DJIUCES JFTHE DA!,
The Oxford Minuet Popular Because
it Combines Stateliness With
Sprishtliness.
SKIRT DANCIKG ON THE STAGE.
Otero Speaks a Word for Spain and Ex
plains the Philosophy of the Terp
sicborean Art.
THE JI0TE5IEXT FOE KEW COSTUMES.
Ooldni Bends Witi Jewels for fretty Ankles tie Litest of
tit Soda! Ttii.
r Horace 'VT. Beet, of Chicago, is the origi
nator of the Ox ord initiate, which has the
approval of the American Association of
Professors of Dancing. At a Kenwood man
sion last week, says the Chicago Times, the
new dance was tried od and accepted hy the
ultra-fashionables. "Position as for
minute, 1.2, 3, 4," said Prof. Beek, who
was present on the occasion, and off the
company glided, as accustomed dancers
will. Ihen immediately the gallop balance
and gallop in waltz position lollowed. The
dance was accepted and the professor was
so lupp that he wanted to go ou on the
street and call every man "brother."
"I have so Irequently been asked to in
troduce the minuet and everyone seemed so
axious to dance it," said Mr. Beek, "I was
convinced that the minuet would be a popu
lar ballroom dance if relieved of part of its
slowness or pokyness. It required more
tnan two to dance it, and hence could not
be popular at large gatherings. I set my
self to overcome both these difficulties, and
the Oxford is the resuit. One couple or 100
couples may dance it, the beauty of the
dance is increa-ed by the concerted motion
i a larse company. All must be together
for minuet with the music, and then off for
the galop. It :s thus stately enough to be
enjoieu by ladies and gentlemen who conld
not and would not dauce anything in poor
lasts. The minuet and also the galop have
always been popular in good societv, and I
am aware that no matter how strongly our
society o: teachers recommend a dance
society itselt must put its stamp of approval
or disapproval upon it to make or luin it."
Tnc Laughing Daxce The "Jline
haha," or laughing dance, is Prof. Augustus
Bournique'o latest. Its name is intended to
indicate its peculiar motion. It is a ver
sion of the glide-mazurka, and is danced to
mazurka time in the first movement, in
cither military schottuche or Berliu posi
tion. The tempo is of a polka-redo wa order,
to which, i wished, the plain polka may be
danced. Prof. Bmirnique believes that the
already existing 1,100 figures oi the german
will be increased by several hundred Unique
End pretty ones this siason.
Insane Asyivum Danced Every large
and well equipped insane asylum of this
countrv has a dancing hall for its inmates.
It furnishes recreation lor those who are not
entirely uncontrollable, and is approved bv
the most eminent of insanity specialists.
Tne great State asylum at Columbus, 0.,
with its thousands ot un oriunates, has a
large hall with a fine waxed floor, which on
every Thursday evening presents an inter
esting scene. At S o'clock the ballroom
doors are thrown open. Down the halls, in
cuarge oi attenaants. come the guests. The
men come irom one part o the liniiding, and
from an opposite direction march the women.
"W'il!i all their queer notions and weak
fcrjins the female portion o( an iusane asy-
lUTuTetains one nev;r to be effaced idiosyn
crasy. They love finery and dress. So'me
of the costumes are fearfully
and wonderfully arrauged. But alter all it
is not a scene lor mirth, for of all sad
places in the world that within the walls of
&uch an institution is the saddest. But a
burden oi sorrow brought the motley gath
ering here! What tales oi woe in thecauses
for all this mental wreck!
The lunntics seem to realize that the balls
are 'or their good. Slanv of them are in
sane only on some particular subject, and to
tiietn an evening with muMc, bright light,
flowers and company is an eujoyment.
Others look forward to the affair as a chance
for a good romp, and some seem to believe
that tnev are going to dance simply because
it is a partol their punishment and take it
liken child does castor oil. Hound dances
lo not succeed. Lunatics don't like them.
Quadrille alter quadrille rounds out the
ceaiug of recreation.
The Belle ok London The full dress
is not the proper thing lor the belle of the
ball in London this season, says a lady cor
respondent of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Pretty., dimpled, rounded arms are to be
covered. At country-house dances and in
nil our preparations tor later winter festivi
ties, we are going in for pure womanliness
in the thapeoi white crepe or embroidered
Bull from wrists to shoulders. The new
lancing dresses are really pretty, with flower
carlands looping their flounces and sprinkled
with jewels.
The pessimists say that the large sleeves
will be bothersome in the dance. This may
lie, but they are certainly quaint and charm
ing, especially as a reliel from the familiar
perspect ve ot scrawny arms. By the way,
it seems to be generally conceded that women
are a great deal better looking now than
they used lo be, but after all one is forced to
allow that it doesn't yet need any large al
lowance of beauty to win for a girl with
good backing tne reputation of a reigning
belle.
Fad or the Season. Kach season
brings with it its own particular "fad."
Tne "lad" of the social season of 1890-91,
says the Iew York Telegram, is an ankle
lcind of fold fetuddtd with gems for the
beauty oi the ball room. These ankle orna
ineuts are decided novelties. Within the
past week or two several have been made by
leading jewelers. The anklet o Cleopatra's
realms gathering reputation in East India
and Persia Irom Circassian, Turkish and
Egyptian women h.s at last established
itsel among our own sisters, who, of all
women, possess the .acuity o. quick appre
ciation of the beauti-ul.
The ornaments of modern construction
difler widely from the well-known bracelet,
m the act that they do not unclasp by
simply touching a spring, being provided
with an ingenious slidiug tube at each side
oi tne circle, allowing the anklet to expand J
Mimcienuy to pass over tne loot and then to
clasp at any sze necessary to please the
wearer. This contrivance is adapted so that
should the piece of jewelry come undone
accidentally it d-es not lalfto the floor, to
be kicked away in the dizzy whirl of the
ball room, but remains in position on the
foot.
A rare piece of ankle jewelry, by Tiffany,
is worn by His? Vesta Hastings, who is well
known lor her exquisite taste in her great
variety o costumes, rarely appearing in the
same oue twice throughout an eutire month.
This one is surely the handsomest one ever
proaucea. .iiuougn apparently large it is
very light in weight, the wearer hardly
noticing the round band of cold, studded
with immense Persian turquoise. To the
front and posed between six rampant lion
heads is another and very important tur
quoise, secured in a beautiful setting of
laminated gold ornament. The whole sur
face of the metal is a mass ol carved dec
oration. It must be admitted that well shaped
ankles are necessary to support such extrav
agant playthings, but New York is noted
for its women of good taste, and they can
well adorn themselves u far as their pock
ets will permit It is needless to say that
fine shoes and the best stockings must be
taken into consideration by the wearers.
