3fr!SliHH're3Siaii KBBBa PfSJafKi'S PSptft" Bgsgv!g -i ,T 7m ,-wr "t " 5. ! ?" ' - T JPF' 14 THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, BTOTDAT. NOVEMBER 2PT, 15OT EawB3VMnGX!3&ttrK&Kmivsmn&&MB s A 4 r mj "What a week of football we hare had. That proverbial oldest inhabitant cannot possibly have seen anything like it There has been nothing but football, and we have had it on a scale that even a year ago wai never dreamed o Of course, the Tale-Princeton game has been the event of the week, and, as antici pated in- these columns, the blues won. But wasn't the straggle a great one? Although the better team won, it cannot be denied that the Tigers are a great team; in faot, almost as good as Yale. They put up a splendid game, according to reports, and those who journeyed far to see the contest were recompensed for their trouble. The great advantage that Yale has over the other teams lies in the large number of ex cellent coachers she has. This resnlts in Yale having a team that ran work together lite machinery. This is their great secret of success and they employed it not only on Thaukgivmg Dav, but in their game against Harvard. Their work in these two games nfibrds manv lesions for coach ers and captains of other teams to study. It is a pity that Harvard and Princeton cannot contest If these two teams were to come together they would mike an exceed ingly interesting came. The betting on the result would be heavv simply because each team have only been beaten by Yale bv a very narrow "margin. It is to be hoped that the d flerences between these two teams vill be all settled next year and that the Harvarus will be arrayed against the Tigers. The popularity of football ought to make both teams stretch a point or two to get together. And there has been just as much excite ment locally as there has been nationally during the week. TVe have had the very be-.t ot lootball playing here The Three A's are the only cnes who have upheld our lame, and they did it well by defeating such a team as the Cleveland. This vic tory, which was one of merit, certainly shows that in the Three A's we have one of the best football teams in the country. Lehigh easily downed the P. A. G tam, and our champion Association team were bailly beaten by the champions from Toronto. Bevond nil boubt the Canadians are tne bct Association team that ha e been here. There are very speedy and verv peenrate kickers. Their combination work was ol the very btst kind. The local play ers cau be made much better than they are. They need practice and much ot it President George Tann is proud of his team, and he means to have them in great condition to play the Chicagos on Christ mas Say. Baseball Affairs In General. Things have been very quiet in the base ball world during the week, and cranks of the came have had to be content with a few woids from one or two of the magnates. President Young has aired his views re gardin the imnie Mate future. He has not made any startling statement One thing he has assured us ot is that there will be no changing of the diamond; indeed, the League President qualifies thoe people who are wanting a new diamond as very stupid. It looks as if the only change that will be made in the playing rules will be rela tive to the pitcher 1 mean the only change of importance. He will probably be put back four or five feet, entirely be cause it is claimed there is not plenty of hit ting as things are at present ThTe is a deal of force in this argument for putting the pitcher further back, although it is a dan gerous experiment at presciit. A few years ago when he had more liberties and vas less handicapped than now batters had a very unsatisfactory time with him. Then there was alna R long odds against a man reach ing first base. But bis power u as weak ened and batters for a time had a much easir time of it in knocking the ball awav. Pitchers, however, soon developed into just as lornndablc men as ever even under their handicap, so that to-day it is claimed thev haie by far too much tne best of it. I admit that this is all very true, but it may be that there is a mistake concerning the public desire lor "heavy slugging" as' we term it those of ns who have stood and watched the scores announced on the bulletins on the street will have obered the sneers and disgust that ha e al ways greeted a big scrre. Almost to a man the crowd on the street hae deemed the pitcher and the team who have been scored heavily against "no pood." It both sides have scored heavily the contest has simply been termed in base ball parlance "rotten." This I have cer tainly noticed without fail both in front of bulletin boards and on the field. Other peo ple must have noticed the same thing. Let us take tne other side ot it. Have ou. dear reader, ever been in lront of a ulletin board when the score has been 0 to 0 in the eighth or ninth iuninq? Of course vou have. Well, haven't you seen every body there excited and remarking one to another, "What a great game." Certainly vou l.aie. Ice same thing takes place on he ball field. Tne abo c facts lead me to believe that he public is not hah so eager for a change of rules as t o or three interrsted parties. Why, just read the daily papers account of a r:al "slugging" gams and yon find that the contest is not rated in the same class as the game which results in 1 to 0 in nine or ten innings. Truths of this kind ought to prompt the magnates,to go very tlow. A Tew Words About the Local Clot). Our mutual friend, A. C. Buckenberger, Is now president ot the local club in tact This is really a fitting promotion for eo able snd trustworthy man. The club will be none the worse for it, because he knows exactly what to do, and I know of no man who can do business in a more pleasurable and just wav than Mr. Buckenberger. The new president is collecting testimony far the Burns case, which comes up in the Chicago ciurts next month. Several local afhdavits will be made to-morrow; others aie being made in Baltimore, Boston and other cities. I think it will be shown that Mr. Burns was no more capable of manag ing a ball team than an elephant is to teach Greek. I have always claimed that Burns was one of