v-r 'SS fV vv ptiw We may expect io have a little more at tention paid to baseball lrom now on than what has been the ease for tome time past There are many features connected with the national game that will bea r discussion,' and discussion, it reasonably and calmly carried on, will tend to popularize the game just as much as anything else. At this stage it is useless to discuss the merits and demerits of the 12-club league. It is now a settled-fact that we'll have that system for another year at least Debate cannot preTent it; good, bad or indifferent, we will haTe it again. I am one who does not be lieve in it, but most assuredly my opposi tion to it will not prompt me to try and Injure its chances of success. It is the duty of all who haTe an interest in the game to try and make the best of the adopted system, and only assail it when there is a chance to have it changed. But the proposed chances of the rules have not yet been accepted. There is time to estimate public opinion on the numerous proposals before any definite changes are decided on. lam very much mistaken if public opinion is not almost a unitagainst any increase in the size of the diamond. There has not been 3 sound reason advanced in support ot such a radical change There Is certainly a stronzer feeling in support of traUin? the Ditcher back a few leet and. there is quite a strong opposition to it It is important to note that some of the most intelligent ball plavers and many of the best informed baseball patrons and mag nates favor the change in question. This indicates that the change will be made and it this is the only important change that will be made it will be well because one at a time is experiment enough. Locally speaking baseball is again com ing to'the front The officials of the local club are once more working like beavers and I have no fear of the results of their labors. "We all know that those connected with the club spare neither money nor labor in trving to get a good team. Local patrons oithe game ought to be grateful for that, and they are. Well, Manager Buck enbergcr and his colleagues will have a good team next season; in fact, as far as I am able to judge from what I know, the team will be better than it wa3 last year. Evervbody connected with the club is work ing for its betterment and the good work will be rewarded. Out of the big list of players on the ccal club'r list there are sure to be sufficient good ones to make a winning team. There Is an unusually large number of pitchers on the list and Air. Buckenbergez says he is sure to get three or lour really good men from the lot Three good and steady pitchers with a team like the Pittsburg! behind them are sure to be winners, and that is what we all want TUe Local Football Season. As far as what we call Bugby football is concerned the local season is practically over. It has been a good one; in fact bet ter than any of its predecessors. It has also left impressions and an enthusiam about the game that indicate even a more popular season next year than ever; indeed, already dates are being made for local games'with the leading teams of the coun try next year. I will not be surprised if we have both Yale and Princeton teams here next year. The P. A C.'s are trying to secure dotes witn the Tigers and in view of that fact it is safe to say that the Three J A swill try ana get the cnampions lrom Sew Haven here. That would be a treat and no mitaVc The football season, locally Bpeaking, was financially a very great success. The other dnv Manager Barbour, of the P. A. C, told me that his team ha-i cleared 51,500 on the season. This is an excellent showing when erervthing is taken into consideration. It bevond all doubt shows that the popularity of the game is increasing at a more rapid rate than any boiy had expected. The P. A. C's deserve all the success they have had. The Three A's have also done well finan cially, and have made a great name for thenlsehes. They are a fine lot of gentle men and I firmly believe are to a man in the sport for the love of it They are ex tremely eager to give all legitimate encour agement to good perlormers and this fact Impresses me with the notion that next season they will have one of the best football teams in the country, isobody can prevent them from having outside members of their club, and certainly outside members cau repre sent tl.e club in athletic contests as legally ns members who liveln Pittsburg. If loot ball players like Heffelfinger, Donnelly, 31 alley and others are now members ot the Three A's, nobody can reasonably object'to their playing on the Three A's football team next season whenever they are re quired to do so. Mr. Heffelfinger pointed this out the other day. If the Three A'a or the P. A G's can secure the star players of the country as members, so much the belter for the local clubs and for Pittsburg admirers of the game. For my part I would like to see the very best men in the country become members of the local teams. But association football is 'not done yet There are some very important games to take place here yet between the Pittsburg team and other crack teams of the country. There has not been a more interesting club in the country this year than the Pittsburg club. I am sure that President Taan, of the Pittsburg club, and Secretary Matthews have not only worked like Trojans, but have made some very big sacrifices lor the benefit or their team. They have an excel lent train, but thero Is ono thins they lack, and tbat is practice. As Individuals they Ma as pood us any team, but as a whole they are deficient. It then comes to this, that if tliey do not practice they may as well disband. 