fjg.vtflgi'cw?ijvrgyi!3ff-'? givg5imjiga &ga&j&gww&&&Emi HHEci!lHHKrnH $&FFW??m'T THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, SUNDAY. APRIL 17, 1891 A REVIEWOFSPORTS. Some Features of the Open ing of the New Leape's Baseball Season. LOCAL CLUB PBOSPECTS. A Bemarkable Increase of Bicycle Kidinj; in Pittsburg. HALL AND FITZSIMMONS' BATTLE. Talk About Corbett and the Pritchard and O'Brien Set-To. FOOTBALL, CYCLING, BUNKING, ETC We hare seen the operHng end of the baseball season of 1892, and I venture to say that the majority of admirers of the na tional game were well satisfied with it. What the closing end will be nobody can tell, and doubtless there will be many sur prises before then. Financially the inauguration of the sea son was quite a success Considering the early part of the year the attendance was ex tremely large, which is a good indication for the general success of the season. The opening day was a cold one all round, and it mav be worth while asking, Is it not too early in the year to open the season? The length of the present season entails cold weather, and much of it both at the begin ning and end of the season,that is,the proba bility of cold and bad weather is much greater than it would be if the season was shorter. This disadvantage certainly keeps down the attendance in many cases far be low a piyin; basis. The season has not progressed far enough yet by any means to give us anything like a correct estimate of the teams in the League. It is not fair at this stage to begin anything like criticism. But while we cannot go 1 airly into details, a few general remarks may be made. It seems to me that Baltimore and Washington are going to have two very poor teams and If they get very far behind Pittsburg will be a sufferer as the Baltimore team are our holiday attraction. The players of both teams are considerably out of form entirely because of lack of training. This is as much the fault of the management as anybody else. The New York team are going to be a strong lot without all signs fail and it will be no surprise to me if they make matters very warm for the Bos tons. I prefer to wait a little longer before I conclude as to whether or not the Bos tons are as strong as thev were last vear. The Phillies are also a strong lot and have proven that already. Brooklyns are not as strong as they eem to be and when they get fairlv up agiinst good people this state ment cnv be verified. But the Louisvilles are a surprise. They are indeed much stronger than almost any bodv thought and it is not unreasonable to say that the Chicago team are rot as strong as they were last year, Cincinnati has a very good team and many people will find that out before next October. The start of the Beds mav not have been as good as expected but if that team pulls together, depend upon it thev will be a nrong lot, and so w ill the Clevelands. The Brown do not promise to be in the firt six by any means. Altogether the start off leads us to think that there will be an exciting season. The Local CInba Prospects. So far thpre is really nothing to grumble about as far as the club and its team are con cerned. True there is a very long road ahead vet, in fact our players are hardly fairlv on othe road, but they have demon strated that they are not as bad to start with as many people thought they would be. All of us who have the interest of the club at heart must feel extremely glad at the show ing that Charley Tarrell has made It seems safe to sav that he is destined to do the many brilliant things that have been pre dicted. It is also now very clear that dur ing the recent exhibition games at Exposi tion Park, he was not exerting himself. And Beckley, too, is starting out well and to are Bildwin and Galvin. In short, they are all doing very satisfactory work. I am sure we will all feel extremely sorry about the mishap of Captain Hanlon. There is not a more earnest and energetic ball player in the land to-day than Hanlon, and I may add that there is not a player in the world readier to make sacrifices "for a club than is Hanlon. Like all of us, he has his friends and enemies, but his bitterest eneniv cannot gainsay what I have just stated concerning him. When a player of his good and honest qualities gets disabled anything like a generous club, such as the Pittsburg is, will stand by him. He is at all times ready to stand by a club. It is like! v that his hitting and base running will be missed, as if Corkhill is to replace him the la'ter miv not get down to hitting the ball veryreadilv. But Corkhill will be all right in the field. But it is to be hoped that Captain Hanlon will soon be all right again. It is also to be hoped that Ehret will not be long out of condition, as his sert ices will be needed most certainly. Oar Opening: Oiy. Of course we arc all anticipating the opening day and in all probability, weather permitting, it will be a good one. The St. Louis team ought to be a good card for an opener, and if our sluggsrs do, well at Louisville, the crowd here on Thursday should be a big one. It w ill be bigger still if wc win that postponed game Wednesday. Local cranks can easilv remember the rival ry there used to be between the Browns and the, Allcghenies and what rattling games they used to play. There will be lots ot oln-time feeling Thursday, although