THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA BELOW DECKS ON A Ll,. GOIWJEOl'rS MVF.niES WOKS. LIFE IN LONDON. i i in AUrvels of Skill in Appliances to Protect Life SAFETY COMPARTMENTS Ril'minrlne Toh-plioiio Wln-lc Tcl('Krftihjr nn d Automatically Operated Bulkhead Hoocnt Unlit Atlantic Liiicrii Practically Xon-Slnkable, The darmers of travel by sea hnve ' ocomo infinitely less than by land. ' ''o "human element" has less piny 1 '-re, and whereas the safety of the llroad train depends largely on the 'ii eye of the engine driver and clear brain of the operator, the f 'em steamship' Is kept true by : chnnlcal devices, one checking . :;"ther, till the rnnr,.;ln of iiosxililo ( I. .aster Is reduced ;o a minimum, fcliould a leak spiin,; In the hull no human eye need notice It, but the wntertlBht door In the compartment ffvted will automatically close; should a light ro out at the niast hend or on the port bow or else where an Indicator will ring a bell In the wheelhonse nnd a illnl will tell where the trouble lies; should a daiiKerous coast or another steam ship, bidden by the fog, be In eloso and unknown proximity a subma rines telephone attachment will Rive warning, and by wireless telegraphy may knowledge of the presence of an Iceberg or a derelict bo gained from a passing ship, or a crippling of the machinery bo comni'uulcated. Probably the most Important of the devices to Insure safety to tho sl.ip nre water tight compartments formed by heavy bulkheads, or par titions of steel, running from the keel to the upper deck, the doors of which can be closed Instantly In case of accident. The compartment Itself Is not a new devlco, but until a few years ago, v. hen a Scotch en- j gineer named htone discovered a way to close the doors both auto matically and by hydraulic pressure controlled from the bridge. It was) not always effective. To close all the doors separately by hand required considerable time, and it not infre quently happened that the firemen deliberately Jammed them open lest In the hour ef peril they should find themselves locked In some watery trap. Now not only can the doors be closed simultaneously by the sim ple turning of a handle, but the doorg will shut of their own accord as soon as the water In the compartment rises two feet above the bilge keel. 1 addition, should an explosion oc- In the engine room the door . 3 may be Immediately closed ; the steam prevented from es ing Into the rest of the ship. No , 'ruction of coal or anything else :i prevent the doors shutting, and .ill motive for Jamming by the fire men is removed by a mechanism which permits of the opening of the door by any one caught In a com partment after It has been shut, by means of a handle at the side to re Terse the- hydraulic pressure. The door will then close again automati cally. The working of the system Is ac complished by the supplying of pressure to all the vertical sliding e!oors there are twenty-five of them on the newest boats by a main running the whole length of the vessel. ThlB main Is In commu nication with four steam hydraulic accumulators, which are of suffi cient capacity when charged to sup ply a pressure of from 600 to 700 pounds a square Inch. The accumu lators and the hydraulic pump which supplies them with the pres sure fluid are above the water mark, so that the water In the hold would not Interfere with their working. Hydraulic power instead of steam, electricity or compressed air Is used for operating the doors be cause of Its greater safety under differing conditions. For Instance, the bursting of a steam pipe would render Inaccessible the room in which the break occurred; a break age of electric Installation or of the conducting wires might pass unde tected, and pumps to provide com pressed air would be unduly expen sive and less reliable than the hy draulic pump. A system of communicating through the water between ships at ea and the shore, by means of which the sound of submerged bells anchored off dangerous points on the coast can be heard on shipboard, is another of the notable safety devices which la being put In universal ap plication. An extension of this sys tem will permit of submarine tele phone conversation should there be occasion for It. The receiving apparatus on the hip, which plclu up the sound of the bell and enable the pilot to deter mine lu direction, consists of a pair of sensitive electric transmitters placed on the Inside of the hull, against the outer plating, below the