1 lie tsa.u nave to play the Chicago team at Ei!Uon.Prkon Christmas Day, and th c.i ilt ou-,ct to be a good one. Prest di'iiT..nn mures me that be will have 11 flri-clr.ss players on the Ueld that day, and 1; it sale to say the contest will be a good one. Proposed Football leagues. Any amount of rumors are current about proposed foot Call leagues. It U not likely tbat one-twentieth of them will materialize and It may be :hn: not one new league will sneoeed. At present there is considerable talk about a combination of Harvard, Vale and rrlnceton. A combine pf this kind will shut the University of Pennsylvania and other good, footba.ll people ont and almost all the money will go to the trio named. To be saro the victory of the U. or P. team over rrlnceton has bad something to do In molding opinions ol the kind In question. There Is a verv strong objection among the leading 'varsity trams to tne.U.of P. playing Vale next Thanksgiving Day. This objec tion or opposition la so strong that I am in clined to think that the C. Ol P. will not be In the contest. Financial considerations will prompt Tale to have the Princeton tor.ui . opponents on Thanksgiving Day In prsK-rcartt to the IT. of P. An Eastern au thority points our "The present lnter-colleglate agreement say very plainly that the cnampionshlp series shall consist of ono catno with each colloe. The two leading colleges of the preceding yoar shall play at or near Kov Tot. Xo-, no such money as 40,000 or 150 COO would b drawn lira game between PenntTlvanla and Yale on Thanksgiving D&,Hd nobody knows that better than the i!W Unven people. Su,n: ciime tne proposition to Knock the old uiiep-collcglate agreement Into splinters ind freeze out Pennsy and Wesleyan and m'.elu "cluch" thing for Yale and Har vard and Princeton. All the money mado In football 1 made right hew In this great. 1-lg city. The mimes at Manhelm Field and at ll.a'.pden Pare. Springfield, do not net a dollar bardly of profit." It in be seen tnat the agreement re- serred to says rtothinjr-abont tne date of the game between the leading teams. But la all J SHJ r fairness the claim of the U. of P.'s wplay Yale next Thanksgiving uay a -rnim uo. and if it wnot allowed It may be just as well for the TJ. or P. to withdraw from the "big" people and try and make another league. The Greggains and CosteHo'Baftle. In pugilistto elrcles the week has been made remarkable by the 80-round glpve con test between Alexander Greggalm and Martin Costollo. Last week I named Greg" gains a the winner, and Tor the liro of me I can hardly satisff- myself yet "how be did not win. None of us had any Idea tbat the contest wonld be such annnratlsfactory and strange one as It was. There are many things about it that are Tery hard to un derstand, and that at first sight appear to be very surprising. I have waded through columns of accounts or the battle, and the diversity of opinion regarding It Is exceed Inzly great I can tell you. Down East; where the contest took place, a strong opinion prevailed that It was a "fake." No definite argument or absolute fact Is advanced in snppor or this. To say that this Is or that Is a "inke",ls quite an easy matter, but to nrove it is- often some thing that cannot be done. Moreover, there have been columns and columns written about thU battle by young men who evi dently do not know anything at all about boxing, fishting, or In fact anything per taining to ring affairs. More than one youne man. in very prominent papers at that, tqld ns that tho referee "called the contest a draw and declared nil bets off." Declaring the bets off on a draw In where the laugh comes In. There Is another feature about the affair that places the referee in a funnv light. He declared the battle a draw aud added that It was "no contest." This is simply an ab surditv. It It was n draw it was a contest; If it was '"no contest" It couU not be a draw. That Is clear enoug. The Calltornla Club declared the Corbetc and Jackson a&Alr "no contest," and gave the principals only a small part of the purse offered. The Coney Island authorities uave Gregains and Cos tello all the purse between tbetn, which still lurther shows the absurdity of the "no con test" verdict Features of the Contest There are two ways of looking at the Greg-galns-Costello affair. One is that they deliberately arranged to make a draw of It, and the other Is that they became so much afraid of each other that each fought for a draw. Now I am inclined to believe In the latter. It is quite easy to see how two men may be so evenly matchod as to make each stand oil and wait for chances to such an extent that both do come .so wearied and exhansted that neither can produce forca enough to settle the other. This has often taken place. The details of the contest In question lead me to believe tbat such was tho case witn Greggains and Costello. Thbre were stages or the battle where both men fouzht desperately. Costello started out In vicious style, and there n as not tne least indication of "fake." His pace tired htm, and then Gregcains took an inning and ho became tired. Each man was thoroughly conversant with the other's style and tactics and knew thorongly what was coming. This caused tho pupisliment to be comparatively light. There were any number of chances for Greggains to settle Costello but. two things prevented him. He was tired and was ufraid; he was afraid tbat Costello had "something up his sleeve" and hesitated to ruh for fear of getting settled himself. On the other hand Costello was completely gono as lar az effective fighting was con cerned and ho