the most lortuuate of men to get as mucn from the local club as he did, to giy nothing of the amount he got from the players. True, it is hard telling what the courts will do. Baseball law is one thing ami cml law is another. This reminds me that evn the magnates themselves object to their own laws when they mterlere with thpir pocketbook and are not in accordance with civil law. Take Cleveland's refusal to pay the Pittsburg fine for instance. President Buckenberger tells me that eveiything is going along all right for next teason as iar as his team is concerned. It is his present intention to keep Shugart, believing that the young man will be capa ble of doing good work next season. Still I will not be surprised if Shucart is traded for somebody else one ol thee days. If the pitching rules are changed then new calculations will have to be made re garding the pitching strength of the team. To put the pitcher bacK Jour or fh e feet, means that some pitchers who are now good will be much worse in comparison and that others who are not rated superior will be correspondingly better. President Buck", enberger thiaksltbat the proposed change will suit Pittsburg all right The Amateur Athlctlo Union. The recent meeting of the Governor of the Amateur Athletio Union suggests many things. Prf-narflyjjlt remind ui of tne sigantlo stridts tht-'.uttm. l tak- mt ing in this country. The rulers of the A. A. TJ. have indeed a big charge on their hands and thf ir meeting of last Monday showed it I have great respect for the A. TJ. TJ., notwithstanding it has so many op ponents. It may not have always been in the right, but not one of us can deny the im mense amount of good there has been done to amateur sports by the Amateur Athletic Union. Wise and s fe guides like W. B. Curtis and James E. Sullivan are sure to do good to the union. True, there are internal dissension! among the amateur moguls, but that is simply because a few "youngsters" are, by audacity mostly, forcing themselves into prominence and disputing the authority, the wisdom, and the methods of the veter ans who made all the progress there has been made. Youthful ambition is often laudable, bnt there are times when it is fraught with too much personal vanity and backed up by too little ability and ex perience. There iB a very great difference between" amateur athletics to-dav and the time when -the A. A. U. was organized. Certainly I do not claim that the remarkable progress made in amateur Bports has been all the work of the A. A. U., but as an "outsider," I do claim that the A. A. U. has, more than any other agency, kept amateur sports within limits that have made them ai suc cessful as they have been. There are gen tlemen ar tlfe head of the A. A. U. wbo know exactly what an amateur athlete should be, and men of this class aro rare. IV can, therefore, rest assnreJ that as Ion,; as the A. A. U receives tho support of tbo public we will always have a standard of amateurism that will not discredit the country. The Death or TTllllam O'Connor. Quite a surprise was given the sporting world Thursday morning by tho announce ment of the death of William O'Connor, tho ch implon sculler of the United States. He was cut down while in hispiiine and while lie was almost in the act of going forth in search of young bone and sinew to per- petuate the sport and art of which he him self was ciiampion. O Connor died with lam els on Ills brow. Ibecareeror William O'Connor has not been a busy one, simply because he lauded on the scene when the palmy days ot profes sional sculling, both in this country and in England, were over. He lias almost only one gie it victory to his name, viz., Ins de- leat of Teenier for the American champion ship lour yenis ago, which he won. Hid O'Connor been beiore the public eight or ten jeais earlier Iaminclined-to think that ho would have had an extiemely brilliant career, because he would have had oppor tunities to distinguish himself which ho uas not had in Ins time. Tiue, he was beaten in Australia tw o i ears ago by Siansbury. That defeat did not conclusively prove that the Australian was the absolute superior ot the American ciiampion. The latter was in a strange climate' and on a strange water. Mntteis might have b-en different had the Australian came here and c in tested against O'connor on one of our stream.". Doubtless there will be much discussion as to tho standing of O'Connoi as a sculler in comparison to others of the first rantc. Was Jie a better sculler than HanlanT is a question that I heard not later than yester day several times. An answer can only be mo.e or less conjecture. In mv humble judgment, I have seen Hanlan when he may nave beaten O'Connor, the latter being at Ills best. I say lie may at least had thev been matched, and both mfti at their best. I feel sure that the odds would have favored Uaulan. Excellent Judges have told -mo mat Hanlan never saw the day whn ne could defeat O'Connor. At any rate, the de ceased champion must be rated as one of the best sculleis we have ever had. As a result or the death oi the champion we have no champion scullei now, and we mar. there ore, leiy on a race lor the titlo sooner or later. Tho number of aspirants is very, veiy small. Keaeonably we can only have Hanlan, Teemer and Gaudaur trying for the title, except there is some young man in the background. There is an unlot tunate liature about our professional scull ini; that will detract from any contest that may take place betw eon the above men tioned rowers. The p blio has no fuitn in any one of them. I am not savin.; whether tie public is right or wrong in this, I am only stating a fact that is too well known. The Battle To-JIorrow Night. There is more interest in the glove con test to-morrow evening between Gteggains and Costello than I had expected to find. More than ordinary prestige is given to it because of the announcement that tho win ner is to fight Hall or iitzsimmons. This part I hardly credit. At least if either Gieggalns or Costello were to fight either Hall or Htzsluimonsl should think it a real good thin:: to back either llall or Fitz. To-morrow night's battle is almost sure to be a despeiate one. Latest