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The advocate., 1897-09-15

Water Serpent, alone escaping death in
the waters, was found lying unconscious
on the beach by farmer named Turner,
who carried him to his home near by,
where the farmers daughter Edith. a
beautiful girl nursed him back to health.
An Indian never forgets kindness, and
the Water Serpent was no exception to
the rule He did not see his young nurse
again until he found her body floating in
the water of PecOnic bay. Following this
discovery he quickly made his way to
the home Of the girl and found that she
had eloped with an Englishman, a
former officer in the British army. The
Water Serpent told the story, and two
of the girls brothers went with him to
her grave. They opened it at night,
identified the body and carried it away
for burial beside that Of the girls
mother. The Water Serpent had seen
the Englishman and remembered his
face. With the farmers sons he took
up the search for the murderer, and
finally traced him to a country house
near the village Of Stamford. One day
the Englishman was missed from his
usual haunts, and months afterward his
body was found in thick piece of wood
land, with a dagger plunged through the
heart. It was the same dagger that the
Water Serpent had found in the heart
Of Edith.-BrOoklyn Eagle.
The advocate., 1897-09-15
Chicago Deaf Mute Preacher.

The first deaf mute to be received into
a Methodist conference will be Rev. Phil
lip J. Hasenstab of 1886 South Park
avenue, who is to be admitted into full
connection with the Rock River confer
ence during its annual session, COmmenc-
ing October at the Western avenue M.
u. church
Rev. Mr.. Hasenstab Is the pastor of
the Deaf Mute Methodist Episcopal con-
gregatiOn of Chicago which meets every
Sunday at 3 o'clock in the First MethO-
dist church, Clark and Washington
streets, and which has a. membership
roll of 800 deaf mutes. At the services
yesterday there was an unusually large
attendance because Of the presence in
the city of many Of the delegates who
had come long distances to attend the
recent convention Of mutes in this city.
The hymns, prayers and sermon were in
the sign language.
AS Mr.. Hasenstab is proficient both in
sign lore and theology, he Is considered
one of the leading eXpOnents Of mute
Oratory in the country. He was ordained
deacon by Bishop J. H. Vincent at
Galena in 1894. Soon afterward he was
appointed pastor at Chicago with six
branch missions The affiliated missions
are at Evanston, Kensington, Rockford
and Belvidere, ILL.,, and at Laporte and
South Bend, Ind. At KensingtOn Pastor
Hasenstab breaches every Sunday morn
ing, visiting each Of the other five branch
missions once every month.
1t is easy to realize what busy man
Mr.. Hasenstab is and how great an ex-
penditure of energy his arduOus labors
require. But he is well qualified for his
multlfariOus duties, being possessed of a
sturdy physique and fine education.
His college training extended over a
period of fourteen years At Indianapo-
lis he took an eight-year course and
afterward graduated from Gallandet col
Iege for the deaf at Washington, d. G.
He then went to the Illinois school for
the deaf at Jacksonville, where he taught
seven years before entering the min
istry. He is considered very brilliant
man and In college he made distin-
The advocate., 1897-09-15
An Egg-shell Steam Engtne.

The egg-shell steam engine is easily
made. Blow two fresh eggs by making
hole in the big ends and carefully suck
ing out the contents. With a very fine
wire put each into a harness or cage
by which it may be hung securely in a
horizontal position. In the same man
nor firmly suspend thimble from each
egg so that it will hang directly below
when the egg is suspended.
Next take a bottle cork, into the bot
tom of which pin Is stuck, firmly fasten
the prongs of two forks into 1t at ex-
actly opposits sides, and poise the whole
on the head Of the pin, which should rest
on a well-wOrn copper laid on the top
Of a sauce or wine bottle If this mech
anism is carefully constructed 1t will
freely and evenly revOlve around the
bottle.
1t now becomes necessary to half fill
each egg shell with water To do this
heat them over a lamp and then sud
denly plunge them into cold water;
enough will penetrate to the interior
Now carefully hang shell from each
fork handle, and place in each of the
thimbles a wad of cotton wool saturated
in alcohol. Insure a perfect balance of
the whole by placing a few fine shot in
one or the other thimble If need be.
All is now ready for getting up steam.
Touch a match to the cotton wadding in
the thimbles, and in few minutes the
water in the egg will boil, and steam
will begin to issue from the holes. OF
course, the egg shells are hung so as to
face in opposite directions.
When the steam begins to hiss"
gently set the whirligig in motion away
from the jet Of steam, and then the force
of the escaping steam will keep up the
movement, slowly at first, but soon at
quite a rapid rate of revolution.
If in place of forks in cork carefully
balanced piece Of white pine wood
poised on blunt needle, and polished
and oiled copper be substituted, the
smoothness and force of action will in
crease.
Goose eggs, of course, will afford
larger boilers, and as a consequence will
keep the machine in operation longer
Pearson's Weekly.
The advocate., 1897-09-15
Cost of Firing a Big Gun.

