fc , OK THE FACTS OP SPIRITUALISM. fiat the World LoTes to be Hnmbuxued. Ixplains a Great Deal. TVOEK OP THE SEIBEET COMMISSION Iweittex roK rni dispatch. 1 The questions upon which this article is based ran as follows: 1. Are Spiritualists humbugs, or ate there mediums who believe fully in their own in spired or supernatural powers? Do any ot these "genuine" mediums perform teats which contemporary magicians cannot duplicate? 2. Who are the best "mediums" of to-day! What do you believe of the DaTenport broth ers? What is the best feat you have CTer seen a "medium" perform? 3. 'Will you give jour explanation of the way some spiritualistic or mediumistic marvel, a good one of its kind, is performed? The most exhaustive reply is that of Daniel Greenleaf Thompson , as follows: I think there is always an impression made upon the human mind by anything which is marvelous and apparently inex plicable; there is a sense of power greater than nature a sense of a mystery of ex istence to the world and to the order of nature that always creates, awe. There is also, coming irom the strong instinct lor the preservation of life, an inextinguishable desire for the continuation of existence be yond death, and people are ready to catch tipon the slightest evidences oi a hereafter, believe in them, and incorporate them into their lives, act upon them, and they are by no means particular as to scientific proofs. A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION. In the beginning oi 18C9 I projected the plan of the series of philosophical works. I visited every medium that I could hear of, including the most eminent that have appeared before the public, like Foster aud Slade, for example; I must hare visited IS or 20 clairvoyants in if ew York, Brooklyn and Boston. I took the Banner of Light, the recognized organ of clairvoyance and spiritualism, and ollowed up the adver tisements with a mind absolutely open to the receipt of any truthful impressions which might come; and, so far as I can judge, without the slightest prejudice against anybody or anything, the results which X obtained were exceedingly unsatis factory, and were about of a character ex hibited in the report of the Seybcrt Com mission to the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, published in 1887. The late Henry Seybert left to the trus tees of the University of Pennsylvania a sum of money for the appointment of a com mission "to investigate ail systems of mi raculous religion and philosophy which assumed to represent the truth, and" particu larly modern spiritualism." A commission was accordingly appointed, composed o dis tinguished citizens of Philadelphia, among them Dr. William Pepper Provost, Dr. Jo seph Leidy, Prof. Ellis Thompson, Dr. Horace Howard Furness and others. The results of this investigation werein the main negative, but in many instances the com mission was satisfied of the grossest and the most vulgar kind of fraud, and was unable to discover anything whatever in the pre tentions of modern spiritualism entitled to the least scientific consideration. My own experience coincides, except that I was un able to see the iraud in the exhibitions of Henry Slade, which they claimed to have discovered. BLADE'S "WOITDEKFrjX, PEEFOK3IANCE. I had a seance with Slade in company with the late Wilmot L. Warren, editor of the Springfield Republican, in Springfield, Mass. Slade was visiting that place, and our meeting with him was in the afternoon of a sunny day, in a chamber which was lully illuminated bv the sun's rays. All torts of strange things happened; the tables jumped, a dinner bell rang on the top of the bed belore my eyes, and, when I attempted to hold it, it was forcibly removed from my hand by an agency I could not see, and con tinned ringing. A large bedstead jumped about the room, and rappings, the source of which I could not explain, were beard frequently. The only persons present were Mr. Warren. Mr. Slade and myself. Slate writing, of which every one knows, took place, and I do not see how it was possible for the slates to have been changed. I held one slate down on the table myself, heard the scratching, and wheD I was able to take it up, the resist ance giving way, I found a written sen tence on the slate which was not there be lore. The sentence bore no relevancy to any thing, but it was an intelligent and legible sentence. I also held the slate under the table myself with a similar result. Slade sat some distance away, and if there was any fraudulent manipulation I am wholly un able to see how it occurred. Nor do I think I was hypnotized. It is lair to say, however, we should have been unable to explain the tricks of Houdin, or Hermann or of Heller. Slade, however, is the only one o! his ilk that ever made any impression upn me, except that of fraud. I visited Foster who, at one time, enjoyed probably the Tiighest celebrity of anv me dium In the country, and I was satisfied of the fraudulent character of everything he did, including his reading of slips ot paper which contained questions which he pro fessed to be able to answer. I caught him in two or three tricks, and might have caught him in more. OTHER UNSATISFACTORY EXPERIENCES. I visited Mrs. Murphy, who was very in teresting, and a well-known clairvoyant, wno nas since aiea, wno entertained me with a great many suggestive (acts upon the subject of Spiritualism, but who was unable to give me any evidence. I also visited a lady, whose name I cannot recollect, who had just returned from Paris, where she had been acting duriug the winter as the medium of communication' between Victor Hugo and his deceased daughter. I told her my purpose, and asked her if she would manifest her powers to me. She said that Ehe would be glad to ao so, but she was ill, and any attempt to invoke supernatural powers, or to enter into a communication with the deceased was so fatiguing to her that she would like to postpone the session. I wrote her once or twice afterward, and called on her once, but was never able to attend a seance. This was after I had lrankly announced to her the purpose of my investigation with a view of publication of the results. I attended half a dozen materializing seances, all of which were grossly and dis gustingly fraudulent. Had ttiere been a companion with me I should undoubtedly have been able to expose the fraudulency of all of them. As a result of a few years of investigation carried on in the spirit tnat I have described the net result is what I have expressed in my psychology, claiming: I have personally endeavored many times and with a creat amount of persistence to get at the facts, but hare m every instanre been baffled either through the tailure of any ex traordinary events to occur in my presence or through tbe unwillingne-s ot mediums to allow any thorough investigation irto what did hapoen. I am. therefore, compelled to say that I cannot add anything to uhathas been written by an investigator or acknowledged scientific character upon these subjects. PROF, In answer to Cones writes: . ELIOT coues. the question Prof. Eliot Certainly Epiritnalists are no more hum bugs than other people. There is plenty of fraud, lolly and delusion in the ranks ot the 'spiritualists and mauy dishonest mediums. But, on the whole, I think there is less iraud, less lolly, lest delusion in a word, less humbug among spiritualists than among orthodox Christians, whether in the pulpit or in the pews. The latter have an inconceivable God, whom they alternately bully and wheedle; they have an incomprehensible creed, lon&ded on an incredible fable; and all the rest of their ecclesiastical machinery Works to suit. 