reports state that boih men are in excellent condition. Greggains as an a'nateur won 19 contests, and during his professional career has de fc ited La Blanche and Turner. Ho has only failed once toscoioa win and that whs when he made a draw with Costello attei fighting 50 round". Costello has only one defeat recorded against him and that was when F. P. Slavin defeated him on the tnrf -under the prize ring rules. Costello has n ostly fought against heavy weutbts. He will meet a good man to-monow night, and while I have not much to sav about tho result,! have a notion that Gieggalns will win it. I do not think that Costello is in ns good form as he wag when he fought Greggaius befoie. The Boxers Are Very Quiet The leading boxers and latter-day pugilists have been very quiet during the week. Cor bett, to be suie, has made his nsual number of speeches and made his usual number of threats to Mitchell. James J. almost daily tells us what he'll do with Mitchell when he gets bold ot him. All this may sound well to Coruett's friends, but I wonder hy the champion did not "punch t. e tSritlsh blow hard" when the latter was It. tho act or in suiting Corbett, James J. every day keeps lepeatlng how Mitchell insulted him and he'll whip him on sight tor it. Why didn't Corbett do his whipping at the time. A thoroughly game man would have tiied. at nnyrate. Just take my woid or it, corbett will not do hull of what he says he'll do wneii ho meets Mitchell, either in or out ot the rin. As matters now look, it seems as if the null audFitzsinininns battle will not take placd lor that ;4u,(XK us m tanged. There aie various ruinois flying round relative to the uiTnir, and all ot them point to the aus picious nature of the proposed.contest. One minor has it that the Crescent Club has made an nimngelnent with Fitzslinmons to have tup flht theie. Fltz, accoidin to re poit,fstoget $15,000 ir he wius. Theclub thinks It is a cuitaiuty for Fitzsimmons. It Hall wins of course he'll have to cet the big share ot $40,000. But there is still considera ble uncertainty about tbo contest, and It seems to me that a contest for even a $20,000 purse between Hall and Fitzsimmons will not pay, becatise the sporting public are very suspicious about those two Australian wot thies. An Eastern authority states that Goddard and his manager, William Madden, have dissolved partnership. Goduard,so tne story -Oe, does not believe in gladden going round as a gentleman ot leisure, doing no w oik and snaring the money maue by God daid. 1 comers iii-t this ditterence, real or ailtrsed, looks queer to me. It may and ft in. iy nut have something lodo with the bat tle between Maher auu Goddard. There is little or no ino-pdcc of a battle lor 1'eter Jackson. It loos as if Coruett will never laco the colored wonder aain, and this may be a wise thing lor Corbett to do, ot rather not to oo. It may be that if Godd ird defeats Maner anyway handily, he, Goddard,-w ill be matched against Jackson. I w ill not be surprised if this is the case, as Goddard, in the event of his defeating the Irishman, will bo willing to fijht anybody. rjUKGLK. Facts to Bo Considered. Everything in our establishment is new and ot this seasun'a lashions. Boys and childien's suits and overcoats are the most stylish to be fouud in Pittsburg. bOLOHO-" & KUBKIt. Db Tfrrr'a Lfttle Early Risers. Best pill for biliousness, nick hcadacho, malaria. i MS -raits of natural wool and camel's hair underwear, heavy weights, ull to-morrow at 8a cents a suit, at Sailer's, oorner Smith Held and Diamond stroeta, , AMONG THE AMATEURS. The Wind Up of a tirely and Eicit ing Football Season. WINTER 8P0ET PREPARATIONS. Athletic Association Hen in Training for Ceming LTerfta. GOSSIP FODKD IJ- VARIOUS FIELDS For GO days the fever of football has been upon the people, not only of Pittsburg but of the entire United States. Scarcely a hamlet from the Atlantic to the Pacific has escaped untouched by the contagion. Prom the far "West to the Eastern confines of the continent the supremacy of the game has been undisputed. It has reigned supreme, and from an event in which only a few college boya were interested the sport has grown into one which is' attractive to thou sands in every community large enough to support one or two elevens. "When the rapid growth from comparative obscurity is considered, the average, man is at a loss to know where and when the swelling tide of popularity will end. Certainly not next year in this part ot the world, for prepara tions are already on foot for the formation of better teams and more of them. And not only is this the case here, but in every locality. Pittsburg has had two excellent teams this year teams with which few athletic association elevens could compete success fully. But, as in the case of-all elevens Dean D. Gotvey, composed of yonng business men, there was a lack of practice that failed to put the teams on a par with those of the larger col lege. The material was good enough, probably better' than is to be found in the majority of college elevens, but without the constant practice which gives perfection to team work, their weakness in anvthing bnt rush line work precluded the possibility of gaining a victory over such fully trained men as were sent here by Le high. It is proposed to alter this state of affairs next season. The P. A. C, especially, has in view the formation of a football eleven which shall practice as frequently as the college organizations. Already a partial list of stars who are to be. on the team is in the hands of Manager B'arbour whose idea is to keep the team busy with several games a week during the s"eason. Some of those who have played brilliantly this year have announced that they will give wav to others next season, but wnen the fall of the year approaches they will be found in the ranks again. The game has a fascipation for the players as well as the people. As a whole Pittsburg has every reason to feel satisfied with the records ot her teams this year. They have had an opportunity oi seeing how well each of them could hold down the scores ot college trained men, and there has been just about enough of the sport provided to keep the