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to solicitation and encouragement. vThese
strurrfflinir unfortunates, induced to believe
there is au El Dorado where they -will fare
better, and.whipped by thp desperation of j
.l.n?.. wiAncviVino lumnmo inT'nltlfltttl Amis
frrantsto Amenca, and in most instances
thev pro e undesirable citizens.
Tliey oftentimes sell their donkey or coat'
or borrow money for the passige, which,
costs from S20 to 26, at a rate that makes
the passage cost them 580 to S100. They are
taVen in charge on landing by a padrone or
labor boss, who herds them In a tenement
- house, and hires them out at wages which
he dictates and in which he share with his
victim. One combination of agents in Aus
tria secured the emigration of 5,790 persons
in this country in one year, b Another com
bination in Galicia induced 12,406 to emi
grate to this country within the period of 14
months. Mr. Mulh'olland, a contract labor
inspector at Sew Tork, belies es 25 per cent
of our immigrants are induced to come here
in violation of the intent of the contract law
nnd by the representation of the agents of
the carrying comp.aiies. The eflect of this
induced immigration Is found not only in
the almshouses anion the morals of our
country, but its tendency is to constantly
low er our standard of wages. ,
The Ogarmakors and the Miners. .
Fifteen j ears ago -the cigarmakcrs of Xew
York were" earning ?18 per week. On dif
ferences arising between employers and
men foreigners were imported to fill the
places of our men, and wages were reduced,
lor, whatever the wages might be to them, it
was higher than in Europe, and the foreign
cigarmakcrs came here ratil the workmen
of our Eastern cities, 90 per cent of whom
were Americans 15 j ears ago, are now 10
percent Americans and 90 per cent foreign,
and their wages have declined to an average
of S8 per week.
A few years ago the coal regions of our
country tere filled w ith Irish, "Welsh, Scotch
and German miners, but these are "being
forced out by ignorant and slavish laborers,
whose coming to America was'not prompted
byloieof our institutions or the hope of
building a home. Tneir reckless expecta
tions are for the time satisfied when they
drive out the native laborer and fill nis
place, often at one-half his wages.
Under the influx of this class of immi
grants wage remuneration is steadily tend
ing dewnward in the unskilled departments
of labor, and its influence, as with the free
stonecutters, is reaching up and percolating
through every branch of skilled labor and
bringing down the whole .American rate of
wages.
The Immigrant SlnsWAssImilate.
Immigration is in some measure to be con
sidered -nith reference to the assimilating
power of this country. Hon ever desirable
the immigrant, he must learn our customs,
take on the life of our people, "become ac
quainted with our Government, and themore
numerous the immigrants the greater diffi
culty in that direction. Much of our immi
gration has become thoughtless and reck
less; it comes without the sturdy purpose
that signalized the races iliat ha e contrib
uted so much to building up our institu
tions. It is indifferent to the things that
make America American, and some of it is
persistently incorrigible. All elements
coming here in reckless adventure are likely
to become dissatisfied before they can be as
similated into our life. Such coming adds
nothing to their lot, but adds a menace to
our prosperity.
These people displace citizens. If any
body is to be idle, it will not be rfheyfor
they live in niggardly ccononry, and v hen
enow falls they carry home a saving from
the season's work greater than they could
accumulate in three j ears at their homes.
In a large measure n'ell paid labor is the in
fluence that has given to our people their
unexampled prosperity and their average
high standard as citize'us. It is a crime to
rob them of so elevating a force; but the
pressure from below is steadily accomplish
ing this result.
It rias Xot Been Restricted.
The public regards the immigration legis
lation oJ Congress as rcsirlcth e, but such
has not been the case, as more immigrants
have landed in America since the passage of
the law of 1SS2 than ecr landed in the same
time before. Erom the discov cry of the
country down to 1783, the close of the "War
r-of fne Revolution, is our colonization
period. "We count immigration as begin
ning at that date (1783), and up to 1820 250
000 lorcigncrs came to America. The fol
lowing table shows the number of immi
grants arriving since that time:
Member Xumber
From To Armed. From To Aimed.
1820 130 12S,SaS G0 W0 I,XU,0GI
1K I40 5.?Sll 1S70 Jb!0 2,fiU,Oi0
3V40 liM Mi 337 1SS0 13301 5,ilf,613
ItoO 1S00 2.7!T.i,4il I J
Immigration comes in tidal waves. It
will recede for a time and then rise again;
each decade, with the exception of the war
period, the returning tide reached higher
than its predecessor. The ten v cars closing
December 31, 18110, shows a marked increase.