'The spiritualists at least pro ess or claim to know something about the ghostly side ot nature, and can give you an intelli gent account of the basis of their faith, which is more than can be said of your orthodox doctrinaires. They have, like the theoso phists, a sort of psychic science which they offer to prove by appeal to verifiable facts of human nature The churches have nothing of the sort to support their dogmas. All honest mediums believe in their own peculiar powers, and with good reason. These faculties are in a sense inspired, be cause they come not by the exercise of the natural mental and sensuous abilities, but have a spiritual origin. Some of the exhi bitions of these powers which I have wit nessed might be called "supernatural," but I never use that word seriously. The spiritual world is as natural to me as the physical world. I am perfectly sure that many spiritualistic mediums, as well as theosophical adepts, per orm feats whioh no "cotemporary magician" to quote your own phrase, by which I suppose you mean professional conjuror can dnplicate,though most such leats are easily imitated or coun terfeited. CANNOT BE DDPLICATED. The lucidity of the trance state cannot be attained by any jugglery; clairvoyance, clairaudience and like unusual psychic fac ulties can be exercised at will byfew persons. Telepathy, mind-reading or thought-transference are actually accomplished by few, while materializations I mean genuine ones are still rarer exhibitions of psychic power, xt. is nara to select a "Dest leat from among the numberless phenomena I have witnessed in the presence ot mediumis tic persons. Perhaps the accurate and com plete description ot an event before it hap pened and of the circumstances of which the medium knew nothing is as remarkable as any. But a genuine materialization is a good illustration of one of the strangest things known to the occulist These shadowy-phantom forms have an actual objective exist ence for a few moments, during which they may be seen, heard and sometimes felt. They appear in the magnetic field which en velops the living bodies of the persons pres ent, and take shape irom the magnetic cur rents which 3re playing, much as iron fil ings dispose themselves in geometrical iig ures about the poles of a horseshoe magnet, or grains of sand dance on a plate of glass to the sound of certain musical notes. Such ap paritions wear the aspect of human being1!, and are often recognized by their friends. Spiritualists commonly believe them to be the souls or spirits ot the deceased, and I should not like to say they are never such. My own view is somewhat different, how ever, for a materialization may be an actual fact,yet the apparition be not a human soul. ALEXANDER WILDER'S OPINION. The answers furnished by Alexander Wilder follow: Spiritualists are probably very much like others; some as true as angels, and others superlatively dishonest. I am disposed to think that there is a large intermediary class, honest when circumstances permit. ana playing the charlatan or impostor when finding occasion. If 1 judged them by some of my personal experiences, I would denounce them as scamps and hypocrites; yet some oi these very hybrids exhibit manly disposition and humane temper. I have seen a table vibrate when questions were put to it, aud give intelligent answers, some oi them requiring perception of mat ters beyond common knowledge. This oc curred when a lady, a cousin of mine, sat at the head of the table. It would move under her slightest touch. I also put questions to the late Charles H. Foster. They were written on torn pieces ot paper in a dis guised style, which a third person would not understand. A day having intervened be lore presenting them, I had actually forgot ten many of them. Mr. Foster replied to every one of them while folded, using the same diction which I had employed. He also uttered names of several persons de ceased whom I had known, the names being uuuauui uues ana positively uot Known to him. One he wrote, or else some unseen personality, back-handed, requiring a look ing glass to recognize it. Yet his predic tions to me were at fault. Beyond this world of sense there is a su perior world in which the past, present and lutureare as one. Persons who are en rap port with that world may thus become cogni zant of what has been or will be. The story of the Seeress of Prevorst explains this very well; so also does Stilling's Theory of Pneumatology and Hudson Tuttle's Psychic Science. I think that many persons die while yet in close connection and applica tion to external and earthly matters. Such have a strong passion to attach themselves to living individuals, and through them taste the delights of phys ical lile. Some of these become sensible, and their clients perceive and communicate with them. A strong inspiration of the "sensitive" may sometimes "magnetize" the spirit, sus pending individual consciousness, and making it suppose itself the person whom the "sensitive"supposes. I would not say that all manilestations come in this way. It is a notion which I derived from Emanuel Swedenborg. DR. ALLAN ll'LASE HAMILTON. It would be unjust for me to denominate all Spiritualists as humbugs, writes Dr. Hamilton, the scientist, but my experience has taught me that mediums, as a rule, are disingenuous if. not actually fraudulent in practice. So far as my experience goes, and it is a large one, I have never seen or known of a mediumistic wonder that could not be duplicated by the cotemporary magician. As a rule, the clever medinm is not only an able "sleight-of-hand performer, but he is possessed ot a cool head, and has made a study of the weaknesses of his lellows. He is able to impress his subject in such a way that their sensory functions are per verted; in otherwords, he is able to juggle the sensation so that the subject's perception and space association is for the time dis torted, and the testimony of the individual arises from an honest though false concep tion or co-ordination of distorted impres sions. The surroundings are favorable at the seance, the lights are turned down, the "searcher lor the truth" is surrounded by others equally eager lor revelations, delu sions of the