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BIG SHIPS
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YARDS IN PHILADELPHIA,
Largest Derrick in the World, Four.
Day Steamers Declared Impossible.
Electricity on the Ocean.
The first impression of the visitor at
Cramps’ shipyards in Philadelphia is like-
ly to be simple bewilderment.
Workmen in apparently countless numbers
are everywhere busy at all sorts of strange
and noisy occupations. Some are pound.
ing away like mad, in squads, with small
hammers, upon great plates of cold iron
and steel: others are using powerful steam
hammers upon comparatively small bits
of white-hot metal. Here and there, mov-
mg in different directions, are ‘‘teams"” of
six or eight men, carting metal bars and
sheets on ir
one ol
wm trucks, and if the observer
man-power he will find
himself in the way of a locomotive crane,
bustling noisily about on a winding track,
picking up tons of metal in one part of
‘the yards and depositing the load in some
other location a few minutes later,
easily as a boy might hand
stovewood.
Looming high in the air are to
the massive hulls of numbers of vessels
battle merchantmen,
yachts—as vet unlaunched and in various
stages of construction, which fairly swarm
inside, above and below, with
striving workmen. Sitting low in the
water, between broad, long piers, are one
or two fichti which by and by
will take their places in the Ameri.
can naval tri l
After a w
to unfold 1
sees ti
is really
aimless running to
confusion. Over
near l
shop, the
It
yard’s mechanical wonders are
but whoever is
interesting machi
visitor to i
derricl
“This machi
executive si
all the « ipilal In
forty years ag
world, and
transportation,
as
a stick o
be seen
ships, pleasure
outside,
list of
of the place begin
» stranger. He
0s, there
There
HE des Le ie ar rent «
order everywher i8 no
Is no
it the
is in
asked concern
nes IS sure
equivalent of ty
With the
the arm,
1,563
coasting stean
12 116 feet
38 50 fe
boom is 38 feet
shipping the
the fowa,
‘Atlas
Mi
it I
Just twen
pl ance
Or ives si
If
w hers
maximun
the
tons
buildiz
( TRS
thers
£0ai 1
ful w
boiler Can
OIniZe Coal
greatly
steamships
‘Fle iT
see n
tricity is
francis
of our mu
+ Mme
: power
nstead
i: ir thie
ward
and as
lern marine
nave
SCTEWS,
woud
great a «
engine, and in wn, | + would
$10 be electric moto i turn he
Ocean trolley line s out of the guest
and
to the storace br rv. even if
brought to a
fection, whicl
teaarding the
building of
pew ‘canal
ship buildiug, it is said th
pected from that di
Ship banding
never become do
ea,” it
moucy can be
than man genera
ment The nited i wil
enter the list
until ita terri y is = rowded that it
must seek outlets for its products and em.
ployment for than self
development be
day nor in
there will be
kind between John Bull
for Great Dritain could
its shipping, and the
in.
there w nsuperable objections
it had been
|
aegree per-
probable influence of the
aragua Canal and the
American
is ex-
on at Cramps’,
era” on
iittie
al
will
in Amer.
more
1 ventures
improve.
hardly
ship
i
inant interests
owning
said “until
wns
made out SL
i
i
i
its enpital other
That
YOurs
a tremendons «
will not
When it does come,
ontest of some
and Sam,
not exist without
fittest will survive.”
Uncle
WOOD MADE FIREPROOF.
Successful Test With a Fire~ Resist-
ing Compound,
A successful test was made recent-
ly in New York of a new electric fire-
proof compound which injected into
wood it is claimed renders it fire~
resisting, and which has recently
been adopted by order of the Secre-
tary of the Navy in the construztion
of the war vessels of this government.
The object of the experiments was
to determined the value of the com~
pound when applied to building work.
The test was witnessed by Superin-
tendent Stevenson Constable, of the
New York Department of Buildings,
who at its conclusion expressed him-
sell guardedly «48 surprised at the
ability of the materials so treated to
resist n tremendous heat.
