THE ?ITT8BTJRG DISPATCH. SUNDAY. SEFI'EMBER ' 18. MILLIONS BUHNED UP Nearly $100,000,000 Worth of Property Destroyed by Piro Annually. Atf INDEX TO PE0SPERITY. Insnranco Commissioner Luper Look in? After lllesral Insurers. WATCHING WILDCAT CONCERNS. Celonel James Andrews Returns From a Trip to Xorth Cape. A TERI LOW GRADE OP CITILIZATIOX George B. Luper, the Insurance Com missioner of Pennsylvania, was in the city yesterday on his way home to Harrisburg. H had been attending to several esses of Illegal insurin5 in Lawrence and Jeflerson j people of Xorth Cape. anee Is sure to start, and the very people who were caught betore will be taken in again. "Sly experience has been that these insurances crazes begin at the Atlantio like wares and roll over the country. They succeed each other, and strange it is that people do not profit by the ezperieuoe of their neighbors." FRESH FROM NORTH CAPE. Colonel Andrews Tells or His Visit to the Northern Coast of Kurope Hamburg Pronounced the Cleanest and Best City In the Old World. Colonel James Andrews, who returned last week from an extended tour of Europe, tells many amusing stories of his experiences, especially at Xorth Cape, the most northern point in Europe. "We went from London on a steamer to the land of the midnight sun. Oh, it was a grand trip," the Colonel went on with some enthusiasm. "At North Cape the sun shines perpetually, and in a valley there we stood with one foot on the ice and the other foot on the pebbles and plucked the. most beautiful flowers that ever grew. The ice there is probably 60 leet thick. "There are many Laps there. They live entirely on codfish, and they use reindeer as beast" ot burden. They are all punv peo ple and thev are deplorably filthy. Why a Digger Indian is a dude compared with the A NICE CORNER LOT. One Firm Beady to Pay $400,000 for the Old Postoffice Site. THE BUILDING BOON TO BE SOLD. A Big Jump From the Original Valuation of tho Property. HOW THE OLD POSTOFFICE WAS BUILT counties. -Mr. Xiuper is a master ot Ins department, and he takes pride in the state ment that so far as he knows not an illegal Insurance company is at work in the State. Pennsylvania was never as free from the raids of insurance sharks as at present. Mr. Luper looks a little like McKinley, though he is a taller and handsomer man than the Ohio Governor. The appellation of "Little Napoleon" could not be applied to him. In speaking of the insurance busi ness last evening he said: 'Times have been very bad with the companies for several years, but fortunately for them business has improved in the lost 20 months. The fire losses have been on an average from 580,000,000 to ?90,000,000 per year for the United States, but in 1S91 the figures went up to ?120,000,000. A Drain on the Conntry. "This represents a fearful drain on the country, and few people stop to realize it Indeed, the fire losses for the first five months of this year were heavier than in 1891, and if the rate had kept up many com panies would have been forced into bank ruptcy. Happily for us all, the fires have not been so numerous lately, and the in surance men have had time to recover their breath. Pennsylvania has its share of fires. I suppose in proportion to size Pittsburg leads in fire losses in the State, but Phila delphia has had some big conflagrations also. "The losses among the farmers of the country have been so large in recent years that a number of the companies won't in sure farm property at aiL The time was when agricultural risks were considered the cream, but that day is passed. Companies used to argne that farm property was iso lated, and the danger from fire was much less than in the cities. Still there are companies that won't take any other than agricultural risks, as some concerns only insure dwelling houses and others confine themselves to manufactories. Not So Good After All. "It is surprising how insurance companies get caught when they think they have a tale risk. Not long ago an agent for the "V estern insured a stone house in Buffalo. It was a fine building, and removed from ether houses. The agent in sending in his return congratulated himself because, as he tnought, he had secured the best risk in the city. And the other agents had competed very lively for it. He thought hi had a sure thing, Dut it wasn't long before the companv had to pav a fire loss on the house o' 510.000. It is "the unexpected that al wavs happens, and such things almost make men timid ot living. "The trouble with the fire companies has been that rates were too low. They were ndvanced lately, and while the people ob jected it was a question whether they wanted solvent insurance companies, or to c mtinue the old rates and force them into bat kruptcy. The insurance organizations ot Pittsburg