New York City. The tailored
Jacket la always in style, always
smart and always fills a certain dis
tinctive place that is its own. Illus
trated Is one that allows a choice of
the long or three-quarter sleeves and
that Includes the seams to the shoul
ders that give such long and becom
ing lines to the figure. As illustrated
It is made ot tan colored Panama
cloth simply stitched with beldlng
Bilk, but it Is appropriate (or all
Over Blouse or Jumper.
Seldom has any fashion taken so
firm a hold upon feminine fancy as
has the one of the over waist. . Each
new variation seems a bit more at
tractive than the last and there Is
genuine enthusiasm felt for each new
deBlgn. Here is one that is both
novel and charming and that Is adapt
ed to almost every seasonable mate
rial. In the Illustration it is made of
old apricot Liberty satin trimmed
with velvet ot the same color and
bands of the material and brilliant
Jeweled buttons, but wool is quite as
desirable as silk, linen and all the
pretty cotton stuffs are charming so
made, while It would be difficult to
find any better design for the favorite
three-piece costume that is made with
skirt and over waist and little Jacket
to match. The trimming Is distinctly
novel and effective, but is not obliga
tory, and anything that may be pre
ferred can be substituted. Applique
would be handsome, silk embroidered
with soutache braid is always effec
tive and there are r.lso numberless
bandings ready to be sewed Into
place.
.The waist Is made with fronts and
backs and sleeves. Both the front!
and the backs are tucked at the
shoulders, and the closing is made
invisibly at the back. The fronts are
held together by straps on which the
little bows are arranged and the
sleeves are in bell, or kimono, shape.
In this Instance the waist is cut out
in sections and velvet is applied un
der the edge and is finished with
soutache braid within all edges.
The quantity of material required
suitings and all materials used for
separate coats, so that it fills a great
many needs.
The coat is made with fronts and
side-fronts, backs and side-backs and
under-arm gores. There are pockets
on the hips with deep laps and the
neck is finished with a regulation col
lar and lapels. The sleeves are made
In two pieces each with roll-over cuffs
for the long sleeves, while the three
quarter ones are stitched to simulate
cuffs.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is four and one
half yards twenty-seven, two and
three-fourth yards forty-four or two
and one-half yards fifty-two Inches
wide.
Separate Wraps Plentiful.
It seems that there never were so
many entrancing separate wraps as
now. They are of every imaginable
material, ' from lace, silk and velvet
to heavy English tweeds and Scotch
mixtures; and all seem necessary to
the perfectly equipped wardrobe
the frivolous lace garments, long and
short, having nearly as large a fol
lowing as storm coats and carriage
wraps.
Good Sense Jumper.
The adoption of the loose fitting
jumper to be worn in conjunction
with a skirt of similar material and a
shirt waist ot either plain or fancy
silk, cotton, linen or other fabric,
has appealed at once to the good
sense of the American women.
High Luster Silk.
Paillette de sole is a silk with a
high luster that Is used for both day
and evening sowns.
for the medium size is two and one
fourth yards twenty-one, one and
seven-eighth yards thirty-two or one
and one-fourth yards forty-four
Inches wide, with five yards of velvet
to make as illustrated.
On the Crown of the Hat.
The crown of the bat Is not the
usual place for wearing our beads,
but a novelty tms season is a cnain
ot large beads in a color harmonizing
with the hat encircling the low round
crown outside a velvet or satin fold.
Short Skirts Correct.
Skirts Just reaching the ankle art
quite correct for walking. It is prob
ably unnecessary to add that th
footwear must be faultless.
CROP REPORT8
AFFECT MARKETS
Higher Price for Pipes a Feature of
the Iron Trade Dry Goods
end Shoes Quiet.
It. O. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review
of Trade" says:
Improvement In retail trade tollow
pri Mm nrlvpnt nf flpnsnnnlila weather
at many points, and payments were
more prompt as spring mercnaumse
was distributed, but conditions are
still Irregular. Sensational advances
in prices of farm products, especially
wheat, followed reports of extensive
dapiage to the crops, but frequent re
actions emphasized the speculative
nature of the rise In quotations and
tended to restore confidence. Whole
sale trade In fall goods Is brisk from
all points except where the crops have
been seriously Injured, and the net
result of this forward business makes
the outlook for the future fairly satis
factory. Manufacturing plants are
kept busy, a further Increase in the
rate of pig iron production failed to
keep pace with consumption, and
more imports were arranged. Freight
movement Is almost prompt, the sup
ply of rolling stock more nearly equal
ing requirements and taere are fewer
complaints of delays.
Higher prices for pipe supplies is
ihn nnlv nlinniro nf imnortance In the
iron and steel Industry, the leading
pioducts advancing quotations $4 per
inn mi mnst sizes. Several new con
tracts were placed, aggregating about
300 miles 01 six-men 10 la-uicn iju'b
Another feature of the week was the
hi-cinosa in mils, rnvprlnir the entire
capacity of some mills up to the end
of 1908. There was also a large ton
nage of structural shapes, chiefly for
hnllillncr In the West, although bridge
work continues to take much steel.