things have changed considerably during the last six or seven years. The directors ot the club deserve a good openingdav and it is to be hoped that the inaugural here will not only be good, bnt that the enthusiam will be sustained long enough to make the club a profitable invest ment this vear. A lew victories in suc cession on the home grounds will have a gieat effect on public leeliiig, because there are no feelings so susceptible to the in fluence of victory or defeat as the feeling of baseball cranks. It may be unpleasant to Von der Ahe of course, but it would be highly satisfactory to Pittsburg cranks if the Browns were not to win a game Here this week. Victory then would certainly have sonic effect for good. Store About Bicycling. Last week I had a few words to say about bicycling, and during the last day or two I have been extremely surprised to find that such a large number oMVcstern Pennsylva; nia citizens are interested in this sport. Several letters on the subject have reached this office since last Sunday, and while the statements of some of the writers may be a little exaggerated, it may be accepted as a fact that the bicycle riders are more numer ous in and about Pittsburg than is gener ally believed. One correspondent writes: "I voice the opinion of hundreds of. local bicycle riders when I say that it ii true you gave wheel ing a place in your category of sports. Every other sport gets good notices by you except bicycle riding, and you must not forget that the riders in Western Pennsyl vania number into the thousands. Our sport ought to receive more attention from you newrpaper writers, as it is the equal at least of any other sport, and just as pop ular." What our correspondent says mar be true to the letter. I am not in a frame of mind to dispute what he tells us, bnt it must be known to bicycle riders themselves that the lack of news in newspapers concerning them is almost entirely due to themselves. If ther were a little more energeti in news giving and I might say in sport-making, there might be more reason to complain. JVhile bicycling is a sport, there is little or n6 sporting news in it if nders-siraply get no further than indulging in easy road exer cise for their health's sake. But we'll keep track of the wheelmen, and in the meantime would be pleased to find them trying to arrange a series of localcon tests. Out of such a large number of riders there ought to be some good and promising material, and it is only public competition that proves to us the sterling material. I remember very well when the famous George Waller was refused an entry in the historic sir-day bicycle race at Islington Park. Waller was not known to the public, andt his entry was declined because the promoters thought he was not class enough. After considerable higgling and dickering he was allowed to start and he won the contest, which was remarkable for the desperate struggle between he and Terront, the French champion. The fame of Waller was then established. By all means public competition should be en couraged and clubs should be organized. English Football Champions. A correspondent writes me asking to have The Dispatch publish the picture of the champion football team of England. Of course, he forwards to this office the 11 pic tures. The request is a little too much, I am sorry to say, because of the great de mands on space. Judging from their pic tures the champions Ire a fine looking lot of voung men, and certainly they have proven themselves a splendid team of players. But there is one noteworthy feature ot the English championship football contest this year, and that is the increased interest regarding it in this,conntrv. Until this year one hardly ever heard tell of the "En glish Cup" contest in the United States, but this year almost all the daily papers have noticed it All lovers of football now know of the West Broinwich Albion team, the champions of the year, and while we hear them talked of we seldom hear the name of the Blackburn Bovers mentioned, although they have won the cup five times. This fact is simply because this is the first year there has been anything like an inter est in international football. Of course, this augurs well for football here next fall; indeed, so well does it brighten the prospect that I will be greatly surprised if football is not far awar and ahead next fall of anything like what it has been in 'the past. Already teams are being selected for next fall, aod we may ex pect to sec better Rugby and better associa tion jtlaying before next Hew Year's Day comes. It is to be hoped that the little difference among the local association players will be smoothed over before long, and that the teams will be kept intact They are too good a lot to be broken up. Opening of the Running Srason. It is not stretching one's imagination to say that the running season has fairly com menced. We have had one Derby run for, viz: the Tenuesseee event, although its prestige is not of much brilliancy. Still it is a Deiby, and Memphis patrons of the races will doubtless think much of it But the Derby in question has apparently not introduced to ns any young wonder, as good authorities argue that the winner, Tom Elliott, is only of mediocre class. The truth is that owners ot first-class 3- ear-olds no longer have anything like a stropg desire