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ART Lr IRONWORK.
An Intereslins Eeview of tho Early
i Days of the Industry.
THE OLDEST EXISTING SAMPLES.
Grill-Work in tlic Ancient Cathedrals That
Is Still Appreciated.
THE AET OP THE EAE..T LOCKSMITHS
Amid the increased attention which has
of recent years been given to all branches of
decorative art, that of the artistic treatment
of iron has not escaped notice. The black
smith occupied an important position
among the craftsmen of the Middle Ages.
The insecurity of life and property, which
was one of the chief grievances of the times,
made strength of material indispensable,
whether to guard the shrine of a saint, or to
protect after a more homely fashion the
family chest or coffer. The strength and
durability of iron led to its use
f ?r these defensive purposes from early
times. But the workman of the Middle
Ages was not content to allow strength
and ugliness of form to go together, but con
trived to breathe a spirit of beauty into his
designs without sacrificing the uo to which
the material was destined. Thns wrought
iron formed the object of much artistic work
both in England and abroad. Until coal
came into general use, malleable iron was
produced direct from the ore with charcoal
by continuous working. Sussex was from
early times a chief seat of the iron industry.
The earliest positive recprd of the trade
there is contained in a grant made by King
Henry III. to the town of Lewes in 12GG,
bv w uich the inhabitants were empowered
to raise toll for tTue repair of the town walls
after the battle. Every cart-load of iron
destined for tale which came from the
neighboring 'neald' was to pay 1 penny
toll, and every horse-load of iron half that
sum. In 1290 a sum ot uionev was paid to a
certain Master Henry, of Lewes, for the
ironwork to the monument of Henry IIL in
Westminster Abbey, which reminds usthat
talented smiths were brought olten from
long distances for important works.
Old Samples In Unslanil.
In this countrv, perhaps the oldest exist
ing works m iron are hinges to doors,
strengthening bars, handles," escutcheons,
lock "plate, and the like. Even the nails
were things of beautv. Abroad, the massive,
doors of the Cathedral of Notre Dame de
Paris offer a wonderful example of early
ironwork. Probably designed in the twelfth
century, the doors are nearly concealed with
their decorations of trees and birds, dragons,
and other grotesque beings. The door in
St. George's Chapel. Windsor, is of about
of the same date. The grotesque knocker
on the sanctuary door of Durham Cathedral,
which bears a rather distaut resemblance to
a lion, is said to be ot the twelfth century.
The hollows for the eves mav have been
formerly filled with crystal or enamel; or, as
it has been suggested, the open eyes may
hae been contrived to emit light from
within the church, so as to guide the hapless
being seeking sanctuary by night to the
welcome haven of safety.
The door ot the chapter house of York
Cathedral is a good example ot the
woik of the thirteenth century. It
consists of a central stem, and sev
eral large scrolls with diminutive leaves
branching out in all directions. Some
chests in the same cathedral are also finely
bound with decorative hinges. Occasionally,
hinges were gilt, and not laid directly on
the wood, but on skin or scarlet felt. These
elaborate fastenings, however, fell into dis
use in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries,
when the uoodwoik of doors became richly
molded and carved. The number of iron
pieces on a door furnished the French
dramatist Sedaine nith the subject of an
amusing scene in the play of the "Gageure
Imprevue," brought out in 1TC8, in which a
marquis, one of the chief characters, bets
that lie will enumerate all the bits of iron,
big and little, which are employed in the
construction of a door such as lock, screws,
nuts, knobs, bars, bolts and so lorth. He
succeeded in naming them all except the
key, and so eventually lost his bet. The old
process of repeatedly forging the iron gave
it a. great tenacity and ductility, which
modern iron, except of the finest quality,
does not possess.
Ancient Iron 'Worktnjr Methods.
In early times the iron was not
actually made to melt, but
was separated out and formed into
a lump while in a pasty condition, when it
was found to be sufficiently free from car
bon to be malleable without further pro
cesses. It was then accordingly brought
Tinder a heavy tilt-hammer, worked by a
cog-wheel and driven by water power.
Sheets of water in the Weald of Sussex and
in Kent owe their existence to the manu
facture of iron; w hile other pools and ponds
liac been draiued and transformed into hop
gardens or osier beds. Cornmills, too, often
occupy the sites where once the din of the
hammers resounded. The iron was eventu
ally formed into bars by beating under the
hammer, aud then worked into the sizes re
quired by the smitlu When this had been
done, the artistic part of his work, such as
welding, stamping and chiseling, still re
mained. In the larger specimens of ancient
work borne parts are additions entirely
welded; others aie additions fastened at the
ends by bands welded across the ground
work. " Sheet iron, which had been intro
duced into England by the fourteenth cen
tury, saved much labor, and could be elab
orately decorated.
