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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-27

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-27

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keeps the people in constant roar with
his funny remarks, and frequently in this
way so s'breaks up'' his opponent as TO
win againsta much stronger player, such
man as Plot for instance, who generally
is irritable. Goffart's opponent is little
dried-up man, with a face like mouse.
His name is Beau. Monsieur Beau s
strong point is his unfailing nerve and
his ability TO make the best of himself
under all circumstances. He has beaten
the American Eugene Carter several
times in matches for $500, although the
latter will tell you that he can ''wipe the
floor up' with Beau any Time he feels
like it. That is Carter's way.
The spectators, you see, are leaving
their seats and crowding around each Of
the players, giving them sums of money
varying from five franc pieces to hundred
franc notes. Each PLAYER marks down the
SUN received, crediting it to certain in
ltials, for the people who bet rarely give
their real names. Some of them are
Spanish noblemen, some belong TO New
York's ''four hundred, all of them are
sure to lose in the long run, as will pres
entity explain.
This betting goes on until each of the
players has received precisely the same
total, varying from two hundred to two
thousand dollars, according 10 the players
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sCHAEFER AT THE GRAND CAFE.


Speaking of irregularity in playing
brings one naturally to Schaefer, who is
at once the most brilliant and cratic
among the brilliant champions OF the
world. In Paris as in Chicago he wears
his little cardigan jacket, scornlng the
dress suits which Gay, Beau, Gioelin and
some of the other Paris experts affect.
When things go wrong Schaefer some
times goes entirely to pieces and remem-
Der one occasion when this happened at
the Grand cafe in match the western
champion was playing Rudolphe.
Schaefer had given Rudolphe ], 300 points
in 3, 600 and was playing badly. so that
the Frenchman was hopelessiy in the
lead. Seeing himself sure to win Ru-
dolphe, who is very vain in his skill, be-
gan making fancy shots to please the gal
lery. This irritated the American beyond
measure. Presently Rudolphe tried a
difficult masse when he had perfectly
easy shot. He missed.
s'I'll teach the countryman to fool with
his uncle,'' muttered Jake as he went to
the ia Bile. ssIf he tries fancy shooting
I'll give him some myself. -
The balls were in the simplest possible
position as shown in the accompanying
cut. A child could have made the carom.
Instead of playing the shot in that way,
Schaefer raised his cue straight in the air
without resting either hand on the cloth,
and then with scarcely any aim brought
it down with bang in such q masse COM
bination as has rarely been seen. The
white darted forward to the req. then
curved back swiftly to the cushion and
then describing huge letter 'W' in two
succeeding curves touched the spot ball
and counted.
Rudolphe looked on in amazement, the
gallery made the house shake with their
applause, and "Jake'' Schaefer. his face
flushed and his bangs tum bling down over
his forehead, went on calmly in run of
over a hundred and fifty
81 lost the game, he said afterwards,
'sbut had fun with Rudolphe.'
One peculiarity OF the billiards played in
Paris is the larger size OF the balls used,
and their greater elasticity. When Slos
son went to Paris last summer he was sur
prised to find on measurement that they
were playing with balls two and seven
sixteenths of an inch in diameter instead
of two and three eighths as used in
America.
81 thought was playing with pump
kins,' he wrote to friend.
1t would seem too that the atmosphere
of Paris has an invigorating effect on
ivory as it certainly has on human ma
ture, for the billiard champions find that
they can get effects from the balls in diff
cult masse and draw Shots which would
be almost impossible in America. An
other difference is in the height of the
cushions which measure only one and
one-half inches instead of one and seven
sixteenths as in New York
s'Paris is great town. said Schaefer
the other day. All lovers of billiards will
agree with him. CEYToN SAKE.
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When the game is over the professor
who winS-the boy at the board Will call
this out in a high voice, although it is
quite unnecessary-wil find himself be-
sieged by all the people who have backed
his skill, eager to claim their winnings.
And here is where the establishment
makes its chief profit which amounts to
several hundred dollars a day. No
matter who wins the house retains
20s per cent. of the sum wagered.
PERSONALITY OF TIE PROFESSORS. -
AT about 10 O'Clock vignaux himself,
usually in his shirt sleeves, and formld-
able looking fellow he is with his coal
black hair and powerful frame, will come
forward for a match with the second
greatest player in France, Lucien Plot, a
left handed player and wonder. If Plot
could control his inpatience and nervous
ness, he would be almost ii not quite Wig
nauX's equal. AS it is you see the crowd
back him readily at small odds. Vignaux
usually allows him thirty or forty in zoo.
Either of them is apt to run hundred
or a hundred and fifty in single
inning, and there is absolutely no way of
determining who VIII win. Whatever
happens the fight between these giants of
the cue is sure to be exciting, and there
are moments IN the match when the spec
tators fairly hold their breath, and the
only sound which breaks the silence is the
fat boys shrill voice as he calls out the
score-"Q uatre-vingt deux, quatre-vingt
trois' and so on until the champion
misses. Then there are signs of relief or
despair and the new total is chalked up
on the board while the other man takes
the balls.
The men who take part in these matches
are paid fixed salaries as already stated,
anywhere from eight to thirty dollars
day, and the result OF this is, am sorry
to say, that a certain amount of fraud
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stances together produced it, Franklin
amused himself and his friends by expert
ments with the new element. Incident
ally it occurred to him to connect num-
Der of the jars together so as TO give
more powerful shock, the whole accumu-
lation being discharged at once. Thus
was produced the first electric battery"
