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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-14
, TRIMMINGS.

Our entire stock has been over
hauled and prices have been made so
low that complete clearance will
certainly be soon effected. Every
thing offered is good and desirable,
comprising the choicest goods put out
during the season. THE PRICES
are now ONE-FOURTH, ONE
THIRD and ONE-HALF of what
they were before being reduced. You
can now buy the richest and most
elegant trimmings at the prices ordi-
narily asked for the commonest.
A few Of the best things only are
here mentioned:
IS Yards Fancy Velvet Applique
Gimps, in Brown and Cold,
and Gray and Black, with beau
tiful tinsel effects, IL inches
deep, that were $40 yard, are
now reduced to 30.
$50 Yards fancy Persian Applique
Gimps, in light colorings, 10
inches deep, that were SIS a
yard, are now reduced to S..
12o Yards fancy Persian Applique
Silk Gimps, in evening colors,
3 and a inches deep, that were
Sc yard, are now reduced to
$3.50.
100 Yards fancy Gold and Jeweled
Gimps, 2, z1s and 3 inches
deep, that were 81 and S. a
yard, are now reduced to SI.5o
100 Yards fancy Gold and Jeweled
Pattern Gimps, I to 3 inches
wide, that were Sc, 81 and IS
yard, are now reduced to So.
On large center table will be
found this morning
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-14

The Pennsylvania Railroads. First SpeciaI7
Excursion
To Washington, D. c., is fixed for Januaryl
81. Rate 50, good ten days, from Pittsburg,;
and proportionate low rates from principal
stations East. Special train, composed of
Pullman parlor cars and handsome coaches,
will leave on that day from Union stationi
at "A NJ. Tickets valid on all trains ex-'
cept pennsylvania Limited" Sleeping
cars on night trains. Stop-over in Balti-
more within limit will be allowed
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-14

ANGosTURA BITTERS are the most efica-
cious stimulant TO excite the appetite. TTSsU
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-14
EXCURSION TO WASHINGTON, d. c.,

To-Day, January ID,
VIA BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
Round trip tickets 50, and good for TEN
days. Trains leave B. & o. station at 8 A.
NJ. and 9:2O P. NJ. Parlor cars on day train
and sleeping cars on night train.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-14
EDWARD
GROETZINGER,
6z7 AND 67o PENN AVENUE.
jal0rrssu

BIBER & EASTON.
OUR ENTIRE STOCK
INVITES
Your Careful Inspection.
NOTHING TALKS LIKE FIGURES.
Dress Good; at Half Price.
4-inch India Camel Hair in newest color
ings and choicest effects reduced from S1.75
to 81.
5O-inch English Suitings in neat pin
stripes and checks very soft and finest wool,
reduced from s1.3715 to 75c.
French Combinations.
All our finest pattern dresses now marked
to force their sale.
$50 and $40 Robes reduced to SIS and $50.
sos Pattern Dresses reduced to So.
s18 Pattern Dresses reduced to $40.
S12 Pattern Dresses reduced to ST.
Extra grades of BEDFORD CORDS, in
choicest fabric and colorings, at ore-third
less than value
Reduced Values in Underwear.
Mems Natural Wool Underwear reduced
from 81. IS to 81. so.
Ladies' Fancy Ribbed Vests, 33c, reduced
to 25c.
Ladies' Natural Mix Vests reduced to Zoe.
Ladies' Natural Wool Equestrian Tights,
s1.25.
Special values in Mems Natural Wool,
Camel's Hair and Scarlet, at 81, to close.
Children's Combination Suits now SOC,
55c and 60c, in natural mix and ecru.
January Sale of Ginghams
40c. offered at Zoe
Extra fine grades Zephyrs, 20c grades |
offered this month at 121lc.
BIBER & EASTON, |
sos AND 5O7 MARKET ST
n. B.-Deepest cut in prices in Cloak
Department.
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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-14

DON'T you think the best is the most
economical? 1t certainly is when you
come to buy flour. Minnehaha flour will
cost you little more than good many
other fours you can buy, but it will go far
ther and make better bread.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-14
CARPET
REMNANTS
LONG ENOUGH
TO COVER A ROOM.
MOQUETTES.