waterllne. One transmitter Is on the port side and the other on the starboard, and both are connected by wire to a telephone receiver box In the pilot house. The modern liner has I La rudder, which weighs about twenty-five tons, entirely under water, and there are two distlnet sets of steering gear, ne for ordinary work and the other below the water line. Should an accident happen to either set the other would be Immediately avail able. By means of an Instrument galled a telemotor, operating hy draullcally on a pressure fluid of glycerine and water, the helm can be tut hard over within thirty second. Nw Tork Herald. Why the Chief Engii eer Has Heavy Responsibilities. One of the monthly m:ig:u!nes printed a fiction story whose purpo.'o was to show that when a great Atlan tic liner makes an unusually line rec ord the captain gets the credit, whim the chief engineer is overlooked en tirely. Praise, of the olllclals of thj line, It was contended, Invariably r.-ies to the men on the briilge Instead of to the men below the decks, to whom it belongs rightly, and further on tiie point was made that the public knows only the captains of the ships, whilo the chief engineers, really of equal or of more Importance, are lost in anon ymity. Hei'oro the ships sail about 3,rm0 tons of coal has been dumped into the bunkers through chutes, and nearly os many tons of fresh water for use In domestic purposes and also for mak ing tteam. liefore the voyage begins tiiu men who are to care for the ma chinery and those who handle about C;:o tons of coal a day report. I This ship has about 10,000 horse- 1 power capacity nnd Is a seven day boal. There are employed In the pro- 'lulling departments about this force: HU engineers, !! electricians, 2 refrlg traling engineers, 1 deck engineer. 18 oilers. C water tenders, CA firemen nnd 21 coal passers, a total force of H0 l:u n. This Fhip has oisht double ended boilers, each with eight furnaces, tintf rt b ast two single ended boilers, each with four furnaces, making altogether 7L' furnaces. These furnaces eat up the .I.'!!) tons of coal a day. The coal passers take It from the bunkers which extend alongside the i-liip and wheel it in harrows, depos iting it In front of the boiler J. Tho firemen feed It to the furnaces, their skill consisting in so spreading it on the fires that the greatest number of beat units will result In making the steam. The engineers and oilers and water tenders all have their appro priate work to do, and they work n shifts of four hours each. The one demand on a liner, con stant and unceasing, is for steam. It is to make thut product that fully 150 men are kept employed where the ; passengers never seo them. j The responsibility for running n'.I the complicated mechanical equipmt v.t rests with one man, the chief engi ne r. To be ready for emergencies, to watch every part, piston, valvo, shafts and whatnot, and to keep all the parts at their highest edlclency, Is far more complicated a Job than merely navigating a vessel. It re quires as much nerve and mental cal iber as the captain's task, and yet the world almost never hears the name of the chief engineer of any liner. New Tricks of Smugglers. "Diamond smugglers are a constant source of worry to us," said the Cus tom House inspector. "Despite every precaution taken here and abroad to spot them, not more than ten per cent are caught with the goods. There teems to be no limit to the devilish in genuity employed by these I was go ing to say gentry but there are quite os many women in the business as nun. "It is really wonderful when you con.e to think of It, that we are ever able to make a good haul when you consider how easily diamonds can bo concealed. Hollow heels are a favor ite receptacle for the precious stones, and I understand that there are places in Europe where you can buy shoes specially constructed with spaces in the heels. "If we did not have agents In Am sterdam and othur diamond centers to watch suspected smugglers and keep an eye on buyers of tho precious stones we should never make a cap ture. Cakes of soan used to bo a fa. vorite medium lu which to smuggle lh;::ionds Into tho country, but since we got wise to that dodge It is seldom tried nowadays. Porous plasters have often concealed thousands of gems, and I suppose are still used. We can't stop and examine every arrival Into the country who wears oue of these sticky attachments. "I remember one woman, she is jstill in tho business, who displayed great ingenuity