rH V t & P t f 16 JUGGUNGAS AN ART, lank Hoe Tells How He Performs the Bewildering Tricks That Have Made Him Famous. PKACTICE THE SECRET OP SKILL She Swora Feat In Which the Slightest Mistake or the Least Serous Horement Means Murder. PAPEE BUTTEKFLIES POISED IN AIB. Xttertilnlnc the Inditccti With Spinning Tops sao Whirling Umbrellas. funis roa thx dispatch. Hot would you fit yourself to become a lawyer? By study. How would you make of yourself a physician or painter? By study, of course. That is the way to become a juggler. Study and study alone will fit a man for the stage with his eyes so trained, his hands so skilled and his nerves so steady that he cau split a potato with a sword on the bare throat of his assistant, as I do daily upon the throat of my assistant, Omene. It re quires years of patient practice before he can acquire the deftness of touch to fill empty boxes with ribbons, glasses and trinkets before the eyes of a critical audience to that the secret of his deception will erade discovery. Those who haTe never given the subject thoucht may fancy that the spinning of a square block of wood upon the rim of a twirling umbrella is a feat easily accom plished. Bui let me tell yon that it takes hours of daily practice for months and months together beiore it is done as easily as it appears to be. The simple spinning of a top; the causing of a bevy of butterflies to nutter graceiully in tbe air, hovering over a vase of flowers, now alighting for a moment to rest and now soaring high above the tan, and the rolling of an egc on the edge of a closed fan, are tricks that take more study, .store application and more patience than many a successful lawyer has ever given to the building up of his practice. PAETLT BORN, PABTLY MADE. In this article I propose telling you what hind of study you need to become a juggler. If you follow my directions yon may learn how the tricks are performed, but I cannot guarantee that you will ever be an expert artist. That depends upon your natural aptitude to that kind of work. A clumsy man, slow in his movements and sluggish in thought, can never be a stage performer. The snccessful juggler is quick as a flash, steady as a rock, aud he measures distances and positions as accurately with his eyes as a chemist weigbs out poison on his scales. Let me first tell you how I began my stage career. I am an Italian and my pro fession is that of a chemist. I have a drug store in Turin at tbe present time. I have always had a love for juggling. I used to practice the tricks or my owu amusement. When the Sbonoski Royal Japanese troupe of jugglers visited Italy I was interested in their exhibitions, and when I was offered the post of manager I accepted it Here I s- The Umbicla Trick. had an opportunity to acquire still more knowledge of the business, and after two years of managerial work I became a per former. "When I went to London, sir years ago, I met Omene, my assistant, to whom I am indebted for much of my success. Omene is a native of Stamboul, Turkey, and is the widow of an Bnglish officer killed in the siege of Alexasdria. A jugqieb's practice eoom. Now come with me into a juggler's prac tice room. Oh, yes, jugglers spend a part of the day in practice, no matter how ad vanced they may be. It will not do to let the muscles grow stiff or the nerves lose their strength. That slender cord suspended from the ceiling is the most nserul appliance the juggler has in practicing the umbrella feats. Tbis is how it is used. Do you see that shelf in the corner filled with rubber balls, square blocks of wood, plates and round bodied bottles? Did you notice that little ring in the center of the plates and blocks? No? That is an oversight, for without attaching the cord to that ring and suspending the object in the air, the difficulty of learning these tricks would be znultiulied a score of times. "Why? I will tell you. The cord is long, as you have seen. The plate hangs so low that if you are not careful you will strike your head against it in walking across the floor. After the plate is suspended the juggler opens his long, thick-handled Jap anese umbrella, and stooping beneath the plate so that it rests on the rim of the um brella, be begins twirling tbe handle, at first slowly and then more rapidly, but all the time evenly. As the umbrella flies around tbe plate begins to revolve on its rim. After it has acquired this motion the juggler gradually straightens his back until a little coil of slack cord circles around the protruding point of the umbrella. This is sot learned in one day or a week or even a month, and hundreds'of times in this prac tice the plate slips off or topples over. THE TJMBB2XLA TEICKS. But you do not begin learning this feat with a plate or a block of wood. You first use the rubber ball and then take up tbe other articles in turn. After a while you become expert I throw the ball into "the air and catch it on the revolving umbrella. I toss the bloek of wood high above the top of the curtain and as it comes down the um brella sends it spinnibg, end on end, until it looks like the fly-wheel of a locomotive and makes a whirring sound like a bee in flight. Now it spins in one spot and now it shoots J around tbe umbrella lice a racer ott lor tbe goal. I change the movement of the handle and it stops. Tnen a toss and up it flies. I catch it gently and as it topples over I make ay bow, The trick is done. Now tor the top tricks. Ther look sim ple enough. It almost seems fike wasting