interest in the game at an even point The record of the A. A. A.'s in making a tie game with the Colombia A. C team and in defeating the "Cleveland A. C eleven away from home shows that star players without the necessary practice can hold their own against better training. The mooted question as to which of the two teams, the A A. A or the P. A. C. is the better, is still unsettled, and it is probable that it will come to the front again next year, when it is to be hoped that there will bs no rincers on either side. Tne P. A. C's record is also one which has attracted wide spreal attention. It lined up against two of the strongest college'teims in the State teams that have had battles with the Uni- A. X Phelan, P. A. C. versity of Pennsylvania eleven, of the In tercollegiate league. In both cases the col lege elevens were disappointed. They ex pected to roll up a big score, bat instead the points were kept down to 16 and 21, and these were onlyjsecured by the superiority ot team worl? gained by constant practice. Next year the college teams will be given a closer vab, and if Manager Barbour's ideas are earried out the scores will be on th other side. Of the light welgn't teams, the P. A. 0. seconds and the Holv Ghost College finished with the besi records, Heither suffered a. defeat and tht y wound up the season with Most of the light weisht a tie game, elevens started iu too late in the fall, but in every case the1 has been an expressed de termination to begin at least 30 days sooner next fall. W llitinsburg A. A., the Shady side Academy iKiskiminetas, Crafton A. A., and otlier light weights have made good records. The Central High School team has perhaps played more actively than any other of its clas, and it has done some ex cellent work until t)ie last Later on sev eral of the plaj erswili be heard from in the bigger teams. There is an indication that the football, influenza will extend clear down into the baby classes of the. schools next season. The small juniors. Who heretofore have played baseball witH heart and soul, are now familiar with tl(e game and they will be in it next season, lit has an advantage over baseball in that itrequirei the services of four more playerii and this to the Juvenile mind is one of the best features. Let them play. It will do them good. The Xeyiton Bioyth Club will seea nve Into its new (lubboose o Hewe irif fflnT?Bl & r-f Jf f) I vl I K .' p. a. a street This will be a most comfortable home for the cyclers, and will add to the I already great popularity oi me urgnujxa tion. The Keystone club has been the most active organization of cyclers in this part of the State so far as the public is con cerned, and great things are promised for next year. Among its members are officer! otthe State Division of the L. A, "W., and they have the interests of the wheelmen In this part of the State at heait During the past season the Keystones have given two road races, and they intended to have given a paper chase on Thanksgiving Day. but the weather was nn obstacle that could not be overcome. Next season it is very prob able that the Keystones will arrange for a wheelman's meet in iPittsbtirg in addition to the road races. The prizes awarded by the club have always been handsome, and the medals valuable from an artistic point of view as well intrinsic. Next year they will be still more valuable. This week the pictures of A. X Phelan, Eugene S. Beilly and Dean D. Ooeway, all of the P. A. C. football team, are given. These young men have contributed not a little to the success of the team, and they will probably be among the stars of next M Eugene S. EaUy, P. A. C. year. Mr. Phelan has had charge of the right end for the P A. C's and he has played a great game. He obtained his first knowledge of the game at Fordham College in" New York. Mr. Eeilly was also at Fordham College, -where he played left tackle, the Fame that he has played with the P. A. C's. He is 18 years of age and weighs 175 pounds. Some of his work this year has been great, and his tackling has aided more than a little in keeping down the scores of the college teams. Dean D. Goeway had the misfortune to sustain an injury early in the season that took him out of the late games. He was the right tackle ot the team and he man aged to get through the opposing rush line in a style that took away their breath. He began playing with the P. A C's in '91 and is one of the kind of players whose heart and soul are in the game. Toward the end of the season, when his ankle be came stronger, he plaved a great half-back game for the second eleven and was on the substitute list for the first team. Next year he will be at the front again. Following is a table of the weights and heights of the Lehieh tram that ran up against the P. A, C's on Thanksgiving day: y r s ! Q " Platibi. - : - : : a Qoarter-b'k McClanjc S 74 115 Junior. and captain Ordway 5.1'), 16: Junior. Half-back. Half-back Ritchie 5. 8 171 Senior. and tickle. Hutchinson... 5. 8 140 Junior. Fall-back. ooden 5.1t 17s Junior. Center. Greenwood.. . 6. M 1"3 Freshman. R. guard". Tr&rton 6, 1 182 Freshman. L. ftnard. Budd , .... 6. 171 sopoomorc. L. tackle. Houston 5 10 167 Sophomore. R. tackle. Van Clere 5.94 141 senior. Right end. Chamberlain., i a,'i I5i) Senior. Left end. Half and Roderick 5. R'i 152 Junior. quarter b'k. Marr 5.10 157 senior. Lettcnd. Undertrood. .. 6. 172 Junior. (,uard. Held 5.9 165 senior. Tackle. Now that football is over, the athletic associations will turn their attention to their winter evenings' sport The A. A. A. 