to enter them in Southern Derbys because there is so little money in them. There is more money in a comparatively small East ern stake, hence the poor class of Southern Derby runners. But wl atever the opening of the season mav mean in the South, there are sure indi cations of a busy season in the East. Ad vices from Uie East state that speculation on the big handicaps never wa so brisk at this time ot j ear, and many bookmakers hae declared their books "full." This indicates prosperity in horse racing, and the pros pects of continued prosperity are probably better now than before because the public is much better protected. Longstret, as we all know, is being backed very heavily for the Brooklyn, and there are the best accoums of him. To be sure, when a horse's price gets down to the short price of 6 to 1 in a handicap race, such as the Brooklyn is, there must be a very large amount of money on the horse. And often this makes thehorse -'shaky." It has done it on very many occasions. Often I have watched the public "plunge" on a horse so much to the disgust of the owners that the public woke up to find themselves very badly left It is this early plunging that prompts the suspicious feel ing about Longstreet He is a good horse, that is true; but 6 to 1, at the present stage, is a very dear figure, and it may be costly to many people. Jait tVhst Is Wanted. Once more we are told that Pittsburgers are to have a first-class cinder path. This time it is to be made in Becreatton Park. I hope the news is true. Very often we have been fooled on this very same question, but I am assured that there is to be a good track made right away. Already readers of this paper know that the Allegheny Ath letic Association has leased Becreation Park, and it is as a result of that leasing that we are to have the traei: Billy Edwards, Muldoon and nearly every prominent man who knows anything about pugilism. There, are ignorant blowbards who think when "any man even offers to figTit Sullivan, this arch-god of, theirs, that it should be a, signal forall mannerrof abuse. Wait till vou see what Corbett is before you call him coward and cur. It seems to me his accepting John It's challengetihoiri him not to be what you term hint " lab e ULC IU lute iUU tl44V., Is ow a cinder path or tract'is just what is needed in this city; a track on which toot races and bicycle Yaces could take place for one good track could be made suitable for both and if the three A's can possibly be instrumental in getting a track laid down they will be worthy the kind words of all lovers of outdoor sports in this vicinity. I understand that the Three A's are going to do many things at Becreation Park, but if they do anything it ought to be the laying of the track. There is no city in the United States where track contests are better patronized than in Pittsburg t And we have the talent, both amateur and professional. Were there a good track and correptly measured, wc would have more runners than we hive ever had and we would have a much better class of bicycle riders than we have seen here. Peter Priddy tells me that he expects the new track at Becreation Park to be ready for the race between himself and Jordan. If this can be done it will be a great thing for the park and also for the race. Of course, the proposed race is to be three miles, but it has always ben difficult to get long distances correctly measured in our parks. I am inclined to think that as far as measurement is concerned there has never been a "distance" race run correctly either in Exposition or Becreation Park. This is very unsatisfatory both to the con testants and the -public. A runner always likes to know his correct time, but it is im possible to give it to him it this track is not correct A properly laid track will do awav with the difficulty. A Defender of Corb-tt There is never any objection on mv part to deal with communications that call in question any statement of mine providing said communicatioas are respectful, cor rectly signed, not too long and we have apace to deal with them. A day or two ago I received from a Mr. W. L. Casey, of Allegheny, the following: "Knowing-how impartial you generally are, it surprises me that you do not give Corbett more ot a show in vour columns. "While you defend Charlie Mitchell, whose best friends will. Admit is the loudest mouthed man in the business (with the possible exception of Sullivan), you char acterize Jim as a bluffer and blower when he has scarcely said a word. Hasn't he a right to fight Sullivan? And what right have yon to insinuate that the fight will be a fake? Mayor McLaughlin, of the Cali fordia Athletio Club, who ii an avowed enemy of Corbett'a, saya Jim has acted per fectly right and is a "good man. So doe A Few Words to Mr? Casey. If Mr. Casey had written a few more lines about Corbett he irkld. probably have become, io excited to .call every body a blackguard and a Jackass who does not think as he does. He almost does it, and I give his statement in full just to let readers see what kind of fair-minded cor respondents we have to deal with. But Mr. Casey makes a straw man and knocks him down. I have never said that "Corbett is a cur and a blower." tI have said that he acted as no brave man would act when Mitchell insulted him. I have never said or insinuated that Sullivan and