Sjgi-ftlfcTtfeSa -CXKr vnr y -v f--n THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, SUNDAY APRIL 8 1892. 14 A REVIEW OF SPORTS National and Local Aspect of the Baseball Season Just Commencing. PLATERS AND THEIR CLUBEULES. FreDalilities of the Success of the Kewlj Organized Amateur Ath letic League. PUGILISTIC FEATURES OF THE WEEK. Jim Eill His the Worrt of the Argument With Bob Fitzsimmons. Although the championship season has not ret begun a start has been made in base ball playing all over the country lor the year 1892, Anno Domini. To use the phrase, we are on the threshold ot a very im portant season in very many respects, and those who are interested in the national game most doubtless will be anticipating results with considerable anxiety. There is much, indeed, for some people to gain and lose in the season just now making its ad vent, and ot course i e'll all bs wiser about seven or eight months from now. At this time there are two important features worthy of some attention, viz, the local and national aspect ot the new venture. I use the word venture because the 12-clnb league is a Tenture just as much as the new system Ot the "Western League is a venture. To be sure there has been a 12-club League before, but not amid the surroundings and general conditions that are to be found ex isting now. It is very pleasing, looting at the ques tion from a national standpoint, to find that those who have charge of the 12 clnbs in the new League are all extremely sanguine. I have not been able to find an exception. Everybody is brimful of hope and appar ently well contented with their respective teams. This is a very significant element, and one which ought to go a great way toward realizing success. Wben one is satisfied with one's share or allotment work can be done in a much more cheerful and effective way than were it otherwise. This self-satisfaction then ought to be the means of making the season open under the most auspicious circumstances. "All this is theory," I fancy I hear somebody say, "but what about the practical?" "Well, the practical has to come yet and it is on this point that so many of us differ. It is regarding the practical working of the 12 club system that we are all so much con cerned. I have my fears about it and I am inclined to be one of those who think that when next October comes the desire to con tinue a 12-club League will cease. As at present organized it is a huge baseball mo nopoly. I have said this before, of course, but I repeat, and if there is one thing that cannot for any reasonable length ot time exist it is a monopoly in baseball playing. Everybody directly and indirectly concerned in basebalicannot get fair treatment In amon opolistic system and thii particularly refers to the ball player. I fear that the practical operation of this system will so forcibly prove this contention that the monop oly will be exploded before 1892 has fin ished. The Local Aspect But what is more interesting to ns is the local aspect of the situation at this time the dawn of the season. So far I have re frained from conjectures as to our team be cause there are so many things connected w ith the question that are not definitely settled yet. And it will be several days, I presume, before the rulers of the club n.ake up their minds on some very impor tant pa'uts. The selection of the team is probably the most important of all local matters. That will be no easy task, depend upon it. True, it is as Prof. Blackie once said, that it is easier to prune a redundancy than force ab solute barrenness, out it is not easy to select about 14 ball players from 19 or 20 who are almost all very good players. There is a consolation in the fact that so many good men are signed; thanks to the presi dent, directors and manager of the club for this consolation. I5nt the fact remains that f-ome of these men must be released, and who they are to be is the question that is bothering the minds of the club directorate. Xot for one moment would I presume to sav who shall be kept and who shall not. That is not within my province, but as part of the public I may be allowed to urge that ail the men be given a fair trial. I know one man than whom there is not a better fielder and a more faithful player in the country whocertainly ought to be thoroughly tried if anybody is. I refer to John Cork hilL His playing is of that hich order and of that reliable kind that in itself demands careful thought before it is dispensed with. Corkhill is beyond doubt too good a man to be cast aside until it is thorooghlv proven his superior can be kept. This is not a theoretical but decidedly a practical matter. If he secures a lair trial nd is found want ing then he cannot complain nor can his many friends among the public. But there are some very shrewd people in charge ot the club, and without doubt they will proceed carefully and fairly. As a result I anticipate that we will have an ex cellent team of plajers. For many years vast I have never seen ball players report in 1'itttburg in such splendid condition as the present players did during the week just ended. Some of them are probably a little heavy, but a week or two's lively work will reduce them. ith a team such as can be selected from the 18 or 19 men signed by the local club I fail to see why they bhould not rank among the first six during the entire season. If they can do that the club will be a success. But when the team is definitely selected it will be soon enough to figure on results. At any rate, it is sale to say that Smith, Galvin," Baldwin, Ehret, Gimp. Bcckiey, Mack, Bierbauer. Shugart, Parrell, Hanlon, Swartwood, Miller, Earle andliaymond will he retained to start with. The