in smuggling dia monds. It was only by chance that we caught her at one of her tricks. She arrived in a very striking Paris bon net, which was ornamented with bunches of grapes. While we wer examining her baggage this dream of a hat blew off and was smashed by a passing truck. I rusned gallantly to recover the hat and then saw that i each of tho grapes contained a dla- mond or precious stone. She got what was loft of the hat but nothing more.. . "What can a man of ordinary per ception do with such people? They will best hi in every time unless he'n gifted with second sight. I never see a chap with long hair but I think of the day we picked ten thousand dol Jars' worth of diamonds from a fel low's head who wore a pompadour like a brush heap. "No, we can't keep up with all their tricks and don't expect to. It's the behavior of the smuggler that gen erally gives him away. When we uea a man or woman acting uneasy, nerv ous, betraying his guilt by gestures, we have him searched. One gets to know the smuggler's face after a time, and so captures are made," Building Without Wood. ' A firm of lialtlmore architects has drawn plans for a building without any wood in its construction. It will be six stories in height, tho entire ttiucture to bo of re-enforced con crete and steel. Even the doors, win dow sashes and door Jambs will be of metal. Mountain range The miner's stove Ben-ants of flic Itldi nre (farbed In Fantastic Cost nines. "Servants' liveries are becoming more and more spectacular every day," said a prominent clubmnn, "and several families of New York's' fashionable set rival Europeans in togging out their servants In mag nificent raiment. If they go much further their retinue will look like a mountebank array or comic opera chorus. Right hero it Is only Justice to say that the glories of powdered wigs and varl-colored livery are con fined to their own homes, Instead of being paraded on tho coachman's box as In Kuropo. The Now York Juvenile with tho ever-ready hoot, Jeer and brlckbnt will keep Jeffer soulan simplicity In public, you may bet. "A young Fifth Avenuo matron who entertains much has six men servants, who, on occasions of cere mony, are togged out In $200 liv eries. They wear coats of pale blue that taper down behind to absurd little coat tails thnt reach the knees. In a vivid contrast that would turn a burlesque stage manager green with envy come tight knickerbock ers of turkey red. White silk stock ings gird the menservants' ample calves, and they are held In place by golden garters. Gold buckles orna ment a pair of old-fashioned pumps on the footman's feet while gold buttons with the family coat of arms and golden cords are sprinkled lib erally over the servitors' kaleido scopic raiment. "On gala occasions a certain fam ily of the newly rich have a uni form for their menservants which consists of claret-colored coats, ma roon velvet breeches and black silk stockings. Tho costume is set off by epaulets, agullettcs and embroidery. "The old families stick to the or dinary servant's suit of dark blue, brown, green or maroon, In which he can take his place on the family car riage. Miss Moroslnl affects black llvaries with a slight touch of red; George Gould, claret-colored coats; with President Roosevelt a blue and white waistcoat is the distinctive feature. Wine-colored liveries, with red, blue and cerise collars, are the most popular, and, while the Van- 1 derbilts affect them, no one has their monopoly." New York Press Mountaineering Is made easy the present day. The top of Burgen stoek, which overlooks the Lake of Lucerne, In Switzerland, Is now ac cessible to everybody by means of an electrical elevator, which carries the tourists to the dizzy height of 8,713 feet. Ktreugth of Ift and IUglit Mauris. That right-handedness and left handedness depend not so much on a difference of strength In the two hands as on a difference of skill Is shown by some Interesting reoent measurements made by Professor Caster of the Rennes (France) Med- leal School. He finds that in the i right-handed the left hand has al most uniformly nine-tenths of the strength of the right, at all ages and In both sexes. Another curious point established by Professor Caster is that the movements called by anato mists "supination," namely, turn ing the palm upward by rotating the forearm, is always more powerful than the opposite movement of "pronation" or turning the palm down by outward rotation. This the professor believes to be a peculiarity