Italy in the Middle ages led the way in
metal "woiking as well as in other arts. In
bronze, the work then produced has never
been equaled. During the thirteenth and
fourteeth centuries, wrought-iron came into
general use lor screens, for chapels and
tombs, and grills tor windows. The screen
around the tombs of theScala familv at
Verona is composed of a kind ot network of
quatrcfoils. each filled up with a small lad
der (scala), in allusion to the family name.
Several churches in Florence and Siena
have magnificent screens of wrought-iron
One of the principal workers of iron of this
period was Uiccolo Grossi, who was taken
under the patronace of Lorenzo de' Medici.
Cat.delsticks, lanterns, cressets, and torch
beaters were produced in large numbers
all of the most artistic designs. Grossi
executed four lanterns for the Strozzi palace
at Florence, which were set up in the year
1500; and each cost a hundred florins for
workmanship alone. Another artist in iron
was Cozzarelli, who flourished at the close
of the fifteenth century at Siena,
and distinguished himself in designing
superb lanterns and torch-holders.
Iron 1'ulpiU Jn Sptin.
Spain also produced about the same period
much beautiful iron work in the shape of
molded rails or balusters and friezes of
pierced and repousse work, the whole being
often plated with silver. The use of metal
lor pulpits is probably confined to Spain.
Thce are sometimes of bronze, but also of
wrought-iron. as in a church at Zamora, aud
in that of San Gil, at Uurgos. Screens
were also produced in England of consider
able excellence, examples of which are
those erected to Bishop West's chapel at
Ely, and to Edward IV. 's tomb at Windsor,
both made toward the close of the fifteenth
century. . Iron tracery work, produced by
cutting out patterns in plate and placing
one plate ovfr the other, gave richness ot
effect by means of the play of shadow,
and was employed in the construction of
the screen to "Henry V.'s tomb at West
minster. Some grill work also exists in the cathe
drals of Canterbury, Winchester and
Chichester. Grills we're much produced in
France, where ironwork attained to a high
degree of excellence. When Charles V.
ordered his library to be removed irom the
Cite, the windows of the Tower of the
Fauconnerie were ornamented with grills
'to keep it from birds and ether beasts!'
They were used for windows over doors, for
balconies and even for chimneys. It was
the expense of the elaborate 'crifles' at Ver
sailles which led to the disgrace of Colbert.
The grills to the churches of St. Eoche and
Sf. Germain l'Auxerrois furnish matter for
much commendation to tlie newspapers of
the time. The grills made for the Palais de
Justice in Parts cost as much as 200,000
livres. Amateurs took as much interest in
these products of the forge as in paintings
or bronzes, so much so that a locksmith
named Gerard, who had executed an iron
canopy in 17G9, put it on view for three
days, charging those who would inspect it
three livres apiece. This canopy was orig
inally intended for the church ot Ste. Gen
evieve, but the price asked 50,000 livres
proving too much, it was never erected
there.
One Royal Locksmith.
The art of the locksmith was also
greatly appreciated in France, kings
even taking part in its practical
details; like Louis XVL, forgetting
for a time the cares of State in the construc
tion of a Jock. One of the curiosities of
Paris mentioned by Gilbert of Metz in 1422
was a certain house in the Bue Bourdonnais
which possessed as ni3ny locks as there are
days in the year. The lock to a coffer of fif
teenth century work has a representation
of the Last Judgment. Philibert de Lormc
paid in 1359 to the master locksmith, one
Mathuriu Bon, as much as 0,011 livres for
works executed at Fontainebleau. Louis
XIIL amused himself with the art, not only
giving his locksmith a pension of 300 liyres,
but even setting him apart a room in the
new chateau of St. Germain. In the eight
eenth century much fine work was produced.
Mercier, in his Picture of Paris, exclaims:
"A locksmith among us has become an artist
iron has become as supple as wood."
Germany. in the fifteenth century pro
duced much wrought-iorn work of a mther
special character, such as the grave crosses
and sepulchral monuments to be seen in the
cemeteries of Nuremberg. Iron was
also employed for well canopies,
such as that at Antwerp attributed to
Quentin Matsys. Originally a blacksmith
irom Louvain, he came to Antwerp to seek
his fortune. There, as the story goes, he
fell in love with the daughter of a painter,
and, to propitiate the daughter as well as
her fattier, exchanged the anvil for the
painter's palette; and before his death in
1531 he was successful in helping to raise
the school of Antwerp to a celebrity equal
to that of the schools of Bruges and Ghent.
