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' 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
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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.
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JMF"For Premium List or Other Information, address
W. H. McCULLOUGH, Secretary.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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-
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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.
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