senses are produced, and per haps with some guessing or chance coinci dent a hasty conclusion is formed, which is often magnified into a supposed real convic tion. SIARtJISE DI LANZA. Judging from my personal experience, says the Marquise di Lanza, I should say unhesitatiugly that the world takes a sort of morbid pleasure in being humbugged. The so-called spiritualistic mediums are, in my opinion, deserving of scant considera tion. I do not think they take themselves seriously. In most cases their object seems to be a mercenary one. I have at tended a good many of their seances, but never saw anything that did not strike me as ridiculous aud almost puerile. I under stand that a medium who gained a good deal of notoriety uot long ago would take a blank drawing book, exhibit it, shut it up and bold it for awhile undisturbed. When reopened the pages were found to be filed with drawings, said to be exact representa tions ol scenes from the planet Mars. Tbis looked very wondenul indeed. But it was no doubt simple in the extreme, the process resembling closely the methods em ployed in producing the noted "spirit paint ings." The charlatanism of mediums has been exposed lime and again. I never saw or heard of one, who, when tested, proved to be anything but an outrageous impostor. Yet all mediums with whom I have spoken declare that 1 myself am a medium, or could ue ii x so tiesirea. Harry Kellar, the magician, says: I think themajonty of Spiritualists are sincere in their belief, and for that yery reason are easily humbugged by a class of" rogues call- ing themselves medinms, who pretend to give them messages from spirits of departed friends, while at the same time they are practicing a systematic fraud. I will under take to duplicate the manifestations of any of the foremost mediums. I traveled for eight years with the Davenport brothers, and I know they were tricksters. The best feat I ever saw a medium perform was the materialization seance of Mrs. Carrie Saw yer, which I saw and publicly exposed in New York. Expert Peterson Says He Can Meas ure Intellect With a Tape. LOCATIONS OF THE FACULTIES. The Liwyer's Head Shows Up Terj Differ ently From the Doctor's. MISSHAPEN CKANIDMS AND CEIME rCOBRKSrONDENCJt OT TIIE DISPATCH. 1 New York, April 12. One's mental caliber is accurately denoted by the size and shape of bis head. Heretofore this subject has been left to the peregrinating phrenol ogists who felt a person's "bumps" and reeled off the qualities of mind they indi cated. Recently the scientists both in Europe and America have been giving a good deal ot attention to the conformation and measurement of the human head or craniometry, as they call it. Benedikt, of Vienna, and Broea, of Paris, have made elaborate investigations. The studies of Dr. Frederick Peterson, the insanity expert and specialist in nervous diseases of New York, have been equally extensive. Their conclusions have been reached by accurate measurements and not by feeling bnmps. Dr. Feterson said to the correspondent of The Dispatch: The Lines of Measurement. "In men noted for great attainments and intellectual capacity all the diameters and arcs ot tbe skull are far above the normal averages. In other words, their heads are larger. In many criminals the diameters and arcs are below the normal average, and there is also great abnormality in shape, es pecially in hereditary criminals. One side of the head may be larger than the other, the forehead may retreat, or there may be some other lack of symmetry and propor tion. Oiten the teeth, jaws and ears are de formed. LOCATION OF THE FACULTIES. "All the higher mental faculties are lo cated in the frontal lobes of the brain, and these naturally have a direct proportion to tne lengtn anu Dreaatb ot the forehead. Just back of this region are the muscular centers and the centers for cutaneous sensa tion. The muscular abilities of a person, together with all of his intellect in which there is a muscular element, are directly proportioned to the size of this part of the skull. In a person who has been par alyzed on one side of the body in infancy, the skull is flattened on the opposite side and these muscular centers have disap peared. This might be called the middle region of the skull, that part over the top of the head between the ears. Directly behind the ears and a little above are the centers for remembering that which is heard, and here arc undoubtedly located some of the muscu lar faculties, for instance the wonderful memory of musical compositions such as was possessed by Blind Tom. "The memory o( everything seen is stored away in the posterior lobes of the brain: therefore, people of great perceptive power and who well remember all their perceptions will be found to have a large development on the back oi the head. It has been noted that in people born blind this part of the head is smaller than it should be. In con tradistinction to quack phrenology the per ceptive cower is located here in place of Gall's pbiloprogenitiveness and bump of amativeness. Gall located the perceptive power immediately over the eye behind which is a cavity in the bone containing no brain. AVERAGE SKULL MEASUREMENTS. "The average circumference ol an adult man's skull is 20J4 inches and of an adult woman's 19 inches. The average length of the arc Irom tbe root of the nose over the top of the head to the most prominent point on the back of the head is in man 12 inches and in the woman 12J The average length of the arc from one ear to the other, over the highest part of the head, is in a man 12 inches and in a woman 12j The average antero-posterior diameter, that is from the middle of the forehead In a straight line to the hindmost part of tbe head, is in a man 7 inches and in a woman S. The average diameter through the widest part of a man's head, from side to side in a straight line, is 5 inches and ot a woman's bead 5J inches. These are only a few of the more import ant measurements taken. I never made less than 17 measurements and three drawings of each head. But in the most careful studies sometimes from 30 to 130 separate arcs and diameters are measured. It will be seen that the head of a woman is on an average smaller than that of a man, just as her brain weighs several ounces less. While it may be taken as a general rule that a head of large dimensions is associated with unusual capacity in some one or other direction, it is of course not always the case. One can easily imagine, or may even have met with persons with large heads who seemed to enjoy considerable emancipation from the bonds of intellect, aud one can readily conceive of much of their brain substance being replaced by more ordinary tissues or substances required to prevent the formation of a vacuum. PACKING OF THE BRAIN. "The skull bones may be twice as thick as usual; or there may be an unusual amount of fluid in the cavities of the brain and its coverings. Again, a person with