Ironwork was extensively produced at
Augsburg under the fostering care of the
Fugger family taking the shape of brackets
projecting trom the walls, and grills over
fan lights or in a balcony. Grotesque
knockers are also common in Nuremberg.
Keys were sometimes elaborately decorated,
and the part which is now a common ring
was once occupied by little figures in full
relief with coats of arms and the like. The
French Revolution was the cause of much
splendid ironwork being destroyed, when,
in 1793. certain provinces had to gather
together every available piece of
iron to transform into pikes and
other weapons. Much of the ironwork of
the abbey of St Dennis perished in this
w ay; and even in England grills have been
sold lor old iron because they hid the sculp
tures in Westminster Abbey.
The Grill-Work of To-Day.
The greater part of the decoration of grills
at the present day is produced by means of
stamps or molds, which arc impressed on
tue iron white heated and soft, supposing
a leaf or floweris requircd,one of the proper
iorm is forged in relief in steel, and then is
driven into a larger block of pasty steel
shaped like a punch or wedge, thus forming
the stamper die necessary for the purpose
of decoration. Leaves, again, can be ham
mered out and welded on separately. Up
to the reign of Henry VIIL, grills were
architectural in design, Queen Elizabeth's
tomb in the Abbey forming one of the first
instances of the use ot a border of natural
flowers roses in a tomb-rail of iron. The
roses were cut out of sheets of metal, shaped
on the edge of some instrument like a vice,
and then fixed on by brazing. To
make inscriptions, holes are first drilled
and then a very small keyhole saw
inserted. After the fire of London, iron
came largely into use for building purposes,
and very fine work was produced in the
reign of William IIL A Frenchman named
Tijon published a book of designs in 1C93
for the use of smiths, in which appeared the
gateswhich were a little later ordered by
the ICinc for Hampton court, and executed
hy Huntingdon bhaw, the talented smith,
under the general superintendence of Sir
Christopher Wren. The beautiful gates of
chiselled and polished iron now to be seen
in the Louvre are of this period, and were
executed form the designs of Daniel Marot,
who architect to William IIL of Eng
land. Wherevc the old-fashioned red brick
houses with their tiled roofs and quaint
dormer windows are to be seen, their iron
staircases, railings, and the like will proba
bly be found, as, lor instance, in Lincoln's
Inn Fields or .Bloomsbury Square and in
many suburbs.
More Carious Than Beautiful.
Cast iron is not so susceptible of artistic
treatment as the same material when
hammered, and the old specimens which
have come down to us are, generally
speaking, more curious than beautiful.
Cast iron was used for cannon from
the fourteenth century as well as for grave
slabs, fire-dogs or .andirons, firebaeks, and
the like. One fireback preserved at Bruges
is dated 1565, and has two figures 3 feet 6
inches in height as supporters to the shield
with which it is ornamented. A fireback at
Wadhurst, in Sussex, was very elaborate,
having, beside the royal arms of France and
England quarterly with supporters, the
Tudor badge of rose and crown, a crowned
shield and ten human figures with monkey
or dog-like faces, as well a couple of swords.
Many firebaeks have Scriptural or classical
subjects; but one andiron that has been pre
served to us is decorated in a more homely
fashion, having on its upper portion a fig
ure in the costume of the time of James L,
holding a tobacco pipe in the right hand,
and in the lelt a jug or tankard the first of
which decorations would have pleased the
royal author of the "Counterblast."
Such are some ot the various wavs in
which iron has been trejted decoratively
from early times, whidi perhaps may prove
not uninteresting at the present day, when
wrought iron enters so largely into the
ornamentation of houses, whether for grills.
fanlights, balusters and screens, or for the
pretty lamp stands and brackets, in which a
return has been made to early Italian work
manship. Chambers' Journal.
srOKTIXG talk apropos of the opanln
of the new Reason In THE DISPATCH to
morrow. You can break up a bad cold by the
timely use of Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant,
an old and popular medicine for sore lungs
and throats, and the best of all cough reme
dies. Tou'li'L hear of something
rnoji ALiQuiprA.
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HALF
A YEAR'S
ADLETS.
Total for six months, end- nn 110
iug February 29, 1S92 (13,4 U
Same period for tho
previous
INCREASE. .,
.!?.! 24,885$
14,581
O No doubt It will pay YOU to both
O BEAD and USE
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THE DISPATCH'S
CENT-A-WORD COLUMNS.
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TUE AVERAGE SMALL.
McDonald Wells as a Eule Do Not
Make Much of a Showing.