MOQUETTES.
(Borders to match).
Alot of pieces 10 to 80 yards long at 65c and.
75c yard. Same goods sold all fall at 81 80
yard.
ROYAL WILTONS.
(Borders to match).
A lot of pieces 10 TO 30 yards long at 81 to
81 25 yard. Same goods sold all last sum-
mer al 81 so yard from lull rolls.
BODY BRUSSELS.
Borders to match).
A lot of pieces 10 to 80 yards long at Csc TO
75c ward. These are all Bigelow, Lowell
and Hartford makes, and sold during the
season at ST. 80 yard.
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS.
10 to 30 yards long).
A lot of pieces at 40 to 30 cents a yard.
Same goods sold at S5c q yard from full rolls.
Parties expecting to move into new houses
or refurnish old ones in the spring should
buy Carpets Eow. We will store them free
of charge until wanted
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-14


Alot of pieces 10 to 80 yards long at CSC and
75c yard. Same goods sold all fall at 81 80
a vard
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-08-13
A Grammatical Point.

Judge Wilson, of Kentucky, is Il fine
lawyer, a purist in the use Of English,
and withal very fond of joke, part, l.
larly if it is not directed against himself
Tom Roberts practices good deal be
fore Judge Wilson, and rather prides
himself on being a self-madc man, and a.
he has pushed his way to the front
without college education, he is apt to
look upon scholars as entirely "too fin
icky and theoretical.
Recently when pleading case before
his friend Mr.. Wilson said:
"And now, may it please your Honor,
I'll conclude my argument tomorrow.
unless you will kindly consent to set late
enough to hear me out this evening"
Here was Judge Wilson's chance, and
he could not let it slip without notice.
Hens set, sir, and judges sit.
"Very well," laughed Roberts. II
stand corrected, and hope your Honor
will sit long enough to hear me out"
Not long after this the judge, while
giving an opinion, remarked:
Under the circumstances, as stated,
do not think an action will lay"
II beg your Honor's PARDON" sail
Roberts, quick as a flash, "up in tho
mountains whar was ris we allow that
hens lay, and actions lie.
And in saying so." responded tho
blushing judge, "you have laid closer to
the truth than at ary time since you
began this case"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-08-13
The Wrong Vnlise,

1t was under circumstances of peculiar
difficulty that Alfred became benedict
the other day. AS the bride-elect lived
out of town, in one of the neighboring
suburbs, he had arranged to go to the
Louise of a friend, not far away, early in
the forenoon. There he was to dress for
the ceremony, which as to take place,
English fashion, at the little village
crurch before 10 o'clock. Sending most
Of his luggage on ahead, he put his we'd
ling to-gery in a hand valise-one of
those fiat sole leather affairs - and
boarded the train at the appointed time.
Although naturally a very exact and
methodical person, he was, not unrea-
sonably, rather nervous on this occasion,
and having left his seat to speak to a
friend in the for ard part of the car just
before reaching the station, he hurried
back as the brakeman called out the
name of his place of destination, and.
seizng what he supposed vas his bag as
il lay in an otherwise empty seat, he wac
off and away almost before the train had
come to a standstll. Arriving at his
friends house, he found that there was
IN hour ahead of him before it was time
10 dress, so he consigned his bag to the
servant and followed his host into his
len to calm his mind with cigar before
.he momentous event.
But he had hardly made himself COM
.ortable before the butler ente ed with a
countenance that bespoke an extra
ordinary effort to maintain his gravity.
Beg pardon, sir, but there must bo
some mistake; will you please to see
what harticles I've found in your bag,
sir?"
Quite bewildered, Alfred and his friend
followed the man up stairs and found,
neatly ranged on the bed, what was evi
lently the contents Of drummer's bag
Of samples--a cotton union garment.
child's size; four different styles OF
braces, patent seam corset. eight sam
Piles of collar buttons, half dozen ties
Of fiaring colors stamped correct styles, "
and other goods of the same description.
OF course the explanation was obvious; :;
he had taken the wrong bag, and his
own wedding suit was en- route for town
on tour of its own. Fortunately hit
friend was man Of about the same size,
and by borrowing an outfit lie WAS ON
abled to reach the church in time and no
one was any the wiser. The story leaked
out, however, and on his return from
the honeymoon trip he had lively hall
hour at his club.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-08-13
People should Not Sleep Together.

