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LIGHT TNDER GROI Nd.
none OF THE DISAGREEABLE FEATURES con
NE,TED WITH DARK EASEMENTS.

Hoxr OF THE DIsAGREEABLE FEATURES con
NECTED WITH DARK EASEMENTS.
Notwithstanding the regal magnihcencc dis
PLAYED above the basement in this palata hotel
In the underground petitions OF the building is
found an illustration Of the great practical bene-
fits Of one Of the nost remarkable inventions
Luxfer Prisms, here utilized for the purpose
of rendering the basement, generally synony-
nous with darkness, literally as light as day.
Here all of the disaerecable features heretofore
naturally associated with the word basement
have been lispellcd by the introduction OF a
large volume Of daylight through the medium
of these light bearing prisms
The question naturally arises, What does this
result mean as affecting basement construc-
ton OF the future? There certainly seems to
ne no longer any excuse for dark and untenant-
ed lower floors. The utility OF these hitherto
despised and very generally unused portions Of
large commercial buildings will hereafter be
annarent upon a scale until now undrcamed Of
Another story is thus added to buildings and
the renting space Of valuable real estate is very
materially increased.
I'm fact the great possibilities here suggested
from the use of Luxfer Prisms in not only base
ments but throughout all lower stories IN all or
our CITY centres cannot be oyerestiHated and
ebould he studied by architects and real estate
ouners and agents
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the STORAGE BiTTERi PLANT.
LARGE RESERVOIR or ELECTRICAL POWER
-,

\ LARGE RESERVOIR or ELECTRICAL POWER
IRIS ECONOMIC VAIL'E.
The electrical department Of the great hotel
would be incomplete without storage battery OF
reservoir holding a supply of electricity, ana
a battery of "Chloride Accumulators has peen
installed 10y the Electric Storage Battery Com
pany Of Philadelphia There is nothing more
impressive in the entire equipment than the
silent rows uf battery cells in the larg" room ad-
Joining the engine room. whte-tiled floor COW
cring "A space 21x23 feet and four rows OF lead
lined wooden tanks. sixty in all. mounted on
glass nsulators the tanks each feet 10y > feet
by : feet deep and filled with lead lined plates
this is the electricity reservoir, and without
sound or visible disturbance il can furnish power
to light two thousand lamps for three hours or
keen all the elevators in the hotel going Tor an
hour The incstimabe value of tn" battery III
cas,. of accident to the dynamos or IN" engines -
obvious. .s
Resides it's value as a reservoir, the battery e!-
fects 4 large saving in coal 10y providing a steady
load for the engines and dynamos. ana a large
saving in wear and tear resulting from the en-
zines and other apparatus operating AT regular
loads. ,,,o,,,, has
The Electric Storage Battery company mas
L,iIt many larger batteries for public power ana
iightno ulants but il * safe 10 say that inns ~
the largest battery ever ln9'"'n ~ eo"AeNH
with the Lighting OF a single building
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-07
TIE ASTORIA-TIIE ASrOR GALLERY.