made his mind up to do noth ing but move around in hope or a draw. The-e facts show how easy it Is to see why the contest lasted so long. Both men were afraid or de eat and that's all there is about It. TSe good old plan ot fighting lor.a stake instead ill a purse would not have encour aged this draw business. Two .men fighting lor their own und their backers' money would Inyo gone for chances. When out siders offer a purse It Is different because ai draw makes both men winners. The contest ought to end all talk abont either Greggains or Costello fighting Hall orFltzstuimons. Either or the latter would probabl) bent both or them during the even ing. Ono thins is almost certain, viz., that the Coney Island Athletlo Club will not readily give a purse for Greirgains and Costello again. The contest, although a cheap one, has done the club much harm, although 1 fall to see any Just reason why it should. The Goddard and Mahcr Contest. If all goes well there will in all likelihood be a desperate battle next Thursday evening between Goddard and Maber The Interest centered in it is remarkable and the betting has been great and will "be greater during the next day or two. As my readers know I pin my faith to the Australian In this instanco for reasons which I explained two weeks aso. I have as much confidence in Goddard as ever, althongh Mailer's chances are not to be looked upon lightly by any means. One of my greatest objections to Maher Is, that he Is a "quitter." He showed this In his battle with Fltzslmmons. I never have faith In a quitter either in man or the lower animals. True, a quitter sometimes surprises, lie now and again performs with a determin ation and an effectiveness that is remarkable but you cannot depend on him, and an un reliable, performer Is a dangerous one to speculate on. Maher may have pluck enough this time to flzbt; he is a tolerably clever land powerful young fellow; Indeed, he may be a good onponent lor anyDody. Hut even though Maher fights In game style I don't think he'll last long enough to knock God dard out. The latter is more of the very old school of Agisters than anything else. He does not so much try to avoid a blow as ho tries to give one for one. If he can keep up this rate of exchange he thinks he can de feat anybody simply because ho claims that he can stand more of an opponent's blows than his opponents can stand of his. This is quite simple to understand, and I bells ve there is much truth in IS. Both men are reported to be In excollent trim. There have been various rumors about n "fake." If It turns out to be a "fake" I will believe It, but there is no prnor or It at present." The story that Madden and Goddard had quarreled tnrns out to be false entirely. The contest promises to be a com paratively short and desperate one. Both men will likely know that they have had a fight. Pugilistic Affairs in General. There is a prevailing opinion that George Dixon is "going back" in form. There are many reasons to think this. Of lato he has beeu barely holding his own against almost unknown lads. The latter cannot all be wonders and the probability Is. that Difon is really "going back" a little. The em phatic way in which Dixon's backer de clines to mako a match with Grlffen Is also another reason which leads me to think that the champion Is not as good as he was- If Divou "really wants to flzht again he cannot well refuse the offer made by little Baxter, of England. Baxter wants, to flsrht Dixon and the latter ought not to Ignore tho challenge It Is extremely amusing to note how many of our pushing young writers refer to Charles Mitchell's offer to fight Corbetc We are told by theo erudite youngsters and even by some old bigots that all tbat Mitchell says is a bluff. The very same thing were said about Mitchell when ha proposed to fight Sullivan on the turf, and the same things wore said about Corbett when be proposed to fight Sullivan with gloves. The trouble Is that these young men look iinon all champions as invincible; they forget that It Is possible fora champion to be only a poor fighter, or If he Is a good one that somebody else may at least have the nerve to faco him. It looks now as Ir Hall and Fltzslmmons will fizht for that big puree. The date has been fixed for February 16. The event will be a great one, and doubtless lots or people will have lots to say about it buforo It takes place. Pbibolx. Dr. Hickman's Wonderful Pig. Dr. Hickman, ot Ludlow, Shropshire, England, has an alcoholic specimen in his museum in the.shape of a pig, the anatom ical structure of which is as 'extraordinary as it is unaccountable. The minute anat omy is not given, but the external appear ances are: One head, two eyes, fours ears, eight legs, and two tails. The internal structure is: One tongue, one windpipe, and heart, the latter having twp sets of circula tions, viz.: Two aorta to supply the body and two to supply the lungs; two livers. lour kidneys, two bladders, two spleens and tiro teti of intestines. BONNER TO BEAT IT. He Is Bound to Lower the Record Made by Nancy Hanks Either WITH MAUD S OR ANOTHER ANIMAL PijiUr Ii tho Iteit Candidate .for Be noirn in That Line. Y1EWS 0! THE NOTED CONNOISSEUR' ..rCOBKXSrOXBKXCX or TITS SISFATCS.1 New Yoek, Dec. a "While I do not in any way wish to disparage the performance of Nancv Hanks in .obtaining her un paralleled record of 2:04," said Mr. Kobert! Bonner, at his home, No. 8 "West Fifty. sixth street, to me last evening, "I believe JIaud S, to a bicycle' sulky, upon the mod-i era kite-shape track, would be the fastest trotter the world has ever seen, and in order to test this I have