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THE COIL CYCIME.
Matthew Marshall Finds in It a Good
Deal to Consider, Just Kovr.
TAB LITTLE FISII GOT CAUGHT,
But There Is Some Consolation in the Fact
lliat 5 hey Were
l. THE TEEY BEST KIND OF COMFAXT
Tf rWt.U, TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn.l
Xew York, Feb. 15. "The Cvclone in
Coal Stocks" is the subject selected by Mat
thew Marshall for his article for to-morrow's
Aim, which reads as follow k
When I wrote, last Jlonday, or the Indus
trial securities, that they wore no more dan
gerous to play with than any others on the
list or the stock exchange, 1 had no idea
that my reinatks would bo so speedily illus
trated U3 they were by the cyclone In tho
Heading, Delaware, Lackawanna and Vest
cm, Xew Jersey Central, and Xc' York and
"ew England Railroad stocks. 1 have seen
too much of Vail street to bo astonished at
anything that happens there, and though
on this occasion I was nrpii-ed at the sud
denness and the violence of the commotion
on the market, a few moments' thought was
sufficient to satisfy me that it differed in ex
tent only, and neithei in its causes nor in Its
mode of manifestation, from hundreds of
previous outbreaks of tho same general
character.
Little as I approve, upon moral grounds,
of such operations, I cannot withhold my
meed of intellectual admiration or the clever
ness, boldness and success with which this
one was managed. Like every affair in
which that able and astute financier, Jupi
ter Morgan, takes an active parr, it xns
rot skillfully contrived and brilliantly
executed. How many dollars lie and his as
sociates have won from tho outside public I
do not consider. Whether the amount of
their pains be icckoned by thousands or by
millions does not affect the character of
their exploit. That its victims wero for the
most part profeional stock camblers is tho
Jeaturo in it w Inch somewhat reconciles me
toit beard-hearted crueltj, and if. along
w ith them, a number of amateurs have lifce
v i-e suffered, they mav console themselves
"with the reflection that they have lost their
money in good company.
Little Action Upon Calculation.
Vhat the whole business more prominent
ly illustrates, to my mind, is the gieat fact
tipcn which I have more than once insisted,
tfcat the movements of tho Stock Exchange
on exciting occasions are governed more by
psychological than by intellectual influ
ences. The crowd of buyers who rushed
into the arena on Thursday morning and
Wd for a million or more of the shares of
the companies w hlch it w ns supposed wero
goinjr to be benefited by the airangemcnts
made public tho previous nfteinoon did not
act upon a calculation of the extent and the
jnnanency of the expected improvement,
tome, pt'i haps w ere cool-headed enough to
iKJicen e the tiimines of the giound upon
h Inch thej proceeded, uud trusted w lsely,
:i the event proved to the contagious en
thusiasm oi their coihpanions to relievo
iliein of the burdens which they assumed,
but the majoiity bought in obedience to
blind impul-e, generated and stimulated by
llieatmo-phcre that surrounded them.
1 remember once standing near tho
"ticker' in the office of a broker friend, and
heal "ng a wcll-Tkuott i. and icputcdly-succcss-!al
operator give an ordei, alter lookingut
the quotations on the tape, to buy 100 shares
of stock with which I was entirely un
Sauiiliar. I immediately atterward heard a
voice behind mo exclaim "'Uuy me a hun
dred, ton." I turned and saw a gentleman
or inv acquaintance, and with the free
masonry ol the broker's cilice I uJ-ked him
upon w hat he based his buying. "Nothing,"
Jie answered, "except that I heard "smith
give an order lor 100 and 1 have faith in his
judgment.'
Itexson Lost to Imitation.
1 am pleased to be able to say that my
rather impertinent inquirv led tho gentle
man to revoke his order, aud, as it turned
out, ho thereby saved some hundreds of dol
lars v. lilch he w ould huvclost had he allow ed
it to Iks -xecuted, hut his giving it at all
exemplifies the principle upon which ttjo
"majority of stock exchange transactions aro
conducted. Men aie carried away bv a
spirit of lniitatiicnos, and entirely foiego
the exeici-.e of their reason.