Military experts are beginning to
doubt the efficiency Of the heavy guns
which have been made in recent years,
and if the Investigations now in prog
ress result as at present seems probable,
there will be return in the not dis
tant future to smaller artillery. The
guns Of from ninety to 100 tons in weight
cost from 100000 to $50O,000 and require
from year to eighteen months to man
ufacture. After they are fired seventy
to a hundred times they show signs of
deterioration, are considered unsafe; sew
eral have burst and others have been
condemned. The expense OF firing one
of these great guns may be judged from
the fact that the projectile weighs about
a ton and from 600 to 1900 pounds Of
expensive powder are used in the charge.
1t is said every shot fred from one OF
these great pieces now in use in the
British navy costs from 81 100 to $500,
and when the initial expense OF manu-
facture Ia also taken into account, the
cost of these huge pieces Is believed TO
be entirely disproportionate to their
value In war.
The advocate., 1897-09-15
Most Precious of Stones.

"To the question: Which is the most
valuable precious stone?' nine people out
of every ten, at least, will, without the
slightest hesitation, reply, The dia-
mond'" said a dealer in gems to the
writer. "But the value of good-sized
diamond cannot approach that of a ruby
Of the correct color and similar dimen-
sions.
"The worth Of small rubies-stOnes
that are of less than a CaTat-is, il any
thing. rather less than that Of diamonds
of a like description, but the rare Oc-
Currence of large specimens Of that dark
carmine tint which is looked upon as the
sine qua non of a perfect ruby causes
the value Of these gems to increase in
far greater proportion than in the case
of diamonds. Rubies weighing more
than four carats are so exceptional that
when a perfect one of five carats Is
brought to the market it will command
ten times as high a sum as diamond
of the same weight, while rubies OF six
carats, without crack or flaw, and OF the
proper color, would, in all probability,
bring as high price as $4,000 per carat,
or fifteen times as much as diamond
of like size and faultlessness.
GAIL over the East rubies are regarded
with the greatest possible favor, and so
it has been from the earliest times OF
which we have any record. The finest
specimens are found in Burmah, and
from time immenlorial is has been a law
Of that country that all rubies Of above
a certain size are the property of the
king, whoever may have been fortunate
enough to find them. 1t is thought to
this day there are concealed in Burmah,
among the treasures which the British
invasion caused to be hidden away,
rubies Of far greater size and value than
any which have up to now been seen
either in Europe or this country.
"The law which gave fine rubies to the
ruler of the land has undoubtedly caused
the destruction in modern times Of many
magnificent specimens Of this gem, for
the finders of larger stones than usual
have, whenever the opportunity was IA
vorable, broken them into fragments,
each weighing less than a carat, to in
sure themselves the possession OF sew
eral rubies incomparably less valuable,
it is true, than the original in which
they were once united, but still their
own instead of the king's.-EXchange
The advocate., 1897-09-15
A Midnight Sun of Our Own.