It luay be well to note the classes of aliens
restricted from lauding on our shores bythe
immigration law ot the late Congress. 'This
law prohibits the incoming of paupers and
of persons likely to become paupers; polyg
amists. persons who have been convicted of
any crime involving moral turpitude; per
sons suffering from a loathsome or contagious
disease. In addition, persons who have been
assisted on the other side in their passage
are required to affirmathcly and satisfactor
ily show that they are not within the above
excluded classes.
The Burden of Proof on tho Immigrant.
It was belieed bv Congress that the pro
hibition of these classes would so far sift
immigration that only the desirable immi
grants could enter our country. The phrase
"likely to become a pauper" is sweeping,
and leaves a large discretion to the inspector.
Its value can be measured by the relcrcnce
made above to the cliarityaid societies of
foreign countries. So much trouble has
been experiei ced from immigrants assisted
by their friends on the other side of the
water that it was felt best to place the bur
den of proof on them and make tkm show
afhnnnm cly that they are not objection
able characters. Those" aided from this side
are the best immigrants we get.
The contract labor evasions are carefully
cared for m the new law. Many of the
worst classes of immigrants escape ' at the
time the vessel lauds ot her dock, at which
point the immigrants are placed on floaters
and carried to the Barge Oflice for Govern
ment inspection. The" csscl masters lune
alwajs claimed that they had no control of
passengers or immigrants after the vessel
touched dock, and from 10 to 150 immigrants
walk ashore irom ecry vessel at this point
and thus escape inspection. On a late trip
of the Majestic it was ascertained that 13S
of her immigrant passengers avoided inspec
tion in this wa The new law requires the
vessel to convey all immigrants to the
Barge Oflice and places a heavy penalty
upon the vessol lor eaclf immigrant per
mitted to escape.
Provision for Returning Objectionable Ones.
The law also provides that when the in
spectors have barred an immigrant from
landing he shall be immediately returned to
the vessel and there retained and returned
to the port from whence he came. Vessels
hae received the debarred immigrants
on board, but ha e not detained them. A
fine of 300 is now imposed for each de
barred immigrant that a vessel failsto re
turn, and in addition clearance from the
port is refused the vessel that v iolates the
law.
One purpose of the new law is to cause
the steamship companies to publish the re
strictions of this country in foreign coun
tries and to invpect "their own immigrants,
and only bring over such as they know will
be acceptabls on this side. The steamship
companies are complaining of the harsh
ness of the new law at this time, but as they
are making vast sums of money out of the
immigrant traffic they can afford to establish
an inspection of their own. Another year
will find v ery few immigrants coming to our
shores of the undesirable classes.
I do do notbelievc the tjme has come for
the total restriction of immigration. Every
able-bodied man entering this country, 20
rears of age, is worth S1.500 to the country.
Xet a de eloping country, we are in need of
these people, and as long as the hardy sons
of other lands, in iionest purpose, seek our
shores, because of the freedom of our insti
tutions and of the opportunities in this bet
ter land, it is profitable for us to receive
them. "W. T. Ovrzx.
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1SGESEGUTHEH00S.
Kofel'Painting Just Finished by the
jprush of Burne-Jones.
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EEIGNEfG BEAUTY OP EIJBOPE.
Approaching Marriage of Prince
n and Princess Ionise.
Eugene
C&SES OP DEATH THROUGH LAUGHTER
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WRITTEN FOK TOT DISPATCH.
E. Burne-Jones, the artist leader of the
Art Socialist League in London, has just
finished a painting
that i s attracting
considerable atten
tion. His subjects,
as a rule, are of the
weird, uncanny kind
and this one is no
exception. "Earth
rise in Moonland,"
the title of the pict
ure, sounds queer,
doesn't it? The big
earth is represented
as rising on the
moon's horizon.
Curious arrangements of light and shadow
result, the artist having taken advantage of
the astronomer's theory that the moon is
entirely without atmospnere. On a ledge
in the.foreground is the skeleton of a huge
man presumably the last, inhabitant of the
orb of night. Tne conception of the entire
work is said to be startling, and impressive
in the extreme.
IiIt. Burne-Jones' productions are of the
profoundly aesthetic school, and besides are
usually spjmarked by his individuality that
they are Immediately recognized by those
acquainted with his style and the character
of subjects. Ouida, in several of her no vels,
has alluded to this fact in such expression
as those "Burne-Jones things," etc
The Mohammedan AInrriage Service.