a rather small head may have more thinking centers to the cubic inch of brain than the other, less fat, less water, less packing of every kind, as in the case of Gambetta. whose brain was rather small. The word packing' is an excellent one to use in this connection, lor it describes the condition perfectly. Just as delicate china or glass vessels are packed away in sawdust, hay, etc., for shipping, so the fragile cells con taining memories and thoughts are packed away iu an enormous quantity ol substance, known as connective-tissue, which differs relatively little from hay and sawdust in structure as seen under the microscope, and which servesan equally efficient purpose. Hence an idiot is occasionally, though in deed rarely, seen with an unusually large head; but in the packing of his cranium, valuable structures were left out by the thoughtless workmen, and only the hay and sawdust stowed away. "There is great variation in the shape of heads even under normal conditions. Some persons are spoken of as long-headed and others as round-headed. This has reference to the shape of the head when looked at from above or when seen in the impression made by the conformateur of the hatter. In the round-head the transverse and antero posterior diameters are nearly equal, and what is lost in length is gained in breadth. Itisthesame with thelong head. What is lost in breadth is made up iu lengin. A MISSHAPEN CRANIUM. "If the head is markedly abnormal in shape, the brain is probably defective in some way. A person with a .misshapen head is likely to be a criminal, crank or at least a yery eccentric personage; and at the same time if the head be large he may have considerable talent or genius in addition to his perverted morals and idiosyncracies. Thus the Emperor of Spain, Charles Y., who was one of the greatest monarchs of Europe, had an abnormally shaped head and lace, while having extraordinary abilities in many ways he' was subject to fits of melantholy and had epileptic seizures. He was oiten unscrupulous in bis conduct. His mother was confined as a lunatic for over 30 years. "Nations vary greatly as to the shape of the head. Most of the people cast of a line drawn from Lapland to Siam are round headed; negroes, Australians, English, Irish and Scandinavians are long-headed; while Hollanders are neither round nor long-headed but a compromise between the' two. Distinguished anthropologists of the present century have been trying to dis cover racial distinction in skulls, but the fact is, there are not so many.obaracteristics of race in the cranium as in other parts of the body. Eaces have been mingling so many thousands of years that cranial dis similarities are the rule among them, even in tribes, and to some extent in families. There are eight or ten species of artificial deformity which have been practiced from time immemorial among the lower races of mankind and are still in vogue among cer tain Polynesian and American tribes. The disfiguration is accomplished by means of boards, bandages or masses of clay fastened to the infantile skull to produce the desired shape. NO CONSOLATION FOR BALD HEADS. "Ill New York, which is made up o! so many nationalities, a study of the heads in a large audience is curiously instructive, especially the bald heads which can be so much more easily seen than the others. Although the shapes of the bald heads may vary in a marked degree, this fact seems to have no relation to the amount of delight manifested by their possessors. A bald head is not a sign of an overgrowth of brain which is ousting its way up through the skull, and should never be considered as iu any manner correlated with unusual intel lectual abilities, but on the contrary, as an evidence of the weak-mindedness of a man who will continue to wear a hard hat in spite of the falling out of his hair through. the presure ot the rim on the nerves and blood vessels of the scalp. "Up to the age ot 25 the development of a man's skull depends on his education, and, in fact, his entire environment. Subse quently the mind may develop a great deal, but the skull will not. From the age of 25 the skull retains the same proportion and the same dimensions, and it is on this ac count that certain measurements of the head become useful as a means of identification of adults. They may change their appear ance in many respects, but cannot volun tarily alter the shapes of their heads. M. Bertillon has incorporated, therefore, cer tain skull diameters in his system of identi fication of criminals, now much employed in France, but as yet little in this country. As regards shape and size of heads much depends on hereditary factors. Taking various classes of men, lawyers, as a rule, have much better minds than doctors. Com paring an aggregation of lawyers with an aggregation of doctors one is struck with the different appearance which their differ ent training has created in their craniums as well as in their physiognomy. LAWYERS AND DOCTORS. A lawyer is compelled by his professional duties to exercise his intellectual abilities iu the highest degree. He must be a keen, logical reasoner, possess sound judgment and good memory; be strong and aggressive in his mental tournaments with opponents, and have all his faculties) at ready command. The principal requirement in a doctor is an ability to conform at all times and under all cirenmstances his own emotional states to those of his patients, but rarely to exercise the vigorous faculties with which he may have been nt first endowed. His actions are guided by policy. He must sympathize with the sufferer when necessary, or be hearty and cheerful when he sees that that course would have a been remedial effect upon tbe patient. "l have the head measurements of 200 in sane persons, 50 criminals and 30 eminent men (including lawyers, authors, editors, great financiers and others who have at tained success through purely mental pow ers). When I have 100 more criminals and eminent men, I shall make a comparative study. I have no politicians in my list of eminent men; I hardly thought it worth while to include them in a comparative study of this kind between the beads of in tellectual men and those of criminal de linquents, because I should have to stretch my imagination to place them in the former class and the criminal standard would be lowered by the inclusion of the microcephalus of the politician." H. I. S. OPINIONS OP MEDIUMS. President Thompson ny the Genuine Ones do Perform Fents. The "genuine mediums" do perform feats, writes J. H. Thompson, which magicians and the best and most scientific material representatives hive failed to accomplish if restoration to health and self-possess ion to the insane can be called a feat. There are as many phases of mediumship as there are degrees oi mental acquirement iu the mortal world. Those who represent and manipulate the physical power are as dis tinct from the mentally educated "me