The occuirence I speak oftook place in tho
oemparuliw tranquility oi -i small office,
with only a lew persons present. Transter
the scene to the floor of tho Mock Exchange,
with its thousand oi moro of niemtieis, all
eager and alei t to catch tho fluctuations of
the maikct, audit i- easy to comprehend
how the transient motinent of -my hasty
friend uiav bc ome, as it does, a tumultous
lrenzj. The ca-e is similar to that of a
negro campmeeting ievi al. w here each one
of the crow d vies with his lellow in tho ex
pression of hii lervor until they all become,
loi the moment, lunatics the only differ
ence being that on the Mock Exchange tho
moving lorce i-.tho dc-ncof making money.
A broker or h' c-stonier at the ""ticker"
tees the price of a stock jumping up a whole
y-oit.t or more at a time, and he hastens to
niv before the next jnmp comes, o that lie
can take advnntage oi it," even if he has to
pay more than was paid n moment berore,
and so the game goes on, till a revulsion ot
ieeling comes, and with it a revulsion of
prices.
A Play L'poa Unman N"atnre.
Tho engineers or the coal stock cyclone
were evidently familiar with this trait of
human nature, and utilized it to the utmost,
i'orsome weeks it had besn well known that
' the demand for anthracite coal was slack
and that a induction of the price of it was
quite piobable. This encouraged a number
"of bar operators to sell the stocks of tho
fcoal companies short, aud they were led on
tn do it to the full extent or their ability.
fWlien their contracts had reached the tle
jsired limit, rumors of the impending com
bination ot the companies began to be circu
lated, at first vaguel m Jt-linitc, but lncrcas
ing in paiticuiantv from day to day.
Incredulous of the truth, the bears con
tinued their selling until, when the whole
ui-rangeinent was finally iiromulgated, it
H"ns discoveied that most of the coal stock
on the market, and a good deal beside, w as
Jn the hands of the promoteis of the move
Jnirnt and or their allies. The bears w ho had
told the stocks short had to buy them in at a
Jiigh flguic. The speculating public, seeing
the rise, hastened to profit by it, and thus,
between the bears and the public, the
pievious purclia-crs at low piices weieablo
to dispose ot their holdings at a very hand
some advance.
Xow that the excitement has in a measure
subsided, the bujersor Heading and Lacka
wanna stocks at the top of the moe are
nuking thcm-eHes what they shall do with
them. The-, do not want to hold them as in
i cstments, and thej do not ivant to sell
them at a loss, --o lar as I can see. they must
1 choose one or the other horn or tho dilemma,
but a ticsh upward moeinent may yet float
them off irom the rock on which they arc
i-tranded and flee themfiom their embar
rassment. An Argument Agil-sst "Prophecies.
I know that it is asseited with si eat confi
dence by those whose opinion I have no
light to disparage that under the new com
bination all the stocks affected by it includ
cluding Xew York and Xew England, which
is only lcmotely concerned will be worth
the highest prices they sold for last week,
aud moi-c, too, as dividend-paying invest
ments are. after nil, the final test of stock
values, and bj it tho anthracite
-oal stocks must in the long run stand
or fall. litit. admitting .that tho new
combination is able for a -.ear or so to in
crease the dividend- on La'ckawannn to 10
percent per annum, or, whnt amounts to tho
same thing, make it pay 5 per cent per an
num on the doubled capital w hich is talked
uboiit--t!iat Xew Jeisey Central will be a
dead sure" percent investment like Morris
and Essex, and Lehigh Valley an equally
Ktire 3 per cent, what i to gnarantee the per
manence of these rates? The leading com
pany, it is assorted, will earn not only its
guaranteed Jerspj Central and Lobicli'Val
lov dividends, but dividends for itself; but
onsideiing that since It reorganization It
has not been able to meet moro than half
the preference charge" ahcd of its common
i-tork, the prospect for it does not seem to
be very assuring.
Once bolore the Heading company took a
lease of the Jeisay Central property and
delaullcd in paying the icntal it promised,
and though tho conditions are more favor
able for success this time, they mar not
always lemain so. To go otilv a little lur-
tner back, the coal crash of 1S76 was pre
ceded by several caiV duration of a com-
p.ttt between the gi cat coal producers simi'
Inr to that just made, and which bioko up
under tho pressure of it production outrun
ning consumption. Tho, same thing is pos
sible again, and, indeed, itSvhighlr probable.
It is alo to be conidere! that the new
combination hast ct to undergo tho ordea!
i! litigation, and though probSjiIv, as in the
ot tiie sugar refineries company, a
PFhuine mav he uitltnat-iv devi-Jl lor over
louiiux the legal difficulties inj ivav, and
the combination be made proot against as
saults in the courts, the process will be, as it -I
wastotne sngar combination, trouoiesome
aud expensive.
