THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURO, PA 111 II 1P1 Novel Engine of Destruction Velocity Mile a Minute HOWSPEED1S REGULATED Eu-li Torpedo Costs About Five Tliniisiuxl Ihillurs run lto lls rlinrgrd from Hubtnnrlno One I'IioiihiukI I'lws i:m-r Into It Construct Ion. Tim Scientific American gives tome of the details of the torpedo's construction: First the head, con taining the exploBlvo; then the cen tral flask, In which the compressed air for driving the torpedo is stored, and last conies the nftor body, which contains the turbine for operating tbo propollers, the lmmerfllon cham ber, for regulating the depth of the tornedo In the water, and the gyro scope gear, by which the torpedo Is automatically steerod and kept In position during Its lino of flight to the ship to be attacked. The head of the torpedo Is con sidered a beautiful specimen of hnm Diered sheet-metal work. It Is made J:i halves, divided longitudinally, the edges of the Joints being mndu with a square saw tooth form and braced twthcr. The "war head," which Is dis tinguished from tho practice head, Is used only In actual hostilities, Is loaded with 132 pounds of guncot tor, containing 2li per cent, of nmls tvre. This guncotton Is packed In disks, throuKh the confer of which Is 0 tiolo containing i c;irtrld;r! primer of dry giiiicntton for exploding tho cliargo. Tho small propeller In the ex- I treme point of the torpedo Is for preventing premature explosion, which it does by locking the firing pin. Hera is how tho mechanism works: When tho torpedo Is fired from the ship's tube nnd enters the water the revolution of the pro pellers releases a "sleeve" which un covers tho firing pin, putting It In position to strike tho detonating pri mer at the Instant the torpedo finds lis mark. The central body or shell of the torpedo occupies a llttlo more than otu-hnlf Its total length. The mighty weapon Is made of a special forged steel of an elastic limit of at least 19.000 pounds. The active portion of the torpedo the tall contains In Its forward end tho wonderful llttlo torpedo en gine that drives the propeller. It Is of tho Curtis compound type and consists of a central row of fixed blades and two wheels, one eleven and one-eighth Inches and the other nearly twelvo . inches in diameter. There are two propellers running In opposite directions. It is almost Inconceivable the com pressed power or energy which Is generated for tho emergency when this terror of tho sea is ready to be burled against tho enemy. The turbine runs at a speed of 10,000 revolutions a minute, but Is reduced by gears to a speed of 00 revolutions for tho propeller. This develops 160-horso power, giving a speed for forty knots an hour, al though the contract speed required by tho government Is only thlrty-slx Knots. There are holes for the water to enter on one side, and on the other are a series of colled springs so ad Justed that their pressure is exactly equal to the pressure of the water at the given depth at which the torpe do Is to travel. If the Intelligent monster is to de scend below that depth the water pressure, overcoming the springs, pushes the diaphragm inwardly. On the contrary, If the torpedo Is above tho desired depth, the sprlngB over come the water pressure, push the diaphragm outward and allow more water to enter, and thus sink the boat to the required depth. By previous adjustment the tor pedo can be set to run at any desired depth, say five feet below the sur fce. and keep that depth steadily maintained until the enemy has been struck and destroyed. It Is said that tho most interesting feature In the building of the new torpedoes Is the Improved turbine engine that drives them. Perhaps the most novel and start llug invention Is a new device for In creasing the speed at the very mo ment when it Is most needed. This la obtained by the use of an alco holic flame applied to the com pressed air. The flame Is automatically lighted the moment the torpedo leaves the rouanle of the tube. The compressed air flask contains a burner and the flame is fed automatically with al cohol. The flow Is so regulated that an even temperature Is maintained dur ing the run of the torpedo to the doomed warship. It is this super heating process that gives the great uperlorlty claimed over the White head type. More than a thousand distinct pieces of bronse, brass and