Corbett are going to fight a fake. If Mr. Casey is not a little more careful he may be charging me with eloping with my grand mother next Mr. Casey cannot possibly have read what I have written about Sullivan or he would never for a moment talk snch non sense regarding my abusing any man merely because he wants to fight Sullivan. Mr. C. and others should at least read a little and try and understand what they do read be fore they make foolish and false charges. Now the truth is I have not yet said any thing about -CorbeH's fighting abilities, ex cept stating that he has not -proven himself a first-class man. His contest with Jackson proved that. He may be a great fighter, but he has not shown 'it yet That's all I have to say about his fighting, no matter what Major McLaughlin, Billy Edwards or anybody else says. Scores of men told us Maher was a world-beater before he met Fitzsimmons. Corbett is an excellent boxer, andonly like all pugilists in the "show" business, a capital talker. Pritchard and O'Brien. According to cabled reports from England a match Has been finally made between Ted Pritchard and Jack O'Brien. Should a bat tle take place between them it will "be of the greatest interest to American patrons of pugilism, because the winner is sure to be challenged by more than one man. O'Brien is . comparatively unknown, but from information I have received I think he is a good man. It is natural to ex pect that he is rated as a first class man "because those who are behind him know Pritchard and have seen him fight A very good authority told me some time ago that he did not think there would be a man in the next ten years who could defeat Pritchard at even weight The authority who has thus spoke has seen all the best men of the last 15 years fight and I have a great respect tor his opinion. But it is too soon yet to definitely figure on results, although I am strongly inclined toward Pritchard. There are more scien tific men than he, bnt it would be difficult to find a more natural -pugilist He is built to be a stavcr and many people who know him well think he is as good a stayer as was the famous Savers. He has methods similar to those that Sayers was noted for. But Q'Brien may be also something more than ordinary and we will wait awhile before definitely pronouncing on the matter. Ths Hall and FJtzsimmons Hatch. If the programme of the Olympic Club is carried out as it is proposed we will cer tainly have an extraordinary week in Sep tember next The club has already decided to give 525,000 for the Sullivan and Corbett contest, and now $10,000 is offered to Hall and Fitzsimmons and $10,000 to Meyer and McAuliffe, all 'three contests to take place in one week. Hall and Fitzsimmons have already signed articles to fight before "a club for 512,000 or more," but the club is not named. They agree to fight at catchweight, and I dare say the contest will rank among the most in teresting if it takes place. There has cer tainly been any amount of talk between the parties, and now that they are matched the articles are so -lax that either man can decline to go on with the contest and will suffer no penalty. Certainly the articles of agreement are the worst that have been signed for along time; in truth, they are no better than no articles stall. They provide that the contestants will fight before a club to be "mutually agreed upon." That is such a big loophole as to render the articles useless, and then in arranging for the de posits of the outside bets "two deposits" are mentioned, but nothing is said as to what the deposits shall be. In short, the articles have evidently been drawn np in a hurry and signed in a hurry, without any tnougnt, anu everytning seems to have been taken for granted. The contestants and their friends may be in earnest and may mean all right, but the articles are such as to lead one to believe as Parson Savies said, "all are after money." Whether they will get a purse of $12,000 to fight for or -not I don't know, but already Eastern sporting men are stating that the two Australians are likely to down the pub lic Of this I know nothing and can only say at present that there is reason to believe that each man will do his best to win. Fitzsimmons has made a big concession and has given Hall his own way relative to weight Abont tho Two Men. A day after the men were matched there were patrons of the ring ready to bet on the result, and if the battle goes on it is safe to say that the betting will be very heavy. One of the contestants is known to us more or less, but the other is a complete stranger, and the more I discuss in my mind their re spective merits the more I Am inclined to favor the chances of Fitzsimmons. A week or two ago I had a notion that Hall at 165 pounds would be almost too much for Fitz, but when one begins to investigate thor oughly, an extremely good case is found for the vanquisher of Demnsey and Maher. According to measurements, Fitzsimmons is a bigger man than Hall just where size is needed, and I am disposed to feel certain that Hall is no better ring tactician than Fitz; indeed, I give the preference, to the latter on this point We must not forget that Hall has ione nothing here yet, and tailed to knock a mnn like Mike Boden out in four rounds. He hit Boden often enough, and that tells against Hall, because if there had