A Powerlnl ISIval to Fight.
Tho contracting parties are said to control
three-quarters of the entire anthracite out
pnt, but the other quarter remains in the
hands not alone of individual miners who
have votes and political influence, but of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, which
is a powerful and dangerous antagonist. Ve
may, thererore, reasonably expect some
very interesting legal proceedings before
the combination is finally allowed to con
duct its business undisturbed, and that the
benefits will not be immediately attained.
In view of all this it is not surprising that
among the certificates of Delaware, Lueka
w anna and Western stock delivered on last
week's transactions were some of ancient
date, evidontly belonging to old-time in
vestors, w ho could not resist the temptation
to take tho high prices offered for their
shares. Considering that the stock sold
down to SO during tho coal war of 1S76. and
for several years fluctuated between 40 and
50; that Jersey Central about the same time
sold below 10 and Beading somewhere about
20, I do not wonder that 1G0 for Lackawanna,
140 for Jersey Central and 64 for Heading are
irresistible to manypeople. I myself should
certainly sell at those figures, but then I
might make a mistake in doing so. Time
will show w hether I am ritrlit or not. and to
time I am content to leave tho decision of
the question. Matthew Marshall.
A WORLD'S WEAL AND WOE.
THE JOT, GRIEF AM) WICKEDNESS OF
A BUSY SATCKDAY.
roMtlcs, Business and Society Nearby
News or More Than Local Interest
The Varied Doings or Two Cities and
Their Environs News Beyond the Sea.
This is a busy and a varied world. Not
even the big Sunday newspapers can record
its story fully and completely. But all the
happenings of the greatest interest can bo
and are narrated in The Susdat Dispatch.
The following events of Saturday stand out
prominently:
Local.
Eight emigrants fiom a typhus-infected
steamship arrived in -Pittsburg ..Liquor
license applications are 153 fewer than last
year. The city will contest the, claim of
Sew cr Contractor HcIlvaioe....Tue Junior
Order is preparing to celebrate Vashlng-
ton's Birthday Mrs. Keyser lost $5S0 from
its mattress hiding place Vard caucuses
denounced the increase in assessments....
Law and Order detectives were charged
with blackmail . . .Commander Booth passed
through Pittsburg and ent a congratulatory
telegram to hi3 father Solomon Golden
has sued a Kansas City benedict for services
in making the match. ...Farmer Fralich was
bunkoed out of $30 on Liberty street.. ..All
the Vymanand Pearson cases were stricken
off the list ...Politicians are preparing for
Tuesday's struggle... Tho American Feder
ation of Labor threatens to boycott the
World's Fair Local baseball people have
arranged for exhibition games.
General.
Minneapolis isn't big enough to accommo
date the Hepublican convention.. ..An
aurora borealis display thrilled half a con
tinent. .. Sarah Altheallill is insane Prof.
Thomson has invented a machine to make
lightning The inter-State commerce com
mission won't interfere with tho Beading
deal....Ingalls has applied for membership
in the G. A. It ...Dr. McGlynn maybe re
instated into tho priesthood. ...A liberal
Pi eby terian journal is to be started in
Cleveland The Xew York Legislature may
pas' a law against the bl-chloride cure....
The cause of the Hotel Royal fire was of
ficially announced .Mario Blaine will be
granted her divorce this week ...Congress
is to investigate tho "sweater" system....
The Senate favors generous waterway ap
propriations. ..The Canadian reciprocity J
commissioners were presented to
the President. ..The French commis
sioner iound Government pork inspec
tion to be all right... Tho Dela-
niater prosecution scored an advantage....
The bi-chloride cuie crazed a Steubenvillo
victim. ..A case of destitution and misery
reported at Steubenville Both sides of
the Xew Castle insurance trouble are told
An obstinate Beaver Falls tenant refuses
to vacate a house that is being torn down
. . Braddock crank committed suicide
Detectives are badly compromised at
the Gant arson trial at Greensburg New
est developments in Xew York politics....
Four thousand Kansans indulged in a wolf
chase . .A man sank up to his neck in n
swamp in the city of Chicago Seven per
sons in Salem, III., may die Irom eating poi
soned biscuits . .Superintendent of Insu
rance Pierce, of Xew York, will try to sup
press assessment endowment societies....
A Xew York steel company is in trouble....
The American Wheel Company made a
proposition to creditors.
Foreign.
