THE P1TTSBTJBG "DISPATCH, TUESDAY, "'JULY 5, 1892. ELECTRIC LIGHTING. A Fortune Ahead for the Man Who Takes Storage Battery Risks. DETECTING LIGHT-WEIGHT COINS. Telegraph receiver That Will Prevent the Theft of Messages. NEW THINGS ABOUT THE CURRENT fWRITTEIT POB THE DISPATCH.) Kow that the electrio lighting industry has entered upon a more healthy and prom ising phase, it is instructive to look back on the perils by which it has at various times been threatened, and to criticise its existing faults. This has been recently done by H. A. Foster in a paper, wherein he condenses the experience gained in the inspection of more than a hundred central lighting sta tions. Taken as a whole, Mr. Foster considers that there has been a great want of common cense and judgment in the construction of the stations. In many cases this was at tributable primarily to "tne wiles of that slickest of all individuals, the agent, who is always willing to assure the buyers that his system of lighting will Tirtnally run itself," and then to the fact that people were formerly so doubtful of the prospect ive profits that in going into the business they invested the smallest amount that would start the work. The consequence was bad construction, bad machinery, bad lines and, of course, an entirely unreliable serv ice. Oftentimes the man put in charge was a novice, "and the worst of all novices for the business, the local amateur electrician; and is it any wonder," asks Mr. Foster, "that the "business was a failure for the first few years?" The same authority, while confessing that he knows of no business that has had the same amount oi money and brains put into it that is in such a chaotic condition, so Jar as the proper designing of building and arrangement of machinery goes, is sanguine that the industry will soon be in a sounder condition, and urges the adoption of com mon sense and scientific methods. It is interesting to note, in connection with the question of central lighting sta tion improvement and reform, that the electric light companies of Paris are now using storage batteries in their stations with most gratifying results. The arrange ment under which the batteries are oper ated is equally advantageous to the manu facturing company, the lighting company, and in the long run to the public. The efficiency of the cells is guar anteed by the manufacturing com pany, whose pay depends on the per centage of that efficiency. This allows the installing and distributing company in the first place to estimate exactly the relative advantages to be derived from the storage cells, while, on the other hand, it secures to them that freedom from the disputes which have only two often resulted in the total abandonment of storage battery work. A leading American electrical journal, in re ferring to this innovation, says: "With a leasible way, as shown abroad, of operating with storage cells, it ought not to be diffi cult to inaugurate the system generally among American central stations, and we do not hesitate to say that a company pre pared to furnish and maintain storage bat teries, and to guarantee their performance at a fixed annual charge, will find a business awaiting them. Detecting Light Coins Electr'clly. There is not a little spice of humor in the way in which both sharpers and those whose business it is to circumvent them have re course to electrical methods for the attain ing of their ends. A large consignment in gold eagles was sent to" a New Tork bank from California, which on examination was found to contain 20 light weight soins bearing the date of 189L These were apparently new and bright, but they were rejected on being passed into the aniined with a len3 their surfaces were cictiuKiixiib tutu ueieciur. kju Deine ex- found to be covered with infinitesimal cores. About SI worth of gold had been extracted lrom each eagle by electrolysis, which is a process now in high favor among profes sional coin "sweaters," of whom the Ameri can Chinaman has the reputation of being by far the most adroit and diligent. In the coin detector the coins are pushed in suc cession from the balance pan on to a knife edge, and according as this