determined to put Maud S in training, and see if she cannot lower the record of Nancy Hanks. "A year ago, asyou remember," contin ued Mr. Bonner, "I made an offer of 5,000 to the owner of a horse who trotted a mile in 2:05 within two years on any of the grand circuit tracks from Cleveland to Hartford. That offer was included in a let ter which I wrote to General B. F. Tracy just year ago. X further, said," reading from tbe letter, "one gentleman has stated tbat I will undoubtedly have to pay it, to which I replied, I do not believe General Tracy himself thinks so. "In his reply," said Mr. Bonner, "Gen eral Tracy says, 1 have long believed that a,horse would yet appear that would trot a mile in two minutes, but I have never set any time within which I thought that per- HB. BON2TER AST) HATTD a (As photographed by our artist.) fonnance would be made. It is not likely that you orj will live to see it, although I hope we may.' The interviewer sjidvou thought an ultimate .speed at the trotting gait was 2:06 or 2:05, I have forgotten which, and I replied that I believed that would be beaten in five years. I have never said it would be beaten in two years, and notwithstanding Arion's great perform ance, I doubt whether he can reach that figure, while I am obliged to admit that he mav, I do not believe that he will trot in 2:05 in the next two years. Not for Mechanical Devices ., "When I made the offer of $S,00tf .1 did not intend it a an inducement-to an im p'royement in mechanical' devices. I in tended it simply as an incentive to produce ,finr stock. I do not believe that- Nancy Hanks ever aw the day that on a grand circuit track before a regulation sulky, like that used to July last, she could trot in 2:09. I may be mistaken, but that is my belief. I believe now that we are much more likely to see two minutes on a kite shape track, before a bicycle sulky, than we were at the time I made my ofler to see 2:05 before the sulky used, as I 'said, to July last "The bicycle sulky is acknowledged to be at least four seconds faster than the old regulation sulky, and the kite-shape track is known to be from-1)4 to 3 seconds faster than the regulation or grand circuit tracks.. Look at the number of horses that have trotted below 2:20 this year. It is unpar alleled in tlk history of .'the turf. Even IjMBjj ' VTiwsf wtiimlt x iff ft'T yAJ 1 j5sSrTjC 1 1 MB. boniteb's datstab. A horse that can show a 2:04 gait to-day. (Photographed by our artist. second-claii hones, when put before a bi cycle sulky, have been able to knock off from three to eight seoonds from their rec ord. The track at Terre Haute, on which Kanoy Hanks made her time of 2:04 owing to the elasticity of the prairie" 'soil, Is at least a second to a second aud a half faster than the grand circuit tracks. Taking Nancy Hanks time of 2j04. and adding a minimum of five seconds, which is ah al lowance for the bicycle sulkv and the Terre Haute track, you have 2:09 flat. Aged, bat in Good Form. "It is true," said Mr. Bonner, "that Maud S is 18 years old, but, as yon know, she has had the very best of care, and I be lieve has still strength and stamina to stand training. I have driven her to a Miller pneumatic cart on my track up at the farm. The dry weather bad 'made the track so hard that on the last, Br home quarter, I had carted a lot of decayed leaves that gave the mare a soft footing. The rain has somewhat disturbed this, but it will be in first-class condition soon. I have bad shoes put on Maud S's forefeet while she Is bare foot behind. Xwjsh to enable her to stand the jogging and resume the perfect use of her muscles. I intend to condition her my self as far as possible." "Who will drive her, Mr. Bonner?" "That I cannot say," replied Mr. Bonner; "it is a matter to be determined after I see she is fit to go against time.'' I "Mr. Elliott, who, made the first pneu matio tire sulky, was to see me tbe other day. Her told me that he believed the smaller tbe wheel and the larger the tire, the faster the horse onld haul the snlkr. 'TwentT-eichflncbes is the diameter of the wheel He is at present making. Me says that he. pumps the tire , as fall of air As possible,'!" order tohave ii perfectly tight! and there is less side' aotion to the sulky. Mr. jEUiott says that hi Intends deereaatog THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, SUNDAY. DECEMBER 4, the sise of his wheel to 31 inches. Mr. Bidwell has suggested a sulky to me that has to be constructed entirely -of tubular steel. The thills are to be lighter than the present wooden ones, and will poises far" greater.strength. The wheels ot the cart will have; ball bearings,pneumatic tires and all the improvements found in the most per fect bicycle. The seat is to be adjustable like that in the single scull, sliding back ward and forward as desired, and is con trolled by a lever which passes up between the driver's and is operated bv his knee. The object of this is obvious; when the ani-H mai neeas steaayiug mo weigus may uo up plied, but when he is going lull and free, reaching out for a record, the driver may so balance his weight that the horserwill feel almost as free as if he was hauling no weight at all. You know that a horse when he has a load behind him reaches forward in order to pull it along. This gets the horse, to hitching. "When I bought Dexter years ago, I was-asked by an old trainer to please not speed him before a road wagon, as he would get to hitching. A horse once hay ing acquired the habit of hitching is almost always afterward unsteady on his feet. The new style of sulky wilr in time do away altogether with any necessity for