People Should Not Sleep Together.
Persons often ask: "Is it heathful for
two persons to sleep in the same bed?'
This same question is varied thus: ia
it healthful for an aged and very young
person to sleep together? If not, which
suffers most, the aged or the young per.
SOM" We have often answered these qrIes.
tions by saying no to the first question.
1t is always unhealthy for two persons
to sleep together in the same bed and
under the same covers. The air under
the bed covers Immediately surrounding
the body of the sleeper is exceedingly inn
pure, becoming more and more impres
mated with poisonous substances escap
Ing through the excretory glands of the
skin from the moment the person retires
until he arises. The odor of the bed
clothing, after having been occupied for
a night, is often positively offensive to
the nostrils of person with an unim
paired sense of smell-espscially one who
has just come in from outdoors, where
the fresh, pure air has been breathed.
The poisonous character of this under.
the -bedclothes air would be somewhat
more likely to affect the susceptible con
stitution of child than that of an adult.
In elderly persons the amount of the inn
purites in the air surrounding the
sleeper must be greater than in younger
persons; consequently, while both per-
sons would be more or less injured, ths
proportion of harm would doubtless be
greater to the young person than to the
person of more advanced years.
Mr.. Treves of the London Hospital ha.
called attention to the fact that wounds
especially of the lower limbs, heal much
sooner when exposed to the open air, in
stead of being covered by bedclothns
He remarks that the air under the bed
clothing is foul and almost hot, and hence
likely to be very harmful to wounds
with which it may come in contact
Good Health.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-08-13
IN HOTE ELS.
Same R~aaona why au"sts Are COM
prII~d to Pay High Prices.

prIl-d to Pay High Prices.
leading American hotels carry upon
ticir annual expense account from one
thousand to fifteen hundred dollars
chargeahle to paper, envelopes, matches
aud toothpcks supplied to guests and
strangers. Strangers use more of them
than the guests. A square box in which
are kept II dozen necessary things-such
as cards matches, envelopes and tooth
pic&s-stands on the counters of most
hotel- This box has to be stanily re-
penislred. The proprietor of a large
New York hotel furnishes some INTEREST
in information regarding the way in
which his hotel is Systematically robbed
by guests and strangers. Five hundred
envelopes and one Thousand sheets of
paper are required daily. Strangers ap-
pear al the desk, anl with the utmost
cooIness ask for writing materials, hich
are usually furnished if the person is re-
speCta hle in appearance. 1t Is q C 'Elnon
thing to see strangers enter a hotel writ
jng-room and fill their fountain pens
srum the lux bottles. Blotting paper
given away costs tea dollars n month.
Every visitor to a hotel believes himself
entitled to toothpicks and matches. He
takes IA handful Of the former and fills
his pocket matchbox with the latter. 1t
costs fifteen dollars a month to supply
these trihing articles. Pens and pen
hol,'ers and inkbottles disappear at the
rate of dozen Il day. Every one seems
to consider that hotels and their belong
ings are public property, aud that tho
propretors have no rights worth consid-
ering. Women who are models of thrift
and neatuess in their own homes, are
constantly careless here. l have seen a
mother stand her children upon fifty
dollar chairs to look out of the windows,
and laugh at them when they jump up
and down on two hundred dollar sofas.
Furniture upholstered in the most deli
cate colors aud textures will be used in
the most reckless manner A woman
will slam her street shoes or damp um-
brela on it; put empty plates on it when
meals are served in her rooms or throw
oranges or bananas on it when she comes
from the dining -room-it is all the same.
Did you ever notice what distinctly
Npary appearance hotel furniture soon
assumes? These are some of the reasons.
And these are some of the reasons why
hotel bills come high.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-08-13
FRosTBURG, Md, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1:, 1892.