1t seems little strange to realize that
we have n midnight sun OF our own.
Going to see the midnight sun" has for
so many years meant the trip to the
North Cape that gives ones geographical
notions a slight wrench to turn them
from Norway to Alaska, and comprehend
that the Stars and Stripes that float
above the KlOndke region are illumined
at midnight In June by as bright sun
shine as ever falls upon this part OF
Uncle Sans possessions on a July noon
day. The extension of the feeling of ma
tiOnality which comes with the idea that
besides all else Uncle Sam has a mid
night sun too is enough to confirm the
Monroe doctrine in any vacillating heart
Our country is not particularly we'll
known yet west Of the Mississippi to
most people east OF 1t, but the Alaskan
gold fever and the Hawaiian intentions
have projected the thoughts of men be-
yond the Pacific borders and made them
know that this is truly, in q deeper
than the Fourth of July sense, "a great
and glorious country" The shifting OF
populations which comes with a great
attraction for emigration like the pres
ent must result in a development Of the
country in many remote regions In the
States and Territories. And with the
increase Of facilities for travelling and
comforts enrOute, and the building OF
good hotels, the Rocky mountains, the
Yellowstone region, the British wonder
lands of North America will one of these
days be as we'll known as the Swiss Alps
to summer travellers for this coast.
The development Of the SCENERY sense
in Americans will add to the tide Of
travel People who have looked at fifty
miles Of canvases in European art gal
leries will turn eagerly to the thousand
miles of mountain magnificence await
ing them elsewhere. And 1t is safe
enough to prophesy that next summer
thousands Of people will take the trip
to Alaska where hundreds only have
gone in the past, since comfortable ex-
cursions have been arranged to go there
direct from Boston The three weeks
journey among the islands and ices OF
the northern seas Is immensely attrac-
tive in summer. Within five or ten
years the Christian EndeavOrers may be
going to Juneau for their summer trip,
with possible round-trip coupons land
stop-overs) for those enterprising ones
who wish to see our own midnight sun.
Boston Transcript.
The advocate., 1897-09-15

guished records both as a scholar and
an athlete.
This mute pastor was not born deaf.
His case is remarkable in that the teach
ers of articulation have discovered he
has perfect voice and could readily be
taught to speak TO them he Is said 10
have answered that any time spent by
him in learning to talk would be merely
wasted, as he had cOnsecrated his life to
the work Of religious ministratiOns for
mute people and his gift OF speech IL de-
veloped would, therefore, be useless to
him in prosecuting his labOrs. He lost
his hearing when he was only 2 years
old, before he had yet learned to talk.
He is very happily married to an ac-
compished woman who has been deaf
from her childhood, but has latterly ac-
quired the art of speaking. The couple
have little 2-year old daughter who
both hears and speaks.-C Chicago Chron-
iCle.
The advocate., 1897-09-15
The Young People.
THE TWO GATES.

A pilgrim once CsO runs an ancient talc).
Old worn and spent, crept down shadOwed
vale;
On either hand rose mountains bleak and high;
Chill was the guSty air and dark the sky;
The path was rugged and his feet were bare
His faded cheek was scanned by pain and care; ;
His heavy eyes upon the ground were cast.
And every step seemed feebler than the last.
The valley ended where a,naked rock
Rose sheer from earth tO heaven, aS IL to mock
The pilgrim who had crept that toIlsOme way
But while his dim and weary eyes essay
To find an outlet. In the mOuntan-Side
ponderOus sculptured brazen door he sped,
And tOtterng toward it with fast-failing
breath
Above the portal read, THE Gate of Death"
He could not stay his feet that led thereto;
IL yielded to his touch. and passing through
He came into world all bright and fair;
Blue were the heavens and balmy was the air.
And 10! the blood OF youth was In his veins,
And he was clad I'm robes that held no stains
or his long pilgrimage. Amazed, he turned
Behold! n golden door behind him burned
In that fair sunlight, and his wondering eyes,
Now lusterful and clear as those new skies,
Free from the miSts OF age of care and strife,
Above the portal read, THE Gate Of Life"
-IIarpers Magazine.
The advocate., 1897-09-15
Deaths by lightning and Other Agents,

Much controversy has arisen regard
ing the investigations of DR.. S. G. Hall,
President of Clark University, on things
which most produce a state of fear in
people. Of these thunder and lightning
take the lead. But there are many things
not included or mentioned in the list
sent to DR.. Hall which are much more
fatal. Statistics of the United States
Weather Bureau show that for the four
years, 189O-93, the deaths from lightning
numbered 784, or 1856 each year. In New
York City alone over 200 are drowned
each year, $50 are burned to death, and
500 meet their death by falls of various
kinds Compared with this record for
one city the total Of 1876 deaths from
lightning in the whole United States
seems small. The risk Of lightning is
The advocate., 1897-09-15

five times greater in the country than in
the city. The metal roofs and we'll
grounded pipes and the network OF cleo
trical wires prove protection.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-11

