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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-25
RAINING A BOAT CREW.
WALTER l. pEEr TELLS HOW IT
is DONE.
An Interesting Article on the MOS
Reaithful and Beneficial Of all
Athletic sports THE Training Pro-
cess from start to Finish.

That rowing is the most healthtul
Eeihfhe most beneficial Of all athletic
not he denied by any one
snavlhs knowledge of the subject.
City boys who have started in as strip
lines to work for freshman crew,
and have kept up rowing through
their college course, have developed
into strong, symmetrically formed
men, such as they never would have
been had they not gone in for this
branch of athletics. Especially is this
true in few of our leading UNIVERSE
ties, where the training and coaching
of the men are systematically and in
telligently managed,
II you are boy who intends go to
college you ought by all means to 'try
for the crew" Even if you fail to get
on your freshman eight, the time is
far from wasted, as the work will do
You incalculable good.
In this article / will tell you how a
college crew is trained, from the first
worktill the finishing touches are put on
just before the great varsity race, and
you will see what you would have to GO
through if you should take the advice
given above. ~
AS a rule the freshmen crews supply
the material for the varsity eight, the
best men of the former filing the
vacancies in the latter boat each year,
Sometimes, however, it happens that a
man will row two or even three years
on his class crew before getting place
on the varsity, and once in awhile q
man who has had no previous rowing
will have that honor, but to accom-
plish this he must be exceptionally
good in every way.
just after the Christmas holidays
comes the first work on the set of mer
from which the crew is to be selected
Sometimes twenty or thirty men pre-
sent themselves as candidates to tn,
captain, who has been elected by the
crew of the previous year just before
disbanding. He takes them to tn,
gymnasium, where they are to worl
with him for two or three months
He directs their exercise, thei
diet and their hours; in fact, h,
has complete control over them from
the time training is begun until the
crew breaks up after the race. 1t i
easy to see that the success of crey
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-25
aeodore Smith, OF Jersey City, at
st Of 5,5On


A great blast was to have taken
+, nee at Mr.. 7, Callanan's quarries, ut
nth bethlehem, n. r., on june 16,
II it failed, owing to imperfections
n the electric wir ng, and was a dis
ppointment TO thousands OF PEOPLE
vno had congregatcd to witness the
xplosion, and to many who expected
% note some important results I ON
ie method employed in charging,
lie failure was due solely to the
pificiencv Of the electrician who had
arge of the wiring, and the greatest
sympathy was felt by all with Mr..
Callahan, who had spared no pains nor
expense to make the occasion success
full and impressive.
The quarries IRE situated Mt an angle
in the great limestone ridge which
passes through this section. Previous
excavation has given the quarrya very
uniform face, crescent shaped, and
about 400 feet long, with perpendic-
ular height Of 100 feet. About 60 feet
from the base OF the cliff is ledge or
Offset, so that the top of the cliff is set
back some 30 feet, The blast holes
were drilled on the ledge and at the
top, being at an average distance of 10
feet back of the face, The holes were
drilled to a depth Of 30 feet, and were
charged with from 30 to 80 pounds
each of 75 per cent miners friend
dynamite. The entire charge amount
ed to 1000 pounds of dynamite, di-
vided between 1872 holes.
The circuit was connected with y
dynamo situated in the crushing MILL
close to the quarry At 4 o'clock in
the presence OF Gov, Hill and his staff
and about 1900 spectators, Mr.. Gala
mans pretty daughter turned the
switch, without result, us the wires
were somewhere grounded, Mr.. Gala
nan, however, succeeded in connect
ing up three sections of his blast, dis.
charging them separately at intervals
of fifteen to twenty minutes by a hand
battery.
At the second discharge the high
cliff, 400 feet long and 20 feet high, was
seen to fall over to an angle of As de
grees, and then drop, completely crum
bled.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-25