i, ith pots and pII's a'itl dishes. and III the
other room a bed. > table and chairs.
The two women had made all prepara-
tions for living uy themselves.
And this WIS tha brides home coming.
Ict the married yar lived a happy lif'
together. Israel te!s kesnly the miser
able life his wife must endure, and
strove to alleviate it by every kindly at.
!Htion i'll his power, and she understood
his motive and res1Iutely hid all traces
of pain. Life for each was as the other
made it,
There was no communication between
the two parts OF the house, and no mes-
sagps passed, no visits We're exchanged.
Thus for two years; then baby was
born. One day Harriet said to Israel:
Take the baby and go to your
mother"
He understood, and taking the child in
his arms, w ent and knocked at the door.
who is it?" his mothers voice ask ed.
"Your son and grandson" he replied.
There was a slight pause, and then
Amanda said:
I'VE are too busy to see you"
He returned, and laid the baby by his
wife. She did not need to question him
by word or eye.
Two years more went by. One MORN
ing Israel called his wife to come down
into the garden. He had some vegetable
wonder to show her.
But can't take the baby out in tho
dew" she objected
Leave him where he is. He'll do nc
harm for five minutes.
Then toddle, toddle away-the littla
feet kne" the path that was forbidden
them-straight on through the unused
passageway to the door at the end. iIe
pushed and shuflled against it in baby,
ish way.
whats that queer noise at the door.
Mandy" asked Mrs. Dean
sounds like dog" said Amanda.
But when the door opened in tottered
baby, triumphant happy, eager. Every
line of his baby face, every curl, had
been craven on the widows heart 70.
forty years, and it suddenly opened to
show her the likeness,
ITS Israel over again!" she cried.
In moment she was on the floor
caressing the little one.
Blighted Amanda leaned on her broom,
looking at this strange happening. And
Israel and Harriet, fastening after ths
child, stood in the doorway witnessing
the first step in a reconciliation.
Come to mamma, Israel, said Hal
riet to the child
He looked laughingly at her over hi,
grandmother's shoulder
"Tum to mamma" he repeated, TAX
ing step and pulling at the widows
finger.
The widow hesitated but momen,
between mothers love and hard, selfish
pride.
Il wil.," she said firmly. "And,
Mandy, put down your broom and come"
too"
Then, lei by the little truant, she
came toward Israel and Harriet.
My children!" she cried.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-08-13

che Fitness OF Things TOO ss'""m
Comsidered.


Seldom have men or women the f,,.'.
l!ty of grasping all the details of ,hc.r
own appearance; were the ability to d"
Ibis less rare, we should not be anlil,"'t
81 pained, as the case may be, by absurd
vagaries in the way of dress a small,
thin man will put on high hat nHd"r
;he impression that it makes him loo!
taller, while in reality it only makes him
present the appearance of pair of scis'
,ors under thmble. A tall, thia
woman will wear a hat, in itself bcCont-
ing, but which, taking her height and
slenderness into the question, gives her
all the appearance of church spir".
Her stout sister, who has round, broad
face, affects headgear resembling tur-
ban as closely as the fashion will permit
and in consequence seems to lose several
inches of her height. This prnc'p'l runs
through the question of manner Il tite us
much as that of dress. The cl"pAantine
woman adopts the kittenish ways viii n
are laughable in one of her appearance"
The diminutive man drops his voice wi,l
great exertion into heavy bass, and
sumes a majestic carriage that is suitable
for nothing short of six feet But in
nothing is this lack of taste-to call by
no harsher name-more noticeable, than
in the selection of songs made by the
average amateur singer. Imagine
young woman whose general appearance
indicates the most robust health, he
seeching her hearers to lay her among
the daisies!" or a fragile youth announc,
irg in a weak, piping tenor, "Ihy senti-
mel am II" Such things are never for
gotten, and at the end of decade, every
one of that audience. should they meet
these performers, will remember the un'
fortunate evening when they sang these
incongruous songs, and the absurd figure
they cut in doing it,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-08-13
LOndon's Wooden Pavements,

Some time ago Mr.. William Weaver,
chief engineer and surveyor for Kensng-
ton, published report upon the streets
under his charge. These streets agsrs
gated about eighty four miles in length.
and are paved with wood, asphalt and
pitching flints, macadam and gravel. OF
the main streets, all, with the exception
of one thousand square yards of asphalt,
are paved with wood laid on a foun a.
ton of six inches of Portland cement
concrete,
Upward of two hundred thousand
square yards of wood have been laid in
ALL and the varieties used include fir,
beech, vale and jarrah. The best results
obtained were with creosoted deal blocks
nine inches long, three inches wide and
five inches deep laid on ak inches Of
concrete They are generally spaced
with open joint. three-eighths OF an inch
wide. filled with asphalt to a depth of
one-quarter of an inch to onezhalf an
inch, the remainder fronted with Port
land cement. Sometimes the blocks arc
laid with CLOSE joints, and if the weather
is dry when this is done COOL results are
obtainable,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-08-13
Results of Dis0bedien

Some years ago the Rothschilds hels d
large quantity of cotton in New Orleans,
which they instructed their agent in that
city to sell when cotton should reach a
certain price. The agent, believing that
the price of cotton would go beyond the
figure named by his employers, held on
till he was able to sell it at a price which
netted forty thousand dollars more than
he would have got for it il he had obeyeI
his orders from london. He joyfully
informed his employers of his success,
'apposing they would share his satisfac-
ton at the result. Imagine his surprise
and chagrin when he received a reply.
saying. ia substance:
"The forty thousand dollars you made
by disobeying your instructions is not
ours. 1t is youra Take it. Mr.. -.
your successor. starts for New Orleans
to day"
Great thoughts proceed from the heart.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-08-13
TWO DEBTS.