are in good condition, but they l.ave had to pav some heavy losses on com petitive business. The rates were entirely tm low The advance was about 20 per cent in Philadelphia. "I think," continued Mr. Lnper, "that t'ie insurauce losses are an index to the j nsp-ritv of the country. For example, in coming through Crawford county the otner day I saw where two farmhouses had leen burned down. Tho Temptation of Heavy Insurance. "One of the farmers was living in a schoolhouse and the other had gone back to ti" old building that he occupied before he built his new one. Ttiese men were not re'aildinc I do not mean to say that farmers are anv more dishonest than other people, out wnen crops are baa and a granger is hard pressed for money an in surance of 1,500 on a 51,000 houseis a big teaipiation to burn it down. This might explain the action of some companies in putting agricultural risks on the excluded risks. 'o, I haven't thought much of a possi ble cholera scourge in connection with the life insurance companies. Of course the losses on lives annually are much heavier than from fire. In spite of the ravages of contagious diseases at times the average of i 'ses is maintained from year to year. The i '- insurance laws of all the States are so s'r ct that the danger of an old line com pany breaking tip is very small. They r ust be provided with a surplus fixed by Ian to meet emergencies, and I can say that tr- regular companies are in good condition. 1 i the wildcat schemes that rob the pub- and must be guarded against. The pri a e endowment system must go. and I in-- - to make this recommendation to the 1 r -lature next January. An I'xamplo of a Had S3 stem. "The Iron Hall is an example of this sys tem, it was the best, and yet it only lasted fn vears The Iron Hall is bankrupt Bud can t bf saved. Sucli orders as the A, ci I V and the Koyal Arcanum ars all risrh Thev furnish insurance at cost, v inch is legitimate. I belong to the A. O. T . W mvselt, aud I know all about it. Tiie order inures for a little less than cost, but it is done in such a way that if the sr ictv should go to pieces to-morrow c would all be indemnified. We have no laws in this State to meet the worthless en c wnient schemes. When a bill is intro duced a proviso is sure to be tacked on that renlors the law useless. Tt is c-tamly a pretty tiate of aflairs Bhei, we can't reach frauds that are appar ent When regulations are suggested to t-e Legislature these people raise the cry that the old line insurance companies sre tnr ng to crowd them out, and they even f icceed in pmling the wool over the eyes of Lc A O. V. W. and Iioya.1 Arcanum. But the members of these orders are begin ning to have their eye 1 opened, and won't be hoodwinked again. Insurance Men In tho Lobby. "1 hy I know that insurance companies send men to Harnsburg to lobbv in their in terests. Not long ago I discovered on the books of a company where 550 had been pa'd to a lawyer for this kind of work. This is what mikes it hard to secure the - insurance laws fur the protection of the ople However, the endowment . aze has passed over Pennsyl vania and is now raging in the t estern States. It is in full" blast where I was recently, and some are sure to lose money as many did in this State. We are free from these schemes now but it won't Ikitlonf. Some new form of boeui insur- We heard nothing of cholera until we were about ready to leave Europe," the Colonel went on. "About the middle of July we were in Hamburg. It was then the very picture of cleanliness. The streets were "well paved and it was by far the cleanest and best city we visited in all our travels. Of course we had heard of the cholera in Kussia but we paid little or no attention to it I think there is more excitement over hero about cholera than there is in Europe. Ham burg is not badly stricken after all. "When one remembers that Hamburg has a population of 000,000 people and there have ouly been 5,000 deaths from cholera he can fizure out that the death rate has not been very larce. The death rate does not show one" to every 1,000 ot the inhabitants. We have that many fatal railroad accidents to that many people. We have that many deaths to that number of people from old age." A PLAGUS OF 3EDBUB3, The Excessive Heat of This Summer TY111 Have Much to Answer For. Hot only does the cholera threaten Pitts burg, but the people hare had to put up with more than the usual number of small pests this summer. First came the grass hoppers, and now, to make life more mis erable, there is an invasion of bedbugs. People all over the city are complaining about them, and corrosive snblimate and insect powder are in great demand. House wives who closed up their homes weeks ago to spend the summer elsewhere were sur prised on