T?' ' K- 56" 5?HBT PITTSBURG DISPATCH. 'BTJ2TOAY, -ATTGTJST-- 31, v 1890., A r,s. e & HS, -. RJ ' EVERY DAT SCIENCE. An Attachment for Tombstones Which Displays Photographs. ACCURACY OP WE1GHIKG SCALES. Expert Discussion as to the Usefulness of Lijhtninj: Rods. , EITEAC1IKG IRON FiU)M SEA BAUD irsTASD TOE TB SIIPXTCH.1 A singular device has been brought oat in England, to wit, an attachment lor appli cation to gravestones, vaults, etc, for dis playing photographs, and for holding visit ing, monrnieg, or memorial card, fluwert and similar articles. Photographs of the de ceased, or suitable mottoes, are attached to a disc, revolving by means of a button project ing irom the face of theapparatusattheback of the device, which is fixed on to the head stone or vault. A small lock-up box -with a glared front is also attached to the face of the disc, tbe aaid box being provided with a longitudinal slit for the reception ot visit ing, memorial, or mourning cards, and with a shade or canopy or hinged sloping roof over tbe slit to prevent the rain, snow, etc., from euterinir the box through the slit. Double vases are secured to brackets on the . face ol the device, the inner vase beinc water-tight lor the purpose of holding cut flowers, the outer vase being perforated to enable trailing plants to grow over the sides, ana thus to mitigate the plainness of the tombstone. A hook is fixed just above the top of tbe ring for the .urjo of hanging a wreath upon. There are people in the world whose tastes run to this kind of thing, end to such this new device will be acceptable. Weighing- cale A somewhat remarkable pair of scales for weighing large parcels of silver bullion have just been completed in England, to tbe order of tbe Indian Government, lor use in tbe Bombay mint Tbe beam of the in strument is a plain forging' in wrouebt iron 11 inches deep in tbe center and 3f inches st the spriugiug of the end boxes which carry the knife edees for supporting the pans, the thickness being alto tapered from 1 inches in the center to scinch at tbe end ot the arms. The total length of the beam between the points of suspension oi tbe pans is six feet. The pans are square plat forms covered with copper, their weigbt being about one hundred pounds each, end that of tbe beam four hundred pounds. "When tested empty the addition of one-sixteenth of an avoirdupois ounce was sufficient to defied the index through the whole range of the powenul scale, and when loaded with five hundred and fifty pounds on each scale, under which condition the load on the central kui e edge is about fourteen hundred pounds, a deflection of tour divis ion is produced by one gramme, which cor responds approximately to 1-280,000 of tbe load to be determined, a decree 01 suscepti bility that is vrry remarkable in a machine of such size and power. Llchmlnc Cads. The question of the decree to which light ning rods can be relied on to afford protec tion has just been discussed belore the Lon don Institution. The ultimatum arrived at seems to be that in all cases of steady strain in which a charged cloud descending from the upper regions of the air, or approaching from a distance, might inflict serious injury upon an unprotected building, a well-designed and properly earth-connected light ning rod is an absolute safeguard. In a case ot "impulsive rush" tbe rod may o ten be of use in bearing the brunt ol the dis charge, though sometimes the lightning will take no notice whatever of it, striking the building and altogether neglecting the rod, and it is even possible that a high rod might attract a destructive discharge which otherwise would not have orcurred Bt all. Although, therefore, a lightning rod is in many cases, probably in a verv large majority, oi the greatest service, it cannot be depended npon as affording per fect immunity from risk, and the assump tion which has universally been made bv "the older eledricinns" that damage by lightning is in itself conclusive evidence of some imperfection in tbe conductor is an Unfounded one. StnttttlcK on Railways. Some valuable statistics or the railways of the United States have been given by the statistician of the Inter-State Commis sion in his report for the year ending June 30, 1S9D. TJuder the caption of "Men Em ployed on Bailways," are