settles down in bunch at the end of
the stroke, as if he had no backbone;
others feather their oars under water,
kick down with their legs before their
bodies are in position to stand the
strain, rush their slides toward the
stern, stopping the boat, and in fact
seemed to do everything wrong. The
coach works hard and persistently,
however. and soon has the satisfaction
of seeing some of these faults begin to
disappear.
At about the time the crew goes on
the water for the first time the men go
to the training table, = where they all
take their meals under the eye of the
captain.
As soon as the crew have improved
enough. they give up the barge for the
shell, generally an old one. the new
one not being used until short time
before the race
Each day after the row shower
bath and hard rubbing is given to
the men, From five to fifteen miles
are gone over each day in greater or
less stretches. Pieces OF four miles on
time are rowed about twice week.
On these rows and during impromptu
races with class crews or local clubs
the men are watched very closely.
As soon as the college duties are
over the eight goes to the scene Of the
great contest, The rows are made
shorter to allow the men to pick up a
little in activity, but these short rows
are taken at the highest possible speed
At last the day comes, and If yor
ever sit in boat at the starting pos
of a great college race as the refere,
steams up toward your shell, thes,
thoughts will perhaps fit through you
mind: lis the result of all this work Il
be victory or defeat? We must win"
"Are you ready?n shouts the referee
The three seconds seem an age. go,
comes to your ears at last Th'
boat jumps, you remember t.
make the first three stroke
short to get "a good start. and then yol
settle down, all nervousness gone, oi
tine journey which is to bring to yol
and the whole college joy or sadness
according TO your boats position at tn
finish line, and if you win--well, fey
will he the events of your life to max
you happier.
WALTER b. PEET.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-25

This stand pipe was erected for the
purpose of forcing water above the
first floors of houses on Jersey City
heights. The pipe is 100 feet in height
and 8 feet in diamete 1t is put up in
twenty-five courses of wrought iron,
of three different thicknesses The
first seven courses are made of
u inch iron, seven OF the
next out of 3-s inch, and the last eight
out Of sic inch iron. Each course was
put up in two separate pieces and
riveted together. Zach course is four
feet in height. The stand pipe is
riveted at the bottom to an iron cast
ing, eight feet in diameter. The cast
ing has one twenty-four inch inlet and
two twenty-four inch outlets. One out
let connects with the street pipe and
the other to the overflow pipe.
The overflow pipe. which is erected
inside and running up through the
center of the main pipe, is 80 feet in
height and feet in diamet r. This is
connected to one of the outlets in the
casting and runs out into the reservoir.
The casting is bolted to brick
foundation Is feet square, The
bolts are eight in number and "a
inches in diameter. They run through
the foundation and are fastened on the
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-25

perforated to receive stud on the
outer end of the blade on which
it fits, the inner end of the guide
being rounded to fit the semi
circular recess in the other blade, near
the pivot point, and being slotted TO
fit closely upon the screw. When the
guide is not in place the scissors are
used in the ordinary way, but with
the guide in position the end of an en-
velope passed between the blades is
stopped by the guide, as shown in the
small sectional figure at the left in the
picture, so that only narrow strip
will be cut from the extreme end of
the envelope, without danger of cut
ting anything it may enclose.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-25

Gun cotton constitutes the best military
explosive known, for, while its explosive
force vastly exceeds that of gunpowder and
approaches that Of nitro-gycerine, It is the
safest and most stable explosive we possess,
since it can be stored and transported wet;
and while in this state, though 1t may bo de-
tonated, 1t cannot be exploded in any other
way AS much as two thousand pounds of
wet compressed gun cotton have been placed
in fierce bonfire where it has gradually
dried, layer by layer and been consumed
without exploding, Besides, gun cotton is
the only military explosive which can be
detonated with certainty when frozen. -
Charles L. Munroe In Scribner's Magazine.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-25
TRIlJMPHS OF SCIENCE.
LATE DISCOVERIES FOR THIS
PROGRESSIVE AGE.
An Electric lighting Plant ON
Wheeis--A Novel Idca for Letter
Opener--High Service Stand Pipe
for MILLS, etc. scientific Notes.