Club' i, Moral Code. Last Sunday the rules for the discipline of the local players were published in The DlSI'ATCJL During the week I have had c eral conversations with players regard ing them, and I have not found an objector. The code, as a code submitted by gentlemen f. ho have much mouey and reputation at stake, is not too rigid by any means. The directors of the club are in earnest, and the code submitted bv President Teninle and Manager Buckenberger simply means that they wish the players also to be in earnest. And let me say mat it ever there was or is anvbody in the baseball business who should be in earnest from April to October ii is the ball player. Have you ball players ever devoted seri ous thought to this question? If you haven't it's time you did. Does the fact neier strike jou that those whom we call magnates are mostly in baseball as a side issue in their business life, while you are in it emphatically and entirely for bread and butter? This is the way to look at it. A thorough earnestness on your part will keep these macnates riding their hobby and paying your salaries. Carelessness and loose conduct will, as it has done before, cause them to wash their hands of the busi ness, and who are the sufferers then? Why, if baseball players would be as earnest as they ought to be, as true to themselves as they ought to be and as honest and faithful to their employers as they should be, there would be no need of "moral codes," and I venture to say" that none would be sub mitted. PresidenfcTemple has offered an induce ment that ought to keep all local players in earnest regardless of club rules. He has made it possible for the players to reap a financial reward independent of their sal aries, If their work is successful enough. This means beyond all doubt that the di rectors of) the club wish the players to do well, aid in doing so to be rewarded for it. The Clnbs in General. During the last week or so almost all he League teams have been playing. At this early stage of the year .probably nothing like a correct idea of the real merits of each team can be secured, but there has been sufficient playing done to lead us to the ex pression of an opinion. It is not too muUi to say that the Cleve land team have been doiug well in their practice. I am not surprised at that for I really believe that Cleveland has a team that will defeat many teams that are looked upon as very good ones. So far the Cleve landers have demonstrated the tact that they are superior to the Chicago lot. It may be that when everybody is settled down things will be different, but we may expect that the Cleveland players will also get settled down. At any rate I still cling to the Cleveland team as one that will be very well up in the race, although to look at they are not very attractive. Judging from the work done so far by the Philadelphia team the veteran Harry "Wright will have quite a good lot of fellows to start with while the New York team may not be so good in the first half of the season as many authorities think. The Giants have not shown that solid playing required from winners, nor have theygi'ven any indication of it, judging from accounts. The Boston team continues to be the favorite of almost everybody. They look very formidable, and on paper they appear to be well able to knock everybody else out. But we have had formidable aggregations on paper be fore, and have seen them land very 1ot. They will have to make few mistakes if they want to keep in the van this year. There are good accounts about Washing ton and also about Brooklyn and St Louis, but we seldom hear anybody saying a word in praise of Louts ville'and Baltimore. They do look bad, it is true, but it is just that kind of people who fool us. The friends of the Cincinnati team continue to expect great things from the Reds. I hope their expectations will be realized, but the odds are against it Local Amateur Ball Clnbs. If the professional ball clubs are showing remarkable activity depend upon it our local amateur teams are none behind hand. Already there are more before the public than there ever was at this time of year and we have still the younger generations to hear from and their number is legion. This is a very healthy sign from a baseball stand point and surely we ought by and by to have some brilliant stars in and about Pittsburg. Of course the County League heads the list as far as what we call amateurs are con cerned. There has been considerable diffi culty in securing the requisite number of clubs for that league, but it is to be hoped that they will get along all rigut now. Judging from indications there is a good season ahead of the County League if a spirit of fair dealing prevails all round, and I anticipate that the season generally will be a good one as faraipopulariring amateur baseball is concerned. The directorate of the local big League club have done a very wise thin? in eivinc some of our amateur teams dates. These games may not yield as much financially as the engagements of more important teams, but they will increase the local interest in the national gaine. That is just what will do the big club good in the end. The games will also give the public some idea as to the real merits of our lead ing amateur players, and this is what cranks all want to know. And it is what amateur players themselves want to know, and they ought to feel obligated to the management of the local League club for giving them that opportunity. It is safe to predict that before the season is out there will be a greater rivalry among the amateur teams than thee has ever been. I expect that teams frorj-Eist jLiverpool, TJniontown, Jeannette and-" other ' places will also