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Evening star., 1898-05-05
DIR. GaIInudet's Address.

DR.. Z. NJ. Gallaudet, president of the
Deaf and Dumb Institution at Kendall
Green, was the next speaker, his sub;ec.
being Common Errors With Regard to
Education of the Deaf"
DIR. Galaudet prefaced his address with a
statement that he had attended many con-
crosses in his career. but he regarded the
&C ngress of the mothers of America he
was EOw speaking to the most infiuen-
tial of thtm all. not even excepting the
Congress now in session at the other end
of the avenue. He touched the feelings of
r. any of the audience by mis- tender allu-
sion to his being the child of a deaf mute
mother.
MY first language he said. was that
of the deaf mute / learned the language
| of my mothers hands. and it was CO.
existent with myself My mother never
spoke to me save in that silent language,
and 1t was but natural that should have
! taken great interest in the work Of
educating the deaf"
At Iineteen years of age he began, he
said. to actively teach the deaf, and
| through all the years sir ce, NEARLY a
! hundred he remarked, with great
good humor, he had still devoted himself
| to it.
| He said there were five common errors
| that were almost universally regarded as
| truths in connection with the education Of
| the deaf. The first error that such
! education was new thing. He rected the
| various institutions es' abiishcd in the last
I century for the instruction of the deaf.
The second errcr was that all deaf chill
| 6ren could be taught to speak. when the
| fact was that very few deaf persons cou'd
! be taught TO acquire speech. The attempt
| to give deaf persons this power very fire.
| Suently led to arresting the developmen mt
| Of other faculties. The third error was
| that gestures could he dispensed with, and
| the fourth and fifth We're in connection
| with the idea Of so many enthusiasts that
| the oral method of teaching the deaf was
| the proper one.
| In the United States. he said there are
! 81 public schools devoted to the education
| of the deaf containing 10000 pupils. OF
] these only five, with $40 pupils, used exclu.
| sively the oral method. In all tn. others
| the combined system OF gestures and ora
| method were used. DR. Gallaudet showed
| beyond question the great advantage of tn,
| combined systems and was loudly applaud.
| ed when he concluded.
| Promotion of Purity.
| '"The Promotion of Purity in Litera ture
| and Art was the subject of the next pa
par. read by Mrs. Emile d. Martin, super.
| intendent Of a department of the National
| Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
Mrs Martins paper was chiefly directed
against the saloons, which, she declared
| were the chief causes of impurity In all di.
| lrections, and she made a plea for a coali.
Evening star., 1898-05-05
EXCURSIONS TOMORROW.

Steamer Estelle Randall for Gymout and
intermediate landings at $50 am.
Steamer Newport News for Norfolk and
Fortress Monroe at pm.
Trains leave 1872 street and Pennsylvania
avenue for Arlington hourly from am.
to y pm.
Trains leave 1872 street and Pennsylvania
avenue for Mount Vernon at $50. 1905, IL
am. 12:0J, 2.0J. 3, and 4:15 pm.
Trains leave AqueGuct bridge for Arling-
ton and Fort Myer every half hour and
Falls Church hourly from 80 am. to 1910
pm
Evening star., 1898-05-05

The jury in the case of Policeman Rich
ard \. Corbey, who was charged with lar
ceny. and which was on trial yesterday il.
the Police Court when The Stars report
closed, later rendered 4 verdict of not
guilty. and Corbey was discharged from
custody.
Evening star., 1898-05-05
The Star Out of Town.
Policeman Corbey Acquitted.

The Evening Star will be sent daily by
mall for 80 cents per month in advance
Evening star., 1898-05-05