steel are used in the manufacture of the deli cate and wonderful adjustments of the torpedo, making It, It Is said, the costliest bit of ordnance In our navy. Each torpedo costs about $5,000, which Is but a bagatelle In case a $5,000,000 battleship Is blown Into kindling wood and scrap Iron at a moment's notice. A Poor Showing. The people of this country spond about five times as much for liquors 8 they do for books, papers and pe riodicals. That on American rorcsts abound In pianis wnicn po-'es t ue mosi vamnnip medicinal virtues 1.4 abundantly attested by scores of tho most eminent medical writers and teachers. Even tho untu tored Indians had discovered tho useful nnss of many native plants lief ore tho advent of the white race. This Informa tion, Imparted freely to thn whites, led the latter to continue Investigations until to-day we have a rich assortment of most valuable American medicinal roots. O O Dr. Fierce believes that our American for ests lfrml in most valuatiln medicinal mots fu the cuNxjf mot olmttiiato and fatal dla caJcs, If wcvnofrtdproperly Investigate thtnit nil latwifrmjnim of this conviction, ha DOtlHarw 1th prWTK4a Hie, ilmwt mm-wlnn CQTery." which has proven luijlf In hii lht fill' -l""'- '"'"' ' "T" Invhftir regn I alor. and IIhh elf ansHf kti'Htn to medical hi;lencf. DyMiep Bla. or indlvesllun. torpid llver7Tunctlutial and even valvular and other affections of the heart yield to Its curative action. The reaion wny It cures, these and many other affections, la clearly shown In a little book of eitracts from thu standard medical woika which la mailed frre to any address by Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, V. V., to all sending requeat (or the same. C i. O Not leas marvelous. In tha unparalleled cure It Is constantly making1 of woman's many peculiar affections, weaknesses and llitr!tsjnf dortrwj'ments, la l)t. Pierce's FavorltsNJ'rcacrlpylolivas Is amply attested by thousaiMs ofj$W4JiUotltnonlal con ti 'United byVerTfeful ptulr'rm who have, tven cured by It olratnrjhl.niiyif uTij.jmlnfiTf Periods. Ii ri gul:irltli'sjirolBlsu j:id utlirf litloii utu.''Tns nnTkindreil anvctiyns often after many other ad vcrll&cd uicdiciijus, and physicians had failed. O C Until tho almvo mentioned medicines aro Wholly made up from the dyccrlc extracts of native, medicinal roots. Thn piix-esses em ployed In their manufacture were original with Dr. Pierce, and they ate carried on by skilled chemists and pharmacists with tha aid of apparatus anil appliances specially desltrned nSd built fur this purpose, ltotli medicines are entirely free from alcohol and all other harmful, hublt-fortiiintf ilruifs. A full list i f their Inu'iediutiU lit prin led on each buttle-wruppur. A fj l.irei',:eicy Huff. A very convenient addition to the medicine closet Is an emergency bag. It sho.ild bo made of two strips of heavy linen or denim, about six or seven Inches deep, the back piece to be fiii'lo about eighteen Inches long sr.d the front twenty-seven Inches. Tho two strips should bo bound to fyther at. the ends and ucross tha bottom, then stitched, to form sev eral pockets. A flap should bo but toned over the top and each pocket labeled with Indelible Ink. One pocket should contain rolls of bandages, anothor bits of old soft II: on, another lint from worn-out r.nrkins. Other pockets should be made to hold bottles of arnloa, witch hazel, carbolic, Jamaica ginger, ab sorbent cotton, a box of healing s;ilve, a piece of castlle soap and iclf a dozen fingers cut from old, ;.irj;e kid gloves. Kver Ileutly Spool Holder, Rrci-'sniakera, tailors and others wi'o do a great dual of sewing will be interested in the spool holder aho.vn in the Illustration. A resl de.it of Honolulu Is responsible for tit; Invention. As a rule, dresa-m.