some very Inter esting figures, showing that the railroads in mis country give direct employment to 704,743 workers, averaging 459 to each 100 miles oi road. Another table is presented, showing in contrast that the number of employes on English railways amounts to 1,748 per 100 miles of road, or about four to one, as compared with this country. In this connection the statistician makes sig nificant re'erence to the number of railway Occidents from all causes for the year, the dumber of persons killed and injured being respectively 5,823 and 26.S09. Th tables presented emphasize with 'tremendous force thenecessity lor immediate and stringent legislation in tbe way of safety appliances. Iran From Sea Snnd. Among the numerous magnetic beparators which have lately been put before pnblie one of the most remarkable is that for the extraction of iron from sea sand. It is stated 'that ordinary sea sand contains from 6 to 7 - rer cent of iron, enough, in fact, to give a large excess over cost ot extraction. The machine is very simple, consisting or a cyl inder, whose surface is composed ol electto Jiiagnets, revolving on the inside o au end less canvas belt Tbe sand is fed to the lelt, and a sprav of water separate the parti cles, the iron being retained by the power mi electro-magnets, and carried off on the belt to a receptacle at the other end, while - the sand falls into tbe trough below. It is claimed that the iron can thus be extracted for about one-eighth of its value. Iinprovrd "Ironing Machine. Many of the leading firms of collar and cuff manufacturers in England are using an improved machine for the ironing and pol ishing of all sbapes of linen cuffs, collars, and fronts, as well as fronts with collars at tached. The top roller is of highly polished steel, and is heated internally with gas and sir. In the tront end of tbe heated roller is inserted a perforated plate which admits air end allows the surplus heat to escape. The bottom dram has its surface padde 1, and is brought by a lever into contact with tbe heated roller, a hand wheel underneath be ing used for varying the pressure on the crude under operation. Barothermotclcrartar. The invention of an instrument to which the namebarothermotelemeter has been given is announced. Its purpose is to enable ob servers to take readings as often as desired, and by a single wire, from barometers and thermometers placed at great heights or dis tances, without tbe necessity of the observer being resident where the instruments ire placed, therebr saving much expense, and enabling observations to be taken at points where residence might be impossible. Excavator Ornba. A asefnl addition to a dredging plant is in use in California. Excavator "crabs" are slung on "booms" or spars, more than ',100 feet long and operated entirely by steam t power, making trips in Irom one and half jto two minutes' time, and raising at each ,-operation more than two tons of crave!, HEW ADTERTInBHENTts, First Annual Tarentum 1 . ; WILL BE HELD AT TARENTUM, PA,' September 2 and 5. FRESH ATTRACTIONS! THE EXHIBITION WILL POSSESS A HIGH ORDER OF MERIT BEST OF RACING! NEW FEATURES WILL PBEDOMINATE. LOW FARES ON ALL RAILROADS EVERYBODY INVITED TO ATTEND. H. M. BRACKENRIDGE, President. i JMF"For Premium List or Other Information, address W. H. McCULLOUGH, Secretary. auSMS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. T.tCH F THEATRE UNDER THE DIRECTION OB R. M. GULICE te CO. L1u hsE&eoNWit "ftiW KQTi'M BUT wSl O.ViLi GEORGE CONNOR. MAlfAOBS ED. EEENAN Buarmcss Manaqeb WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. Curio Hall. COWBOY SAMPSON. (Lewis Hanson) Will give the greatest display of muscular endurance ever seen. Ths Animated Rubber Woman, MISS ETTA LAKE. Only Elastic Skin Woman in tbe World. THE LAUT HERCULES. Miss Millie Uaxle. Allows huge roclts to bs broken to small pieces with sledge hammers, using ber breast as an anvil. The Performer of the Great Trunk Mystery. MISS LILLIAN DE LAND. This lady is 6 feet 5 inches In height, and weighs 160 pounds. An ordinary trunk, Uz2S Inches, is placed on two cbairs, and after removing over 100 miscellaneous articles, such as tin cans, Cups, bottles, etix, the lady herself emerges from the tra.uk In fall view of the audience. THBATBE: DIXON & LANG'S VADDEVILLB COMPART. ' The Character Vocalists, DIXON AND LANG. The Well-Knovn Black Face Comedian. JAMES W. THOMPSON. The Comedv Daq, MCDOWELL AND STEVENS, Two Practical Jokers." The Peerless Transformation Dancer, M1S3 KITTY J3MITH, Changing Costumes in One Hecond. The Great Novelty Sketch Team, CONNURS AND GARWOOD, In their Great Wench Specialty "Commotion," Tba Home Favorites, MITCHELL AND LOVE, The Well-Known Song Writers. Tbe Comedy Sketch Artists, Dick THE MOAVOYS Alice Admission. 