There is no limit to the proportion for ankle
ornaments. From the tiny wire ringlet,
with but a singlo gem, to the beautifully
pierced and enameled circle of gold.
The Skirt Dance. I hope I shall not
be considered egotistical, writes Amelia
Glover, the popular danseuse, in the New
York Horning Journal, if I say that skirt
dancing is now the popular fad. We have
outgrown that period in which the ballet
used to engross the whole attention of the
play-going public Nowadays, if I gauge
the taste o! the pitrons of the play cor
rectly, a modest dance is preferred to that
which leaves nothing to the imagination.
Grace modest grace, I mean is now pre
ferred to short skirts, tinsel and a wealth of
lace.
The success of the skirt dance is largely
due to the sinuous, intoxicating,
rhythmical movement employed. But it is
also necessary that the dancer should be in
per ect sympathy with her art. To attain
success in skirt dancingthe dancer must not
have the slightest suspicion of embonpoint.
She must above things possess not only the
quality o being able to dance artistically,
lut must also use a smile, a bit of gesticula
tion, an undefinable something such as
.trench danseuscs use in their art
No artist of to-day can expect success
fully to compete with Taglioni and Fanny
Elssler, who 40 years ago were the rage. I
have seen pictures of the skirts worn by
them, and 'find they are no longer than those
used by the skirt dancers of to-day. Orthe
two I pre er the long skirt dance to the
short one, not because I consider the latter
in the slightest degree immodest, but for the
reason that it folds and un olds itself in
unison with the dancer's body, and multi
plies the grace of every movement.
The Dress Coat Must Go The young
men of the Equestrian and Kenwood Clubs,
says the Chicago Times, are a-weary of be
ing arrayed in sad-hued garb like unto
waiters. The clawhammer coat and doeskin
trousers Have become unspeakably common,
and at their private balls this season they
will appear in silken"tockings and knee
breeches, fancy coats aad waistcoats of rich
brocade, and low shoes, with massive steel,
silver or jeweled buckles. They have wisely
decided not to adopt the Parisian waistcoat
of bright scarlet. They rrefer being gen
teel and English to being French and loud.
Their waistcoats will, therefore, be gor
geous, but they will not scream and .inter
rupt the flow of polite conversation with
their diabolic noise. For the conversa-inn
will be polite. There will be a studied
effort to reproduce in the intercourse of the
club members the same old-fashioned cour
tesy and deportment that made the ancient
days famous in history. In short. Beau
Brummell is to be many times duplicated,
and there is to be something "new under
the sun," even though it is but a revival of
the things that were.
The Kenwood and Equestrian Clubs have
many supporters in the East. At Tuxedo
and at several private receptions of the
"400" elsewhere the men sported knee
breeches, splendid waistcoats and colored
coats. In England the regulation court
costume is much the same, the Windsor or
royal nuiform being a blue coat worj over
while satin waistcoat and knee-breeches,
white silk stockings and diamond-buckled
shoes.
So far no special costume for ladies has
been pronounced upon. Doubtless, the lair
ones will not be outdone, but will honor the
clubs on "ladies' evening" by appearing in
the powdered hnir that heightens the charms
of the complexion and the tiny "beauty
patches" of the period. Oi course, they
will look lovely.
Otero Writes of Spain. All Span
iards, it might be said, writes Otero, the
popular dancer, in the New York Herald,
are born dancing, and there would seem to
be no need to apologize lor them on that ac
count, for dancing has been popular in all
ages ana among all nations. Evei the sav
ages use their feet rather than their heads
to express their ideas. Bushmen jump
about to imitate calves. Hottentots go on
all lours to imitate the baboon, and execute
one movemeul in which they imitate the
buzzing of a swarm of bees. "Other savage
nations imitate by means of dancing hunts
after wild animals, and in Tasmaui-- a
dance by the women describes their hunt
after the opossum, divmir alter shellfish.
digging for roots, nursing children, while
one very exciting movement describes a
quarrel with a husband. Another dance is
where by gestnie they taunt a chieftain
with cowardice and urge bim to come lor
ward to recount his courageous deeds.
As 1 say, the Spanish people seem to be
born with their dancing shoes on, and as a
rule they aie good dancers, because, as the
.French say, what we love to do we gener
ally do well. The proverbs tell us that "A
pair of light shoes is not all that is wanted
lor dancing," and "if a bear will learn to
dance he must go to school early."
The taudango is the oldest national dance
of Spain, especially in the district or
Andalusia. Some say it was introduced by
the Moors, while others claim it was there
be ore they came to the country. This
dance interprets what mar be called a pas
sionate love sung. The opening, or invita
tion, is a wild bit of music, accompanied by
a Boisterous song, wjiich ends in a loud
chorus ol abl all's! It is danced by couples
male and female, in what is called three
four time. The musical accompaniment is
a guitar, a tambourine, sometimes castanets
are used to keep time, or the spectators
makeup for the omission of the latter by
clapping their hands. '
Selecting New Dajtces. The meth
ods of that grave and important body the
American Association of Professors ot
Dancing in determining the merits of
newly invented steps, are very simple. This
is the way they did it at their last meeting:
Five of the 70 wise men were selected to act
as judges, and tbejr duty was to pasB upon
but one new dance. Alter this dance was
presented, new judges were selected for the
next one, and so on to the end. After the
selection ot a committee, the discoverer,
author and originator of the new dance
mounted the stage, a pianist rattled off an
appropriate air, and the other masters of
dancing proceeded to tangle themselves up
in the intricacies of the dance under the
direction of the inventor.
Atter the performance the dance was dis
serted. If it resembled an old-timer it was
killed, and the author was led ont in a state
o collapse or remained in a state of indig
nation. Bejections were many. The na
tional society ol saltatorial matters evidently
had the knee-breeches dignity in mind and
refused to adopt any dances "but those be
yond peradventnre those which might be
danced with perfect propriety in parlor or
ballroom and which were neither violent
nor tiresome.
The association put in four days of hard
work, and selected lour round dances trom"
the numerous ones presented. These were
M. B. Gilbert's "L'KcIairei waitz. H. E
Eivers' "Portland" waltz, the "Fascina
tion" waltz, by Mr. Brennecke, of Indian
apolis, anu tne "ux ord" minuet, by Horace
"W. Beek, of Chicago.
JOBTBAIT OF A FAMOUS WOMAK.
DIacoi ery Sear Malvern of a Rare Picture of
Lncrezia Borgia.
A portrait of a woman in Eastnor Castle,
the seat ot Lord Henry Somerset, near Mal
vern, has been identified as that of Lu-crezia-
Borgia. It is by Genitle Bellini,
signed. The portraits of Iiucrezia are so
rare that Gregorovius, in bis history of this
famous woman, says he does not know of
the existence of one in Italy, unless it be
tne prohleon a coin. The .Eastnor picture
represents her as a fair woman, with reddish
golden hair. The leatures are long, especi
ally the nose, exactly as in the medallion.