Thing Company, at No l,123 Broadway. sup
piled about 10000 square feet OF Nitreous
non-a absorbent and glazed tiles, which we're set
i'm place by the firm OF w H. Jackson * 70
Thesr ines absolutely impervious To moisture
and capable Of being kept clean as porcelain.
have been used. the vitreOus non-absorpeht
for floors, the glazed for walls in the elevator
shafts. bathrooms, lavatories and wherever 1t
was deemed desirable to have surface that
would retain no possible atom Of dirt or disease
Guests at the hotel viii find their bathrooms
not only fOOred and walled with these DAINTY
tiles but will notice an artistic border also Oh
tiles which gives "A very decorative effect
The figures above seem gigantic. When II ~
remembered that few years ago no mdnutac-
tory of such tiles existed in this country, but as
a matter of fact the business bullt up by the
American En"lustic Thing Company has grown
to such dimensions that even 50 iarg" con-
tract cuts but small figure IN their output
Their manufacturing plant at GAINESVILLE. ONO
is the largest in this country. covering ahout
seven acres of land AMI employing about SIX
hundred hands. Their goods are used by All
first cass dealers and contractors. ana are
recon- nendcd 10y the best architects III me
United States.
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OF the hotel regards its furniture decorations.
drapcrics and woodwork, is the product OF their
skill. In abiding to "A complete work such as
this room IN its finished state it is Of doubtful
exp"dcncy To particularizc on any points. for
the effect is To- be- estimated a. "a Whole nut th'
visitors attention can hardly fail 10 be- attracted
and his COMMUNICATION elected by the beauty
Of the design and execution Of TN" furniture
and again by the window drapcres which the
POTTER and Stymus Company had specially
made in Paris.
the care Of these artists IS the Garden court
a room entirely unique IN America as regards
its decorations. Thr papier mach" WORK mere
is especially worthy II high praise
distinctiy"ly American room, ana ON" IN fuIl
accord with the prevailing taste Of tn" times
is the Colonial Dining Room, Of which thc rot
der and Stymus Company has had tull chars'
suuplving the entire woodwork. decorations "t'.
The artistic success achieved by them II Is
irupossihlr tn adequately d"scrih" IN culd Hpe.
only thos" whose good fortune II may u" /" us
cuss the achievements 81 the Astoria M I'M,
amid such harmonious Euir"uh"'"SS '"' '"''
appreciate then" ..
Hut the world-famous decorators 10y NO means
confined their l,bors To- th" snow rooms 81 'h'S
u,Iatial hosiery. for they und'rt""k' ana era
,,;.d ont i'm detail all the decorations OF IN" On
tir,. NTH and sixth np"fS.
Lnnuph has been said and shown here To sat
isfy any one not previously laih''ar WIN '. ,iis
Icputation. that the WORLDWIDE" iamr "t ms
romnany is more than warranted by th"lr ann
nv io produce not only the best III all mes "i
woodw1rk. papicr mach, furniture ana deco
r.tions but To- bring To- the task an amount o'
ortistic taste and training :uiicient To guaian-
toe th. most satisfactory results.
Were any additional proof needed IL were
only necessary to scle from their records Il
fnw 81 the. palaces. public and private. on Wmch
tbcv hay, exercised their skill. Among thes"
are thc residences of Henry VI. Flaeler' VIII
lam Rockcfcer j. \. Bostwick. J. D. Aren't
laid wallace G. Andrews, Fred !. StclnWay
NJ {, D. Borden. Of New-York; g. Westing-
house ir of Pittsburg and Lenox; X. Pitcairn
of pittsburg: William Williams, Myron T.
Hrush william g. Fargo, Of Buffalo; Mark Hop
kins Leland stanford. James Flood. Charles
Cockcr and Henry }. Croker. Of san Francisco;
Mrs g H. Strong. Of Erie, and Mrs \. Wills
of Galveston. Tex
,rbev have also contributed greatly To IN"
furnishings and decorations of most OF the best
hotels in Ncw-York among them being th'
Fifth Avenue Savoy Plaza, Waldorf and the
Hotel Manhattan: also the principal furnishings
and decorations in the celebrated Ponce de
Leon Hotel st. Augustine, Fla. Tn" chct
rooms Of state iii the President palace, AT
(,hapultepcc Mexico. We're furnished by inns
company against competition from France ana
England.
Their Offices and manufactory ar" in ieN!nE-
ton-ave, corner VI Forty -hTsi-St, New 10TH
CITY,
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rain, snow dust, even during the severest
storms while. at the same time, any number Oh
people may be passing IN and out through them
II is thus possible to maintain an absolutely
uniform temperature in their vicinity
And not all the advantages are included III
this defying Of the gusts Passengers, whether
entering or departing, are enabled 10 pass
through in perfect peace and safety. Ladies
and children escape the risk OF INJURY or th'
strain involved in opening ana closing the
heavy doors which 80 sOr"ly tax the muscles and
tempcrs Of even athletic men
Still further recommendation Tor these doors
10 the fact that when not needed for actual use,
or when il is desired 10 throw Wide the exits,
as at the close Of an entertainments the -FOUR
massive wings may be folded fiat. one upon the
other and moved aside. all in a very rev sec
onds being suspended from ball bearings run
ming i'm oil When revolving around the centre
nivot in use they glide noisclcssly and with mar
Vellous ease. -.
These beautiful. convenient ana sanitary doors
were constructed and put in position ny me w,
Kanncu Revolving Door Company, or NO. -''
Broadway, the orignators VI the revolving ooo'
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THE SPLENDID BALLROOM.

The praise elected by this lin its line) crown
ING achievement Of the nineteenth century must
no evenly divided between the firm Of Herter
BROTHERS If No. 800 Fifth-a for the taste
and skill they have dsplayed in its magnificent
decorations which, as II has lett their hahus,
a,o narbans unrivalled in the world-and the
distinguished architect who planned and con-
tructed it,
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STIC TILES.