time to describe how they are done. That is the way they look from the front of the stage. II yon are of that opinion try one of them. Do not let me undeceive you when you can so easily undeceive yoursel . Take a large, heavy Japanese top, with a long rounded top and a thick rounded stem. Twist tbis stem beneath tbe palms of tout hands until tbe top begins to hum. Even Jlus requires practice, and days of practice, vy ff, 1 1 A f flurSLA. Wvm m m EB V' too. Bnt the trick is not begun. You are as yet but little further than you were when you fastened the ball into the hanging cord and began to turn your umbrella handle. the art op ephtniko a top. The top hums. You touch yourfingers to its sides and you withdraw them quickly, as if tou bad touched something that was very hot Now comes the knack of picking up the top and doing so without stooping it Gently now; one finger and a thumb are enough if you only have the skill. Li t it up quickly, before it burns, and drop the point into the palm of your hand. Now in cline yonr hand just a trifle, and as the top drifts toward tbe edge catch it on tbe other hand. Slowly? Yes, very slowly at first, but when you are sure of yourself, when you have given to the top impetus enough to make it sing, do it quickly. Toss it up and catch ana then toss it up again and again until its motion dies out on yonr hand and it totters and falls on its side like a drunken man. When you have learned to spin the top and catch it on yonr hand you are ready to learn to balance it on the edge of a closed fan or a billiard cue. This requires a nicety of touch. You most be an equilib rist as well as a top spinner. Hold the fan steadily. Put the top down gently. As it slides over to one side turn the fan as slightly as possible to the other side and it slowly comes back to the center. Do this for a month, an hour a day? Not a quarter of that time unless your mnscles arc made of iron and your nerves of steel. Fifteen minutes with the fan and top will make you shake as witbMbe palsy the first time you try it You have it at last Now incline your fan point downward and the top hums down toward the floor. Baise the point and it re turns to yonr band. The billiard cue will call into play all you have already learned and more too. The addition will be patience chiefly. To balance a top on the rounded side of a cue takis practice. To makeit travel to the chalked point and back again to the butt requires months and even years of work. But it can be done. A TRIP 8KTWAED. Let us take the cord now. This is sus pended from the ceiling. Wrap it around " The Jiutterfly teat. the revolving point one turn and start the top on a trip toward the clouds. How is this done? By spinning the top to its ut most speed and by holding the cord just taut enough. It is not nearly so hard to do as tbe cue trick, but it has work enongh about it to keep you employed for a month or two at least. Here is a neat trick. Boll an egg end over end up and down tbe edge of a closed fan. Tbis is comparatively simple. First cut a very shallow groove in the fan. Then boil your egg hard, or if you cannot do that shake it well, so thai the yolk and white are thoroughly mixed. Now place it in the groove, and by giving the Ian a little out ward pnsh you can make the egg roll over. Keep on with these little pushes until the egg reaches tbe end. Then reverse the movemcut, pnll instead of push anditcomes back to the starting point An expert egg roller can take a perfectly round rubber ball and roll it back and forward on the fan without using a groove, but it is impossible to do it with an egg. You have often witnessed the butterfly trick and you have probably olten wondered at the skill of the performer. If you have ever leit the theater to try the experiment of keeping half a dozen tissue paper butterflies balanced in tbe air by the movement of your fan your wonder has been doubled. Now I am going to tell you a secret There is a deception practiced in this trick. It is not so difficult as you think it is. THE BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY PEAT. When the performer comes out on the stage and cuts out of a piece of paper bis collection of butterflies be has concealed in his hand a long hair from a woman's head. It is so thin that it is invisible from a dis tance. He folds the ends of this in his first butterfly. The second is fastened a few inches lower down and so on until all are tied together in a row. The other end of the hair is then attached to the juggler's chin or torehead by a bit of flesb-colored wax. When he bezins to wave his fan and send tbe breeze wherever he may choose tbe but terflies cannot soar beyond the length of their tether. That seems simple enough, does it not? But if you want to see how hard it isjnst Culltag a Potato in Halve. try. It is true that the butterflies cannot fly away from you, but that fact does not lessen the difficulty you will have in making things fly at all. It requires weeks of practice to be able to start them in a natural way, and to keep them suspended in the air forany length of time takes many weeks longer. Now comes the difnoult part of the trick to make them alight on a vase of flowers and hover over a bouquet at your will takes months of time. When it is once learned, however, it makes one of the prettiest feats in the juggler's repertory. SHOWER OP SHOW UT.AKES. When the trick is ended I usually give to it a dramatic finish. I crush tbe butterflies in mv hand and bv