LESS THAN FIFTY BAEEELS EACH.
light Producers Were tho Feature of the
Field Yesterday.
FIVE WELLS DUE AT WILLOW GROVE
There was a decline of 500 barrels in the
estimated production of the McDonald field
yesterday, and it was given out last evening
as 25,000 barrels. Even these figures are
considered too high by many of the pro
ducers, who are anxious to see the bottom
drop out of the field.
One of them who was interested last fall
in a production of 16,000 or 18,000 barrels a
daj: claimed yesterday that the output now
was not more than 17,000 or 18,000. To
prove this he said that the production in
which he had been a partner had fallen to
almost 2,500.
The estimate of 25,000 barrels may seem
high at first glance, but a little figuring
goes to show that even this gives the wells
as a whole a very low average.
In the gauges given below there are eight
wells reported which have a combined
output of 320 barrels an hour,
or 7,080 a day. Deducting this
Irom 23,000 leaves 17,320 barrels to be
divided among 350 completed wells, which
gives to each nn average of a fraction less
than 50 barrels a day. As there is at
least 100 wells in the field making 100 bar
rels a day, it leaves a very small average
production lor the balance. There were
few absolutely dry holes drilled, as in nearly
every case oil was found in the Gordon or
fifth sand.
Five Wells Almost Down.
There are five wells at Willow Grove
which are either in the Gordon or will
reach it the first of next week. Learn &
Burson's well on the "Vanerscott lot, in the
eastern part of the town, was in the top of the
Gordon last night, aud filled up 1,800 feet
with oik They were fishing for
the bailer late last night. Tli2
same parties' postoffice lot well
is matins ISO barrels a day thioujrh the
tubing. It has been packed. Their Patter
son lot well has heen shot, and Is doing 200
barrels a day, and the Cunnlnsham well, the
latest they finished up, is making 135 a day.
Guckert and Bailey aro inteiested in the
Patterson and Cunningham well"
fchefller Co.. on an eastern tc.wn lot, Todd
& Co. on the Bobbins, Miller & lvcunedy on
the Pry and Boi chert & Co. on tho licVick
nrs lot expect the Gordon either to-day or
ilondav w itk srood luck.
The Devonian Oil Cornnanv's No. 4. on the
Bovco farm, -was one bit in the sand last
night and showing n little oil. They were
shut down on account of broken jars.
Jennings, Guffey & Co.'s No. 3, Matthews
heirs, was in the fittli sand ten feet last
evening and showing for only a 100-barrel
well, part of which was from the Gordon.
Brown Bros. & Kobison are down 1,000 feet
in their No. 2 McMurray, at .Noblestown.
They shot their No. 1 Pastier, at McDonald,
yesterdav afternoon, with 10 quarts of gly
cerine. "This well produced nearly 400
ban-els a day for a long time, but had de
clined to about 45 a day.
Two Wells Near the Fifth.
The Forest Oil Company's No. 4 Jane Sic
Gill is in the fifth sand, and they expect the
fifth this morning at No. 4. Gillespie Bros.
well on the Nicholson at Noblestown, which
made a big showing In the 100-foot sand, will
probably be stopped in that sand and
pumped.
The Jolly Oil Company's well at Nobles
town station may be in the Gordon to-day.
Iseman & Co. are down 1,500 feet on the
Short aud Wade lot.
Kennedy, Fitzgibbons & Co.'s' No. 1 Ken
nedy, back of Oakriale, has been shot in the
fifth. It is a light well.
Mars The Devonian Oil Company's test
well on the Dr. Irwin farm, n mile and a half
south of Mars, is thioujrh the third sand and
dry. The Coonskln Oil Company's No. 4,
Douthctt heirs, is fishing for a set of tools at
70 feet In the 100-toot.
Tho Forest Oil Company and Bolardare
spudding In No. 1 Whitmoro, a mile and a
half west of Mars. Gllland & Coovert aie
down 900 feet on tho John Kennedy farm.
Tho Fort l'itt Gascoinpany drilled in a 200
pound gasscr at their No. 2 Stcbblns near
Stoops Ferry yesterday.
Independence George Davis & Co. aro on
top of tho Gordon sand on the McConnell
farm. It is a mile west of Carr Bios, dry
hole on the Beall farm.
The aicDonald Ganges.
The prodnction of the field was 23,000
yesterday, 500 less than the day before.
The hourly gauges were as follows: Matthews
No. 3, 35; Jennings, Guffey & Co.'s Herron No.
