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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21

GENTLY heavy caliber. The artillery
of the seas was too much for her, and
one night she was torn from her moor
ings and landed high and dry on the
beach, the crew just escaping with
their lives. No. ~ had just been fin
ished and was sent direct to Hatteras.
She is much larger than the other ves-
sci and the workmen in the yards at
Quincy, Mass, where she was built,
had orders to put the very best mate
rial into the hull and machinery and
to take time enough to drive every bolt
and rivet home She is 112 feet in
length and quite shallow, being about
20 feet in depth. The hull. made of the
best steel. is divided into Ave water
tight compartments by bulkheads OF
the same material, so that If the water
should fill three of these, the other
two would keep her afioat. Partly to
strengthen her hull, she is given three
decks built almost as strongly as those
of a warship in order to resist the tre-
mendous strain when rocking in the
waves. The quarters for the captain,
officers and crew are on the main deck,
while the coal bunkers and other sup
plies are below. AS the officers and
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21
SMOKE AND CINDER
CONVEYOR.

An annoyance OF no small dimen-
sions seems to be overcome by the de-
vice illustrated herewith, which has
just been patented by four Louisville
(Ky) inventors. The object is to pro-
vide a conductor which will receive the
cinders and gases from the stack of a
locomotive and discharge them at the
rear end of the train, the purpose of
this device being to prevent the smoke
and cinders from coming in contact
with the cars or passengers. A subor-
dinate object is. to provide for the di-
rect passage of the smoke when the
engine is at standstill, which is ac-
complished by placing a hinged cap
directly over the vertical stack. with
means for opening it from the cab of
the engine. The conveyor is formed
of 2 number of individual sections
placed horizontally on top of the car
with means for automatically Joining
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21

by few miles he is liable to come dan
gerously near it.
Since the first American monitor
went to the bottom of the sea off Cape
Hatteras hundreds of crafts, from the
fishing smacks to the liner, have been
its victims, and thousands of lives have
been lost in its stormy waters. Real
izing this constant menace to the navi-
gator, the government has spent mil
lions of dollars trying to find some
thing which will give suitable warning
to ships. Time and again lighthouses
have been planned, and the work got
ten well under way, but sooner or later,
often after months of work, the treach-
erous quicksands have engulfed the
most solid foundations and sometime a
single night of storm has demolished
the structure. Floating buoys of vari-
Gus kinds have been tried, but these
have also been quickly washed away.
After careful consideration, the United
States lighthouse board decided to
have a lightship constructed which
would be strong enough to Withstand
the heaviest seas and provide illumina-
ton which could be seen at long dis
tance on the stormiest night.
First Ship = Failure.
The first ship tried wasn't of suffi-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21
DOUGLAS FACTORY
To Be Enlarged Before the First of July.
Mill Make 5000 Fairs Daily.

Advertising pays.
w. l.. Douglas is going to increase
the capacity of his factory to 5000
pairs of shoes per day. The addition
will add 10000 square feet of space for
manufacturing purposes. At the same
time new 400 horsepower engine and
an additional $50 horsepower boiler
will be installed, which will afford ade-
Quate power for the present and an
other addition to the factory, which
will no doubt be necessary later on.
When the factory starts up the first
of July it will be on an output of 500
dozen or 5000 pairs of shoes per day,
and the weekly pay roll, exclusive of
office help, superintendent, foremen,
etc, will be $4,000 per week. The
Douglas statesmen on the road are sell
Ing 25 per cent more goods than last
season. The increased sales Is the di-
rect result of good shoemaking and ex-
tensive advertising. The advertising
expenditure of Mr.. Douglas is now
larger than at any period of his busi-
ness, and this is to be still further in
creased Beginning this week half
page advertisements of the Douglas
shoe will appear in all the principal
newspapers of the large cities, as well
as such papers as the Youths Compan-
ion.-Brockton, Mass, Times.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21