'a have in view an indoor meeting which will, it is nsserted, be the forerunner of several of a similar nature to be given before the annual spring meet The stars of the asso ciation in their various lines are keeping in good trim, and they expect to lower their records in tne first open-air meet The winter classes at the P. A. C gym nasium have been well attended, and Pror Kirchner has his hands full in directing the traininsr. More than 500 members are now paying their dues and the sinking fund has about $3,000 to its credit It is beginniug to be apparent that the present gvmnasium is not large enough for such an association as the P.' A. C, and a movement is on foot to build during the year more commodious quarters. The financial standing ot the P. A. C. is of the very best, and as it numbers in its membership some of the wealthy men of this city, the new gymnasium will prob ably be one of the most comnlete ot its kind in the State. Horace J. IIiLr. Wheelmen's TVhlspera." ' J. W. sroGowrrr. of the Keystones, tried a ride in the snow Thursday. A. L. Baisxer lias not yet returned from Toledo, but is expected back soon. Mb. Wilsos; of tho Allegheny Cyclers, will be in training early next season ior the races. CArTAnt "W. M. Mrtintwas out on his wheel Thursday. Ho rode to the football game in the snow. Miss PETncor.D, ,who took a trip to Dayton, O., on her wheel with her brother, has re turned home. Miss Fbasces Speer, of Duquesne Heights, has returned from a wheel trln to New Castle, wheie she visited Miss Craigs. John V. Bnioos can led ff the honors at the hard time smoker Wednesday, for the manner in which he sustained the tough character he undertook. Oitly the hares and J. W. McQowin, of the Keystones, showed up for the hare and hounds chnso last Thursday. The weather frightened iho rest away. CHAKLE3 H. Petticord and Harry S. Mercer rode to New Castle one day last week during a snow storm. They were ten hours on tho journey, but they enjoyed the run. Ml. Petti coid intends to ride to Butler to-day. Football Field Note. 4 Lie Voiqht, of the Second P. A. O. team, has the making of a great player. Bodes, of tne A. A. A-'s, played with more llle toward tho end of the season than at first. Haktxtoit, of the Second r. A. G.a, did some excellent work In the games of the club. The Wilkin sbnrgs will probably play the Western University Beserves on Decem bers. , Eo wash, the A A A.' center plays a great game. He's a bard man to run up against in a ;.ame. Emery Dravo managed the affairs of the P. A. C.'stsecond team In a most acceptable manner. BLUTtT.of the A. A A.'s, says he won't play any more. He should not be allowed to quit for he's ono of the best. Dr. Proctor says this Is his last season, but nobody Delleves it. He couldn't quit playing if he wanted to. J P. CCLBETTSOir, or the A. A A's, threat ens to give up football. He's two valuablea player to bo allowed to guit. The Barr brothers, ct the Holy Ghost Col lege teani, play a aood game and were a large part of the team in all of the games. . Ewrao, the quarter back of tho A A A's, played a gieat game all the way thiough the season, and it was his work that helped to waid victory. The Holy Ghost College Juniors are ready to play any team , whose members' aces -range from IS to 19 years. Address Captain W. 3. Carroll, Holy Ghost College, dtmiERT, ofthsP. A a. lntimatM tb4 he -won't play any more. His reasons are rood, but he, developed Into a line player ana win o anu him w tarn him, THE CLUB WOMEN. Ta1 Jrs. J. C. Croly. The originator ot two of the most potent facts in the life of to-day women in club work and women in journalism, Mrs. Jennie Cun ningham Croly "Jennie June" possesses exceptional interest for that great army of readers who are clamoring to know about "women who have amounted to something. " Mrs. Croly has amounted to a great deal. A little over 36 vears ago she was an un known school teacher in the village of Fish kill, N. Y., to-day she is the floui'shing ed itor ot half a dozen prominent magazines, the founder of two celebrated rlub3, a lect urer on her chosen profession in a famous women's college, and the author of several books. It would not be surpising if success had turned the little school teacher's head. However, she is said to be still the same modest, unassuming woman that she was always. She has been writing for newspapers since 1856, beginning shortly before her marriage to Mr. D. G. Crolv, then of the staff of the New York Herald. Since then she has either been a contributor to, or a member ot the staff ot, every metropolitan news papei of note. She was the inventor of the manifold system ot supplying out-of-town papers with correspondence or special mat ter that has since grown into that giant, the newspaper syndicate. Her chosen field, not because she is especially fond of ruffles and feathers, but because it has paid better, has been the fashions gossip which the average editor firmly be lieves the 'only style ot literature adapted to the crivings nnd comprehension ot his lady readers. She has made it a principle never to speak ill of any woman, and no one is more rea'iy tohelptheambitiousstruggler of her own sex. By her years of work she has gathered together a modest fortune, and has a cozv home on "West Fifty-seventh street, Xew York. Twenty-five years ago 12 laiies met In Mrs. Croly's parlor and organized what was the nucleus of the present Sorosis. Mrs. Croly was its first President, and held that office for 12 vears. She is still honorary President, Dr. Jennie de la M. Lozier being active President. The club was the first organized, maintained and con ducted entirely bv women. Its membership list contains the names of women world lamous in literature, art, science and the diaina. To the Women's Press Club, of Now York, of which Mis. Croly was fonnder and is Piesident, more intciest attaches owing to the unique character of the cluh. It, too, first .