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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-07

a powder thRS Burns more gradually and
gives ucvr Intensive roger O. the Easas
ochina tae g-otectle tts effectiveness Is
IS Ner cvat greater thaa the GA powder
Eisce We tAa Natsmanu powder looks
fkr a sttck 90 dark h-eWn slod an Hch
ta3ee Semi-ttrcuiar sections are Euueed
o0t as the piece Ga opposite sides ~ in
teryais of two inches ara halt a aaaen
holes rsn tnroWsh the stick leuEthwlsa.
tnder tie asa system Sc Required foar
weeks % drv paw,lsr bat EmA Gath
HtRna oAe in1eutra a ueehauical rracesg
th1t reduces thr artiag PROCESS % p mat
ser cf Two wef -. great gaia The No
MgArus regard this uaw powder as one
e the MOST valuable features q the en-.
tetprise. sua IL shows TIRE versatility OF
she GaihmRHna.
IRE Inventors have sbaut perfected a
new fuse Ger ne ordaa1 sheHs thas has
SEVERAL mesits ovcF thQ uncertain fuss
now I'm ush Among other tAlngs. IL will
explode a she'll on striking water. a feat
that cannot be accomplished BY TIE pre-
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THE EXACT HOUR WHEN you ARE TO DIE.
BY CHARLES W. PILGRIM. N. o.

n I has occurred 10 me that the study
Of a years statistics OF the Hudson
Ii River State hospital ought 20 be OF
much interest and value. An ex-
animation OF the hour Of death" showed
that rs per cent. died between midnight
and a. m. ~ per cent between a. IN.
and noon, 81 per cent between noon and
8 p. m, and "a per cent between D. IN.
and midnight. BY adding these percent
ages together we ind the curious fact
that the deaths were very evenly dis
trihuted between the hours OF darkness
and light. lis patients having died be-
tween y. m. and q. m. and 1i6 be-
tween a. m. and p. m.
Desiring TO pursue this question stlIl
further | examined the deaths for the
ten preceding years. nearly 800 IN all.
and found this statement strikingly CON
flrmed. as n change of anc-hAlf 81 I per
cent would have made the deaths exact
~ even during the hours 81 day and
night.
4 chart which | made ~ the deaths
for the ysar-and might also add that
thu statements which ! am about TO
make were carrub0raiea hy n chart made
OF an The deaths during the preceding
decade showed whom divided into sec
tons ~ three hours each. that the high
est point ~ the curve was reached. both
for men ana women. between the hours
of and p m. nearly % per cent. of
All the deaths having occurred between
these hours. The next highest point was
between The hours 81 2 and g. m. al
though there was q decided fsii FOR bath
sexes for fhs single heur from 80 4.
when the tiae wcni doSu 60 the lowest
pvint reached In amy hcgr of The twenty
four
There was also decided fall. especial
~ Cor wonaeu. between u and y "a the
morning whtah ~ "a direct contrast u
the stAtsmeat made rs Isf. Eleadies, 81
Coluey Hatch, that the most fatal hour
for women Is shortly before noon. For
the osner hours the recording line re-
usainei remarkably steady Ire both naen
and w0rasn
These figures therefore. show that
there III ro1ne rfaaan f0r me popular be-
lief that many deaths occur during the
early morning hrgrs. bat they shoW stili
more plainly that the majority 81 those
Who suffer from long continued mental
I disease sive up their lives toward the
Z close OF The day
As a general fulo death SOFTLY fol-
lows nfe and s9Ierine AZ tho end
either mental or physical is % rare &C.
( currence In fact. It Is not an uncam-
I mon thing 20 a0iice ciestlnE Up az the
/ esauded brain a few hours before the
I fusl change Inls fact was noticed by
I Rush 4 hundred years ago end ia my
I opinion. too little mas been sTittcn Hlnca.
FROM wv oWa observations aud frarn
the reports af reliable uNcses many pa
/ usnts. especially Those dying ~ rhth.sis
| or after surgical operations. or from
| acute aiercarFent Diseases OF injuries
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Terrific Gbnce i'm dANaN Torpedo

n oifs GATHMANN. the Chicago In
ventor. has made II possible to
shoot earthquakes through the air
and lot them loose ten miles away. He
has invented mn aerial torpedo. compound
ed n new smokeiess powder and built
cannon with caliber OF eighteeh inches.
