I Digging the j
112 Panama Canal \
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• How Colonel Goethals and His Army of Workers Are Shovel- *
■* ing Out Landscapes and Blowing Up Mountain Sides. *
Present Condition of the Lock Type Waterway •
That Is to Wed Two Mighty Oceans. •
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By JAMES A. LDGhRTON.
iT last it is settled. It is to be a ,
A lock canal, and there are to be
no more changes of plans or un
certainties The enterprise is to |
he pushisl through with all possible
energy and speed. If there are fur- (
ttier slips and sinkings in the Gatun
dam foundations they will be accepted |
is a part of the day's work, and opera- |
lions will proceed If there are criti- i
elsius at home or abroad they will be
allowed to "ass :ss wind, and 110 more i
attention will be paid to thotn. If *' j
cost sprli".'s np to .*•! • ■■ ii-io.tm «nich I
it probably will, though the amount is ;
twice the > rlgln.il o.timate, Uncle]
Sam will be expected dl.-r down in
ills pocket without even a wry fact,
for whal i - a lift! • matter of expense
that it Uiouid stand in the way of
wedding the two oceans? A lock canal ;
It is. and that Is all about it Those of
us who hold different opinions may as
well swallow twice and prepare as
Stood Americans to cheer for the offi
cially adopted program. r i'!>» lake, the
dam. the three levels and all the rest
of it for ours! I.et Colonel "Vanilla-
Bean," a few windy congressmen and
the "yellows" rave as they will. The
president, the president elect and the
engineers say that the lock type goes,
and the remainder of our 90.000,000
"sovereigns," more or less, must wheel
fnto line. Moreover, Colonel Ooetlials,
the man on the job, states that the ca
nal will positively be finished by Jan.
1, 1915, and Taft, who Is to be the
man on the bigger Job and who has
Just been down at Panama to see for
1
tHSWi, OV RlCtOßlftL. MEM&.U,
WILLIAM 11. TAI'T INSPECTING THH I'AXAMA CANAL, A VIEW
OF THE GAT UN' DAM FKOM THE SPILLWAY ANI> COLONEL
OEOIIUE W. GOETHALS, THE MAN ON THE JOB.
himself, has a secret hope that the
first ship will go through l>y March 4, ,
1013. That sounds line and may or J
may not come true. We can only wait ;
ami see. In the meantime this much is :
certain that American efficiency, sani- J
tatlon and spirit have transformed |
Panama and that the dirt Is flying in
the bis ditch. Sufficient unto the day :
are the Roods delivered thereby. T>e- (
spite all natural obstacles and regard- j
toss of the walls of the pessimists, the j
Panama canal will be built, and the i
builder will be your L'ncle Sam. That !
will be glory enough for us all.
The More Slides the Better.
It was that slip in the Uatun dam
foundations which caused the trouble
and sent Taft scurrying down there to
gee what it was all about. Arriving :
on the scene, he found the imperturba- ;
ble Goethals and lils army of helpers
shoveling out landscape and blowing
up mountain ranges as though nothing
had happened What was a little slip
and squashing of inud to them? The,"
had had four or five such slides before :
ami expected others in future. The j
morn the better. They would only ;
make the dam foundations the more j
solid. So Taft and his engineers went
back to the States In a gale of op
timism. Everything Is right and tight
at Panama, they reported, and will
you please stop setting baek-flres?
>Soln the boosters' brigade and quit
knocking. Goethals Is digging dirt,
TJncle Sam Is digging coin, and the
wallers should dig for cover. Anybody
that opposes the lock type Is "agin
the government" and an obstruction
on the face of the universe generally.
All Sha Paid For.
i On her way home from morning serr-
BM Mrs. Scott complained to tho friend
iwho had Joined her of the exceeding
dullness of the sermon.
"Yes, mamma, but It was very
cheap," little Jimmy hastened to say.
"Tou only paid a dime for it."
Monetary.
When we hear a girl refer to her
dresses and shoes as frocks and boots
we know her father is making more
money than he used to.—Ohio State
Journal.
Be good. Everything is over a' Pana
j ma except putting up the moi ey and
sailing the ships. People who i isist on
getting windy and au ertisia I them
j selves at the expense of the c nal will
be severely ignored or if t' ;y grow
! too noisy will be sent to jal As for
| the ditch itself, it is as goo* as finish
ed. Siy there you are.
j Speaking privately, I Uu' *' nothing
against the I'auama canal program, I
desire Know nothing against the
i ..iiia canal program, and if I did
, snow anything against the Panama
' canal program 1 would not tell it.l
have no yearning to be joe-pulitzer
ized and tried for libeling "the govern
ment and its brother-in-law." More
over, the lock type is good enough for
me. All the ships 1 have to send through
the canal will gladly, even eagerly, go
up three lli'.'lits of locks or even seven
flights if that accords with the collec
tive wisdom of those who are doing
the tri 'k. They are welcome to make
this thing a regular water stairway
without any protest of mine. 1 do not
piue for a District of Columbia jail or
a membership in the Ananias club. As
for that Gatun dam foundation, it may
be mud all the way down, the bottom
may fall ont of it.it may suddenly
subside throughout its more than a
mile of length and half mile of thick
ness, and as a consequence the bine
clay may erupt all over the free and
independent republic of Panama. It
may do all these things, and more, and
never get an "1 told you so" from me. I
never said it. My own opinion is that
it Is as solid as the rock of ages. That
is the official veiUui, ui.u u my
. vote. Uoosevelt lias said it, Taft has
1 said it, and that settles it. The lock
| type forever. 1100-ray!