be anxious to tackle the best team of Allegheny county. There will be chal lenges and counter-challenges all 'round. This is sure to be, because of the very strong feeling existing now. Well, this will all do good, providing the strong feel ings are not allowed to lead to unpleasant ness and to results that will tarnish the fame of baseball. All these contests can take place and everybody concerned re main perfect gentlemen. Mr. Janssen's Keir Athletic league. There is no longer any doubt as to the threats of Mr. Janssen and his friends re garding the organizing of a new amuteur athletic league. Weeks ago I had a few words to say on this matter and just after I had had my say there were distinct signs of a settlement of the trouble that originated the idea of a "break." But after all, the new league has been formed and if the statements of Eastern writers are to be believed the new organization will soon be a formidable one. Mr. Janssen and his friends, particularly his Staten Island colleagues, declare that the new body intends in no way to antago nize the A A. TJ. I don't want to say that these gentlemen are saying what they do not believe to be true, but I cannot for the life of me see how they will fail to antago nize the A. A. TJ. if they take from (0te latter body its wealthiest and most repu table clubs. The direct object of the. new venture is to get into one organization, all the big and wealthy clubs; that is,clubs with a membership of 400 and property worth $30, OOO.iThis has for a long time been the object ot Mr. Janssen and the Staten Islanders,and while it has its good points, it has its bad ones. The Manhattan A C has declared in favor of the new league, and that is a blow to the old organization. The officials ot the latter may say that it is not, but time will soon prove that it is. Other big clubs may follow, and then the best amateur talent in the country will be outside the A. A. U. When that is so it is only reasonable to expect that the new league, which will then be the more powerful, will have very much to say in the making of amateur ath letic laws. And when that time comes we mar expect some changes. At 111 They "Work Tojether? Some people have expressed the opinion that the old and new organizations will work together. That is hardly likely, because neither party will consent to play "second fiddle." The history of both has proven that point conclusively. If the A. A. TJ." is left with all the small clubs the new league will by all means be the power, that is, the amateur power of the country, because small clubs that grow into big ones are sure to go into what promises to be the "aristocratic" organization. No matter how we look at the matter, the fu ture of the A. A TJ. is not a pleasant one by any means. And let me here venture a prediction. I make lots of them and here goes for another. When the new league gets thoroughly es tablished and our own Three A's pet their clubhouse, I venture to say that they will make application for membership in the ue- league. They will be eligible and it is catural to expect that they will want to be among a class of clubs that in affluence and membership ranks with their own. It they do what I predict it will be none the worse for Pittsburg, because then we may expect to get field meetings from both parties. About f asllistlc Blatters. It is my lot to receive numerous letters from correspondents during each week. Some of these are extremely complimentary and others are of the extreme "roasting" kind. I never grumble, but I often do think it cowardly on the part of correspond ents who scribble out abuse and censure and have not plnck enough to allow their names to go with their effusions. For instance, there is a very impetuous citizen at South Fork who has now and again sent the moit abusive and most stupid statements to me t-Jki -A..- b. - iJii about Charles Mitchell and -yet this bold man of South Fork .hasn't courage enough to allow his name to come before the public. And this valiant calls Mitchell a coward and says that he ought to "stay in England, where all blowhards belong." And, our bold South Forkian is happy in the thought that "little Jack Dempsey made Mitchell run out of the United States." There now, that ought to settle Mitchell and every body in old played-out England. But the most important statement in the South Fork communication is that if I don't "publish this letter" the writer will cease, patroniz ing Thk Dispatch. Now isn't that un generous? Let me state definitely that I cannot waste space on anything that goes beyond the limits of civility and sanity. Eeally, I have my doubts about a man's mental equilibrium who places Dempsey and Mitchell in the same class of fighters. It would have been impossible to convince such a man that Dempsev was hardly a good middle-weight pugilist before the latter met Fitzsimmons. I would not be surprised if next week our correspondent writes and tells me that Cal McCarthy or George Dixon chased Mitchell out of the country the other week. It is quite likely that our South Fork representative would believe it were somebody to tell him, be cause there would be as much truth in a statement of that kind as in the statement that an active but harmless little fighter like Dempsey ever made a man run who fought a draw with the great John L. Sulli van. Fair play is the leading principle of these reviews, and Mitchell's good and bad points will be dealt with in the same spirit as will the good and bad points of Sullivan or anybody else. Fitzsimmons and ITali. Now that the noise of Messrs. Mitchell, Slavin, Sullivan and Corbett has for a time subsided Fitzsimmons and Jim Hall have landed on the scene. They are