"We are accustomed to look upon the fol
lowers of .Mohammed as a wild, fanatical
people with barbarous ideas. The other
day I rarfticross a copy of their marriage
service, w"hich is, I think, much superior to
that of the Christian faith in many respects.
I do not know of anything more beautiful or
more" poetic in words or conception, and I
cannot imagine how anyone could conceive
such graud sentiment and yet be considered
akin to a savage. Take that part, for in
stance, which the bride repeats: "I stand
here in the presence of God, and all who are
assembled, to unite my heart to your heart,
and my destiny to your destiny, and to be
called by your name. Thy sorrow shall be
my sorrow thy happiness shall be my hap
niness." This is but a short extract, nnd I think
'that anyone who will take the trouble to
compare it entire with that of the Christian's
will observe quite1 a dilference in its iavor,
at least so far as conception is concerned.
A Cemetery More Than rilled.
The people of Madrid, Spain, are at pres
ent muchinterested in a ghastly question
which, from indications, they will have
some difficulty in solving. It seems that
the main cemetery has become com
pletely filled, having within the last eight
years received no less than 90,000 bodies,
and to bury more in the place means that
some of the dead will be so close together
that they will touch; in fact, instead of a
cemetcrv,itrillbea vast charnal pit, and,
worse than that, no available place in the
vicinity can be used for the purpose.
Madrid lias never had the reputation of a
healthy place, and if the above conditions
continue to exist there is certainly no
promise of improvement-
3Iost Beautiful "Woman of Europe.
"Who is the most beautiful woman of
Europe? It would be difficult if not wholly
impossible to answer that
question under any cir
cumstances, but the cable
reports and letters from
European correspondents
UUllJ autiumciuiuiiurji Ti
One asserts that the wife s(? V
of Prince Sergius of Rus-
sia is entitled to tlieV w.
honor; another claims it -?
for a daughter ot the 2iM
reigning house of Den- Comtesse Aymciy.
mark, and a handsome woman this last is
too, and she comes from a family of beauties
in their day, but still another correspondent
nominates a member of English royalty,
while another favors a German lady, an
other an Austrian and so on to tie end of
the chapter.
One of the latest claimants is the Comtesse
Avmery de la Rochefoucauld, a Parisian
belle, who has attained distinction hereto
fore as being a In ing reproduction of Marie
Antoinette, but it ib only within the last
week on. two that her admirers have laid
claim to the still higher honor of being the
beauty, par excellence. If her pictures are
truthful she is certainly a handsome woman,
but whether everybody will unite in grant
ing her this honor is another matter, there
is such a difierence of opinion as to what
constitutes beauty. However, if ancestry
counts for anj thing, she certainly comes
from a family whose women have always
been notable for their beauty. Comtesse
Avmery is described as a typical blonde
with blue eyes, in combination with regular
features. . She is exceptionally bright intel
lectually, which alone would have gained
her lame in 'the best circles of French
society if the reputation of her beauty had
not already proceeded farther.
The La Rochefoucauld family can be
traced back to the eleventh century,. when
one Eoucald, first Seigneur de la Roche, is
spoken of in a charter of an abbey of
Angouleme. Its most distinguished mem
bers' flourished in the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries, respectively, their fame
being principally derived from literary and
state achievements. The Due de la Rochc
foucald, who died March 27, 1827, was dis
tinguished during his lite through his
efforts in furthering vaccination and as the
founder of the first savings bank in France.
An Important Matrimonial Event.
An expected royal wedding is'that of
Prince Eugene, third son of the King of
Sweden, and Princess
Louise of Denmark.
This ought to be a
good match, as both
parties are good look
ing, more than ordi
narily intelligent and
come from families
having the reputation
of being the models
of European royalty.
Eugene inherits from
his father rare literary
and artistic tastes,
and has already
achieved considerable
fame from the publi
cation of a number of
Pnnaugene.
small.
but really excellent works in their
way.
Princess Louise comes from a family
whose fac?s may be said to be their fortunes,
and through that means they are to-day the
most powerfully related family in Europe,
with possibly one exception. If the mar
riage of Eugene and Louise is consummated
the latter-will be the granddaughter of a
King, the daughter-in-law of another, the
sister of still, another and the daughter of a
Crown Prince. One aunt is the present
Empress of Russia and another relative is
the prospective monarch of England in the
person of the Princess of "Wales. Is it any
wonder that a family so connected has en
joyed comparative immunity from interna
tional complications?