larly upon the danger of cultivating some
particular mental tendency or faculty pos
sessed by the blind children, as such a
course would result in arrestins the devel-
cpment of other senses. He also very
strongly rebuked the tendency so frequent
ly exhibited to educate the blind in a mus
ical direction.
The world. he said, was full of blind
musical cranks. and the only really COM
petent blind musician he had ever seen
was man who was physically and men,
tally rounded cut in all other directions
Mr. Aliens paper was listened to with
keen interest.
The next paper. Mentally Deficient
Children was read by Miss Margaret
Bancroft. principal of the Home for
Feebe-minded Children. in Haddenfield, N
j. Miss Bancroft declared that in hun
dreGs of cases the neglect of parents in
watching ,heir children when young and
observing their physical condition. espe-
cially their nervoUs systems, resulted in
epilepsy, mental deficiency and moral ire
spoEsibilfty. Parents should very closely
study the nervous characteristics of their
children. and If they display any peculiar
tiles to have them examined by physicians
Too much freedom, however, said Miss
Bancroft, wds given to the powers that
turn cut physicians, and the country was
overcroWded with doctors bearing the title
wEose right to 1t was not just or proper
The public schccls. Miss Bancroft
thought, aided by their system OF per-
slstent examining of pupils and the plan of
making them keep up a race with each
other in their studies, were responsible for
many cases Of mental deficiency which
would not have otherwise existed. Young
children should be given periods of rest
among their studies long enough to give
their minds sufficient relaxation Miss
Bancroft went at ler 9Th into the various
causes which lead to mental deficiency in
children. and the indications of the several
specific forms of the malady and stated
that the parents of children were more re-
spcnsibie than any others for the suffer
Thr I,
responsible than the fathers. She asked
why the men should not be held lust as
responsible, and answered it by saying a
man was just what a woman made him.
Lift up Homaahood and man will reach
up to 1t, she remarked, amid much ap-
piause.
The speaker described at length the
methods pursued at her institution in treat
ing mentally deficient children and the re-
suits attained. occupying nearly an hour
in her Interesting contribution.
Evening star., 1898-05-05
r. ANDO. BULLETIN.

Gas Ranges-easiest work. cheapest fuel.
1901 G. c.. a. Muddiman & Co. GIG 18th
Evening star., 1898-05-05

Money to lend at ) and 6 per cent on real
es-ate- Frank l. Rawlings, 1906 Pa. ave
AZ .crTise uent.
Evening star., 1898-05-05

"PABST'' IS THOROUGHLY AMERICAN.
It's one of the representative productions
of America-pure, honest and good. Dop-
pei BTaeu is our dark beer. None finer.
Write or phone 2I3 for case.
PABST BREWING co, TE' n. Cap. st.
Evening star., 1898-05-05
BRONCHITIS
Or Incipient Consumption.
A New Method of Cur.
ing this Disease.
Recommended by Thirty-eight
Hundred Physicians.

Bronchitis is Inflammation of the mucous
n'mhf;:ne lining the air passGgts. and is mnui-
rested 10y hcarseness and irritating cough some
times accompanied by fever ard soreness in the
chest In its more advanced stages there is hectic
fever, emaciation, less OF voice and other synp-
tens Of consumption.
TREATMENT AND Cure Bronchitis in the
h ginning Is purely a lo, al disease the afr pas
saees, and cannot be he'd by stomach medicines
or liquids I'm any FORM The of sprays. doucles
and atonizers only serve to further irrita-
tion. and are not only us less hut positively dam
gcrous. Air is the only thing that reach the
parts affected. 1t must he dry air at that. Here
IN lies the secret Of the great success Of ny
OMEI in all bronchial troubles. The air you
breathe through Booths Inhaler is DRY. freed
from all microbes and laden with natures own
antiseptfc; this air reaches every part Of the
bronchial tabas and lungs. kills the germs
OF disease allaying the irritation caused hy their
presence and healing the inflamed membrane with
astonishing rnpidity; all this without any trouble
TO the ps tient the Inhaler he carried In
the pocket and used at any time or In any place.
NOTE.-In cases where there is soreness Of tho
chest "HlOMEI' Balm. the wonderful healero
should te used in connection with the Inhaler.
Evening star., 1898-05-05

Japan LenEihOrium.
These beautiful lilies special at s1.5a doZ.
at Guides, the leading flower house, 1924 +.
-Adyt.
Evening star., 1898-05-05

Blue-fame Coal Oil Cooking Stoves.
Something new
Evening star., 1898-05-05

KENNY'S DRY ROASTED COFFEES.
Highest quality, lowest prices. Pure
sugars sold at cost, S city stores.
e. ID. KENNY.
Evening star., 1898-05-05

We furnished the Portner. Victoria and
Savoy fats with the celebrated Dangier
Gas Range. See the Dangler before you
buy A Eberly's Sons 11S 18th NV.
Evening star., 1898-05-05

II your child looks unon
Scott's Emulsion as Cod diiper
For YOUR OH o., and n,1s i Tspesa n By t. begin
Child twice the quantity of water
SAAaa&4s and it will take it and relish
1t though it were milk
There is TO food or medicine
for children which equals Scott's Emulsion for nut
ting color into the cheeks enriching the blood ana
bringing comfort and good ture. Our hook will
tell you more about II: sent free.
SCOTT & BOVINE. Chemists New York
Evening star., 1898-05-05

Brick dwelling No. 1712 Johnson avenue.
bet. r and and 14th and 18th sts., will
be sold by trustees at auction tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock. See advt.
Evening star., 1898-05-05

Pay s5c. Instead of 81.
Our Private Stock Whisky costs only
I5C. quart bottle. Donnelly's, 14th and l.
Evening star., 1898-05-05

B. AND .. BI IILEIIIN
On May Il the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road will place in service two Royal Linz
ited'' Trains. leaving New York at l pm
and Washington p.m- making the runs
in five hours.
The exquisite new parlor cars on the
Royal Blue Trains put into service today
are the handsomest cars yet turned out of
the Pullman shops.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-06
The Gateway to Pacific Trade.