knife edge is at the right hand limit of its range or the left hand limit the coin, when pushed on it, tilts ofi to the "light" channel or the "full weight" channel, as the case may be. The right or left position of this shifting knife edge is determined by an electric contact made by the balance beam, and thus an electro magnet is brought into action. The coins run through the machine atHhe rate of about GO per minute by the turning of a handle. The High Pressure Octopus. Among the experiments, the public exhi bition oi which has followed on the far lamed Tesla experiments, is the beautiful effect now well known as the "electric octopus." A piece of glass about two feet square is placed midway between the high pressure terminals. A sight of intense beauty and brilliancy instantly presents itself, as the arms of name, radiating from one point on each side of the glass, spread themselves over the surface of the plate and curl themselves around the edge. In this experiment the electrodes are kept well within the sparking distance, the glass op posing a barrier to the disruptive discharge. In this way glass as much as an inch in thickness may be pierced, but the glass being melted in the process, fuses and gen erally replugs the hole again. The part of the glass where the hole has been drilled by the spark can, however, be clearly distin guished alter the glass has cooled. Secret Telejrraph Receiver. The public has very little idea of the amount of "leakage" that goes on in the transmission of telegraph messages. An operator may be carelessly lounging in the vicinity of a way station or railway office with his hands in hiscoat pockets, one hand oeing dusv in lacing down with a short pencil on a pad information of the utmost importance which the noisy sounder Is ticking off, and which may be used to the serious detriment of the interests of the' sender. With a view to gauge the extent to which such eaves dropping could be carried, an expert opera tor was employed a short time ago to call at some of the Wall street brokers' offices, as well as at some of the city hotels of New York. Of some dozen offices he visited he was able in this way to obtain information more or less important from every one, and in the hotels it was found perfectly easy to take any and every message. By way of remedying this very serious drawback in certain classes of telegraphic work, a "secret" telegraph receiver has been devised. This instrument is fitted with a special resonator of aluminum, of extreme sonorousness. Although the instruments, as generally constructed, may be kept so adjusted that no movement of the armatures can he detected with the naked eve, and that no sounds can be heard without holding the ear close to the instrument, this resona tor, even under such conditions, transmits the message to a receiving tube from which the signals can be easily read. Do Ton Want the World's Fair Open Snn ' day? "We are interested in getting a thorough expression of this town and vicinity on this important question. To every reader of this paper who will send us a postal card with "Yes" or "No" and their name and address, we will send, free, a handsome book, "The Way to Win," telling about the rapid increase in real estate values in Chicago. Address James E. & Bobt. I HcElroy, Chamber ol Commerce, Chicago. The Leading Drygoods House. Jos. Hbrne & Co.'s PENN AVENUE STORES. . OUR GREAT , MIDSUMMER CLEARANCE SALE BEGINS THIS MORNING, TUESDAY, JULY 5. AT 7:30 A. M. It has always been our custom to hold a general and extensive clearance sale throughout the month of July for the purpose of closing out Spring and Summer Goods of all kinds. This July it becomes necessary to make this SALE A COMPLETE CLEARANCE, as it is our intention not to carry over any of this year s goods into OUR NEW STORE, NOW IN COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION At the N. E. Corner of Penn Avenue and Fifth Street, But to open the new store, which will be one of the largest; most complete and best equipped Drygoods Emporiums in the United States, with a complete and entirely new stock from cellar to attic. In order to carry out these intentions to the