been force behind the blows Mike would have been downed. Fitzsimmons has proven himself both a hitter and a boxer. He knows Hall, and has faced him before. This is a very important fact, be cause Fitzsimmons and "his trainer, Carroll, are two of the shrewdest men in the pugi listic business to-dav. There is another feature. Wc have lately been so often fooled by these "great fighters" who have done nothing in public, that it seems safer to rely on a man who has publicly proven himself a good one. To be sure, there is plenty of time to talk about the contest before it takes place. There will be much said about it before it occurs, and the opinion that the contest ants wilL only meet to each get money out of it, no matter how it goes, will be freely expressed. Careful judgment on this point will have to be exercised, but it is well to remember that officials ot the clubs are on the lookout for dishonest contests. Pkinole. Fits All flt stopped free by Dr. Kline's Ore Nerve Restorer. io fits alterant day's ute. Mr Telona cure.. Treatise and S3 CO trial bottle free to Fit cases. - Di. Kline, S31 Archie, flilla., l'a. su Men's Stytlih Suits SIO, AH wool, popular makes, new patterns this week at Sailer & Co.'s, corner Smitufleld and Diamond streets. 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There's, no difference as to the meaning of the day, but there' an awful lot in the ways in which human beings take it To the good Christians, as well as to a good many very bad sinners, it means more than words can' tell; to a lot of other Christians and sinners, too it doesn't seem to mean mueh except the end of a 40- day period of short rations and superabund ant church services. Between these two crowds there is a multitude that thinks only of what can be got out of it, and another multitude that devotes itself to wondering how" to get out of it For instance, there is the married man, perhaps with a lot of grown daughters, too. Easter smashes his pocketbook as easily as if it were an'Easter egg that hadn't been boiled long enough. I never see pater familias going to church Faster morning, with all the pretty faces of his family topped off with new bonnets and his own face covered with an expression of "How-in-thunder-am-I-to-pay-all-the-bills," with out wanting to crawl into thenearest sanctu ary and thank heaven that I never ceased to be a bachelor. It's Money Well Invested. But why should men, grumble at paying for anything which brings down upon woman an actual avalanche of Sabbatic satisfaction? Aa I never was a woman, I can't know how a woman feels in a new Easter bonnet, but it ahe feels half as lovely as she looks, I'd borrow money fromrny worst enemy rather than have her go without the handsomest Easter crown that milliners could supply. I heard a good story the other day about an Jiaster bonnet, it seems tnat a "lively young fellow who had an affectionate wife was fool enough to go and give part of his heart to a chorus girl at a theater, to whom be gave some presents also, in tne course of time Eastjir approached, and the girl hinted that she couldn't afford a new bon net; so did the wife. Like most other young fellows of the same kind, he ordered the girl's long enough beforehand to be sure that it would be done in time and be put ud a lot of money for it; then he told his wife that he would try to economize in some way 0 as to give her money enough to buy some- I thing tbat would aa lie went out ot town for a few days, getting back the Saturday afternoon before Easter, and also getting a j blast from his wite tor lorgettmg what she most wanted for the next day, so he hurried off to the club, first stopping" at the mlliner's to make sure of the other woman's bonnet being done. Phenomena Ha Couldn't Understand. It was; it had just been sent out. He we went around that evening to see it tried on, but the "young woman sent word she was "not in," so he went back to the club to drown his sorrows in the flowing bowl. Next morning when he awoke his wife was on her knees by his bedside, kissing him and calling herself all kinds of beasts for having been cross to him the day before, when lie had all the while been planning so delightful a surprise for her. While he was trying to get wide enough awake to know what it was all about his wifehurried oat of the room, returning in a moment, tossing her head prettily and exclaiming: "It's just too lovely for anything.1' On her head was the bionnet "drdered for the other woman! Thc fellow betook hinj self again to his " pillow and to deep thought, and it was not until the next day that he learned the 'milliner had lost the chorus girl's address, looked in the direc tory for the man's and sent the bonnet to his'house, like, the respectable wpman she was. He reformed thatjUay, and has been on the dead straight ever since, whieh shows that the devil isn't always-allowed to have his way, even when men are willing to help him along. .. W hat Easter Is to Boys. Next to the florists and extra choir sing ers, the small boy in the country gets the most solid comfort out of Easter. I say "solid" advisedly, because' he lays him out .on Easter eggs, and he boilh'Vliem until they are as bard to swallow as one ot Browning's poems or the year's first run of trout stories. When he starts for 'Sunday school his jacket-pockets look as