sleieht of hand I substi tute for them a quantitr of little bits of white paper. Then opening my nana x ian vigorously, and to the surprise of the audience the crumpled butterflies are trans formed into a shower of snow flakes that descend to tbe slice, covering me com pletely in their fall. The most difficult feat that I accomplish, and indeed the most daring trick I have ever seen, is by far harder to learn than any that I have described. Before yon attempt it I caution you to be more certain of your nerves, more sure of your skill than yon have ever been before. The slightest mis take, tbe fraction too much of an onnce of power, and you are a murderer. These are your properties: A sword with an edge keen as that of a razor, a potato fresh irom market, an assistant who does not know what nervousness means and has the most absolute confidence in yonr skill, and a command over yonr own nerve that is perfect First yon show your audience that the potato is real by throwing it down. THE on the floor or by letting them examine it Next von satisfy them that tbe sword is sharp ij cutting a plaving card into pieces before their eyes, as though it were a slice of cheese. EAST TO COMMIT MURDER. Your assistant then kneels down before you, with her neck bared. You place the potato upon the warm flesh, shield your eyes from the light balance your sword in vour hand, measure the distance of the stroke and its strength. Then z ip, a flash, your assistant tosses her bead and the potato falls on the floor divided in the mid dle, cut through to the very edge of its thin skin. SU11 more difficult is the front cut Your assistant lies outstretched on her back, her The Fair Omene. head hanging over the edge of a stool. The potato is placed on the throat and the thrust is made. You must not look into ber open eyes. You must not look at your sword. Watch the potato and strike quickly aud surely. I frequently tried this trick in England, but Omene never allowed me to make the throat cut until we came to New York. Does it mate her nervous? If it did I would surely kill her, for the slightest shiver on her pan, the least movement of her head, would cause a fatal accident She was nervous before I began the trick, bnt when it was once begun her nerves were as steady as my own. The way to practice this feat is to begin with a rubber ball restine on a table. Alter you have learned to strike it directly in the center every stroke try potatoes. When you can cut through them, stopping the blade the instant the skin is penetrated, and when you can do this, not 99 times out of 100, but every time yon try it, you are ready for yonr living block. Yank Hoe. HO DBOTKS TO BE SOU). Retail Grocers' Association Will Sfako Its Picnic n Famllr Affair. The Pittsburg Betail Grocers' Association are determined that their annual picnie on August 6, at JIcKee's Bocks, will be a family affair, and that there will be no ob jectionable features in or about the grounds. At a meeting held the other day a resolution was passed that tbey will em ploy county detectives and that all persons tound selling intoxicating drinks in or about tbe grounds will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. The handsome excursion Btesmer Mayflower has been chartered and will make hourly trips to the grove. Among the features that will be Intro duced for the amusement of the orowd will be tbe display of $300 worth of Japanese fireworks to be conducted by Theodore Heil. There will also be a pie-rating match, a bicycle race, an onion-eating match, sack race, potato race and other sports. A pleas ant time is promised those who attend. PANIC IN A BESTAUBAST. The BaHding Sinks, tbe Windows Break and tbe Customers Fine. Almost a panic was caused on .Smithfield street at 2:30 yesterday afternoon, by the sinking of one corner of the Yienna Coffee House, No. 36 Smithfield street The sink ing was caused by the excavation for the new Kappel building on the adjoining lot Tbe corner of the foundation sank nearly an inch causing the front wall to settle and a large plate glass window to crack with a report like a gun. People were frightened on the street and hastily ran to the opposite side. The Building Inspector ordered tbe pavement in front of the exoavation to be closed up for fear of a cave-in. The damage done will not amount to much. m.T.Tm in A C0LUEBY. Two SUnera Crashed br a Cose Tbronsh an Enalnear'a Carelessness. Shbvaxdoah, August a John O. Boyle and Charles Mulhern were instantly killed this morning in tbe shatt of Packer colliery No. 5, at Bappahannock, operated by the'Lehigh Valley Coal Company. 'The engineer lowered instead ot hoisting the cage and the two miners were crushed in the bottom. An Elevator Bnrned. La Crosse, August 2. The A. A. Free man Company's large stone elevator and mill was destroyed by fire at noon to-day. The loss is estimated at $300,000; insurance, $180,000. Mr. Freeman is a resident of New York. Fortunate Inventors. Higdon & Higdon, patent lawyers, 127 Fourth ave., Pittsburg, and LeDroit build ing, Washington, D. C, report these pat ents just granted. Wesley Conlter, sash fastener; J. A. Kurtz, manufacture of glass; J. J. Turoeii shoe; A. Wurts and O. H. Baldwin, liehtning arrester; G. M. Irwin, design of Pittsburg and Allegheny; Henry Byrom, Bradford, garbage receiver; C. D. Huff, Dallas, thill coupling; W. J. Lohr, Johnstown, whifihtree attachment; T. S. Minnies, Meadville, combined headrest and cane. .; It may be a summer story in regard to those 