their return to find bedbugs, roaches aud other small insects in abund ance. They have gotten into houses Here they were unknown before. A physician in speaking of the plague of insects and bugs yesterday said the large number nas due to the excessive heat Some bedbugs are always with us, but more than the usual batch were hatched out by the heat this summer. The doctor ex plained further that they like certain kinds of wood used in bed slats and even the wire in the springs. On these articles they thrived until the families came home from the mountains and seashore, when they soon made their disagreeable presence known. THE SMOKE MUST GO. Nearly Fifty Firms Have Failed to Obey the Ordinance. Chief Bigelow is after the firms in the district wherein smoke is prohibited who have failed to obey the ordinance which went into effect on the 1st instant. A re port prepared by Chief Clerk Dines, of the Water Assessment Bureau, shows that there are 103 establishments in the smoke less district who use steam boilers to which the ordinance applies. Some of these have as high as ten boilers. Twenty-seven establishments use gas for fuel. Nearly as many more have put in smoke consumers to comply with the ordi nauce. The city is in the latter list, having put in a smoke preventing stoker at the Herron Hill pumping station, which is working very satisfactorily. There are nearly 50 firms and individuals who have failed to comply with the ordinance. No tices will be sent to them this w eek, and if they fail to obey suits will be brought against them. Blankets, Flannels, Dress Goods the Com ing Week. We propose to double our sales In onr blanket, flannels and domestic goods do pal tment the coming week. Hark the pi ices we make to achieve this: Uegant soft jrrny blankets worth 80c to $1 at 6Sc a piir. Heavy dark gray, subject to slight imperfections, but part wool ulankets worth SI 53 nt lSu a pain fully half wool gray blankets at $1 T5 n pair; guaranteed pure wool country blankets in scarlets and whites at $3 63, worth lully $5; elegant dark comlorts. white cotton (not blackl. wortn $1 23. at 79s; fine white cotton conuorts, usual price $2. but during this week at $1 25. Heay 9-4 sheeting, worth 22c, at 12c. Forty pieces of fluu SSc table linen to-morrow at 27c Five bales of heavy unbleached 10-Inch pil low casing at 5)c. Tlnee cases 01 the best Lancaster gingham atCKc. The best 8c Indigo blue and silver gray prints at 5c a yaid. and a lot of (rood rem nants to go at 2c. J. IL Kohkel & Baa, 1347-lStD 1'enn avenue, two squaies east of Union depot. TJPEIGHT riAXO, 3200 Square Pianos SlOO, S125 and S175. An elegant upright piano, in perfect con dition, of handsomely carved case, fine ac tion and elesant tone, will be sold tully war ranted at J200, plusn cover and stool in cluded. Also, live first-class square pianos at pi ices raneing from $103 to $175, all relia ble makes, which can bo exchanged for an upright at full value within two years. For a genuine bargain call at the music house of J. Jl. HOPFMAKN & CO., &S7 Smitlifield street Agents for the celebrated Sohmer, Colbv and Schubert pianos, also tho wonderful Bush i Gert's manos. with the t-iinnn.lnc. keyboards. Horses! Horses! Horses! I will sel! at auction on Thursday, Septem ber, nt 10 a. M., at Iron City sale stables, rear (23 and b25 Penn a enue, 'Pittsburg, Pa., 10J liors-cs. Among the number several speedy load horses, with and without records: dmtt, driving and saddle horses, ponies, carts and harness. All stock must be ns represented or intmev reinnded. Sales on Thursday of e very w eek. Geo. K. WATTEnsox, Prop. EXPOSITION Crowded houses attest the populaiityorProf. Ciom well's illustrated lectuies every afternoon and evening. Special admission 10 cents. Fackehs for glass, china, bric-a-brac and furniture furnished by the hour by W. .a. Hoeveler. Storage. The old Pittsburg postoffice at Fifth ave nue and Smitbfield street will, within a short time, be placed on the market, and will be Bold to the highest bidder. Poit master McKean and the Secretary of the Treasury are in correspondence regarding the sale of the property, and the Postmaster said yesterday that the old building and the site will be disposed of by the Government at the earliest possible opportunity. Several business firms In Pittsburg have already filed their bids for the property, and a syndicate of local and Eastern cap italists have indicated their desire to pur chase the site. One Pittsburg firm has of fered 5400,000 for the property, and Post master McKean expects that when the old building is placed on sale this offer will be materially increased. After the sale, -no matter who the purchaser may be, the old postoffice building will be razed and an other structure will be erected on the