THE MARGE'S MARVELOUS DOABLE TURRET. SSSS=S=SSS=^SSS=S^SSSSSSSSSSSB» During the recent sea test of the new United States battleship Kear sarge, the purely American device of two-story turrets was first put to the service tiring test with remarkable success. The figures given of the tre mendous shooting power of this magnificent engiue of destruction are almost inconceivable. The Kearsarge is now the most powerful warship in the world. At a single broadside the guns of the ship threw a mass of ohilled eteel from the rifles of her main battery aggregating 5750 pounds, with a muzzle energy of foot tons. At each discharge of the four guns in the double turrets 2700 pounds of projectiles were thrown out with a velocity of 3100 feet n second. The two twin turrets, one fore and the other aft, each contain a pair of 8-inch rifles superimposed upon a pair of 13-inch guns. In •casemate protection between these turrets are fourteen 5-inch rapid-fire rifles, of which seven nre in each broadside. iNewYork's Rapid fraqsit System Zt T Oreatest of City Tunnels. Three years from now New York's great underground rapid transit trunk line will stand completed. From the Postollice at Broadway and Barclay street a New Yorker will go home to dinner under Broadway, under Elm street, under the Boulevard to Harlem in fifteen minutes. This will bo the "maiu line" of the tiew rapid system. But this is not all. From the "main line" another tun- Haw THK OPERATION OF "TURNING THE AK.JI" WILI4 HE CONDUCTED ON BROADWAY. nel road will branch oft' at Ninety sixth street nad run across to the East Hide and under the Harlem River to Bronx Park. Still another brauch road will start from the main line at the Postoffice, run under the East River and out into the far suburbs of Brooklyn. The maiu trunk line and the Bronx division will cost $35,000,000 and will bo built at once. The Brooklyn branch roads will follow in time. It is the greatest engineering feat of tho be ginning of the new centuty. The method of building tho new line is interesting not only because of These stations will be on either side of the street, as in the case of the present elevated stations, only passen gers will go downstairs instead of up to take tho trains. The passageways leading down will be walled with white enamel brick, and lighted by electricity until it is almost as bright as day. At the Chamber street station, where TRANS-SECTION OF TUNNEL CYI.JNDER4 UNDER THE RIVER. (he four-track system of express and local tracks begins will be a commo dious aad well arranged station. To board a local train uptown ono will Uko u car on the outer track. To take tbe distance it traverses anil the fact that it runs beneath crowded city streets, but because it will include in one part or another of its course al most every form of underground work. Although popularly known as a tunnel, it will be constructed as a tunnel proper through only a small portion of its extent, and for another small distance it will be a viaduct or elevated structure. Throughout the OBEAT TERMING greater part of its coarse, however, the new road will be built in an open trench, which afterward will be covered over and will form ft subway. Be tween City Hall Park aud Kings bridge and Bronx Park—the three termini of the line—almost every form of soil will be encountered. Sand aud silt, mud aud water, coarse gravel and solid rock must be removed. Sewers, gas and electric mains and street car tracks must be moved into new positions, and the work must go on with as little interruption to Ptreet traffic as possible. Thus, it will be seen, the problem before the contract or is a complex one and the various portions of it must be met with vari ous solutions. The accompanying illustrations will give a precise notion of the relative position of the tunnels to the streets and rivers when completed. From the City Hall, where the "underground" will have its southern terminus iu a great loop about the Postoffice, four tracks will be laid directly under Broadway, thus following the great artery of business traffic north toward the West Side suburb at Kings bridge, while a branch from Ninety-sixth street will extend under the Harlem B.iver to tbe Bronx Park region. Theso sections will thus be brought within twenty or tweuty-flve minutes' ride to the City Hall by express train. The two central tracks are to be devoted TRANS-SECTION OP FOUR-TRACK TUNNEL UNDER BROADWAY. to through express trains, the outer ones to local traffic. Stations will occur at about the same frequency as those of the present elevated railroad. The entrances will bo at the level of JOIIN B. M'DONALD, the street, consisting of neat iron aud bronze framework, with glass roofs covering the descending stairways, an express train passengers will go along an intermediate gallery, which passes over tho out(-r local track, de scending to the express tracks, which are in the middle. Eloctricity is to be the motive force on the now proved and practical "third-rail" plan. At frequent inter vals ventilating flues are to be con structed with powerful electric fans to preserve a circulation of air. Later on a branch tunnel is togo under East River and ramify through the great Borough of Brooklyn. One of the most interesting and peculiar parts of the underground system will be where the East