31 tableware lactones being sold to an Bnglish syndicate, but nevertheless it is a fact in regard to those etchings, engravings, etc., that were sold last week at the art store of J. J. Fuohs, 1710 Csrson st Can Find Nolhlna Better No substitute for pure beer for a health ful summer drink has yet been fonud. Z. Wainwright & Co.'s beer has attained the highest popularity here. Families can be supplied direct by sending a postal card, or order by telephone 6525. Procres Gas Heaters For warming honses and progress gas stoves for laundries are the most economical gas savers in the market Gall for particulars on James C. Thompson, 640 Liberty ave nue. an Bargains. Summer suitings and trouserings" at Pit cairn's, 434 Wood street. Towels, 200 dozen pure linen buck towels, our regular 15c quality atlOo apiece, xxssn Huous & Hacks. BAbqaxhb, bargains offering in all de partments now daring snmmer clearing sale. TTSSu sHtjgtjs & Hacks. Gold is going ont while silver is coming in for etchings, engravings, mirrors, etc., at the art establishment of J. J. Fuchs, 1710 Carson st T bo Still Better, Bo to Niagara. Trolls Ano-n.fT 0.!n r only $4 75, good five days, via P.'&L-Jb! A. A. BUI OVU4 uu. PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, TONIC OF HARDSHIP. A Popular Theory of Success That la Wrong, and Even Cruel. LIFE'S WORE IS HARD ENOUGH. Men Who Go High Despite adversity Would Go Higher Without It SIMPLE LITTLB DEEDS THAT GOtJHT rwniTTur tob tbi dispatch, l This is the nineteenth century. The human race, according to its own way of thinking, has gathered in most of the wis dom and knowledge that are to be had. Bo much tbe better; for we may hope it will soon have time to sort over and make final selection of the things it has in possession. When it sets about that let it deal first of all with its superstitions. It has accumulated a formidable lot of them; and it holds on to them with willlul tenacity. It refuses to give them up, even for the enlightened be liefs it tslks so glibly about It is like a rambling child who, in ooming through tbe lanes and pastures, has filled its little hands with all the worthless weeds they can hold. Entering the garden at last, where things grow worth the plucking, it will not throw away all its weeds even to make room for the roses and lilies. A good many it has cast aside, but a good many it still olings to. Starvation as a Tonic. One of the lesser superstitions which is still oherished, and which does as mncb mischief in its way as many of the greater ones, is the belief in starvation as a tonic. True, the medicine Is always commended to somebody else. The one who recommends itis not anxious to receive its benefits; but he is sure the other patient would not do half so well under any other treatment Tbe case of a man known to some of us who knew Pittsburg a good many years ago, will illustrate tbe point. He was born in an alley and had sordid poverty for his only inheritance. Privation aud hardship formed the.experlence of his childhood. Privation and hardship, with more work than he had strength for added to them, formed the ex perience of his boyhood and youth. Neces sity was the atmosphere he breathed. But in tbis youth there was not only the spark of life, but another spark which all the muddy waters of adversity could not quench. He had the unconquerable im pulse to rise. He had not only the will bnt the strength to fight circumstances and con quer tbem. He made the struggle for life, and along with that he made tbe struggle for what life has to give. In both strug gles he won. He had a hunger for knowl edge as strong as the hunger for bread and meat By dint of tremendous work he con trived to satisfy both hungers. He had am bition as strong as the instinct to keep alive. If he could do this last it seemed all that a boy so circumstanced could do. He Won tbe Victory. But that was not enough for him. If he lived his ambition must live also. And it did. It lived and was nourished somehow. And finally it wrought out its own success. In spite of all tbe terrible load he had to carry, the boy climbed tbe ladder np which his ambition led bim. Before middle age he was well toward tbe top of it and when he died he had reached a fairly command ing height In other words, this poor boy not only managed to live, but he fought his way into oue of tbe learned professions and won conspicuous success for himself there. And here the superstition I havo spoken of comes into play. Other men boasted of this man's success. Here was a fine ex ample of what starvation can do when given in large doses as a tonic This man started in the gutter and reached the upper air. He did it all himself. Nobody helped him when he needed help. Nobody encouraged him when he needed enconragement Af terward, yes. But not then, when a little kelp or a little encouragement wonld have been like tidings of salvation to him. He took his tonic to the very dregs; and this is what it did for himl He wouldn't have done half so well if he hadn't had to go hungry in the beginningl A Triumph Doubly Triumphant. He would have done much better. This boasted tonic was a poison, and not a medi cine. This man happened to have vitality enough to conquer its effects, and to live and grow in spite ot them. The poison did not help, it hindered him. The vitality that might have gone to the ripening and per fecting of a healthy life was largely used np in combating noxious influences. The strength that might have served to carry the