Lord Randolph Churchill is still a thorn in
the Toiy flesTi The Home fire brigade is
an hour and a half lesponding to an alarm
....General Booth was welcomed TDack to
London . The famous Sevres porcelain fac
tory was damaged by fire. ...Liberal opposi
tion to the education bill is growing in
Germany The Egyptian Khedive is turn
ing against England ..German newspapers
take Chile's part . A tj-phns lever stricken
town in Russia, has been quarantined.. ..The
London Spectator thinks Lincoln would be a
successful Presideutaf candidate. ...Eng
land's oldest admiral, Sir Provo Wallls, is
dead.. ..The Paris Chamber of Commerce
refused to do anything for the World's Fair
Emin Pasha is being lionized by his old
soldiers in Africa Barrio was probably
elected President of Guatemala.
The Ladies.
The pleasant effect and perfect safetv with
which ladies may use the California liquid
laxative Svrup of Figs, under all conditions,
makes it their favorite remedy. To get the
true and genuine article, look for the name
of the California Fig Syrup Co., printed near
the bottom of the package.
Special To Let Advertisements
In The Dispatch this morning. Yon can
nnd the home you are seeking by consulting
these columns.
Tiie largest line of pressed parlor papers
ever brought to Pittsburg.
John S. Robeiits,
719-721 Liberty street, head of "Wood.
MTh
lioncet. Offices and Stores To Let
Are specially advertised in The Dispatch
this morning. Consult these lists.
If you want to paper your store ceiling
come and look at that elegant design, Xo.
2,912. I have it in all color?.
John S. Roberts,
719-721 Liberty street, head of "Wood.
MTh
COUNT VON WALDERSEE,"
The German Gen
eral, Diplomat and
friend of Emperor
William acknowl
edges the beneficial
effects of the Soden
Mineral Pastilles in
a letteraddrc&scd to
the Soden Mineral
Springs Co. These
Pastilles (troches)
are unsurpassed for
catarrhal affections
of the throat, for
colds and coughs, nnd no one should be
without them. The genuine imported arti
cle must have the signature or "Eisner S.
Mendelson Co.." Solo Agents, Now York,
around every box. M
FIDELITY
TITLE AND TRUST CO.,
121 and 123 Fourth ave.
Capital. $1,003,000. Insures titles to real
estate. Acts us executor, administrator,
guardian, etc. Trustee for corporation
mortgages. Safe deposit vault boxes from
So to $200. ocll-x
TTNFEHMENTED GRAPE JUICE.
A delicious beverage with all the medic-
inil properties of the grape, absolutely free
of nlrnhnl. In quart bottles.
GEO. K.
STEVENSON Jfc CO., Sixth av
JjS-aiwr
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-
Prevent the Grip
Dr. Cyrus Edson, of the New York Board
or Health, says that to provont the Grip, you
should avoid exposure in inclement weather
and keep your strength up, your blood in
good condition, and your digestive organs
in regular action. Tho tonic nnd alterative
effects of Hood's Sarsaparilla so happily
meet tho last three conditions, that with the
protection given by .this medicine you need
not fear the Grip.
HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA
Is an inexpensive medicine and a single
bottlo may saveyoumany dollars in doctors'
bills and much suffering.
A Firm "Grip"
"One year ago I was taken down sick with
'the Grip,' and my whole, system seemed
completely run down. I could not sleep or
eat. A friend of mine advised me to try
Hood's Sarsaparilla. So 1 did. I used four
bottles and in two months I was a well man.
I think so much of
HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA
That I keep it on hand all the time." Cur
tis Gowdy, City BUI Poster, Shelbyville, 111.
Hood's Pills cure Liver Ills.
"t.ll?a-i.AP''. DEfT.- -
STEALING BRAINS
Is done at present to a great extent. Our
advertisements are stolen entire by imita
tors who would like to have you believe that
their goods are "Jl) ST AS GOOD" as
VOLTAIC DIAMONDS.
Don't you believe it. AVe sell thousands of
them. Send them to all parts of the country.
They are pure crystal. Loose and mounted
stones. Every one warranted. Itings. Studs,
Pins, Eardrops, etc. From H to 5 carat
sizes. No agents.
BJ, IMS, SOLE 0 WEE,
65 FIFTH AVE.
fetl-Mwrsu
A LAUNDRY SOAP, PURE AND SANITARY.
BEST POK
General Household UsOi
THE DREADED "GRIPPE."