' , Superstition About the Opal., '
I hare noticed a number of stories 'going
(ft
MSsm
JS. Burne-Jones.
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the rounds lately, attributing the unlucky
qualities of the opal to various sources.
Xone have mentioned the part Six "Walter
Scoft took in bringing about this odd super
stition in connection with one of the most
beautiful gems known. The great novelist
in "Anne of Geierstein" refers to it as, losj
ing its bcadty when exposed to water and
incidentally attributed that tact to super
natural agency. Immediately after
the publication of the novel, which by the
way, was one of the most widely read of any
of the Scottish bard's works at the time, the
opal went out of fashion and has never been
looked upon with favor since.
A Tottering Crown "Well Supported.
Speaking of having powerful relations,
the present King of Portugal, Carlos I,
whose throne is said to
be tottering, leads all
the European potentates
i n (hat respect His
mother, is a daughter of
the late Victor Emanuel,
of Italy, and his wife is
a daughter of the Comte
de Paris, Orleanist claim
ant to the throne of
France. He is also
closery related by blood
with the late royal family
oi jjrazii, ana also
and also ot
Carlos Z
those at present reigning in Germany, .
tria and 'England; in fact, it would bi
Aus-
e ai-,
most impossible to pick out a country on 'the
other side of the Atlantic in which he has
not some powerful relative. Under the cir
cumstances it is extremely unlikely that
Portugal will assume a republican form of
u ciuiiKut. wiuiui a suon. lime, as iarios
"sistersj cousins and aunts," will no doubt
come to his rescue.
It seems rather strange that the great
house of Braganza, of which Carlos' is a.
member, should have originally sprung
from the illegitimate son of a king for whose
benefit the dukedom of Braganza had been
created It sprung up under a lucky
star, evidently, for within four generations
it was called upon to reign over Portugal,
on the revolt of that country from the rule
of the Spaniard and has remained in power
ever since, while the strain has mingled
with the best bipod of Europe. The mascot
appears to be lost, however; Brazil is lost to
them and in spite of the King's relationship,
things look bad in Portugal, and it does look
as if the lucky dynasty founded by John
"the Fortunate," should in the end prove
the most unlucky of any.
Laugliing Himself to Death.
Laugh and grow fat," has been the say
ing from time immemorial, but it will have
to-be chanced to "Laush and crow thin."
judging by the case of Parmer Duhrlinger,
u xioatciu XCUilMlvuulO, WliU JS &ULU LO OU
dying of joy over the advent of a railroad
in the neighborhood of his property, A
writer of some years since called attention
to the fact that only among the ancients and
the French do we hear ot people dying of
laughter. " He mentions Zeuxis as having
died of laughter at the painting of .an old
woman, and of Philomen who expired on
seeing a donkey drink a glass of wine, and
the Trench as having a book containing a
list of men who had laughed themselves to
death.
Tire writer also went on to say that
Americans' had eithermore jokes or a poorer
appreciation of wit As the author is still
living, the Duhrlinger episode will give
him a chance to change his opinion on the
subject. WrtKiE.
Censorship of Telegrams. i
It is stated that the German Government
has issued orders to the effect that no cen
sorship of telegrams will hereafter be .exer
cised except in times of public danger.
This is tojbe taken with a grain of salt, and
it would be hard to say what is meant bv
the phrase touching times of danger. It
may be only a ruse to get some persons to
commit themselves badly, and it may be
taken for granted that any telegram sent by
Bismarck, will be noted carefully.
Prevent Grip.
People who wear Aunt Rachel's Herb
Pad as directed find it a sure preventive
of the grip. Thousands tried thcmlast year
and found them infallible. They prevent
and cure by penetration andanhalatiou, the
v apor arising irom the herb pad worn on
the chest or throat drives the microbes from
before the mouth ami nose, by which you
inhale an atmosphere free from the disease
germs. Price 5U 00. Send to Aunt Rachel
Pad Co., Passaic, K. J.
Decoration Day Excursion to Bock Point
tia the Pennsylvania lines.
For the iron moldcrs' annual picnic at
Rock Point on Saturday, May 30, Decora
tion Day, excursion tickets will be sold via
the Pennsylvania lines at 65 cents for round
trip from Pittsburg. Trains leave "Union
station at 7:20 a. m. and 12:20 P. M., central
time. Returning trains leave Rock Point
at 6:15 and 8:36 .r. M. tufsu
FOB THE BOTS.