site. The building as it now stands and the ground upon which it was erected cost the Government 593,985. The property has not been taxable, and its increase in value in 40 years is accepted as wonderful. In the cost price of the ground is included several thousand dollars paid to Boleman & Gar rison for the lease which they then held. They operated a fonudry on the site. How the Old Site Was Chosen. The appended letters bearing on the ap pointment of a commission without pay to supervise the purchase of the ground and the construction of the building are of rare interest The original letters are now in possession of Postmaster McKean. The late Thomas Corwin, of Ohio, one of the most eloquent stump speakers this nation ever knew and a brilliant wit, was the Sec retary of the Treasury under President Fillmore. The letters follow: Treasury DEPARTjercrr, March 15, 1852. Getlemex The department having de termined to proceed with the constrnctlon of the building proposed for tho Custom Mouse, postoffice, etc., nt Pittsburg, you are hoieuy apponted Commissioners to adver tise for proposals, make and see to the exe cution or the contracts and generally to superintend the work. Herewith you will receive a conv of aletter of the 13th instant to L W. Kerr, Esq , adopt ing the modified plan for the Interior ar rangement of the first and second stories of the building approved by the Commissioners to select the site, directing bim to prepare specifications in detail and working plans and to advertise for proposals for its con st! uctlnn. Mr. Kerr has by letter of this date, a copy of which is herewith enclosed, been in forme t that said instructions so far as ad vertising for proposals and submitting them when received for the decision of the de partment are concerned, have been super seded, and the duties arising therefrom transferred to yourselves, and I have there fore to request that you will as soon as the specifications in detail and working plans shall have been prepared, take imme diate measures to carry Into effect the In tentions of the deparsment in that respect A IJttle Short of Money. In advertising for proposals you will be governed by tliexonaltlons and limitations prescribed in the letter of the 13 Inst to Mr. Kerr. When the proposals shall have been received and decided upon by the depart ment further instructions as to your duties shall be given. As the balnce of the appropriation Is very limited and judgtnsr from the estimate of the cost of the building furnished by the architect, is likely to be exceeded by the proposals, the department regrets that it is not in its power to cive any compensation for yonr services and trusts that your inter est in the prosperity of your city will in duce you to undertake the duty eratult ously. Very respectfully, yonr obedient servant, Thomas Corwiit, Secretary of the Treasury. Messrs. Hexkt Woods and Samuel Rosebcrq, Commissioners. PrrrsBrRQ, Pa. In response the Commissioners wrote: PrrrSBURO. May 13. 1853. P. G. 'Washington. Assistant Secretary U. S. Tress., Washington, D U. Sir By letter dated March 15, 1832, (a copy of which is herewith Inclosed), from Hon. Thomas Corwin, Secretary or Treasury, the undersigned were notified of their appoint ment as Commissioners for the erection of a custom house, postoffice, etc. Pushing the Work Through. Upon receipt of letter referred to, we im mediately entered upon the duties assigned ns, and nave, we believe, performed them in a faithful and economical manner. Tho workmen are now engaged on third story of the bnildtng, will have it enclosed in July and we hope entirely completed by the first day of January next We contracted for the buildine- with Mr. George Thompson for the sum of $33,185. In this contract the en tire building was to havo been of brick, por tion of it left unfinished and the orna mental part entirely omitted. During the first session or last Congress a further appropriation or $35,000 was mado by which we have been enabled under instruc tions fiom department to lmvii thn nntin fronts erected or rut stone, and the whole building made fire proof, as originally, in creasing Its cost to $55,985; we have also with approval of department purchased an ad ditional lot of giound adjoining the build ing for the sum of (6,000, making In all $98,085 and leaving an unexpended balance or $13,015. Under this state of things It wonld seem Just to allow us a small compensation for our services, say $250 each. Should yon take the same view of the matter, we will furnish a bill to the department for that or any other amount you may be pleased to snejtest Please answer at yonr earliest con venience. Very respectfully, your obedient servants, Samuel Roseburo, HlHRTW00D3, Commissioners. A M0NUPNT AT SCHENLEY. Chief BIgelow