RELIEF AND CURE,
A BENSON'S PLASTEK
placed over tho Chest and
another one between the
Shoulders insures not only
immediate relief, but quick
est cure for those Muscular
Pains that accompany the
Grippe; all Rheumatlo Pains,
pass away lik6 magic Wear
ing BENSON'S Plasters pre
vents the Grippe during a
contagion. It is the only true
medicinal porous plaster. It
is not a nostrum in any sense.
Indorsed dv over 5.000 Physi
cians and Druggists. Don't
allow Commercial Druggists
to palm off cheap substi
tutions. Get the genuine
BENSON'S andyouvrillnot
be disappointed.
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PROPOSALS.
PKOPOSALS for the Erection of the Penn
sylvania Unilding on the World's Fair
Grounds at Chlcxgo.
Sealed Proposals will be received at the
office or the'Executive Commissioner, in the
City ot Harrisburg, up to 12 o'clock noon or
Wednesday, March 9, ISM, for the erection of
the Pennsylvania building on tho grounds of
tho World's Columbian Exposition at
Chicago. Plans and specifications can be
seen at the following places:
Allentown Board of Trade Rooms.
Altoona Board of Trade Booms.
Erie Board of Trade Rooms.
Harrisbnrtr World's Fair Office.
Philadelphia Builders' Exchange and of
fice of Thos. P. Lonsdale, Architect.
Pittsburg Room 811, Hamilton Building.
Heading Board ot Trade Rooms.
Scran ton United Board of Trade Rooms.
Wilkesbarre Office of Morgan B. Williams.
Williamsport Office ot A. S. Wagner.
Additional in formation can bo had or Thos.
P.Lonsdale, Aichltect, Fourth and Walnut
streets, Philadelphia. Tho right is reserved
to reject any or ail bids. A certified cheek
or $1,009 will bo leqniiedfrom each bidder
as a guarantee of good faith.
WILLIAM IIASSOX,
E. A. BIGLEU,
BEN,r. whitman;
fel5-2MTh Building Committee.
OIL WELL SUPPLIES.
OIL CO.,
PITTSBURG, PA.
BRANCH OFFICES:
Standard Oil Co., Wheeling, W. Va.
Standard Oil Co., Cumberland, Md.,
Standard Oil Co., Altoona, Pa. t ,
Capital City Oil Co., Harrisburg, Pa.
We manufacture for home trade the finest
Erodes of lubricating and illuminating oils.
Our facilities are such that our statement
that wo inrnish all oils stnndard for quality
everywhere cannot be disputed.
OUR REFINED OIL LISTS
Water White, 150.
Prime White, 150.
Stnndard White, 111
Ohio Legal Test.
Ohio Water White Legal Test
Carnadme (red), 150 Test -
Ollte, 150 Test.
OUR NAPHTHA LIST:
Deodorized Naphtha for varnish makers,
painters and printers.
Gas Naphtha for gas companies.
Deodorized Stove Fluid lor vapor stove
burners.
Fluid, 7 gravity, for street lamps, burn
ers and torches.
Gasoline, 86, 83 and 00 gravity for gas ma
chines. '
OUR LUBRICATING OIL LIST
Includes the finest brands or
Cylinder, Knglno and Machinery Oils.
Spindle, Dynamo, 300 Mineral Seal.
Neutral Oils. Miners' OiR Wool Stocks.
Parafflno Oil, Parafllne Wax.
Summer nnd Cold Test Black Oils. ,
Signal and Car Oils.
Mica Axle Greaie, Railroad and Mill
Grease aud Aictlc Cup Grease.
Where it is more convenient; von may
Older from our Branch Ofilces, from which
points deliveries will be made.
STANDARD Oil COMPANY,
Cor. Dnqucsue Way and Eighth Street,
JaJ-ma PITTSBURG. PA
" 'iiVj
AMPfilLY
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
0. M'CLfNTOCK & CO.'S
iir rttti Git in Prices of
FURNITURE.
During the week, beginning Monday,
February 15,-and closing Saturday evening
at io o'clock (one night only) we offer almost
our entire stock of strictly first-class and re
liable Furniture at an
33 1-3 per cent from regular prices. A
few selections indicate the range and extent
of the reductions. ' . . '
CHAMBER SUITES.
(EACH COMPRISING THREE PIECES).
Pattern Regular Reduced
number. price. price.