IMPERvIOUs To MOISTURE AND AS CLEAN As
PORCELAIN-THEIR DECORATIVE EFFECT.
In the exhaustive search for modern APP
piances conducive to health and comfort the
projectors Of the Astoria did not overlook the
encausic tiles now 80 generally adopted in all
high-cass buildings The American Encaustio
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principal entrances. They are III" handsom"st
ever produced. being constructed almost entirely
Of mahogany bronze and glass They entirely
protect the halls and first Moor from all WIND
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-07
FURNITURE DECORATIONS
WORK BY THE POTTER AND
STYMUS COMPANY.

No house in New-York is better known nor
more highly appreciated in its exacting branch
than is the Potter and Stymus Company, and,
to the art dilettanti of the city, II will cause
no surprise to learn that the main dining room
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-07

Among the most novel, interesting and yet
practical building improvements attracting at
tention in this paragon of hotels are the seven
revolving doors, always closed In wind, always
open to travel which are installed in the seven
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ADVANTAGES OF THE SEVEN HANDSOME RE
NOI.VING DOORS
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-02-20
MAHANoY CITY.

Pastor Concludes Service Of Seven
Years.
MAHANoY CITY, Feb. 20.-Rev. J. R.
Hensyl pastor of the Salem Evange'ic1
church, has relinquished the charge lie is
now concluding his seventh year in the
pastorate and will preach his farewell sermon
tomorrow, before going to conference.
The concert Of the Mahanoy City Glee
Club in Kaier's opera house last night was "a
grand financial and artistic success. II. J.
Mudoon, T. W. Grant and John A. Reilly,
Jr., were in attendance.
Abraham and Joseph Blackwell, aged 10
and 10 years, respectively, have been put
under S1OO bail, each, for stoning aud severely
bruising George Bendinski, Polish laborer.
The funeral of Harry, 2-monthold child of
Albert Evans, will take place on Monday
afternoon from the family residence in Locust
Valley. Rev. d. ! Evans Of Shenandoah
will ofliciate at the ceremony
Sias Parftt, sr., supposed to be the oldest
miner in Pennsylvania. will celebrate the
0Oth anniversary of his birthday on the Goth
inst. He has worked in the mines over 10
years.
A. J. Mills the wheelwright last night re-
ceiyed information that his mother Mrs.
Henry Mills, died at Reading yesterday.
A. p. Blakslee, accompanied by party of
ladies' including his wife and daughter left
Delano on Thursday in special car for
Florida. On the return trip they will visit
New Orleans and Atlanta Col D. P Brown,
Of Lost Creek was also one of the party
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a IRlAL ORDER


California has been most nttingly termed
the Italy of America" An the delicious
balm, the cloudless sky, and the rich vcr-
duro of The great European peninsula are
duplicated i'm this sunny land of the Pacific
Here nature basks in The sunshine Of her own
beauty; and here she has established her
own sauitarium, where eternal spring in
spires everlasting youth. With the snow
mautlcd peaks of the Sierr,s upon the One
hand che calm Pacific with its soft brcczes
upon the other and a ver.tahe paradise of
flowers, fruits aud plants between, man can
find and needs no lovelier land 20 visit
such a country is a privilege, a blessing.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
recognizing the need Of a more comfortable
and pleasant way of crossing the continent,
inaugurated a series Of annual tours to Cali
forua running through train of Pullman
palace cars from New York to the Pacific
Coast, and stopping at the principal points of
interest en- route. The great popularity Of
these tours demonstrates the wisdom of the
movement
For the season of 1897 three tours have
been arranged to leave New York, Philadcl-
phia, and Pittsburg, january a. February
"A. and March %.
The first tour viii run direct to san Diego
VIII ~ i4NNl0 tiih llN SANTA g. g ANNNiNr anu iN
turn from san Francisco via Salt Lake City,
Denver, and Chicago, allowing five weeks in
California
The second tour will run via the Mammoth
Cave and New Orleans to San Diego stopping
Mt the Crescent City" during the Mardi
Gns Carnival This tour viii return via
Salt Lake City, Denver, Omaha, and Chicago,
allowing four weeksiu California.
The third tour will run via Chicago Denver,
and Salt Lake City, allowing passengers to re-
turn by regular trains via different routes
within nine months.
All Of these tours, either going or return
ing viii pass through the famous Colorado
region Glenwood Springs, Leadv.ue and the
Garden of the Gods
Rates from all points on the Pennsylvania
Railroad System east of Pittsburg: First
tour, $50 second tour $3.50 third tour
s2lO round trip, and $3.50 one way.
For detailed itineraries and other informa.
>tion, apply at ticket agencies, special book
ing offices, OF address George w. Boyd
Assistant General Passenger Agent, Broad
Street Station Philadelphia.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-02-20

