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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-12-14

Trains after each evening entertainment TO
all mi ats on l.. V. r. r. between Ash au
aud DelanO. Arr ungemeuts for peclal trains
o otner points on l.. V. X, II and Penn'a r.
r can be made with Supt. A. =. Blakslee,
Delano, and q. o. Lewis, Pottsyille.
O. W. WEISS,
County superintendent.
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MEDNERDAY.

WEuNESOARs
Miss OUie TOr6et aud Her Concert Co
Miss Ollie rOrb tt, Violiuist.
Sgnor Viltoria Bdcclrini, Soprano
Miss Pauline Mon egrffo, COntralto
Miss Edi n Pond, Singing Reader
Mr.. Gusiave II ,lberg. Tenor.
MODS. Hestor @ )rliey, Plan ist
All eminent aud popular artists
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TUESDAY.
Dr. James r. HsdIey-
The great orator of the West, "The Sunny
Side of Lie"
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NIOND Jay,

Major Henry @. Dane
One of the greatest Orators and Word Paint
ers. He has made a tour arou nd the worl
with succ- ss / tile less tha marvellous
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A RIVER STEAMER

Among other features OF tho whaleback
model that would make them distinctive would
be the complete separation Of the steeraEs
from the cabin passengers They would live
IN the hull and lake their airing on the deck
below the platform in pleasant weather. Nor
would this bs hardship. II one may Judge bv
tho experience OF the Wetmore. for she was not
swept by the seas even in moderately rough
wenther. Tho rounded model proved very
easy-so eAsy. 10 fact that wien tho matches
we, removed IN Liverpool the tracks made in
still unobliterated. Only in the toughest
weather would i be necessary to batten down
i9r that matter. people must, stay below on
the ordinary ships In tho toughest weather.
The question OF plofit ia one Cor owners. In
this the natural conservatism OF tho sea trav-
eller that would keep him on the old model
the timidity Of now travellers. It would be
SEQ ones floor resting on stills rising from the
ses;; Sea-. On tho other hand tho novelty OF the
The speed; II she should deveor, It. would add
to the traf1c. while tho unGuestioned comfort
siderstion TO keep her staterooms full.
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the older expert doesn't attempt. so that
the chances are that there would be red-hot
sort of time If the two should chance to come
together In match.
Finger billiards are wondrous things to
watch. and when we'll executed they puzzle
the wits of all but experts to explain the start
ling effects TINT the player works. The mys-
terry is that with the hand the player can get SO
much better hold on the ball than with the cue
that he can imrart tremendous English" to
the ivory globes 1t is this English" that
works all the unique effects Of fancy billiards
Mayors ambidexterity Mt finger billiards i'm
parts exceptional interest to his doings with
the shining worries. He is 81 years old and
has been playing billiards for eight years.
Now. he says. he has got choice collection OF
some 500 fancy shots. enough to keep people
in n state OF prolonged establishment for two
hours. He had been playing before a club Of
wheclmen. and his thumb was n little soro
when he got Tim Flynn down in his private
parlor to show him pretty thing or two. He
grabbed two balls. one in each hand. and i'm
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DIAGRAMS 3. 4. 5.