Side section will go under the Harlem Biver. The tracks will divide here and each will go under the water in a separate cast iron cylinder fifteen feet in diameter. The circular passageways will look like gigantic water pipes and will keep the water of the river out quite as ef fectually as genuine water pipes keep water in. John B. McDonald, who has under taken this multi-million dollar con tract and will be the directing head of the great work, is a native of Ireland. He was born in County Cork fifty-six years ago and catne to this country when he was fifteen years old.' A Need Well Met. German scientists are advocating that physicians take practical lessons in cooking, iu order that they shall know the value of every kind of food from a bygienio and medical stand point. Charlestown was settled in 1629 and was annexed to Boston in 1873. CROWN PRINCESS STEPHANIE WEDS. She Formally Heroines Hid Wife of Count Kleiner Lonyay. Crown Priucess Stephanie of Aus tria, despite the persistent prohibition eof her father, King Leopold of Bel gium, was married recently at Miramai Castle, near Trieste, to Count Elemet Lonyay. By com mand of Emperoi Francis Joseph the ceremony was strict ly private. It w»f « court chaplain, Bis- Jfi hop Mayer, in pres cuowN tbixccss. etice of eix wit- STEPHANIE. ließS6st. The Emperor, Stephanie s father in-law, was not present, but his ma jesty wired his congratulations. Im mediately after the ceremony the im perial flag of Austria-Hungary, which has waved over the chateau, was hauled town in token that the Crown Priucess had ceased to be a member of the house of Hapsburg. The question of Stephanie's reten tion of the title of royal highness, to which she was borr, is still unan- swe re d. Her father endeavored Sr to stop the pay- ■&. meut of his daugh tor's 'appanage of W 50,000 francs was settled on her at the time of her marriage with "Yfl Crown Prince Ru- ■'] / " ' dolph of Austria, loxyay. but in this bis majesty was not suc cessful, because the nuptial contract expressly provides that the annuity shall coutinue during Stephanie's life time. The tragic death of her first hus baud, who was slain by a disappointed sweetheart of the beautiful Baroness Vera, January 10, 1889, at an imperial hunting lodge, near Vienna, caused the retirement of Crowu Princess Ste phanie for a time, but not beyond the period of mourning prescribed by the house rules. When she appeared in public again she evinced a great dis position for a'-uusemeut in aud out of court circles. In this way she became acquainted with Count Lonyay, u Hungarian nobleman of considerable wealth. He is a Protestant, a circum stance which increased the dislike of the Emperor of Austria of a union which meant the withdrawal of the Crown Princess from court functions, at which she has been the uudisputel ruler siuce the death of Empress Elizabeth of Austria in September, 1898, under the poniard of the anar chist Luchuni,nt Geneva, Switzerland. Tun Tun: Will It Cure Leprosy? Two dozeu specimens of the Vene zuelan plant known as tua tua have been sent from Washington to Hawaii for the purpose of making a test ol its alleged wonderful power as a cure for leprosy. Tho plant will be tested at, the leprosy hospital there, where the 1073 lepers will afford every facility for a thorough trial. Surgeon D. A. Carmiehaei, of the Marine Hospital, has also sent half a dozen bottles of the liquid preparation to Molokai, and this will be use I for immediate tests, while the plants will bo set out aud cultivated, with the purpose of pro viding nulimited fresh material for further use. Wonderful stories are current ill Venezuela about the marvelous cura tive properties of tua tua when applied to leprosy, and the Government pby THE TUA TUA PLANT OF VENEZUELA, SAID TO POSSESS WONDERFUL CURATIVE PROPERTIES IN- CASES Or LKTIIOSV. sicians attach considerable importaneo to the evidence given them. It is proposed also to tost it iu the island of Guam, that tiny spec of Pacific laud that came to us with out- other Span ish war acquisitions. Com pre hen*! ve On a tombstono ia an old Now Eur. land oliurchyard there is au epitaph which nevor fails to bring a smile to the face of the reader: "To the memory of Ann Sophia and .Tulia Hattie, his two wives, this stone is erected by the grateful widower, Janles B. Rollins. They made home pleasant."—Woman's Journal. HOW TITLES ARE PLACED. A Missouri River *eri-yiu<&n Explains Pit Methods. It is a rather difficult task to point out the traits of manner and the "ear marks" which entitle a mau to be dis tinguished by such honorable appella tions as "Judge," "Colonel," "Cap tain," or one or tbe other titles be stowed in every community upon its various citizeus. And sometimes the reasons are not a'ways complimentary to tbe character of tbe wearer. A tenderfoot was standing watch ing a ferryman 011 tbe Missouri river, which was not very wide at that par ticular point, so that ho had frequent opportunities lo converse with the ferryman as he went back and forth with his load. At one of tbe pauses between loads the ferryman ligh'ed his pipe and prepared to resume the conversation interrupted by the last trip. "I notice," observed the tender foot, "that you address each of yout male passengers either as 'captain,' 'colonel' or 'general,' or some such