both in the "exhibiting" business and certainly they have kept themselves well b'efore the public during the week. Fitz is a very shrewd man and Hall is in charge of probably a shrewder, Parson Davies. The indications are that there will be a battle between them; it is not absolutely safe to say what kind of a battle. Assuming that both men are in earnest in their talk Fitzsimmons certainly has much the better of the argument that is going on between them. Hall has repeatedly givpn the public to understand that he is a middle weight, and now when Fitzsimmons oilers to'fight him at the middle limit of the ex treraest rules Hall declines. The latter states that he cannot get below 163 pounds. This certainly ought to settle all questions relative to Hall's class. He is a heavy weisht and as such ought to pose before the public. The question of weight between these two men is an important one to them, and if they were to fight at weight I am in clined to think that Fitzsimmons would score one more victory. Don't let any of us underestimate Jim Hall, particularly if he is going to be pitted against a middle weight. Hall is a clever man, but if he cannot get down to middle-weight he ought to leave Fitzsimmons alone. A Poor fJst of BIIddle-TTeichts. Speaking of Hall and Fitzsimmons re minds me that at present we have as poor a list of middle-weights as the Britishers have of heavy-weights. The truth is that for a long time we have been deficient in the class named, even when Dempsey was to the front If we scan the list to-day we'll be unable to find a good middle-weight on our side of the house, and in this class these "blooming foreigners" are ahead of us. One great cause of this is that there Is a general determination in the United States for men to fight above their best weight I could mention several young pugilists who are now above middle-weight limits, but whose correct class is middle-weight There are many causes for this, but most assuredly it is injurious both to the merits and repu tations of those who persist in being on the big side. Some General Features. During the week we have heard little or nothing about Sullivan or Corbett, mostly because they have had nothing to talk about to any great extent The question of secur ing a trainer for John L. is being discussed in the newspapers and that is just what is wanted by those who expect to make money through Sullivan. Newspaper talk and plenty of it is what they all want, and were that to cease their shows would soon col lapse. I read a paragraph the other day to the effect that the manager of Corbett was "dead broke" before he held his New York cake walk. He did well in that and immediately invested his gains in putting up a forfeit for Corbett to fight Sullivan. That is a good investment, or at least it promises to be a good one, because Corbett and his manager intend to tour the country and that forfeit is simply paying for a national ad vertisement of a very attractive kind. Cer tainly it is all business. That the public is besoming tired of what it has itself iostered is auite annarent For years the Americau, public has forked out thousands of dollar? in patronizing these "four-round gos" and boxing exhibi tions between prominent men. The other night Fitzsimmons and Peter Mahergave one of those performances at New York, and they were roundly hissed. But why should they be hissed? The audience should have hissed at its own gullibility. Does any body imagine that two pugilists of promi nence are going to get on in stage at an entertainment and try and batter each other's head off when they are only fulfill ing a paid engagement? Those who thus expect will be fooled, -and deserve to be. There may be exceptions, but not when "managers" are in the swim. There is nothing new among the ','hantam" and lightweights. Dixon is still out of a match, and there is less probability now of a battle between Jack McAuliffe'and Myer than ever. McAulili should retire, and that would settle all argument Pbingle. Not So Bad After Ail. E. V. Wood, of JIcKee's Bocks, Allegheny county, Pa., in speaking to a traveling man of ChamDerlain's medicines, said: "I lec ommend them above all others. I have ued them myself and know them to be re liable. I always guarantee them to my cus tomers and have never hud a bottle re turned." Mr. Wood had hardly finished speaking wben a little slil came in the stote with an empty bottle. It was labeled "Chamberlain's P.iin Balm." The traveler was interested, as there w as certainly a bot tle comlns back, but waited to her what the -little girl said. It was as follows: "Mamma wants another bottle of that medi cine: she says it is the best medicine for lheumatisui she ever used." SO-cent bottles for sale by druggists. ttssu Announcement Mrs. M. 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That's the secret of our phenomenal success. Call at our narerooms and spend a de lightful half-hour listening to tho wonderful self-playing Eollans. Easy monthly payments taken on all onr goods, if you so desire. Melloii & Hoeme, "Palace of Music," 77 Fifth avenue. iZ J2,& i " n-taafe CONSUMPTION. A Few Facts About This Dread Disease Stated Succinctly and "Without Com ment, From "Wilch You Can Draw Your Own Conclusions. U Is universally admitted that consump tion presents the greatest difficulty which confronts the physician. No disease not an epidemic Is so generally dreaded no diseaso presents so many ac companying functional derangements of the entire system. The word consumption in its general sense means a consuming, a de caving or wasting away or the lungs. To the physician it is important to ascer tain the particular kind of consumption which affects his