weights, which we use now in order to counteract the tendency of an unnatural gait. It is a developer, of speed. Perfection in Every Particular. "Maud S is to-day as free from blemish as if she had done absolutely no work," con tinued Mr. Bonner. "Her legs and feet are clean and steady, in spite of the won derful bursts of speed that she has made She is one of the finest animals, so far 'as temper and intelligence are concerned, that I have ever known. Here is what Mr.Van derbilt wrote me, when he acknowledged my chtck for (40,000t .'I must congratulate you upon being the vwner of the best and finest horse in-the world. I am sure you will find her simply perfection itself in every particular. She is always ready to do anything you would have her, always ex pecting kind treatment, and of the fullest confidence that she is not to be hurt. She seems to know as much as a man, and has one ot the most affectionate dispositions. These are great requisites, and no one can but ad mire them, and we mutt all love the ani- mal possessing them.'" Maud's first notable performance was on Julv 23, 1880, at Chicago, when she beat Trinket out in 2:13J, which stoodTor.many years as the race record for a mile. On Au gust 11, 1881, she trotted at" Rochester in 2:10 In 1884 Jay-Eye-See threatened the mare's record, and Mr. Vanderbiit again put her in training, fortunately, as it turned out, for on July 31 Jay-Eye-See trotted a mile in 2:10, a quarter of. a second better than Maud S's ' record. About August 1, Maud S. turned the. Cleveland track in 2:0! On August 15 Mr. AVilliam Turn bnll came to me at my office, directly from, Saratoga, and said that Mr. Vanderbiit wast offered 5100,000 by a syndicate Jieaded by, Captain Stone, for Maud S., bnt I would' rather sell her to vou at your own price, because it she is sold to the syndicate,, peo ple will say that -Mr. Vanderbiit still owns her.' "Her driver said that no veterinary could cure the lameness inhetoffhind foot, if she got fast work, but I treated her foot, so that for two years she was trained, and each year lowered her record. After her feet had been leveled Burr '"told me'that Maud S had gone around the turn tor the first time without the tendency to hitch. When she lowered her record to 2:089 at Cleveland on July 30, 1885, she trotted the quarter in 32J4 seconds; the half mile in 1:043, aud the three-quarter mile in 1:354, making the middle half mile in, lrt)2f. This is the fastest half mile ever covered, with the exception of Sunol's half at De troit, in 1:02)4, and Marvin thinks that with a bicycle sulky Sunol could have gone that half mile in C3 seconds. " A New Candidate for Kenown. Maud S is at present at Mr. Bonner's farm, Tarrytown, N. Y., and has been twice bred to Ansel, by Electioneer, out of An nette. There is no promise of anv foal. When she dies she will go down in history as the greatest trotting mare that the skill of the American breeder has ever produced. That the blood of' Harold bcgets'Wohderful speed is shown by the recent performance of Kremlin, the 5-vear-old stallion, by Lord Russell, and brother to Maud S, in trotting a mile over the regulation track in 2:08. When up on the farm, Mr. Bonner showed me a trotting wonder, in. the 6-year-old Daystar, out of the great brood mare, Day break, by Startle. Daybreak Is by Harold, the sire bf MaudS, out of Midnight; the the dam of that trotting machine, Jay-Eye-See. Startle is by Hatnbletonian, out ot a marc by American Star, thatfamous cross that has given ui so many trotters of re nown. Daystar is a beautiful bay with two white hind legs, and has the bulldog courage.and wonderful endurance ot his sire, with all the trotting Instinct' of the Harolds. The best that Daystar had ever done until last Saturday was a quarter fn 37 seconds, but then driven to a pneumatio sulky, and on a heavy track he u ent a quarter in 31 sec onds, wltich is at a 2:01 gait. Daystar Is just coming to bis speed, and will evident ly, lrom all appearances, cfeate consterna tion among the record breake'rs next -year. Mr. Bonner will have him jogged along dur ing the winter under his covered track. ' Elbebx T. -Biddick. A Uo for the Meteors.'' JPM)taelphlaEee1ord.J . , , ,, 'The meteors that havn cooled off will stake beautiful paoerwelihta ror ChrtatsM yraeawt ?, NO FORTUNE NEEDED. A Young Couple Can Still' Beijiu Housekeeping on $1,200 a Tear. HOW TO 60 ABOUT TAB SHOPPDJG. Figure. TMeh Make Tire Peojle Practie allj Billionaires. SOMETHING ABOUT COUKTRI AUCTIONS rWHITTIH TOB THS DISPATCH.! .; It ii not a matter of daughter or ducats; it is, however, a question ot nymen versus dollars and cents. A number of economists haye been spreading heretical beliefs with their hard-headed arguments over the im possibility of getting married and keeping married on less than a 53,000 income. They assert that the young man of the period can't possibly maintain an establishment at whose head is a young woman of this fin de siecleonau amount whose initial digit in dicates something below the $3,000 limit. That may be very true for the exotica whom we class under 'the genus fin de siecles, but there are large numbers of is who are not included inthat classification. A certain sturdy strain, 'not mentioned by those luxurious economists, can thrive very well on an income represented by very few dollars, eked out with a larger amount of common sense. , It is a tenable assertion that two people so much in love that they are not over proud can live together neatly on $1,200 a year. More, they can marry on it if the spendthrift groom hss not saved more than 5200 toward the great event Upon 81,200 a