dium" as the pugilist is "from the best es sayist on any scientific subject. Who are not "mediums?" Are not all creMed things subject to external influ ences? That being an indisputable law, tbe conditions and status of mediumship are determined by the character of the power exerted on and through the creature acted upon. There are two conditions of mediumship: The one is that in which the medium is the mesmerized or psychologized instrument of a dtsembodied power, or tbe condition is often tbe result of one mortal's influence upon another. This clearly un derstood by the judiciary, the medical and the religious theorists, would advance the condition ot humanity to a better state of existence. The true state of mediumship is acquired by the education of the spiritual faculties, which exist in all physical beings. In other words, the brain is capable of a higher development than material or theological philosophies have taught. A Postmaster's Knowledge. E. W. Potter, the postmaster at Elm Creek, Neb., says be has personal knowl edge of several cases of rheumatism, in that vicinity, that have been permanently cured by Chamberlain's Pain Balm, after other remedies were used without benefit. He has sold it at his drug store there for five years and says he never knew it to ln.il. that "any customer who once uses Chamberlain's Pain Balm will have nothing else instead." For sale by E. G. Stuckv, 1701 and 2401 Penn ave.; k. G. Stucky & Co., cor. Wylie aye. and Fulton St.; Markell Bros., cor. Penn and Faulkston ayes.; Theo. E. Ihrig, 3610 Filth ave.; Carl Hartwig. 4016 Butler St.; John C. Smith, cor. Penn ave. and Miin st.; Jas. L. McConnel & Co., 455 Fifth ave.. Pittsburg; and in Allegheny by E. E. Heck, 72 and 194 Federal St.; Thos. it. juorns, cor. Hanover and .treble aves.; F. H. Eggers, 172 Ohio St., and F. H. Egcers & Son, 109 Ohio st. aud 11 Smith field st. Thsu The Elgbf-Honr movement. In regard to the eight-hour movement agitated nt present, we think it is a good move, as it gives a man eight hours to work, eight hours to sleep and eight hours to se lect from the best line of wall paper in the city at J. J. Fuchs',1710 Carson street, S. S. Important to Persons Visiting; Wnshlncton D. C. All parties visiting tbe National Capital wishing first-class accommodations at a mod erate price, should 'not fail to stop at the Belvedere Hotel, as it is, without doubt, the best house or the price charged in Wash ington. Special rates to exenrsion parties and commercial travelers. Murano awnings at Mamaux & Son's, 539 Penn aye., Pittsburg, Pa. Fob clotb capes and beaded capes, go to Boienbaum & Co.'s See the Lochinvar awnings; they are ex ceedingly beatrtirnl and novel, at Mamaux & Son's537 and 539 Penn aye., Pittsburg. ETERT MY SCIENCE. The Manufacture fjf Ozone as ventive of Epidemics. A LARGE PETROLEUH STEAMER. Making Ice in PriTate Residences is Kot an Impossibility. KEW DISEASE FOLLOWING THE GEIP IWBITTKN J-OK Tint DISFATCH.1 Dr. Forster, of'Berlin, has recently urged the importance of endeavoring to supply a J small quantity of ozone to the air of towns and other thickly populated districts, and has pointed out that many epidemics e. p., influenza appear to take place at those seasons of the year when the atmospheric ozone is at a minimum, and it is thus argued that an artificial supply of tbis gasuous oxidizing agent would possibly preventand at any rate, considerably modify such out breaks of disease. This idea has been much discussed in the medical and scientific circles of Germany, and has led to the formation in Berlin of a company for supplying the nec essary plant for the conversion of oxygen into ozone on a larger scale than has hitherto been attempted, and to develop the use of ozone for many sanitary purposes. Steps are being taken for extending theoperations of the company to New York and London, as the company has secured the patentrights for certain improvements in the electrical production of ozone from atmospheric oxygen in most countries. The Berlin doctors have repeatedly em ployed ozone, with very satisfactory results in individual cases, and recently the com pany above alluded to has placed on the market a so-called ozonized water which is stated to be a solution of ozone in that liquid. The commercial name for this new antiseptic is "anti-backterikon," and it pos sesses remarkable oxidizing properties. When added to water containing any appre ciable quantity of living organic matter in the dark, it at once causes a phosphorescent appearance, and tbe organisms are com pletely destroyed in a short time. Such ozonized water is stated to have a faint metallic taste, and is used for producing sterilized water, or sterilized fluids, for bac teriological research. It is proposed that ozone should be produced by the new pro cess in large manufactories -and thus con tribute to their sanitary improvement. Preservatives for Iron Surfaces. Many methods have been tried from time to time for the preservation of iron surfaces irom the effects of moisture and atmospheric influences. Galvanizing presents only a partial solution of the problem, while the Barff process labors under a similar disad vantage. Paint preservatives are, however, capable of very extended application, and if carefully applied give satisfactory results. Compounds prepared with linseed oil are open to objection, on account ol the presence ot lead. When boiled oil dries, it does so by absorbing ox)gen Irom the air, and becomes converted into a kind of resin, the acid prop erties ot which have also a bad effect upon iron. Protectives of the class of tar, and its derivatives, such as pitch and black var nish, and also asphalt and mineral waxes are among the best. Atthe present time the red oxide of irou is regarded as a favorite substance, but care should be taken to ex clude from it free sulphuric acid and soluble sulphates, which are common impurities and extremely injurious. Novelties In Photographr. Many novelties and ingenious modifica tions of existing processes in photography have been shown at the yearly Exhibition of Photography at the Crystal Pa'ace, Sy denham, England. Several makers are try ing the experiment of substituting alumi num for brass in the construction of tourist cameras, with the object of decreasing the weight ot the apparatus. One firm shows some new time aud instantaneous shutters, which, when in action, do not cause the camera to vibrate or swing. One maker has adopted a double eccentric motion for the purpose of bringing the lens to any part of the Iront board, thus doing away with the skewing of the bellows. There is a ten dency on the part of amateurs toward the plainotype process, but the results are not on the whole satisfactory, from the fact that most amateurs use cheap and thinly coated plates. Lnree Petroleum Tank Stenmer. A large petroleum tank steamer has just been launched iu England. It was built for a Persian firm for the transport