretty fur set for only
$2 50.
96 Genuine Alaska'Seal Muffs at
$3 755 original prices $8, $10 and
$12. These are rare bargains.
The balance of our Fur Trimmings
(all widths) at half price.
LADIES' SUITS.
For yon choice from 400 fine and
fashionable Dresses, made of cash
meres, Henrietta cloths, cheviots,
$5
serges, Scotch plaids, etc., lastemny
trimmed and fitting to perfection; original
prices 510, $12, $15, 518 and 520.
LADIES' WRAPPERS.
$1 25 for fine flannel and sateen "Wrap
pers;"the material alone would cost yoa
52 50 to $'.
$1 98 for a lot of handsome flannel wrap
pers, with lull silk op cashmere front; origi
nal prices 3, ?4 and $5.
CHILDREN'S DRESSES.
r.hncp. from the balance of our fine $8,
$10 and S12 Drcses, fine fresh, fashionable
garments, at only $3.
1,200 SHAWLS AT 75c.
Thev are fine cashmere and Henrietta
Shawls, large size, in cream, bine, helio
trope, red. pink, blacketc; original prices
52, ?. !H ana jj.
DIDEMfEM Silt
fine emhroidery or torchon lace trimming,
at 50c.
Very Fine Muslin Drawers, with five
clusters of tncks and trimmed with fine em
broidery, torchon or valencienne lace, at
G9c
Extra Fine and Heavy Mnslin Skirts,
trimmed with tucked ruffles and deep
torchon lace or embroiderv, at $1 19.
Fine Muslin Skirts, with cambric ruffla
and 8 fine tucks above ruffle, elegant finish,
at 50c
Fine Mnslin Skirt, with deep ruffle o'f
embroidery or lace tucks above, at 95c
Fine Muslin Chemises, with corded band,
large size, at 35c
Fine Muslin Chemises, with fine corded
or embroidered yoke trimmed with torchon
lace, at 50c
50'
For your choice froma lot of children's
good, durable and warm Gretchen Coats, in
neat patterns, original prices, $3 and 53 50.
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