On let. rnml Hons in primary mar
kets for dry goods are largely due to
the fact that manufacturers of cot
tons are sold so far ahead they can
not accept the attractive oners con
stantly made for early delivery.
Hhinnipnta nf footwear from Bos
ton are running slightly above the
movement In the same ween lasi
year, but since January 1 the aggre
gate Is still below that of 190C to date,
although far surpassing previous
years. .
MARKETS.
PITTSBURG.
Whoat No. 8 rod t 75
Kye-No.J T! 73
Corn No. 2 yellow, ear 1M 6l
No. yellow, sholloil 5? M
Mixed ear 41 47
Oats No. S wlille 47 44
No. 8 whlto 4') 47
Flour Winter patent 4 71 4 85
Fancy atrnlKlit winters 4 81 MO
Hay No. 1 Timothy 20 00 21 00
Clover No. 1 1H 00 1H 50
Feed No. 1 white mid. ton SS 60 84 00
Brown middlings K 00 i-1 50
Bran, bulk 21 5i) U m
Straw Wheat 10 00 10 50
Oat 10 60 U 50
Dairy Products.
Butter Elgin creamery I no 81
Ohio creamery fi 87
Fancy country roll 14 20
Cheese ()hlo, new 14 13
New York, new 14 13
Poultry, Etc.
Hens per lb I H 19
Chli-kons dressed HI 17
Eggs l'a. and Ohio, fresh 17 18
Fruit and Vegetables.
Potatoes Fancy white per bu.... 70 73
Cabbage per ton 15 00 IB O)
Onlous per barrol 1 50 D iH
BALTIMORE.
Flour Winter Patent " BO
Wheat-No. V red M
Corn Mixed 4a 47
Kggs 81
Butter Ohio creamery , 17 18
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour Winter Patent t S 'JJ
Wheat-No. It red V
Corn No. 2 mixed 47 4
Oats No. 8 whlto 44 js
Buttor Creamery J
Eggs Pennsylvania Brsts 1
NEW YORK.
Flour-Patents I f. '
Wheat-No. 8 red J
Corn-No. 3 51 ?!
Oats No. 8 white
Butter -Creamery jj '
Kggs State and Pennsylvania.... 10
LIVE STOCK.
Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg.
. Cattle. '
Extra, 1,430 to 1,60D lbs 5 91 t II
Prime, V.HOO to 1.4H0 lbs 6 73 3 85
Good, 1.200 to 1.300 lbs 8 W 5 70
Tidy, 4,000 to 1,150 lbs 4 83 5 80
Common, 700 to J0 lbs 8 00 9 50
Oxen 8 7.1 4 00
Bulls 8 5.) 4 15
Cows 1 60 75
Heifers, 700 to L1O0 ! 5) 4 40
Fresh Cows and Springers 15 00 50 00
Hogs.
Prime heavy f 6 6" 6 70
Prime medium weight 6 70 6 73
Best heavy Yorkers 6 80 6 S3
Good light Yorkers 6 80 6 83
Pigs 6 58 6 10
Koughs 5 4) 6 9J
6tags 4 0J 5 23
Sheep.
Prime wethers, clipped $ 6 15 5 35
Good mixed 8 75 6 00
Fair mixed ewes and wethers 5 01) 5 50
Culls and common 2 00 8 00
Lambs 6 00 7 5)
Calves.
Veal calves 5 50 6 5)
Heavy and thin calves 5J 6 DO
Oil Markets.
The following are the quotations for oredlt
balances in the different fields:
Pennsylvania, 1178; Tlona, 1178: Seoon
Band, 81 68; North Lima. U4c: South Lima. "Uo.
Indiana. t9c; Somerset, ego: Itagland, Mo: Can
ada, 81.85.
A cottonwood tree recently cut In
Mississippi contained 4,800 feet ot
iumber.
Vinaigrette Restored.
The grip epidemic in England has
revived the use of the vinaigrette,
the little receptacle for aromatic vine
gar used by our grandmothers for
their frequent swoons.
As a guard against "Influenza" the
vinaigrette is carried by twentieth
century women in a dainty, expensive
form. It is made in a tiny Bilver box,
having a bjnged lid, which reveals a
golden casket with a perforated top.
Inside is a sponge saturated with the
Dungent liquid. (Philadelphia Inquirer.
Made in Ne.w York
PITTSBURG is Steel Headquarters for
the World.
New York is Style Headquarters.
Alfred Benjamin & Co. produce the highest
grade clothing
made in New
York.'
You ran bur rnr-
rect New York Style of today right here in
town from the merchant who sells clothes
that bear this label.
Correct?ClotKesIfoEMen
Exclusive Agent Here.
Milliren Bros.
Reynoldsvllle, Pa.
If You Don't Get Good Cigars
Now, It's Your Own Fault
All you have to do is to stand up like a man and ask the
dealer for cigars identified by the "Triangle A" on the box.
Nothing else.
Nothing easier.
Nothing surer.