Three Special Bargains.
In our large boys' department we have
marked three special bargains in suits, and
you can dress the boys in good clothing for
very little money.
2To. 1 Boysr cassimere and cheviot
suits, pleated, corded, in plain, light
or dark colors, sizes 4 to 14, at only .$2 00
Ko. 2 Boys' v ery fine all-woo! worsted
and cassimere suits, extra finej worth
S5 and $6, sizes 4 to 14, our price. . . . 3 00
Ho. 3 Boys' long pants suits, sizes 13
to 19, a great bargain, at only 4 00
During this sale each boy will get a hard
wood bat and League ball iree.
P. C. C. C, Pittsburg CosinnrX.TiON
CLOTHiirb Company, corner Grant and
Diamond streets.
Chamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment.
A certain cure for chronic sore ey$s, tetter,
salt rheum, scald head, old chronic sores,
fever sores, eczema, itch, prairie scratches,
sore nipples and piles. It is cooling and
soothing. Hundreds of cases have been
cured by it after all other treatment had
failed. It is put up in 25 and 50 cent boxes.
WFSU
First Excursion to Ohio Pyle.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will
run their annual excursion to Ohio Pyle on
Decoration Day, on next Saturday, May3p.
Rate, $1 50 round trip.) Train leaves at
8:15 A. m. J
Carpets! Carpets!
"We have added new patterns to our 50c
brussels this week, 39c.
J. H: KtfNKEtr&'BnO.,
1317-1349 Penn avenue.
Compare Prices and Quality
"With any ether wall paper house and you
will be convinced that we are leaders in
that line.
John S. Roberts, 414 Wood streei
That Is Eove.
Exercise the above to tbe letter. The
public in general and organized labor in
particular wrK note, that out of respect to
the G. A. R., all union stores 'will close
Decoration Day 12 noou.
Salesmen's Assembly 4907, K of L.
Ikon Crrr beer
Builds up trade
"Wherever placed on draught.
Order direct. Telephone 1180.
Read Edward Groetzinger's advertise
ment for carpet bargains.
"Washington awnings at Brown & Co.'s,
comer Grant and "Water streets. TeL 1194.
The likeness in the photographs made by
Dabbs Is certainly never excelled.
Read Edward Groetzinger's advertise
ment for carpet bargains.
StrararxsiDE awnings at Broin & Co.'g,
corner Grant and "Water streets. -TeL 1104.
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' JEETTSBTJBGw DISPATCH,
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;A SEW SAFETY MATCH
It Is Impossible to Light It Until It
Is Broken in Two.
BIVETING TEETH TO A JAW-BONE.
Jfoyel Inkstand Presented to Inventor Edi
son by Krnpim
MACfllKE3
"WHITING
FOR THE BUND
rWEITTEN FOB TttX DISPATCH.
A novelty in matches has been patented
in England by,a Belgian, who places on dif
ferent parts of 'the same match the two
compositions which, "in ordinary safety
matches, are gene'rallyplaced, respectively,
o)i the box and on the end of the match. In
obtaining a light from tne new match the
latter is broken across the middle, and the
two ends rubbed together. 1,
In spite of its apparent safety it is donbt-
fnl whether this form of match is much of
an improvement on many of the matches
now used. The match of to-day is a very
different thing from that of GO years ago,
when the lucifer held sway and was made in
large quantities in South Germany. One
lamentable feature of their manufacture has
fortunately been banished by modern
methods. The lucifer matchmakers at the
period when phosphorus was so largely
used by them, were subject to a very terri
ble and singular disease the rotting away
of the jaw-bone. Together with this ghast
ly complaint, constitutional symptoms were
always present which denoted the presence
of poison in the blood. The cause of these
singular attacks, at first regarded as mys
terious, was at last traced to the phosphorus
employed in making the matches. The
physicians were puzzled to 'know how the
law could be attacked firstj but they at
length discovered that the uoisonous fumes
gained admission to the bone through the
avenue ot decayed teeth.
To meet the difficulty the mouths of all
persons employed in match making were
examined and all those who had unsound
teeth were dismissed. This, to a certain ex
tent, met the case, but, though to a limited
extent, the disease still continued. One or
both jaws would be affected and in some
cases the power of speech as "well as that of
mastication was destroyed. The only ef
fectual method of obliterating the shocking
malady was to so alter the phosphoros as
to deprive its fumes of their deadly viru
lence and this, happily, was eventually ac
complished.