233 Solid Mahogany, elegant
ly carved $225 $175
6 Solid Maliogany, elegant
ly carved 175 125
1,113 Solid Mahogany, with
best Tennessee marble
top washstaud 1G0 115
821 Bamboo Pattern in bird's
eyo maple 200 150
162 Cnrly Birch HO 100
159 Gold and White Enamel '
nnish 110 90
27 Pollard .Oak 135 ' 100
Ltl5 Autlgue Oat, elegantly
'carved massive dresser 215 ,150
1,435 16th Century Oak, heavily
carved 125 75
80 Pollard Oak, heavily
carved 60 45
45 Antique Oak 30 20
57 in Pollard Oak 21 18
1,229 Walnut, neatly carved... 37 22
38 in 16th Century Oak S5 25
LADIES' DRESSING STANDS.
736 Imitation Mahogany 20
1,199 Imitation Mahogany 25
2,199 Antique Oak 5
151 Antique Oak. 33
1,006 Solid Mahogany, with
Cheval glass and tiors of
drawers on each side.... 110
15
13
16
20
78
59 Antique Oak, 8 feet, large
and massive, heavily
carved, suitable for hotel
orrestaurant 1S5
C49 Antique Oak, 6 feet, china
cabinets, with mirror
back and plate glass
shelves each side 150
26 16th Conturv Oak, 1 feet 75
1,012 Antique Oak 40
652 Imitation Mahogany, Ten
nessee marble top 35
CHINA CABINETS.
256 Antique Oak 140
14 Solid Mahogany 125
318 Antique Oak 35
150
100
50
28
20
100
25
DRAPERY DEPARTMENT
Offers its entire stock of Furniture and Curtain Fringes at ONE
THIRD of regular prices.
All odd Portieres at ONE-HALF of regular prices.
All single pairs of Lace Curtains at ONE-HALF of regular prices.
Three special patterns of China
ONE-HALF of regular prices.
s
This sale is
the
auction without
advantages to the buyer. All prices are in
plain figures. You can inspect at once our
assortment without waiting through an auc
tioneer's slow round of offerings. You can
with calm judgment and careful comparison
choose or reject each piece at the lowest limit
of price Vithout the uncertainties and pitfalls
of
an auction room.
strictly first-class, whose
stand by. Our sacrifice compels the terms
of sale to be "SpotCash and Delivery Before
April First." This is
will come when the new goods are opened.
N. B. See in Show Window Samples" of Chamber Suite
(3 pieces) of good style, finish and quality, offered during this
sale only at r
$14 with English Dresser, worth $20.
$17 with. French Dresser, worth $25.
0. M'uLINTOCK & GO.
33 FIFTH AVENUE.
I , oifis ' i '
m
average reduction of
UPHOLSTERED PARLOR SUITES.
Pattern Regular Reduced
number. price. price.
43 or 7 pieces, all hair uphol
stery, best embossed
plush coverings, suitable
for large hotel parlor... $150 $100
291 of 5 pioccs in Antique Oak,
silk plush coverings 155 115
42 of 4 pieces in solid Mahog
any, tapestry coverings, 150 90
302 of 4 pieces In Imitation
Mahogany, brocatelle
coverings 110 80
657 ot 3 pieces white enamel
and gold frames, finest
brocatelle coverings.... 150 100
634 of 3 pieces Solid Mahogany
frames, tapestry cover
ings 150 70
74 of 4 pieces in Oriental rug
coverings 55 40
332 of 3 pieces. Library Suite,
in Antique Oak and
Leather 115 95
PARLDR TABLES.
63 in. Natural Cherry 10 7
779 Antique Oak 15 10
460 Solid Mahogany, brass
trimmed 18 12
235 Antique Oak 25 18
40 Antique Oak 30 18
75 Solid Mahogany, brass in
laid 75 65
62 Antique Oak, glass door.
20 15
35 23
75 40
1,239 Antique Oak.double door
190 Antique Oak.flnely carved
.105 Antique Oak, with secre
tary 50
33
LADIES' WRITING DESKS.
139 Antique Oak 15
386 Antique Oak 20
1,069 16th Century Oak.., 27
332 Antique Oak 38
110 Solid Mahogany 30
BALL RACKS.
196 Antique Oak 30 19
602 Antique Oak ;.. 23 ,22
215 16th Century Oak 65 48
1,345 Antique Oak 145 100
bilks for decorative purposes
at
nearest possible to an
an 'auctioneer, with greater
All
goods
our
are
quality WE WILL
the buyer's day, ' ours
AMUSEMENTS.