letter it is necessary to make pronounced re ductions on every article pertaining to summer wear. THIS WE HAVE DONE We have made GREATER REDUCTIONS and MORE GENERAL REDUCTIONS throughout every department than have ever before been seen in our stores, and we invite our thousands of customers to visit us during THIS GREAT JULY CLEARANCE SALE and reap the unusual advantages we offer and which may not again occur in a lifetime. The following list of items, though comprising not one-twentieth part of the many bargains we have to offer, will yet convey a fair idea of the extent of the reductions and the quantities of goods we purpose closing out t Those who attend these sales cannot fail to save many dollars on their most staple pur chases, and we are satisfied that the general public will pronounce this THE GREATEST CLEARANCE SALE IN TIE HISTORY 01 PITTSBURG. Colored Dress Ms Cheviot Suitings, 36 inches wide, ai-wooi, formerly 50c, Clearance Sale Price 25c. Fancy Cheveron Suitings,36 inches wide, choice styles, formerly 50c, Clearance Sale Price 25c. Diagonal Suitings, 36 inches wide, all-wool, formerly 50c, Clearance Sale Price 25c Novelty Plaid Suitings, 44 inches wide, choice styles, formerly 50c, Clearance Sale Price 25c - Vigoreaux Plaid Suitings.42 inches wide, all-WOOl, lormerly 75c, GleaT- oi n n 3nCe oale ITICC rUl" Bedford Cords, 38 inches wide, formerly 75c, Clearance Sale Price 50c Bedford Cords, 46 inches wide, formerly $1 00, Clearance Sale Price 75c Bedford Cords, 46 inches wide, formerly $1.25, Clearance Sale Price 1.00. Bedford Cords, 50 inches wide, formerly $2 00, Clearance Sale Price French Printed Challies, the best makes. and styles, formerly 50c and 60c, Clearance Sale Price 38c and French Printed Javonaise, light and dark colors, formerly 75c, Clear ance Sale Price 50c. Fancy Corded Crepons, 40 inches wide, formerly $1 25, Clearance Sale Price 50c. Fancy Corded Crepons, 46 inches wide, formerly $2 00, Clearance Sale Price 75 c - Plain Corded Crepons, 46 inches wide, formerly $2 50, Clearance Sale Price $1 00. Novelty Suitings, including Cheve rons, Bedford Suitings, Cheviot Suit ings and many other novelties, for merly 75c to 1 25, Clearance Sale Price 50c Scotch Tweeds, Scotch Cheviots, Scotch Fancy Suitings, formerly gi 25 to 2.50 per yard, Clearance Sale Price 75c. French "Wool Cashmeres, 3G inches wide. formerly 50c, Clearance Sale Price 44c. French "Wool Cashmeres, 46 inches wide, formerly 75c, Clearance Sale Price 50c French "Wool Cashmeres, 46 inches wide, formerly 51 00, Clearance Sale Price 75c. French Wool Serges, 38 inches wide, formerly 50c a yard, Clearance Sale Price 44a French Serges, 4G inches wide, formerly 75c, Clearance Sale Price 68j. French "Wool Serges, 43 inches wide, for merly $1 00, Clearance Sale Price 00c. Reductions in Ladles' Hosiery. Reductions In Children's Hosl'ry. Reductions in Men's Furnishings. Reductions In C. P. Corots. Reductions In Fabrlo Gloves. Reductions in Kid Gloves. Reductions In Summer Comfort ables. Reductions In Summer Blankets. Reductions in Bed Quilts. Reductions Reductions Reductions Rednctlons Rodnotlons Reductions Reductions Reductions Rodnotlons Rodnotlons 3pThere are thousands of bargains to be found at this great Clearance Sale. Every one is a genuine bargain. It will pay you to come early and' getthe pick. ' I BEGINNING TO-DAY, JUM 5, OUR STORES WILICLOSE EVERY DAY AT 5 P. M. JOS.HORN1E&CO. 609-621 PENN AyENUE. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 1 Black French Serges, formerly 50c a yard, Clearance Sale Price 44c. Black Fancy Cheverons, formerly J Clearance Sale Price 50c. Black French Whipcord, 46 inches wide, formerly $1, Clearance Sale Price 75c. Black French Serge, fine quality, 46 inches wide, formerly $1, Clear ance Sale Price 75c. Black Henrietta, all wool, 46 inches wide, formerly $i, Clearance Sale Price 75. Black French Cashmere (Lupin's), - formerly $1 2S Clearance Sale Price 75c. Black Novelty Suitings, 6 different styles, formerly 1.25 and 1.50, Clearance Sale Price $1. .India Silks, 28 inches wide, black grounds and light colors, with choice this season's printings, regular $1 and $ 1.25 quality, Clearance