Fortunes lrr- Phosphates.
The .history of the development of the
phosphate industry bv Americans reads
.more like a romance than the truthful rec-
ord of a mining pursuit. In Florida alone,
where nn experimental yenture was made
only two years ago, the industry is already
established on such a basis as to involve
millions of capital and. employ thousands of
men, adding thousands of dollars daily to
the country's wealth and challenging com
parison in prospective magnitude with any
of "the great industries of the world. The
world's consumption of phosphate, which
must be an indispensable article of com
merce until that probably distant period
when the chemist shall manufacture in the
laboratory what the agriculturist new. grows
in the fields, is now rated at 1,500,000 tons,
and increases, annually at the rate of 25 to
30 per cent. In five years 4,000,000 tons
will be required to supply tht markets for
the season, and in ten years 12,000,000 or
13,000,000 w'ill be required.
The old sources of supply, South Carolina,
Canada and the "West Indies, have probably
all reached the point of maximum pro
duction, and it is to Florida that the world
must look for its increasing wants. What
untold i riches lie under the soil of the
,Pcninsula State may be imagined ifromth.e,
fact that one of its richest tracts 'dfphos-"
phatc land is 1,000 miles square.
Over most
ot this land the thickness ot
the deposit
vanes Irom 3 to 30 leet or more, tne average
probably being about ten feet- A cubic
yard of "the crude stuff will wash outNfrom
000 pounds to half a ton of clean, dry
nodules, and ajecent survey has given the
contents of a single section of land (640
acres) at 3,000,000 tons. An acre of phos
phate land, if the deposit be only three feet
deep, will contain 4,840 cubic yards of
stratum, yielding 1,600 or 2,000 tons' of clear
phosphate nodules. Such land can be
bought for ?50 to ?100 per acre. A complete
plant of a daily capacity of 50 or 60 tons
enn be put up and started for f 10,000 or less.
The total daily expense of producing 50
tons of phosphate will not exceed 540. It
will cost 50 cents to 51 per ton to transport
it to tidewater, and there it is worth ?6 50
to $7 per ton. In the face of such figures as
these it is beyond question that the opening
up of the Florida phosphate field is destined
to afford another instance of the way in
which America leads the world in the rapid
development of gigantic industries.
A Krupp Battery Inkstand.
Mr. Edison has been the recipient of
many presents, but none of them is more
curious or interesting than the inkstand set
which now occupies a conspicuous place on
the great inventor's desk at the laboratory
in Orange. It is a present from Kuipp, the
German maker of big guns, and is naturally
of yery warlike appearance. It consists of
miniature guns and shell made out of Krupp
steel. The inkwells, arc made out of shell
stood on end point upward, so that the pen
may lie across them. The pen tray is
made of half a shclL The penwiper is stuck
in the mouth of a heavy siege gun, -which is
mounted on a turn-table and is provided
with the usual gear for elevating add de
pressing. This is no make-believe for the
whole mechanism works as easily and
smoothly under the touch of the. finger
as though it were a real gun maneuvered by
a company of artillerymen.
The tall candlesticks are also made out of
"Long Toms" or whatever may be their
modern name and are highly finished,
grim bits of metal that look quite capable
of sending a dynamite charge two or three
miles. It is rather amusing to see this
bellicose outfit on the desk of such a man as
Edison, who has an intense dislike of the
modern militaryism of Europe, and has
always refused- to turn his genius to pur
poses of destruction, except in the case of
the Sims-Edison torpedo, which, he thinks.
Could end a war in short order and save
countless million lives. The batteries he is
inclined to are those . whose victories are
made over nature and whose triumphs
are to be seen in inyentions that have added
immeasurably to tbe comfort, convenience
and happiness of his fellow-creatures.
The Eife of Steam Boilers.
An English naval engineer has invented a
simple and ingenious system for adding to
the effectiveness and life of steam boilers by
doing away with the severe strain which
follows the first,starting of the furnaces.
The remedy consists of an arrangement
whereby the present furnace fronts are sub
stituted by steel heating chambers of the
same'strength as the boiler. These chambers,
which do not in any way interfere with the
great furnace, are, at starting, filled with
water from the bottom of the boiler, or
from any other point in the boiler where
there is no circulation.