man to far greater heights had to be ex pended in the struggle to get a start When tbe start was fairly made the man was al ready without the best of his vigor. To a great extent be was worked out before he had reached the point where his work would tell most effectively. He succeeded. Yes. But I happen to know of his regretful conviction that his measure of success would bare been many times greater if he had not been handi capped by so crushing a weight He, at least, wax'not convinced that hunger is tbe best diet for bard-workers: and he ought to have known, it anybody. And suppose he had a little less strength; a little less courage; a little less ambition. Suppose his constitution had failed to quite conquer the poison. Suppose he bad been compelled to give up the fight before victory had come his way. Then he would have been that most pathetic and tragical of human beings a man who has striven to the utmost limit of his strength and endur ance, and failed at last. He would still have deserved well of fate, as all men do who strive with honest enerev. but he would .have got only the cold shoulder from her. Men Who Fight and Fall. There are myriads of such men; men who have done their best in the conflict with ad versity only to sink down at last in hopeless defeat and surrender. If the fight had been a little less hard tbey would have won. If the load strapped upon their shoulders had been a little 'less heavy they could have kept their feet under it and staggered on to the resting place of success. Snrely such men deserve something better than to be overwhelmed in the dust Their efforts nave earned for tbem some wholesome re turn. They have straggled hard enough, if the conditions were a little more kind, to wia the recompense of moderately fulfilled hopes. Yet the conditions are -as they are; so the poor fellows have to go the wait If they could have saved some of their strength at the stait they might have had enough left to carry them to the finish. These man who fail because the prelimi nary struggle exhansts them may not be geniuses. Probably they are not extraordi nary men in any way. But they are men worth keeping on their feet and out of the mire of utter failure, if that could be done. They have fought just as hard and as vali antly as the men of genius who succeeded, and it is hard that they have to go to the prison stockade alter nil. Tbe Basis of Evolution. The answer to all this is, of course, the nrvival of the fittest The man who de serves to win, wins. The man who fails de serves to fail, or else he wonld haye won. That is all right The world has no usefor be man who isn't strong enongh and tough enongh to take all the blows that can be laid upon him, and to come up smiling in spite of them. The world can spare the weak lings. It wants only men of fire tempered fiber. Even gentle hearted men men who would interest themselves In behalf of a hunted do? or anover-driven horse tilt in hat war. Dees it not occur to them tht j hey may be proclaiming still another super SUNDAY, ATJQ-TJST 3, stitlon; and that it maybe the most brutally cruel of all the superstitions known to this generation of men? Because certain ones, by supreme force ot charaeter, have made final conquest of ad verse circumstances, shall we be wholly ruthless toward the weaker ones who have not supreme force? Their lives are full of sufiering effort, and they are without the alleviation of success at last Shall we therefore throw a gibe at them as they sink out of sight, and tell-them the world had no use for such as tbey, anyhow? ntcfata of tfao Majority. And what right has the world to deoide the matter? Is tbe world to have the un questioned privilege of drowning all tbe kittens it does not ohoose to keep? Not so. Those who aremarked for the drowning have the right to their own lives. If they may not become prize-winners at the world's bench show, tbey have still the right to be humble and com fortable mousers on their own account. And in this time of enlightened advance ment there ought to be some way in which their honest and earnest endeavor would make them such. AtJeast, all of us may well forbear to taunt them with their fail ure. And there is this to be said, even of the great ones who do wrest success from cruel adversity: A man has a right to be happy as well as great So it might be as well lor those of us who are more fortu nately placed to try what may be done to make the conditions a little easier for the great ones as well as tbe small ones. Even "the world" wonld find its account in that. It would be better served in the long run. The great would become still greater, and the small and weak would have better strength for the doing of their humble work. The foot of the ladder is a very good place to start on the upward climb, if one happens to be there at the beginning. But even he who is able to step upon the middle rung to begin with finds the distance long and weary and dizzy to the top. The lower ones need the stimulus of necessity. There will be plenty or that left for them, never fear. There is far less danger of their being over-helped than nnder-helped. Necessity will no doubt continue to price them sharply enough for all stimulating purposes. The great dancer is that necessity will prick them through the heart and they will tumble from the ladder once for all. A Ministering; Angel. Here is a woman who has solved the problem in her own way. She, also, believes in the survival of the fittest But she be lieves