The tese wus conducted under the
supervision of Howard Constable,
be erected in the open
| ninth streets two model
| thelr course like those of the ordinary
| "0 »
i tenement. These stairways
houses were in close juxtaposition.
[The frames were ten feet high, by
six broad and about six feet in depth.
The stairways were in all particu
lars exactly similar, each having
strings, treads, risers, lathing under
neath, wainscot, balusters and rail.
Each frame was provided with a
door, attached to the side with heavy
iron hinges. The stairs were covered
with matting, and the handsome ash
balasters were highly polished.
The only difference between
stairways was that one was treated
with the electric fire resisting com
recently detected ‘‘firebugs”
ceeded. The same quantity of shav-
ings and kindling wood was placed
under both stairways, and then
structure was saturated with
| sene oil.
minute into a solid column
flame. The wind, sitting as
from the west, blew this
upon the adjoining structure which
had been treated with the new com-
pound. The bonfire
way. o! the latter blazed
fully, but the wood did
fifteen minutes the
coal
in a
Ie
in
mass of live
was
fierce
was a
other
the
subjecte
the roa
The
the rec
Naval
the 1
vessels built
1
ymimer
fut
remodelled
this regula tion
COUNTRY OF CAVES.
Another Mammoth One Found Near
Brookhaven, Ky.
found beauti
and sta
cesses of formation
found ls
fr Hn
and we many
tes agmit
kes of the ¢
some
were a Saw
| fhe
CAVE. Or a n : ft f half f m the
mouth ground
river, rooms
MY Cotrse,
vater was As clear as ervstal
and very cold, being of w
ture of about 40 degrees, or
freezing point We were greatly
surprised to find that it was as cold
water, while the temperature
of the cave wus as warm 60 de
grees. In some places the water was
four or five feet deep. while in other
places it widened out into little pools.
We waded the stream and went to the
end of the cave, or as far as we could
see that it extendad
It was after we had crossed the
that which inter
ested me even more than the
ery and exploration of the
tempera-
near the
as ice
as
dise pV
Cave
insects of the beetle species, whose
tecanical name is Anopthamus
tenuis. I have never seen any of
their kind anywhere They
have no eyes. and nature seems to
have made no provisions in them for
| those organs. They are a small in-
else,
| the rocks of the chambers. The only
| way in which I could get them from
| these crevices was by dashing water
against the walls of the cave,
An Artic Mirage.
Richard Willoughby, the discover
of the so called ‘Silent City.” in
Alaska, has arrived in San Francisco,
Ninety miles north of Juneau is a
Glacier, with a face 800 feet high.
t was at this place that the profess-
or thought he saw the mysterious
white city of beautiful design. He was
standing near the glacier when an
undistinet figure in the water at-
tracted his attention. He returned
to the spot the next day, and there
far below the water he saw he build-
ings of an ancient city. Several
weeks later he returned with a com-
panion, who took photographs of the
alleged city.
INFLUENCE OF A SONG,
|
grate to America.
| After thirteen months in Edin-
burgh he went to London. Every
young man in the United Kingdom
with a particularly brainy head, and
a fine plucky confidence in his abil-
ity to hew out his fortunes,
London, just as in America clever
young fellows from all parts of the
country come to New York
There in the vast metropolis the
voune art student made designs for
a manufacturer of stained gluss win-
dows and also painted pe He
was getting away from 3 glass fac-
tory a little, and was taking
str hold on art He was per-
| fectly willing to paint a portrait for
eight or ten dollars. He could
ish two of t a week.