When these work together they eAn hurl
a charge Of 60 pounds of gun cotton
distance Of ten miles or oven more. When
the torpedo strikes there will be an ex-
plosion terrific enough to blow battle
ship into scrap iron. II j. supposed the
Main was wrecked by the discharge OF
200 pounds Of gun cotton. The destructive
force Of compound charge may he in
ferred from the tangled mass OF wreck
age In Havana harbor,
The Gathmann gun was tested by the
government and accepted n few days ago
II proved &c be even better than It's In
vcntor had promised He now wants 20
try hts torpedo on real iron-clad to
prove Its wrecklng power II has been
tested on armor plate, sand banks and
timber constructions. but the inventor
will not be satlsfied until he has blown
an arnofed war ship into smithoreens.
He propeses that one % the old monitors
DO used as a target for the Gathnann
she'll. thrown fron the etghtecn-inch gun
stationed AZ Sandy Hook or some other
coast defense In fact he suggests that
two monitors be sacrificed TO the good
Of the eou0try, one Of them to be used
aa q tarRei for the guns now stationed
Ia the furtlncaiiona. in order 10 show the
differ snces between the two types OF ord
nance ara prniectiles lie wants the gov
crnmens 20 sheath the monitors with ad-
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kAIlAa0d6aaln GA[b0eg[drfIalldh

cTnHE United States is fitting out it's
first cable ship for the exclusive
~ use of the government. The ves-
sci selected for this service is the former
transport Burnside. which has Just been
reconstructed and equipped at the Morse
Iron Works. Brooklyn The Burnside
is preparing to sail soon with so miles or
more Of deep sea cable. to be laid In the
Philippines.
The sailing Of the first government ca
BILE steamer with an American made ca
bile. the largest ever constructed In this
country, Is an epoch making event Both
Gen. Macarthur and Cen Otis frequent
~ reported to the war department that
one of the great drawbacks In the Phil
ippines was the lack OF inter-communieas
ton and the difficulty OF getting news to
and fro among the islands. Acting
promptly upon their recommendations.
the department called upon tho transport
service for suitable vessel which could
be spared to BE utilized for this purpose.
The burnside was selected as the most
available. because OF her width and gen.
eral roominess.
In the last eight weeks she has been
completely overhauled and refiited All
of tho necessary cable appliances have
been installed Three large cable tanks
have been built in her hold. and in them
the 500 miles OF cable Ii coiled. These
huge tanks are about twenty-five feet In
diameter and nfteen feet deep. They
are made OF thick copper. having a core
in the center for steadying and keeping
the cable In position while It II being
paid out Each tank holds 80 miles
OF cable
The government has employed a cable
esper, TO auperIntend the loading and In
stating OF the cable on the burnside. The
cable viii be laid under the supervision
OF Capt. sauiers, of the signal corps The
cost of the cable Is from $50 10 ti.eo
mile. The copper wire Of the cable IL
sheathed with sixteen steel wires covered
with jnte. and the whole IL incased Ia an
outer covering OF gutta percha-
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and night with the ship. In dsplA 4
1000 fathoms tho cable takes about M
hours 20 sink, 40 that II ship Il p&11|
out at the rate of nine knots an ~
the distance from tho vessel 10 the m
where the cable reaches the bottc>4 \ \
less than twenty-seven nautical mtlo42
The burnside was formerly the NJ
one OF the prize steamers taken m
Spain IN the war She was captur03 \
the Yale while trying 10 run the bloe116
on the east end OF Puerto Rico, hov1
on board cargo Of arms and a.
tion fox cubs. She was flowed TO C1mG(
ton. =. c., where Capt. A. III. LaA1mt y
present commander. took charge "a III
She was renamed, and put into the tt1n
port service. making hcr first voyage ~
Tampa TO Cuba, carrying cafGo
mules. after which she was regularly -
ployed as n troopship by tho governoDu
She Is built OF steel, IN 2& feet ~
thIrty-eight feet beam and thirty<4
feet depth OF hold. and sixteen TO CO.
teen feet drausht. She has triplsi n
pansion engines and a single screw. u
speed IL fourteen knots
she IL armed with seven rapid-nre ~
and carries crew OF i0t men, hss,6e
special cable crew of twenty-five. AN
the modern marine appliances havs ~
Incorporated In her rcoonstrucltoA
Guiding ice. refrigeratins and distiI
plants. The new interior furnishinG(
the saloon and cabin are Of The best =
IL 20 carry a number OF army of'iaen H.