as he called it.
1t had already been suggested that
lightning and thunder might be merely
electrical phenomena. Franklin con-
verted this guess into a scientific fact.
He said it was not surprising that thun-
der should be so loud; for, if two electri-
fed gun barrels would strike spark at
distance OF two inches and make a loud
report, at how great a distance should
10, 600 acres OF electrified clouds strike and
give fire, and how loud must be that
crack2
THE INVENTOR OF LIGHTNING RODS.
One day he CHANGED to see a kite which
boy was flying, and il suddenly
occurred to him that here was an easy
way of reaching the clouds. Having
made a kite for himself by stretching
large silk handkerchief over three
sticks, he took walk in the fields near
Philadelphia on an afternoon when he
saw a thunder storm approaching. This
was in June, 1852. The kite being raised
in the air, he fastened q key to the lower
end OF the string, then insulated the key
by attaching it to q wooden post with
silk. Presently thunder cloud passed
over, and he saw some loose threads of
the hempen string rise erect as il cleo
tr1fed. He touched his knuckle to the
key, and, to his great delight, drew from
it the well known electric spark. So
overcome was he at this tremendous dis
covery, which was to immortalize his
name, that he nearly tainted. AS the
rain increased, moisture made the
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shoal, poles, thrust through the deck
from above, cause the great bags to fill
themselves with air, at the same time
raising the boat, which is thus rendered
light enough to float off. This is very
ingenious plan, the only point against it
being that it does not work any better
than the attempt of a man to lift himself
by his boot straps.
THE FIRST ELECvRo- MAGNETIC MOTOR.
Another model, though itself of no
practical utility, represents the first cleo
tro-magnetic motor known to the world,
patented in 1881. By an arrangement de-
pending upon alternate magnetic attrac-
ton and repulsion, sort of walking
beam is made to go up and down. This
piece of mechanism was devised by Pro-
lessor Henry, first secretary of the Smith
sonian institution. He produced many
other inventions, his scientific mind be-
ing throughout his life devoted to the
achievement of discoveries calculated to
benefit the human race. For years he
made experiments for the purpose of find
ing out how to conduct the electric cur
rent through length of wire. At that
time it was supposed that the ease with
which this could be accomplished must
be in direct ratio to the size of
the electromagnetic employed. He con-
structed a magnet that weighed
ton, but it did not work satisfactorily.
At length he found out that by multiply
ing the coils on the magnet, using finer
wire, and by multiplying the cells of the
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and the recklessness of their hackers.
Sometimes, as may be imagined, one
professor is more of a favorite than
the other, and so gets the greatest portion
of the backing. Just now you see Bsau
is in that position and poor Goffart is
making witticisms at his expense. In
order to obviate that difficulty Beau will
give points to his opponent until the bet
tors are satisfied that the odds are even.
Then both books will be promptly filed,
and the game will begin.
Now, you see, all is ready and the two
books with the two equal sums of money
are placed in the little wooden box and
given in charge of the black haired lady
at the desk. She smiles at Gofart, the
fat boy at the black board straightens
himself up for work, one of the walters
brushes off the billiard-cloth very care
fully and marks fresh chalk lines four
teen inches from the cushions, for they
are going to play the balk-line game, 200
points up. In that number Beau has
given his opponent twenty points. Some
times the odds given are as high as fifty,
seventy-five, or even one hundred, which
latter could only be given when the great
Vignaux himself was playing.
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creeps into the contest. 1t may not be
very frequent and it does not necessarily
cheat the spectators for they gamble any
way and might as well gamble on the pro-
fessor's dishonesty as on anything else.
Still, it is not pleasant to reflect that pos
sibly an arrangement has been made be-
tween the two players that one shall lose
so that their confederates can bet on the
other side and be sure to win. There is
no doubt that such trickery has taken
place in some instances.
One of the best players in France is
Fournil, who does not play at Vignaux's
academy, but at the rival academy in the
Grand cafe, where a rival corps of pro-
lessons compete in the same way as has
been explained. Among these are Ru-
dolphe, who has played before emperors
and kings all over the world, and given
exhibition of fancy shooting in America;
Cure, young fellow only q, who prom
ises to become one OF the greatest experts
in France, and Gay, man about 40, who
speaks excellent English and is a steady
though not brilliant player.
A player recently attached to V1gnaux's
academy is the celebrated Albert GARNER,
one OF the most graceful and rapid play
ers in the world, somewhat resembling
Schaefer in bis irregularity, however.
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lions for playing billiards are more favor
able TO the players in P@ris than in any
other city in the world.
Now If you like we will watch the
champions at work and drop in for a
couple of hours at Vignaux's celebrated
Academic de Billiard, - which is one of
the sights of Paris. Let us drop in here
after dinner, say about $3.50, and watch
the evening performance. The men have
been playing already for two or three
hours in the afternoon, but the best
matches will be SON. now.
WHEN THE MATCH Is ON.
Now the game is beginning. The two
men standing at opposite ends of the table
with little books in their hands are the
professors who are matched against each
other. They are not the best players, al
though all of them are first-class. Plot,
GARNER and Vignaux himself will come
later in the evening when the house has
got warmed up to the point of high bet
ting. The two playing now, however,
are worth watching The round-faced
man with the long hair, who reminds one
Of a Circassian princess, is Goffart, Bel
gian player famous for fancy shots and
trick playing, and a good joker. He
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-04-02
Bad Form.