time. is not the result of accumulated years;
tits the effect of wrong living and unhealthy
blood. When the blood is pure and fresh
the body will be full of youth.
Thousands of people who seemed 10 have
lost their youth by disease and suffering
have found it again through the use of DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, the
most perfectly natural and scientific rejuve-
nator of the physical forces ever known TO
medical science.
II gives the blood making organs power to
make rev blood, full of the life giving red
eorpuscles which drive out disease, build
up fresh tissue, solid muscular flesh and
healthy nerve force. II gives constitutional
power, deep and full and strong; rounds
out hollow cheeks and emaciated forms;
gives plumpness, color and animation.
II does not make fabby fat like cod liver
oil. ON this account, 1t is perfect tonic
for corpulent people.
1t aids digestion and the natural action OF
the liver. and by feeding the nerves with
highly vitalized blood banishes nervous
uess. neuralgia and insomnia.
Where a constipated condition exists, the
"Discovery should be used in conjunction
with DR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. which are
the most perfect, mild and natural laxative
in the world There Is nothing else Just
as good" There is nothing that will do the
work so thoroughly, surely and comfortably
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-11
THE EASTERN SHORE.
. MAD-DOG SCARE IN THE UPPER
PART OF ACcoMAC.
A Young Farmer and Negro
woman bitten by Supposed
RabiJ Dog-Republicnns Hunung
pie-Wnr of Words Probable.

ONANCOCK. VA. April 1O.-(Special)-
The mad-dog excitement has broken out
again around Mappsville. in the northern
part OF this county. Reliable information
has Just been received here that Floyd
Topping. young farmer, and Lean
Small. a colored woman, both living IN
that neghborhood, were bitten Thursday
by a dog supposed TO be mad. The eA-
act nature Of their injuries could not be
ascertained but it is thought that they
will both be sent away TO the Pasteur
Institute. This IS the third scare In that
locality since last Christmas, but 1t is the
first time that any person there has peeh
bitten by a rabid animal. 1t IS needless
TO say that Tie entire community Is
aroused, and that the greatest uneasiness
prevails.
There are some Indications that the
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-11
NORTHUMBERLAND.
The Farmers Busy-Fishing-Epi
demic of Whooping-COugh.

,HEATHSVILLE, VA, April l0.-(Spe-
cal) 1.-THE farms along the roads in this
part Of the Neck are showing tho busy
work Of the farmers during the past week
Of beautiful weather. A great deal OF
corn IS being planted. and the general ap-
pearance of the wheat and the early crops
IS good. The truckers will have no time
TO spare from now on, as the early to-
mato and cantaloupe crops VIII soon be
demanding attention. 49,,
Large quantities OF fish are still being
caught by the trap fishermen. While prices
have not been specially good. yet the sea-
son has been q fairly successful one, so
far. The catch of herring has been al
most nothing, as compared 10 that or
former seasons, and the scarcity OF these
FISH is the subject OF much comment.
Messrs. Asa s. Rice and I. Harding
Walker, receivers for G. K. Lewis & Co,
have been holding public auctions OF the
merchandise and ship chandlery or the
late firm. ,,,,,-.
Rev. j. II. Daugherty, Of the Methodist
Protestant church here, leaves this week
for conference. He is not likely to return
To this charge.
An epidemic or Whooplng-coush Vre-
walls in Northumberland.
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THE ROYAL BELL RINGERS.
Last Event OF the Successful star
Course of Entertainments.

The closing event of the Young Mems
Christian Association star course VIII
present the Royal Bell-Ringers and Glee-
men Of London. England, next Friday
night. This organization is making a
fourth tour in the United States. It Is
generally conceded that 1t has no rival
in point OF artistic excellence. The mem
bers appear in the court costume OF Ed
ward ". They carry for their use a
carlton OF 13l sweet-toned bells ranging
from IL IL pounds 10 Ia ounces.
During their present tour the Bell
Ringers are introducing an entire musical
novelty, in the form OF complete or
chestra, called the Rosonating Dulcipho.
MUM This consists of u series or steel
vibrators, varying from inches 10 a
foot in length, each poised above a poiish-
ed brass chamber. which Is arranged with
mathematical exactness TO be In sympathy
with the number Of vibrations produced
by the plate. When struck gently a tone
or peculiar purity and sweetness Is pro
duced. unlike any other instrument we
remember 10 have heard. reminding one
OF a combination or wind and strings.
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JACOB LEVITT, The rIain=Street Hustler.
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY.
r,.,.r uoIidays-Law-scho
nebaters-Bnsc-Bail