her plenty of room to ride the waves,
720 feet of anchor chain is provided.
The anchors are raised and lowered
by steam, the ship being equipped
with special engines. Electricity fur
nishes the illumination for the lanterns
which are arranged upon two steel
masts at height of 90 feet above the
water line. Each mast contains a clus-
ter of six arc lamps, each of 100 volts.
On a clear night their rays can be
seen a distance of twenty miles, while
in stormy weather it is calculated that
the captain of a ship ten miles distant
can see them through his field glasses,
as they have an attachment which pro-
duces vivid flash every half minute.
The electric current is generated by a
set of powerful dynamos operated by
steam engines.
No. 70 is provided with steam as a
motive power, in case she should break
loose from her moorings. Her engines
are as large as those in an ocean tug
of the first class and, it is believed, will
enable her to battle successfully with
average northeasters. She is equipped
with a mainsail. forsail and jib,
principally to steady her in a gale of
wind. There is no danger of her being
mistaken for any other craft. The
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21
MASSIVE ANCHOR w1NDLAss ON NO. 70.

the low sand spit running far out into
the ocean. Every storm that reaches
the coast seems to seek out Hatteras
for the display of its greatest violence.
During a northeast or southeast gale
It's rocky, seaward stretching ledges
turn the ocean currents into a vortex;
and then there is no spot in the oceans
Of the world more to be feared. Ire
mendous cross-seas rise and sweep the
waters for many miles out to sea. A
real Hatteras storm often extends its
influence between two and three hun
dred miles outward.
Menace to the Navigator.
II the reefs of Hatteras were situated
at different p-.nt on the coast line
the cape would not have its evil repu-
tation. But they lie in wait at the
most easterly point of the South At
iantic coast, and vessels bound to and
fro between southern ports and such
cities as New York and Philadelphia.
as well as the feet of steamships which
load at gulf cities for Europe and coal
at Norfolk and Newport News, must
pass close by. The cape is also close to
the direct route between South Allan
tic ports and Great Britain, and If a
ship captain loses his reckoning even
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21
Solid Air.

Professor A. l.. Metz. of Tulane Uni
versity, has made solid air This. it
is believed, will be generally conceded
to be the first remarkable scientific
achievement of the twentieth century.
Five years ago we could only conceive
of air as n gas. Then came liquid air.
Now comes solid. Liquid air is so
cold that it boils on coming in contact
with ice. Solid air is infinitely colder.
1t is as yet impossible to calculate its
temperature accurately.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21

men must remain sometimes for five
or six weeks without seeing anyone or
being relieved, the government has
STANCHEST LIGHTSHIP AFLOAT.
tried to make their surroundings as
homelike as possible.
Steam heat and electric lights are
provided in each cabin, and the fur
niture, carpets and fittings would be a
credit to a mansion. The ship is
equipped with refrigerating apparatus,
and has also plant for distilling
water so that an ample supply Of Ice
can be maintained in the summer
months as well as an abundance of
pure water
Anchor and tho Light.
To hold the lightship on her station
powerful apparatus was provided. She
has what is known as harbor anchor,
weighing 1000 pounds, large enough for
an ordinary liner. This is connected
by chain whose links are rs inches
thick, calculated to stand a strain of
$4,000 pounds. Beside the anchor,
there is what is known as wedge an
chor, weighing $50 pounds, which
works as a sort of steering gear TO
keep the vessel head on to the waves
in heavy storm. In order to give
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21
1t Is No Longer April.

Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote in the
American Magazine of Useful and En-
tertaining knowledge in 1898:
"rhe farmer who has left a good
homestead in New England to migrate
to the Mississippi valley, or anywhere
else this side of heaven; the fresh
checked youth who has gone TO iind
his grave in New Orleans, the Yankees
who have enlisted for Texas
what are these but Il motley group of
April fools?'
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21
Chinese Woman Lecturer.

Extraordinary events have been oc-
curing with remarkable frequency in
China during the last year, but one of
the most remarkable yet recorded was
the appearance upon public platform
at Shanghai Il few weeks ago of n Chi
nese woman, who delivered an elo-
quent address before an audience of
her fellow countrymen in opposition to
the Russian treaty for the control of
Manchur!a. This is said to be the first
time woman ever made II public
speech in China.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21
South DAkot Farms

Is the title of an illustrated booklet
Just issued by the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul Railway, descriptive OF tho
country between Aberdeen and the
Missouri River, a section heretofore
unprovided with railway facilities, but
which is now reached by a new line OF
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railway. Everyone contemplating a
change OF location will be interested
in the information contained in 1t, and
a copy may be had by sending two
cent stamp to F. A. Miller, General
Passenger Agent, Chicago. Ill.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21
Foot and Mouth Disease.

