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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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KETV" ADVERTISEMENTS.
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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.
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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-
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