Sale Price 75c. India Silks, 24 to 27 inches wide, choice styles, excellent quality, for merly 75c and $1, Clearance Sale Price 50 c. Moire Francaise, good colors, 22 inches wide, formerly 1.50, Clear ance Sale Price 50c Moire Antique, 24 inches wide, choice colors, formerly $2, Clearance Sale Price $1. , Changeable Faille Francaise, 22 inches wide, formerly $ 2.50, Clear ance Sale Price $1. Peau De Soie, 22 inches wide, 10 different colors, formerly 1.25, Clearance Sale Price 50c. Armures, 22 inches wide, all silk, choice colors, formerly 1.50, Clear ance Sale Price 75c. Fancy Plaid Striped Surahs, 22 inches wide, choice effects, formerly 85 c, Clearance Sale Price 50c. Fancy All-Silk Brocades, formerly J 1. 65, Clearance Sale Price 75 c. Poult de Soie, 23 inches wide, choice colors, formerly $2, Clearance Sale Price $1. Our regular 24-inch Colored Surahs, always sold at $1.20 a yard, Clearance Sale Price $1. Our regular 24-inch Colored Surahs, always sold at $1 per yard, Clearance Sale Price 85 c. Novelty Silks, including Black Taf fetas with colored figures, Fancy Colored Stripe Taffetas, High Novelty Indias, Changeable Silks, plain and figured, Chameleon, plain and fig ured, and numerous other high novel ties of the season. Clearance Sale. Price a third less than former prices. in Table Oil Cloths. in Lace Curtains. In Table Damasks. in Damask Kapkins. In Towels. in Bed Linens. in Notions. in Buttons. In Dress Shields. in,Pins. y Reductions in Hair Brushes. Reductions Reductions Reductions in Tooth Briislies. in Nail Brushes, in Garter Web. iu Men's Under- in Uen'aTSor. Reductions wear. Reductions Reductions Reductions Vests. in Men's Neckwear. In Men's Summer Pittsburg, Pa., Tuesday, July 6, 1892. m Dress Ms Cotton Challies, formerly 7c, Clear ance Sale Price 3c, Cheveron Suitings, formerly 8c, Clearance Sale Price 4C. Satines, dark colors, formerly 15c, Clearance Sale Price 8c- Irish Lawns, formerly 15c, Clear ance Sale Price 10c, Idelian Cloths, formerly 18c, Clear ance Sale Price 12c, French Batistes and Mousselines, formerly 3754c, Clearance Sale Price 25c. American Ginghams, formerly 8c, Clearance Sale Price 5ct Fine Dress Ginghdtas, formerly 15c, Clearance Sale Price 10c. Scotch Ginghams, formerly 25c and 40c, Clearance Sale Price 15c. L. & J. Anderson's Ginghams, for merly 40c and 45 c, Clearance Sale Price 25c. I). & J. Anderson's Cheviots and Oxfords, formerly 45c and 50c, Clearance Sale Price 25c Novelty Scotch Crepe Ginghams, formerly 50c and 60c, Clearance Sale Price 25 c Remnants of Wash Dress Goods, Clearance Sale Prices less than one half regular prices. M oil Suit DBnartment. JACKETS: Black All-Wool Flannel and Serge Jackets, in Blazer and Reefer styles, that were formerly 5 to $1-2, are all at one Clearance Sale Price, $3. Black Ail-Wool Blazer and Reefer Jackets, formerly 12 to20, Clear ance Sale Price 5. SUITS: All Russian Blouse Suits, in fancy Cotton Bedford Cords and other wash materials, formerly $3(50, Clear ance Sale Price '3. 7 Figured Lawn Suits, beautiful new styles and designs, formerly $2.50, Reduced Price Sale $2. Large reductions in all Plain and Fancy Cloth and Silk Suits. Best value ever offered In Fine Ail-Wool Cloth Suits, the Eton design, at $10. Tea Gops Our entire stock of these goods at greatly reduced prices. Black and Colored Cash meres, Crepons, Challies and other fanoy materials, new and stylish designs, former prices $8, $10, $12, $15, $18, $20 and up to $50, Clearance Sale Prices $5, $6, $8, $10, $12, $14, $20, $25 and $30. The $5 ones were $8 and the $30 ones were $50. That's the way prices are cut. Reductions in Men's Light Coats. Reductions In Men's Handker chiefs. Reductions in Men's Tennis Suits and Caps. Reductions in Trimmed Milli nery. Reductions In Fine Straw Hats. .Reductions in Ribbons and Flowers. SEW ADVERTISEMENT?. GURE1 Rheumatism Gout& Lumbago Torohto, Cait., June 20, 1892. Messrs. McKtnnle & Chessman Mf'g Co., Pittsburg, Pa.! GesTLKXEit My wife was laid un, perfectly helpless.for three months with inflammatory rheumatism and rlieumatio fever, and after three apparent Improvements and as many relapses her doctor said he could "do noth