Two well-known Austrian scientists,
Professor Loefiler and DIR. Uhlenruth,
announce that they have discovered a
serum which will protect animals
against foot and mouth disease and
that this serum affords animals inocu-
lated with it immunity for from four
to eight weeks against infection from
the disease.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21
Doctor Mckinley.

At n meeting of the board of over
seers of Harvard University May Sth
1t was voted to grant the degree of doc
tor of laws to President Mckinley.
The degree will be conferred at com
mencement in June. 1t stated that the
vote stood 23 to 3.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21
Private Mailing Card.

Private Mailing Card with colored
views OF scenery on the Chicago, Mil
waukee & ST. Paul Railway sent on
receipt Of ten Q0) cents in stamps.
Address F. A Miller. General Passen-
ger Agent, Chicago, Ill.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21
Girls Bnst on BattI.,h,p.

A life-size bust in bronze of Miss
Elizabeth Stephenson of Marinette, who
christened the battleship Wisconsin
will grace the forward cabin of that
splendid ship, as the gift of her father,
Isaac Stephenson.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21

Curator Ferril of the Colorado Histor-
ical Society is credited with wishing to
have all cats muzzled in order to pro-
tect the song birds. But who would
muzzle the spinster owners of the afore-
said tabbies and protect him from the
cataract of their wrath?
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21

letters on her side are about ten feet
in height and on a clear day can be
seen at a distance of several miles in
themselves.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21

A horse will eat in year nine times
his own weight a COW nine times, an
ON six times. and a sheep six times
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21

Primley's California Fruit Gum contains
the most delicious qualities of western
fruits.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21

An unhappy Benedict thinks long dis
tance telephones an invention of the ad-
Versary, for now. no matter where he
may be his mother-in-law can first call
him up and call him down.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21

Ninety years old to-day; we'll Mr..
Skimms. tell me what habit you think
has most contributed to your long life"
"Oh. l amt got no habits-nary a one;
ony I've chawed terbacker ev' since
wuz ten years old"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21

A witch hazel trust has been organ
lied. There seems to be no balm for
the bruised feelings of antitrust peo-
pie.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21

The we'll posted druggist advises you
to use Wizard Oil for pain, for he
knows what 1t has done.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21

The estate of w. w. Cook, n Denver
attorney, recently deceased, is said to
be claimed by three alleged widows.
Here seems TO be a case of too many
Cookies who may spoil the cookies.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21

Pisos Cure for Consumption infallible
medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w. SAMUEL,
Ocean Grove, n. j.. Feb. IL. 1900.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21

Ladies' who take pride in beautiful,
clear white clothes should use Russ
Bleaching Blue. the modern bag blue
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21

where are you going, my pretty maid?'
ITO look for a job. kind sir" she said.
"Will you work for me. my pretty maid q
"Oh. this is so sudden. kind sir she said.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21

A man by the name of Hatcher is pres
ident of the American Egg Company. He
has a good lay.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21
A Months Test Free.

II you have rheumatism, write DR.. Shoop, Racine,
Wis Box l43, for six bottles of his Rheumatic Cure
express paid. Send no money. Pay $3.50 II cured
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-21
POOR LITTLE JOHNNY
AND HIS "TUMMY"l