of petroleum between Baku and Astrakan. The steamer, whioh is built into two halves so that it can be taken to pieces for the sake of pass ing through locks, is 253 feet long, 28 feet broad, aud 11 feet deep. She carries large steam pumps for the filling and emptying of the vessel. There is also accommodation for passengers both on deck and in a saloon, and electric lights are used entirely. The steamer will be delivered at St. Petersburg, from whence the transport to Baku takes about three months. She will be taken to pieces on the way in order to pass a number of canals and locks before reaching the Tjockua Biver, alterward being put to gether again and coutinuing her passage down the Volga aud tbe Caspian Sea to her destination. Sngar-Cone From Seed. A new field of investigation in regard to sugar-cane cultivation has just been opened up. At a meeting of the Linnean Society, England, Mr. D. Morris referred to the question of the production of seed in some varieties of the sugar-cane. It was pointed out that although well known as a culti vated plant, the sugar-cane had nowhere been found wild, nor had the seed been fig ured or described, it being the generally received opinion that having been propa gated entirely by slips or cuttings, it had lost the power of producing seed. Spike lets, however, received at Kew had been carefully examined and the seed found. Mr. Morris anticipated that by cross-fertiliztion and selection of seedlings the sugar-cane might be greatly improved, and much im portance was attached to the subject, as very material issues are connectedVith it. Stcrilizi-d Milk. A share company, with a considerable working capita!, has been floated in En gland to work a patent for what is called the "sterilization" of milk, that is, the destruc tion oi the bacteria, through which certain diseases, notably typhoid fever, are spread. Tbe milk in bottles is subjected to a heat by means ol a jet or current ot steam at a tem perature of 215 Fahrenheit, Heat so ap plied has, it is said, no effect in changing tbe colur or taste of the milk. Th stoppers are put into tbe bottles before the latter are removed Irom the steam. Care is take to fill thebottles quite full to prevent a churn ing action during transport. Tbe municipal authorities of Berlin, where arrangements have already been made,, will specially lavor the trade in sterilized milk with a view to promote its use among the general public. New DlTln Dress. A diver's equipment consists of three parts; the helmet, which is of metal, the breastplate, also of metal, and tbe dress proper of waterproof fabric The man gets into his dress through the neck opening,' as if it were a sack, and when it has been pulled up into position, a water-tight joint is made between the dress and the breast plate, which is dropped over the man's head aud rests on his chest and shoulders like a tippet. The helmet is then screwed into the neck-opening ot the breastplate and the toilet is complete. A new diving dress has been devised which presents many points of advantage oyer tbe old one. In the latter there are 2 water-tight joints, 4 cover plate. and 12 nnts; in the former there is only one joint, and no loose pieces whatever. Its superiority in convenience and facility of adjustment is self-evident. Borne-3In.de Ice. Prof. E. L. Nichols foreshadows a yery agreeable picture. He says that in all probability the day is not far distant when brine, cooled below the freezing point of water, will be carried under the streets in pipes, as steam is now, supplying from cen tral stations a very convenient substitute tor ice in tbe domestic household. By freezing in our own houses water which has been previously boiled, it will then be possi ble for us to avoid contagion from disease germs contained in the ice gathered from impure sources. The maintenance of the temperature of dwellings at 70 Fahrenheit throughout the summer will then be as much a matter of course as tbe warming of a modern house now is in winter. Bed Gin m. A new red glass is being made in Ger many. It is utilized for bottles, goblets and vases of various kinds,and in photographic, chemical and other laboratories. By melt ing together fine sand, red oxide of lead, car bonate of potash, lime, phosphate of lime, cream of tartar, borax, red oxide of copper and bioxide of tine a transparent red glass of very fine quality is obtained, of which various objects can be manufactured directly, without the necessity of submitting the glass to a second heating with a view of intensifying the color. Glazing n Blast Fnrnaee Lining-. A successful experiment was recently tried at Lake ChamplairuN. Y., on the oc casion of the relining and starting in blast of a large furnace there. After the fite bricks were in place a rbeap kind of graphite or plumbago was reduced to a paste with water, and with this the interior of the furnace was washed. It gave a slippery glaze to the firebrick lining which effectual ly prevented the coating with slag, and the charge passed down in a less time than usual, and left the lining free and clear. Anstrnllnn Rabbit Pest. A good deal of interest is being taken in the unprecedented efforts of the Victorian Government for tbe suppression of rabbits in that colony. In upward oi 100 districts in the northern and western parts of the colony simultaneous action is to be taken for the destruction ot the rabbits, in accord ance with tbe babbit suppression act, recently adopted by tbe Legislature. Pois oned grain is to be largely used, and it is estimated that fully 75 per centof the rabbits will be killed. Short Boiler Tabes for Locomotives. Some experiments recently made in France ou the comparative merits of short and long boiler tubes, have resulted in standard lengths of 13 feet to 14 feet being adopted by the Paris, Lyons end Mediter ranean Railway for its locomotives. Boilers with tubes ot this length were found to give a total evaporation in a given time 5 per cent greater than boilers having tubes 16J feet long, though the rate of evaporation per pound was slightly greater with the long tubes. A New Disease. The latest new disease is "sleepiness." It seems that those who have had a severe at tack of Bussian influenza are liable to an attack of "la nona," as it is called by the country folk of Italy and South Germany. That conditions of the human subject known as "trance" are peculiar and not in frequently is a matter of common experi ence; but the new trance or lethargy seems to be something entirely out of the common, and is more psychological than pathologi cal. New Sonnd-Becordlnc .Apparatus. In phonographs, graphopbones and simi lar sound recorders, use is usually made of cylinders covered with tinfoil or wax for receiving, as the cylinders revolve, the im pression made by the scribers. A new sound recording-apparatus operates on an entirely different principle. The cylinder is replaced by a flat surface, which is made