it he had been rush ing the season and hooking apples some where, while the "chip," 'eb'P" of tbe eggs which he and the other had boys are ,'fighting', under the seats while the prayer is going on is more musical to his unregen erate ear than the sweetest anthem ever sung. I know what I am talking about, for I, was one of those boys myself not many years ago, and what I didn't know, about eggs, in cluding those made of basswood or white mar ble aiso of the shells carefully blown and then as carefully filled with plaster of paris, with enough salt in it to harden quickly, was merely what wasn't worth knowing. I won so many other eggs, by cracking them with mine, that I had to coax, a boy or two to help me eat lhem. Among the fellows whom'I cleaned out was the minister's son, who was an imaginative 'little chap and very forgiving likewise,; Jor after I had won all of his eggs he got ,his mother to invite me home to eat Easter-dinner with the family. v The Pastor and the Kljrhtlne" Egg. His father was pastor of a country church one of the congregations which saves all its baptisms and new members, to siy nothing ot funerals and weddings, tor Easter Sunday, so when at last the good man did get out of church and reached the dinner table he announced that he was so hungryithat he could eat a pickled tramp. As there chanced to'be no such delicacy in the pantry, and as, moreover, the old man had a warm spot in his heart for all juve nile customs, he said that he- would like to be in the meal with an Easter egg. His son looked shamefacedly at his father, and then reproachfully at me as for the smaller children, they had disposed of their own so thoroughly that there was nothing left but a lot ot highly colored shells. The pastor looked inquiringly at bfs son, to whose relief Satan suddenly came, for the little scamp slyly put his hand into my pocket and took out my fighting egg, which he passed to his father. I didn't recognize it at sight, though the boy and I afterward settled the ni&tter behind the barn. "It's a very pretty custom," said the old gentleman, holding the egg far enough from his old eyes to look it over, "a very pretty custom to make food gay with all colors, in honor of this most glorious of festal days." Then he gfntly rapped the egg ' on the table to break the' end. It didn't break, so he tried again, remarking: The Eg" Waaja Puzz'er. "I wonder why it is that egg sheila are harder at some seasons than at others?" "It isn't the shell, father," explained the minister's wife. The whole egg is hard: somehow the boys always want them boiled halt an hour at Easter." "Still, my dear," said the old gentleman, making ano'ther attempt, "it stands to rea son that the shell can't be made harder by boiling." Then he gave it another rap, af ter which he looked at it indignantly, and began to lose his temper. "I'm almost famishing with hunger," said he, "but I'll break this obdurate egg before I taste a morsel of anything else," with which he took the egg., sidewise in his aaaiaa.saaaaaaa4aIaMasaa.naai hand and fiercely whacked the edge of the table with it; then he extended hi hand, and displayed my plaster of paris fighting egg, -in two pieces. 'There, children," said he, smiling once again, "you see what determination and perseverance will do. Let this be a lesson to you. If why, bless my soul, there's no vols: to this egg." Then the good man' wife examined the egg and looked unutterable things at her son, who pointed to me and whispered, '"Twashis." She didn't say anything, bnt when she disted some plum pudding for me she man aged to spill some onion sauce on it It take a woman to get even with a boy. Merrily yours, MARSHAL!, P. WrtfiEB. XJSTr ADTKBTISEsEEWTS. TUB LARGEST AND LEADING MILLINERY HOUSE IN WEST. PENNH 810 Tor Men's All-Wool Salts In single or double-breasted sacks and cut aways tills week, at Sailer & Co.', corner Smitufleld and Diamond streets. ttssu The greatest spring and summer beverage Is the Iron .City Brewing Company's lager beer. WnraERjtxsx Awia:ras,at Hamauxft Son's, 639 Penn avenue. Tel. 1972. lffWslsVWsVlsra. ! ; WOST3 A GUINEA A BOZ," ! I COVERED WITH A TASTELESS AHD SOLUBLE COATINQ. Far SICK HEfiDAfiUc $ DIr7tnff. nvKrolmmlnvfm th v n-. i I J Pain, snd Spasms at tho Stomach, Pains In i ' S tho Back, Grarel, and Hjlaa; Pains In tfee ! I Bodj-, HheaaaUms, etc. i , , Tak four, fire or ten six it Beecaam's J ! i Pllli. and in tunc cam tut tf Un, Ouy ;; s, J rftVi(uCTIyinini(J;fortliopillwjtlKodirect ' , i to and ramova the eauat , fA tautt being no ' i more aorlewthon wind, tontherwithpoion- i ' ' ons and noxions vaponra, and aometimaa ' I I nnwholesoine food. ' i ; or all druggists. Price SB cents a box ! J ! New Tort Depot; 80S Cannl St i ' FAT FOLKS REDUCED BT DR. SNYDER, The Successful Obesity Specialist THE- Meritorious, Cultivated, Finished Genius So Beauti fully Portrayed in Creations of 'High Class; Artistic Mil linery bydiirBrainy. M&PP$M ly Commented Upon and Remarked as Very Much Superior to the Foreign Ar ticle, While Our Popular Lov Prices Are LESS THAN HALF. Home Talent, Wide- Our ball of commerce is rolling fast and furious these days. Busy as busy can be, -yet no clashing, no jarring, everything harmonious and smooth as a summer sea. Big crowds all the time, but everyone getting nicely, pleasantly, politely waited