Small boys, and many times large ones,
and occasionally girls, too, big and little,
suffer terribly from eonvulsive pains or
Cramps" In the bowels and stomach
pain so violent that it doubles UP" the
ones attacked, and makes 1t impossible for
them to stand up.
Some people calf It colo, but most honest,
plain-spoken people calf it ''be1y-aehe" and very
properly, for the scat of the trouble is in the
bowels, and caused by the violent efforts of the
bowels to rid themselves of something which
doesn't belong there. The small boy Usually
gets It from over-eating from eating forbidden
fruit, and suffers mostly in the Summer time.
It's spring now, and "in times of peace, prepare
for war" Let the Boys and girls and the big
folks, too, for that matter clean out the clogged
channels filled with winter bile and putrid undi-
gcstcd food, strengthen the 3O-feet of bowel
canal, Hven up the liver, and Summer belly
aehes' will have no tesrors, because they won't
Is to CASCARETS, gentle, sweet, fragrant
vel strcngtheners. For fear that anybody in the
~ A NJ
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of Finance and to the dsmay of the Budget
Committee the use of cigars, pipes and cigarettes
during the period of the year just ended has
fallen off TO a great extent, and the revenue re-
ceipts from this source some $4,000 less
than the estimates.
NJ. Caillaux bitterly complains of the present
sugar tariff which he points out is the most
important cause OF the deficit, which in regard
to this item alone is $7.6OO,000 below the esti-
mate According to NJ Caillaux, the Sugar law
of 1884 is the cause OF all the mischief. This law
established the sugar premiums. both direct and
indirect and 1t is the latter which the Minister
of Finance finds especially Objectionable. 1t Is
not the sugar itself which is directly taxed. but
the raw material as Il were-the beet root, from
which Fench sugar is made The beet root lax
is esta bIished upon sliding scale, based upon
the amount of sugar that given weight OF peer
root is capable of producing. This production
is calculated at seven kilogramnles for one num-
dren kiIogrammes of beet root The beet 1901
grower. consequently. tries to set the greatest
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PART II.
TWELVE PAGES.
LEGENDS OF DOBBS FERRY,
THAT CENTRE AROUND A QUAINT
MD DUTCH FARMHOUSE-HIST
ASSOCIATIONS OF THE PLACE.