to oscillate and move downward at regular intervals by special mechanism. Lnbor of Women and Children. A conference held in Berlin has decided that in Germany children shall not be em ployed under 12 years of age, and hen only for six hours a day ud to 14. Women and children are not to be employed in mines, and working on Sunday is to be prohibited for women and children. It is probable that the continental work people of both sexes will be greatly benefited as a result oi the conference. Dwellings for Operatives. A step in a laudable direction has been taken by M. Krupp, of Essen, the well known gun-maker, who has given a sum ot 500,000 marks as a fund out of which ad vances may be made to workmen who are desirons of buying dwelling houses. He has also established a school of housekeep ing for the benefit of tbe daughters of his workmen. Elemental Strife. During one ot the snow storms of the past winter in tbe Bocky Mountains, 19 engines were required for one train, which was made up as follows: First, a snow plough with nine engines behind it, then a train of nine cars with another five engines, and be hind this five engines with a gang of men to dig the train out should it get stuck. Extraordinary Telephoning-. An extraordinary feat in telephoning was recently accomplished between St. Peters burg and Bologne, a distance of 2,465 miles. Conversation was kept up notwithstanding a rather high induction. The Bussian en gineers propose to converse by telephone oyer a distance of 4,665 miles. Indicating; Ibe Presence of Firedamp. A small instrument has been devised for use in mines to indicate the presence of firedamp, or in gas mains to indicate the escape of gas. The invention is based upon the property certain metals have of evolving heat in the presence of hydrogen gas. A Cheap Phonograph. A modification of Edison's phonograph is said to have been devised by a painter in Milan. It costs under $20, and the wax cylinders are reproduced in zinc by the gal-v.ino-plastjc process at a cost oi 5 cents each, selling price. A Cnrd. I desire to announce to my friends and the public generally that I suc ceeded during my recent trip East in secur ing the services of Mr. Mauretz Anker, of New York City, an experienced and practi cal cutter, who will hereafter have sole charge of my merchanttailonngdeDartment, which, with recent additions, includes an assortment of imported and domestic goods second to none in the oitv. and embracing a full line of all the latest patterns of suitings, running irom ?zo upward, fame desiring spring and summer suits are cordially in vited to call and examine &tock and prices. 1 Jaues Dickson, Tailor, Second floor, cor. Wood st. 65 Fiit'n ave. Lucerne awnings at Mamaux & Bon's 639 Penn ave., Pittsburg, Pa. Gabiket photos $1 per dozen, prompt de livery. Crayons, etc, at low prices. Lies' Galleut, ttsu ' 10 and 13 Sixth st. Tttxedo awnings at Mamaux Ss Son's, 539 Penn are., Pittsburg, Pa. NEW U. S. JUEYMEN. Marshal Harrah Draws Out the Un lucky From His Little Box. TWO EJECTMENT SUITS BROUGHT Against tbe Occupants of Valuable Prop rty lu Allegheny. THE 0THEE NEWS PK0M THE COURTS United States Marshal Harrah yesterday drew the grand and petit juries for the May term of the United States District Court, which opens in Pittsburg tbe first Monday in May. The following were drawn on the grand jury: Thomas Butler, farmer, Wasbingtonville; W.H. Tbeakeston, farmer, East Bethlehem; George Little, druggist, Greensbnrg; John M. Rose, attorney, Johns town; Morris W. Mead, superintendent, Pittsbnrg; F. P. Woodward, editor, Lacka wanna connty; Charles E. Jennings, book seller, Wellsboro; James S. Kline, laborer, Allegheny; Louis Elrinm, attorney, Beaver; Frank W. Donaldson, farmer, Buffalo; T. F. Botzman, gentleman, Fayette county; Jacob Ockler, merchant, Johnstown; Jared M. Brush, ex-police magistrate, Pittsburg; T. B. H. Bromsler, attorney, Washington; E. S. Graham, lumberman, Etna; George Weiss, gentleman, Punxsutawnev; Louis Johnston, clerk, Wilkesbarre; P. ' P. Bit man, merchant, Lock Haven; George E. Acheson. clerk, Pittsburg; William M. Hart, merchant, California; John D. 11c Kabeb, justice of the peace, Mt. Pleasant; William C. Galy, gentleman, New Vernon; Jesse E. Powell, farmer, Mercer. The residents of Allegheny county drawn on the petit jury are: P. W. Seibert, clerk, Pittsburg; Jacob D.Miller, clerk, Pittsburg; J. M. McGeary, olerk, Allegheny; Samuel B. Clnley, gentleman, Pittsburg; Enoch Davis, millman, Pittsburg; James B. Bore- iana, cierk, Pittsburg; Charles F. Jahn, liverjman, Pittsburg; John Ward, gentle man, Allegheny; Philip James, gentleman, Allegheny; W. G. Reed, minister. Spring dale; A. J. Clarey, superintendent, Bellevue. IH THE DIVORCE MILL. Progress In the Untjlnjr of Half a Dozen Matrimonial Knots. Mrs. Lizzie Blanche Linn, yesterday sued for divorce from John Linn. She alleges that she was compelled to leave him iu 1887, by reason of indignities he put upon her, beating, choking and threatening to shoot her. Ferdinand Burkhardt sued for a divorce from Annie Burkhardt. He states that they were married in February, 1886, and only lived together a month. He charges her with infidelity. Mrs. Josephine Weyland sued for a di vorce from Charles Wevland, alleging de sertion. W. D. Evans was appointed commis sioner in the divorce case of Caroline Lep plaw against Fred Lepplaw, and W. M. Lindsay was appointed in the case of Lena Euler against W. B. Euler. In the divorce case of Charles Schnitzki against Annie Schnitzki, a rule was issued on the husband to show cause why he should not pay his wife's counsel fees. TBEI WANT TO KNOW If Steamboat Is In Debt, and If It Is, Just How 91 neb. A bill in equity was filed yesterday by Henry A. Davis, trustee, for lone F. Mc Donald against Harry McDonald. It was stated that the plaintiff held a mortgage for $5,500 on a one-fourth interest in the steam boat Beaver, formerly owned by Joseph Mc Donald. One provision was that at any time, if the boat got into debt to the extent ot $1,000, or enough to endanger the plain tiff's claim, the mortgaged interest could be sold. Joseph McDonald's interest was after ward bought by Harry McDonald. The plaintiff states that it is believed that the boat is iu debt, and they want it ascer tained what maritime liens are against it, and if their claim is endangered to have the mortgaged interest sold by tbe Sheriff. SUING FOR SETENTHS. Ejectment Proceeding; Brought Against Occnpnnls of Valnnblo Property. Edward C. Palmer yesterday brought suit in ejectment against Mrs. Mary Ann and Charles A. Palmer and F. H. Worley, to obtain possession of one-seventh part of a lot at the corner of Sandusky and Pe3rl streets, Third ward, Allegheny, which he claims belongs to him. He also entered suit against Julia A. Babm, Emma L. Gillespie, Amelia E. Stoner, Frederick Beer, Jane McKelvev, William Perry and Jessie Robertson, lor "a one-seventh pjrt of a lot on