When you say "Give me a "Tri
angle A' cigar,'' you are absolutely
as certain of getting quality,, and
the same quality 'every time, no
matter which particular brand you
select, as if you had your cigars
made up to order.
We have succeeded in building
up a fifteen per cent, share of the
entire cigar business of this coun
try. In the face of the keenest
competition, take notice. You
know well enough that there's only
one way we could have done it :
Simply by making better cigare
of every grade than any other man
ufacturer has produced, and telling
the truth about them.
And by making the strongest
definite claims that any cigar man
ufacturer ever dared to make, and
living up to them.
The one reason why we started
in marking our boxes with the "Tri
angle A" was to enable you to shut
down sharp on the common hit-or-miss
way of buying cigars on some
body's say-so, and make your selec
tion with your eyes open.
It would be worth your while to
take all sorts of trouble in order to
obtain "Triangle A" brands but
you don't have to bother you can
get them anywhere.
It's up to you to ask for them.
Practically every dealer in the
United States carries them.
t Do your part!
' Give yourself a square deal!
This "Triangle A" merit mark
identifies the product of the most
modern improved methods and
scientific processes of cigar pro
duction, and represents a standard
of quality far superior to that
which the same price could hereto
fore purchase.
If you have been buying your cigars by guess-work and want to put
our claims to a most practical test, just take a new start. Begin by
smoking one of the best-known of all the brands that are sold under the
guarantee of the "Triangle A"
The New C
Compare it fairly with any cigar sold at the same price that carries
no "Triangle A" guarantee: you won't fail to see why we are so confident
of your co-operation as soon as you realize just what the "Triangle A"
stands for.
Every box is now extra-wranned in dassine T)ater. sealed
at each end with the "Triangle A" in red. The cigars are kept
clean, fresh and in perfect smoking condition until the box
is opened.
AMERICAN CIGAR COMPANY, Manufacturer
The indifference of prosperous ,
America tp the lure of foreign trade
is revealed, notes the New York
American, In the latest totals of the
commerce of the southern half oif this
hemisphere. The republics south of
the Isthmus of Panama have piled up
a foreign trade valued at no les?
than $1,278,883,000. Of that the
United States ha.3 but $209,674,000.
And more than 60 per cent of put
trade with South America Is made up
of the commodities wo buy from that
continent The foreign trade of Ar
gentina conspicuously reveals the op
portunity America is missing. The
Imports In'to that republic in 1906
amounted in value to over $269,000,
000, which was about four times the
value of the exports from the United
Statns to all the repuibMcs of South
America.
Congressman jame, of Kentucky,
took up an attitude of Strong opposi
tion to the Fowler bill on banking and
currency. - In the course of a recent
speech be raised a ripple of laughter
by saying, "S.o far as I am concern
ed, Wall street is a place where a
man is a bull one day, a bear the
next, and a hog nil the time."
In time Oklahoma may ba known
as "the American New Zealind,'.' pre
dicts the Sio-i City Journal.
Before It was determined scientifi
cally that smoke U waste, smoke was
fixed as the final indication and proof
of prosperity, recalls the Detroit Free
Press. Today a smokeless chimney
means nothing less than thrift and
good management. Similarly we now
hear that noise Is proof of urban life
progress and activity. We may an
ewer that noise is loss 83 surely au
smoke is waste. Decreased comfort
is loss and nodse decreases comfort
Disturbed minds are loss through a
reduction of mental force. But these
and similar consequences are Indirect
loss. There is direct loss also. A
rattling car means wjorn bearings and
a short-lived vehicle. Otherwise raiil
roads would not spend so much on
their roadbeds and they would run
trains at higher speed.
Captain Igna Rodrlc of the Austro
Hungarlan army ha3 written a pamph
let entitled "The Prospeti o! the
Future American-Japanese War." Cap
tain Rodrlc Is of opinion that the un
defended condition of the PaclQ'j
Coast offers opportunities for Japan
ese aggression.
Of every 100 gallons of illuminating
oil used in the world, fifty-four gal
Ions are produced in the United
States.
In Japan.
In Japan children begin at an early
age to learn to write and draw with
hoth hands, and to this fact various
critics ascribe tho superiority of Jap
anese art' in certain directions.
In English schools, too, this praq.
tice has been begun. The pupils are
taught to draw circles and other
forms on the blackboard, first with
one hand and then with the other,
says Home Chat. To practice writing
with both hands is an excellent plan,
as should a slight Injury to the right
hand render It incapable of work the
left hand can take its place. The
same is true ot sewing and other do
mestic work.
The sum and substance of the rail
road situation Is, these corporations
have been sowing the wind. Natur
ally enough they are disinclined to
reap ta accordance wlth the rest of
tlw provetfb, comment3 the Portland
(Ore.) Te!erara.
Couldn't See Reason for Encomiums.
givers had heaped ' so much praise
upon hlin when he and they were per
fect strangers, and when he had done
them nothing personally to deserve
such encomiums. He therefore put
them down either for Insincere men or
people who had some ulterior object
in view.-rAmrlta Bazar Patrlka.