The advocate., 1897-11-17
Advocate Museum.

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human head to be 1920.
Twelve States the size Of Pennsylvania
could be carved out Of the Territory OF
Alaska, with enough left over to make a
State like South Carolina.
The Grand Army of the Republic has,
during it's thirty-one years Of existence
carried on its rolls the names OF more
than 100000 men who served honorably
during the war.
There are $50 classes and values OF
stamps made by the government. Five
dollars is the highest value among post
age stamps, but newspaper stamps reach
the hundred dollar mark, while a rev.
enue stamp may represent $4,000.
DIR. VIM. c. Winter says deaf mutes
can be taught to speak. All over conti-
mental Europe, to-day, dumb children
are learning how to use their voices ar
ticulately, and the old manual system OF
communication between them by signs
has been abandoned.
Brussels has 451 electric clocks in SER
) vice, all governed by the master clock,
/, which in this case Is the town clock.
5 Each minute all the hands Of the clocks
in the circuit are advanced one minute
by the action of current impulse sent
out by the master clock.
A hole three-quarters inch in dame
ter has been drilled through steel to a
depth of twelve inches in fifteen min
utes. The speed of rotation was 1000
revolutions per minute, and the OIL was
supplied under pressure, at the rate OF
two gallons per minute, through a tube
in the drill.
At wedding in FREDERICKSBURG, Va,
lately, the bride wore a gown of white
moire silk, trimmed with rare old lace,
which had been worn by her great-great-
grandmother, Miss Pendleton, OF Vir-
ginia, who became the wife Of John
Penn, one of the signers OF the Declara-
ton of independence.
A few weeks ago over 1000. persons
participated in the Christian church's
communion service at TOmlinson hall at
Indianapolis. The gathering is believed
'hto he one of the largest Of the kind in
6E the history of this country. Thirty-two
N deacons distributed the bread and the
v wine, of which latter ten gallons were
N used.
B Donald Murray, newspaper man OF
Sydney, New South Wales, has invented
a and patented device by means Of which
\. an operator in New York, with a key
"a board before him like that Of an Ordi-
enary typewriter, not only can produce
NItypewritten copy in New Orleans, but 1t
bis claimed that he can operate type
setting machine there and deliver his
tIoV, in 1nnH oo6U for tho fOrnQ
4 A remarkable locomotive perform
= anCe is the long run made between EV-
anston, Wyo., and Omaha, Neb., on the
tA Union Pacific, a distance Of 955 miles.
# The train was made up of one baggage
and two special cars, the weight of the
SA three cars being 264,775 pounds. The
Y weight of the engine and tender in work.
Ming order was 226, 1888 pounds, making the
ltotal weight of the train 491, ,608 pounds.
fNThe highest speed attained was seventy
& blight miles an hour, which was held for
NJ sa distance Of thirteen miles. The aver
Mage running speed from. North Platte to
5rand Island, 1875 miles, was GIL miles
Nm hour, and from Grand Island to
n omaha, 1884 miles, it was 5752 miles per
Nhour, while for this whole distance the
average running speed was 59.17 miles
AN hour.
'& The largest gun ever built in the world
. is now being constructed at the Bethle-
Y hem iron works for the defense of New
York harbor. This enormous piece Of
Srdnance will weigh, when completed,
MIG tons. The caliber of the new gun
S5Eill be sixteen inches. The length, from
N Dreech to muzzle, will be forty-nine feet,
Two inches. Through the Dreech in a
Vertical line the gun will have meas
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