ing more for her, "she would never get well and might die at any monent." In this emergency I proposed to the nurse that your Rheumacura should be tried. Be fore the patient had taken It two full days we noticed an Improvement In her condi tion, which continued steadily to Improve for two months, during which time she took four and a half Dottles of Rhenmacura, and no other medicine whatever. She is now walking about and is well, but without your Bheumacura Jnst at that crisis in her condition I fully believe she would have died. Tours slnrerelv. C. W. POSTLETHWAITE, Harbormaster. Price t3 per bottle. For.sale by all druggists. MUlEi CHESSMAN MTCCO., 618 Penn ave., Pittsburg, Pa. Jy3-TTn BUT TOUR SPECTALCES AT Vtx& Rellattlo Optlolan. .Eyes .examined free. Artificial Eyes Inserted. J. DIAMOND,0-1. deZ9-mu IT IS A FACT And openly admitted by the most critical that JOSEPH FLEMING & SON, Wholesale and Retail Druggists, sell the finest and most palatable whiskies that can be pro duced. We here specify some of the finest and best goods made: Fleming's Old Export. Quarts, $1 00; six for $5 00. Finch's Golden Wedding. Quarts, $1 23, or six for5 00. Gtbson's Ten-Tear-Old. Quarts, 11 E0, or six for $7 00. The above goods have beon sold by Jos. Fleming & Son for years, and have always maintained an nnegualed and envfable reputation for their EXTRA FINE QUALITY, Due to the extreme care in handling the same. Jos. Fleming & Son can supply you with any brand of imported whisky you may desire. Mail orders and correspondence solicited. Call on or address Jos. Fleming & Son, Wholesale and Retail Druggists, 412 Market St., Pittsburg, Pa. Jy3-TTSU CHESSMAN'S $1.1 SPECTACLES Are recommended by all who have tried them. CAN N0TBE DISTINGUISHED! IkFROM THE NATURALS CHESSMAN OPTICAL COMPANY, 42 Federal street Allegheny, Pa. Je21-Tusn Wallace Optical Co., MANUFACTURING OPTICIAN, 624 KENN AVENUE, Onr ar seeing and reading glasses com bined are the most satisfactory ever worn; indispensable tor homo, office, public enter talnments'and shopping. apSl-rrsn ITTLE, THE OPTICIAN, Has removed to 600 LIBEBTT STREET, oyer Espy's Drugstore. Spectacles and eye glasses exclusively. Jy2-Trs ALL KLYDS FIELD GLASSES All Prices. STIEREN 544 Smithfield Si my27-TM DESKS. OFFICE OUTFITTERS. Office Specialty Co. 10S Third ave. W KOEHLER'S Installment House We occupy tie entire Mlflini 17 Sixth Street, MENS' AND BOY'S Clothing on Credit (Beady-Made L to Order.) LADIES' CLOAKS & JACKETS, Watches & Jewelry, ON INSTALLMENTS. Casl Prlcis WithoHt Security. TERMS: One-third of th amount purchased must be paid down; th balance in imall weekly or monthly payments. Business transacted strictly confidential. Open dall) from 8 A. 1 M. to9i.U. batnraays 11P.M. dav MmmJ Gr M mm w fflr iMK husmu- V - V je23-TT NEW ADTERxISEMENTS. KAUFMANHS' WILL SELL THIS WEEK ANY MAN'S SUIT IN THEIR HOUSE FOR $15. Can it be? Is it possible? How can they afford it? Such and similar questions will be asked on all side to-day concerning the startling statement conveyed above. And, yet great as the surprise may be, it could hardly be otherwise, taking into consideration this most extraordinary and exceptional offer. Just think! Here at Kaufmanns', where but Saturday thousands of suits were marked at and could not have been sold for less than $18, $20, $22, $25, $27 and 30, you can step in TO-DAY and take your choice for FIFTEEN DOLLARS. This is just what this sale means. Every word is gospel truth. There is no room or reasons for skepticism; every man can find out for himself; every man is at perfect liberty to step right among our $18, $25, $27 or $30 suit tables and select himself any suit he pleases. Nothing is con cealed ! Nothing is reserved ! Nothing is excepted ! Everything is open and above board, and every suit; no matter how fine or how high its former price may have been, $15 buys it now. Our reasons for this money-losing sale? Well, we hardly think they concern the public. However, since this is a bona fide affair, we don't object to telling. Although the season just passed has been generally prosperous, the impending strikes and lockouts, it must be confessed, have been a great