-.kcrs ure In the habit of contiuu- IN BAST REACH, losing their spool of cotton. ally Generally the spool Is placed on n near-by table, where It can be leuJi ly knocked off and lost. This sim ple little spool holder was designed especially to guard against such accidents. It Is made of wire Lent to shape, the upper edgt formed Into a pin, with a co-operating hook, by which It is secured to the gar ment, where it can be most conven iently reached. The spool of cotton being used Is slipped over the lower rod, where It thread Is used another is quickly pro cured without the necessity of reach ing to the table for the spool or bunting It on the floor. Becoming Jewelery. To Insure beauty Jewels must be worn with regard to color. Take, for instance, highly colored gems such as rubles and sapphires. They could not be worn wtth any shade of red. Soft colors should always be selected In such cases turquoises, pearls or diamonds. The woman with dull eyes must never wear diamond earrtnga, for these stones will make them duller. The pearl softens the face more than any other Jewel. A nother stone which Is equally be coming la the opal. A atone called tonklnolse, which Is pure blue, makes a sallow skin many shades lighter. New York's Flower Habere. Out of every hundred makers of artificial flowers in New York Olty seventy-four are under 14 years old. New York City makes four-fifths of all the artificial flowers used In the United States. CAHF.F.n OF GFA. KVKOKI. 121 1 Admirable War Work In the Jap anese Service. It was in 1884 that a Prince of Gwedon, whose name history does not. revenl, visited Japan as a guest of tho nation. A graduate of tho military schools of Europe, tho visi tor was reputed to be one of tho lead In;; Princes of his time In skill aa a military strategist and tactician. There was detailed as his escort a quint-spoken staff officer, of the Mik ado's army, a man with the taciturn ity of a Grant and the face of a Sheridan. As he was completing his visit, the Prince turned to his escort and said: "I thought I had learned all that there was to know of tactics and strategy, but you have shown me that there was much more knowledge to -J g- yT i 'SH k .-I :sv GfciN. ITliL KUUUK1. bo obtained on military matters than can be had In the schools of Kuropn. Taking your schooling from us you havo greatly Improved on everything Unit wo taught." Tho rtaff olllcer to whom tho Prince paid this high compliment wus Oeu. Itel Kurokl, the now celebrated war rior who commanded tho First Army Corps In tho war with Hussla, and who rendered such conspicuous ser vice that Field MarshalOyama ro- fered to him as his strong rljht arm." Born sixty-two years ago In Sat- suma, the "Sparta of Japan," Kurokl at an early age entered the military service of the Mikado, and rose grade by grade from the lower ranks, at taining in 1894 the rank of Lieut enant General. This was the year of Japan's war with China, and In that conflict Kurokl commanded the Sixth Division of the invading army. It Is rolated that his division had been scheduled to be the last one to be embarked for the Invasion of China, and that Kurokl chafed so much over the Inaction that he fretted himself Into a state of Illness. But imme diately the troops were landed and the smoke of battle began to roll from the front, all of Kurokl's Illness vanished and he Joyously exclaimed: "Ah, this makes me well again." From the very beginning of the war with Russia, Kurokl halted tho world's attention by the display of his military skill. Then it was that people begun to Inquire more closely about this warrior whose military genius shone resplendent. Efforts were made to trace his origin, and. although the Inquirers found little assistance from the silent soldier, It was finally ascertained that he was of Polish origin. A nephew of tho General, who was then pursuing his studies In Europe, wrote a letter In which he said that Kurokl's father was a Polish nobleman who had fled from Russia after the revolution of 1831. This nobleman, whose name was Kourowskt, first went to Paris, afterward to Turkey, later Joining the Holland troops In Borneo. From Borneo he went to Japan and there married a Japanese. From the union was born Kurokt, who because of the nationality of his fathor, was nick named "The Pole." It Is said that the General is very proud of his Polish origin, and that he has always cherlsed the dying wish of the father that the son would some day be able to take vengeance on the Russians for their cruel treat ment of unhappy Poland. Koroki's part In the last great battle of the Russo-Japanese war, that of Mukden, was that of a flero and vigorous attack upon the very strong position that was held by the Russian center, not with any hope of carrying It, but in order to force Ko ropatkln to carry out the movement which ultimately led to his destruct ion. "My book should be worth its weight in gold," exclaimed the en thusiastic young author. "Hum!" remarked