-an thollght in Mrs. Ciolv's pixlors. As its founder is the first woman journalist it wis natural that she should be elected to the executive chair. The rluli 1ms ptcasant quartois nt'-'t Union Squat e, where regular meetings, half social, half literary, are held semi-niontlilv. "Unitj, fellowship andco opeiation" is its expressed object. Nutn beied among its members arc the brightest women joni nalists of that paradise foi writ ers. New York City. Prominent among its members may be mentioned Mrs. Eliza Punam Heaton, Sun day editor of tho New Tork Recorder and writer oi the populir fashion article-. signed Ellen 0born;Mis. Edith Sessions Tnpnor, New York co-respondent for tho Chicago Jiaaldnni special writer for the American Press Association and Sundav TFWd; Mis. Helen Watteison, the Now York Sun's one time brilliant "Woman About Town;" Mrs. Isabel Mallon, the bright and versatile "Bah;" Sara J. Lipplncott,Grace Greenwood, a one-timo Pittsburger and a very success ful wiitor lor children: Mrs. Fiauk Leslle- Wilde publisher or the licsllo magazines: Miss Bhzibctli Joidan, of tho NewtYork Tl'oi'd, who conducts tho best newspaper edited children and women's departments in the country; Miss Cvnthoa U'estovor, writer, geologist and Inventor; Miss Mar garet Manton Men ill, special writer for the American Press Associiitlon, dramatic reader and author.of u monologue, "Mario Stuarv'which attiactedthe ravoraole atten tion of Loid Tennyson. The-entire mem bership is something over 00 women. An earnest effoit is belns made to obtain per manent quaiters. Last winter a mammoth benefit was Iven in their behalf at the Met ropolitan Opera House, and in which tho leading New York actors and actresses took part. I have orten wondered from wheneo comes the money that supports tho averaee char itable institution. Tup other day I asked a woman who belongs to half the philan thiopic societies In town. "Where do we get monejT" repeated she. "Not flora the society or intellectual women, I a'sure you. The other dav I went to .see Mrs. Blank, a friend, who is supposed toTjo on the inside circle of tho upper ten. 'Oh.dear,' exclaimed she; when I stated my enand. 'Please don't ask me to gtvo you anything. Actually, I haven't a dollar to spate. With my six servants to support and to keep up aie spectable appearance 1n society, I have nil that I can uo.' Mrs. Blank's husband is one of the ncilthy men of tho city. I then tried the Piesident of your club. She ha always expressed gieat s inpathy with our mission rot supplying red flinnel to tho natives of South Afiica. I told her the Signal Servico had predictel an' unusually saveie winter.' and onr society Mould liko to send out an especially laige supDly of flannel to the poor lietthen. Sho said the Africin Government onht to take care ot the flinnel supply themselves but she gure me a half dollar to buya yard of flannel for some particularly deserving savage Sho said their club had been study ing political oconomy.and sho didn't believe in encouraaing pauperism. Who gives the monoj? Mostly the,iniddle class and poor people. Thoio are many kind hearts among the nchjbut yon will Und thoy aro not.ot the socioty element. Mis George H estinghouso wasalwajs a kind friend to us. Tho poor lot a powerful ft lend when she left Pitts- butg. I think what I have told you will be found to hold good In almost every city in the Union." Club Notes. Mbs. A-tdbew Eastojt, of the Travelers' Cluh, left on Friday for Florida, where she spends the winter. At to-monow's meotlnr of tho Tourist Club "Mo-cow" is to be the topic for studv, and will bo in the hands of Misses Williams, Andiews and Wheelerand Mrs. Patterson' At yesterday' meeting or tho" Woman's Press Cluh the social meeting of two tveeics ago was discussed and mutual explanations 01 some lntei est hoaid The sociui meeting was pronounced a success. The newspaperwomen of Chicago have or ganized a pi ess league whose object U tho entertainment of newspaper women vi3ltin; the World' Fair. Mrs. Mary Temple Bay ard was appointed their lepresentative for Pennsylvania, and on herrecent visit to Chi cajjo was banqmed in honor of that event. Mbs. Mrth a PnESiXEr gave f i ea trade a scoring at Friduy's meeting of tho Tiavel er's Club. Mrs. M. E. Dinwiddle gave an ex cellent synopsis of the colonial history of New England, whilo Mrs. S. G. Mooro told many inteustlng fact9 m roaid to witch craft. . Mrs. Jasper Stevenson read a very clever sketch ot the lives of ttoi-er Williams and Anne Hutchinson. The Scarlet Letter was reviewed by Mrs. LB.DnI and Mr. J. D. Shaffer. Inn U no lars-ar or better ssleotad stock of diamonds, watche, Jowlry, eta, in this oity tban-yotr will find ar-M-'O. Cohan's, ! Filth avenue. Call and examine tho itook and pr!o. It will pay ro. THE KEY NOTE. A Johnstown Gentleman Sounds the Key- Note of Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byerg' Suco833. They Are Successful Because They Under stand the Diseases of Their Specialties and Their Years of Experience Have Given Them Opportunities but Few Physicians Possess Bead To-Day's Tes timonials. "I came all the way from Johnstown to consult you, doctors," said a gentleman or that place to Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers, this week, "and I cut out of last Subdat's Dispatch this description of symptoms which covers my case exactly. I don't want you to ask me any q ies"tions," continued he, in response to an Inquiry, "for tnis descrip tion is better than any I can give yon. I have every symptom named there and I Just want you to examine mydungs and see If the trouble has extended too far for me-to hops foraoure. I have been doctoring and doc toring and swallowed all kinds of patent medicine for my trouble, which started with the la grippe one year ago, hut I am gradu ally eettini; weaker every day and couh so much I can't get a bit of lest at night. I want to put myself nnder your treatment tori know if anything can be done for me you gentlemen can do it, for any physician who understands these different systems as you surely do, ought to also know the means to get rid of them." Hit the Nail on the Head. 'Bight here is where our Johnstown friend struck the keynote of Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers' success in tho treatment of such troubles as he complains. Thoy see on an average of one hundred patients every day, all suffering from pretty much the same symptoms, and have grown so familiar with the history, progress and termination of such diseases that they do not 'have to ex periment with different'medlcines.butknow just what to piescrlbe at each particular stage of the disease. They have no fight with the family physi cian, whose time is taken up with bedside oiseises and accidents, such as levers, frac tures, dislocations, births, etc; indeed, they each employ their own family attendant in such cases. It is only when these family physicians attemDt to treat a special line of colonic diseises, for which they are not fitted either by special training, special eq-iinment or snecial experience, and also wnen they attempt to scoff at the good work Drs. Copeland, Hull and Byers are doing in this community that they leel like chastis ing them. Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers do not claim to be mlalilble, but they do claim that in treating all diseases of the mucus mem brane, and the sequlue of such diseases on thegeneial system, their method of treat ment, which is tbo result or years of experi ence as well ns special training, is the very best that ha3 been discovered. They see more patients suffering irom a special line of diseases and gathered from a radius of 100 miles of Pittsburg In one week than a family physician will in tlio course of a whole liietitne's practice. Tho-Working People's Physicians. Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers know just exactly what position they occupy In this community. They know they are doing a world or good for suffering hutnanity,for few physicians would care to perform such hard and laborious work for the same small compensation. It is not an unnsual thing for them to perform several times a day work which otner high-priced physicians would perform but once a week, and tnen charge $50 or $100. They always keep faith with the public They do not advertise one price and charge a higher for difficult cases, and it is because of this low rate of treatment and the good they are doing for a claas of patients who cannot afford to pay more.and who would have to go without this special treatment, that they have been dubbed by a noble-hearted lad, ' the working people's physicians." They are prond of this title, and also of the fact that patients of mod erate means receive the same kindly court esy and sympathetic consideration in their offices as the wealthiest. Dis. Copeland, Hall and Byers believe in specialists aud In special treatment for special diseases. A physician treating a special lino of diseases day In and day ont is able to recognize each condition as it aiises, and apply the proper treatment at once. The specialists are doing the bost t ork that is being dono to-day, viz: Special ists m medicine, specialises in law, special ists in manntacture, specialists in merchan dise, specialists in real estate, etc, etc Chronic Diseases Keqnire Special Treat ment by Specialists, Specially Trained and Fully Equipped. HE ACHED AIX( OYEB. Be Sure and Bead Mr. Hood's Wonderful Statement His Case Is the Most Typi cal of a General Catarrhal Condition of the Whole System Ever Published. Mr. August Hood, a coal miner, in the em ploy of tho Langhlin Nail Company, who lives at Don P. O., a little hamlet one mile west from Martin's Ferry, says: "I had been troubled off and on for several years, and doctored from time to time with little or no benefit, till finally I grow so bad I became seriously alarmed about my condition and felt that I would have to have immediate relief or give up my work. I achad Mr. August Hood, Don P. all over nearly nil the time, and my body felt as sore as if I had been ponndnd with a clnb 1 had a constant pain over my eyes and through my temples, and my eyo balls ached aud pained mo away back into my head. I aHo had shooting pains through my chest to each shoulder blade, pain and soreness in the small of my back, over the legion of tbo kidneys, and pain shooting down the legs to the knees, with at times a numbness and pricking sensation, as of needles jag.:ing me. I had rheumatism all tluough my body so bad at times I could not go to sleep. "My nose and throat were, constantly stopped ud with a stictcy, tenacious mucus and I would often lYawk out little chunks of hard stuff as black as coal. My throat Anally got so sore and swollen I could scarcely swallow. My ears were also af fected by roaring and hissing sounds. "Tho appetite became affected and noth ing I ate seemed to agree with me. After eating my stomach would swell up like a drum, nnd I was troubled with belching of gas, palpitation ot heart, dizzy and smoth ering sensations, etc. "I could not sleep well, my HeeD was troubled with horrid dream?, and 1 worked all iu.rht in those di earns, and awoke in tbo morning tiled, unrefreshcu.soie and itching all over. Hnally night sweats sot in, which made me veiy weak and nervous. "1 shall nlways bles the day I was di rected to Di. Copeland and his associates, forthey have done lor me what no other doctors could do, they havo cured me sale nnd sound, and now! feel like a new per son. I have no aches or pains, eat and Meop well, and awnkein tho morning ieted and anxious for mv daily work. I shall nevor forget what they have done for me." Ifyoa have any doubt as to your trouble and of Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers' ability to cure j oa Head air. Hood's state ment carefully. SEVERE STOMACH TfcOUBLE Cured Dy Drs. Copeland, Hall apd Byers Mr. John Moonly's Grateful Apprecia tion for the Rellot Obtained. 'Vhen.I.ipolIed to Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers for tieatment," says Mr. Mo, inly, who Is In the employ of Eisr Bros' Brick Manufacturing Company at Sallna, Pa., "I was in a. very bad oondltlon. My principal trouble was with my stomach, although mv head, nose and throat alio troubled" m a srreat deal. O.. Ohio. "1 was bo pTtparsd, t iMltrr Mat at. NETV ADTERTlSEMENTSw ' - I I Im Iksc I sasy I IB I 8 kssj bI W 1 US Ebd bsb-s 1 HIE-UD.U01FIEE! Every. Carpet sold this month will be measured, cut, sewed and laid on your floor FREEOF CHARGE. ONE CARLOAD OF Soffl flit- Parlor Wte at OUR 35i DEFY ALL MB Q BOHPETI- 0Q W WE BELIEVE IS I l y Ili SHARING m f ' I V mums u - w 5. WITHDUfl 1 I CliSTOMEBS '' w- LADIES' COATS, PLAIN AND FUR-TRIMMED. Terms Cash or Easily Arranged Payments. SPECIAL TERMS ON HOLIDAY GOODS. $ 10.00 Worth of Goods, $ i.oo Down and 50c Weekly $ 20.00 Worth of Goods, $ 4.00 Down and $2.00 Weekly.. $ 50.00 Worth of Goods, $ 8.00 Down and $3.00 Weekly. " $100.00 Worth of Goods, $13.00 Down and $3.00 Weekly. PICKERING'S FAMOUS CASH AND CREDIT HOUSE, TENTH ST. AND PENN AVE. nofT tarrh could cause all tho distressing symp toms I suffered irom until thev explained to me how catarrh affected the whole system by the mucus dropping down into tho stom ach, poisoning tne blood and interfering with proper digestion. Their success in my case certainly proves the correctness of their theorv, for my health is greatly improved. 