4, 40; Devonian Oil Company's Nos. 1 and 2
Boyce, 30: Oakdale Oil Company's Nos. 2 and
3 Baldwin, 35; Forest Oil Company's No. 1
M. Wright, 45; No. 1 Jane Stewart, 63: J. M.
Guffey & Co.'s No. 1 Nnnov Bell, 50; Brown,
Kobison & Co.'s No. 1 McMurruy, 20; De
duction, 23,000; stock in the Hold, 57,000.
The runs of the Southwest Pennsylvania
Pipe Lino Company from McDonald Thuis
day were 24,009; outside of McDonald, 9.133.
The National Transit runs were 41,073; ship
ments, 26.504. Buckeye runs, 5,474; ship
ments, 54,633. Southern Pipe Line shipments,
25,918. New York Transit shipments. 23,893;
Miicksburg runs.1,974: sninments, 500. Eureka
runs, 5,474; shipments, 2,0)6.
Yesterday's Market Features
The day was uneventful. The first price
was 56c, advancing on light buying to 57Kc,
declined and finished at the opening price.
Refined was marked down at London to5d.
There were no other changes. Dally average
l uns, 79,009; daily average shipments, 75,423;
clearances, 8,000 barrels.
OiLCrrr.March 18. National Transit certifi
cates opened at 57c; highest. 57Vc; lowest,
5SCc: closed. 56Jic: sales. 35.000 barrels:
clearances, 230 000 barrels: shipments, 88,193
barrels; runs, 89,570 barrels.
Bradford, March 18. National Transit cer
tificates onened at 56c; closod at 55c;
highest, 5GJc; lowest, 5GJc; clearances, 174.00J
barrels.
New York, March 18 Petrolenm was dull
and stagnant again to-dav, the only fluctu
ation being an advance of o from tho open
ing. Pennsylvania oil Spot, no salos; April
option Opening. 50;: highest. 5GJc:lowest.
56Jc; closing, 56c. Lima oil No sales; total
sales, 10,000 barrels.
AItT NEWS of New York, by M. G. Van
Ecnssclacr, In THE DISPATCH to-morrow.
A Clever lilea in Time Tables.
The "Common Sense" time table recently
issued by the "Burlington Boute" is the
latest idea in this connection, and furnishes
more concise information for less time spent
in research than anything yet produced.
The peculiar alignment perfected be
tween stations on the map, and the same
stations in the time tables cither side of the
map, is such that a traveler at a glance can
note time of arrival and departure, distance
from terminal points, population, signal
stops, restaurants, meals and connections.
There are no foot notes or reference marks
to distract the attention. fo questions
need be asked by the holder of this table,
the arrangement being exceedingly novel
and clear. The table is the invention of
Mr. W. M. Anthony, Advertising Agent of
the Burlington Company.
Universal Praise Means Merit,
Tho success of Chamberlain's Cough
Eemedy In effecting a speedy cure of la
grippe, colds, croup and whooping cough
has brought it into great demand. Messrs.
Pontius & Son, of Cameron, O., say that it
has gained a reputation second to none in
that vicinity. James M. Queen, of Johns
ton, W. Va., says it is the best.he ever used.
B. F. Jones, druggist, Winona, Miss., says:
"Chamberlain's Cough Eemedy is perfectly
reliable. I have always warranted it and It
never failed to give the most perfect satis
faction." Pifty-cent bottles for sale by
druggists. ttssu "
Norfhrop's Patent Paneled Motll Ceilings
Are neat, durable and artistic for all classes
of buildings. As the oldest manufacturers
in the country, we can furnish the greatest
variety and newest designs, put up com
plete, at the lowest figures consistent with
good work. Send for estimates to South
Twenty-third and Mary streets.
A- Noeiheop & Ca,
ttssu . Pittsburg, Pa.
Watch the new town of
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WASHED UP BV WAVEa
Bones of Men Burled Half a Century Ago
Uncovered by Unnsnal Tides Much
Speculation as rto the Identification ot
the Remains Thns Discovered.
-New York, March 18. Special The
unusual tides accompanying the storm of
two weeks ago, mode inroads into the
beaches upon both sides of Sandy Hook, and
disturbed sand dunes, which for many years
had been covered with salt grass. Since
then the'high northeast winds haver lifted
the loosened sand by the ton from some of
these dunes and swept it southward in
dense showers, which pricked the faces of
the beach patrols like needles.
Near Spermaceti Cove, about five miles
below the point of the Hook, and on the in
side of it, the wind laid bare some human
bones. When Captain Jack Edwards, of
the Spermaceti Cove life-saving station,
which is on the ocean front, heard of it, he
sent men with shovels to cover up the re
.mains. They did so, but the next high wind
"uncovered them. Altogether, the bones of
about six persons have been laid bare. At
first it was thought they were the remains
of British and Continental soldiers who
perished during the Revolution. Then ihe
storv went abroad that the dead of the hos-
Eital ships were once buried there, but the
ospital ship burying ground is and has for
a century been further south in the bend of
the Horseshoe.