i As for Panama itself, or "the strip,"
| to be more precise, it has begun to
j look like u section of God's own coun
try. It has had its face washed and its
< hair combed. Its chief products are no
. longer dirt, disease, "greasers" and
j revolutions. The Yankee flag, the Yan
j kee doctor, the Yankee schoolma'am
and the Yankee broom have made It a
place lit for the habitation of man. In
place of the muslci-l stegomyla and
anopheles, each with its burden of yei
, low fever or malaria, there are now
heard the chu:i < 112 the American loco
; motive, the voices of school children
and the flapping of the stars and
stripes. The swamps are drained, the
jungles cleared, the streets cleaned,
and the people occasionally take a
bath
Almost a Law Made Paradise.
Throughout the entire "strip" Bella
my's "Looking Backward" is a re
! all "'1 ('re;!in. The government is the
; whole thiti!* It runs the railroads, the
j stores, i lie doctors, the houses, the
sanitation t lie dredges, the steam
shovels, the bakeshops, the pie coun
ters, the wash ladies and everything
except the saloons, which it runs out.
Bellamy's coupon system Is even in
•ogue, these coupons being as good us
the currency of the realm at the gov
ernment stores. To cap all, Bellamy's
military system for civil life, his army
of workers and all the rest are In full
force. The combination would make a
man nib his eyes and fancy that he
White Fezzes For Turks,
Turkey Is fighting Austria in the
most modern way by waging a trade
I war in the form of a vigorous boycott
of Austrian goods. Many demonstra
j tlons have taken place in Constantino
ple, and shops have been threatened
with wreckage unless their owners
give up the selling of articles Import
ed from Austria. One of the most
curious signs of this trade war has
been the discarding of the red fez bv
many Turks. This particular fez Is
made In Austria, nnd the patriotic
mrk has substituted for It the home
made whHe fez.
had awakened in some future century,
had invaded some Utopia that is to be.
Everybody Is well paid, so that there
Is no danger of labor troubles. All are j
well boused, well fed, protected from i
disease and made to behave them
selves. They live in a forced state of
happiness and decency. And they |
neetn to like it. if there was ever pa- j
ternallsm in this world it is In Uncle
Bam's ten mile wide strip across Pana
ma. Even the supply ships that bob
in and out of the ports on the Pacific
and Atlantic are run by the govern
ment. It Is as nearly a law made
paradise as can be got up on short no
tice in such a God forsaken climate.
There are schools, churches and even
women's clubs. The suffragette has
not yet appeared, but give her time.
All the other luxuries of civilization
are on hand except grand opera and
divorce courts. These can be depend
ed onto follow the flag. And the beau
ty of the whole strip Is that it Is
American. The workmen are of all
colors and nationalities, but the hustle,
the confidence, the system and the hu
mor are United States. That is the
reason the canal Is as certain to be
built as the world is to turn. The peo
ple that have made a nation out of
raw materials are not going to be
•topped by a little forty-eight mile
isthmus. America is to dominate the
Pacific, and the Panama canal is the
key to the Pacific. The dream of 300
years is to come (rue, and tlit? water
path sought by Columbus Is to be cut
from the east to the west. Whether
it is to be done by locks or sea level is
a mere detail. The great tiling is that
it is to be done, and speedily, it is but
fitting that this work which is to open
the gate to a new civilization should
be done under industrial conditions so
Ideal that they themselves seem a fore
taste of that new civilization. Broth
erhood is becoming ever more of a re
ality in the world, and who knows but
that organized industry is to be one of
the aspects of brotherhood!
When Goethals Orders.
Colonel George Washington Goe
thals. the man in charge at Panama,
is worth a story In himself. Rather, be
Is worth several stories, and here are
two of them. Before Goethals' arrival
the civilian engineers had not kept tiie
strictest discipline. Orders were giv
en, but some of the subordinates had
other ideas. There was consequent dis
cussion, and maybe the orders were j
tarried out and inaybe they were not.
Weil, Goethals gave an order. An un
derofficlal undertook to show him
how dead wrong that order was. Goe
thals listened quietly, saying nothing
until the official paused, out of breath,
and added, "I hope you see the point
of my argument."
"But," said the colonel, speaking for
the first time, "I was not arguing. I
was giving orders. Please see that
they are carried out."
They were.
At another time a house was to be
built for one of the officials, and It
seemed that there was to lie several
months' delay. The official complained
to Goethals.