The eyes are light hazel and the month
small and pretty. On the whole, it is not
the likeness oi a beautiful nor even of a
pretty woman, bnt is noj without fascina
tion. The eoitume bai enormous width of
the sleeves of black velvet on the shoulders.
EVERY DAY SCIENCE.
Interesting Statistics Upon the Kapid
Transit Problem, i
USEFULNESS OP INDIA RUBBER.
Sew Theory of Seasickness That Sn&gests
a Preventative.
SEW DISCuYERItS AS TO THE H00N
rr-RIrARED rOETHZDtSrATrn.J
At the recent convention of the American
Street Bailway Association at Buffalo, in
many ways one ot the most important gath
erings of the kind ever seen in tbis country,
President Lowry congratulated the associa
tion on the progress of which had been
made in the work ot the association since
its organization in 1882. He alluded to the
fact that the United States Government had
recognized the growing importance of city
passenger traffic by incorporating in its
census statistics for 1890 a report on street
railways in cities of over 50,000 inhabitants.
In this report 66 cities are included, and out
of a total ot 3,150 miles of track possessed
by them, 2,351 miles are operated by horses,
260 miles by electricity, 255 miles by cable
and 221 miles by steam. In the smaller
cities electricity js being generally adoi ted,
and there are already in operation in cities
and towns under 50,000 inhabitants about
1,600 miles of electric street railway. Mr.
Lowrv added:
I am so thoroughly convinced that elec
tricity is the coming power for street rail
ways (except heavy grade, where the cable
is best suited), and that it will prove effect
ive as a means of rapid transit lor cities,
that I believe this is the last convention
that will ever seriously consider horses tor
the operation of street railwajs. When the
people oi a city clearly understand the great
benefits of rapid transit by electricity or
other improved motive power over horses,
they will demand that their city authorities
grant snch rights as will enable street rail
way companies to operate by the most im
proved methods.
Heretofore street railway securities have
not been looked upon with avorhythe
financial world. However, since they have
been operated bv electricity, the financial
men of the country are looking to its devel
ment and application to street railways as
an additional reliable security for the in
vestment of savings and trust mndi. This
should encourage street railway companies
to give their various cities the most im
proved and best possible service. Thev will
not only please their patrons, but the invest
ment will prove very profitable. If street
railway companies do this, no better secur
ity can be offered for the savings of the
widow and orphan than a good street rail
way bond in a thriving city.
People have not vet begun to realize what
an immensely important factor the increase
of speed in city travel may become. It is
estimated that had all the street railways in
Boston been operated by electricity during
the year 1889, it would "have resulted in a
saving ol more than SI, 000,000 in money
and an aggregate of 274 years' time to the
patrons ot the roads, due solely to a 30 per
cent increase in speed. It has been found
that increasing the speed of the cars a given
percentage inevitably increases the patron
age in nearly the same ratio, while the oper
ating expenses are increased by a very small
traction of this percentage. An instance oi
tbis has occurred at Davenport, la., where
it has been lound, taking the record for one
year, thit the total expense of operating five
horse cars was $10,840, while five electric cars
cost $11,270 to operate during the same time,
or it cost to operate the same number of cars
Zy4 per cent more by electricity than by
horses. J. ne gross earnings ior ine xz months
of the same equipments were: Horses, $15,
897; electricity, 823.670. It will thus be
seen that although the operating expenses
were increased 3J per cent where electricity
was used, the earnings were increased very
nearly 50 per cent, or, in other words, the
substitution of electricity resulted in a net
gain of more than 46 per cent, owing to the
increased patronage induced by the im
proved service.
Best as a Medicine. A physician,
writing of rest as a medicine, recommends
a short nap in the middle of the day, for
those who can take it, as a beneficial ad
dition to the night's sleep. It divides the
working time, gives the nervous system a
fresh hold on lile and enables one to do more
than make up for the time so occupied. A
caution is given against the indulgence in
too long a sleep at such a time, under a
penalty of disagreeable relaxation. There
has been mnch discussion regarding the
alter-dinner nap, many believing it to be
injurious, but it is, nevertheless, natural
and wholesome.
Improved Wood-Caevino 'Machih e.
A wood-carving machine which possesses
many radical improvements has been
brought out. The machine is designed
specially for nse inrfurniture lactones and
in car, organ and piauo factories and other
establishments where wood carving is done.
It will carve four duplicate pieces anv
length at one operatiou if not over 7J4
inches wide, or it will make two duplicate
pieces any length if not overl5 inches wide,
nnd if a greater width is desired, one piece
can be carved of any length and from 15 to
30 inches wide. The bits can be handled
conveniently and in any direction within an
augli o 30. The top, or table, can be
raised Or lowered to make thick or thin
work, and will remain the proper height ior
the operator; the table also rests upon slid
ing ways, so that it can be adjusted ior the
convenience ot the operator on different
varieties of work. The driving pulley on
the machine is 6 inches in diameter, with
3-inch face, and should make 1,400 to 1,500
revolutions per minute.
Usefulness op India Eubbeb. The
number of uses to which rnbber can be ap
plied is constantly on the increase. The
bnrnt rubber used for the final polishing of
the gold lettering, etc, in the Government
Printing Office, is simply India rnbber
which has been subjected to a peculiar fire
process that renders it very absorbent So
remarkable are its powers of absorbtion that
a piece the size of one's fingers will easily
take up S5 worth of gold in iis pores. When
such a piece ol rubber is loaded with all the
gold it will fairly carry, it is sent, in com
pany with others in the same condition, to
the mint- to be assayed. Eubbei enters
largely into the mauulacture of artificial
flowers, considerable quantities of which are
made in tbis country, nnd artificial limbs
owe much of their xihility and adapta-
uuuy in mis luuieriiii. it is me only bun
stance that imitates the ankle action ot the
bnman loot, and rubber hands are made so
perfectly that many cripples are able to
write by their use. The manu acture of
smokeless powder has hitherto had most in
jurious effects on the health ol those em
ployed in irj-tjunow the men have been
provided with rubber masks, which protect
them- irom the fumes thrown off by the
chemicals entering into the composition of
the powder. One of the most admirable
uses to which rubber has been put is for
horseshoes; it is not only light and durable,
but it markedly improves the hoof.
Fibe-Besisting Bkicks. It is stated
that an hotel has been built in Hamburg
entirely of compressed wood as hard as
iron, and rendered absolutely proof
against both fire and the attacks ol insects
by subjection to certain chemical processes.