pcticnt. It is necessary, therefore, that he be informed of the habits, employment, etc., of his patient Is it bron chitis? Is it disease of the lung substance itself t He must then troit It as the peculiar conditions may require. There are forms of consumption, though, which find their exciting aue from the presence of lrrttitinjj partld js in the lung substance, inhaled from the mote-lnden at mosphere in shops, mines, factoues, etc., find to which stone cutters, cutlers, coal miners, knifo grinders, brass woikcrs, nailers, saw makers, etc., are liable. This form is known as Chronic Fibroid Consumption, And is due to particles of fine dust being caTied in the inspired air and on its wav to the little air cells deposited in the meshes of the fine velvety coatiug of the large and small air tubes and air cells, causing irrita tion, short, liackins cough and sinking deeper and deeper into the soft tissue, induc ing inflammation which involves the glands, muscles, nerves, air cells and blood vessels, and finally extending to the substance of the lungs. As the inflammatory process extends more and more, the normal lung tissue is changed into a hard fibrous substance and a total obliteration of the nerves, blood ves sels and air cells takes place. Alter a time ibis metamorphic tissue soft ens and degenerates into pns, which mav appear in the spurta or be absoibed into the lymphatic system, causes in the late stages evening levers, night sweats, loss of flesh, cough, dvspeptie symptoms, general debility and shortness of breath. Of course, with the formation of pus theie are cavities which gradually incieaie, and in time in volve the whole of one or even both luns, or at least destroy enough rung substance to cause death. Chemists are often consumptive from the inhalation of irritating fumes in their lab oratories. Then there is the tubercle bac illus, a minute parasite which generates and multiplies with astonishing teoundity, caus ing tubercular consumption. These cluster in spots, and by their feeding upon inflamed, softened and leluxed lung tissue, form cavi ties or holes In tne lungs. DUST IN THE LUNGS. Bow It Gets There and the Mischief It Creates The Kind of Catarrhal Trouble That Affects Stonecutters, Coal Miners, Knife Grinders, Bras "Workers, Nailer, Saw Makers and -Workers In Metal Statement or Mr. S. C. Tetley. The following statement of Mr. Tetley, machinist, in the employ of Lewis Foundry and Machine Company, corner South Tenth and Bingham stieets, Southtlde, and who resides on William stieet, Thirtieth ward, will convey a better idea of this form of lun;r and bronchial trouble than would any words of ours. "It is now 12 vears since I first became troubled," says Mr. Tetley. "At that time I was working in tho nail deoaitment.where there was considerable dust. This dust was Mr. S. C Tetley, William Street, Soutliside. often so irritating and penetrating tlrat It would cause severe pain in my eyes, nose, throat and lungs. The inflammation thu set up caused my eyes to water lieqnently and nose to bleed several times a day. I also had violent headaches, dry and soro throat, loaring in the ears, etc., etc. Several times I spit up blood, and I thought I had what wo nailers call Nailers' Consumption. "Some time ago my stomach became af fected to such an extent I conld scarcely eat anything without distress. I had to be so particular about my diet the lolks called me a crank on eating. I had severe pains throngh my chest to shoulder blades, and my head was so dizzy that when I stooped over I would stagger. "About the first of December I took the la grippe, and this aggravated all my symp toms. In addition to my other troubles I be gan to lose flesh rapidly, and although I slept well I was so tired and languid all the time I could hardly get up animation enough to stir around. I became set iously alarmed about my condition, and determined to con sult Drs. Copeland, Hall and Beis, as I had heard them so highly lecommended. "I placed myself under their treatment, and although I improved somo the first month or two it was so slow I became im patient and despondent. At this time I saw the published statement of Mr. James Shipp, w hose symptoms resembled mine, and sought him tor consolation. He advised mo tn nersevpie in the treatment, as he got along slowly at first, too, on account of nis trouble being so aggravated, but all at once he began to improve rapidly. Taking heirt at this I continued treatment with lenewed hope, and have been amply rewaidedfor my perseverance, for I can say to-day that I am a well man. All my distressing symp toms have beon relieved. I am inci easing in strength and weight dally, and working steadily. I cheerfully bear witness to tho skillful and kindly and courteous treatment received ut tho hands of Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers." CATARRH AND KINDRED DISEASES TREATED AT THE UNIFORM RATE OF $5 A MONTH UNTIL, APRIL 10. MEDI CINES FURNISHED FREE. IN SIMPLE FORM. An Easy Explanation of Matter Usually Telle d In Technicalities. In this connection there ran hardly be a moio interesting subject than tha ultimate effect of catarrh upon the hearing. The process of this disease in poisoning the bieath, rotting away tho delicate machinery of smell and taste, poisoning the lungs and blood and passing into the stomach, enfeeb ling tho digestion, vitiating the secretions and polluting the very fountain of life; all this has pemaps been very generally dis cussed; bat the very frequent effects of ca tarih of the nose and tlirout upon the hear ing has not been touched upon as often as the subtect warrants. Aveiy little study of anatomy will show the reader time the Junction of the back