Receives a Suggestion From an Old Soldier Wants a Monument at the Park The Chief likes the Idea. Chief Bigelow yesterday received a com munication from Thomas McGratb, a former resident of this city, and member of the One Hundred and Second Begiment, suggesting the erection of a soldiers' monument at Schenley Park. The Chief was impressed hy the suggestion and will give the matter further consideration. Mr. McGrath said: In 1861 the pulse of the people who then composed this Government was at a high ebb that It is impossible to describe. Men were arming and preparing for war In every hamlet and city or the United States: old fatheisandlovlne American mothers were giving their best blood in defense of tho Na tional Union; every loyal city and State was offering the President the best Americans as volunteer soldiers, and It can be said with out fear of contradiction the city of Pitts burg was the first to respond. The city of Pittsburg sent four or six as fine regiments nf infantry U9everstood upon a battlefield, and batteries of artillery, I am unable to designate how many, but they were good ones. If I am not mistaken there was a cavalry regiment went from this city. Several gunboats that performed active service were built here. The commands 1 have enumerated were made up from the brave young men.or this city, many of whom never returned, but who fell delendlng your homes and firesides. It is true nil could not bo killed or die In prison pens of the South; many returned and are living among the citizens of this rich city to-day. With all this array of fidelity to country and true patriotism and loyalty to this city, would it not be in keeping If the good people who did not take an active part in the battles of the war would now confer some honor upon these commands recrnited here, went to the field of strife and did not return until peace was again proclaimed? Now that the city has a park, what could add more beauty or receive more attention from tho geneiatlons to come than a beauti ful shaft or monument erected in the park In a prominent location. This shalt or monument would be an educator to the gen eration which will tread In our footsteps. It will serve as a remembrance of the war, nnd at the same time comer an honor on the sur vivors. The city of Allegheny lias its beautiful parks and monuments. It has a Boldiers' monument on Monument Hill. You will say to me that Plttsburc holds an intoiest in that monument, but the city of Allegheny has possession, iiraddock lias its eoldieis' monument and also McKeesport, but the great city of Pittsburg lias none. As Pitts burg is lorglne to the front in all things. It Is to be hoped that she will not be lacking In conferring this simple honor upon tho bravo men from your city who dared defend and die that this blessed nation might live. MADE 400 CITIZENS. A Small Army of Foreigners Katural ized Yesterday. SOHS POINTED QUESTIONS ASKED, EXTENDING THEIE LIBE8. Pittsburg and Turtle Creek Connected by an Electric Boad. Pittsburg and Turtle Creek, separated by a distance of 13 miles, are now connected by an electric street railway. The ears ran be tween the two places last night for the first timej The cars ran over the Second ave nue line to Grant street, up Grant street to Third avenue and thence down to the Ex position aud baek over Fourth avenue. The Second Avenue Electric Company on Monday had passed thnough Councils an ordinance allowing them to extend their road from Hazelwood avenue to the city line. The work, however, had been com pleted before the ordinance passed. The ordinance has not yet been signed by the Mayor. Strange Name for a Town. Proprietors of a new town site at the month of the Columbia, on the Oregon side, offered $100 for the best name for the future great city that is to eclipse Portland and all other cities on the coast Two or three hun dred names were suggested, out of which the owners finally adopted that of "Termanio." "It the word has any meaning at all," says the Oregon Statetman, "it is that of Thrise madness,' of Three-times-mad.'" And Knmbtr of Bather Amusing Inswen Given in Return, APPLICANTS BOTH DULL AND TTITTT The Skeleton of Palo Alto. The skeleton of the once famous racer Palo Alto will soon grace the museum at Iceland Stanford, Jr., University, in com pany with the skeletons of Electioneer and Occident The bones of Palo Alto are at present in the Academy of Natural Sciences building in San Franoisco. AV. G. Blunt is mounting them in the form of a perfectly articulated skeleton. PIANOS AND ORGANS. Gennlne Bargains! Genuine Bargains! Lechner & Schoenberger, 60 Fifth Avenue. One organ $ 25 Taylor & Farley organ 35 Kyle organ 65 Needhain organ 75 Fine Kimball organ 75 Fine Estoyorgan 8J Mejer piano 85 Meyer piano KX) Miller piano 125 Victor piano 125 Wheelock piano 140 Fine Kranich & Bach piano 2.10 livery one of above instruments have heen thoroughly overhauled in our work shopby experienced workmen under our personal supervision. All are tully war ranted and guaranteed to stand many yearn use. Easy payments taken. Call soon and take your choice. LECHXER 4 ScnOElTBKIlOER, 69 Fifth avenue. INGRAIN CARPETS AT 30c. Same Goods That Are Selling for SO Cents Everywhere. This week we have another surprise for you. Hundreds of rolls of ingrain carpet Hundreds of patterns. Nothing like this sale ever known any where. 