10c. Children, 5c. Reserved seats, 6c extra. Opera chairs, lOo extra. Afternoon opera cbairs, 6o extra. Two matlness every afternoon; doors open atlp. K. Two perform ances every evening; doors open at 7 T. K. On Monday, September 1, Labor pay, doors open at 12 o'clnrk noon. NEXT WEEK Roach t Castleton's Magnets. auSl-62 "WEEK OB1 SEPTEMBEB 13 Matinees, Wednesday and Saturday. sand or other material. The weight of the grab, which is 6 feet in diameter and 11 feet high, it 37,000 pounds. The closing or penetrating lorce is 72,000 pounds and is enough to charge the apparatus in hard ground or earth. ( Regimental Field-Telegraph. An ingenious field telegraph has been in vented by an English judge. The coils of donble insulated wire, giving a complete metallic circuit, wound on bobbins, are supported on tbe backbones of two bicycles. Six poles, to enable the troops to carry the wires over roads, are supported over th handles of the bicycles, which are trundled one in front of the other. When the wire is to be lajd, the bobbins are taken off and carried on the hack, and wound off, a special rapid coupling being provided in case of necessity. When on the road the poles can be thrown off, and the bicycles mounted, so that tbe instru ments and the conducting wires can be car ried off and saved from capture. Haw Stofflna for Seats. A new fabric has been devised which is intended for use In stuffing car seats and backs in tbe place of curled hair. This fabric is quilted by a knitting process, and is quite different in appearance from any other textile fabric manufactured. The filling is carried and oonfined in an un twisted state, thus securing the softness of the natural fiber. Each seotion of filling is placed in separate pockets. It is not lonnd to mat or harden, and it is claimed that the cost is much Jess than that of cnrled hair, as tbe laoor in upholstering is greatly dimin ished, and the back ot the. plush is much less liable to be cut. The fabric is also used for ma tresses, pillows, bolsters, table padding, and lor all npbolstery purposes. It is made in thicknesses of from Inches to S inches. Bending; Bbov.l Handles. , The large proportion ot shovel handles, usually about 75 per cent, which are split or broken in the process of bending, has led the invention ot a shovel bending machine. The saving effected may be estimated from the fact that In a trial lot of 25 doxen put through the machine, only one handle was spoiled. Aix qualities or dress goods to be opened Monday. Kkable & Shusteb, 35 fifth are. I dm AT ih Voting and Prixt Euay UUUfx M announcement on th fourth page ofthU Utue of 7 HE D18PA1CB. HARRIS' THEATER. Week Commencing Monday, Sept, 1. Every Afternoon and Evening. Bpecial Engagement of W. J. FLEMING'S CO. Original Copyrtgbud and Only Au thorized Version of Jolsf Verne's is - Around the-WofJirin 80 Days. Nothing Approaches or Compares with it. Elegant Beenery. Startling Effects. Magnifi cent Costumes, Sparkling Music, A Fatuous Company. GRAND AMAZONIAN MARCH. Week of Bept, t-TRTJ IRtBH HEARTS. aatl-5 GRAND !&ae. Mr. E. D. WILT. Lessee end Manager One Week, Commencing Monday Evening, September t, MATINEES WEDNESDAY AND 8ATURDAY. Engagement of the distinguished tragedian, LOUIS JAMES, And an excellent company In repertoire. Monday night OTHELLO. Tuesday nigh: ) and .VIRGINITIS. Wednesday matinee Wednesday nlgbt HAMLET. Thursday nlgbt RICHELIEU. Friday nlgbt JULIUS CfflHAR. Batnrday matinee 1NOOMAU. Saturday night MACBETH. Regular Prices, 25c, 50c, 75c, $1.00. Next week Angustln Daly's Company, UN DER THE GASLIGHT. auBl-U MONDAY AFTERNOON, BEPT, 1. -LABOR DAT MATINEE NIGHT PRICE& MONDAY EVENING AND REGULAB MATINEES TUESDAY, THURS DAY AlvD SATURDAY. THE ' HENRY BURLESQUE CO. AieNflnpariel, JACK DEMP8EY, and the famous middle weight. JIMMY CARROLL. MclntyreAHeatn. Helen Courtland. ' Crowley, Eldora. 