Tear. With $1,200 he can buy nearly every thing outright and can live as he chooses in a flat or a country house. If he is far sighted he will build, for the sum which melts in board bills might with better pur pose strengthen his title to a country house. There , are risks , in sickness and other causes when be. may not be able to make" the deposits, but they are no greater than others he must take while living in a fiat. Suppose, then, a building and loan associa tion'builds a cottage lor him beyond the fashionable suburbs of his city, and sup pose he has $200 in the bank. There are four rooms to be furnished at once parlor, bedroom, dining room and kitchen. Carefully itemized the cost can be brought down to the amounts given below. The goods will come from the four quar ters of the earth auction rooms, old furni ture shops, "av'noo stores," as the dealers say, and occasionally from a first-class house. It is not always true that the first class article is distinguished from its hum bler plebian neighbors either. Probably you won't care for carpets after you have priced them. The dining room does not need one anyhowr the bedroom may be fin ished more brightly in matting, and the parlor floor stained dark will do If a couple of auction sold rugs are on it. , Cost or a Pretty Dining Boom. . For the dining room four leather chairs, with carved oak back, can bs bought at $5 each. These I found at one of the best New York houses, the table corresponding .to them, and the cheapest there.cost $29. Two hours later, in Fourteenth street furniture house, I came upon the same kind of a square oak table, with the difference of rougher carving on the legs and" six feet ex tension instead ot ten, for $12. It's not always wisestand safesttobuyat the houses with a name. A sideboard cannot be bought for less than $50, it it is all bought at one place. Piecemeal, a $50 affair can be ob tained for $35 or $40. -Buy the glass at one of the wholesale houses where4 pretty, old cabinets are aspecialty; A clever carpenter can. fashion a very respectable sideboard for $20, With, a home varnishtand a French polish executed by your own hands, the homely oak, above which is hung the cabi net, with its little mirrors and mysterious doors, has evolved into a Stately and aristo cratic piece of furniture. A pretty dining Monarchof Them All I The Big gest, the Mightiest, the Grandest Carnival Bargain Sale of Dolls, Toys, Books, Games and Holiday Goods dm fimnrl-WnlirlavOrienirifr count of the many thousands of delighted and astonished visitors, or their very liberal purchases, but principally because everybody was more than well pleased with the enormous exposition of good things which we had laid out for their happiness. Their fondest hopes were a hundred times more than realized, many's the' time and oft, we were told. "Truly that word you used in last Sunday's ad.,Un-gct-near-at-able,was strictly true in every respect. . In splendor, magnificence, harmony, beauty, artistic developments and'general excellence your Aggregation of holiday merchandise beats everything on record hereabouts. And your prices, why, they're simply astonishing." .And they backed up their opinions through the medium of their pocket books. We had neither time nor space for prices last week, but we'll quote a few to-day. Prices that we need hardly say none others '11 attempt (fond as they are of imitating us). Prices that '11 cash buvinsr community. 1 our lovely T. air! Mi tnllr for hnnilrrda of mile controveftlliiv the biggest and handsomest collection of dressed and undressed Dolls in 'these two cities, eTery one ot 'our'own Importation, raisinc us to the degree of Past, - . r.. r 1t- 1. 1. !. .1.:. 17. Ji.ti . ...In-tn nn .Fnt t.aif M nf .&xira, ouper .excellence, wuicu ujedna m juuiu uiKiiau mug j vu . .,. re cent on every doll yon bur. Bnt here goes the prices. They talk louder than mere words: 10,000 cute aud pretty, lull kid bodr, aIo jointed Dolls, For 24o each. Travel all over these cities or New York itself for that matter and see their neatly . , dressed dolls which they unblushinjily aBk 60o and 75o for. "We've got 5 cases of just such Dolls. . Our price is 24c each. Then the thousands of large kid bodv, also full jointed Dolls thatnobody'd grndge 5L25 for and would think cheap at ?L" We've got an elegant selection and our price is - But 49c each. "We've jrot 5,000 lovely Dressed Dolls that in the ordinary course of business can't be sold (and cheap, -too,) under $1, but during this great and glorious carnival bargain snie v " Off they go for 49o each. 10,000 Dolls, either in kid or jointed, or beautifully dressed; they'd be cheap at $2, for vou can't match these handsome Dolls at tbat price. Onr price is Only 90c esch. Come in vour thousands and bring the little folks alonir, show them all through the hand somest doll families in America. Then the low prices we name for Dojls and Dolls Outfits '11 not only enable you to save monev but also to rejoice the little hearts of those who are near and dear to vou. We've got artistically, beautifully, stylishly, gorgeously dressed Dolls, all in the latest style of fashion, at fl.49, 51.99, 52.49, 52.99, 53.49, 5&99, 54.49, 54.99 on up to 550. And then you ought to see the lovely Boy Dolls (dressed). Prices range , From 49c to 59.99 each. .And you can't buy one of them elsewhere for less than aonoie xne money. We'll wind up this doll business by introducing the Summersault Turning Comical DolL It amuses either boys or glrn, ana the jrrice is dui ioc eacu. There's Lots of Wee Toddlers Impatient to. Hear About the Toys, So, Here Gobi ' too Children's Combination Tea Sets, decorated, It piece, $1.80, larce size, White Toy Tea Sets, 40a Wood Wash Sats. 72o Great Bis Drums, they're dnndlcs, a. lot oi nice qtmrter-uonir j.in jiitcueus, TIioqa itrnnit ifti Trrtn Mnnfiv Safes. An Immense collection of 153 Assorted Toys, Hair-dollar Fretty.Sall Boats, complete. 