drawback on the sale of fine dress suits; everybody economized to make both ends meet Thus a man, accustomed to paying $18 for a suit would limit himself to one of .our $10 suits, while he who ordi narily paid $25 or $30, did not find it convenient to go higher than $12 or $15. Thus, while the medium and low priced suits found ready sale, the fine and expensive ones Stuck. But they won't stick much longer. $15 is the wonderful motive power that'll make them go. We re peat the finest suit of them all goes for FIFTEEN DOL LARS, and you yourself can, if you wish, go from pile to pile, from counter to counter, and take any suit light or dark, whether it be worth $20, $25 Or $30, FOR ONLY $15. Can anything be fairer squarer plainer? Remember, this sale commences THIS MORNING AT 8 O'CLOCK and will continue until next Saturday night The earliest comers will, of course, catch the best bargains. Don't delay. V KAUFMANNS'. Fifth Ave. and Smithfield St. E OP THE '5 VKITED BY FRANK C. CARPENTER. The popular correspondent Is now In Rus sian territory, and his first letter Is ex pected In time for publication SUNDAY, JULY 10. He takes along a complete photographic outfit, AND CABBIES LETTERS .From Blaine, Elklns, Bnsk, Tracy and other leading Americans. HE WILL TELL TIE TRUTH! After spending some time In the famine dis trict Mr. Carpenter trill visit other parts of Russia, and give readers of THE DIS PATCH the first unbiased and accurate account of the Czar's Government and people. He has instructions to spare neither time, money, labor nor Influence to get what will please and Instruct READERS OP THE DISPATCH. No pains will bo spared to faithfully repro duce Ills photographs. WATCH FOR THE LETTERS. - WALL PAPER. Do von want to buy wall paper! If you do this is a splendid time. We hare marked down everything, including. Picture Mouldings and Lincrusta Walton. We will have some paper in the 10c list that never was sold In Pittsburg for less than 35c We hav picture mouldings at So per foot that recently sold for ISO. Our Pure Paints and White Lead and Oil at lowest wnolesale prices. Send for price list of paints. W e have the best paper-hangers only, and can furnish any number at once. We send them out of town at regular prices with car fare added. Send or samples of wall paper, sent free to any address. G. G. O'BRIEN'S Paint and Wall Paper Store, . 292 Fifth v., 3 Squares from Court Houn Je27 IN T CZAR REALM FOR THE DISPATCH 011. wxx.1. supplies. OIL WELL SUPPLY GO, 91 and 92 Water Street, PITTSBXTEG, PA. no3-53-TTSX03u After 19 Years of Trial, EL AIHE, THE- . FAMILY SAFEGUARD OIL, Is conceded to be the Best and Safest OH Knawn. ELAINE NEVER VARIES IK QUALITY Cannot be Exploded. It is the very htchest grade of refined petroleum, from which. In the process of manufacture, every Impurity has been elim inated. Elaine is free from benzine and paraffins; It will never ohiu In theoaldest temperature known on this continent. In color, Elaine Is spring-water white, ant Its "fire test" is so high as to make it as abso lutely safe as any illuminant known. Having no disagreeable odor, Waino Is a pleasant oil for family use. Can be Earned in Any Petroleum Limp. A POSITIVE PBOTECTIOff PROM LAMP EXPLOSIONS. 1IASE3 THE SAFEST AND BEST LIGHT KKOWK. ELAINE I 'ffifigy OIL. 100 Million Gallons ELAINE sold in IS Tears from 1873 to 1392. ' Elaine cannot be improved upon. WABDEN & OXNABD, MANUFACTURERS, PITTS BUBO fel PA ESTABLISHED 1370. BLACK GIN TOKTHX KIDNEYa Is a relief and sure cure ft) the Urinary Organ. Grave and Chronic Catarrh, of the Bladder. The Swiss JStomaca Bitten are a sore cure for Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint and every IBAlntXABZ tpacles of Indigestion. TTlldCharTTTi lid Cherrr Tonic the most norralar nreiv aratlon for cure of Coughs. Colds. Bronchitis and luns troubles. Either or the above, tlper bottle, or t for $4. If your druggist does not handle these food write to WM. V. ZOELLEB, sole M'fr lttiburg,P. j2-67txs a v TtliaWTrlftria-a'a '-- ii'ifoV-S'rri-T I 1H" 'Mil ill "1HNNWNNNNN "&& c "irfLV HraslslaBslIilsUlilB t! .. rasrarlffiJatgMaiHK H
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