Iitranrous Cbayos A luminous crayon
has been invented ior the purpose ot en
abling lecturers to draw on the blackboard
when the room is darkened for the use ol
the lantern. The invention is likely to
proTe of value not only to the lec
turers who use a Itntera, but also (in an
to those students who wish to
The Electrician in War Lieutenant
Fiske, in lecturing before the New York
Electrical Societv, at Columbia College, de
scribed the part that electricity would play
in case ol an attack upon Hew York. Prom
inent among the various appliances that
would be called into immediate requisition
would be the various systems of torpedoes,
which would be launched from the prepar
ing stations at Coney Island, Sandy
Hook and elsewhere against the ironclads of
the approachiog enemy. The question of
ballooning, for observation and lor the
dropping of explosives on the decks of the
enemy, would be agitated anew over the
question ot balloon propulsion by electric
ity. Electric launclies,.arranged to carry
torpedoes, would steal noiselessly out at
nighton their errands of destruction. Elec
tric picket boats of smaller size would scout
the waters in pursuit of information or to
convey dispatches numberless; electric sub
marine boats would spring into being and,
secure from detection below the suraceof
the sea, they would carry enough explosives
to utterly destroy the proudest war ship of
the world". It being apparent that the reg
ular army and. navy of the country would
be unable, in tbeeventof a sudden war, to
handle all the electrical wore: that would
certainly be thrown on them, Lieutenant
Fiske proposes the ibrmatiou or- a corps of
naval and military electricians to assist the
regular army and the navy in its worki
Such a corps might exist in every principal
seaport town on the coast.
The Polymetee. An instrument
termed a "polymeter" is now used for meas
uring and regulating the requisite quantity
of moisture, or so-called humidity oi the at
mosphere. It is designed also to determine
the vapor pressure and temperature. It is
of special value in technical industrie.
being largely used in cotton mills and paper
starch acmries, as well as in hospitals and
private honses.
New Theokt op Seasickness. A
new theory of seasickness has been recently
offeied by Monsienr Rochet. Accepting the
view that the symptoms are those of cere
bral anaemia, he accounts lor this ausmia
by the disorder brought into muscular coo
tractions through not being used to such
sudden movements as" those of vessels. Mon
sieur Rochet's advice is,not to look to us
thetius, soothing drugs, etc., for relief, but
rather to muscular excitant3,.and, above all,
to seek in voluntary movements a compensa
tion for the reflex movements which are not
produced. He recommends strychnine,
veratrine, ergot of rye and drinks charged
with carbonic acid.
Spouting Cowls foe Steam Boilers.
A novel appliance has been introduced in
Eugland in the shape of a spouting cowl for
promoting active water circulation in steam
boilers fitted with Galloway tubes. The
cowl is fixed on the top of each Galloway
tube, without, however, interfering with
the structure of the boiler. The cowl cuts
off the local movement and causes the circu
lation to become general. A certain
quantity ol water escapes in a thin
stream Irom the lips of the cowl, and there
are special facilitiejjfor.the disengaging of
the steam carried' up " in the .water. The
amount of primiug is thus materially dim
ished, aad the uniiarin. temperature secured
in all parts ol 'the boiler conduces to
its preservation and greatly diminishes the
deposition ol scale. In addition to these
advantages, the indirect effects of this ap
pliance are economy of fuel, economy of
time, reduction ot the cost oi repairs, and
increased length of liie of the boiler.
Value op Astbonoht in Numismat
ics Dr. A. Vercoutre points out that a
knowledge of the star maps may be a great
help to the numismatist. Many of the coins
and medals of the Roman Republic have
the stars depieted in their proper positions
relatively, and consequently enable the
numismatist to decide tne date of the coin,
and also help the astronomer to form some
idea ot the proper motions of the stars.
Progress of A SjIronomiual Pho
tography. Prof. Holden gives an inter
esting account of the photographic appara
tus, and the work done in astronomical
photography at the Lick Observatory. He
states that the negatives t iken there bear
easily an enlargement of 570 diameters, and
even double that amount. From an exam
ination of the best pictures taken at the ob
servatory Pro'. Holden finds that parallel
walls on the moon's suiface, whose tops are
not more than 200 yams or so in width, and
which are not more than 1,000 or 1,200
yards apart, are plainly visible. There is
no doubt that enlarged photographs are ca
pable ol affording more information regard
ing the moon's surface than can be gained
by years ot diligent observation, and when
the larger lenses now found 'necessary are
brought into use, marvelous strides in tbis
direction may be looked .or.
Tubular Bandages. The treatment
of various lorms ot disease by surface appli
cations o hot and cold water has been lound
to be exceedingly success ul. An adapta
tion of this ideainwhich the water in no
way conies in contact with the person, but
at the same time is made the vehicle by
which the heat and cold are applied on the
affected parts is a new tubular batidugp. It
is made in fonr pirts, the first being a head
bandage so arranged that a continuous
stream of hot or cold water can be made to
encircle the head and flow away, being all
tne ume encmseu in me tnouiar vessel.
Other bandages are specially adapted lor
throat and spinal trouble.
The Storm King. Captain Jorgensen.
the inventor and navigator of the lifeboat
Storm King, which has just made the voy
age Irom England to Australia, stated in
Melbourne that his invention was especially
designed to be of service when vessels sank
without warning "through collision, or in
any case of sudden panic. It was impossi
ble in large vessels carrying 1,000 or so, to
have boats sufficient to accommodate the
whole, and it ihere were, there would not be
sailors enough to man" and navigate them.
Such a vessel, however, could carry boats
ready pieced together, after the Storm Kinir
pattern, sufficient to arcomturdate 600 or 700
peoide.-Jand other separate sections conld be
stowel in diflerent parts ot the ship. The
value of these sections lay in the fact that
they did not need to be put together ip
order to be used. Each section would form
a perfeit life-saving apparatus, and although
it would not be possible 'to " navigate them
until they were- joined together, each would
contain water and provisions ior 14 days,
and would suffice to " preserve life lor that
period.
SPECULATION OVEB EUTHS.
Strange Story Surrounding the Discovery of
. a Fortified City.
Philadelphia Becord.l
The strange story, told on good authority,
or the ruins of a great fortified city, built of
dressed granite blocks, found on the
Mashonaland plateau, ihT. South Africa, has
given m rise to a great deal ol
curious speculation, for its historv is
wholly unknown. Many of the walls
are completely covered by the dense jungle
and very old trees grow-on the top of the
rains. If the city or lort was built by na
tives, it must have"beeninremote periods of
time, when there was a higher civilization
than now; but it is just possible that the
fort was constrnoted uuder the direction of
early Portuguese explorers, and by the aid
ol cheap slave lalior.
Only a superficial view has been made of
the ruins, but light may be thrown on the
mystery when the houses themselves have
been explored. Light is being rapidly
turned on to the Dark Continent, and the
stories that come from it are as Interesting
as those sent to Europe irom this country
300 to 400 years ago. Then, however, the
oi ws was not widely disseminated. Now
every one who chooses can learn from day
to day what Is going on in Afrioa si in
other parti of the world.
other form)
take notes.