inherited from our earliest ances tors. Possibly the fact that our arboreal great-grandparents were more accustomed to collect objects by scooping Inward and upward wlh the hands than disperse thru by pushing outward may hare had a good deal to do with it. 111 Come of the Things Which the Ameri can Visitor Soon Learns. Americans sojourning In Iondon rra rf!en pulled in their first few hours There to account for tho frequent blow ing of mouth whittles in their vlnlclty, resembling the blasts of sound wilh Which Ihe New York postman nccoiu panlis the delivery of mail. A Yan kee who arrived In the Hritish metrop olis one night this summer greatly fatigued by bin Journey retired early r.t his lodgings, but was kept nwr.he until midnight by the unaccustomed and continuous blowing of whistles, Which suggested to his drowsy brain tli.it letter carrl'Ts were calling vy fo".' minutes at the adjoining hous'.M. At breakfast the next morning ho remarked thnt be had often heard of I.ondnn's frequent mall deliveries, b'lt ho Imd never supposed there were -o many of them ns he had heard the pr Viotis evening. "Why, those were cab cnlls you heard. Every Ixindoti hou-e has r. c.i wiii 'tie. One blast brngs ft ban som, two a four wheeler." Calm are essential to Iondon. ,vhero antiquated stages nre tho only mean of going In many directions, and the serve ns exnress wagons as well a conveyances. Few persons send tliH ngcMgo ("luggairi1" It Is called ove the el In advance to railway stHibm or !.. anier pier. A cab Is called at the last mosietit, nnd the cabman puts trunk or valise or, the roof of his ve hicle. If one's parcels nre nnme.iH a four wheeler or onieibus Is Employ. cel. On arriving with lir-gage, tho raiiio method Is ured to carry It to one's home or Ir lgiiisi. As the baggage covered bansotn bowls along two or three ragged and dirty men nnd boys may bp seen run nlng beside It. If any distance is to l:o traversed It will be noticed that Fomo of these drop behind ono nfter the other, while others take their places. They arc "runners," usually men on their "uppers," who earn an occasional fhllllng by following cabs To their destination and carrying tho luggage upstairs for the arriving pas sengers. One of the first Inquiries made by Americans who settle In Ixmdon Is for a washerwoman . Put It Is soon found that, this useful person Is not to be bad. Very little washing Is done at home or taken out by tho washerwo man In London, all the soiled linen being sent to the laundry. The result Is that Americans, accustomed to tho weekly visit of the family washer woman at home, find their laundry bills not a small Item of expense on the other side of the ocean. Most of the small Iyindon shopkeep ers and their assistants take a half holiday on Thursday, Instead of Sat urday, ns in New York, the butchers closing up Tuesday afternoons. This practice cnuses Inconvenience to new comers until guarded against by early purchases. New York Tribune. Uncle Sam's TroopciS. Before Ihe "rookie" Is given a horse that is a good dial more valuable to Uncle Sam than he is. he must learn what goes on tho horse nnd how It must be placed there. He Is shown how to fold his saddle blanket, how to put on his saddle and pack it with lariat, tin-cup, sidelines, horseshoes, horseshoe nails, extra ammunition, mess-kit, poncho, extra blanket, half a rholter tent, pole, and pins r.nd over coat. The averago trooper weighs ona hundred and fifty pounds, whilo bis horse when ready, carries two hundred and fifty pounds. He Is not a big brute, this horse, but an active spirited animal of fifteen hnnds and two inches, weighing a little under a thou sand pounds. Tho hundred pounds of saddle arms nnd equipment, in addi tion to the rider, must be packed and adjusted with intelligent skill If the mount Is to bo kept fit and to cover bis twenty miles per day, week In and week out over nil kinds of roads. Thus far our promising recruit knows nothing about horsemanship. He must learn how to hold his reins always In his left hand, and never pull them. He finds that his horse responds with the pressure of tho reins on his neck. Ho learns that the reins Bteer tho front end of the mount and that the spur steers Its rear to right or left, and that the Bad die Is the pivotal center of control. He requires facility to use tho carbine, saber and pistol, whilo he keeps his horse perfectly in hand. The recruit Is put on a troop horso that knows the bugle calls as well as veteran cavalry