Hon. Frank A. Vanderlip, Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, contributed
30 the Century an article entitled
"Facts About the Philippines, with a
Discussion of Pending Problems. F"
Mr.. Vanderlip says:
While it is true that the islands lie
little out of the direct line of ocean
traffic-in voyages by way of the east
ern passage, there are reasons which
operate strongly for discontinuance
Of navigation by way of the Straits Of
Malacca and the China Sea to the
Orient. The voyage by this course
one dreaded by all navigators g -eq-
tain seasons of the year, when the
Straits become the centN("s the worst
storm disturbarS to the
world, anenN is
conse| LILY restricted the
opening of the Nicaragua Canal, how
ever, the trade Of our Atlantic ports
with the Orient will take the safer and
shorter route thus provided; and in
addition to this, the commerce Of
much of Europe which now seeks the
East by tie voyage through the Medi
terranean. the Suez Canal the Indian
Ocean, and the Straits, or blythe Cape
route, will turn in the opposite direc-
ton. The possession Of the Philip
pines by progressive commercial
power, if the Nicaragua Canal projec'
should be completed, would change
the course of ocean navigation as il
concerns a large percentage Of the
water-borne traffic of the world. Eu.
rope looks to the Nicaragua Canal ane
the Pacific as offering better route
to the tar Eastern countries, and il
the event of it's completion the archi
pelago will be the gateway to all tn,
trade of lower China and the countries
south. Hong Kong, the great ware
house where are stored and whenc,
are distributed the products of tn,
earth in the maritime trade of China,
may, ia the course of these changes
now in prospect, become scarcely mor'
than distributing point for the trad
of the valley of the Si-Kiang.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-06

tllfrtv-one second,rate vessels carrying
twenty guns with 1920 tons displace-
ment. twenty-four third-rate vessels
CARRYING eight guns with 800 tons dis
placement and five ffth-rate vessels
carrying four guns with 400 tons dis
placement. Our total strength was
forty-eight ironclads and twenty-six
other vessels. Many of these, however,
were unseaworthy and the term iron
CLAD was used more on account or
courtesy than respect for the facts.
At present we have In the regular
navy eleven first-class battle-ships OF
112. 800 tons displacement, two armor-
ed cruisers of 17,471 tons displacement,
twenty coast and harbor defense YES
sells with SO, 759 tons displacement, and
protected cruisers and gunboats of &c.
600 tons displacement. We have thir-
teen protected cruisers, twenty gun
boats and light protected cruisers, one
dispatch boat, and twenty-five torpedo
boat destroyers The battle-ships lndi-
ana, Massachusetts and Oregon have
each displacement of 10000 tons, a
belt armor Of eighteen inches steel and
turret armor of seventeen inches. The
following table shows the armament
carried by our armored vessels:
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-06

and turrets in which the big guns of
the enemy are mounted, while the
small-bore rapid-hring guns are used to
sweep the decks and very often to find
the range Of the enemy. In sea fight
ing the small guns are used first, the
big guns keeping silence until range
1000 yards or thereabouts is reached.
In the great fight which Commodore
Dewey made in Manila bay neither
Spain nor the United States had an
armored ship. Dewey's boats were
protected cruisers with steel decks and
colnpa ratively small guns.
Early naval warfare, in which sailing
vessels were used, had to deal practic-
? ilv with guns alone, and the measure
o. Strength was the weight of metal
fired In one broadside. To-day the de-
signer has to reckon with shell power,
ram power, torpedo power and power
of resistance. The modern battleship
is therefore compromise. Thus,
roughly speaking, the weight allowed
for armor determines the defensive
power of vessel, the weight of bat
teries ammunition and torpedoes the
offensive power, while the weight of
coal and machinery determines the
speed and endurance of yessel-thc
distance vessel can go without re-
coaling.
Notwithstanding the American navy
is rapidly taking rank with the navies
of the world, 1t is interesting to note
that we have 5000 miles of sea coast,
excluding Alaska, and a tonnage of
licensed registered and enrolled Amer
lean vessels aggregaling 4,42S0 tons,
which is far more than the total NOR
camille tonnage of Russia, Germany.
Italy, Japan and Spain. 1t might also
be mentioned that we have more prop
erty on shore assailable from the water
than any other nation, that we have
more property afioat than any other
nation and that with the exception of
Great Britain we have more merchant
ships afloat on the oceans and great
lakes than the five greatest naval pow
ers of the world combined.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-06
|A1 ,1jhGF HfwH BGIHTE[R)