25 cents per yard. If yon will call and see the goods yon will be sure to buy. Edward GROirznrane. 627 and 629 Penn avenue. Four hundred aliens were made citizens of the United States yesterday by the courts of Allegheny county. Already this season nearly 800 foreigners have been nat uralized in Pittsburg. The naturalization season closes on October 8, and it Is tyliered that at least 200 more will be naturalized before that time. Yesterday, however, was the biggest day in the way of ""making citizens the Pitts burg courts have experienced In years. Common Pleas Courts Nos. 2 and 3 and the United States District Court were kept busy most of the day. In the Common Pleas Courts 253 were naturalized, and in the United States Court, 147. The applicants represented nearly every nationality, and, in the main, were an intelligent looking lot of men. A great reform has recently been In augurated in the method of naturalizing citizens. The applicant is put through a rather rigid examination, and he is asked many pointed questions before being ac cepted into the great nursery ot freedom. Anarchists and Socialists Rejected. All the judges have positively refused to naturalize any one with anarchistic and socialistic tendencies. Each one is asked if they have or ever had any connection with organizations of that character. They are also asked about the form of govern ment in the United States, the National and State constitutions and many other things that the Judges believe all good citi zens should know. Each applicant is asked if he can read and write and Judge Mo Clung is in favor of naturalizing only those who can. Occasionally an applicant is refused oiti zenship and during this season several have been turned away with instructions to learn to read and write and speak the English language before they again apply for natur alization. Judge Kennedy refused papers to one of the applicants recently. The wonld-be citizen was a German. "What do you know about our Govern ment?" Judse Kennedy asked. "It is all right," the German replied, In very broken English. "But what form of Government do we have?'' the Judge went on, showing some enjoyment at the applicant's innocence. "Is our Government the same as that of Ger many?" he asked. "Oh, yes, yes," the German answered, "juit the same." "Who is King here?" the Judge asked. "Harrison," the Germnn answered. His papers did not issue and he will not likely vote this fall. Took Time to Learn the Constitution. Judge White while Americanizing for eigners recently found among the appli cants, a big, broad-chested Irishman. The usual pointed questions were put and all were promptly answered, the applicant re plying that he had read the Constitution of the United States and of Pennsylvania. "How long have yon been in this country?" the Court asked, gratified at the prompt'an swers of the subject "Twelve years, Your Honor," was the an swer. "Why then have von delayed your nat uralization so long?" the Judge askedV "I was studying the Constitutions, Your Honor," the Irishman answered. His pa pers were issued promptly and the newly made citizen and the Court joined in a hearty laugh. SCROFULA 12 YEARS Always Sore. Burned Like Fire. Ashamsd to B Seen. Got Worse Under Four Doctors. Cared by Catlcara. Tot about ten ortwelvc years I have been troubled with scrofula. Sly head was always sore, my face was dry awWaly, and burned like Are most of the lime. Jiy Dody had big red spots on It, ana I did not know what to do. 1 went to four different doctors and they helped me at flrU. In the fall I sot worso again; then I tried other remedies, but they did me no pood. I was ashamed to go Into pub lic. I was a sight to look at. Every one would say, "What is the matter, why don't you .ae BuiiiciuiuEf " jvea at my dally labor I had to wear a sort bf cap to keep the dirt from getting into the sorca. After I would wash I would becovered with htcrerlntm. pies all over my neck and face. Some two or three f;ople advised me to try the Ctjticoha Remkdiis. did try them, and am glad 1 have done so. Ulad to say I am a well man. and In the best of health slcce. I cannot praise the Cuticuba Rimedies 100 nigniy. i inclose my portrait, NEW ADTKRTIEEMKNTS. . 