the corner of Erie and East Diamond streets, Third ward, Allegheny. More Answers In n Bank Casp. Answers were filed yesterday in the suit of the Fidelity Title and Trust Company, assignee of the Lawrence Bank, against H. E., S. J., J. Z., Clara and Mrs. Abbie Wainwright's estate, and also by John K. Davison, William Pennington aud B. J. and J. A. Scott. The answers are all sim ilar to those that have already been filed by tbe defendants in suits previously bromht by the company. Dent Their Father a Utile. John Flynn and his sons John, Jr., and James, appeared for naturalization yester day in the United States 'Court. The sons were aged 12 and 14 years each when they first came oyer, ten years ago, and were made citizens, but the father neglected to take his first papers and will have to wait two more years. A Hcnvy Verdict Rendered. In the suit ot Alex McGilvray against the Manchester Savings Bank, in which'he was a depositor and formerly a stockholder, to recover his share as a depositor of money raised by the stockholders "for depositors, a verdict was given in favorof the plaintiff for $8,587 04. Commissioner In n Contest Casp. John S. Bobb, Jr., Esa., yesterday was appointed commissioner to take testimony in the contest of Henry Pfeifer's election to Common Council trom the Twenty-seventh ward. P. M. Carr is the contestant. IWonrlaj's Trial Lints. Common Pleas No. 1 Fnltnn et al vs Lyon et al; Holtstnc vs City of Pittsburg; Augesiem vs Jones et af; Landmark vs Norwich Union Insurance Company; same vs Ben Franklin In snrance Company: same vs. People's Insurance Company; Fulmer vs Borough of McKeesport; Alsbouse vs Creeiman et al: Jeities &. Co. vs Kann &Co.; Wagner vs Standing et al; Stetson vs Hatr: Qninu vs Rafter. Common Pleas No. 2 Southside Gas Com pany v Pittsburg. Virginia and Charleston Railroad Company; Jolly Bro. vs Free & Mere dith: Humphrey v National Benefit Asso ciation: Anderson v Pittsburg and Lako Erie Railroad Company: Novelty Manufacturin Company vs Lean and Blair. " So Cbromos Given. The large- and cultivated class of people who call at the Half Century House for liquors for medicinal purposes do not care for labels or cards, which are no object to them in purchasing. Theygo there because of the well-established reputation of the house or dealing in strictly pure whiskies, wines, gins, rums anil other liquors. Call and be convinced. 523 Liberty street, at the foot ot Filth avenue. . See the Lochinvar awnings; they are ex ceedingly beautiful and novel, at Mamaux & Son's, 537 and 539 Penn ave., Pittsburg. The Descalzi Brothers, since their re moval to the Dunlevy packing house, 826 Libert street, are kept as busy as bees supplying eager customers with tropical fruits and nuts. They have received two carlojds of oranges from Florida this week, the last of the season,. and four cars of extra fine and large bananas, all of which are going off like hot cakes. The rush of trade to the new Italian ware house of the Descalzis proves that there was pressing need for tbe removal from the contracted building, where they bad vainly tried to meet the demand for their products this year or two past. Mueano awnings at Mamaux &Son', 539 Penn ave., Pittsburg, Pa. WM. RADAM'S CROBE Cures All Diseases. All sickness is caused by disease germs, railed microbes. If you are in poor health or suffer ing from any acute or chronic disease, if jour blood is impure, you should read np on tho germ theory. Our pamphlets explaining tho above and giving history of the Microbe Killer are given away or mailed freo to any address. Pittsbure Branch. 612 Liberty ave.. Room 3. Second Floor. The Wm. Radam Microbe Killer Co., 54 SIXTH AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY apl3-123-SU A WONDERFUL BOOK. DB. A. WILFORD HALL'S HEALTH PAMPHLET Shows how disease i conquered and sickness avoided without medicine. The treatment is harmless, easily applied, and relief is speedy and permanent. For particulars and indorse ments, address with 2 cent stamp, HYGIENIC TREATMENT CO.. Authorized Agents, p. o. Box 325. Pittsburg, Pa. aplO-64-TTSSa Former Records Broken. 80TAPEWORM3 IN 16 MONTHS. Dennis O'Donall, ot No. 1 'Wharton's suffered Tor six years with tape worm, being nearly killed in that tims ,-bjr other doctors treatment lor it. lie came to me on March r,Jo, and tnree hours after commencing my treatment was relieved of a mon ster black mouth tape worm measur ing 143 feet stretched. Also Max Koehler, of No. U Wylie avenue, Pittsburg, was relieved of a large tapo worm on March Z). He win testify to tbe mildness of the treatment. Also two la dies were successfully treated on Thursday, April 3. one from Allegbeny.tho other from the Southside. and on April 7. three persons were treated successfully: a lady from Leechburg. Pa., Charles PoplanJ, of Latrube. Pa., and a gentleman of Pittsburg,making 60in IS months, and at this writing I am preparing two mora for treatment. Thousands are afflicted who do not know it. Send stamp for circular and symptoms. Remember Dr. Burgoon does not only treat for worms, bat treats all curable dis eases. Call at drug stores for his SYSTEM RENOVATOR and use it for all kidney, liver, stomach and all blood troubles. Also call for his Catarrh Remedy, tbe only sure care for catarrh. It your drugaist does not have tha remedies, havo him send for them or send for them yourself to Dr. BURGOON, KXOW ME BT MY WORKS. aplO-62-Thssu 47 Ohio St., Allegheny. Pa. If you have a ;OLD or COOCf- acute or lead ins to CONSUMPTION, W OF PURE COD 1LIVER Oil. AND HYPOPHOSPHITB5 OF ZI3IE ASB SODA 303 SXT KE CTHRJE 3?OH. IT. Tll(a hWinfilNttfnn iiAntnltia f& AlftHnla 1 tine properties of tho Hypophosphites J auu uigyuiakiuu i.uumiui tuo owuiuia L. and One Soneegian Cod Liver Oil. Used by physicians all the world over. It la as ' palatable as milk. Three times as efflca- J f.nna sa TitniTi I'm LTpr fill a tiatoj. Emulsion, better than all others made. For 3 I all forms o( Wasting Diseases, Bronchitis, CONSUMPTION, Scrofula, and as a Flesh Producer I there Is nothing llie SCOTPS EMULSION. It is sold by all Druggists. Let no one by I proiuse explanation or impuaeni entreaty induce you to accept a substitute. ocS-28-itwyau Is an absolute necessity of a refined toilet in this climate MEDICATED Combines every elemont of beauty and purity. SOLD EVERYWHERE. It is Btrango that my husbanrl. who prides hfav. self on bis tidj appearance, can cany so much hiddaa dirt. And all this nastmess could be aToided if ba would use Blacking en his shoes, and jet ho rajs it is the ftaert DnetiaK fci the irorld for his harness. Change a Pine Table to Walnut. A Poplar Kitchen Press to Antlqus Oak.' 6 Cane Rocker to Mahogany. Bee what can be dons ith 20 C. worth ot IK-vSON V. TTcr7. All llS XlOt&JWe T-.-.. S 7..E3ifc iSSSSHfSAg eSgfflSllS tltllfltltS5!Klllsh 'SiSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS? 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