40-ArtMs 40 And tbe new burlesque, THE GON-DO-UARS. Bept. 8 GRIEVES' BCBLB8QU&RB. asfl-lS MOZART 0RCHE3TRA-L M. ALLEN. Leaden T. J. Brady, Prompter. Muslo Inr Parties. Receptions, Weddings, etc Gen eral offlVe 18 Bixtb st. Plttrbnrg. Branch offices: T. J. Br idv, S5 Federal St., Allegben v. and Ley Hrs., 139 Ohio St., Allegheny. auSl-33 1UENTHER'S ORCHESTRA VXFurnisbes Mnsle tor Concert, Weddings, , Receptions, Ao. Lessons on Flute and Plana given by PROF. GUEKTHER.W Filth ave and fib tell block, room 38. apao-sa RUSSELL'S COMEDIANS In Paul Mi Potter's Musical Absurdity, MUSIC '.BY W. S. MDLLALY, I I 1 LssM -Wf-" . CITY DIRECTORY. 154 NIGHTS BIJOU THEATER, NEW YORK. THE BEST COMPANY OF COMEDIANS IN AMERICA. Charles Reed, Wm. F. Mack, Chas. V. Seaman, Miss Flora Irwin, Miss Maym Kelso, Wm. Collier, Alf. Hampton, Joseph Jackson, Miss Rosa France, Miss Josie Sadler, Ignacio Martinetti, Burt Haverly, .Miss May Irwin, Miss Bessie Cleveland, Lillian Pendergrass, (The Little Fawn) Amelia Glover. New Music! New Laughs! New Ideas! New Songs! New Dances! - BI?1ES: 75, 50 and 25c. Sept6mber 8 Frank Daniels in "Little Puck." auSI-40 NEW CLIPPER THEATER! Corner Seventh Avenue and New Grant Street. JAMES DP. PEET, manager. MONDAY AFTERNOON, September 1,'and Every Night Matinees Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Bpecial Engagement of the Great McCAFFREY-DEMFSEY ATHLETIC AND BURLESQUE OO. 30 BEAUTIFUL LADIES 30 20 ATHLETES AND SPECIALTY ARTfSTS-20 ' Keir and Gorgeous Costumes! Original ana Entrancing Mniic Great Boxing Contest ZBetrreen tbe Pittsburg Favorites, IDoxcl3lo: IE1- HVCoCaffx-ey;, Who Fought JOHN L. SULLIVAN, seven rounds to a draw at Cincinnati, and defeated CHARLIE MITCHELL at Madison Square Garden, New York, and CTAJMIZESS IRy-AJST, a5iTanS!dale-m,sllt Boier of TWO GBEA.T BURLESQUES WILL BE PRESENTED: THE VEILED PROPHET! AMD -pi A -r"rv II I l I I i With the Bhapely and Dashing Burlesqne LOUISE DEMPSEY, In the Leading Roles. Other Specialty Artists will be ZMIss Eyald-m-a. 3Do-u.gli.e3?l33r:, Eight-Year-Old Daughter xt HUGHEY DOUGHERTY, in Her WONDERFUL SPANISH DANCE. Tho Eccentrlo Comedian, GEORGE H. WCTMAN. The Popular Favorite, M1B3 GEORGTE BLA.KE. la Bwell Bongs and Changes. HANLEY x JARVIS, Knock-About Comedians. Pas ae Quitre by tbe t-FREMIERGAIETX SKIRT DANCERSr-t Misses Nettle Stafford, Alice West, " Hattie Bartelle, Dora Warner. The Peerless Dancer, - MISS ALIOB WEST. Tbe Irish King, JOHNT.TIERNEY, Tbe Artlstio Song and. Dance Lady. MISS.ANN1E GRENGER. Prices, 75, 50 and 25 Cents. Week of September 8 Tbe Mike McNalty Fall Drsmatlo and Specialty Company. auSl-18 THE SECOND ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF tub PITTSBURG EXPOSITION Will Positively Open WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 3, AT 8 P.-M, Closes Saturday, Oct. 18, at 11 P. M. Grandest display in all departments ever brought together in this country. Vj. .HUli NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ERECTED FROM FOUNDATION TO TURRET IJ 35 DAYS. COMPLETE, NEW" REFINED J FAMILY RESORT For Ladies and Children TT, A ZRIRTST ID.A.-VIS' NEW FIFTH AVENUE MUSEUM, EOOP GARDEN AND THEATER I MONDAY, SEPT. 1 PERFECT INEVERT DETAIL! BEAUTIFUL IN DESIGN! Constructed at an outlay of 40,000, Presenting Entertainment, NOVEL, WEIRD, WONDERFUL. POSITIVELY OPENS ITS DOORS AT i0CLOCK. 5 fat &2 p-i OABD TO THE PUBLIC. The Fiftb Arenne Mnseam Is intended as a Family Resort in every sense of tbe word. It will be conducted in a manner to command tbe patronage of all who delipnt in amnsement pnre In tone and elerated in character. It will be a house that ladies and children can Tislt at all times unattended. - The features that will appear in rapid succession, while they will in the main be new to tbe people of Allesbenv county. will at all times be of a nature refined and free from all that Is offensive to good taste. On this Platform I cecums a candidate for onblir farur. n .... -rr ..inV..... xiAtittx aJAVia, Proprietor. ilespectfnUy, THE ATTRACTIONS ' 'Sm.'SSiSS" 8peik First time In a A T3T "YNT The famous Man of Mystery, lllas America. wn I J-JX1, tratlng TlTidly the bright and the -- numorous siae or me. wth.rr.rtf ALI BROTHERS, BSSSiiS,5yss and unique performance. Exponent of plantation life in MlssHalpni, LESLIE & HARDMAN", Justly styled tbe Monarch of Modern Minstrelsy. . Harpists. Vocalists, Dancers, McQLOUD & MEIiVTLLE, In norel and arilstio performance. The society Ketch artists. - JAMES AND FRANKEE HALL, Prototypes of Geo. I Fox, . MATJRITIOUS AND QUEEN; '- The most famous of pantomime artists. "SiS&Sf CHAS. A. MACK. MESS ALICE GATINEAU, Leading Ealladlst and Operatic Vocalist, fresh from the stage of high class concert. 