upon. Still keep coming in your thousands. We're ready for and equal to all and any emergencies. Every department, from floor to ceiling, literally loaded down with new, stylish, fashionable) goods, collected from every manufacturing center and commercial mart on this terrestrial ball, and, in nine cases out of ten, bought for spot cash at our own prices. No matter how it's done, the goods are here. Silent, still thunder-toned testimony bearers, that we can save you from 25 to 50 cents on every dollar expended. Come, see for yourselves. Let your eyes, your good judgment, your intelligence be, your merchants. Peruse the following quotations as samples of what's being done all over the house: ' HIES WHAT MPS THESE CLOAK BOOMS DBOWDED . ' Every Day in the Week and Every Hour in the Day. m Mrs. Ii. SI. Campbell, Arevle, Wis., before nnd after treatment by Dr. Snyder. Well, Sue, I've been havtn a little chat With neighbor Jones and Ills wife; Thought I'd go over this afternoon And take borne their prnningKnlfe. I bonowed that knife 'long In the fall; Meant to tnko It home long ago. But when folks get past sixty I notice they're rather slow. Ton Just onzht to see Mis' Jones, Sue, I declare she looks real trim; Tim know site's always been so fat; Well, now, she's pot right slim: Been bavin her flesh reduced, they said; Has lost 'bout a hundred pounds. Fitteen or twenty pounds a month; How wonderlul that sounds. They read of It flrstlu the papers Ami sent stamps for a little book With Information about It. Before she the treatment took. I've got the address on this paper, Wiit by Jlis' Jono' boy, Dr. O. W. F. Snyder, -Chicago, Illinois. PATIENTS TEEATED BT MAIL. No starving, no iuponvenionce, harmless and no bad effects. 'Strictly confidential. For circulars and testimonials call or ad dross w ith 60 in stamps, , , DK. O. W. F. SNTDEK, McVicker's Theater Uuildinp, Chicago, TU, h- ,', ; -. - apir-2 Just glance at this mest elegant Habit Cloth Cos tume. It's a $12 costume, and it's a beauty, made with tight-fitting basqne and full bell skirt. It has also the merit of being a regular tailor-made costume, .fin ished in very fine style, and altogether a perfect fitting, stylish-looking suit They come in Tan, Gray, Navy and Black, audour price '11 be But $7.49 Each. We've secured a truly wonderful, but really commendable, stock of separate skirts in all the styiisti, seasonaoie, lasn ionable fabrics, which we're enabled to dispose ol at very near half tieir value, as follows: Be'dford Cord Skirts, black or tan colors, Only $4.98 Each. Ladies' Cloth Skirts, in black nr tan, Only $3.49 Each. English Tweed Skirts, with suspenders and bodice belts. Only $5.98 Each. Broadcloth and Cam el's Hair Skirts For $4.98. $5.98 and $7.99 Each. There's a very choice collection of beautifully tailor-made $$ Habit Cloth Suits, with Norfolk waists and bell skirts. They come in tan, navy and black.' You can choose any of these suits you please this week for $4.49 Each An excellent lot of Jio Tailor made Blazer Suits, with bodice, in gray, tan, navy or black Cheviot or Ladies' Cloth, Only $5.98 Each "We've got a stock of Tan Reefers which, for extent of variety, correct ness of style, stylish get up, lownes3 cf price and general excelience can not be approached in these twin cities. Then there'sDrab and Black Reefers besides, as well as neat mixtures. Tan Reefers 'II sell J this week From $3.74 to $18 Each. Black and Navy Reefers this week From $2.99 to $25. g j T i i m ww is h Western Puisrl EKEECH'S. Our store has been crowded with buyers the past two weeks, and our energies taxed to the utmost to fill the orders for what is undoubtedly the largest spring trade we ever had. , REFRIGERATORS. Have you bought one yet? 'Twill be but a few days at most before you'll need one badly. HHIH' LINE IS PEAFECT It comprises all the best standard makes in the market, and our prices for them are considerably below what the same makes are offered for elsewhere. They begin at io and run up to $50. HCE CHESTS FROM $5 TO $15. Our Furniture Floors Are fairly overloaded'with a wealth of Spring Furniture and Furnish ings. Remember, we -have everything to completely furnish the home. You have simply to name an arti cle and we can show you an assort ment that will both surprise and please. Baby Carriages In scores of different styles of daintiness and elegance. A SPLENDID LINE. Of sightly, serviceable, sensibly constructed carriages. All the styles are here that you'll find in any other store in the city, and num bers of exclusive designs. TO $35 IN CARPETS We find-little trouble in pleasing all intending purchasers. It could not be otherwise with such an as sortment as we now show. Scores of new spring styles in Ingrain, Tapestry, Brussels and .Moquette. Our styles, joined to our prices, make a strong team, which has pulled us right into the front rank of popularity. SPECIAL We have still some of those odd borders in Brussels left, and as they don't match any special line of carpets we have we are selling them at from 10c to 35c per yard below actual value. Good chance here to enlarge the did carpet at small cost. GOOD JUDGES OF STYLES AND QUALITY say that the selec tion of new things in our spring stock of House furnishings is the best-in the city.' Take the time to look over what we have to show you. A CALL MAKES