yyfersed these gyrations when he tried it again.
10 used II IS right hand instead Of his left In
the second shot. Tho prettiest sort Of an effect
Is produced diagram 81 when these carroms
h h mnde with poth hands at once. using eight
since the veteran French expert Rudolphe
used TO amaze bill lizard lovers by his trcke cry OF
Whirling, balls along the wooden rail Of the
table. players have been practising at this
mysteri9uS sort OF rail legerdemain. and the
young Columbus man with corns on his
lnumbs seems 70 have acquired n mastery at
Keeping tho balls from shooting or into snace
When he essays the experiment, It's mighty
unicnlt hlt 81 billiard magic to keep control II
inc BAH anyhow; but he confines II in draws
ana ah In cushion shots in surprising style. as is
SHOWN IN diagrams z, 3, and o. In ono shot
me cue ball shoots about a foot up the rail
steps changes its mind, drops on the table.
n n,ns slowly ana ny pretty curves goes to tn,
R Rsxt st tne 3nset balls there oypg
dolphes long raj shot. The Frenchmap used
70 70 send z ball along the entire length OF the
English and make carrom on two bails
placed on the lower end ZaiL Mayer made the
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The after bulkhead shuts In q sufficient por.
ton OF the stern to hold the machinery and
the coal bunkers. between the two bulkheads
10 tho cargo space, to which access Is had
through patent matches. which are hermetical-
~ sealed. Above this after compartment are
three turrets. The forward ono protects the
smokestack and helps to ventilate tho stoke
hole The next aft encloses the upper part OF
the engines. while the one clsar aft holds the
compan ionway leading to the engine room. A
simple INSPECTION OF one OF these steamers
show! nt once that IN seawny tho waves
and that il would not make any difference
with the cargo or the crew II they did.
officers has nsx. 10 bo considered. il won't do
TO put them IL the forward hold or 10 the en-
man and od Would scares BE- contsnt In a tarret
built on the deck. as the three after tnrrsts are
S 81 III, ss h as:s after sHtenS.
4 a.c a. ae sds ss X. Of
p fGs% r. noa Ts and built souss
On II. which no di!idsa into stat. rooms. .
Afs' Is not sniioly that this ioes,on OF tn.
Ss oSusa n III :a' i,%
steamers. In these there 10 Nat hull. on the
deck q T anS 81 .
placed. There Is no room in tho hull or on
this deck for, an! , for any one hut by
portei BY rows OF pillars. space Is found not
emily for the officers but for grand saloon and
staterooms for passengers. Tho light and airy
river aud smooth water steamers enjoy are
In marked contrast with the close. dark;
Dor,bolas the size Of silk hat. to. bs found
bsiow decks on even the best of Liverpool
when decks are washed and whenever the
weather Is q little bad;
ths turrets on the whsleback cargo boat. AAd
. conslde rstion Of the passenger Accommods-
lions on an American river steamer II 70 but
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DIAGRAM 2.

green cloth and downward to the lower balls
diagram ). He jammed the four bulls in a a
corner an instant later and T struck smart blow
nearly, two feet. and. catchinG tho reverse
"EnGlish.' abruptly whirled back again Ida
gram -. and c9mEleteaM double carrrom on
shot. Then he whirlel the white balls with
right and left English" around a triangle tdia:
gram 81. carr0ming neatly upon balls placed
at the apex of the triangle. Ono Of these cc-
centric carroms was executed with the left
hnnd. This. Mayer snys. is another cinch OF
his, He declared that fanl Albums can't do it.
Ambidexterous skill was shown prcttiy
also In an original snake-shot carrom, In
which double twist impaired surprising
gyEntions to tho globes. Tho three object
apart. Mayer picked up the cuc ball tied his
wrist int? u sort OF knot IIy the twist that he
It sailed around tho first ball t. the left took
new notion; and went to the right. around tho
carromed on u piece Of chalk lying at the
cushion opposite tho third ball. Mayer re-
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Grands- Mulsts on Wednesday night. Aug. 10.
during which 1t blew so hard that 1t was doubt
full II the expedition could 60 on. The gale
moderated toward morning. and they advanced
independently. but both reached the hut
erected last year by Mr.. Ballot. on the rocks OF
the Bosses du Dromadaire. which Is about An
hour and half below the top OF Mont Blanc.
The weather became worse again. and on
Thursday tho travellers waited all day In the
hope that 1t would improve sufficiently to per-
NIT An attack on tho final peak. On Friday
morning. however. 1t was decided that the as
cent must BE- abandoned. and the tourists
made UP their minds to descend without fur
Their delay. Four workmen. engaged In tho
task OF discovering suitable place on which
to erect the proposed observatory which Mr..
Jansen desires to establish on he summit
also occu pisd the hut. and IS the waather pre-
vented them from working they desired to go
down 10 Chamounix. and obtained leave to
Join tho party. The eleven persons were
roped together for greater security In the high
wind and got down nearly to the Petit Plateau.
which 10 about an hour from the Grands.
Mulets
OF tho party we're Mr.. Hermann Rothe. Ger
man. and Michel Simond, his guide. They re;
csived tho full force OF tho avalanche apd
were KIN ocked into q crevasss AMI He'd. The
others OF tho patty were knocked down An !
overwhelmed. and ono OF them. Armand
Comte. was badly injured. Those who were
least hurt sxtricated their comrades. They
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LYING ABOUT AFRICA.
0eogrnpher Wauters Calls Attention 70 the
Practice In . Forcible Manner.