The scissors shown in this illustra-
tion are adapted TO do the work of or
dinary scissors and shears, and are
also so made that letters may be
rapidly opened by them without dan
ger of mutilating the contents. The
improvement forms the subject of a
patent issued to Nathan A. Wheeler.
The cutting blades are curved on their
back sides, and one of them is some
what thinner than the other, to allow
it to close beneath guide carried by
the latter, The thinner blade also
has, near its pivot point, Il semi-circu-
lar recess, terminating on the inner
side in shoulder adapted to en-
gage letter guide and throw
it from the PIVOT pin The figure at
the top in the illustration is sectional
edge view of the scissors, and just be-
low is shown the guide attachment used
in opening envelopes. The screw by
which the blades are pivoted together
has an angular tlange or rib below Its
head, forming washer which bears
upon the upper blade, and an annular
recess between the washer and the
screw head adapted to receive the letter
guide The latter is thin and fiat, and
curved to conform with the flanged side
of the thinner blade, so that when the
blades are closed together it will fit the
flange, the guide being secured to the
other blade, so that inner edge will
be little in advance Of the edge of the
blade. The guide is doubled over at
right angles near it's outer end and
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-25

depends greatly upon the captain.
Above all he must have good Judgment,
and he must be firm without being
overbearing. Besides this, he and the
coach must agree perfectly, else, SHOULD
point come up on which they do not
have the same opinion, one or the
other loses the confidence Of the men,
or worse, perhaps, there comes split
iii the crew.
The work in the gymnasium, which
lasts two or three hours each day, con-
sists of hard general exercising on all
the apparatus, but principally on the
heavy pulley weights, the object being
to bring as many muscles into play as
possible. and to develop the body sym
metrically. Look closely at the next
good university crew you see and notice
the depth of their chests and how
beautifully their muscles are rounded
note their carriage and their springy
walk and you will see the good of this
work.
Each day after the gymnasium work
the men row for about twenty minutes
on rowing machines or in the tank.
In the middle Of the tank, which is
filled with water, is long narrow box
fitted UP with sliding seats, stretch
,erss foot rests, and outriggers (the
irons which hold the rowlocks). A
large hole is cut in the middle of the
blade of each oar, so that when the
men row the water rushes through
these openings, giving the crew very
rood indoor substitute for actual row.
ing.
After the row the men take run Of
two or three miles, which develops
their staying powers and enables them
to stand hard, sharp work without get
ting out Of breath. This routine is
gone through day after day until it is
warm enough to row on the water.
The men take hold Of the oars with
about a hands breadth between the
hands. The stroke is commenced BIZ
reaching forward toward the stern Of
the boat with both body and arms and
putting the blade in the water, great
care being taken to swing forward
from the hips without bending th'
middle of the back any more than pos
sible. The shoulders are kept dow
and back, as there is notsomuch powel
ii them when they are shaunched up
and when they are allowed to NOV
~ward too much they make the ches
lessening the lung and hear
q the oar into the waite
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-25


In London it is not considered good
form for a gentleman to carry through
the streets a parcel, however small or
elegantly wrapped. He may carry a
book, II 1t is not too large and is not
wrapped up; for book is q book, but
parcel may be a pound Of cheese or q
dozen red herring. The restriction is q
foolish one, o form Of class distinction
that Is inconsistent with the highest
civilization, in which every man will be
q gentleman Il he Is thoughtfully con-
siderate Of Others, whether he Is q la
borer or rides in o carriage Youths
Companion.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-25
A VOICE.,


A hidden choir Of dear southern birds
Have made theis home In her fair throat
Voicine the tender passion OF unspoken words
In many a sweet neart stirring note
Sometimes the arch and trctsy nocklng bird
Laughs IN her happy, iocund tome
Again, the yearnng OF the dove IN heard,
As when she nourns her mate alone;
And now the red bird with his vibrant trlll
Showers a rain OF music oil the air
Or the swamp robin make the pulses thrill
Like SOME soul burdened choral prayer.
Our spirits song Diest by her voice. will bc
Attuned 10 heavens fullest harmony
-Diel, h. coqutt In New Orleans Times Demo.
erut
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-25