1 can now eat hearty and it does not make me feel the worse for it. Before treating I could hardly eat anything, and what I did eat did not appear to do me any good, and it would cause such a soreness in my stomach. Now it does not matter how much I cat it does not bother me in any way aud I am feeling good all the time "I have-felt better In the Ia9t month back than I have for the past year, and you cer tainly are entitled to more praise and honor than I can express." Catarrh of the Stomach Often Resnlts Fromjfeglected Nasal Catarrh, and Can Always Be Cured. ANOTHER GREAT CURE. The Case of Mr. "William Foster, of Butler So Weak He Conld Scarcely Get to Drs. Copeland, nail and Byers' Office In One Month He Gained Seven Founds and Worked All Day Without Tiring Mr. William Foster, employed in tho planing mill of Messrs. S. G. Purvis & Co., and residing on Cleveland street, Butler, sajs: "I had been tronbled with my heart.throat and stomach for two years previous to con sulting Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers. I had all the usual catarrhal symptoms of head and thioat such as dull, heavy feeiing over eyes and through temples, clogging up of nostrils first ono side then the other, drop ping of mucus into the throat, w itli hawk ing and spitting. My throat became dry and raw, tongue coated and parched, with bad taste in the mouth in the morning, loss of appetite, especially for breakrast, and what little I forced myself to eat caused distress and bloating np aftorward. I lost flesh and strength right along. "Finally night sweats set in, which weak ened mo greatly, nnd alarmed me so I felt something more would have to be done for me than nns being dono nr I would liivo to give up. Hearing so much oi the good work of Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers in cases similar to mine, I decided to go to Pittsburg tand co.isult them. wnen i nrst went to their oince i could hardly walk I was so wenk. was sore and ached all over nnd ennghed inccssintly. They examined me cuicf'illy, and gaeme Mr. William Totter, Duller, Pj. a month's supply of medlcino to tiiKu ho ne. and I c.in't Just express what benefit I re ceived even nidi the first month's tioat meiit. '"I gnincd seven or eight ponn is tlio first mouth, and can do n full dt 's wo-lc n ithouS tirinsr, tho flight sweats havo disatpoirud and 1 leei like another per-on. I ciircr'ully recommend all patients bu tin ring with ca tarrhal troubles to consult the.- eminent specialists hc once and not triflu with their health and get into the serious condition in which 1 was." The statement of Mr. Foster verifloi the MaflcJa.l resnltn nrTr.Cnplnd, H&Ilaad f sjk f 2 H 1 81c. In Cham, bcr Suits !' tve haves j them frora $12 to 400. xoo sam ples on 1 our floors to choosa from. Parlor Suits, our leader only $30, and up to "S300.! 150 de signs in all woods and1 finishes, - and everj. known covering to choosa from. Byers' home treatment In general catarrh -fcaS conditions of the whole system. DO TOTJ HEAR TEIJ'.T Try One Ear and Then the Other and Asoots tain How the Hearing of Ont Ear Ca-rf Bo Lost Imperceptibly. This is a remarkablo faot. Haven't yea observed how many of your friends make yon tako the right or left band side, as th case may be. so that they can hear you! What is the cause of lit CATARnn ! The eustachian tubes are small tTfbec abont two inches long, leading from the up per back part of the thioat to the middle' ear. Their uo Is to permit the passage of air inside the drumhead or tho ear. Every ordinary drum has a small hole in the barj The nbovc cut shows an interior new ofthfoet, eustachim tubes and enr civities: Ao. 1 u th drum of the enr; s and SAccarij of the Inner ear nnd the small bones of the ear; U the auditor ncrte. rel to admit tho air on the inside. This is done to allow the pressure of air to be equal on both sides of the drumhead, and witnoul it the drum would be worthless. So it is with tho middle ear: the pressure must bo equal on both sides, so that tha drumhead (called tho tymnaiiurn) mav bo sensitive to respond to tne delicate vibra-j tlons of air, which, when communicated to the brain through the auditory nerve, pro duce sound. It anything happens toobstruct tho eustachian tubes hearing is very mnoa Impaired, if not entirely destroyed. Tha illustiatlon makes It plain how easily it Is for the catarrhal proctss to extend from tha noo to the throat and thence up tho eus tachian tubes to tlio middle ear. Tha mucous lining of theso little tubes beootr.es inflamed and thickened, and tho tubes wholly or partially closed up, tho equilib rium of air pressure is disturbed and tha roaring, buzzing, cmcEIng and hissing noises, so annoying to thousands of catarrhal subjects, follow, accompanied nearly al ways bv dullness or entire loss of bearing. Ii thedloeiiseris permitted to run on un checked the small bones of tho ear, markod 2 and 3 in the illustration, will bo destroyed und the drum attacked, periorated and de stroyed, and total defnc-s will follow. Drs. Copeland. Hull aud Byers have un qualified success in tho treatment of theso cases. Tneir methods are the result ot m ny years ot study and practice, and havo bt njleuionstrnted to bo the most sucoess tu. in uso at tha present time. Drs. Copeland, nail and Byers treat my cessfnllv all curable cases at 66 Sixth avs nne. Pittsburg, Pa. Office hours, 9 to 11 x. jc, Ztoor.jx.ann7to9r.il. Sundays, 10 J. x. to T. it. Specialties Cattrrli and all dls eaes of the eye, ear, thront and lungs; dys pepsia cured; nervous diseases cured; skin diseases cured. Many cnes trented successfully by mail. Send 2-cer.t stamp for question blank. Address all mail to DltS. COPKI.AND, HALL A BTErj, to Sixth avenue. Pittsburg, Fa. $5 A MONTH ALL DISF.ASE3 TREATED AT TlIE ITNI. FORM RATE OF A MONTII. REMEK BER, THIS INCLUDES CONSULTATION, EXAMINATION, TREATMENT AND USD 1UINE FOR ALL DISEASES AND ALL FA- mi t v -ft ' itAAa-fc "V m i. Kfcigffl-tBaW
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