5 S w e 5 pa THE RQ.OF GARDEN, 2KJRJ5RSSM2: iatnre Niagara Falls, Feathered Songster, Rustic Arbors, Gaudily Plumaeoil bird,GIant Cockatoo and mechanical effects, will present T .TRHPfYNT V10 famous musical specialist, formerly one of tho J-l-LfcJ X J , features of Gilinore's Baod. IN THE HALL OF WONDER. STEUDELL, , STEUDELL, Who illustrates in a manner STARTLING. MARVELODS, PLEASING, A century's Drocrres In Elcrinrirv This production amuses and instructs, and has called forth encomiums' irom riuison oiinseu. Superior to the 1 1 1 U Li TSPATJAMQ and their myster. uatenports, '' J-'J-urt i i n iYJ.kJ, Jous cabinet. MADAM MYERS, A?orirITts lnxnri' MESS LOU WELLER, With a head of hair which envelopes her person like a mantilla, BILK, from its creation to its completion, beautifully illustrated by PROF. WALLACE. ' 100 NEW WONDERS 100 A FULL ORCHESTRA UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PROF. WILLIAM J. DAVIS. Handsome Parlor and Toilet Rooms, with matrons in attendance, for the convenience of Ladies and Children. 10 CENTS ! ADMISSION TO ALL TEN CENTS ! NextWeek First time in America, the Lady Venetian Troubadours, ten in number. ati.Tl-PS CLIPOFFACOUPON EVERY ONE AS GOOD AS GOLD VISITORS TO THE EXPOSITION And strangers will find our only display in tur immense sales room. All-Goods Delivered Free That are sold within a radius of 100 miles. You are cordially invited to make our store your headquarters while in the city. OUR NEW FEATURE For this Month Only. All carpets purchased at our store we' will MAKE, SEW AND LAY Free of any charge to you. Residents outside of the two cities are requested to bring their measures with them. We will attend to the rest CHAMBER SUITS. This year we shall revolutionize the trade in Chamber Suits. Our house for many years has been the leader in this branch, but this season we have simply outdone ourselves, and you may look for novelties that will be a genuine surprise to you. Prices from siu to m IN. If there is one thing more than another that every good house keeper looks after it is the bed ding, and the next important thing is where to buy it. Our facilities for the manufacturing of mattresses, makes us stand Without a Peer .In this line, and as for Springs we laugh at the so-called competition. TO THE PEOPLE WHO PATRONIZE THE Household Credit Co 723 and 725 LIBERTY STREET, Cor. of Eighth, Head of Wood Street- IJ w H B B Kb B I""1 j lllS X LIBERAL INDUCEMENTS To young people contemplating matrimony. AWe will take spe cial pains to furnish your home complete on the most liberal terms and easiest payments. Do not fail to see our stock and learn our prices before pur chasing elsewhere. OUR PARLOR FURNITURE. There is positively no end to our variety of Parlor Suits, em bracing as it does every suit able material, every stylish shape, and the most serviceable and stylish colors. Easy chairs and Rocker3 in every style and shape that the ingenuity of man can suggest. Prices from $28 to $250 per suit OUR WAREROOMS. Comprise five floors of space, size 32x125 feet; elevators to every floor; the entire space being devoted to the showing of goods alone, the warehouse being entirely separate. No where in the universe is there a larger display, and we can show anything in the Furniture or Carpet Line That can be asked for. Folk Beds. In these days of limited space, families have to resort to the saving of room, and in no way can tnis be utilizeu as well as by the use of this very in- . genious invention. We have everything that is reliable in this line, and you ", Must Not Fail To see the largest and most complete line in the city. Household Credit Co.;- 723 and 725 LIBERTY STREET, Cor. EeTbtb? bead of Wood Street, where all theae ooapoaa oan bo oaahad. 3it9,Ji "
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