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u. S. CABLE SHIP BURNSIDE.

The cable expert ON the burnside said
The fhfing % a cable ~ the Phllip-
pines or eissahere entails good deal
more work fhan tho mere steaminK from
one 90 th0 ether % ths tyre stations
whiah are % be cenu@cted by g. During
each step constant tests ATE taken. fe-
faSe laying ths Intended rggte ~ care
faiiy sounded. 70 discover any irEsgaisfi.
Ties o. the sea bottom. which Woula Re
Injurious to the cabia. The soundsr =
lowered at the end 81 a ieng colt Il nne
pianof0rt& wire woumd on drum. ths
heagy ehet used for sinking II being
automatically released on reaching the
bottom 40 ~ % facilitate the recovery
~ the souHter. The number ~ reyosu-
items - tbs druIa. recorded by en- Ind 4
ATTACHED 10 a. gives the depth 20 whieh
the aoundeF has sunk On reaching the
spot wher. the cable ~ 10 be isnds !.
sheaves are fixed on the beach and a iins
passing refund them nnd back 70 the chip
hapls the end OF the cable. doated by
large india rubber balloons. 20 the shore.
The end j. taken inio cable hut fur
IiaheG WIKI electrical Instruments. trl
during the laying electricians remain in
The hut 10 keep Up communication day
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which produce n profound shock upon
the general system, become calm and
coherent shortly before death.
This may he accounted for either upon
the theory OF counter irritation OF on the
principle enuneiated by Claude Bernard
that when astrological element dies or
tends 20 die lts irritahiiity augments be.
fore Il Is diminished.
OF course this temporary Frightening
does not occur often In cases Of terminal
dementia or IN general paresls where
there are profound changes In the atric-
ture Of the brain. hut am convinced that
Il IS not rare for the melancholy or
maniacal insane, al good old Dr Rush
observed. ito discover a greater or less
degree Of reason In their last hours, lust
as the sun, after a cloudy day, sometimes
darts few splendid rays across tho earth
before he deHcends below the horizon"
There can be no reasonable doubt that
the seasons exert a marked influence
upon the recovery rate, Tor 6 per cent Of
those who have recovered we're sent home
during the months 81 spring and summer.
while only % Ter cent were discharged
during the autumn ana winter months
ReEis makes the statement that melan-
choiia Is aggravated IN the winter, and
that but fes cases ~ mania recover dur
ina that season. IL s. sasy 20 believe that
tho fresh air. tire sunlight and the OUT
door lie 81 summer must act as power
fui agents IN helping 20 restore the die.
easea organs 90 normal condifloa.
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iehem Steel Company in Pennsylvania.
accepted.
There are enthusiasts who are confident
enough TO assert that the Gathmann APP
plances will make war 80 terrible that
nations win hesitate to engage In hostiii-
ties AT any rate II opens new era In
the art OF war, for II Is now possible to
shoot high explosives great distances
without danger to the shooter Much
has been expected from the marine tor
pedoes, hat they are admittedly danger
Gus to the party using them. 1t is as
serted that the American ships in the
battle OF Santiago had left their torpe-
does rather than run risks OF having
them exploded on board ship. Gath
mann's shell overcomes that danger.