One night he heard Harry
of his emigrant son
Russell was a concert singer of those
| days,
raits.
ng
nmger
fin-
hem
Russell
ging some zs
had a sympathetic voice
| and sang popular songs. That
tled it for young Brown. He would
He must “‘crossthe wide
And he did. He arrived
York on his twenty-second
and he hes been here ever
As usual, when he made a
from one place to another, he
for Liis art
new field. His three pound
prize and his portrait painting at ten
i vel ena
1
ile
set.
emigrate
blue sea
day
ction
y sought instru
dollars a portrait had
classe
then
Broadway
mas 8, Cammis
iasses at
far ¥
very
month
sijuads
ers, wWiio
with the
sudsters are
and ho
wii nat
n the
iit some
nited
part of his yout
or. worst of all
that there is a
our system corre
mation, and makes it
fair that
28 the reformer should know t
tramp from boyhood to manhood
Superficial and unsympathetic stud
ies of his character, with shallow the
ories about remedial measures, nave
go far failed signally in checking his
malign influence upon society.
States
rim sCHoos,
demonstrates
ure somewhere in
tion and refor-
necessary and
sociologist 18
e
of
only the
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a i
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well
Automatic Bobbin Feeder.
An important invention, now mak-
ing a place for itself in textile manu
facturing, is a loom which feeds the
bobbins into the shuttle automatic
ally. As this hitherto has been one
of the chief duties of the weaver, the
new device promises to supplant a
| considerable amount of labor. Five
persons can take care of eighty of
these looms where now =ix looms are
| most commonly assigned to a single
| operator. They can be run an hour
{or two after everybody has left the
factory at night and throughout the
noon hour, when the operatives are
| at dinner. How important the in-
| vention is may be judged from the
| fact that, where tried, it is saving
{ one-half the labor cost in weaving,
{and about one-fourth the whole
labor cost of manufacturing.
Electricity is now used to seal cans
of fruits and preserved meats. A
| conductive layer is formed on the lid
| of the can and a matal coating de-
| posited by the ordinary methods of
electro-plating. The process is also
being applied to the sealing of bottles
of wine, heer or chemicals,
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FOE TO RATTLESNAKES.
The Little Kingsnake Always Tackles
the Venomous Serpent.
No matter what the size of the Arizona
rattlesnake, a little, harmless two and a
nlf or three foot kingsnake will tackle
tiese monsters and vanquish them sooner
later He not
Venomous serpents,
o only seeks the king of
1
but also destroys all
other kinds
opportunity F
of that
poisonous whenever he has
an dc this reason pe
region, black or who have
iry
wile,
in the territ for any length of
I never kill
nake know.
wie dead the poor
I
as 1
performed tl
after cut
vax so far Iw
i msoif i
or
yn the big one’s tail 1 placed
gone
m, and
in a small iar, and now have
all to
and
him in alcohol for
of his great glorious
Wildcat Whipped By Tabbies.
A wildeat was killed in Farmer
Epi Staynor’s barn, at Whee
ler's Farms, Conn, one night recent
ly. in rather a remarkable way. Mr
Staynor has a family of nine
Maltese cuts. of which he has always
ery proud. People from all
over this region have heard of their
killing accomplishments
tried to buy some of the kittens, but
he would never part with one.
are of an unusually short legged.
heavily built breed, and though not
inrge, are extremely strong. They
or
three good sized prowling dogs have
iram
ul
wus set upon by the whole family of
cats and barely escaped total blind:
ness, receiving very severe injuries
nbout the face and arms. Rats,
mice, weasels, and skunks have been
practically extinot within the limits
uf the Staynor farm since the arrival
uf these fierce pussies,
They live in the barn, granary and
«tables, and never come into the
house. The hired man, Patrick No-
tan, hearing a fearful disturbance in
the cowstable about twilight, ran in,
p telitork in hand, to see what was
the matter. He merely took one
look around the stable door. and see.