nehaters-Bnsc-Bail
vrAer1rNcTON. D. c., April 1o.-(Spe-
cial)-The school closes Wednesday me
18th. for the Easter holidays, and STUDIES
will be resumed or the following Wednes-
day morning. -
The Right Rev. Robert Seton, D. d.
rector OF 1t. Joseph's church, Jersey
city. and Prothonotary Apostolic WIZ
deliver the third lecture in the special
course about April 2lst. His subject WIZ
he "Travels in Northern Africa" Fol
lowing this lecture in the same course,
"An Evening with the Graphophone'
will be the subject OF a lecture by Mr..
O'Donoughue, Of the senior class.
The senior class will be examined IN
geology next Wednesday.
LAW SCHOOL DEBATERS.
The Law School Debating Society, at
its last meeting, selected Jonn -
O'Brien, Of Massachusg It's, hamII0qnI ~ ~
Magruder, Of Maryland, and john r. T.
Carrenncs, of the District OF ColumpIa,
as the debaters 10 represent the soClS,
i'm tho second debate with the New YORK
University Law Schooi, Whlcn VII ~, IN
place i'm New York city aDoub-May loIh'
irhe question IS yet to be selected.
The Morris Literary ana Debating So
ciaty viii meet tomorrow evening a hi
discuss fTee-traGe ana pIOlccllOu. 4 dui
Dillon and Antonio j. smith Will ~
the principal speakers.
BASEBALL.
Harry Dawson the first baseman OF
the Varsity team, who was injured In
last Mondays game with the Senators,
by being hit with one Of Jimmy Nc
James, inshoOts. is rapidly recovering,
and will be able 10 play his position
AGAIN in a few days. Trainer toley
claims to have found some excellent
new long-distance running material IN
Dillon. Erodcrick, and Kincaid. lie D.
training the two former for the quarter
and the latter for the half, and viii enter
them I'm the Pennsylvania meet 10 DC
held on the 9th. Two relay teams vii
also be sent one for the mile and the
other for the fOur-mile run. The make
no Of the relay teams has not yet been
announced, although thirty-tive men are
i'm training. Frank Smith, OF the Law
/ Department, the herculean shot-putter
who qualified AZ Mott Haven last sea
son. IS in training for the Pennsylvania
meet. The baseball fans are very en-
I thusiastic over the showing made by
/ their team thus far this season. Al
/ the COLLEGE games that have been played
| have resulted in victories, and the two
exhibition games played with the Sena-
/ tors have been close and exciting, and
| Indicate that the blue and gray team L
stronger this season than 1t was last.
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A Double Charade.
For the Dispach.)

(Hor the Dispach')
The bard Of Avon tells us,
Though you may deem 1t. strange,
Tho for my FIRST a kingdom once
Was proffered in exchange.
The transfer Of my SECOND
Was wont TO be a token,
To typify a sacred tie,
Through life 10 be unbroken.
Ny WHOLE is often said TO be
Though it may be delusion,
Protection where the witches roam
Against the imps' intrusion.
Add to this WHOLE as THIRD
The cavaliers OF old,
Gentle and mild as lambs IN peace
In war, as lions bold.
And with this superadded THIRD
Another WHOLE appears,
The pinks Of her Colonial days
Virginia's cavaliers.
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PARK In MANCHESTER
NEED OF A riACE FOR REST AND
RECREATION.
COURT HOUSE. SQUARE SUGGESTED
How This Weu-Shndcd and Attrac-
tive Place May lie Made TO Com
tribute - the Comfort of the Worn
and Weary.
and Weary.

II IS not an unnatural thing that the
cnterprsing and philosophical people OF
Manchester are much concerned and ag,-
lated that there g. not n park or pubec
square within the corporate limits OF
their city where tired humanity. be It
rest from the SUMS heat when tho hours
.ol IS over. The matter Of having a
ark IN tho city has been talked Of q
.reat deal. and SIS revived each spring,
when the real need IS Quickened in Ike
by burning sun.
What the people Of the city wish IS a
place where the tired mothers may take
their babes when the noon meal is over,
and getting beyond the familiar and
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po,or,,s Need More Than a Day

to bring them about. and are always more
With steady regularity to consumma-
ton Few of the observant among us
can have failed to notice that -perma-
nently healthful changes in the human
system are not wrought by abrupt and
,,iolent means and that those are the
most saiutary medicines which are pro-
creesive. Hostetter's Stomach BItters is
The chief OF these Dyspepsia, a disease
OF obstinate character IS obliterated
bv H.