ELECriqC CURRENTS.
Their Nature iTade Clear by the Ac
tion of Heat on a Bod.
RECOGNIZED ONLY BY EFFECTS
Units of Measurement Used in Speaking
of the Condition.
THEIR RELATION TO EACH 01 HER
IWKITTES FOB THE DISPATCH. I
Take a brass rod, say a yard long, give it
a thin coating of wax, then place the rod on
two supports (window panes turned on edge
aie good), and underoneendplacea lighted
Buusen burner; the coating of wax will be
gin to jnelt, first directly over the flame,
then lurther and further away. We can see
the heat travel the entire length of the bar,
till at last the entire bar is warm and the
wax all melted.
It we call that end of the bar under which
we place the burner North, and the other
end South, we would naturally say that the
heat had traveled from the north end to the
south end, and, as a matter of convenience,
such language wonld be perfectly
correct, but as a matter of fact,
nothing has traveled irom one end
otthebar to the other, for, if there had,
this thing would, most likely, have dropped
off at the south end, or the south end wonld
at least have been heavier since 'bis thing
got there, but no, nothing dropped off, and
the end is not any heavier than it was betore
.the heat crept over there.
THE PHILOSOPHY OP HEAT.
'Heat is a condition ot things and cot a
material thing. If a body oi matter is warm
its molecules or small invisible particles, of
wnu-n it is snpposed to be composed, are in
rapid motion, and this rapid motion gives
to the touch the sensation called heat It
one body is warmer than another its mole
cules are supposed to be in more rapid mo
tion than those of the other I. a body is
warmer at one time than it is at another, its
molicules or particles are supposed to have
been in more rapid motion the first time
than the last, and this motion or condition
ot the body gives to the touch the sensation
we call heat.
" uow' reerr'n2 to onr rd again, nothing
that we can see, weigh or hold in our
hands, has traveled from one end of the rod
to the other. It is simply that the condi
tion of the rod has been changed, and this
change began at one end and crept over to
the other. And we naturally say in ordi
nary conversation that "the heat crept irom
the north end to the south," and in saying
this imply both an advancing motiou or
flow and a direction, but as a matter of
lact, we have just seen that there is no ad
vancing motion or flow, but there is a direc
tion, for we can see this with our eyes and
we say it is irom north to south.
KNOWN BT ITS EFFECTS.
But after all it is only the effect that we
see. Suppose that we could not see the
Bunsen burner, and we simply had a por
tion ol the rod before us, we would still
know, by the gradual melting away
of the wax from one end toward-
the other, that beat was, being applied at
oue end, and not only tbis, we could go lur
ther aud lorm a rong'n estimate of the inten
sity of the heat by the rapidity with which
tne wix melted off. Or better still, if we
should grasp the rod by the hand we would
be able to form a very good idea o! what was
going on. In other words without being
able to see anything butthis wax-coated rod,
we can, by observation and by noticing va
rious effects, tell a great deal about what is
going on there.
Heat, therefore, is the name given to a
condition ot thingstand we recognize this
condition ol things called heat by its effects.
Jf we see ice melting we say that there is a
little heat there, because 'the condition of
the iestis being changed, -and in-the melting
rwe notice the familiar effect ol heat. But
i we see iron melting we say there is
ereat heat, for we know by experience
that it takes great heat to melt the metals.
Thus again, by the effect of heat we not only
recognize its presence without be able to see
it, but we also have a means ot comparison
by observing its different effects.
ANOTHEE KIND OF CUEEENT.
And so it is with electricity. AVe often
hear the expression "electric current" and
'electric fluid," but these are simply con
venient names given to a certain condition
ot things. Just as we say that the heat
crept along the brass rod becanse it had that
appearance', so we say there is a current of
electricity in a wire when we notice a certain
familiar appearance or effect evidently
caused by the condition of the wire. Now,
some ot these tff cts are such that there ap
pears to be a flow or currentof something in
the wire. '
For example, we can start a current
of electricity in at one end of a
wire and measure the time it takes
to reach the other end. What more
natural inference then than to think
that electricity is a current or something
flowing. But as with the heat and rod,
nothing came out at the other end, so it is
with the electric current, nothing comes nut
at the otherend of the wire. In tact, nobody
has been able to weigh electricity or see it
or hold it in the hands. In other word-, it
is not a tangible thing, but a condition ot
things, a form of energy that we call elec
tricity. But because it; like the heat in a
rod, acts as though it could flow or travel,
ue use the convenient term "electric cur
rent;" and although there is no actual cur
rent, yet, as with the heat and rod, so here,
there is a direction, and this direction as
well as different amounts of electricity, aud
in fact its very presence, are all known and
calculated
FEOM FAMILIAB EFFECTS,
and the observations made on them. For
example, if we dip the two pohsol an elec
tric circuit into a pail of water, the elec
tricity will decompose the water. We thus
at once recognize the presence of an electric
current. But urther it we repeat this opera
tion and find that in the second experiment
twice as much water was decomposed as fn
the first, we know then by making a com
parison of the effects of electricity that there
was twice as much enrrent in the second
case as in the first, provided the time that
the current was allowed to act on the water
was the same in each case. Thus without
seeing or bearing or touching anything we
are able to recognize the presence of elec
tricity by its well-known effects, and by
comparing the effects ' we are enabled to
make relative measurements.
However, in order to be able to talk about
such measurements and make practical use
of them we mnstbave standard nnitsof
measurement to which we can refer all other
measurements just as in liquid measure,
ior example, We must have some -standard
unit of measure,-like the quart.by which we
can compare all other liquid measures or
vessels. Thus we can say that a certain
bucket holds so many quarts, but we might
ju-t aswell have takeu tbis bucket and
called it the unit; then we would compare
other vessels with the "bucket" and say, for
ex imple, that a certain tub holds so many
"buckets."
MEASUBING ELECTEIO CUREENTS.
Aud so with electricity we have standard
units oi measurement by which, all other
measurements can be compared, arid in this
way we are enabled to converse and exchange
intelligent ideas on the observed effects of
the electric current. There are three stand
ard units, viz., the volt, unit of pressnre;
the ampere, unit of quantity, and the ohm,
unit ot resistance. Aud from these all the
others are derived, as lor example the Watt,
or unit ol energy, which equals, one bolt
multiplied by oue ampere.
The legal ohm or unit of resistance, and
to which all other resistances are compared,
is the resistance ot a column oi pure mer
cury 106 centimeters long, 1 square milli
meter in sectional area, at a temperature of
0 C (zero degrees Centegrade). The volt
or unit ot pressure, is tne pressure tnat will
force one' ampere of current through one
Lohm of reiiitanck-ud the ampere or unitjjsrholesale, according to quality.
of quantity-is the amount of current that
one volt will force through one ohm of re
EELATION OF THE UNITS.
