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Yank Hoe Tells How He Performs the
Bewildering Tricks That Have
Made Him Famous
PRACTICE THE SECRET OF SKILL.
The Sword Feat in Which the Slightest
Mistake or the Least Nervous
Movement Means Murder.
PAPER BUTTERFLIES POISED In AIR.
Entertaining the Audiences With Spinning Tops and
Whirling Umbrellas
WRITTEN FOR TIE DISPATCH. J


How would you fit yourself to become q
lawyer? By study. How would you make
Of yourself q physician or painter? By
study, of course.
That is the way to become q juggler.
Study and study alone will fit man for the
stage with his eyes so trained, his hands so
skilled and his nerves SO steady that he can
split potato with q sword on the bare
throat of his assistant, as 1 do daily upon
the throat of my assistant, Omene. 1t re-
quires years of patient practice before he
can acquire the deftness of touch to fill
empty boxes with ribbons, glasses and
trlnkets before the eyes of critical audience
so that the secret of his deception will evade
discovery.
Those who have never given the subject
thought may fancy that the spinning of q
square block of wood upon the rim of q
tEirling umbrella is q feat easily accom-
plished. But let me tell you that it takes
hours Of daily practice for months and
months together before it is done as easily as
it appears to be. The simple spinning of a
top; the causing of bevy of butterflies to
futter gracefully in the air, hovering over
vase of flowers, now alighting for a moment
to rest and now soaring high above the fan,
and the rolling of an egg on the edge of
closed fan, are tricks that take more study,
more application and more patience than
many a successful lawyer has ever given to
the building up of his practice.
PARTLY BORN, PARTLY MADE.
In this article propose telling you what
kind of study you need to become juggler.
IF you follow my directions You may learn
how the tricks are performed, but cannot
guarantee that you will ever be an expert
artist. That depends upon your natural
aptitude to that kind of work. A clumsy
man, slow in his movements and sluggish
in thought, can never be stage performer.
The successful juggler is quick as a fash,
steady as a rock, and be measures distances
and positions as accurately with his eyes as
chemist weighs out poison on his scales.
Let ME first tell you how l began nv
stage career. I am an Italian and my pro-
fession is that of a chemist. have drug
store in Turin at the present time. 1 have
always had love for juggling. 1 used to
practice the tricks or my own amusement.
When the Shonoski Royal japanese troupe
OF jugglers visited Italy was interested in
their exhibitions, and when 1 was offered
the post Of manager 1 accepted it. Here
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Double sashes In Railway Cars.

In consequence Of the decided addition to
the comfort of travellers of double sashes in
passenger cars, by reason of the prevention
of the admission OF cold air in winter and
dust in summer, several railway companies
have decided to use double windows alto
gether in future, and this conclusion has
probably been hastened by the fact that
many of their best day coaches and chair
cars rival special cars in the richness of
their plushes and interior decorations and
they cannot afford to have such fittings
rapidly destroyed by the dust The COM
parative ease with which car fitted with
double windows can be heated in winter is
also consideration. They not only pre-
vent cold air leaking in where it is not
wanted, but they also interpose a layer OF
com mparatively stillair between the warm
air in the car and the cold atmosphere out
side, thereby preventing the loss of consid-
cradle heat by conduction and convection.
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head hanging over the edge of a stool. The
potato is placed on the throat and the thrust
is made. You must not look into her open
eyes. You must not look at your sword.
Watch the potato and strike quickly and
surely. I frequently tried this trick in
England, but Omene never allowed me to
make the throat cut until we came to New
York
Does it make her nervous? If it did
would surely kill her, for the slightest shiver
on her part, the least movement of her head,
would cause a fatal accident. She was
nervous before began the trick. but when
it was once begun her nerves were as steady
as my own.
The way to practice this feat Is to begin
with a rubber ball resting on table. After
you have learned to strike it directly in the
center every stroke try potatoes. When you
can cut through them, stopping the blade
the instant the skin is penetrated, and when
you can do this, not SO times out OF 100, but
every time you try it. you are ready for your
living block. YANK HOE.
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being worked by hand, and heated by small
gas jets, being, in fact, the size suitable for
laboratories.
Improvemeut IN On. R,,or,,.