73o ever-so-manv octavo Uprlsht l'lanos, 60c nice, comlortablc. larire ItocMnor Chairs, $1.60 Hardwood Desks, with cloublo blackbonrd, $1.25 exoulsltelv qomfoi tnble hardwood Bqds, llali-dollar pretty DqUCihiHos. : - $1.50 elecantlv handsome" Doll Dressors, , A lot of the 82a Blackboards on easels A lot of $2 00 Camera', mates i nice present, Those very popular tOo IJovs Tool Chests. . We'll make It merry. 20u Xmns tree Candle Holders, 150 Jron Hooks andXauder-. till to so Do j onr own cooking, tOo Tin flanges, l.OOOor tho quarter-Uolliir.Fancy C4ndy Baskets, Ilalf-ilorinr Waste Paper Baskets to go Handsome $1.75 WasterFaperJlasKOta, BESIDES THOUSANDS UPON ALWAYS THE J5HEAPESL i 1892. room need not eost more than $72. The bedroom may be furnished more.chesply than .any other room in the house. - Fairly respectable matting is sold In SO yard rolls for $4. A bed, large dresser and wasbjtand of maple, well, it simply made, I found for $30. Light chairs cost lrom $1 to $4. Three chairs at second-hand mar cost $a Here, then, is the result of a schemer's determination to drive bargains a bedroom furnished for $45. The kitchen outfit was promised me by an enterprising hardware dealer for $20. The tins, which included enough kettles, pails, pahs, broilers, cups and basins to go once around in a bride's scientific parloa, recipe for cake, besides wash boilers remarkable patented utensils and labor saving machines were reckoned at $10, while the stove, rather smallland second-hand but sound, was worth the same. iCwo chairs and a table, which the auc tioneer vowed was rosewood antique, but which nevertheless went as plain deal to the highest bidder for $5, completed the furnishing of the kitchen.. , Sixty-three dollars and the parlor still unfoucbeU A satisfactory style is out ot the question, therefore purchase just for this one room on the Installment plan. Where Auctions Can Be Utilized. , Bugs, carpetings, bric-a-brac and pictures are the best purchases at a city auction, for thest can't be patched up for the occasion. A 'Jacantsa Claw-Foot .Chair Very 'Square Table." da At a New York auction one,rainy day, when the rooms were filled with foods and the buyers were few In number, I saw a large hair mattress sold for $5 75 and three pil lows filled with the sofest of live geese A Swiss Smoking Chair. feathers for $1 40 each. Two very hand some, though slightly, worn, rugs; 6 feet long and 3 wide, were sacrificed at $3 eachl A folding bed with mirror front went at $11, while a carved oak bedstead brought $6 30. i ' When conditions are fortuitous some ex traordinary bargains may be driven with the auctioneer. To succeed, the -bidder must put the crier down as an unconscion able liar; he'mnst not be credited, nor lis tened to, nor heeded, for he is an artist in cheating. It is quite possible even then, however, to wearhim out and buy at an un Vvlit n i iPfsA'i sSS222SS2S2iira last week was a most masnificent. whole-souled, reeal, -triumphant, uncompromising success, not only- enable you to buy two or three presents doll display I around. Not a bit of ironder. either. It's in- with table, Now for 19o a set. Koir for 99o each. . Now for 2to each. Now for t9c each. Now for 93 each. ' Now for J9o each. Pick for 9c each. Now for 2to pneh. Now for t9o each. Now for 29o each. Now for 90s each. Jfow for69o each. Now fbrCtc cacli. Now for S9j each. Now lor t9c each. Now for t)9o each. Now for 2t3 each. Now for lOo h dozen. Now for 99a each. Now forrto oacli, , Ny w for 12c each. Now for 25o ench. Now for &3c each. t THOUSANDS OF QTHEB USEFUL FANCY DAiJZIGER'S doubted redaction, for the. man is bound to dispose of his wares after a certain length of time. ' An auction In a house seized for debt, where everything is known to be genuine, is a safe- field forurchtse'n. Strange to say, the furniture of such a house may be bought for a nominal sum, while bric-a-brac aud pictures are bidden for with spirit Auction sales may save many dollars, but the buver most not be a novice in observa tion of the crowd, the auctioneer and his necessities- t Practically Millionaires. " As incomes mount toward the $5,000 limit, where two people are practically mil lionaires, decorators take matters in hand and furnish a room with that eyil "sim plicity" which costs $2,000. It is almost'a certainty that they will purchase old furni ture for you at rates which are exorbitant, having been fixed by dealers who know the full value of Chippendale or Sheraton. But there is a method of purchase which outdoes anything published in "bargains." It is tbe'NewXngland auction sale of household goods, where claw-footed tables and mahogany dressers are sold for $5. Cape Cod, and, in fact, the Southern and New England States have been swept of their "'old colonials," but New Hampshire and Southern Vermont still possess their ancient treasures. if would-be bidders at one of these forced sales cannot personally attend, it. is a good idea to write to friends in, the vicinity and ask them to purchase for you. It was only a few months ago that in Cen tral New Hampshire a New York woman bought a soiid mahogany four-post colonial bed for $6. - A maznificent eight-dar clock, mads In Hartford during the last century, went for $7 on the auctioneer's confession tbat it did not keep "very good time." An old dresser, whose