distinguished title. Now, is it a fael that these gentlemen you have carried over are all captains, colonels and sc forth?" "La.vs, 110," replied the ferryman, laughing heartily. "Tbe j," asked the tenderfoot, "how do yon come to give all these titles to these people?" "Well, you see," said the ferry man, "in this country people are not all alike. There's sometbin' about each of them that's ditiereut. Now, a man of a certain style we call 'cap tain,' then there's the style we call 'colonel,' and some's 'general.' See?" His listener responded in tbe affirma tive, though the various marks were not distinct enough iu his mind to enable him to "bran I" the passengjrs. Just then an individual wearing a battered silk hat of mauv years' vintage and arrayed in a sleok Prince Albert coat, hove in sight. One leg of his paut9 was in his boot while the other leg was badly torn. His shirt front was bespattered with tobacco juice, his eyes were bleared. His nose fairly blossomed. "And what would you call him?" asked the tenderfoot as the newcomer approached. "Oh," said the ferrymau; "that's easy. We'd call him 'julge.' " —New York Suu. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. The Ilussian form of salutation is brief, consisting of the single word "prascha l ," said to sound like a sneeze. The Otaheite islander will twist the and of the departing guest's rooe ami then solemnly shake his own hand? three times. A curious test for deafness nas been brought before tbe Paris Academy ol Medicine by Dr. Bonnier. On apply ing & tuning fork to the knee or other part of the bouv structure, nothing is beard by the suuud ear, but the note is distiuctlv audible to au ear iu which disease has be»uu. According to the Paris Gaulois, M. Arboin, the liewly-eleuted deputy fot Troves, is literally incapable of sit ting iu the F. eucli Chan her, although legally elected, lie is so extremely corpulent that none of the seats allotted to the deputies is large enough for hi in, and one will have to be espe chilly made to measure. 111 Seoul, Ko 'en, a liell is rung at sunset, and when the golden orb has sunk beneath tbe hori/.ou every man must be safely housed. If a mau should be found in the street after that time he ik liable to the punishment of a Hogging; b-it oddly enough, women are allowed togo about as usual, vis iting their friends or strolling übou ( according to their pleasure. Very young lambs are as like a? peas iu a pod to everything, except the noses of their mothers. A hun dred ewes at pasturo, with lambs of the same size, will make 110 mistake about their children, that is, if the children have once be -u accepted as their own. >-'o;netiuies it happens that for uo visible reasou a ewe re jects her lamb an I cannot be induced to own it. If she has twins she may >wu one and re ect tbe other. One of the most difficult and pecti liar surgical operations ever attempted iu Maryland was successfully per formed at St. Jo-eph's hospital in Bal timore, when Professor Louis McLane Tiflany, assisted by Dr. C'ary Gable aud other surgeons of the hospita l , removed from the head of Chas. lio1il Hint* j Gold frames may be cleaned by wip | ing with a cloth dipped in sweet oil. If you have to iron silk, place a j pie eof cheese cloth over it, and iron : on that. Quaint 1 'ttie china-topped corks are to be had lor use in a bottle alter it is j opeued. A piece of rare beefsteak left over from breakfast makes and excellent sandwich tilling for the lunch basket if sliced thin or chopped very tine and seasoned with salt and pepper. Knitting wool can be made a fast color by soaking it iu a stroug solu tion of salt and water, taking it out after a few minutes' immersion and hanging to dry in the open air. A novelty in the stove line is one made of tiles in the old Dutch fashion, for gas. This is intended primarily for tiled bath rcoius, but is quite ar tistic enough for any room witli whose color scheme it would harmonize. If you do up your own shirt waists you will Cud a shirt waist board a convenience. Ou such a board the V~eves may be ironed without leaving crV, It should be covered with at le\ ~ thicknesses of flannel and then Wi.u ' white cotton. Iu 'ns it is well to remember that in.i that grow un der ground, such as >eets, potatoes, onions and turnips, should be cooke.l covered closely, while all greeu vege tables, ldse cabbages, should be un covered to keep the odor good. When your umbrella is wet stand it with the handle down so that the drippings may not rust the framework, and when you are ready to put the umbrella away carefully wipe the han dle, go over the silk part with a soft, dry cloth, and satisfy yourself that it is quite dry. It is well worth remembering that when brasses have been brightly pol ished they may be brushed over with a little brass lacquer or shellac, that may be procured at any paint shop. In this way the tine coudition of the b HSS may be preserved for sometime, thus obviating much laborious work. A point too often lost sight of eveu by experienced housekeepers is that in using sour milk the proportion of soda should be lessened as the acidity of the milk iucreases. Nowly soured milk which is thick requires a level t 'aspoouful of soda to each pint of milk, wlr'le thiu and quite sour inilk needs but a saltspoonful of soda to a j'iut.