TTIS far cry from the old wood
en- figate Constitution to the
\ great iron-clad Oregon, a shot
from one Of whose thirteen-lnch guns,
well aimed, would easily persuade the
old-timer she had missed her calling
and had better "heave to-" And John
Paul Jones. whose victory over the
Scraps IN revolutionary times has
made his name familiar to every Amer
lean schoolboy, would be quite as
much passe on board "Fighting Bob
Evans Iowa as the Bon Homme Rich
ard, his flagship, would be in Rear Ad-
miral SIMPSONS squadron.
Time makes thrusts that the best of
naval commanders cannot parry, and
the most that any man can hope to do
is to keep up with the times. From the
great unwleldy wooden frigates and
schooners Of the revolutionary period.
with their nine and twelve pound guns,
and from 500 to 1000 tons displace-
ment, our navy has progressed to the
type of the Iowa, the Indiana and the
Oregon, whose mammoth steel hulks
displace 1000 tons of water and
whose terrible rihe-hored guns throw
metal projectiles weighing 1000
pounds.
This remarkable evolution in naval
warfare was not the result Of acct
dent 1t followed In obedience to the
theory that nations. as individuals,
must Eight the devil with fire. yea,
with his own fire, be 1t ever so fierce
and destructive. Moreover, naval war
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-06
Weight OF No. Total
.hot lhc O,1pa
44,S34

Our united armored ships can throw
one and one-half pounds Of metal for
every pound that Spain can give us in
return, although the dons have 100
guns. If our armored force were re-
duced to an average we would have a
ship of 6750 tons, with ten-inch belt,
11.5-inch turret, ten guns of eight-inch
caliber throwing a projectile Weighing
300 pounds, while Spain would have a
battleship of 1856 tons, with 9.6-inch
belt, 0.7-inch turret, thirteen guns of
seventeen caliber, throwing a projec-
tile weighing 100 pounds.
The guns of eight-inch caliber and
over are used to attack the belt of a
ship in order to disable the machinery
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-06
The Phonorraph a Teacher.

The photograph is now used to
teach foreign languages. With each
photograph the pupil receives text
book and twenty loaded cylinders.
Each lesson in the book is arranged in
the form of questions and answers.
The pupil, ready to begin, puts the
cylinders of the first lesson in the ma
chine, the tubes to his ears, and starts
the photograph
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-06
A YEAR FROM TONIGHT.

A year from tonight
Shall we sit here tho same?
I wonder and wonder.
And stare at the flamo
That will not reply,
Though l study its light,
And sadly am thinking
A year from tonight.
A year from tonight,
All, who can foretell?
But this l may count on
That all will be WE'LL
The rest just as happy,
The fire just as bright
Where e'er am dreaming
A year from tonight.
The world will be laughing,
Nor hush glad breath,
Although IA tired dreamer
Re dreaming Of death
A foolish young dreamer,
Whose lips have grown white,
May sleep all forgotten
A year from sto-hight.
--Etks: NJ. Angler, in Boston Transcript
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-06
Gold Co,st.

The Gold Coast is a long way from
the Cape Of Good Hope. The latter is
one of the termini of Eastern Africa
the former Is wholly in Western Afri-
ca. The Gold Coast takes its name
from the precious metal having been
discovered there in abundance by the
early Portuguese and English naviga-
tors.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-06
Cheese Exported from Rome

The value of the cheese exported
from Rome is only $1,000 less than the
value of the paintings, cheese being
second article on the list of exports
from Rome.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-06
Cancer from Eating Meat.