ing a big wildeat crouched in
furthest corner ready for a spring,
he slammed the door and ran to the
house. Mr. Staynor’s wife and son
Ben were the only ones at home, and
the latter got his revolver and pro-
ceeded to the stable There
found the savage lynx engaged in
mortal combat with the whole tribe
of The snarls, spittings
hissings and growls were frightful he
says, and when the wild eat saw him
she attempted to
He closed it all but an inch. thrugs
his revolver through t pening and
waited for a chances $0 shoot, Whean
he got it he hit only one car of
but that was fatal
great cat raised her head
ment Lo see whence the blow
Dinah the old mot
prang in and curled
1g two rows of
ond of
empt 10
puss. and
up
y-one pounds
Ul ever taken
Maltese,
‘leap for the door
ne
beast
the
; AIO,
ner Ma tesa
around her neck
testh in the ’
fierce
mas
then
thea
A Winged Kentucky Snake.
tson, the well
ant, has di
of the serpent fan
in the knobs bac
+ i
yesterday
payment
{or Mrs i ood
an Desert
one of the mo
Wn 8 the 3 (
H. Beardsley Arizona
and all this wi to the work
{ irrigation. Already the Salt River
La ii
ley is a bloom ng bower, with
be due to t
Val
ear
table and frait products of all varie
ties, and surprising combinations
the propagatie and elevati
many vegetable grades. A movement
is now under Way to cam the Agua
Fria River in the highlands west and
northwest of Phoenix and bring
thousands of acres of arid land within
cultivation, This entire country. af
one time unproductive of anything
but cacti and sage brush, will soon be
considered highly valuable and worthy
of attention.
its
est and sweetest oranges vege
mn i
Odd Scarecrows in Trees.
The stuffed calico cat: made of
print cloth stamped with the picture
of a tabby and stuffed with cotton in
animal, which were a common toy
with children a few years ago, have
been put to a novel use lately in Lin.
coln County, Me. The farmers have
fastened the calico cals up among
the branches of their fruit trees, and
it is said they most. effectually scare
away predatory birds. It would seem
the idea could be extended into the
making of lifelike stuffed calico
huntsmen for use as scarecrows in
cornfields and melon patches.
Wn"
Discovery of the Mammoth Cave.
The most plausible and reliable
date for the discovery ¢f the Mam-~
moth Cave, says Eider Thomas B.
Howe, is 1,806. During that year
a crippled hunter named Hutchine
pursued a wounded bear into it and
shortly afserward announced his dis.
covery.
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THE MANATEE.
rm—— so ———
One of the Strangest of Animals
Native to America.
Of all the large animals of the
form than the Manatee.
this strange creature is
size, often reaching a
hundred pounds
taining a length of
feet yet I
Although
goodly
of several
of
' venture to say
every four thousand in the United
IW Urine and of
rrectly
answer the
Manatee?
the
Sv
BIAV(
question,
Whe
name of the
sLU
surety you
answer forthwi
The Manatee
son solely because |
ruped which cat
DAYg-IIKe
vag i
WOISRESS |
. » terra
creek, all you 0 do is
the boat i r little bls
will i ace
dragnet
terrapin are bagged.
A Horrible Tragedy.
A horrible tragedy took place not
long since in a menagerie at Lyons
A clerk had the entree of the menag
erie. and was on friendly terms with
the staff of the He made up
his mind to be photographed the
central lions” eage. and went to the
menagerie without the knowledge of
the proprietor in order to carry out
his intention He entered the cage.
which was. of course. empty. and
while the photographer was getting
ready his camera he approached the
neighboring cage. in which an enor
mous lion, named Romulus. lay
sleeping He did all he could to ex
gite the animal through the bars and
while pressing against the partition
inadvertently opened the trap door
which separated the two-cages. The
lion bounded through the opening
and, springing upon the unfortunate
clerk, seized his head in its mouth,
crushing it terribly. The young fel-
low was killed almost instantaneous.
ly.
Fancy velvets, velours and velve-
teens will also be features ot the
autumn and winter. Velvets printed
in Indian fine patterns, green, dark
blue, crimson and a deep orange, are
to be used with the cloth gowns quite
profusely for accessories. Mandarin
yellow will have a place also, but in
smaller quantities, as a little make a
reat show, but judiciously used
ooks very weil in combination with
the dark blues and greens, peenin
out among the many lapels |
folds.
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