improvements In Gns hetorts.
Special attention has been lately devoted
to inventions relating to the manufacture Of
gas. and one which is now being brought
forward Is the use of vertical freclay re-
torts, tapered internally toward the top.
Half waylup each of the three sets of three
retorts is arranged frebr1ck arch, which Is
divided into sections BY the vertical retorts.
The reason of the adoption Of this arch is to
concentrate the heat from the furnace as far
as can be in the lower portion of the arch.
The heat passes under the firebrick arch into
the upper part, and then into the hue.
Under each row of these retorts is placed 3
drawplate, having circular holes cut in it
which correspond with the retort bottoms.
The solid part of the plate is normally under
the bottom of the retort. Circular pans
containing water are placed under each
drawplate hole to insure that the retorts
shall be alright In discharging the re-
torts the drawplates are pulled along, so as
to bring the holes In them directly under
the bottom of the retort. 1t is claimed that
this allows of the coke falling ont without
any ''tickling." The coal is supplied to the
retorts from hoppers placed above.
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try. 1t is true that the butterflies cannot
fy away from you, but that fact does not
lessen the difficulty you Will have In
making things fly at all. 1t requires weeks
of practice to be able to start them IN
natural way, and TO keep them suspended
in the air for any length of time takes many
weeks longer. Now comes the difficult part
of the trick--to make them alisht on vase
of flowers and hover over bouquet at your
will takes months of time. When it is once
learned, however, it makes one of the
prettiest feats in the juggler's repertory.
SHOWER OF SNOW FLAKES.
When the trick is ended usually give to
il q dramatic finish. / crush the butterflies
in my hand and by sleight Of hand substl-
tute for them quantity of little bits of
white paper. Then opening my hand fan
vigorously, and 10 the surprise OF the
audience the crumpled butterflies are trans
formed into a shower of snow fakes that
descend to the stage, covering me COM
pletely in their fall.
The most difficult feat that ! accomplish,
and indeed the most daring trick have
ever seen. is by far harder to learn than any
that have described. Before you attempt
it caution you to be more certain Of your
nerves, more sure of your skill than you
have ever been before. The slightest mis-
take, the fraction too much of an ounce Of
power, and you are murderer.
These are your properties: A sword with
an edge keen as that of q razor, a potato
fresh rom market, an assistant who does
not know what nervousness means and has
the most absolute confidence in your skill,
and q command over your own nerves that
is perfect First You show your audience
that the potato is real BY throwing it down
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To suppIant the Steam Ragius.

A steam launch containing quadruple
expansion gas or vapor has just been e1-
perimented upon. The gas is supposed to
be generated by evaporating oil in closed
rstort in much the same way as steam is
raised in boiler. Several oils, however,
are mixed together, and the exact compost
ton of the combination is kept secret. The
gas, after passing from the generator, is
used in the cylinders, and after doing the
work there is returned to the boiler and con-
sumed as fuel, being condensed, however, on
its way to the frebox. The launch is said
to be about 16 feet long, and it is claimed
that the engine will develop about IL horse
power, which would be sufficient to propel
the boat at a rate Of Blk to ten miles an hour.
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Fortunate Inventors.

Higdon & Higdon, patent lawyers, 127
Fourth ave-, Pittsburg, and LeDroit build
ing, Washington, D. c., report these pat
ents just granted. Wesley Coulter, sash
fastener; j. A. Kurtz, manufacture of glass;
j. J. Turner shoe; A. Wurts and o. H.
Baldwin, lightning arrester; G. M. Irwin,
design of Pittsburg and Allegheny; Henry
Byron. Bradford, garbage receiver; 9. D.
Johnstowu, whifietree attachment; T. s.
Minniss, Meadville, combined headrsst and
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NO DRINKS TO BE SOLD.
Retail Grocers' AssocintIou Will Make It's
Picnic n Family Affair.