passage of the nose and the upper part ot the throat is in connection with tho ear by a minute and delicate passage known as the Eustachian tube. Along this tube the ca tarrhal process extends, producing conges tion and inflammation. By the further ex tension ot this process to tho mucus lining of the tympanum of the ear is caused in some cases slizht forms of catarrh in the middle ear. and in this way partial or complete deafness is produced. Partfalor complete deafness may In like manner resnlt from the swollen, thickened tissue encroaching upon tho mouth of the Eustachian tnbo. Partial or complete deafness may result from catarrhal interference .with the nasal breathing, depriving the ear of a pioper supply of pure air, or from the effects ot ob struction in tho nasal passage, causing un due lariflcation or condensation of the air In the middle ear. In such cases as these general remedies, which are otten prescribed, prove compara tively ineffective. A care can only be ob tained by dkillf ul and scientlflo local treat- I3SL ap,,. f$l Vi - 2 KJm I jfcfaTflh JCTJrrf'!' I fffniTFitpii if "t-Jt-LjtlMr 4SjMBteSijMffrjailffflMMg5ra NEVT ADVERTISEMENTS. THE SECRET OF Progress Is the crown wrought by labor, from which all great things spring 1 It is the motive power that shapes the times; it is the spirit in which science thrives 1 Our effort from the infancy of our business to the present robust growth has been one of labor. Unceasing, tireless, honest laborl Labor that has brought with it Respect, Growth and Popularity. RESPECT! Because we have RESPECTED, GROWING AND POPULAR Because we lead in all things that tend to build up a busi ness from the very best of well selected goods to the very lowest of low prices at whicbwe sellthem. always proven our selves worthy of the confidence of the peo ple and have never betrayed a trust. 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Spring Top Coats for $10 50 that were orig - inally made for $ii ' IF-A-IfcTTS. We sell Pantaloons for $2 50 that were mado for $5. Pantaloons for $3 that were made for $3. Pantaloons for $4 that were made for $3. MISFIT CLOTHING PARLORS, 516 SMITHFIELD ST. All Alterations Done Free of Charge. ment, combined with constitutional treat ment and care for the disease which brought about tlie tiouble to the hearing. Itln;ln Moines in the Elrn. One of the most annoying symptoms a person can be affected with 1 constant or intermittent ringing in the ears. This dis agreeable symntom may resnlt from large doses of quinine or salicylic acid: 'from poor quality of the blood; from a wealt heart; but In nine cases out of ten it results from ca tairh of tne head. No one symptom so much annoys the patient and doctor at once. The only way to stop the noises in the head where they result from catarrh is to cure the catarrh; and to successfully treat ca tnirh requires special apparatus, a skillful specialist and a patient who has moral force and pluck enough to place himself under a thorough course of treatment Spitting Up 31ncn. A Terv annoying symptom of catarrh is a constant desiie to clear tho tin oat of some thin" that is constantly accumulating there, and which on being haw ked up consists of a tou"h, Mmy mucus. This sense or fullness or of a foreijrn substance in the membrane lining the throat becoming consested and inflamed by catarrh and in which condition they seciote a large quantity ui b" mucus. Catarrh Canse Consumption. It is to be remembered that in every case the presence or catatrh is an evidence or predisposition to consumption, and no mat ter how slUht tho attack may be it should be treated with the gieatest care, and the treatment should be continued until all traces of the catarrh have disappeared. DOCTORS i VTE HIM UP. Treated Him for Consumption tost 20 Pounds in Three TYVeks Contdn't TFork Now Increased In Flesh and Strength and Worklns Steadily. . . . .. ii .. 1.1. aVtlt atirl aMl. The uesc testimunxui m m iw. ............ itv that a physician can offer Is an increase of healthy flush and blood on the part of his FaVant is a column of assertions to anew pound or muscular tissue!? What is an hour or argument to a reqnlek ened flow of healthy bloodt Tho thing to do lor physicians who would establish their superiority Is to point to the resnlts of their practice rather than to claim possibilities for their methods. This is what Drs. Copeland, Hall and ByeVs aim to do, and what, in tact, they leally do, since not a week goes by that tnej- do not publish one or more statements mado by grateful patients, who have been lestoied, under their tieatmont, to health, stiength and a happy life. (Jeorge J. Thompson, Leeehburg, Armstrong count. Here is a case in point; Mr. George J. Thompson, of Leeehburg, presents a state ment this week so powerful in its nature as to convince the most skeptical. He says: "Four years ago 1 lost my health. I had suffered from a number of colds, and these reft mo with a very bad cough. This grew worse, when, what ith pains in my cheat and body, weakness in my lungs, soro throat and coughing and spitting, I concluded I had consumption. I went to a physician, who examined me, Said I llnd Consumption, And treated me for that disease. Other doctors that I went to treated me forasthma and bronchitis. I. was ti eated by the best doctors in my neighborhood. "I lost flesh and grow weaker. I was ont ID cause we are 'associated with true business princi ples, courtesy await ing all and overbear ing advances not practiced. lonA ? SMITH FIELDS Sx. OPR CITY HALL. Suits for $20 that were originally made for $40. Suits for $23 that were originally made for $50. Suits for $30 that were originally made for $60. Buy your Spring Suit here. I Spring Top Coats for $13 that were orig I inally made for $3. 