The officers of leading sLendon.
pital believe that the. general ip aa+
OF cancer Is due to excess in ~
ing.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-06

LLOYD GRAY used to
tell himself when he
and Mary Dexter
were children, that
some day, when he
grew to be a man,
he was going to
m AIRY the rosy
checked, b r i g h t.
eyed girl who al
ways counted on
him as her champion
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-06
A year later he came to Brantford
AGAIN And he came because n letter

A year later he came to Brantford
again. And he came because letter
from Mary had told him that he
might. He had written her in his
clumsy awkward Fashion, letter
that made it unnecessary for her to
take anything for granted, There
were none of the graces Of finely
worded phrases about it. but it Went
straight to the heart of the matter. II
love you. I need you. Will you be
my wife?" And she had answered
Come"
When they stood up before the man
of God, and the marriage words were
spoken, thought of his awful temp
tation came to him. What if he had
yielded to it? But-he had not yield
ed, thank God, and there was nc
sense of guilt to cast shadow on the
happiness that seemed opening out
before them. New York Ledger.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-06

draught Of happiness you might drink
if it were not for him. He stands be-
tween you and all you have hoped for.
for years. 1t is in your power to
choose between possession and loss
utter loss, remember, for Fate will
surely bring this man back from the
brink of the grave to thwart you in
your desire for happiness. Fate likes
to do these things. Why should you
hold yourself guilty for the mans
death? You are not offering him the
deadly draught. You are simply allow
ing him to do as he pleases. Surely
you are not responsible for the result.
Let him drink it-let him diel
Coward Murderer The words
seemed to form themselves in letters
of fire before Floyd Gray's eyes. He
sprang to his feet. He was ct Reeds
side before he knew what he was about,
almost, and he dashed aside the glass
that was almost at the others lips.
"What do you mean by thatP" cried
Reed, angrily.
"Look at the label and you'll know
why I did it," answered Floyd, his
brain whirling dizzily. He knew,
now, that all I have written down had
passed through his mind in few short
seconds of time. But it had seemed
an age, as I have said, and the reali-
cation of it came with q reaction that
made him weaker than the man at his
side.
81 got hold of the wrong bottle, it
seems" said Reed, frightened almost
into soberness by the discovery.
"You've saved my life, or what little
there is left of it. But it wasn't worth
saving" he added bitterly. 81 be-
lieve I'll go home. Somehow don't
feel as if wanted another dram. I'm
scared, suppose"
"Let me go with you," Floyd said,
and the two men went down the street
together, to Mary's home. They
parted at the gate.
81 suppose L ought to thank you
for what you did," Reed said. II do
thank you, though I think it would
have been better to have had it all over
with as soon as possible. I've wished
1 were dead many a time, but-I'm
afraid to die, so L keep on living as
long as I can. But can't keep on
forever, can ~" and he laughed in q
way that made Floyd shudder. well,
goodbye, till we meet again. I you
like. If 1 had known you years ago
you might have helped me to be a
better man. But it's too late for thai
now" Reed held out his thin, blood
less hand, and the two men stood for
moment looking into each others
faces, Floyd could meet the eyes of
the other without shame or fear, and
he thanked God for it.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-06

The next morning he heard that
DR.. Reed was dead.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-06

cOuSeQ u0lCSS VI luo uulbldh6 u0 was
making, and in doing it, put away
from himself, forever, perhaps, the
possibility of the happiness he longed
for?
Who knew? Reed might get we'll,
after all. Stranger things had hap
pened. Now was the chance for him
to make sure Of the future. Let the
poor fellow drink the draught, and
diel 1t would be better for him, bet
ter for Mary, better for himself.
But-would it not leave upon his
conscience a stain almost like that of
murder? Could he afford to carry
with him through life the conscious
ness that it had been in his power to
put back death from this man for a
time, and he had made no effort to do
SO? But-death was a question OF
time, simply. Why not let the man
meet it now? Was it any kindness to
him to prolong his misery? Then
something seemed to whisper to him,
Do not be deceived. The man will
not die. Fate will step in and work a
miracle to keep you and the woman
YOU love apart. Prevent him from
thinking that draught, and in doing il
you dash away from your own lips the
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-08-12
Becoming a Girl at Eighty
seven.

Limestone County, Ala, has
an interesting phenomenon il
an aged mstron who has fallen
heir apparently to another period
of youth. Mrs. Polly Enery. aged
eighty~sevsn, of excellent family
has for thirty years been ali old
woman with white hair, Wrink
led face and enfesbled strength.
TWentysseven years ago a
dentist brother extracted every
tooth from her head. About a
year ago her health commenced
to improve. Her strength re
turned, her figure became more
erect, her eyes brighter, her
movements more elastic. Her
hair began to turn dark and her
gums to swell. To day she has
a fine suit Of black hair and has
cut a new and complete set of
teeth has regained her erect car
rage Of fifty years ago, and
looks like a woman thirtys6ve
Or forty years Of age