Retail Grocers' Association Will Make It's
Picnic n Family Affair.
The Pittsburg Retail Grocers' Association
are determined that their annual picnic on
August 6, at McKee's Rocks. will be q
family affair, and that there will be no OBJ
jectionabIe features in or about the
grounds. At a meeting held the other day
a resolution was passed that they will em-
ploy county detectives and that all persons
found selling Intoxicating drinks in or about
the grounds will be prosecuted to the full
extent of the law. The handsome excursion
steamer Mayfower has been chartered and
will make hourly trips to the grove.
Among the features that will be intro
duced for the amusement of the crowd will
be the display of $500 worth of Japanese
fireworks to be conducted by Theodore Reil.
There will also be pie-eating match,
bicycle race, an onion-eating match, sack
race, potato race and other sports. A pleas
ant time is promised those who attend.
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PANIC IN A RESTAURANT.
The Building sinks, the Windows Break and
tho Customers Flee.

The Building sinks, the Windows Break and
the Customers Flee.
Almost panic was caused on .Smithfeld
street at 2:30 yesterday afternoon, by the
sinking of one corner of the Vienna Coffee
House, No 536 Smithfeld street. The sink
ing was caused by the excavation for the
new Kappel building on the adjoining lot.
The corner of the foundation sank nearly an
inch causing the front wall to settle and
large plate glass window to crack with a
report like gun. People were frightened
on the street, and hastily ran to the opposite
side.
The Building Inspector ordered the
pavement in front of the excavation to be
closed no for fear of cave-in. The damage
done will not amount to much.
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on the floor or by letting them examine it.
Next you satisfy them that the sword is
sharp by cutting playing card into pieces
before their eyes, as though it were slice
of cheese.
EASY TO COMMIT MURDER.
Your assistant then kneeis down Defore
you, with her neck barred. You place the
potato upon the warm flesh, shield your
ewes from the light, balance your sword in
your hand. measure the distance Of the
stroke and its strength. Then Zip, Hash,
your assistant tosses her head and the
potato falls on the floor divided in the mid
die, cut through to the very edge OF its thin
skin.
Still more difficult is the front cut. Your
assistant lies outstretched on her back, her
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Dry Lubricants.

The use of dry lubricants for bearings in
places where oils and grease are objection
able or where contact with fire may occur, is
becoming better understood. and graphite
in one form or another is now in general
use. 1t has been employed on various kinds
of machinery with Uniform success. Mica
also, in dry pulyerized state. has given
satisfactory results in many cases. Self
lubricating bearings, consisting Of metal
shells filled with compounds of graphite or
mica, have also operated with complete
satisfaction.
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AJUGGLER's A PRACTICE ROOM.

OmcuS Is udblNe OF DIamDOul, 4UTkeE.
and is the widow of an Rnglish officer
killed in the siege of Alexandria.
AJUGGLER's PRACTICE ROOM.
Now come with me into a juggler's prac-
tice room. Oh, yes, jugglers spend part
OF the day in practice, no matter how ad-
vanced they may be. 1t will not do to let
the muscles grow stiff or the nerves lose
their strength. That slender cord suspended
from the ceiling is the most use eful appliance
the juggler has in practicing the umbrella
feats This is how it is used. Do you see
that shelf in the corner filled with rubber
balls. square blocks of wood, plates and
round bodied bottles? Did you notice that
little ring in the center Of the plates and
blocks? No? That is an oversight, for
without attaching the cord to that ring and
Huspending the object in the air, the
difficulty of learning these tricks would be
multiUlIed a score of times.
Why? I will tell YOU, The cord is long,
as you have seen. The plate hangs so low
that If you are not careful you will strike
your head against it in walking across the
floor. After the plate is suspended the
juggler opens his long, thick-handled jap
anese umbrella, and STOPPING beneath the
plate so that it rests on the rim of the um-
brella, he begins twirling the handle, at
first slowly and then more rapidly, but all
the time evenly. As the umbrella flies
around the plate tegins to revolve on its
rim. After il has acquired this motion the
Suggler gradually straightens his back until
little coil of slack cord circles around the
protruding point of the umbrella. This is
not learned in one day or a week or even a
month, and hundreds Of times in this prac-
tice the plate slips off or topples over.
THE UMBRELLA TRICKS.
But you do not begin learning this feat
with plate or q block of wood. You first
use the rubber bali and then take up the
other articles in turn. After q while you
become expert. I throw the ball into the
air and catch it on the revolving umbrella.
toss the block of wood high above the top
of the curtain and as 1t comes down the um-
brella sends it spinning, end on end, until it
looks like the fY-wheel OF q locomotive and
makes a whirrIng sound like bee in fight.
Now il spins in one spot and now it shoots
around the umbrella like a racer of for the
goal. ] Ichange the movement Of the handle
and it stops. Tnen q toss and up it flies. ]
catch it gently and as it topples over I make
my bow, The trick is done.
Now Tor the top tricks. They look sim-
pie enough. It almost seems like wasting
time to describe how they are done. That is
the Way they look-from the front of the
stage. II you are of that opinion try one of
them. Do not let me undeceive you when
you can so easily undeceive yourself. Take
. large, heavy japanese top, with long
rounded top and q thick rounded stem.
Twist this stem beneath the palms of your
hands until the top begins to hum. Even
this requires practice, and Gays OF practice,
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Rapid couceurra,,on Of Solutions.