that the fittest to survive are those who try by all honest and earnest endeavor to keep life in themselves. They need not be those possessed of the most brute force. Those who cannot deal orushing, sledge hammer blows for themselves, she believes in helping to strike such blows as will suf fice. She has money and leisure, and sor row made her tender hearted for all in trouble. She wanted an interest in life, and she found that interest in helping to make lite easier to those around her who found it hard. She did not undertake any great work. No body has ever seen her name in print Even in her own little neighborhood she is not known as a professed apostle of benevo lence. But in her own little neighborhood she has found plenty of scope for her kindly work, as any other may fiua who goes about the search with human sympathy and Chris tian purpose, earnest to do some good even at tbe cost ot some sacrifice. In this case the sacrifice required is not a very great one. The time devoted to much of the work could be spared by a busy man, if he felt disposed to use it so. The princi pal outlay is an abundance of kindly and appreciative sympathy which makes the possessor quick to think of others, and keen to see and help their needs. Some money this woman gives away, out and out, but she does more good with the money she does not give away, using it for the benefit of those to whom she could not well give gifts. Little Deeds of Iiove. A widow in her neighborhood had an active and capable boy. She had no money and no influence; and the boy, who was at the foot of the ladder seemed likely to stay there. The other widow took the boy with her on a trip to the city, and when she came back she left him there. She had found a place for him in a business house. Anyone of a dozen men in the town who knew the boy could bave done the same thing, but none of them did. A young girl of her acquaintance needed some means of self support She wanted to learn stenography and type-writing, but could not afford one of the necessary dollars required for that purpose. This woman I speak of could not ofler her a gift of the money, but she offered a generous loan without interest The offer was accepted. The needed instruction was paid for and then a situation at fair wages was found for the girl. The situation is still held, and a weekly payment is made out of the salary toward liquidating the debt Such things as these this woman is con stantly doing. They are things that vast numbers of people could do every day who never think of doing them at all. They are things that can be done without giving of lense or entailing humiliation. And there is no danger that they will foster tbe "pau per spirit" we read so much about Help toward self-help never does that But whether we all follow this woman's exam ple or not iet us Quickly hear the last of tbe doctrine that it does a man good to break his back with a heavy load and then knock him down and trample on him because it doesn't James C. Ptjbdt. An Eclipse ( Atlantlo City. .HswYork Herald. ' ft VL HambnrtT Flas for tbo Liver. Habitual constipation and torpidity of the liver are functional derangements which shonld not bo so long neglected as to generate actual disease. Hamburg Fics should be taKen, and tbe deranged organs restored to health. 23 cents. Dose, one hg. At all druggists. ttssu Mack Drub Co., N. Y. Sejtatoes surprised at the low fignres . . ffl Ana. 41ma wIm.-.. y y inai Win pureuura u am uunai at o, v. Fuchs. 1710 Canon vj- g - jftg f . TA NT " t 1890. EYERY DAY SCIENCE. Plans for Securing Ideas in Utilizing the Power of Niagara, A OAT MAT C0KVBT DIPHTHERIA. The Advantages of the Electric Motor Over the Steam Engine. A BTBAH LAUSCH PfiOPELLED BI GAS rrxzrABSD tor the dispjltce.1 A part of the plan of utilizing the Niagara Kails is to transmit a portion of the power to the city of Buffalo, 18 miles distant The project Involves problems of great complex ity. The bydraulie motors will be of a size not hitherto constructed, and the governing conditions are different Irom those common ly met with where water power is utilized on streams of variable' and limited flow. In the distribution of power, too, further prob lems arise. Power can be transmitted io great distances by Hirn's system of wire ropes as at Schaffhausen, and by water or air under pressure, as in the compressed air systems. of Paris and Birmingham. In Switzerland and in this country great prog ress has been made in distributing power to distant points eleotrically. The choice amongst sneh methods of those which are the most economical and most likely to suit the wants of mill owners requires very careful consideration. Henoe tbe company controll ing the proposed operations has resolved to invite from certain selected engineers and en gineering firms plans for tbe utilization at Niagara of 120,000 hone power, and to sub mit the plans for an authoritative opinion to the judgment of a scientific international commission. The commission consists of some ol the most eminent scientists andengi-, neers in America, England, France and Ger many, Compnctness of the Electric Motor. The electric motor is probably tbe sim plest and most compact piece of machinery ever made for producing power. As much as 25 horse powerof apparatus can be set up In a space less than five feet square, and where minimum of spacers a 'desideratum this is an important point There is only one- moving part in the machine, i. e., the armature, and only one set of