A small fire is lighted in the furnace at
first, which heats- up the water in the
chambers, and by degrees the remainder of
the water in the boiler becomes heated, and
the shell is also gradually warmed, a uni
form temperature being thus obtained. As
soon as the temperature has become uniform
the fires are made up and steam is raised to
the working pressure. The primary work
of the heaters having been accomplished'
they are now used as feed water heaters.
The feed water instead of going ino the
boiler direct is diverted into the heaters
and is bromrht to a temperature of 220 de
grees Fahrenheit. It will thus be seen that I
the arrangement is that of a combined auto-1
'SUNDAY,' MAY 24,
matic circulator and feed .water heater,
whiclmot only does not rob the boiler of
steam, but arrests and utilizes "heat which
would otherwise be wasted. The saving in
fuel gained by this invention is said to be 7
per cent.
To Keep Spirits from Evaporating.
The "Housekeeper's Friend" is a new de
vice for the prevention of the mysterious
evaporation of the contents of certain
bottles which form an integral part of most
domestic establishments. The solution of
this hitherto apparently hopeless problem
is embodied in the use of a bottle-locking
apparatus of much siraplicjty. A circular
band of metal closes on a hinge around the
neck of the bottle, its ends; which project at
right angles, being provided with holes.
Over these a padlock hasp is placed, and
when the padlock is locked the cork defies
any attempts of extraction short of picking
the lock or breaking off the neck of the
bottle.
It has been remarked that a padlock keeps
out only "honest thieve's," but it is precisely
that class who abstract glasses of wine" or
spirits or spoonfuls of tea, and these can
now be made secure. It has been suggested
that this lock will be specially serviceable
to travelers. In cases, too, where danger
ous medicines are being used such a method
of dfctinguishinjj them and possibly pre
venting their being used indiscreetly would
seoni a wise precaution.
Tho Manufacture of Submarine Cable.
England has long been the stronghold of
the submarine cable industry, and our
French cousins have heretofore been cele
brating with the greater gusto and enthu
siasm the fact that a fable ship has just
been dispatched from a French port with a
lot of cable made in a French factory, to be
laid along the northeastern coast of South
America. During the last 30 years France
has paid to English manufacturers no less
than 50,000,000, and now hopes to do a
little of this profitable work for herself. A
point likely to escape notice is that in case
of an outbreak of hostilities in Europe such
A country as France would be greatly at a
disadvantage in regard to cablework but for
the fact that she now has her own plant and
men capable of producing and laying all the
cable she might want. The United States
is the only great civilized nation to-day
that has not done anything in this field of
work. Our cables in inland waters cannot
be surpassed, but we have not a foot of
American made cable in deep sea.
Improved Railway Signalling.
The inquiry into the causes of the late
railway tunnel disaster in New York has
called special attention to yarious methods
of securing greater safety in railway travel,
especially in tunnels. In one of the latest
exploited of these each locomotive carries a
battery or small magneto, driven by an en
gine and a bell. Between the rails are laid
a pair of conductors, which are divided into
sections, and upon which bear contact
wheels or brushes connected with the bat
tery and bell on each locomotive. Should a
second locomotive enter a section from
which the first locomotive has not yet
passed, an alarm is given, and should a
third or fourth train enter 'upon a section
on which two trains are already signalling
they would also be signalled. The conse
quence of this is that all possibility of colli
sion is absolutely guarded against. . By a
modification of this system bells placed at
crossings can be arranged to ring when a
train arrives within a given distance and
gates can be automatically operated in the
same way.
Cultivating the Bnbber Tree.
The threatened dearth in the world's sup
ply of rubber has led to the formation of a
syndicate which proposes to cultivate the
rubber tree, on a large scale. In Ceylon
steps have already been taken to carry out
the same idea by sowing the seed of the
Ceara in patches of jungle, and the supply
of rubber from that island promises to be,
in a few years, double what it is at present.
.Encouraged by the apparent success of this
experiment, 'tne syndicdf 'proposes to carry
on tne ruDDer cultivation on several large
estates in the southern part of Mexico, not
far from the gulf, where the climate will be
most favorable for their operations. The
rubber tree grows with great rapidity, and
a tree of average size will yield about 20
gallons of milk; which is equal to 40 pounds
of dried Tubber. From the testimony of
experts it is found that this yield will give
a handsome return on the capital to be in
vested. . Xew Use for Sole Leather.