In this connection Il Is only fair 10 say
that for three years past Mr.. Gathmann
has had the active cooperation OF his
son Emil. who has developed remarkable
inventive powers. Emil was an engineer
In the navy department. but resigned to
assist his father. Their work for three
years past has been so interviewer II may
not he possible 20 divide the credit with
exact Justice, The father Eel, the need
Of better rmokeless powder for his
guns because the powder In use had been
unsatisfactory with heavy ordnance
mapy guns having been burst by H. He
therefore devised n formula and had
special powder made at a Delaware fac
tory for his tests The old powder ex-
ploded with a suddenness that caused a
great strain on cannon with heavy
charges The Gathmanns have produced
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Harvari's As.ror omieal Piaat

The Harvard observatory grcusa. n
Cambridge cover seven acres, HAVING NJ
estimated value of ssNaa Nearly ~
skilled people are employed at tina w,
GUS stations The Harvard hu,ld.nr, Y.
Arequira are valued AT $1,000. Seven !.
neurological stations are associated IA
the Areauipa observatory, one IL AZ,
being the highest observatory Of am -.
in the world.
The Importance OF the work whisA "a
be done at Jamaica may be appreenns
when one realizes that the minutensss !
detail with which the new telescop& n
take photographs Will enable the s,ai,r
to take images of double stars, elt,,S
separated, where they now overlap On +,
plate.
The reason for going To Jamaica ID IA.
at Arequlpa. while the ease OF acess
makes up for whatever disadvansanu
may exist. Jamaica being only hve a.,
from Boston, while Arequipa Il ahcat
month distant
A great ambition OF the Harvard ID
servatory now is for money enough 4
obtain a telescope OF the iarEes, -
which will enable better photographs
he made OF the planets than ever bsiu,
and photographs OF fainter stars II
can now be detected, thus doing M
astronomers have hoped for. hut whd
they have been unable to see fui6ll
Great fame would come 20 the fisef
such an instrument. judging by the \
markable astronomical results acln
plIshed by the Bruce st-lnch photosn1H
telescope now In use at Areduipa.
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many stars yet remain TO be catalogued
which the made visible by the photo
graphic telescope now In use. one OF the
plates taken in Cambridge with the Bruce
Photographic telescope shows ABOUT io,
900 stars Sixteen hundred plates would
cover the entire sky, and at this rate
would contain 10000 600 stars.
As. however the stars are much less
numerous In ether parts OF the SKY, the
actual number within our present reach
possibly does not exceed 10,oo0,oco How
many millions are there beyond the reach
OF our existing telescopes and the appii-
ances OF photography?
In 1856 conference Of astronomers IN
Paris led to the attempt TO obtain photo
graphs of the entire sky Seventeen OBJ
servatories agreed to take part In this
work, each having particular portion OF
the sky assigned to 1t. Photographic tel
escapes of the usual form and having an
aperture Of thirteen inches were pre-
scribed for this work, each photograph
covering a region only two degrees square.
So far small portion only of these pho
tographs has been taken.
The Harvard observatory did not take
part in this work, as the director had adj
vised the conference that the whole work
could be better done with one telescope
than with seventeen II a Photographic
doublet having an aperture of twenty-four
lHcnts was einpioycu. a uoubiet cphthnS
two pieces each of crown and flint glass
instead Of one II was startling propo-
sition and was not adopted.
In 1892 Miss C. W. Bruce. of New York,
gave 900 to the Harvard observatory
to construct such 24-inch doubet, and IL
is now in regular use every clear night at
the Arequipa station. Regions five de-
grees square are photographed on each
plate Prof Herbert II. Turner. OF Ok
ford. England, who at first opposed the
use of the doublet. recently has published
measurements he has made OF the Har-
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dttiaeal armof untN saois metal twrrctR
ags twrusy uches tBic& la nrsseF to make
the tfst 81 severe 40 60 re'nnxr al doubt
a. 20 fae Tieicaey - his torpedo sr sAsji
Ssue uiutaFs mfH stii wpnssv WHISTLER
TIE tSNiosisa W aH uHaNas 70 sun cotton
weulf wreck o hstslssniR invsufef Cath.