Tradition has it that many years ago
perhaps 50 or CO there was a burying'
ground at Spermaceti Cove for mariners
wrecked on -the shore of Sandy Hook. This
burying ground, according to tradition, was
on the west side of the narrow sandy prom
ontory alongside of the quiet waters of the
Horseshoe, and several hundred persons, it
is said, were buried there. It is more than
probable that the waves and winds have in
this lapse of time encroached upon this
sandy cemetery.
Captain Edwards said to-day that he
meant to gather up the bones thus laid bare
and decently inter hem further inland.
THE FOCKTAIN now being made In
Paris for the World's Fair described In
THE DI&PATCH to-morrow.
BASEBALL BATS AS WEAPONS
In The Hands of Several Hundred Indignant
Colored Voters.
WiLMKTGiOJf, Dei, March 18. There
was a lively row at the office of Keceiver
of Taxes John T. Dickey late this after
noon. Several hundred voters, mostly
negroes, "tvlio had been waiting all afternoon
to pay their taxes, grew excited when Dep
uty Collector Einck closed his books at 4
o'clock and informed the multitude that he
would receive no in ore taxes until Monday.
The voters, mostly Bepublicans, claimed
that the collector was willfully refusing the
taxes tendered him. The charge was denied.
When Collector Finck attempted to with
draw, however, the frenzied voters armed
themselves with baseball bats, and, with
blood in their eves, started in pursuit.
The police had to be called in to quell the
disturbance, but not until a dozen blows
were exchanged and a riot ensued. During
the riot ex-City Auditor Mitchell was
knocked down with a baseball bat and seri
ously injured.. Several others were cut and
bruised. Several arrests were made.
Salvation Oil is twice as cheap and
twice as good as other liniments. Price
only 25 cents.
i
Aliqulppa
is a manufacturing town.
The Steady March
Of universal progress every now and
then reveals something which be
comes a lasting benefit to 'mankind.
Take Johann Hoff's Malt Extract.
As the standard nutritive tonic of the
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digestion or dyspepsia, malnutrition,
general debility or lung diseases should
use it. Eisner & Mendelson Co.,
Sole Agents and-Importers of Mineral
Waters, 6 Barclay street, NeW York.
Be sure to obtain the genuine arti
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THE NEXT MORN1NB1 FEEL BRIGHT' AND
NEW AND MY COMPLEXION IS BETTER.
My doctor says It acts gently on the stomach, liver
and kidneys, and Is a pleasant laxative. This drink
Is made from berhs, and Is prepared foruse as easily
as tea. It is called
LAKES MEDIGIHE
All draftgists sell It at COn. and $1.00 per package.
Bay one to-day. Lane's Family Medicine moves
I Family meaicme moves
In order to ba healthy, this
tno Dowels earn any.
is necessary.
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Youth's Greatest Trial.
Harper's Young People.
"Indians must have a good time when
they are boys," said Tommy.
"Why?" asked his father.
'"Cause their nurses can't tell whether
their handsare dirtv or not."
BDKDKTTK'S fnn in a parlor car, In THE
OISFATCH to-morrow.
for Infants
"Castorlaissowell adapted to children that
t recommend It as superior to any prescription
known to me." H. A. Archer, II. D.,
1U So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. T.
Tho use of 'Castoria' Is so universal and
Its merits so well known that it seems a wok
of supererogation to endorse It Fewarethe
Intelligent families who do not keep Castorta
within easy reach."
Carlos IIawtoj, D.D.,
New York City.
Late Pastor Bloomlngdalo Beformed Church.