1 Buy your Spring Overcoat here. Pantaloons for $5 that were made for $10. Pantaloons for $6 that were made for $12. Pantaloon for $7 that were made for $13. Buy your Pants Hero. Open Saturday Evenings till 10 O'clock. ap3 of work for 17 weeks, and the doctors gave me up. I had been earning $10 a day in my regular job, but had to give this up and take a lighter position. I did not work hair of the time. The cough grew heavier, and I became more thin and feeble. Lost 20 Ponnds in Tares Weeks This winter. "On tho 17th of February, persuaded by friends and the statements in the news papers, I called on Drs. Copeland, Uall and Byers and began a course of treatment. "I gained health and strength every day. My conu'h began to disappear and my weisht to increase. I worked the full month with out missing a day or losing an hour. I am growing stionger and heartier every day. Am now a 'heater's helper in the iron works, and feel able to do any kind of heavy wort. I am glad to recommend Drs. Cope land, Hall and Byers. They have literally saved my life, and I cannot speak too highly or them. They have succeeded where no other physicians could." Treated Dy Bis II. Drs- Copeland, Hall and Even havo achieved signal success in the treatment of catarrh and chronic disease by m ill. Those desiring to consult them should write foe question blank. The following evidence is In point: Mr. C. C. cntr, Hoprdale, Man., writes: "Dr. Copeland's home treatment cured me of an aggravated case of catarrh after two doctors faired. I had severe chest pains, heart flattering, indigestion and all the dis agreeable features of a had case of uasal and bronchial catarrh. I am cured." JOHN H'EVriSKHAS, Blackatonr, Mais., wiites: "Your medicine has dono me more pood than nnything I ever used In my life. Tho pains in my head and chest have almost entiiely disappeared.' I am happy to say that I am getting along so well." .MRS. HELEN l. KILCOLLIN, Srwall's Depot, . Va., writes: "Doctor, I wish you could see me, and know what a wreck yon have saved from the grave. My husband says sometimes he wonders if I can be the little half-dead wife ho once felt so much for when suffering; nowmy complexion Is clear, cheeks red and eyes bright. I can meet him with smiles Instead ot tears and pains. AVhat a change! All from being a reader of the papers and finding a healer of pains and fullering." .UK. it. F. BARNES. New Castle, fa- writes: "I have had catarrh ever since 1861. 1 commenced Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers' homo troatirent January 5. On February 5 I weighed seven pounds heavier. I think if you can help me so much in one menth yon can certainly cm e me, nnd if a caso of so long dtandlng us mine can be cured, I do not see why anvbody cannot be." Mr. C. 1. FCIION, Greenville, TfX., writes: "I suffored from catarrh of tho head, throat and stomach for 17 years. Dr. Cope laud's mail treatment relieved me after all else failed. I feel better and stronger to day than I havo in vears." SIR. JAJ1E5 G1I.L, vandalia, III., says: "Dr. Copeland and associates cured me of chronic catarrh that was gradually eating my lite nwav. I am strong and hearty to day, although 83 years or age. I take great Fileasure in recommending them to my rionds." MUS. ir. I TtARTON, Bntler, Kr., writes: "I had catarrh for more than six years, and suffered all that anybody docs from that dis ease. I could not speuk or read aloud. I placed invscif under the care or Dis. Cope land and associates and never regretted It. 1 recommend them to all suffeiing from cntairh." MAYOR R. tv. DUNN, of Frankln, Va writes: "I had been coughing, aching and been converted into a catarrhal nuisance for 10 or 15 years. I cannot begin to draw a com parison between how I am now nnd what I was when I began. I sleep well, cannot get enough to eat, leel j-ears younger and pur sue my piofessional duties with pleasure. I owe it to you. 1 do not know what other phrsicians can do, but I do know that I can recommend you in the treatment or serious ly chronitt catarrh." Dm, Copeland, n.ill and Byers treat suc cessfully all cui able cases at 66 Sixth ave nue, Pittsburg, Pa. Office hours, 9 to 11 a. ji., 2 to 5 r. it. anu 7 to 9 r. jr. Sundays, 10 a. m. to 4 p. st. , Specialties Catarrh and all dis eases of the eye, ear, throat and lungs; dys pepsia cured; nervous diseases cured; skin diseases cured. Many cases treated successfully by mall. Send 2-cent stamp for question blank. Address all mall to DKS. COPELAND, HALL A BYERS, S6 Sixth avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. $5 A MONTH CATARRH AND KINDRED DISEASES TREATED AT THE UN1FOKM RATE OF $5 A MONTH UNTIL APRIL 10. MEDI CINES FURNISHED FREE. "S&nltfN ultlrt.UflfK J- smith-t: KBff ADVERTISEMENTS. THE LARGEST AND LUNG MILLINERY HOUSE III WEST. PEil. Nothing Succeeds Like Success. True Enough, but You Can't Pick Up Suc cess by the-Wayside; Neither Does It Fall From a Cy- Successful, even beyond oar "great expectations" in catering to all classes of the intelligent, cultured, cash buying communities all around us, prompting us more and more to reach ont for all big lots of new, uselul, fashionable, stylish and ornamental merchandi.se. Many of these lots are always waiting lor spot cash buyers. We're al ways ready for onr customers, as well as our own interests, to lay hold of such bargains. Xo matter how large the quantity, so long as we can sell from 30 to 50 per cent cheaper than market rates. A clear headed, discerning people are at all times ready and willing to help us out. Jinny such bargains are awaiting yon now. Will be pleased to see you early In the week. JACKETS, WAISTS, WRAPPERS, Baroa'ns