gnann Fac uat pnlg had thie sprs " daeas
yN eEhf AZ teFy ssAEe e hts work aqt ~
hss had ga demonstrated ia exfeTts sene
iupertsat ieaths For fqaF Nregs MI
Gathmsnu worked patiently ta prove the
merits &c rs mven&tonH % miisar, au-
thesitiaa iie had On sUbmst - many
,esta ANS Go q rUuner 81 rebuES. RuA Ms
latore Aave hesn crowned With sucrssa
QnlX afttr rcgslsteace and a eatienca 90
feusaxkRhle stft
AFTER praNirE thr mcgits af thg torpedo
gr sheN IS Rccams uecasNArs 20 have a
caEaan faFEe enough ta throw a charge
81 ~ q N pounds az sun eattnn. Cant.
a. NeiS whH haf %Ny-cs.asd Capt samp-
son ~ ths navy AsPartmsnt, made an
ungsvcrahie ropQrl On the Gathmana sys-
tenn. aNd-a catGFsa ip rar%gess taurht
7SAW~t iartntr aHtegs TVS ;ians hGt these
obsJaelps ware 6yeecomc ahaut year
Hgo ara congress set aside S55.al0 10 build
The elxAteea-inch sun, balt b. ia Beth
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Q.[EE]l7(NlQgAYe

cludes that the dangers he had appre-
hended from distortion were unfounded.
The entire sky could easily be photo
graphed with this instrument every two
or three years. but. not to interfere with
the work OF the Paris conference. the in
strument is used mainly for other pur-
poses. such as charts having long expo
sures and photographs Of spectra.
Use Of SKY Photographs.
The northern sky is photographed sew
eral times every year at Cambridge with
an eight-inch doublet. and the southern
sky at Arequipa, with similar instfu-
ment, each OF which has taken over $500
photographs The entire collection OF
Harvard photographs includes, on the
average, hundred photographs of each
portion OF the sly on hundred different
nights.
As an illustration OF the use of this coll
lection. a letter was received not long ago
at Cambridge from the director Of the
Royal observatory at the Cape OF Good
Hope. asking that search be made for a
star recently observed there and which
he thought might be new In few min
utes the Harvard observers were able to
see that the star was In the sky on June
13 1889, and in few days sent to him an
account OF all changes In its light which
had happened during the succeeding ten
years.
On another occasion search was made
in the Draper photographs for the planet
Eros during its opposition In 1894 1t
comes nearer to the earth than any other
known celestial body except the moon.
and approaches very closely every thir-
ty-seven years. the last close approach
being in 1893
Eres. however. was not discovered until
1895. and then s. c. Chandler, of Cam
bridge. working with Harvard. made a
iaborious computation which Indicated
what Its position was In 1898. and after a
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HiGHE5 A5TRoho r1icAL OBSERVATORY
IN Tire WORLD, AT ARt0ulPA. PePV.

long search among the photographs II was
found and appears upon twenty-six plates
fifteen charts and FIVE spectrum plates
between October. 1898, and May. 1894, and
upon six chart plates In lse6-so that Its
position and path during the entire time
that II was near the earth was determined
accurately from these Draper photo
graphs.
II Mr.. Chandler finishes his calculations
they should give a better value of the dis
tance OF the sun and of the mass OF the
earth than that derived from the transit
OF Venus. In observing which all the prin-
cipal countries OF the world took part,
and the United States alone spent more
than a million dollars.
When Nine. Ceraski, of the Moscow OBJ
servatory. on May 20. 1898. discovered
variable star OF the Aigol type-that Is.
one having It's light diminished at regular
intervals by a dark companion revolving
around Transformations were continued at
Moscow for nearly a year and only one
eclipse noticed
After June !. 1899. when the announce
ment of the discovery Of the star reached
Cambridge. there were found in one week
In the Draper collection 300 photographs
taken between 1890 and 1892 showing the
star faint on twenty nights: and Its peril
cd was determined with an uncertainty
OF only about one second. This stellar
timepiece is stiil running without rewind-
ing. and the predicted observations are
being fulfilled regularly
No telescope is powerful enough to
show the planet which causes the alter
mating brightness and faintness OF this
new Algol variable in Cysnus More re-
Gently a second Aigol variable has been
discovered by Nine. Cerask, and II is
found ON the Draper photographs as far
back as 1890. and its variations In magni-
tude for nine years have been computed
at Cambridge.
A plan for securing cooperation In the
use OF the largest telescopes OF this coun-