DUQUESNR
Hehdersoh & Non-row,
Pittsburg's
Leading Theater.
Managers.
THIS
IS
THE
DAY
AND
8
P.M.
IS
THE
HERE IT IS I
SINBAD
With all its Beauty. Melody and
Fun, Presented by the
MRP EXTRAVAGANZA GO.
David Hehdebsok, Manager.
First 'lime lo-nlght.
11 "Nights .11 ore.
Alntinxes VrVcI. and Sat.
HOUR.
HIJRRV I Seats for two I AVOID
n w r-irii 1 weekg non. I THE
U r I on sale. I CKUsn.
POPULAK AVEDNESDAY MATINEE.
folMS Best Seats 50c.
ALL THIS WEEK.
Matinees Wednesday and Saturday.
ANNIE WARD
TIPPA3SY,
is
THE STEPDACGHTER.
"Reserved seats, 25c and 50c.
Next week "All the Comforts of nome."
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THE ALVIN THEATER CHARLES L.
DAVIS, Owner and Manager. To-night,
Matinees Wednesday and Saturday.
First time here! The great metropolitan
success,
MEN AND WOMEN,
By H.C. DeMille and David Belasco. authors
of "The Wife," "The Charity Ball."
Under the direction of
CHARLES FROHMAN.
Feb. 22 THE CHARITY BALL. fel5-29
AUDITORIUM.
ONE NIGHT ONLY. MONDAY, FEB. 15,
Positively last appearance of "
ANNIE EVA FAY
. in a Scientific Seance.
Box offlce open Saturday from 9 to 5.
Admission, 20 cents; reserved seat?, 30
cents; first six rows, 50 cents. fol2-ll-D
HARRY WILLIAMS' ACADEMY.
TO-NIGHT Matinees Tnesday, Thursday
and Saturday. JUS HILL'S
WORLD QV NOVELTIES,
THE GOLDEN BOOM. fel543
A
LECTURE ON
THE ANCIENT CITIES OF AMERICA
AND THEIR PEOPLES
BY
MME. LE PLONGEON.
Tickets, 50 cents. felt-99-D
HOTEL'S
STURTEVANT HOUSE.
NEW YORK.
American plan $2 50 to f3 50 per day.
European plan $1 00 per day upward.
THE STURTEVANT HOUSE
is the most central in the city; near all ele
vated roads, street car lines, principal
places of amusement and large retail stores.
All the comforts of home with the addi
tional conveniences of the metropolis is of
fered our guests.
THE STURTEVANT HOUSE.
Broadway, 2Sth and 20th sts., Now York.N Y.
ja27-20-MWr
4, CUKES Coughs.Colds.increases
LHCTO I lue Fiesb.restores the Strength
kuu jjtomi. vuo o j & vv aw
slst colds.
Price per bottle, 75 cents.
Beef, Iron and Wine,
The popular nutritive tonic. .Price, full pint
bottles, 45 cents.
A. P. SAWHILL. Druggist,
fe3-S0-D 187 Federal St., Allegheny, Pa.
P
JLl3l!
ATENTS.
n n.LEVis solicitor.
131 5THAVL HEXTIEADEB.P1TTSBURGHJ A-l
KAUFMAN
GREAT ANNUAL SPRING OPENING SALE
TO-DAY
-A3D-
TO-MORROW.
NOTE:
, Shirt Waist Department is on
1 mo nrst noor now.
STAR MISTS.
We open the season with a larger
and more extensive variety of these
celebrated Waists than ever before.
All the new spring styles all the
novel designs all the neat pat
terns. ,
Star-Waists, in white or fancy,
with standing or sailor collar, also
the very "Swell" Little Lord
Fauntleroy Star Waists, and one
and all at prices that will "be found
fully 25 per cent lower than
those of any other local establish
ment. To start the ball .rolling
we will offer to-day and to-morrow
(these 2 days only)
100 DOZEN FINE STAR WAISTS
(Unlaundeied)
AT 41
r
A-
i flfl During the above sale we will offer 900-pairs Boys' First-Class "?(
LUUlV ! All-Wool Knee Pants, sizes 4 to 14, at the reduced price of. 0
KATTFMANN
KETV ADVEETISE3IENTSI.
DOUGLAS & MACKIE.
Thriltr housewives will save money this week by visiting our LETEK DEPART
MENT. "We have just received an entirely new stock of GERMAN, SCOTCH AND
IRISH TABLE LIKENS, NAPKINS AND TOWELS of the latest designs, which ia
quality and price are nnequaicd.