-,.bbs Ferry, Next stop for this train is
,,s Ferry hoNled the brakeman from the
the smoking car
e. ,so-r1arion did not mean much 10 the pas
.-re-s They did not even raise their backs
s he black leather seats TO look through the
- 49, At The historic landmark. II was moth
-ba-77 that General Washington made his
-a-,,ar+e-s ii a little farmhouse on the hill
= some Of the most exciting stages Of the
I-,T,,-ion Probably they did not know that
. s-s- salute ever sounded by British gun
.ror Of the United States Of America was
-ro-, 4 sloop of war anchored in the river
O. the Ferry
-..'s+ranger who was looking for legends. had
t---v 10 escape being carried to one Of the
.ions beyond. Trains stop only for a mo-
9. Dobbs Ferry. and that under protest.
to rrotest so far as the engine is concerned.
-, the station under the shadow OF the
- ne walked over to the edge Of the river
Il, the hope that some remnant relic OF Dobos $
80 might be found. There was wharf,
-.o-. and bCnty, but ii was new and uninterest-
a. The only trace Of antiquity 10 be seen
-ss An ole man quietly fishing from the end OF
the landing
s,z-,ara v-ill I find Dobbs's ferry" asked the
stranger.
- the bobbing cork. waved his hand toward
-. b,,,4 where houses and store buildings could
,s seen through the trees.
90 don't mean the town, but the ferry which
takes one across the Hudson"
THAT'S the only ferry about these parts said
,he fisherman. pointing up stream where mod
s-n steam transport was ploughing across the
.,-e- rs naore'n a hundred years since Dobbs
ran ferry.
-Esve they preserved the cid boat or ferry
house?" was asked
~ob lord no." exclaimed the man with the
,oe II was Just an old fat bottomed scow
with big sail which could be used when the
wind didn't blow 100 hard. II ran over to Snee-
asn,s Landing which is almost on the line be-
tween Jersey and York But what made you
think they'd save the old tub?"
Wei, II had a history" the stranger suggest
e. mildly
NY. but you're funny" said the fisherman
@PeopIe round here don't care for history. Why
they'd give the town another name If Dobbs
Ferry didn't stick so tight. They've tried it
several times"
How is that2''
We'll. in the first place, long after old Dobbs
had died and the ferry stopped running q man
named Livingston plotted the village and tried
n give Il his name That was in 1892, and he
wanted It called Livingston's Landing He
owned the whole village, but he couldn't shake
nobbs Ferry The last name reform wave came
as late as 1871, and town meeting was called
went 10 IT myself. and a lively time we had
Many names had been thrown down, and then
prominent villager arose and said:
Gentlemen, this is our chance TO honor one
e the heroes OF the Revolution, a man who has
not received enough recognition for his most
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valuable services. No town has yet been named
after any OF the three patriots who captured
Major Andre, the British spy I would move
you that the name OF this village be changed
from Dohbs Ferry to Van wart-'
The applause was strong until another citi-
zen got up and settled the Van Wart business
with this bit Of sarcasm:
The idea Of naming this pretty village after
one Of the brave men who captured q British
spy is indeed very good I have always favored
IGNORING heroes. Why should this place be
called after an unknown, unimportant merce-
nary ferryman. when its name might be Wart-
on-EudsoHT
The citizens were not discouraged by this
narrow escape, and finally changed the name to
Greenburg. But the railroad refused to give up
Dobbs, and trouble began About half the mail
Tor Greeaburg sent to Greenbush, up be-
yond Troy. After suffering for two years there
vas another meeting. and the name was changed
hack 10 Dobbs Ferry"
The village knows very little about the man
whose name il wears. Not a single story is told
o. him and even his first name is in serious
doubt. When asked what it was. the villagers
say that you probably find it in some his
tory CT other. but they are not sure. With the
assistance OF his wife he ran tavern on the
shore near the landing. For some reason at
oeoos, motherly cid woman whom no man
would be ashamed TO call grandmother
The legends which the people Of Dobbs Ferry
REMEMBER to-day centre for the most part
around old Dutch farmhouse which stands
hear the end Of the principal street II is now
occupied by DR.. Joseph Hasbrouck, and the
original Dutch part hardly be seen from the
road On account OF an addition Of more modern
ems zfzh- rl-fS
mas a story OF its own, being haunted by most
original sort Of ghost. viii appear further on.
he old farmhouse Of those plain
squatty solid creations which the lords OF the
various manors scattered over their estates and
leased 70 Dutch farmers who were built on the
sane general lines as their houses plain, squat
y and solid. This particular farmhouse was
ore story IN height, unless one could dignity the
great, unfinished loft under the gable roof by
ealing Il a story. door on the south side
Opened or wide hail. each side Of which
were TWO large rooms, and at the end a. family
room, from which two bedrooms opened A
ladder served as staircase to the chamber
above
Al the beginning Of the war the house was
occupied BY Dutch farmer who was very sue
SeasfIi il coaxinS fine crops out OF the sur
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rounding acres Of farmland which he leased
from Frederick Phillipse. No one can be found
around Doobs Ferry who remembers his name,
and for at least one generation he has been
known as that Dutchman." They say that he
smoked more and better tobacco than any other
farmer on the river. and that could tell
bigger and better stories. The Dutchman took
no interest in the war until the Americans made
his farm a headquarters for a few months dur
ing the early days of the struggle. While the
Colonial troops surrounded him ne was Colo
NAL. Then came companies Of British soldiers
who camped in his front yard, and officers in
brilliant uniforms who slept in his softest beds.
They answered the protests of his frau" with
laughter, and, having entertained the enemy
the Dutchman was afraid TO say anything He
had changed his politics three or four times as
circumstances dictated. before a division of
Washington's army under General Lincoln came
spend the winter with him. Lincoln had no
sooner made himself conforta BILE than he began
70 look around for place 70 store his powder.
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was instrumental in starting Episcopal
church, and prominent in it's affairs for num-
Der OF years, until another difference Of opinion
caused him to seek new denomination He
died a Roman Catholic.
For many years before his death he was
lame, and went around in a wheelchair- The
servants of the village were afraid of him, and
soon after his death the ghost story made It's
appearance.
That house is haunted: I wouldn't go IN
there the advice which the stranger re-
ceived from the servant Of a neighboring house
Whose ghoSt?" she asked
"A man who used to 1t lame and
moved about the house IN a chair with wheels
When alive he joined about every sort of church
that there is, one after another When he died
and went across the river they did not know
where he belonged. and his spirit is unsettled;
so it came back to haunt the house in which he
used to live"
Have you seen it, the stranger asked
1T amt of the seem kind she said, but
girls what has worked there has heard it. It
goes around the second floor in that wheeled
chair. Late at night you can hear 1t bangin