And further, it has been found that the
following law, or relation, exists between
these three uuits, viz: The pressure in volts
is always equal to the quantity in amperes
multiplied Dy the resistance in ohms, from
which, if any trio oi the above quanti
ties are known, the third can alnays be
calculated. The ampere or unit ol current
is established by the amount of copper it
will deposit in a copper bath (voltameter)
in a'given time and under given conditions.
Thus the-unit ampere isthat amount of cur
rent which will deposit 0.00032959 gramme
of copper per second. The needed appar
atus and conditions for an accurate deter
mination of this unit cm be found in al
most any text book on the electric current.
We have tnus established two out oi the
three inndamental units o electricity, and
fiom the above law culled Ohm's Law we
can easily determine the third.
Sciee Facias.
THE ELECTRIC WORLD.
New Applications of the Mysterious Current
to Every-Day life.
(WKItTFN TOR TUS DISPATCH. I
A new adaptation of electricity has been
made by a large publishing house. In the office
of the superintendent are ten electric lamps,
each having its distinctive color, Men are con
nected bymeans of wires with the automatic
counting machines on the ten large printing
presses located in an adjoining building. When
the presses are in operation the circuit is
opened and closed by the working of the count
ing machines, causing quirk flashing of light
in the lamp Thus every t-heet ot paper printed
In the establishment telegraphs its record to
the office) where the operation of each machine
can be seen and its speed or delay noted. An
interesting pmbt in this connection Is that the
speed ot the large perfecting press Is so great
that it was found necessary to record each two
sheets printed instead ot single sheets, and
even then the flashes of Its lamps are almost
continuous in appearance, showing that while
the press Is not quite as quick as lightning, it
is too fast for the eye to follow. Managers of
large est.iblishments.uho wish to be able to see
me operation or their machinery while worK
ing at their desks, are likely to avail them
selves of modifications of tbis new departure.
.
Attention has been drawn to the advisa
bility of the adoption of early remedial meas
ures by those who are suffering from the effects
of a too long exposure to strong electric lights
The "tired" sensation in the optic nerve, whlcn
such exposnre causes, and the local inflamma
tion which accompanies it, are both due to the
fact that that the luminous waves proceeding
from a powerful electric lamp aie not of very
great intensity. The general symptoms in
duced in the eyes of people who have been ex
posed to the glare of unprotected lamps for too
long a time are: (1) Transient irritability of
the retina; (2) local Inflammation: (3) tears and
"flashing" of light before the eye; (4) incipient
paralysis of the eye. Usually people experi
ence sensations which are analogous lo those
which are felt when panicles of foreign mat
ter are present beneath the eyelid. In order to
prevent the sight being permanently injured,
it i necessary to adopt hygienic shades, hough
these do not act thoroughly in reducing the in
tensity of the luminous waves. Rest must be
sought, and the pain relieved dv the applica
tion ot cold water compresses. When the pain
is almost unbearable a calamity frequently
suffered by those who h ive bean exposed for
many hours a day to the glare of powerful
lamps a medical man may relieve it by the in
jection of cocaine and atropine. Tho French
call this peculiar malady "electrical sun
stroke." ..
AN Interesting exhibition was given in the
central station of the electric light company in
Melbourne recently. A supper was served, all
the viands of which were cooked by electricity.
Tne culinary operations included the grilling
ot beefsteaks, the making of toast and the boil
ing of water.
Clocks are being made for the towers of
churches aud public builings which, instead of
having an illuminated dial with dark hands,
have a darn face with enormous pointers of
light. These pointers are made ot glass, over
an lion frame, and are rendered visible for
miles by incandescent lights, whicb give them
the appearance of slender white rods of Are.
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A patent has been granted for an electrical
drill for oil wells. The device consists of a
series of motors in tandem, connected in snch
a way as tomake one motor. The design has
been to get the power within a six-inch diame
ter, so that the entire mecbanixn, which much
resembles a common boiler, can be lowered in
the well, and too power can oe applied at the
bottom. The drill bits are firmly fastened on
the rod, which is worked rapidly in and nut of
a cylinder, after the manner of a piston rod.
.
The primary battery bas been applied to the
propulsion of invalid chairs in England. A
strong chair, weighing about 200 pounds, is fitted
with a battery at the back of the seat, and can
be peeden up to about five miles an hour. As it
is calculated that the cost of maintenance of
the battery does not exceed 4 cents per honr,
and as no renewal would be required during an
ordinary da's use, the economy of this mode
of propulsion for invalids is apparent.
These are many indications tbatbefore long
the electric light will be the only illuminant
employed on railway trains. An important
step bas been taken by the Russian Govern
ment, which has decided that all the cars
shall be lighted by toe electric light in future.
CUBING C0NSTJMPTI0H.
A Shop Experience That Points to Hydro
cyanic Acid as the IJesult.
The paper read by Koch at the Berlin
congress on the treatment of consumption,
of which I spoke at some length in one of
my recent articles, says a writer in the Paris
edition of the New York Herald, gives a
certain value to a publication by Jir. KeuterJ
and I think it quite probable that it may
become the starting poiu't of a new treat
ment of tuberculosis.
Mr. lleuter has been for several years
director of a factory in which all sorts ot
metal objects are manu'actnred. In someot
the workrooms the gilding and slivering is
done by the galvanoplastic process. Mr.
lleuter noticed that among the workmen
employed in this part ol the factory those
who had the appearance ot consumptives
and who presented svmplnms of tuberculosis
were considerably benefited by their work.
that their cough diminished as well as the
expectoration and dvspnai, while they in
creased in weight He noticed, furthermore,
.that the condition of these patients when
they pa.'sed iuto other parts ol the factory
grew worse again, although their new occu
pation rMgbt be less fatiguing than the
former one.
.Under these conditions the question arose
wliether the improvement noticed during
their sojourn in the rooms given up to the
galvanoplastic process had not some rela
tion with the escape of hydrocyanic acid
from the surface of the apparatus. Mr.
lleuter is convinced that this is the true
explanation- It might be feared that
living dn that way in an atmosphere con
taining an appreciable amount of .hydro
cyanic acid would give rise to symptoms
oi chronic' Doisoning,but after having ex
amined over 100 persons who had been oc
cupied in the above mentioned rooms
during the last 30 years it was found that
this apprehension was without foundation.
CHESTNUTS SCAECE.
The Italian Vender Has Now to Depend
Cpon the Southern Product.
New York SUr.J i
"New -York State has suffered very much
this year in its, fruit products,," said a mar
ketman tova reporter yesterday. "Our
peach and pear crops were poor, and the
grape growers early in the season an
nounced that the prospect for a good vintage
was wretched.