bearings. The wear is entirely confined to the one set of babbitt shells, the commutator aud the brushes, all of which form but a small part of the total cost of the machine, and all of which can be renewed when worn out at a comparatively small cost When this min imum of moving parts is compared with the number of levers, valves, rods, etc., re quired by a steam engine, and the necessary accompanying wear and tear, the reason lor the low repair account of the electric motor is manifest Tbe at tendance required by an electric motor is very much less than that required by a steam engine, being in general confined to a few minutes' attention each day, while the steam engine requires the constant atten tion of a skilled engineer. The Engineer ing and Mining Journal gives the follow ing comparison of a few points of a steam engine and an electric motor, ach of 10 horse power capacity, as showing the greater simplicity and economy of the electrio ma chine: Number of moving parts, 1 in the motor to 9 in the steam engine; number of wearing parts, S to 20; floor space in square inches, &y to 36; room occupied in cnbio feet, 16 to 216; percentage of mechanical friction, 1 to 30; actual horse power percent age of indicated horse power, 100 to 80; quarts of oil used per week, i to 12. Diphtheria Conveyed br Cats. Investigations into the conveyance of diphtheria by domestio animals have re vealed some curious facts. In one instance it was found that the case at issue had not been exposed to the disease, although there were no esses within a mile of the house. The medical attendant incidentally learned that there was a sick cat in the house that had been fondled by the little girl patient some days before. The cat died shortly after its playmate became sick, and a second cat also became sick and was killed. This led to further inquiry, and it was proved that one neighboring farmer had lost 17 cats and another 15 from some throat trouble. One ot the farmers stated that he had examined the throats of some of the cats and found them covered with a white mem brane. Cats are disposed to run from house to house, and one diseased cat may be tbe means of carrying diphtheria to many chil dren whom parents are taking every means to protect from danger. Another practitioner reports four most malignant cases occurring in one family. A kitten came to the house a few days before the dis ease manifested itself, and was fondled by the children. Through accident the mother discovered that tbe mouth and throat of the kitten were infested with false membranes, and therelore caused it to be killed; but too late to save herself and three little girls from infection. Doable Snsbes In Railway Can. In consequence of the decided addition to the comfort of travelers of double sashes in passenger cars, by reason of the prevention of the admission of cold air in winter and dust in summer, several railway companies have decided to use double windows alto gether in future, and this conclusion has probably been hastened by the fact that many of their best day coaches and chair cars rival special cars in the richness of their plushes and -interior decorations, and they cannot afford to have such fittings rap'idly destroyed by the dust The com parative ease with which a car fitted with double windows can be heated in winter is also a consideration. They not only pre vent cold air leaking in where it u not wanted, but they also interpose a layer ot comparatively still-air between the warm air in the car and the cold atmosphere out side, thereby preventing the loss of consid erable heat oy conduction and convection. To Sopplant the Steam Esaine. A steam launch containing a quadruple expansion gas or vapor has just been ex perimented upon. The gas is supposed to be generated by evaporating oil in a closed retort in much the same way as steam is raised in a boiler. Several Oils, however, are mixed together, and the exact composi tion of the combination is kept secret The gas, after passing from the generator, is used in the cylinders, and after doing tbe work there is returned to the boiler and con sumed as fuel, being condensed, however, on its way to the firebox. Tbe launch is said to be about 16 feet long, and it is claimed that the engine will develop about 12 horse power, which would be sufficient to propel the boat at arate of six to ten 'miles an hour. Dry Lubricants. The use of dry lubricants for hearings in places where oils and grease are objection able or where contact with fire may occur, is becoming better understood, and graphite in one form or another is now in general use. It has been employed on various kinds of machinery with uniiorra sucoess. Mica also, in a dry pulverized state, has given satisfactory results in many cases. Self lubricating bearings, consisting of metal shells filled with compounds of graphite' or mioa, bave also operated with complete satisfaction. Rapid Concentration of Solutions. An apparatus which deserves some atten tion from those engaged in chemical pursuits has been patented iu England. Itis called tbe "inspissator," and byitsolutions readily injured by heat can be rapidly concentrated without the necessity of boiling in vacuo, ror instance, water can be promptly evapor ated bv direct fire at a temperature o 1 120 P. jJThe apparatus Jus Pi small liie, capable of, being worked by hand, and heated by small ss jets, being, In fact, the size suitable for .boratories. " Improvement In Goo Retorts. Speoial attention has