The incalculable amount of good that
Paine's celery compound is doing in making
sick and even despairing people we'll, should
compel the attention of every judicious per
son who is out-of-health.
The underlying cause of nervous debility,
apparent in headaches, dyspepsia, sleepless-
ness and neuralgia. is faulty nutrition Of the
en- ire nervous system.
SO long as the blood is pale, watery and
hampered by bad humors the nerves cannot
assimilate from it proper nourishment, no
matter how much food is taken into the
system. Paine's celery compound arouses a
h,arty appetite, regulates the bowels and
brings about normal action of the liver.
1t economies the expenditure of nerve force
and makes the blood healthy medium capa-
bic of conveying nutriment to all the vital
organs.
This is the sweeping and through manner
in which Paines celery compound frees the
system not only Of rheumatism, eczema,
salt rheum aud other diseases due to impure
blood; but also of neuralgia, sleeplessncss and
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-02-20

nervous headaches and dyspepsia that are
brought about by rundown" state of the
nerves.
The use Of Paines celery compound makes
all the difference between impure, sluggish
blood and tired nerves; and healthy, ener-
gelic bodily condition
Writing from his home, University Place,
Mob. on Dec. 9. Prof. j. W. Shuhert said
~ am brought back to health through the
use of Paine's celery compound, which I re-
gard as by far the best and really the only
true remedy for nervous troubles that I have
ever used. do not hesitate after my ex-
peiisnce and that of several friends to recon-
mend it for all forms of nerve troubles / am
indebted to Paine celery compound for many
a good nights rest and if it produces no
other effect than this, it is worth more than
money
Paine's celery compound, upon which so
much praise has been bestowed, and which
the wealthy and those in the highest positions
unhesitatingly endorse, is still within reach
of the humblest family in the land
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-02-20

The celebration of Washington's Birthday
at Robbins opera house on Tuesday evening,
next, under the auspices of Washington
Camp No. 112, P, o. s. of A., promises to be a
very enjoyable affair Only members of the
camp and invited friends will be in attend
ance. Prof, S. T. Ford, the humorist and
reader from Baltimore, Md, will furnish
the most of the entertainment and the
Schoppe orchestra will furnish the music.
Rev. Robert O'Boyle will be the
chairman of the gathering and master of
ceremonies. About two hundred tickets
have already been issued and it is expected
that the attendance will be double that
number, The banquet will be an elaborate
affair, 1t will precede Prof Ford's enter
tainment.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-02-20

OF course you want to avoid all deaths by
dphtheria. There is only one remedy known
that will positively and in every instance
cure this fatal disease. 1t is Thompson's
Diphtheria Cure. which has saved thousands
of lives by being used according to instruc
tious Not a single case of failure ever
known What is good for others is equally
as useful to you. Also cures all cases OF
Group, quinsy, sore throat, etc. Sold al
Kirlins drug store at so cents bottle. Nc
family can afford to be without it handy in
the house all the time, and if once tried you
never will be without it,
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Reduced Rates to Washington ON Account
of the Inauguration via PennsyI-
vania RaiIrOad.

For the benefit of those who desire to at
tend the ceremonies incident to the inaugun-
ton Of President-elect Mckinley, the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company will sell excur
sion tickets to Washington March 1, 3 3, and
A, valid to return from March 1 to 8, at the
following rates From Pottsville, SIPS
Reading, S72O; Birdsboro, S6.S5 Pottstown
$685.; Norrstown, $615; Philadelphia,
$40, and from all other stations on the
Pennsylvania system at reduced rates.
This Inauguration win be a most interest
ing event and will undoubtedly attract a
large number Of people from every section OF
the country
The magnificent facilities of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad make this line the agorite
route to the national capital at all times and
its enormous equipment and splendid term
inal advantages at Washington make il
especially popular ON such occasions.
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PrrRY POINTS.