There are clubs Of all sorts and charac-
ter in New York. The tall men have q
club called the Titans. The men who
wish to show themselves superior to
superstition have formed themselves into
q club Of thirteen. The southerners club
together and SO do the New Englanders,
the fat men and the Scotchmen. The
athletes and the artists all meet together
in associations for their own encourage
ment and Improvement. 1t Is even re-
ported from Paris that near sighted club
has been formed there,--N. Y. World.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-25

While am In the business myself, am
free to admit that detectives are often ao-
credited with shrewdness to which they ar0
not entitled For instance, man will lose a
valuable piece OF personal property and mp.
ply to detective to recover II for him. He
will unbosom himself to the officer, tell him
where ho was and what he was doing when
he lost his property, and then what simple
thing it is to recover it. In tho majority Of
cases the victim was robbed in company he
would not want to recognize in daylight He
informs the detective Of those who were in
his company, and the detective goes to tho
party or parties makes grand bluff about
knowing who has tho goods and in tho ma.
jority of cases carries his point Tho de-
lighted owner upon having his property re-
turned says "Whar smart fellow that de-
tective islu while in faet he is no brighter
than the ordinary run Of humanity and has
simply transacted piece Of business for his
customer on business principles, Detective
In Globe-Democrat
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-25

All through the frozen land we sped,
Through cuttings white and marshes
drear;
Through black plantations, grim and dead,
And forest giants darkly scro.
The landscape iled and passed below,
And gazing STILL We saw no more
Than one great cherries waste of snow,
An ocean with no farther shore;
Until the mountains roso around
So sternly from the 10y earth,
And beauty, though rejected, found
A home In her own very dearth.
Cold thcy were, pride intensified
In every line so gaunt and grim
A mantle and a pail of pride,
That fingered when all else grew dim.
The rocky heads all powdered DER,
And In the valley far below
A forest tangle, und once more
A long and stainless slope of snow.
They seemed as mourning for the past,
In hopeless mourning for an age
So distant now, its records cast
But mystery on oarth's dim page
They seemed Us frownng on the eye
That arrogantly dared 10 read
The secret thoughts they laid 30 by,
And TO such silence had decreed.
They seemed as wrapped In volcoles scorn
Too passlonless 10 stop TO hate,
That anything Of mortal born
Should dare one thought to penetrate.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-25

We illustrate portable electric light
plant, constructed in London, England,
for large dock company. 1t is
mounted upon u frame carried by four
wrought iron travelling wheels, and is
fitted with two bullocks. The
boiler stands in the center,
the engine being at one end and the
dyn mo at the other. The boiler is
feet inches high by 2 feet inches in
diameter, The firebox is crossed by
two tubes inches in diameter, The
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-25
She Knew Him Wen.

''Have youa very stylish young girl you
could recommend meY" said a gentleman In
an employment bureau.
Excuse me, sir, !" replied the affable man
ager, shut do you live in the corner houser
"Yes, but why do you askg'
''Beeause your wife was here only mo-
ment ago to see II we had tow headed girl
with wart on her nosep-Judge.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-25

engine has cylinder inches in diam
cter by g inches stroke, and is Of the
inverted ty pc with Pickering governor,
BY means of belt it drives the
dynamo. This is compouni wound
to give 20 amperes Of cur
rent at a pressure Of 10 volts, when rum
ming at $50 revolutions per minute. 1t
supplies four incandescent lamps Of
200 candle power each. Each lamp is
provided with strong enameled iron
reflector fitted with wire guard, and
length of twin flexible cable. A
plant of this description will be very
useful in many kinds Of outdoor work
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-25