the unemotional publish er, "it is pretty heavy, isn't it?" CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought HI SI Hi A Work in Which Good Looks Bring Money. FEW HOURS, LIGHT JOB Handsome Voting Men Harder to I'lnd Than Handsome Young Wo men Tho Calling One That Does Not Afford Permanent Kinptoy inent The Slides Catalogued. In response to an advertisement calling for "handsome young men to pose for pictures" there appeared young men to the number of five. Of these two could not have been by any stretch of the imagination con oldened handsome, says the Boston Post. What they were wanted for was to pose for pictures to be reproduced on lantern slides to be used on the stage with illustrated songs. For an Illustrated song there aru usually required seventeen slides. As to Its words, the song Is likely to consist of two versos, with a chorus repeated after each verse, thus giving the song i.s seng four suctions. One of the lutHern slides used with the song shows a reproduction of tho title pugu of Its sheet music, and this picture Is first thrown on the screen; and then as the singer k;!n:-'s It the pictures In illustration of the words aro shown. Most of the Illustrated songs are love songs, ahd so of the uiuu re quired for tho Illustration of such songs tho greater number must be voting. It is easy to siiy what would be the Ideal requirements of a man who would make a completely satis factory picture of a lover. He must be of soocl stature, any way, and then he would need to be of good figure and bearing, a fine manly, courageous young man, and withal handsotiio. As such a combin ation 13 tolerably hard to find In one young man, tho lantern slide peoplo have more or less dlfileulty In find ing really suitable subjects.. In search them they advertise in the newspapers, aud have recourse to theatrical agencies, whore they may fin 1 actors engaged In minor parts or othor young men who meet the requirements nnd are willing to pose. Occasionally, frm one or another of these sources, thoy get precisely what they want; more often, us hap pons In so many other pursuits, they mtift bo satisfied to get as near to It as they can. The young man who finds himself selected to pose for a series of pic tures for an illustrated song may be taken to bo photographed a llttlo dlstuhce Into the country or perhaps to the seashore, there to be posed and pictured, for many of theso sou pictures are shown with a nature background, and It Is sought to make this true to the song. If a city back ground Is required the subject would be posed and photographed In tho city streets. For this work of posing for Illus trated song pictures the pay is $4 a day, which may not seem like very large pay, but It Isn't so bad when it is considered that the hours are short and the work easy; and really It is likely to be so much velvet for those who can fill the requirements and who have the time for It. Frequently there may be required for one series of pictures more than one day's sittings, perhaps a day and a half, or it might be two days, mak. tng the work at the price paid fairly remunerative. It cannot, however, be followed as an occupation, but only as occasional work. The lantern slide makers keep a catalogue of all the subjects that have posed for them, and in this catalogue aro Jotted down not only names and addresses but such per sonal charac teristics as might serve as a guide In the selection of subjects to be called upon to pose In the future as occasion might require, but commonly, to avoid repltttlon in the pictures, once in say six months would be as often as subjects would be called upon, and so posing for pictures for Illustrated songs Is an occasional employment only. Women are posed for pictures for Illustrated songs as well as men, and, of course, handsome women are far more numerous than handsome men; but still It Is not so easy as it might seem It would be to find hand some young women exactly suited to the requirements of this work. Tho young women required are found among artists' models, and some times, as In the case of young men, through theatrical agencies. Roytil Teetotallers. Queen Victoria of Spain di9s uol know the tate of alcohol. Her spe cial "tipple" lw niacu from orangjs the fresh fruit squeezed Into a glass, which is filled with aerated vators. Oranges are her favorite fruit. For years PrlncesB Henry