1 inclose mi LEWIS Vi. ATON, Lartivllle. Pa. Packers for glass, china, brlo-a-brao and furniture furnished by the hour by W. A. Hoeveler, Storage. Thickness of Soapy Water. Scientists have measured the thickness of the envelope of soapy water enclosing the air of the bubble when it becomes so thin as to produce rainbow tints. At the appear ance of the shade of violet It was one-fourth the thickness of the length of an ordinary violet wave of light 1-G0.0O0 of an inch thus making the thickness equal to one-1-240 000 of an inch. As the bubble continued to expand, a black patch formed adjacent to the pipe from which the bubble was be ing blown, and the thickness of such patch has been found to be only 1-40 ot the thick ness of the violet section, or about 1-1,000,-000 of an inch. Were Ton Ever at 711 Liberty Street? An exclusive furniture business. Insuring a large and complete line. Wo Invite In spection. SCHOKKECK 4 SOW, 711 Liberty street Heap Edward Groetzinger's ad on second pase to-day. Table d'hote dinner at Hotel Dnqnesne 6 to 8 p.m., commencing Monday, Septemoer 19. The price of these dinnors will be 75 cents. Persoks moving are relieved of all details. Only covered vans used by W. A. Hoeveler, btoiae. EXPOSITION A penny saved Is a penny earned. Examine the wonderful display of gas saving appliances at the Exposi tion. HousEcxzAirnto In all its details. Estimates lurnished by W. A. Hoeveler, Storage. Chances During Cholera. During the last serious cholera epidemic in Paris it was estimated by the local physicians that the chance that an acclimated per son living in clean quarters and observing even ordinary sanitary precautions would contract the disease was abont one in a 1,000 Americans were said to run one chance in 500, and an American, some years resident in Paris when the outbreak came, reports that no one with whom he was acquainted in the slighest degree, whatever his walk in life, was seized with the disease. Imported Canadian Horses. Mr. David Arnhelm, who has been in Can ada for some time purchasing horses for the Pittsburg market, has arrived home with a fine selection of high stepping tea and dog cart horses, matched carilage pairs of En glish coach horses, hackney oobs. Mr. Arn helm also puichased the celebiated York shire coach stallion. Sir Adrian, bred by JS. Wintringham, Yorkshire, England. All lovers ot fine horses are invited to call at the Arnhelm Live Stock Co., Limited, stable, 52 Second avenue, Flttsburg, Pa., as they take pleasure in showing thoir stock to all who call If wishing to pui chase or not Oldest Mannscnpt in India. The "Bower MS." the oldest Indian MS. yet discovered is described in the last pro ceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. It is written on birch bark, and was dug out of the foot of what Is generally re garded as a Buddhist stupa, just outside a subterranean city near Knchar. The char acters are Sanskrit of a very arohaio tvpe. Dr. Hoernle, of Calcutta, has succeeded in deciphering them, and finds the MS. consists of two works, some proverbial sayings and the story of a charm against snake bite. Tax famous table d'hote dinners of the Botel Dnqnesne cornmenoe Monday evening, September 19, at 6 o'clock. What Is Wanted In a Piano. Mellon & Hoene, 77 Fifth Avenno. 'Grand power and sweetness of tone, greatest durability, elegance of design and perfection of finish. All these quali ties are round in the celebrated Chicker ing pianos, and also in the Haidman, and the Krakaner pianos sold by Mellor &H00110 ut 77 Fifth avenue. Nothing gives as much pleasure at home as a good piano, by which social music can be cultivated ana tne mma elevated. Come and see the magnificent stock on band, comprising the Chickcrlng, Hardman, Krakauer, and Vose 4 Sons' makes of pianos. Catalogues free to any address. Mellor & Hoene, Founded 1S3I, Warerooms, 77 Fifth avenue. Blankets! Flannels! Dress Goods! Good gray 90o blankets at 68c a pair; heavier l 60 blankets nt 98c; $2 60 blankets. $1 25; $5 ones, only slightly soiled, at $3 68; white cotton filled $1 25 comforts for 79c; $2 white cotton filled oomiorts for $1 25; good 22o wide 9 1 sheeting, 12Kc: best silver gray, also indigo blue prints, at 5c; heavy unbleached 40-inch pillow casing at 8,'c. Look out this week and next forspeclal figures in our carpet and rug department J. H. Kumekl & Bno., 1347-1349 Penn avenue, corner Fourteenth street. a EXPOSITION The receipt of the average gas bill usually causes a lengthy period of low Daromoter In the household. Exam ine the gas saving appliances at the Ex position and you will no longer be an noyed. Prasoits moving are relieved of all details. Only oovered vans used by W. A. Hoeveler, Storage. Cuticura Remedies CunctJBA Resolvzkt, the new Blood and Skin Purifier internally (to cleanse the blood or all Impurities and poisonous elements), and CUTI cdka, the great Skin Cure, and Cuticuba Soap. an exquisite Skin Purlfler aud Beautlaer. exter nally (to dearths akin and scalp and restore tho hair), cure every disease and humor of the skin, scalp, and blood, with loss or hair, from lnrancy to age, from pimples to scrofula, when the best physicians, hospitals and all other remedies fait Price, CD"ncnA, BOei Soap. 