y
Chronioled for Hasty Perusal.
Ginrdville wants q bicycle factory.
Felix Klock has been drawn as a juror for
the March term Of court
William O'Conner, Reading lineman, is
said TO be heir to S65, 900.
The Columbia Hose Company advertises its
sprinkler for sale in another column.
The employees Of the Schuylkill Traction
Company received their wages yesterday
Easton burglars stole S4OO worth of wedding
presents from Thomas Martin on Thursday
night.
Mr. and Mrs john Jacoby, Of Myerstown
who died but day apart, were buried yes
terday.
Reading has put stop to Aldermen and
Justices releasing prisoners they did not
commit
A Massachusetts editor celebrated the
arrival of triplets at his house by printing
his paper in red.
John SGdfole, well known grocer Of
Tamaqua has failed. The judgments CON
fessed aggregate S11, 1,616.55.
The Red Crook Burlesque Company is
heading this way, and the newspapers are
handling it without gloves.
Paymaster Guy, of the Reading Railway
Company, will pay out $4,000 to employees in
Reading for wages for January
Martin Mclaughlin, inside foreman at
one of the Reading collierics at Locust Gap,
is very i'll at his home there with pneumonia.
William shafer, Ira Kline and Anthony r.
Romanoski were held at Wilkesbarre yester-
day for completely in the jail-breaking plot
MY Dad the Judge" Company must have
beon judged and condemned somewhere en-
route as it failed to materalize at the theatre
last night
Among the licenses granted by the court
was one TO the firm of Engle & Schmidt, pro-
prietors Of the new brewery at Fountain
Springs which is almost ready for business.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-02-20

Miss Mary Regnary died at her home at
Locust Gap yesterday, after an illness of
several weeks, from Inflammation Of the
bowels. The deceased was 10 years of age.
One of her brothers is in the priesthood,
stationed at Reading.
Mrs Thomas Delaney died at Philadelphia
yesterday Before her marriage she was
Miss Nellie Carley, of Ashland
Martin Costello an aged and respected
resident of Locust Dale, died Thursday
night.
Thomas Epton died yesterday at the home
of his son. William, on East Apple alley, Of
dropsy. The funeral will take place at 2
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-02-20

p. J McHale, of Centralia, has abandoned
the fstic carnival that was to be pulled off in
Ashland on ST. Patrick's day, March IL
owing tC the refusal of some of the "pugs
to co operate with him. The star event OF
this carnival was to be limited contest of six
rounds between Darby Mcdonald of Mt
Carmel, and William Gibson, of Palo Alto
but the former seems to fear Gibson as he
would not come to any reasonable terms
Gibson was very anxious to meet him, how
over and would agree to almost any terms
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-02-20
THB Z RAYs
It Is Said They WIN Show whether
pnrann Ia Rcnllv nend.

Person Is Really Dead.
Quito a budget of discoveries in connec.
tion with che Roentgon ray Investigations
has been reported from the European CON
tinent within o. few days. That reported
by Professor Friedrich TO the Vienna Acad-
emy of Sciences Is tho most important
The professor discovered certain black rays
that issue from the vacuum tube and pass
through Che human body. The photographs
produced by means of these rays, which
the professor calls critical rays, are not
the same when taken of a living body as
from dead one Photographs of living
hHnds show the skeleton as in the Roent-
gen hotographs A dead hand appears in
full showing all Che fcahy integument,
while the bones remain invisible It is
thought that by means Of these rnysit may
be ascertained whether person is really
dead
The use Of the Boentgen rays as a hair
cxterminator is also revived DR.. Freund,
also of Vienna, tried them upon boy
whose spine was hidden by an abundant
crop of hair The malady is known to the
facul.y as hypertrichosis Dr. Freund
turned the rays upon the boys back, and
the supHluous hair vanished, roots md
all The boy, no longer an infant phenom-
enon, has been shown to the medical So
ciety in Vienna, and photographs Of his
condition before and after are circulating
in that city. The Prussian government
has appropriated sl2, 600 for Roentgon ray
experiments during the current year
New York sun.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-02-20

From Frank Ackerman, administrator, TO
Alphonso Ackerman, premises in Pottsville.
From Salie r. Wells to Alphonso Acker-
man ct, al premises in Pottsville.
From John Evans, ct. ux., to Mary Fab
ringer, premises in Ashland
From William Williams, ct ux. ct al, to
Mary Fahringer, premises in Ashland
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-02-20

Letters Of administration d. b. n. C. t. a.
were granted to John ziegler, on the estate of
George r. Gresham, late Of Wayne township
deceased.
Letters of administration were granted to
G. w. Kishler and Samuel J. Hartman, on the
estate of Emma L. Wessner, late of West
Penn township deceased.