An exchange tells of the finding Of the
nude body Of man who gave two gasps and
then died. This is q case where pair Of
pants could not serve as raiment
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-25

under side to iron washers, two feet
square. The weight Of this casting is
1000 pounds. The weight Of
pipe is $4,000 pounds. The pipe,
when full of water, will hold
~ 900 gallons. The water is forced up
into the stand pipe at the bottom
through 24-inch pipe connected to
the casting, by a Worthington duplex
engine. The four iron supporting rods
or the stand pipe are IL inch in dia-
meter The.stand pipe was erected by
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-25

the btade is not put in straight up md
down but ut bevel, the lower part OF
it being turned slightly towars, 20 bow
of the boat
The sliding seats enable the men to
get a longer stroke and to util re the
great power Of the legs, On this "full
reach the seat is brought toward the
stern of the boat, and 1t is held there
till the shoulders have come up a lit
tile ON the pul, This is done to Civ
the body II good position before the
hard push is made with the legs. On
the recover" the body handsand slide
are started at the same time, and grea
care is taken to make the last part o.
the ''recovera slowly and smoothly,
else the force with which the eight
heavy men come against their
.stretehersH or foot rests when stop
ping the slides ON the recover will stop
the headway of the boat
This then is the stroke which the
coach tries to teach the men. He fol-
lows close to their boAt on Il fast steam
launch, first on one side, then on the
other, and again behind, and sees a
great many imperfectiors This man
bends his back instead of swinging
from the hips; that man does not swing
straight fore and aft, but leans to one
side of the boat when he pulls;
one drops his shoulders forward
on the full reach; another
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-25

Anent the Wales silver wedding, 10 Ia OBJ
served that the princess eight bridesmaids Of
twenty-five years ago are all living, all mar
ried and none divorced w
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-11-13
Virginia Methodists

at the session OF the Virginia Annual Con-
ference Of the Melhe diet Episcopal Church
South, in Petersburg yesterday, resolution
OF sympathy wes received from thu Meiho-
dist Protestant Conference OF Maryland in
reference TO the dssth Of the lsta Rev. Dr.
John E. Edwards and read. The annual
report of the commissioner of he Poin Col
ored Institute, In Georgia, an institution
supported By the general church, IVES en-
ooursgDg. ReV DR. Lecnidas Rosser. from
the committee to whom va, referred the
overture OF the General Assembly OF Tho
Presbs terian Church to petition all govern
ments Of Cbrislsn countries to take meas.
ures 10 bsnish warfare by arbitration fer the
peaceful solution Of ell International diff
cuties, submitted report endorsing the
overture end liz oil sos, and providing for
the appointment Of delegates 10 meeting
to bs held 10 New York to further the move
mept. The report was adoDted Rsv. Dr..
A. G. Bro.n, from the board of fuanoe, re-
ported revised fusnciai plan for the fu.
ture guidance and government OF the 6u-
ances OF the conference. The plcn changes
the inequalities of assessments which here
tofore obtained. The rtport was ordered to
be published.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-11-13
KNIGHTS Templar of Virginia

The Grand Commandery Knights Temrlar Of
Virginil, met ia annual session al Petersburg
yesterday. The ADDRESS Of welcome wss made by
P. G. C. James, Grand Commander B. J. Turnsr
responded The grind commanders annual re-
port showed the order to bs in prosperous con.
dition. The following grand officers were elected /:
B. E. James L. Avis of Harris onbuIg. grand com.
mander; V. E., Fred Greenwood, OF Norfolk,
deputy grand comm ander; V. E., E. e Dowuham,
Of Alexandria, grand geperalissimo; V. E., J. P.
Corbin. of Fredericksburg, grand captain general /;
V. E., George W. Dame, OF Dsnville, grand pre-
late; V. E. ]. E. T. Parham, of l. tersburg grand
senior wsrden; " E., E. Il. Miller, Of Dsnyille,
grand junior warden;V. E VIM T. Allen, OF
Richmond, srand treasurer; B. E., VIM. B. Issacs,
o! Richmond, grand recorder; E., ]. V. Bidgood
of Richmond, grand standard bearer; E., James
b. Capers, OF Richmond, grand sword bearer; E.,
J. Howard Wayt, of Stsunton, grcn1 warden
The next session VIII be held in Richmond. An
address was delivered before the grand command.
cry at st. Pau's Episcopal Church last night By
Sir Knight Rev. Hartley Carmichael. rector Of
St. Psups Episcopal 'hurch, in Richmond. A
banquet in Masonic Hall fol owed.