of Bat tenberg was ateetotaller, but of late she has suffered so much from rheu matism that she has been ordered a little whiskey, which she regards as a penance. Both Princess Christ ian's daughters, too, are teetotallers. All the children of the Prince and Princess of Wales are being brought up strict teetotallers and they know nothing of alcohols. Princess Pat rlca of Connaught and her married sister also abjure wine. Another royal teetotaller Is the Duchess of Argyll and the two daughters of tho Princess Royal their highnesses Al exandra and Maud, have never In their lives touched wine. VIKWS OF HF.V. C. F. A K F.D. An Kngllsh Xon-coniforttil.it of tli" Most Pronounced Type, The Rev. C. V. Aked. a "fighting parson," an Kngllsh Nonconformist of the most pronounced type, und a champion of the poor and downtrod den, and pastor of a "millionaire's church," of which John L. Uocko f el lor is a member, and his sou, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., u Tni.sic", expresses his views In the following remarks, says the New York Times. "My passion has always been lor liberty," and to work for those who are struggling for liberty." Along these lines he represents an advanced school of thought, and Is clnsldored one of te foremost preach ers of England. He Is consplclous su a reformer. He attacks municipal questions and social vices, especially Intemperance. He was a leader In the Armenian movement In England And one of the founders of the I'usslvo Resistance League, whose mombus, as Nonconformi.sta, refuse to pay tho tax imposed to support the teachings of the Church of England In the schools. Mr. Akod's desire for liberty of speech lu the Boer war extended even to the point of riot and bodily vio lence. Durlna the Matabele and JTashona campaigns of 1893 he de nounced the EngllHh policy persis tently. Then cause the "Black Week" of crushing defeat for the British In tho Transvaal. Mr. Aked announced a lecture on the iniquity of the British rule for the following Sun c'h.'. Two hundred policemen came to Ms Liverpool chapel to preserve ordor. So great was the cxcltoment th;it Mr. Aked and his wife were forced to leave the building by a side door. A mob of 1,000 people followed their carriage, tried to wreck Mr. Aked's dwelling, and chattered all t'uo windows. For five weeks Mr. Aked persisted hi denouncing the Government. The pcenes were repeated each Sunday. The police guard was increased to 300. Tho riots became a habit with the people. Tho disorders finally ceased when tho clergyman agreed to leave Liverpool for one Sunday. Then tho rioters were dispersed. He Is 4 2 years old, above medium height, und with reddish-brown hair and a blonde mustache touched with gray. Mr. Aked is a native of Nottingham, England. While hardly more than a boy he began life as an auctioneer. '1 REV. C. F. AKED. His father had been in that trade be fore him, but died when his son was 12 years old. After serving as a clerk in a coal office the youth be came an officer for the Sheriff of Derbyshire. The merest chance turned him to the ministry. He decided to go to New Zealand, started with his mother for London, and engaged passage on a steamship that was about to sail for the antipodes. He called ou a London clergyman of his acquain tance to obtain a letter of Introduct ion to people in New Zealand. Their conversation determined tho young man to become a minister. Studies In the Midland Baptist College and University College and charges at Syston, near Leicester, and at St. Helen's, Lancashire, preceded his pastorate sixteen years at Pembroke Chapel Liverpool. At the start his congrgeatlons in the Liverpool church did not number over fifty people. Now the capacity of tho chapel more than a thousand people Is con. stantly tested. Mr. Aked came to America, It is contended, to widen the sphere of his work and In the hope that his health would Improve in the new land. He told his friends In England that the American millionaire Is grossly mis understood abroad. He did not ap preciate their piety before he met them, he Is quoted as saying, but when he knew them better ho ad mired "the simplicity of their lives and their desire to do good in the world." ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Xalate a Jaoob K. H'elllver, late of the Borough Of Berwick, ra. 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