A few weeks ago the Mourpnent GSooraphiQus
published n supplement to its regular edition
containing two remarkable stories from Africa
The stories were printed in big type. double
loaded and with startling head lines. Ono OF
them was that Emin Pasha had returned to his
old province and utterly routed tho Mahdists.
had captured IN enormous amount of ivory,
had rcGstablished his government, and was
again in high feather in tho equatorial prov
inco Tho story was told with much circum-
stantialty. The other report was equally sem
sntlonal. and the scene of it was located near
tho head waters OF the Congo,
Tho story about Emin fell at once into the
over tho world. The Sun printed It with With an an
giving some reasons why the story was owl.
IDENTITY hoax, II the news agents had taken
h II ,S wnH n b 5hsSt Of M0f
t nrn aw E IN corner brief
editor, said he wished to show tho persons
who hIabitppay concoct liNs about African mat.
easily as themselves. lie was tired ii devo It.
rcu Gus and thought euaa he Would ID
liz said That yarns aHoSt Xirlca get currency
6HtaHss no r from Africa
stories. are invented. it is easy to deceive tho
public for many weeks. 4 story he felt called
upon TO contradict In the same issue of his
the effect that tho, natives had captured Stan.
ley Falls. story which proved to be canard.
There are few people and newspapers who
for one reason or another are hostile to various
enterprises in Africa and who seldom let a
week pass WITHOUT putting some Iie on the
many Of these falsehoods on the wing and has
given them their guietus as far as this country
fables are very poorly posted in African affairs,
ana their Tdiculous statements show at once
t!.it the alleged news Is a falsehood concocted
lying about Af.ica.
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MAGIC ART IN BILLIARDS.
THE AMAZING THINGS THAT CAN BE
DONE WITH EXPERT FINGERS.

The worries Cut Figures, Twist Liz Snakes,
Spin Like Tops, shoot Along the Rail,
jump Into tho Air, and Cut Up Other
Monkey shines-A Young Columbus Man
Works the Spell Upon Them.
A short. dark man. quiet hammered and min
isterial in attire. sauntered into Tim Flynn's
billiard saloon in Nassau street the other
afternoon. He had corns on the sides OF both
thumbs. He rubbed some chalk on tho corns.
and noddng to Tim. began to juggle with four
ivory balls in bewildering fashion. The man
with corns on his thumbs was Max Mayer. n
Columbus. Ohio. youngster. who has intro
duced into billiards Just what billiards most
need. and that Is novelty. We have had men
who can chalk their noses and play billiards
with them. and men who juggle with the cues.
and we have had Yank Adams who stretched
the eyes Of billiard lovers wide open with
amnzement by his witchcraft with the worries
The Columbus young man doubles up on all OF
them, rs it were. for he does with both hands
with equal ease what Adams can only do with
ono. He is not quito UP to Adams in some
things. but then he does lot OF things that
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A wHALEBAck PASSENGER sHrr.