An apparatus which deserves some atten-
ton from those engaged in chemical pursuits
has been patented in England. 1t is called
the 'inspissator," and by it solutions readily
injured by heat can be rapidly concentrated
without the necessity Of boiling In vacuo.
For instance, water can be promptly evapor-
ated by direct fire at temperature OF 1900 3.
The apparatus IL Of small size. capable Of
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Avoidance Of Danger From Fire.

A new departure has been taken in the
plans for the new building for the Congress
mense structure will contain no fire. The
building will of course be heated, but the
heat will be located outside the building.
Vaults will be constructed In the grounds,
where the fires and boilers will be placed,
and the hot air will be carried into the
library building by means Of pipes. By
this means complete protection against fire
is secured
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the revolving point one turn and start the
top on trip toward the clouds. How is
this done? By spinning the top to its ut
most speed and by holding the cord just
taut enough. 1t is not nearly so hard to do
as the cue trick, hut it has work enough
about it to keep you employed for a month
or two at least
Here is neat trick. Roll an egg end
over end up and down the edge of a closed
fan. This is comparatively simple. First
cut a very shallow groove in the fan. Then
boil your egg hard, or if you cannot do that
shake it well, SO that the yolk and white are
thoroughly mixed. Now place it in the
groove, and by giving the ian little out
ward push you can make the egg roll over.
Keep on with these little pushes until the
egg reaches the end Then reverse the
movement, pull instead of push and tcomes
back to the starting point. An expert egg
roller can take a perfectly round rubber
ball and roll it back and forward on the fan
without using groove, but it is impossible
to do it with an egg.
You have often witnessed the butterfly
trick and you have probably often wondered
at the skill of the performer. If you have
ever lett the theater to try the experiment of
keeping half dozen tissue paper butterflies
balanced in the air by the movement of your
fan your wonder has been doubled. Now I
am going to tell you a secret There is a
deception practiced in this trick. 1t is not
so difficult as you think it is.
THE BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY FEAT.
When the performer comes out on the
stage and cuts out of piece of paper his
collection of butterflies he has concealed in
his hand long hair from woman's head.
1t is so thin that it is invisible from dis
tance. He folds the ends of this in his first
butterfly. The second is fastened few
inches lower down and so on until all are
tied together in q row. The other end of
the hair is then attached to the juggler's chin
or forehead by bit of fesh-colored wax
When he begins to wave his fan and send
the breeze wherever he may choose the but
terfies cannot soar beyond the length of their
tether.
That seems simple enough, does il not?
But if you want to see how hard it is just
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Can Find EothinE Better.