That Even Surprised Us. Saying a Good Deal, Isn't It? A New York manufacturer's entire stock of fine Dress Skirts, and they're skirts that are worth from $8 to $15 each. They're .ill in the latest styles and of finest mate rials; they come in all colors and mixtures; some have suspenders, others haven't, and all have bodice belts. They've found their way here spot cash did it and, as we said, none are worth less than $8, while many sold as high as Si 5. Come right along and take your pick of the lot for the incredibly low price of $4.98. In sympathy with above we'll show the lincst 1 an Col ored Reefers ever shown in Pittsburg. That, also, is say ing a good deal; but we've got the stuff right here. Regu lar tailor-made, 28 and 30 inches long Reefers they be, but the prices are very much less than such nice, stylish Jackets are ever sold for. B I lt I 5 Tan Reefers for $3.74. $8 Tan Reefers for $4.98. $g Tan Reefers for $5.98. TCr I i ' $15 Tan Reefers (and Since writing above, we've secured another lot just in nick of time. They're same styles and prices, but they come in Black, Navy and Drab. Why wait till end of the season for shop-worn veterans at so-called reduc tions, when you can buy right now at such extremely low prices? Truly, "Truth Is StnrTer Than Fiction." iiiisisthe Place to be "Suited" at, and in some cases less than Price of Material. Ladies' $10 Habit Cloth Norfolk Suits, all tailor-made, full bell skirt, Only $4.49 Each Ladies' 2 10 Habit Cloth Blazer Suits, bodice belts and bell skirts, Only $5.49 Each Ladies' $10 Habit Cloth Suit, tight-fitting basque and bell skirt, Only $5.98 Each Ladies' exceedingly handsome $12.50 Habit Cloth Suits (see cut) Only $7.49 Each Ladies' S30 stylish Habit Cloth Costume, including 40 inch cape and hat to match, Only $20 Each Any quantity of Children's 50c to $7.50 Gingham Dresses '11 range From 24c to $5 OUR MILLINERY CONVERSATION'LL BE BRIEF, BUT TO THE POINT, " AND PROFITABLE TO YOU. During this week we'll exhibit an elegant, handsome assortment of refined and artistic as well as really aristocratic Trimmed Hats for ladies, misses and children none of them foreigners, either all conceived, de signed and created in our own workrooms. They're fully equal to any London, Paris or V.ienna productions, whilst the prices are just cut in two. Then our stock of Untrimmed Hats is composed of everything new, novel and stylish. Nothing worth having that we haven't got, and when materials are purchased here THEN THERE'S NO CHARGE FOR TRIMMING. IN STRAW GOODS. There's thousands upon thousands of Ladies', Misses' and Children's Straw and Fancy Braid Hats, from all the leading makers of Switzerland, Italy, France and England, besides all the newest styles from the leading domestic manufacturers. You'll find stylish, first-class Hats here at rt markably low prices. Then, just in passing, a word about Flowers. 1 has never been our privilege before to show such an immense and choice selection of Fine French Flowers as we are at present exhibiting; exact counterparts of all natural flowers, everything except the odor. .Then, aain, there's any number of beautiful and novel floral effects, and all at very much lower prices than you'd anticipated paying. Before closing these few observations would like to direct your attention to our unequaled dis play of Imported Millinery Novelties. Everything used for making the most effective and pretty Hats, so much in vogue just now, such as Jet Crowns, Baudeaux, Edgings, Pins, Ornaments, Cords, Straw Crowns, Laces and Braids, Crepes, Nets. etc. These also at our wonderfully low, ever popular money-saving prices. To keen tlilnsrs Iiummlns wo'll soil 1,000 Children's SOc Straw Hats FOIt24o EACH. Also 1 000 Ladles' anil Misses' Blaclcand Colored SOc Ilats.lu fancv braid j,1?OK 33c EACH. Then there's a very choice lot of those pretty, natty, stylish 75c Sailor Ilats. with straw crowns and cashmere urlms theyoome in all colon take any one of themFOS 37c EACH. ALWAYS THE CHEAPEST. DANZIGER'S I clone. Success Has Cro'wned Our Honest Endeavors to Lay Before the People First-Class Goods at Popular Prices, and It's Now Succeeding Most Admirably. I Jfllr f m F:5w' 1 $10 Tan Reefers for $6.49. $12 Tan Reefers for $7.49. $14 Tan Reefers for $8.50. they're tip top dandies, all of 'em) :fo:r $10. This cut is a faithful representation of our low famous "Jarbeau" Waist. It's been the big jest waist go of the season. Not to be wondered -it, either. Pretty, stylish, attractive and regular tailor-made, bound seams and armholes. It's altogether a neat, perfect fitting dandy, while the prices well, see for yourself. Pretty and stylish 1.50 Satine Jarbeau Waists For 99c Each Elegant $4 French Flannel Jarbeau Waists For $2.24 Each Handsomely rich Surah Silk 5 Jarbeau Vaists For $3.49 Each Quite unnecessary to tell you we're headquarters for Ladies' Wrappers in these parts. You're all aware of that, and have benefited by the knowledge, too, long ago. Fifty Wrappers shown here to one anywhere else hereabouts. All the new fads and fancies so soon as they are seen -in New York, just so soon do they make their appearance right here. An elegant, entirely new Mourning Wrapper, heart shape yoke in front, fan back, tight-fitting body waist. They're selling almost alongside of us for $2.50. Come in and get one at headquarters For 98c Pretty pink or light blue $5 Chambray Wrappers, gathered front and new Princess back (sec cut), For $2.74 $5 beautiful Turkish Canton Flannel Tea Gowns, ined throughout, cashmere yoke, front and cuffs, all vely dark Oriental patterns, Only $2.99 Each SIXTH ST. AND PENN AVE: apl-flO
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