The chestnnt growth, too, in this State
has been on a smallejj scale than for many
years. New York has usually urnished
plenty oi chestnuts for export, as well as
ior local consumption. This year, how
ever, only 25 bushels of New York nuts
have been brought to market. This famine
has created a market' here for Southern
grown chestnuts, and the supply irom Vir
ginia and neighboring States was so large
that the NewYark market was almost
flooded a few days ago.
Prices lell to $3 25 per bushel, but dnring
the past ewdays ewer shipments have been
received, and cousiauentlv ehmtnnt have
risen from 3 25 to f3 and 4 50 per bushel,
liAlaialA aiiiiAntMlf M Mna1l
sha'dow of a wire
Is the Only Guide Across the Central
Desert of Australia.
BY KAIL, BY CANAL AND ON FOOT
The Jonrney is Toilsome and Dangerous,
bat Interesting.
MTSTEEI- OP THE DUKITE SNAKE
rwErmu roif the pisrATCR.i
A trip across the inland deserts of Aus
tralia is interesting, but toilsome and dan
gerous. Port Angusta, at the headL of
Spencer Gnlf, in South Australia, is the
starting point for two thnrougblares. One
by the northeast to the great grazing downs
of inner Queensland, oue by the north
through dry valleys and across dusty
mountains, hotter with every mile of north
ing until it dips into the steaming jungles
of the northern coast, close upon the equator,
which seems hotter there than anywhere
else within its torrid span.
The Queensland road marks its track be
yond mistaking in the bleaching bones of
cattle that have talleu by the wayside, The
great Northern road is marked "by a light
thread oi wire strung overhead, lor it is the
course of the overland telegraph, which
links Australia and New Zealand with the
world's news and daily cares. A railway is
now building along this route and the work
of construction is prosecuted from either end
so rapidly that it will not be long before
luxurious travel is possible over what is
now the path of toil.
TOBACCO A NECESSITY.
The traveler's b iggage must be cut down
to what can be carried in saddle bags. The
wise traveler adopts the theory that a suf
ficient snpply ol tobacco must be carried
and as much of other things as space per
mits. It is the only currency o the bush
a good quality lor the white men to be met,
rank blackstrap for theaborigiuels.
Of course we took the new railroad as far
as it was built. This was Baltana, a typi
cal track town, which retained one of tne
mushroom growths of the days when the
Pacific roads were building. Here the real
journey began aud the means of locomotion
was the camel. It is barely possible that
there exists some locomotive agent oue de
gree more intolerable than the camel. If so
it is not known. The wretched beast main
tains a distiuct gait in each of its lour legs,
it swings its head with the motions ot still
a filth mode of progression, and the roll of
its body is a resultant oi all three ar.d yet
other lorces not clearly to be identified.
Then the camel may crane his neck aud bite
you and the general air ot wickedness of the
Afghan driver keep you in suspense.
BOTH ABE IMPORTATIONS.
Camels and Afghans were imported by
Sir Thomas Elder to develop his run, which
begins at Baltaua aud extends far into the
remote interior. Camels curry one over the
salt desert where horses could not live and
deposit the way.arer at the station at TJni
born, where is a well, a shanty aud a col
lection of horses which have more vicious
tricks than any herd o. the equine sort ever
bred to mischief and depravity. The most
deceit ul of the herd was here acquired aud
behaved lor a hundred miles beautifully
and lor the next thousand miles fiendishly,
until an iniquitous disposition killed him
in the desert.
Alter the new railroad, the camel, the
horse, no more experiments offered any in
ducements, and the remaining 500 miles
were penormed with those only reliable
ageuts of locomotion, one's own leet and
legs; and these Ioug miles were the most en
joyed. So much for the manner of making
the journey.
THE TELEGBAPH -WISE.
The road is no road, it is not even a trail
to sight less keen than the black fellow's
eye. The plain direction is never to lose
sight of the telegraph wire which sags be
tween distant poles of iron pipe so slender
that a mile away they can hardly be dis
cerned. Following the faint shadow of the
line upon the sand, one comes to springs or
pools oi filthy water at long tintervals, and
it is necessary to take the inland trip in
Australia to discover how filthy water can
be and yet tie greedily lapped un to quench
tbint
At intervals of about 159 miles are found
the relay stations ot the telegraph, uni
formly neat structures ol stone, where two
men live in lonely company, watching that
their wires work uninterruptedly, reporting
once a day to the end ot the line that they
are well, and .or the rest of the time listen
ing to the click of the cipher which hides
roni them the news of the world, which
might alleviate the intolerable monotony of
their lile. Sometimes there comes a break
in the wire, and that breakb the mouutonv.
lor it may mean that some starving wanderer
has taken that means of summoning succor.
NATIVES PEAK THE WIBE.
A simple galvanometer test suffices to fix
the exact position of the brea, and with his
kit of repairing tools the operator carries
food and drink to restore a lamished man
There is no chance that it is a trick ot the
wild natives, ior oue and all they dread the
mysterious wire with a great lear and never
dare to go beneath it except in the darkness
ol night.
In such gradual journeying the scenery
changes but slowly. The first third of the
way lies over deceptive plains which seem
level and yet strangely bar the view with
their unnoticed elevations. This is the
land ol baked c'ay, of bine bush aud salt
bush and the thorny spiniiex. Tbe-second
third ot the journey is among mountains
and rolling bills. Here are uogreat heights
and no deep valleys, yet the change is an
agreeable one; water begins to be more plen
tiful and of a better quality; there are even
traces ol rain in the shape of green vegeta
tion. There are drv stretches between the
ranges, bnt lor the first time clouds are seen
in the sky with promise of moisture, a prom
ise which every northward step brings
nearer realization.
X MYTHICAL SEBPEJIT.
The final third of the way lies within the
tropics, showers begin to come and soon de
velop into down-ponrs. The dry plain
changes to the rank sogginess of marsh land,
there are suggestions ot alligators, there are
mosquitoes and all manner of venemous
flie. At last Palmerston is reached on the
Bhore of Port Darwin, which opens into the
Indian Ocean. The journey is over, and at
the end no one thinks it in any way re
markable. Nowbere has there been a sign of the Da
kits snake, which alone could make it worth
while to take such a trip. All believj in it.
All are convinced that the man who kills
one Dnkite snake must immediately kill its
mate or be relentlessly bunted down and
slain by the bereaved serpent. His habitat
is loosely said to be up somewhere on the
line of the telegraph. Three months' search
tailed to discover even a single Dukite; faith
in this serpent has gone with shattered taith
in many another serpent who has proved
himself a myth. His existence is confined
to the musical verse of John Boyle O'Keilly,
who heard of the Dukite when he wore fet
ters in the bush.
"William Chuechill. .