been lately devoted to inventions relating to the manufacture of gas, and one which is now being brought forward is the use of vertical fireclay re torts, tapered internally toward the top. Hall wayup each of tbe three sets of three retorts is arranged a firebrick arch, which is divided into sections by tbe vertical retorts. The reason of the adoption of this arch is to concentrate tbe heat from tbe furnace as far as can be in tbe lower portion of the arch. The heat passes under the firebrick arch into the upper part and then into the flue. Under each row of these retorts is placed a drawplate, having circular holes cut in it which correspond with the retort bottoms. The solid part of the plate is normally under the bottom of the retort Circular pans containing water are placed under each drawplate hole to insure that the retorts sball be air-tight In discharging the re torts the drawplates are pulled along, so as to bring the holes in them directly under the bottom of tbe retort It is claimed that this allows of the coke falling ont without any "tickling." The coal is supplied to tbe retorts irom hoppers placed above. Avoidance of Dancer From Fire. A new departure has been taken in the plans for the new building for tbe Congres sional Library in that the whole of that im mense structure will contain no fire. The building will of course be heated, but the beat will be located outside the building. Vaults will be constructed In the grounds, where tbe fires and boilers will be placed, and tbe hot air will be carried into thi library building by means of pipes. By this means complete protection against fire is secured. ESTABLISHED 1831. MELLOR "1 HOENE, 77 FIFTH AVE. HARDMAN, KRAKAUER, VOSE and KIMBALL D And, tlio Best Organs The Most Durable Pianos Made. Unsurpassed in Power and Sweetness of Tone, and Handsomest in Appearance, And sold at the lowest prices and easiest terms, CATALOGUES MAILED FREE. Jyiasu FOURTH ANNUAL d; i or THB Allegheny County Butchers' Association -XT- HOMEWOOD DRIVING PARK, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 1890. Great Chariot Races, Nellie Bird's 7 Famous Chariots, Race in 21:40 Class. Other Pleasing and Entertaining Features. Immense Dancing Platform. Music by the Great Western Band. Commences at 9 o'clock in the morning and continues all day. Trains on the P. B. B. erery half hour, and special train at 1 o'clock in tbe afternoon. Admission for Gentlemen................. .SI 00 Admission for Ladles 60 Admission for Children OTer 12 years GO an3-29 HARRIS'JTHEATER. Week Commencing Monday, Aug. 4, Erory Afternoon and Evening. INIG0 TYRELL COMPANY IN ANOTHEB TRIUMPH, BEBTHA, THE Sewing Machine Girl. The Closing Event of the Seasons Beenlar season onens week August 18. JAMEa H. WALLIOK. auS-13 GDENTHEK'S OBCHESTitA Famishes Music tor Concerts, Weddings, Receptions, 5c. Lessons on Flute and Piano Riven by PROF. GUENTHEB, 69 Fifth art, and Bla sail block, room 532. apX-su iaiciie TAN SHOES ALL THE RAGE! LAIRD' BARGAIN SALE CONTINUED THIS WEEK ! MEN'S FINEST TAN BALS AND CONGRESS, Reduced from $5 to $3 90. MEN'S CHOICE TAN BALS. AND CONGRESS, Reduced from $4 to $2 90. MEN'S MEDIUM BALS. AND CONGRESS, Reduced from $3 to $2 48- LADIES' FINEST TAN OXFORDS, Formerly $2 50 and $3, reduced to $1 98. LADIES' CHOICE TAN SHOES, Formerly $2, reduced to $1 50. LADIES MEDIUM TAN SHOES, Formerly $1 50, reduced to $1. Tan Shoes are alHhe rage for outing and athletic use. They wear well, look well, need no polishing and do not scuff. As school shoes for girls and boys they are incomparable. Even the little children delight to wear them, with tassels and buttons to match. TAKE INTEREST IN THIS CARD And lose no time in coming td our stores, for the bargains continue dor ing this week. W- ZMI- Ij A I Tt 3D , ZRe-fcadl SILxoe S"too?es3 406. 408, 410 MARKET ST. AND NO. 433 WOOD ST. auS-jqnrs& KBW ADTERTISEMETrfc. BIJOU Under the Direction of R. M. GULICK & CO. "Again we shake hands with our patrons." OPENING OF THE REGULAR SEASON. THREE NIGHTS AND SATURDAY MATINEE.. BEGINNING THURSDAY, AUGUST 14. W. S. CLEVELAND'S MAGNIFICENT MINSTRELS, Headed by the King of Minstrels, SWEATNAM ! The Kan "Who Makes You Laugh, BILLY RICE I . AND THE WONDERFUL JAPS ! BIJOU PRICES, RESERVED SEATS, 75c, 50c. 25c. 5FDnrine tha comlnir season the follow ing SPLENDID ATTRACTIONS will bd seen at this theater: Mr. and Mrs. Kendal. Emma Abbott. Bobert Mantel, in "Corsican Brothers." "Shenandoah." "The Hustler." Francis "Wilson Opera Company, Lotta. "After Dark." "Siberia." "Blue Jeans." "An Irish Arab." De "Wolf Hopper Opera Company. J. K. Emmet. Annie Fixley. Cleveland's Minstrels. "The City Directory." "W. J. Scanlan. Margaret Mather. The Sea King Opera Company. "The Bottom of the Sea." "Kajanka." Frank Daniels, in the new "Little 0. "The Still Alarm." Oilier Byron, in "The Plunger." "The Flying Scud." Kiralfys "Around the "World in 80 Days." James T. Powers in, "A Straight Tip." "Money Mad." ""White Slaye." "Mr. Barnes of New York." "McCarthy's Mishaps." "My Aunt Bridget." The Twelve Temptations." Maggie Mitchell. Gus "Williams and John T. Kelly, In "You and I." NOTE The box office will be open at 9 A. sr. NEXT SATURDAY (August 9), and continue open thereafter as usual. au3-15 TLA-VERS' LEAGUE-BASE BALL- r . ... .. exposition irarit, PITTSBURG VS. BROOKLYN, July 3L Aur. 1. 2. 4. GAME AT -ADMISSION 25c jj31- ... A.kjk,i llfc i Lijtt J 4 t il-.Jtr il, . . J&$wfokJ'I.Tj.
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