oval mirror seemed to reflect the faces of patched and powdered dames ot Revolutionary" days, brought $10. At a New Jersey sals in one of the in terior towns these prices were equaled. Some rare blue china plates were bought for 56 a dozen, while the caps and saucers were valued at $8. Now and then one comes across a genuine Made During Queen Anne's Reign. Sheraton or aChippendale, but they are becoming extremely rare. The balls and claw'and the Windsor chairs are, perhaps, the most common of the old make, but they are by no means easy to prove genu ine. It Is possible to judge of the period to which furniture belongs by its wood. In Massachusetts black walnut, in Connecticut wild cherry were used in cabinet work until 175S, when mahogany came into themarket After that date this beautiful wood was used for the best furniture, but now Its value is not greater than the rich old cherry or Sturdy oak of an earlier period. -"s . . It pays tomboy your holiday goods India pionds watches. Jewelry, eta., where you can get the best selection and lowest prices, and that is at SI. G. Cohen's, 36 Fifth avenue. to trouble to show goods. Store open even ings until Christmas. instead ot one. fnces tnat are -stnciiy ATTHACTIVE GAMES AND BOOKS AT Mtssenper Bor '11 run For 74e each. ' Telegraph Boy For 69e each. Eace Around the World For 09c ach. Consequences For 99c each. "Penny Post For 99c each. Picture Puzzles of World's Exposition and the White Squadron For 49c each. ITililsnr HaniB "Pnr 99c each. Picture Blocks, Jlo'.&er Goose, Jtailroad, CockEobin and Story Builders Thousands of25c nicely bounrt'Jf icture .books TTnndnmn Sfin and .1(1 f. flnlnred Picture. Boots Three sizes 5Qc, 75o and 51 Indestructible Books E. P. Eoe's works, the nicelv bound 75c kind, The 5L50 Elsie books, also the .Mildred Books, Ever popular, The Nicht Before Christmas, The Blue Jackets of 1812, '76 and '61 Keen the vonng folks at "Home, aweet more attractive' and amusing than above games at prices get-at-able by aiL PLUSH, LEATHER Toilet Cases, beautifully mounted and fitted, Manicure Cases with all the requisites, Beautifully Handsome Jewel Cases Prettily Attractive Work Boies Very Elegant Handkerchief and Glove Boxes Exceedingly Stylish Shaving Cases Elaborately, got up Collar and Cuff Boxes TJseful,besides elegant Writing Tablets Smoker Sets and Smoker Stands Albums, we've got a charming and almost A Great Many Folk '11 Want Umbrellas. Well, Come Right Along. We'ri 1 Loaded for Yon. An elegant assortment 26-inch Twill Gloria $3 Umbrellas, admirable selection of Horn and. Nat. Stick Handles, Now $1.99 eaoa. Genta 28-lnch, $4, heavy Union Silk; Fine Weichscl Sticks, twelve months' guarantee. witn these $t Umbrellas, . , Now J2.t9 eaoh, A Famous BJcJi Adeline Silk, 16-Inch UmbreDa-HJO ones awfully pretty bandies, U months guarantee with these, too, - Sow for $2.99 each. Tery stylish! Tlioso 26 said 23-Inch $5 Umbrellas,- with line English Buck Horn Handles. We're going to sell a lot of those $5 Umbrellas durlnr this t Carnival Bargain Sale for $xt9 each. 50 of the Beau Brummel $7.W Umbrella, made from finest Taffeta Silk, latest fad. Prince of Wnlen Crook", Solid Silver Trimmings. No charge" fot engraving this gnaranteed$7J8 S Ik Umbrella, Now $-t9 each. The It el lab! e $3, guaranteed for 12 months. Eureka Silk Umbrellas. Handsome selection or handles, and no Charge either for engravlngj. -, . Nowfor$t.99'aeh. $12.50 sets. Something entirely new. Elch Silk Umbrellavwlth cane to match, benu'tfuUy Carved Handles; no charge for engraving. comDlete, r. Now$9.99asev $1.50 Canes In White Ash, Olives, Grapes. Ferz and Oaks, nicely and tastefully trimmed. Now for 9o eaoh. $3.50 Canes in Sweet Odored Woods, Welchsel Wood, with crooks. Prince of Wales 5h all sllyer trimmed, - Now for $1.99 each. ARTICLES W ALL TBE PHESS OF 15 KETV" ADVERTISEMENTS. IE LIS! I m -IN THE MVU1 ' DEPARTMENT. Do you need Underwear? Read this and you'll buy from us. " Men's Random Wool Shirts Now 35c Men's Natural Wool Shirts and Drawers Now 50c Men's Brown Mixed Shirts and Drawers Now 50c Men's Camel's Hair Mixed Shirts and Drawers Now 50 1 lot of Shirts, only fancy stripe, worth $1.00, ' Now 65c 1 lot of double-breasted Shirts, sold at $1.50, Now 90c 1 case of all-wool ScarletShirts and Drawers, Special 8$c These are great features of this sale: Natural Wool, Camel's Hair and dark shades Shirts and Drawers Now $1.00 100 dozen Negligee Shirts, can ton flannel, made to sell at $1.00, just the thing for cold weather, 50c 50c all silk Ties in Teckand Four-in-Hand At 25c Another lot of those all linen Cuffs Ati2capair 435-MARKET ST. 437. T- deS-M Ever Attempted at Such Ridicu lously Low Prices, Here or Anywhere Else, the Wide, Wide' World .O'er. on ac- in u wun mc economical, im-iuy, GIHHUL H1H&II1 SALE PHIEES. Small. 24c, Medium. IargS) 49c. 74c. For 74c each. SmalL Xaree. Fjsh Ponds, Bondame King Toss, 24c, 99c Pussy and the Three Mice, Kings and .Queens Yacht Baee, also Steeple Chases Jb or 24c each. For 24c each. For 15c each. For 19e and 24c eaoh. For 24c, 49c and 74c each. For 49c each. For 93c each. For 19c, 24c and 49o each. For 99a iome. by your ain fireside. Nothing and pleasurable aud instructive reading AND WOOD CASES. From 99c to $33. From 74c to 55.99. From 51-24 to 54.49 each. ' From 24o to 56.24 eaoh. From 49c to 5a 49 each. From 99o to 59.24 each. From 49c to 56 each. From 69c to 54.49 each. From 99o to 515 each. inexhaustible selection From 98c to 58.49 each- PITTSBURG - GliUN'T CUNTAIH. SIXTH ST. AND PENN AY. A t-f-1 jtSkWK JE?8M i J. -- W3fo-ifefe
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