No substitute for pure beer for q health
full summer drink has yet been found. 2.
Wainwright & Co.. beer has attained the
highest popularity here. Families can be
supplied direct by sending postal card, or
order by telephone 5525.
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IT may be q summer story in regard to
those "a tableware factories being sold to an
English syndicate, but nevertheless it is a
fact in regard to those etchings, engravings,
etc., that were sold last week at the art store
of j. j. Fuchs, 1710 Carson st.
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An EleHatnr Rurned.

La CROSSE, August 2.-The A. A. Free
man Company's large stone elevator and
mill was destroyed by fire at noon TODAY.
The loss is estimated at $500, 900; insurance,
$3.50, 900. Mr.. Freeman is resident Of
New York
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-03
Progress Gas Heaters

For warming houses and progress gas stoves
for lsundries are the most economical gas
savers in the market Call for particulars
on james c. Thompson, $40 Liberty ave
nue.. su
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GOLD is going out while silver is coming
in for etchings. engravings, mirrors, etc., at
the art establishment of j. j. Fuchs, ITO
Carson st.
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New York Herald. J

Hsbituai constipation and torpidity of the
liver are functional arrangements which should
not be SO long neglected as to generate actual
disease. Hamburg Figs should be taken, and
the deranged organs restored to health. Is
cents. Dose, one tg. At all druggists.
rTssu MACK DRUG Co., N. Y.
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TOWELS, 200 dozen pure linen buck
towels, our regular 15c quality at doc apiece.
TTssu EUGUs 3 HACKK.
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. Summer suitings and trouserings at Pit
cairns, 434 Wood street.
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SENATORS surprised at the low figures
that will purchase . dne mirror at j, J..
Fuchs. ITO Csrson<
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To be stilI Hes,cr.

Go to Niagara Falls August Z, $50 P. M,
only u 75, good five days, via p. q L. e.
3. r. and cool of,
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KILLED IN A coLLIKRY.
Two Miners Crushed By u Cage Through nm
Engineer's Carelessuess,

Enginesr's Carelessness.
SHENANDOAH, August John o.
Boyle and Charles Mulhern were instantly
killed this morning in the shalt of Packer
colliery No. 5, at Rappahannock, operated
by the Lehlgh Valley Coal Company.
The engineer lowered instead OF hosting
the cage and the two miners were crushed
in the bottom.
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BARaAINs, bargains Offering in all de.
partments now during SIMMER clearing sale.
TTSsu HUGUs q HACKR.
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had an opportunity to acquire still more
knowledge of the business, and after two
years of managerial work became a per-
former. When went to London, six years
ago, met omene, my assistant, to whom I
am indebted for much OF my success.
omene is a native of Stamboul, Turkey,
and is the widow of an Rnglish officer
killed in the siege of Alexandria.
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The Basis of Evolution.

The answer to all this is, of course, the
urvival of the fttest. The man who de-
serves to win, wins. The man who fails de-
serves 10 fail, or else he would have won.
That is all right. The world has no use for
he man who isn't strong enough and tough
enough to take all the blows that can be laid
upon him, and to come mp smiling in spite
of them. The world can spare the weak
lings. It wants only men of fire tempe red
fiber. Even gentle hearted men-men who
would interest themselves in behalf of a
hunted dog or an over-driven horse-talk in
b at way. Does 1t mot occur to them that
hey may be proolaiming still another super
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Three Unique Bunyans.

The most important books in English
literature that came into the possession
of the British museum in 1889 are Off
cially declared to be the three unique,
or almost unique, copies of editions of
works by John Bunyan purchased from
Mr. Stevens. So far has opinion trav-
eled since the days when, as Macaulay
somewhere observes, the writings of the
author of Pilgrims Progress" were
looked upon as the delight only of the
ignorant. The chief item of these
treasures is Bunyans first work, ''Some
Gospel Truths Opened According to
the Scriptures" London, 1856. Only
one other copy is known, and that is
imperfect 1t is controversial treat
Use against the Quakers, and although
Bunyan's earliest production contains
the first printed notice of him, in the
form of a PREDATORY address by John
Burton, who says, ''This man is not
chosen out of an earthly, but out of the
heavenly, university. News.