OUR STOCK IS LARGE AND CAN ONLY ENUMERATE A FEW.
60-inch Cream Table Linen at 40c, usually sold at 50c per yard.
62-iach German Bleached Damask, 45c, worth 65c per yard.
68-inch Double Bleached Damask, 75c, worth Jl per yard.
100 dozen Bleached Napkins, were sold at $L75, now 5L25 per dozen.
100 dozen Open Work Damask Towels at 25c each, worth Sllic
100 pieces Lawn White Goods in -Stripes
vard.
2 bales Scotch Barnsley Crash at 8Jc,
DOUGLAS & MACKIE,
151, 153 and 155 Federal Street, Allegheny, Pa.
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AJLrwjrzrs to
WITH STYLES
iNo matter what article yon may need for yonr house, come and inspect our stock; it
is so extensive, and so varied. Yon can't help finding just what you want. We've styles
that catch the eve, and the prices aresnre to please. See onr new line of Heavy Chenille
Portieres, double dado and heavy fringe top and bottom, a handsome line of colors, at
f 6.00 per pair.
Send or call for illustrated catalogue of the
G-TTILSnN- IFOIiIDIILSrG- BED.
KEECH
CASH
923, 925, 927 PENN AVE., - NEAR NINTH STREET.
.OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS.
B. & B.
OLD BLEACH TOWELS.
There was a new importation
opened here this morning and
now you can buy Old Bleach
Towels for 25 cents each old
bleach means grass bleach,
which leaves a softer linen than
the chemical bleach and a
stronger yarn and the towel
wears better and absorbs'
the water better than any other
kind of towel they cost you no
more thaa any other good towel
lots of housekeepers will use
no other kind.
You buy them here washed
nice and soft ready for use.
Hemmed ones 35c each
then there's quite a range of
prices, 40c, 50c, 55c, 65c, 75c,
85c, $1, $1.25, $1.50 each
You'll find the old bleach trade
mark on all on the 2;c one.
BOGGS&BUHL,
I
ALLEGHENY.
lelo-e i
ffHB MOTHER'S FRIEND
Patent Shirt Waist
No Buttons can be Torn off, cither t'r,
Wearing or Washing.
Tha Mother's Friend does awry entirely
with the sewing on of Buttons. It 13 snpplied
with an adjustable belt, which is easily taken
off when the waist is -washed: ihc bnttons are
riveted on the belt, consequently can not be
torn off, either in wearing, washing orironiag.
The fact that most ladies now
prefer the "Mother's Friend" to
the "Star" Waists speaks volumes.
We have both kinds, but would
recommend the "Mother's
Friend," which in fit, finish and
general appearance is fully equal
and in durability and convenience
far superior to the Star. We show
the "Mother's Friend" Waists in
a complete line of new spring pat
terns and designs, in cheviots,
percales or plain white, with
standing or sailor collar, both
square and round Fauntleroy
styles, etc., and at prices ranging
from 69c to $2. To-day and to
morrow, however, we will offer, as
a season opener,
100 DOZEN 'FINE
(Cnlanndered)
Mother's Friend Waists
AT 49c.
and Plaids, were 15c and 20c, now 12-ptt-
worth 10s.
the :f:ro:n"t
AND LOW PRICES.
CREDIT
feS-3iw
B. &B.
50 PIECES
Strongest and best cloth,
most artistic printings 6
different patterns extra
heavy and good, 23 inches
wide,
PER YARD.
OGGS & BUHL,
ALLEGHENY.
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OF BOYS' WAISTS.
TO-DAY
-ASD-
TO-IWORROW.
Mnjr, Shirt "IVaist Department is
I MJ I L.I
on the first floor now.
Little Lord Fauntleroy
BLOUSES.
It was our establishment that
introduced these- cute and dressy
blouses in Pittsburg, and we have
always been considered headquar
ters for them. ,
For the coming spring season
our line of Fauntleroy Waists is
the largest and handsomest ever
shown anywhere.
Among the styles displayed by
us are many entirely new ideas
novelties which cannot be found
in this city outside of Kaufmanns.
As a special inducement during
our grand opening (to-day and
to-morrow) we will offer
50 Dozen
Fauntleroy Waists,
Sizes 2 to 6, with nicely laced I
' trimmed collars, cuffs
and bosom,
UililSILKS,
MfrTTTl ll..T-f . I PIT
AT 65c.
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