1t is bad form not to lift the hat when
passing women in hotel halls or when en-
terlng hotel parlors or waiting rooms
where there are women; as an acceptance
of thanks for assistance or any courtesy
that a stranger may offer; also in response
to salutations made to those with whom a
man is walking or in whose company he
is; or at any place or time at which Gus
tom makes this easy mark of gentleman
illness and civility appropriate. To raise
the hat when passing wherever the dead
are being carried out is obligatory .-Neto
YORK World
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Monsieur Vignaux and His Cele-
DRAFTED Academy of Billiards.
HOWTREY BET ON THE GAME.
Jake Shaeffer and George f. slosson at
the Cafe.
Brilliant and Erratic Plays with the
[vories-Peculiarity of French Balls
Shaeffer Shows Rudolphe Fancy
Shot, Etc, Etc.
Correspondence Of THE Herald.

OVE4O SlVAubuCt OF TIE HERALD.
PARIS, March 10.-Paris, which is great
IN SO many other respects is also the
greatest city in the world for billiards and
billiard players. There is no room for
argument on this point. Not that the
Partisan experts at the game are neces-
sarily more skillful than those in Amer
lea. That does not necessarily follow al
though in several respects Vignaux leads
the world. The point is that whatever
the relative merits of such men as Wig
paux, Schaefer, Slosson and half a dozen
other first class Paris players, the condi-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-04-02
Bad Eggs Are Useful.

Not even bad eggs are laid in vain.
Years ago those that hadsuryived their
culinary usefulness were OF no value to
dealers, who used to pay garbage col
lectors to take them away. Nowadays
bad eggs are almost a regular article of
commerce. The yolks can be so treated
as to make most valuable dressing for
kid and other fine leather. Instead of
paying to have bad eggs taken away, the
dealers sell them to the makers of this
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-04-02
INVENTIONS oF FAMOUS MEN.
Abraham .Lincoln's Device-why Frank
Inns Inventions Were Not Patented.
Correspondence OF THE HERALD.

HERE are only a very
few American inven-
tors who have gained
celebrity 9th erwise
than by their inven-
tions. The famous
statesmen, scientists,
and authors in this
country who have de-
veloped a genius for
mechanical construc-
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string better conductor, and
the key gave out electricity
copiously. Had the cord been thoroughly
wet, the daring inventor might have paid
for his temerity with his life. 1t should
be realized that he was knowingly taking
chances with death in thus tapping the
clouds of their fire. Afterwards he
brought lightning into his house by
means OF insulated iron rods and played
with it. The lightning rods so largely
used today for protecting buildings were
his invention.
MARK TwAIN's PATENT.
Thomas Paine, the genius and philan-
thropist, himself contemporary of
Franklin, is numbered among American
inventors. He devised a new method of
constructing bridges. Senator John
RuggIes of Maine, who accomplished
the reorganization of the United States
patent system in 1896, patented in the
same year a locomotive for inclined
planes. Mark Twain is the only literary
man Of reputation represented at the pat
ent Office. His patent scrap book is one
of the things which visitors most often
ask to see. 1t is Just like an ordinary
scrap book, except that the pages are
spread with dry muscilage like postage
stamps, so that they have only to be
moistened when scraps are to be stuck
upon them. This is very convenient for
persons who may have no bottle of muci-
lage handy. RENE BACHE.
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SUNDAY. PAGES.

dressing at a fair price. Large quantities
of this egg-yolk dressing are exported to
Europe.-Neao York Advertiser.
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L1NcoLN,s INVENTION.