One of the striking features in many in
dustries is the way in which profitable em
ployment is made of certain materials for
purposes foreign to their original use and
entirely unthought of until some accident
has disclosed their possibility. An instance
of this is the utilization of sole leather for
the manufacture of the "compress" polish
ing whecL This wheel is used in the pol
ishing of metals. It consists of iron with a
solid leather rim, made from small rectangu
lar pieces of sole leather firmly welded.
Formerly a leather strap on a wooden pul
ley was employed, but this produced con
stant unevenness and looseness. JThe new
arrangement is said to give a fine grip for
polishing metals and glass, and is likely to
result in the turning out of an improved
grade of work.
Indestructible Tickets.
An inventor, possessed by what many
long suffering travelers will regard as per
verted ingenuity, proposes to effect a large
annual saving on the elevated railroads of
New York City. He states that these rail
roads pay ?40,000 a year for printing tickets
that can be used only once and $33,000 for
elerical help. He proposes to avoid the
greater part of this expense by the intro
duction of a machine which he has designed
for supplying indestructible steel and nickel
tickets. The purohascrs put the tickets in a
bov, and when the ticket seller's supply is
exhausted he pushes a knob, the box regis
ters the number of tickets extracted and the
tickets are sold over again, ad infinitum.
How to Clean a Plaster Cast.
A correspondent of leading scientific
journal states that a'bust or statue can be
most thoroughly cleaned, provided it has
not been painted, oiled or waxed, by invert
ing it and filling it with water free from
iron. The water is then allowed to filter
through the plaster. After the filtering has
been kept up for a sufficient time, and the
outside surface occasionally washed with
water and a soft brush, the plaster is al
lowed to dry. It is then found that all the
dust has been wiped out of the pores of the
cast, which is thus restored to its original
whiteness.
Eate Progress irfDentistry.
One of the great discomforts of artificial
dentures where all the teeth have been lost
and mnch absorption of the gums has taken
place is the constant tendency for them to
slip forward. To overcome this difficulty a
Scotch dentist -has developed a method of
fixing dentures by means of two or mora
gold pins attached to the under surface,
which enter holes cither made by drilling
the iaw-bone or left after the extraction of a
tooth. In other words, when necessary, an
artificial tooth can be riveted to the jawbone.
This method of treatment has been adopted
with great success.
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Typewriter for the Blind. S
One of the most beneficent inventions re
cently reported is a - typewriting
machine which can be easily and effectively
operated by the blind. In constructing the
machine, the greatest care has been taken to
provide means of insuring accuracy of
manipulation and after a little practice, it
is confidently stated, those who are de
prived of sight can work the machine with
as much certainty as those who- can check
with their eyes the work of their fingers.
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GRAND AUCTION SALE
EAST END LOTS!
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON,
The greatest opportunity yet offered to get a fine Building Lot INSIDE
THE CITY LIMITS
AT YOUR OWN PRICE!
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74 perfectly level lots only three squares east of Homewood station, Penn
sylvania Railroad, on Tioga, Susquehanna and Finance streets, Twenty-first ward,
city of Pittsburg.
THEY MUST BE SOLD
So there are sure to be some fine bargains. This property is so conveniently and
beautifully located that it must rapidly increase in value. The property fronts on the
line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, with easy access to either Homewood or Brushton
stations, at which 87 trains stop daily. The Duquesne electric cars will also reach
within one square of the property.
City improvements, such as water, gas, electric lights, sewers, etc., in the
vicinity. ' .
No Such Chance to Secure a Fine City Lot on Easy Payments
Has Ever Been Offered.
They are sure to go rapidly, and if you want one don't delay. ' These' lots are
not in the country, miles away from all improvements, but are located in
A RAPIDLY GROWING SECTION OF THE EAST END.
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TO THE CAPITALIST.
There is a great want for moderate cost houses, both for rent and for sale, and
this is the very place for them. Come early, pick your lots and buy them AT YOUR
OWN PRICE.
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$5 down and $1 per week.
$5 is to be paid down on each lot at time of sale; the balance can be paid at--the
rate of ONE DOLLAR per week or as much more as desired. 10 per cent-discount
will be allowed on all cash sales. All sales will be made FREE OF TAXES"
Era FOR THIS YEAR,
pruvements. interest un ueierreu payments can De paia quarterly.
Don't forget the date and place, WEDNESDAY, May 27, at 2 o'clock p. m.,
on the lots. Take train to Homewood, leaving Union Depot at 145 p. m. rv';
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