position IN lI'e not Wholly novel. for light.
lives in Comfort on I'M plssorm built fh sbos.
been built SO large that, seas did not rise ~
thirty Iset out OF water, as hisn Is the TOP 81 2
designers do not intend to Interfere with tho
. q the waves Ss by onp"finT huge
PASSENGERS up on the TOP Of tho ,tnrrsts and let
the waves aweep unimpeied beneath them.
be Snd.Ts must ss1 nes Ss
oval or srched frames and plat oiier The hs
or G TSs 81 the as
Ma w. strike sn srGhing surface whsther It 20
lar. unless In Iced some cranky wavs should
the platform. In that case 1t would hit flat
could not be made tall enough to prevent such
2 stroke but experience has shown that
on tho decks-that hurts the ship, The
0rdinars PASSENGER carriers; indesh have an
h esI G ar record
whore this upper light structure has been
destroyed. even when turtlsbacks at tho bow
Cd By suitable bulkheads and tho upper vorks
with they would have the Strongest and safest
as Well as the most comfortable passenger
snip ever coz celveu.
Quite as important as comfort and safety
are. is the consideration Of speed. To got the
cream OF tho traffic in those days new de.
sign-and more especially a design as novel
as this one i.-would have to BE- q flve.day
ship in tho Liverpool trade. But II the owners
want to make such sensation as tho nsuti-
cal world has not known since steamers were
first used. they have only to bring out ship
that will cross in days 70 hours and 50 min
utee There are several considerations that
the world In this regard. The first of all Is the
.. '1s oas r a. Eoo sn n o s
ordinary model that vii carry twice her
which was lying In Brooklyn. will csrrv.3.,
tons OF cargo Tor every 10 OF material used IN
weight on q draught OF l5h feet. There is Irob-
ably no other cargo boat sailing into New York
that carries that cargo on less than rs isst
drauRht. From this is argued that passenger
steamer on tho now model could b. built to
carry a. much as any OF the present packets.
and yet draw very much less water. This
means that 1t would take much less nower to
drive her at an equal speed. or that with sIual
power she would make much greater speed.
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carried Comte to the hut on the Grands,M n-
lsts. and then made w2nderinlly QUICK de;
rescued the injured guide.
As soon as tho storm had subsidized eut.
hciently to permit guides to reascend the
mountain a party OF them vent up for the
mon. The Chamoupix guides always feel 1t
their duty. II possible, to recover the remains
OF comrades who lose their lives on the noun
tains. II was four days before they found the
exact spot where the accident occurred, for
there wero other crevasses in the neighbor-
hood. and drifting snow had partly fll!ed many
OF them. Seventeen mountain guides en-.
gagged ia this work. at considerable recuniary
loss, for in the tourist season every day 10
nins feet OF rope. attached to some
thing heavy. and also found portions of an
Ice axe known to have belonged to Mr. Rotbe:
About noon three mon. who had been lowered
to depth OF $50 feet into the fatal creya;Sse,
succeeded in disenGacing tho body OF Mr..
Ro,hs from wall OF Ice and frozen snow. The
hut little .disfigureh. a wound over the right
temple and . desp cut over TIE right knee Pc
secured the remainder OF the rope to mark the
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Unlike the whalebaok. she had solid trunk
rising from her curved sides. tho deck being
supported by stanchions on either hand. Tho
principle OF her construction was. that instead
OF being pushed over by wave rising on one
side and exertinG its force In one direction en-
Hrely. she divided the wave. so that tho water
that rolled upon her side would exert a Pros
sure downward equal to that which tended to
lift her upward. as in the old form Of hull.
The difference in the effect Of wave acting
upon an ordinary ship and upon the Livadia
or q whaleback, is better shown by the fol-
lowing diagrams. No. being cross section OF
the ordinary hull now in use. and No. 2. the
Lvadia:
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Tho Livadia was soon shown to be a failure.
on account Of structural weakness. and she
lies in the harbor Of Sebastopol today. discard
cd and useless. But as proof Of the soundness
Of the principle she was entirely successful
In storm in tho Bay Of Biscay she is said to
have heeled at an angle Of less than five degrees
The DEVELOPMENT OF q passen ger ship from .
whalebRck cargo steamer is at once simple
and interesting. Tue whaleback idea begins
with fiat bottomed hull. having pretty sharp
blgss and rounding up In the familiar form Of
Q cigar at both ends. Above the water line
tho sides tumble homo. to use very old nauti-
cal expression, till they moot amidships. They
round In in graceful curve. that Is. and leave a
fiat dock amidships that is perhaps half As
wide Is the breadth OF tho ship. In tho cargo.
carrying hull arc two bulkheads only. The
Forward ono Is tho collision bulkhead. and be-
tween 1t and the bow Is found room for the
Iorecastle. the chain lockers. &C.. while steam
Windlass for getting UP anchors is located in a
stool turret on deck. Through this turret &C.
eess Is had to the hold forward OF the collision
bulkhead. On top is the tiller wheel
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spot the party drew the body slowly .alonG the
snow slopes to the hut on the Grands- Mulets.