COFFEE IS A FE0PHET.
The
Popular Narcotic Is a Good Weather
Bureau if Understood.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Coffee is an excellent barometer because it
is such a good absorbent. On the eve of a
rain storm, grinding coffee is difficult and
almost impossible, while when there is no
dancer of wet weather it Is quite easy. In
establishments where a boy is kept steadily
employed grinding coffee be is often asked
whether it is going to rain or not, and on
mornings of half holidays anzions clerks
o.ten look at and even touch ground coffee.
E'tTENlTtTEE upholstered and packed for
shipment. iULUQuaiLZZsxs,33 Water st.
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TEA ISH'T A FOOD.
Cocoa Is the Only Proper Brink' for ThoM)
TVho Must Toil.
Illustrated News of the World.
Tea is not a lood. By a "food" one means
any substance which can contribute directly
to the nutrition of the body. Fat is a food
in this sense: so is sngar, and so is starch.
Minerals such as potash, Iron, lime, and
so forth are also foods, becanse they assist
in building up the natural structure of onr
frames. Again, the nitrogenous substances
albumen and casein and gluten, and tha
like are foods, because they enter inti
mately into the composition ot the most
vital parts of animals. So that the list I
have just given nitrogenous matters, fats,
starches and sugars, and, finally, water in
cludes really all our necessities in the way
oi nutriment.
It is true, of course, that the most of ths
things we eat are in themselves combina
tions of "foods." Be"f is -not-one food, bnt
tour at least water, nitrogenous matters, fat
and minerals. Let the chemist analyze tea
ior ns. and tell ns of what things it consists.
Here is his reply: Minerals, leaf-debris, tbs
merest traces ot starch, and, finally, certain
important bodies known as alkaloids, among
wiich theine and caffein stand out promt
nently. The theine and caflein are un
doubtedly nerve stimulants in a very direct
sense; aud the reviving effects ot a cup of
tea are certainly dne to the presence oi these
alkaloids.
Have yon studied the nutrition of mill
hands, milliners, and the great army of
women-lolk who labor and toil in onr great
centers of population? I. not, just think of
the enormous nutritive waste, and of the
terrible error in dietetic, which everyday'
represents, when you find the working
classes (and other classes as well) living
chiefly on tea and bread. Ont of tea you'ean
get practically no energy or force where
with to do work. Ask any physician who
labors in dispensary practice what he knows
of the effects o nuder-uutrition as repre
sented by tea (used as a "ood), and you will
oe surprised to hear of the amount of dys
pepsia lor which tea-drinking' is responsi
ble. Take, away tea, and what is left then for
the working man? I have no difficulty in
replying cocoa. This last-is a true food.
It contains starch and lat and sugar, along
with nitrogenous matter, and also a stimu
lating principle. A cup of tea is no fit
breakfast or any man; bnt a enp of cocoa,
with bread and butter, is really a meal on
which the laborer may fitly begin the toif of
the day.
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The Austrian "Way.
Detroit Fress Press.!
While an Austrian regiment was on drew
parade on the 2d inst., a bug crawled into
the ear of a sergeant. He put up his right
hand to remove the insert, and a court mar
tial reduced him to the ranks, fined him $13
and obliged him to carrv a weight o. 60
pounds on his back for 14 days. It is tha
big-bugs who have the call over there.
Couldn't Answer.
Detroit Free I'ress. J
An Austrian painter painted a fetnsJ
angel with a good deal of drapery clihginj
to her flying form. A newspaper critic
asked him how cloth was made in heaven,
and what of, and how shears and needles got
up there, and the artist went off and hanged
himself.
MADAME A. RUPPERT
Complexion Specialist.
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Mme. A. Buppert's world-renowned fact
bleach li the only face tonicin the world which
po-ltivel; removes frei-kle-, moth patches,
blackhead, pimples, birthmark, eczema and
all blemishes of the Lin, and when applied
cannot be observed by anyone. The ,faco
bleach can only be had at mv branch office.
Ne. yj Fifth avenue. Hamilton building, rooms
2u3 and 201. Pittsburg, or sent to any address on
receipt oi price. ro at ti per Dome, or tnres
bottles, utually required to clear the complex-,
ion. So. Send 4 cenupotage for f nil particulars.
ocll-sa MME. A. ROPPERT.
I CURE CONSUMPTION
And .That, Too, by the. Administration of Bat
Very Little Medicine The Inhalation of
Medicated Sprays by Pneumatio Cabinet
Nowthe Recognized Method of Treatment.
In the first staue of consumption or early part
of the secind stage, dunngthe breaking down
process, but beiore cavities have actually
formed, I can arrest and cure tbs disease in
every case where I can get the entire co-operation
of the patient. Even in the latter part
of the second or early part of the bird and;
last stage, when cavities exist, the distressing
stmptoms can be relieved and life prolong)
with comparative comfort.
Wot. C. Byrrs, 31. D., No. iil J'enn Ave.,
Ji'oae, Throat and Lung Specialist,
Since the Tuberculosus Congress decided
that consumption is due to the presence of tha
tubercle baclllu- the pneumatic cabinet treat
ment has become the recognized mode of treat
ment among all progressive and wldeawaks
physicians. The success I have bad with this '
method of treatment during the past threa
years Is simply marvelous. 1 here are scores of
people walking the streets of Pittsburg b-day .
who owe their lives to it, and will cheerfully
testify to the fact. Many of them never swaf
lowed a mouthful of medicine durinirtbewhole
course of treatment, nhich makes their re
covery still more marvelous. By the cabinet
treatment antiseptic or germ-destroying sprays
are brought into direct c-ntact with the Inns
tissue; cleansing and applying medicine im
mediately to the diseased parts. The treat
ments are not at all unpleasant or hurtful to
the weakest patients. I often put mylittls
daughter in the cabinet to strenetben and de
velop her lungs, as she has nbd pneumonia'
twice.
On account of the great costaif the cabins!
(S300), and time consumed in treatment from
one-half to one hour, I charge SI for each in
halation, or per week for daily inbalatinns-3
which are often necessary in very bad cases. I
have the only cabinet and fully equipped in-""
nalarlum id tha city.
CATARSH TREATMENT $5 A MOJTTH.
I continue to treat catarrh by, tha Besalsr
spray method and the aplieation ind ad-',,
ministration of snch -medicines as each case
indicates, for S3 a month. Bear this fact is
mind, catarrh can only be thoroughly eradi
cated by combined local and internal treat
ment, and those trying any other course are
simply wasting their time and money and
jeopardizing tbmr bailtb and even lives. For
out-of-town patients I have devised a svstom ot
home treatment, comffining both local and in
ternal medication. Write for symptom blanla, -'
DR. BIERS, offlco and iabalarium d Pea :
1 'S
l.Tv, Pittsburg.
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