A 'CUSTOMER nine times out of ten. DON'T WASTE Your time hunting up imaginary bargains in small and poorly lighted warerooms. COME TO HEADQUARTERS, where you'll find-.what you Want and FIND IT AT A PRICE YOU WANT TO PAY. :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: 923, 925 AND 927 PENN AVENUE. Ladies, if you're desirous of studying economy in outfitting the littla ones, then be sure and visit our CHILDREN'S SUIT DEPARTMENT. It's amazing the amount of popularity this department has already been the recipient of during its short bnt triumphant journey. We'ye got full lines of Children's Dresses ' and Boysr Kilt Suits ,in all the newest styles of cut, fashion, material and weave at prices, as .usualy THAT'LL SAVE YOU LOTS OF MONEY. Beautiful new patterns in those $2 best Indigo Blue Wrappers; all to .go at the wonderful price of 98c Each Our Beantiful Millinery Beparnnent FULL OF PRETTY, STYLISH HATS, Etc. Nearly 300 different styles and shapes of Hats, trimmed and untrimmed, to choose from. Not one of them but what has some special feature of beauty. And our Hat 'Trimmings, Ribbons, Jets, Aigrettes, Pins and a whole world of Flowers resplendent in their beautiful, variegated effulgence, besides all the other luxuries and embellishments for adorning first-class, tony millinery. And when all is said and done, the best evidence that could be brought forward in substantiation of assertions made by thousands of ladies that our millinery is far and away ahead of anything in these parts is the simple but far-reaching fact that these assertions have been backed up by increased patronage almost doubling the season so far. AND NOTE, PLEASE Mourning Millinery in all its details. A very special feature with us, and expeditiously attended to. FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS A most wonderful galaxy of Outing Caps, Tam O'Shanter Caps, 'Varsity Caps, Fez Caps, Yachting Caps, and dozens of other cute, pretty, natty, stylish caps for Misses and Children, all made up and finished in the neatest manner possible, and at prices that are within the reach of all. WHITE GOODS, COUNTERPANES AND LINENS. Real Business Promoters They Be. 100 pieces very pretty, different sizes and styles of checks, 12c fine Nainsook, 3 yards for S5o Then there's other lots, both stripfd and barred; they're the 15c. 18c, 20c. 30c and 35o Kainoooks they are Now tor 10c, 12c, 15c, 19c and 24c a yard 250 pieces of 14c, 18c, 22c, 25c, 33c, 40c and 50c fine to snper Pliin White Lawns and India Linens Now lor 10c. 12c, 15c. 19c, 24c, 29c and 39c a yard 50 pieces fine 40-inch 20c Hemstitched Lawn, 3-inch hem, to be sold to-morrow For 15c a yard And there's other 3 lots of finer Hemstitched Lawns thev're 25c, 30c and 35c Lawns, and hare got 5-inch hem, . Now for 17c, 19c and 24c a yard Bnt see those four beantifnl fine lots of 42-inch Hemstitched Lawns, with pretty fancy open-work borders. They're 60c, 80e, 90c and 61 25 L-iwn, bnt will srll Xow for 49c, G9c, 74c and 99c a yard 768 of those large size, hcaTy weight, prettr SI. SI 50. S2. S2 25. $2 75. S3. S3 75 and 54 50 "White Counterpanes Sow lor 75c, 99c. $1 24, 81 49. 81 74, 81 99. 82 49 and $2 99 each We've got 500 pairs of Cambric and Swiss Muslin Pillow Sham. They're all nice, fine coods; some nre exquisitely fine, some are hemstitched, some hand embroidered, while others arc elaborately embroidered on finest Corded Swiss, veritable perfections of pillow sham beanty. Hot a pair of th-se is worth less than a dollar, whil the finest onpg are worth S8 of anyone's money. Now for 49c. 74c, 99c. 81 2 J, 81 99, 82 19, 83 49, ?3 99 and 84 99 a Pair. Verv pretty, indeed, are' those 40c, 62c, 75c, SI and SI 50 pure Linen Dresser Scarfs that we'll sell For 24c, 46c, 59c, 74c and 99c Each Equally attractive, those 16c, 25c, 35c, 40c, 62c and 75c nnre Linen Splashers now marke 1 , For lie, lac, :sc, sac. 3c and 49c Each Awfully useful, those tidy-looking 35c, 50c. G5c. SI, SI 50 and $2 pure Linen Hem stitched Tray Covers, f rinsed, For 21c, 39c, 4gc, 74c, 99c, and 1 24 Each Enchantingly beautiful those 55 50 and SG 50 artistic developments in AvnKqne Dresser. Scarfs Xow Tor 83 99 and 84 31 Each And in same class of goods there's 55 Table Covers that are worth S7 50; our price for them'll be '..., Bnt 4 49 Eac.n Pretty patterns in 50c,62c,75c,-R8c. 95c, SI and 51 50 in heavy Bleached Damask Table Linens "11 sell Tor 3Sc, 39c, 49c, 5gc. 6fic 74c and ggc a Yard Nice stvles of lovely Linen Dam.isk SI 25. SI 50, 52, S2 50. S3. S3 50, S4 25 and S5 50 Dinner Napkins ' For S9c, 99c, 81 24, 81 49. SI 99, 82 49, $2 99 and S3 99 a Dozen list a Fnr Spite, M Wti Hurs, From Jewelry. We're' just cleared (for spot cash) a superb lot of Ladies' pretty Solid Silver 510 Watches to jell For 84 4g Each Also a very nice lot of Ladies' S5 Chatelaine Nickle Watches, and we'll sell them For $2 99 Each BO Ladies' f20 Gold-filled Watches, Elgin movements, warranted for 10 years; our price '11 be v, . . ., . 14 49 Each Hundreds of those fashionable 52 CO Solid Silver Souvenir Teaspoons all to co , - For SI 49 Each And there's likewise a very attractive display of 1 Solid Silver Saltspoons that we'll .ell' For 4gc Each ALWAYS l . THE ! 'CHEAPEST. ' SIXTH ST. AND PENN AVE. aplMO I rt9fom'tiir'tfm jLvtOBiSm
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