The CisTAtnt
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750 Four-buttou Kid Gloves 15c
8Se Four-button Kill Gloves OSo
$1 00 Mousqnetalre Kill Glove 75c
$1 50 Mousquetalro Kid Gloves $1 00
25c Black: Berlin Gloves 19c
50c Pure. Silk Gloves , 40o
85c Five-hook Kid Gloves G8c
75c Misses' 4-button Kid Gloves." 13c
33c Misses' Silk Taffeta Gloves ! 23c
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15c Swiss Ribbed Vests 9c
35c Swiss Bibbed Vests, white and ecru. 25e
fc3c Fancy Lisle Vests Sc
8ic Silk Vests, small sizes only 48c
31 00 Silk Vests, all sizes, all colors 75c
75o Muslin Chemises, hemstitched and
trimmed t ith embroidory 8c
$1 25 Cambric Chemises, beautifully em
broidered SSo
$1 25 Cambric Drawers, trimmed with
toichon laco 85o
1 19 Cambric Corset Covers, trimmed
back and front with fine embroidery 79o
$1 50 Mulin Skirts, flounce of Bmbiold
ery and tucks 03c
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15c Fast Black Cotton nose 10c
15c Fancy Hose, legular made 12o
18c Ualbriggan Hose, regular made 12Ko
25c Black Seamless Hose 16s
25c Black "Onyi" Hoe 19c
18c Fancy Hose, Black Boots 12c
25c Fancy Hose, regular m.ide 20c
50c Lisle Hose, Richelieu Kib 38c
75c Black Silk Plaited Hose 4So
$1 50 Spun Silk Hose, Black and Fancy..$l 13
$2 25 Black Furo Slllc Hose $1 53
15c Fast BlackHose 10c
20c Black Bibbed Hose, seamless 12a
25o Misses' Black Stainless Hose 20c
35c Boys' Black Bibbed Hosei large sizes,
extra strong 22c
10C Misses Black Kibbed Hose, "Onyx"
Dye , 25c
45o Misses' Black Bibbed Hose, solid -
white feet 290
50c Misses' Black Lisle Hose, double
knees, very flue 3Sc
70c Misses' Black Bibbed Hose, "Onyx"
Dye, double knees COc
75c Misses' Black Silk Hoso CSc
75c 24-inch School Umbrellas 50o
$1 00 26-inch Black Sateen Umbrellas.... G5c
$1 25 26-inch Gloria Umbrellas CSc
$1 CO 26-inch Gloria Umbrellus, oxidized
handles '. $1 15
$2 0026-inch Gloria, steel rods $1 45
$2 00 29-inch Gloria, gilt and oxidized
handles $1 50
$2 CO 28-inch Gloria, natural handles $1 98
TO-DflY'S TO-DAY'S
FLEISHMAN & CO.
504, 506 and 508 Market St.
MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
Bhowh's Bronchial Trochxs are wldfly
known as an admirable remedy lor bronehllli,
hoaraeneis, conghs and tnroat troubles. Sold only
A picnic for you at
AklQUIPPA.
RECENT news events that have an Inter
national bearing Intelligently discussed and
Illustrated In THE DISPATCH to-morrow.
and Children.
Castoria cures Colic, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea. Eructation,
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di
gestion. Without injurious medication.
" For several years I have recommended
your ' Castoria, ' and shall always continue to
do so as it has invariably produced beneficial
results."
Edwin F. Pardei. jff. D.,
"Tno Wmtirop," 125th Street and 7th Ave,
New York City.
Company, 77 Murray Street, Hew York.
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5c Honeycomb Bibs 2e
15o Hand-knit Zephyr Bootees 7c
50c lland-knit Zephyr Sacquos 19o
23c Rubber Diapers 18c
33c Knit Wool Shirts 25c
75c Cambric Short Dress. 38c
25e Lawn Caps lo
75o Embroidered Mull Caps 38c
1 25 Beautiful Mull Caps USc
XZ 50 Cream Cashmere Cloaks, embroid
ered cape and sleeves $2 50
Mil
63c Fancy Night Shirts 43c
75c Fancy Niaht Shirts 6Sc
$1 25 Fancy Night Shiits 83c
50s Flannolettc Shirts 25c
50o Working Shirts 3T-.
$1 25 Laundered Shirts, slightly soiled... 73c
$2 CO "Star" Shirts, slightly soiled, sizes
15K. 16.16K $1 CO
50c White and Gray Merino Undershirt3 23c
65c Gray Merino Shirts, medium weight. 35c
25e Cotton Half-Hose, in plain colors IDe
63o Fine Lisle Half-Hose 35c
15c Colored Border Handkerchiefs 9c
18c White II. S. Handkerchiefs, war
ranted all linen 12Kc
3Sc Good, strong Suspenders 23o
15c Ladies' Lawn Aprons Wo
20c Ladles' Lawn Aprons 12K
25c Ladles' Lawn Apions 20c
39c Chlldien's Barred Muslin Aprons,
sizes 2 to 6 years 230
3c Children's School Handkerchiefs le
7c Ladies' Colored Border Handkerchiefs 4c
12Kc Ladies' All-Linen White, II. S 9a
15c Ladlos' II. S. Handkerchlofs.Iacc edge 10c
ISc Ladies' Open Work Initials 12ic
20o Scalloped and Embroidered 12Kc
25c Fine Embroidered Handkerchiefs... 20c
35c Silk Handkerchiefs colored border. 20c
5Qc Gentlemen's H. S. SilkHandkcrchiefs 25c
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3c Narrow Embroideries lc
50c Swiss H. S. Flouncing", 2 in. wide... 25e
15c Wide Torchon Laces 10c
"0c Fine Oriental Ldces.O Inches wide.. .12)0
25c Fine Oiiontul Laces, 7K Inches wide. 17c
Lais' ictear. .