men, and when the new man forgets the way to turn, bis mount snorts contemptuously and does the right thing "on his own hook." Ralph D. Paine in Outing. Obeyed Specialist's Orders. A celebrated Continental specialist, to whom time was literally money, and who was possessed of a fiery tem per, made It a rule that all patients should undress before entering his consulting room so as not to waste any of his valuable time. One day a meek looking little man entered with all his clothes on. "What do you mean by coming In like that?" asked the doctor, In a rage. "Go and strip at once." "But I " faltered the man. "I tell you I've no time to waste," yelled the doctor, and the poor, man left the room In haste. When his turn came he re-entered the room. "Now, then," said the doctor, "that's better. What can I do for you?" "I called to collect your subscrip tion for the benevolent society," The Tatler, Effect of War on Camphor. The Russo-Japanese war has so raised the price of camphor that a substitute is being sought for. Tlio Kind You Havo Always in ttto for over ISO years, and 77', (tonal All Counterfeits, Imitations and Just-as-frontl" nro but 12xperiinents Hint trllln with nntlcndniifrertlio health of Infants and Children Experience against Experiment What is CASTORIA Cnstoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare gorle, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant It contains neither Opium, Morphino nor other Nureotlo pubstauec. Its np;o is its guarantee. It destroys Worm mid allays Feverlshness. It cures Diarrhoea nnd Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation nnd Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates tho Stomach and Dowels, giving healtliy and natural sleep Tho Children's l'anacca Tho Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS JO Sears the The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. OlITMUH OOMMNY, t MUKWV TII'fT, NIWVOM CfTV. GE00R8 WANT A HEARING They Demand tbat Certain Changes be Made in rure rood Laws They 0bct to Being Punished (or the Crimes of Those Who Supply Them Wilh Meals, canned and Bot tled Goods The pure food laws of Fennsyl vania were under discussion at a meeting of merchants held recently at the hoard of trade auditorium at HarrisburR, and a set of resolutions calling for the appointment of a committee to secure the repeal of i lie present law was adopted. The meeting was attended by a larpe number of grocers of the state who recently have teen piosecuted by the state pure food officials for sell- ling adulterated meats, and the en tire evening was given up to the one subject. The grocers showed how they had purchased meats in good faith from large firms and how when samples were taken by the state officials and found to con tain acids the retail dealers were prosecuted and made to pay fines while the producers are let go. They claimed tint tha notoriety gained in the prosecutions hurt their business and they want steps taken for a betterment of condi- ions. The resolution adopted calls for a committee of five to make a call upon the governor of the state requesting htm to ask the special session of the legislrtttre to repeal the present law and present a more equitable one. Stamp Your Letters Rural mail carriers have received orders from headquarters to refuse to take unstamped mail from the boxes. Heretofore, patrons have dropped uustamped mail in the boxes; also deposited pennies for postage. Hereafter such methods will not be permitted, and stamps must be procured from the carrier or elsewhere and be properly affix ed by the patron to insure the ser- ice desired. List of Jurtrs for December Term JUKOKS BKCONI) WKKIv AkIi, W. 8., Ililurcreek. Hi'tz, Miluu ., liliKiiusbiirtr. IllOllHt, M. L., flit. Pll'UMIUlt. t mi 1 1 1 tor lit i it , JanieM, Pine, 'raw lord. Clinton. ML l'lcimnnt Clotsseii, l'uirli, Oriinire two. Deinott. CyrtiH. Millvillo. ln vis, C. , Jlrlarerwk. KvaiiB, A biter A., JSiiuti reek. KviuiH, Wai'latul. Montour. Orimt'8, li. it., Millvillo. HoUlren, (leorne, Pine. Hews, II, U. Jlci wick. lUt'ler, 15. A., ML Pleasant. lohtiHon, A. It., l'itic. Kuslincr, Peter, Montour. Kerrigan, JtimeH, Conyngliam, Klino, Henry, ML PliiiKtint. Kramer, t'lms., Madison. I.ubor, Oeoiifu, KisliitiL'croek. iow, .eriiin, Oriiiik'oville. arish. V. L.. Stnmrloaf. La.ams, Kinanuel. lllooniHlnirir. Marteenie, Clem., Berwick. Nihm, ilenry, Milllin. Kuwait, Dennis, Con yiigliiun. 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