When Ashbel Dean died and his
EARTHLY debts and credits were looked
ia,o, it was discovered that the credit
that covered Ashbel's still form, while
mortgages for the full value of the farm
were recorded on the other side.
As!,bel had been considered fore
hai,led. His neshbors said he "specu-
IrtAd West. and were astonished when
lis death revealed the fact that he had
sacrificed all in an endeavor to save some
n,rre.is of his financial reputation.
None were more surprised than his
own family. This included the widow.
aul Amanda and Israel, twins, twenty
V nrs old. They Were quite crushed
They shrank from it as from the pres
rnre of dratI-the first one i'll tho
family For days they dared not speak
Of it, hut it was always in their thoughts
At I"ngtl, the widow reused her enrr.,c:
an, summoned her two children.
We can save the farm" she said.
M .nhy. you can keep the district
farm. We must all stand together,
uDn.
Fer twenty years they were possessed
If that one thought. urged by that one
notive--to pay the debt.
They stood together twenty years, and
at the end of that time they owed nc
nan anything. The mother looked
,carcely a day older. The work Of di-
recting had kept her faculties fresh and
L.
passed from anticipative youth into
duIled middle age. The debt, unscrupu-
lous and avaricious, had left them no en-
joyment. 1t had robbed them of life's
most desirable part.
When Amanda was twenty she was
called pretty. Gatherings had been in
complete without her. After that she
r.-ver attended another. The attentions
Of young men were refused. Now she
had become thin and sallow. She knew
she could hope for no return of loves
pleasures. If thought of marriage
crowded itself upon her she shook it of
IS unwslcome. She could give up her
,chool now, and devote her time to her
nome-t. ner mother and brother.
And II eel was free. He took a long
breath and stood up straight, easing his
CALLED sh %. lders of the burden they had
lat cast IF. Life suddenly looked pleas
ant 20 run. He would make some
needed improvements on the place. The
house should have a coat of paint. He
stood in the sunshine, and looking up
through the June foliage of the NAPLES,
til ouglt the seed pods looked like the
legs of so many elfin painters dangling
there painting the sky. Then he laughed
at himself, and said t.at he must be get
ting young and frisky.
When he was twenty he had intended
it again. When he ceased his visits to
Harriet Downer, she had understood his
reason for doing so, She had had no
company since then, he told himself, and
MS heart gave great bound at the
thought. Why should he not?
One day he came to his mother and
sister, and said bluntly,--
Il am going to marry Harriet Down
er.
There was silence for moment, then
his mother said coldly,-
Ave know it.
BY the toie and attitude Israel under
stood that his mother and sister would
not welcome the woman he p,eant to
!Aarry. He understood that they thou ,ht
ne tie of twenty years to b.. AS binding
rs that of wedlock, and did not wish it
;.;ukrn.
Only once after that Israel spoke of his
,,,.,rr;.,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-08-13

| nov not what will befall me.
,,n,i hangs mist DER my eyes:
And OR each ste of my onward path
t."m axes ne, st hes to ar, .,
AI,i every JOY lie sends me comes
A sweet and glad surprise,
sce not step before NJ"
- | tread the days of IT," year.
Bui the past is still in Gods keeping,
The future His mercy shall clear.
And what looks dark in the distance
May brighten as draw near.
For perhaps the dreaded future
Is less bitter than think:
The Lord may sweeten the vale
Before stoo, t. drink:
D" il hiarah must be Marah.
He will stand beside the brink.
II may be there is waiting
Yer the coming of my feet
Some gift of such rare be-,edneD
some JOY so strangely sweet,
That my lips can only trembl-
With the thanks cannot speak.
oh. rcstful. bli.sfui isnorancei
il birssed not to know;
1t keeps me quiet in those arms
Which will not let me go.
Aud bushes my tired soul to rest
On the bosom that loves Inc so.
So go on. not knowing.
| would not if mignt;
| would rather walk in tie dark with God
'io>, =" r one in the li-h:;
v"' i rather walk with Him by faith
I.",. walk alone by 81 Int.
Ny heart shrinks back from the trials
Which the future may disclose,
Yet never had a sorrow
.,at " hat the dea Lo d chose;
<" | s"nd the coming tears back.
Niia the whispered words, He knows