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SAFE AND PROFITABLE, So Endorsed 'by the Leading Daily and Weekly Journals of Pittsburg After Vis iting and Carefully Inspecting SINGTON THE NEW MANUFACTURING CITY, 18 MILES FROM PITTSBURG, ON THE A. V. R. R. KEN READ WHAT THEY SAY : DISPATCH "That Kensington is to take the lead among the great manu facturing and residence towns of Western Pennsylvania is evidenced by the fact that the plan had to be increased from 2,100 to 6,000 lots in order to find homes for the thousands of workmen who must necessarily go there." TIMES '"It has been but three months since the project was started, and the city has 125 completed homes and a population of 1,000 people." POST "The town has a promising future. Nowhere in this portion of the country is there any one place with as many natural advantages." COMMERCIAL GAZETTE "Kensington, a new city striding along the highway of progress. With its past record and bright future it cer tainly looks like a substantial city. The industries will furnish employ ment to 2,000 men, thus a population of 7,000 is assured." LEADER "Kensington is a surprise. You go up there to find a nice rural prospect, but what you really do find are substantial evidences of a great city. There are already 160 complete houses sprinkled over the new city and as many more in various stages of construction. Along the river bank numerous manufactories are located, which make Kensington a solid manufacturing town like Braddock and Homestead." PRESS "A beautiful location. Kensington has transformed this portion of the Allegheny Valley into a bustling, thriving manufacturing city." CHRONICLE TELEGRAPH "The different works will give employ ment to thousands of men. In the selection of the manufactories con stant employment is assured all the year round." . PREEEEITS FREUND "The new city is without doubt assured of a great""" future, and we consider it one of the best places to invest" VOLKSBLATT "As if by magic a new manufacturing and residence town has sprung up within three months in the vicinity of Pittsburg, where men of small means and with capital will find, without a doubt, an unsurpassed opportunity for a rich gold harvest Its name is Kensington." BEOBACHTER "It is the coming manufacturing city and has all the ad vantages of larger cities." COMMONER AND GLASS WORKER "Working people who are economical and have a little laid away for a rainy day become owners of lots at Kensington and you have an investment that is absolutely safe and increases in value every hour of the twenty-four." ALLEGHENY SONNTAGSBOTE "It is the finest location that we have ever seen for a town site and it reminds us of the land on both sides of the River Rhine." TRADES JOURNAL "The future of the new town is assured, and under the enterprising gentlemen composing the Burrell Improvement Co. the beautiful Kensington must surely be destined to reward lucky in vestors with big returns for their savings." IRISH PENNSYLVANIAN "There is a steady flow of capital pouring into the new city to accelerate its wonderful growth and give per manency and stability to one of the most successful projects in the his tory of town building." THE SOUTH PITTSBURGER ''The industries at Kensington are so diversified that a permanent and lasting prosperity is assured. Most of the dozen works located are now in course of erection, while 150 houses have sprung up, and the same number are now being rapidly built" PITTSBURG CATHOLIC "After visiting Kensington and carefully in-' vestigating its future prospects, both as to a place of residence, business, or to find steady work for the laborer and mechanic, we can earnestly advise an investment in this new city." SOUTHSIDE NEWS "There is probably no suburban town in the 1 United States which has shown such remarkable strides as 'pretty Ken sington.' The manufacturing establishments located there will give constant employment all the year round." GO AND SEE THE NEW CITY. FREE TICKETS FURNISHED TO AND FROM KENSINGTON. SALESMEN ALWAYS ON THE GROUND. For Further Information, Call on or Address THE KEISMTOI WMMt BeS-asyrmoN NO. 79 FOURTH AVE., FIRST FLOOR, Pittsburg; pa. . -"'' ;ffill m i V MilBv-iiaMsifffr t Ssfctl yj ur-
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