spot the party drew the body slowly along the
snow slopes to tho hut on the Grands- Mulets.
where they rested for the night.
Next day the party discovered the body OF
Michel Simond. the guide. several feet lower
down In the ctevasse. His hands still GRAINED
the fatal rope. whose loose coils were
wound around his wrist exactly as they had
been at he moment Of the catns,rophe. show
Ing that death must have boon instantaneous:
Simond's young widow at Chamounix.
This persous engaged In this unfortuna OK
redition did not commit any imprudebcs, OK
cent perhape In rnping SO large party, MS
eleven together. Two parties. one Of FIVE
aud the other OF ak. would probably
have been a better arrangement The Vast
season has heen more or leas I'm iavorable Tor
elm bers in the Alps. There has been \ good
deal OF bad weather. and the penalty OF gong
on in the teeth Of really bad weather is always
severe. and may take the form Ct q terrible
difference between good aud bad guides is
conspicuous. A good guide will nay NO atten-
ton to the eagsrness OF his employer to 60 be-
yond the point whore re- reat IL 8 Ill possible.
Inferior guides and guides who are able. but
rash. may know that there Is danger. but
sometimes disregard 1t. 1t was thus that the
terrible accident occurred on Mont Blanc at
the beginning Of September. 1870 when eleven
persons lost their lives. The party ought not
weather then preyailing. particularly as the
sncsd. They were caugh, On, the summit BY
\ gale and q snowstorm which lasted several
days. and perished from cold and hunger.
Good guides would not have taken such o
party IN except In settled weather. and the
weather had been bad for some weeks.
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single stsp to the designing OF . whalebaok
passenger boat. By extending the system OF
turrets from the Htern to the bow and laying q
steel plat form over all that shall be- supported
on its cupboard edges By rowYt stee, pillars
and then building q two-s story house foro and
aft on this platform, the thing is done
- II shout be said that the american steel
paten's. have not yet com pleted the details OF
their passenger steamer. but this Is In general
the plan.
Naturally some changes would be made In
the whalsback cargo shin hes des those noted;
For passenger ship very much larger and
heavier engines would be needed. and the
stoke hole and engine room would be placed
nmidisshfIp, Twin screws would bs nesded
whole the difference between q cargo whale.
back and PASSENGER whaleback would
lie low in the water. The tn re,s and pillars
would rise up at intervals leaving such
wide spaces that even the heave.t sea eweep-
ing along would pass over the hull practically
unimpeded. To the passenger leaning over
the rail 1t would seem as II he were on Plat
form standing on stllts rising out Of the sea- q
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motlonless decks the loterer can look out into
the bay and see hundreds Of overcrowded
steamboats, hurrying back an! forth from the
city. burdened with passenger and cargo.
The steamboats, are all OF good size. Several
OF them are over 300 feet III length. They are
white. with long hulls. suggestive Of speed.
They would look exactly like excursion steam
ers were it not that they lack passenger decks
and ratings They are q ghostly group such
port whose trade was a tradition than in
ono which regulated the heart throbs Of a
nations commerce. AS n fact they arc mon
ument but not to tho past glories OF sea-
ports trade. They are monument to 9. great
inland water trailic which is yielding to the
competition of the railroads.
The nine steamboats, are the property OF
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He was buried. however. in the graveyard
back of tho old Presbyterian church in New
town, In his will he gives specific directions
as to how the bequest shall be spent. Tho de-
scriItion and plans for the building are given.
together with the interior furnishing
Thirty-fye thousand dollars is to be OK
pended in the erection and completion OF tho
new church. 1t is to be n fac similo Of ~ pretty
stone Presbyterian church in Cherry Valley in
2scb 200 and her sister The will says that
sstructIon and cost OF. tho Cherry Valley
Church. Four thousand dollars is to be ex-
pended on stone spire for the church. and
5000 for stained glass windows Various
sums are set aside for tho interior furnishing
and decorating. Everything is specified, to-
setner- With the amounts to be spent There
i Sl.oI5 Tor frescoing tho auditorium room
Pop ior other frcscoing and painting: $500
Sl:aoo f2r gas ilytures 5000 for carpets; S720
md plush; SO for communion table: $50 for
thrnc chairs. .S1673J for settncs for chanel. Si2
Tor two arm.hairs. and $1,000 for freight and
carriage, Then other sums Of money arc
designated for fixing up tho SURROUNDINGS. A
stone icnce SINH lar to the one in front of the
New l1rk Orphan Asylum is to 10 built in
front nl mo church at u cost of 5000 Out OF
the total bequest $1,000 is to be set aside as IA
CONTINUOUS and permanent fund. and all money
70 be turned into this fund. which is to be- used
TO Keep the church in repair. The work is to
pc performed under tho direction of the Rev
a. -. fRyson, the Present pastor Of the Prosby.
terrain Church in Newtown Mrs. j. ii. Pratt
and Z. W. Luyster. "'"'