23c.Silk Beerer Tics 20c
23c Cord Uncliings, 6 yards in box.JSs a box
$1 (0 Fine Cniffon Knchings 4So
i 'i rihitron Jabots, slishtly soiled 50o
25c I'laid Silk Windsors, new styles 19a
15c Ciepe L'sieKuchings JU3
I5c Linen Collars, odds and ends 5c
18c Swiss Mull Tio 10c
25o Children's Embroidered Collars 12o
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
EACH
AND EVERY ONE of our customers have an equal chance to
obtain bargains and save monev, as the present bargain sale is
no small affair, and the goods must be sold freely and unreservedly -ATTEND.
BARGAINS
ALL
LairdsSpecialShoeSale
Positive Reductions! Absolute Value!
Nearly Half Price!
Men's Finest Patent Leather Shoes CO Qft
Reduced from 85 and $6 to 4i? n W U
Mens' Finest Calf Custom Shoes
Reduced from 85 and $3 to
Men's Genuine Kangaroo Shoes
Reduced from 83 and $3 to
Men's English Grain Shoes
Reduced from $5 and SG.to
Men's Puritan Calf Shoes
Reduced from 84 and 85 to
Gents' Fine Calf Shoes
Reduced from $3, S3. 50 and 84 to
Gents' Fine Dress Shoes
Reduced from $2.50 and S3 to
NEARLY 1,000 PAIRS OF-
LADIES' FINE SHOES
AT ABOUT HALF PRICE.
EVERY STYLE. EVERY SIZE. EVERY WIDTH.
LADIES' ELEGANT FRENCH D0NG0LA, patent vamps or patent tips,
cloth tops or kid tops, Common Sense, Opera, Picacfilla, Philadel
phia or New York lasts, regular $4, $5 and $6 shoes, reduced to
$2.90 and $3.90
FINEST DONGOLA, STRAIGHT
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433 AND 435 I WHOLESALE I 408-408-410
WOOD ST. I AND RETAIL, MARKET ST.
Prompt Attention
SELECT vour
spbing FURNITURE
NOW
While our STOCK is NEW and COMPLETE. Never before have we
shown such a large assortment of Chamber Suits, Parlor Suits, Couches,
Mantel Cabinets, Hall Racks, Chairs, Sideboards and Tables. If you
want a single article of furniture it will pay you to examine our stock.
PRICES Well, we have made them right. Come and see for yourself.
JACOBS &M'GILVRAY,
51-53 FEDERAL STREET, ALLEGHENY.
NOTICE. We are agents for the "Windsor Folding Beds."
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WANAMAKER &
A. Spring Overcoat exhibition extraordinary.
Please accept a special invitation to inspect a quantity
of handsome Overcoats feady to put on. The perfection
attained in production of Overcoats, ready made, is to sell
a high degree that you no longer need to have it made to
your measure.
Several hundred now on exhibition at our Clothing
Parlors. The best silk-lined, finest imported Kerseys and
Venetians, $20 the kind always sold at $30. Elegant
Black Kerseys, $12. The lowest $10.
It is worth your while to see this beautiful display.
39 SIXTH STREET,
GOLD SPECTACLES AW EYE-GLASSES.
We have just received a consignment of 360 pair of Solid Gold Spectacles
and Eye-Glasses, which we will offer at $3 each; the regular prices for same
are $5 and $ 6. The lenses are the best Russian pebble, and we will ex
amine the eyes and fit the glasses free of charge.
CM "TV TTrTTQ S0LE AGENT FOR CHEMICAL
kTi -iACL J L Dj DIAMONDS,
COR. LIBERTY AND SHITHRELD, APtD 31! SM1THF1ELD ST.
SCSO FOTS SAMPLE CAKO asi duscijiptiyx: PKICE list.
H. W. JOHNS P5APUFACTUR3NG COMPANY,
H.W. JolmVArtestos Ttooflnfr.Flronnd Water-Proof SlientlittiR.BulldinirFelt.Steaaa
Puckliigrs, Holler Coverings, Hoof ralnts, Itoof Cement, Fire-Proof l'alnts, etc.
87 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK.
JEBSEYCITY, CHICAGO, PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON, ATLANTA, LOUDON.
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