One remarkable exception to this rule
is Abraham Lincoln's device for lifting
steamboats, off shoals when they get
aground. 1t consists of huge attach
ments resembling accordions on an enor.
nous scale, made OF wood and canvas,
which are fastened beneath the sides of
the craft. When she gets stuck on a
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10 uFCuLIUus
MARK TwAIN's PATENT.
Thomas Paine. the genius and philan

JOSEPH RUBY of Columbia, Pa, suffered
from birth with scrofula humor, till he was per-
fectly cured by Hoods Sarssparilla IS
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When he is in bad luck he gets dis
couraged, but when things go his way
there is no one IN the world superior to
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ton can almost be numbered on the
fingers of one hand. One may search
the patent Office at Washington, where
thousands on thousands of models
are stored, without finding more than
two or three that We're produced by per-
sons who have attained distinction in
other ways.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1893-01-05
Moonshining in Chicago.

4 mOOnshiner doing buslness III
the heart Of Chicago was discovered
His still is located in brick house
which stands in the square not five
blocks from the Grant monument
in Lincoln Park.
The entire neighborhood around
the little distilery is of the most
exclusive kind. The little house
has never been occupied by but
one man, and he and his habits
have long been matter of much
curiosity. OF late no attention
has been paid to the man, and il
was only by ACCIDENT that his little
still was discovered.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1893-01-05
An Heiress Pound in Indiana.

Some two weeks ago Marks Mey-
ers, an attorney of Albany, \. Y.
sent a letter to the postmaster OF
Brazil. Ind, asking for information
regarding Minnie Cooper, the last
descendant of the Cooper family,
who was heir to an estate valued at
between $4,000 and $4,000.
The letter was published, and
Mrs. Sam McCoskey, of Staunton,
upon seeing the notice, stated that
she was the missing heir. She
went to Brazil when she was two
years old. Shortly after her mother
died, and she was adopted by Sam
uel Weaver, with whom she lived
until she was II years old, when
she married McCoskey, n miner OF
Staunton. She wrote Immediately
to Albany, and has received IA reply
that gave her assurance that she
was the heir desired.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1893-01-05
Grover Sends His Photo.

On last election day "A seventh
son was born to !. III. Shuttle, of
Norwood. Ohio. He was named
Grover Cleveland, in honor of the
auspicious event that marked the
day OF his birth, and n letter was
dispatched to the president-elect
notifying him of the fact. Recently
Mr.. Schultz received an answer
In the envelope was inclosed Il
photograph of Mr.. Cleveland, bear
ing his autograph on its face. The
letter was written by the stenogra-
pher of Mr.. Cleveland, but he took
his pen to add n line about the
photo. The letter reads:
New YORK, Dec. %, 1892.
To J. ii Schultz, Norwood, o. MY
Dear Sir: am gratitied TO know tina
you are bringing up 81 many Democratic
sons and quite agree with you mat yo'
will soon he able to place the distnc
firmly in the Democratic column. an
/ aIso nleased To know that your youngfs
SON hears my name. ! hope he vii
always he 10y and comfort 10 you, an'
that his life NAV he long and prosperous
please accent the inclosed photograph 0'
behalf of the boy. Very truly yours
GROVER CLEVELAND.
If any one thinks, says the Gin
cinnati Enquirer, that he can pur
chase that letter or photograph To
las than S1.OOO.OO0, all he has 4
do is TO make the proposition t
Mr.. Schultz.
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Around the world without a Cent.

Sven Wieren, the Nellie Bly, of
Danish journalism, and cores
pondent of the Journal Dannebrog,
of Copenhagen, Denmark, has reach
ed Chicago enroute home via China,
India and Northern Africa.
Mr.. Wieren has undertaken tho
most difficult though interesting
feature of journeying around the
world without any monetary assis-
lance whatsoever within prescribed
time of eighteen months, although
allowed the privilege of accepting
the hospitality of friends and Others
Interested in his task. Mr.. Wherein
departed from Copenhagen Sep
tember rs for Liverpool. From
Liverpool he shipped ON the Dam
ish bark Jorgenson, bound for
Wilmington, n. c., October 10.
Arriving in Wilmington December
10, he contrived TO obtain trans
portation to New York through
the kindly offices of n friend,
arriving there December IL, and
going direct to Chicago.
Through the influence of the
agents of the Thingvala steamship
line, Mr.. Wieren is able TO reach
Denver, whore he expects to earn
enough money from lecture he
will give on Denmark" to reach
San Francisco. AT San Francisco
he goes to China, thence through
India, and via the Suez canal to
the north coast of Africa, which
he will follow until encountering
n Danish ship which can be induced
to convey him homeward.
Judging from the young mans
experiences upon the subject his
vicissitudes have tended to increase
rather than diminish his zeal, and
he hopes to reach Copenhagen
certainly within eight months.