"Get into my carriage," said the
colonel, "and we will go over and see
about If."
Arrived on the ground, the foreman
was called up and informed that the
house was to be ready for occupancy
on Nov. 15. lie started to explain that
it would not be possible to finish it
within a year, when something in Goe
thals' eye disconcerted him, and he
wound up lamely that he would do the
best he could.
"You did not understand me." quiet
ly said the colonel. "What 1 said was
that the house is to be ready on Nov.
15."
And the house was ready.
After two or three of the early canal
engineers and officials threw up their
Jobs President Roosevelt said, with a
snap of the jaws:
"I am going to send a man down
there who will stay on the Job until I
say he can quit."
Hustling at the Isthmus.
He sent Goethals, and Goethals is
staying. In the two years since he (
took charge things have been moving
at Panama. President Elect Taft on
his recent visit to the isthmus saw
over a hundred steam shovels in oper
ation, half a thousand drills preparing
for dynamite blasts to eat away the
sides of mountains, track lifters that
moved whole sections of railway to
new beds In almost the twinkling of
an eye. two dredges cutting their way
into the land from the Atlantic and
Pacific sides, an Immense new spill
way being constructed for the Chagres
river, cores being made for the Im
mense dams, and all this work of ex
cavation, construction and preparation
going forward with more rapidity than
any similar work was ever prosecuted
In the history of the world. Moreover,
he found a death rate as low as that
of the average American city, and
he also found 38,01X1 human beings in
the canal organization, all of them Im
bued with one spirit and intent on one
end, that of carrying through this
greatest engineering feat of the cen
turies to success. In the highest sen.se
of the term It was an army of peace,
working with perfect military disci
pline to win a battle with nature, ar.fl
behind It all was the quiet man who
would stay until he was told to quit.
George Washington Goethals was
born In Brooklyn In 1852. ITe gradu
ated from West Point, where he was
an Instructor In military and civil en
gineering for many years. Afterward
he was in charge of the Mussel shoals,
canal construction on the Tennessee
river, member of the board of forti
fications In the coast and harbor de
fense and chief of engineers during
the Spanish-American war.
This Is the man In charge at Pana
ma, and when he gives his word that
nhips will be passing through the ca
nal by Jan. 1, 1015, we can rest as
sured that ho *-111 make good
Ambition, ilke a torrent, ne'er looks
back.—Ben Jonson
Considerate.
Mr. de Club—My dear, a great Ger
man physician says women require
more sleep than men. Mrs. de C.—Does
he? Mr, de C.—Yes. My dear—uin
er— you'd better not wait up for me
tonight.
No Mystery This Time.
Mr. Popp— By gosh, for once in my
life I know where my cuff links are
Mrs. P.—Where are they now? Mr. P
—The baby's swallowed'emi t
OUTFIT FOR BIG HUNT
Novel Equipment of President
Roosevelt's African Expedition.
COMPACT AND EASILY CARRIED
Remarkable Tent Provides In Minia
ture All Luxuries of a Summer Home.
Veranda a Feature —Bathtub, Folding
Bed and Hanging Wardrobe.
A remarkable tent which in minia
ture will provide almost all of the
luxuries of a summer home will be
part of the equipment of President
Roosevelt's African hunting trip. The
entire outfit for the expedition w<u>
purchased in London, where details e£
the paraphernalia were recently made
public.
The tent is provided with a bath
room, a veranda, a folding bed, a
wardrobe and all the appurtenances of
a comfortable residence, it is remark
able in the fact that in entirety it
might be inclosed in a steamer trunk.
The equipment has been gathered
under the supervision of F. C. Scions,
a famous pioneer in big game shooting.
The tent, which will accommodate two
persons, Is 12 by 10 feet and 7 feet 0
inches high in the center. It is lined in
side with turkey red twill and has all
sorts of pockets to hold odds and ends,
it Is double ridged, which provides for
a second canvas, affording greater pro
tection from the elements and in the
heat of the day keeping the interior
cooler. Under this second canvas,
known as the "tly," the "boys" sleep,
sharing the spare with their loads.
The bath is of canvas on a folding
frame, which by the simplest possible
readjustment becomes a waskstand.
Outside the tent there hangs a can
vas water cooler. There are also can
vas buckets for carrying the water
from the nearest spring;.
First In importance Inside the tent is
the folding bed, fitted with rods for
the mosquito curtains. Quickly dis
mounted, the bed can be neatly packed
in a bag, something like that used for
carrying golf clubs, and the whole
package weighs only about twenty-two
pounds. By way of covering there are
usually two "Jaeger" sheets and two
camel's hair blankets, as In the high
altitude it is frequently cold at night.
The mattress and pillow are of horse
hair and canvas, and the former folds
up like a window blind.
Other features of the interior are a
folding table weighing about four
pounds, a canvas hanging wardrobe, a
folding mirror, a dressing roll, replac
ing the conventional hand dressing
case, and the green canvas ground
sheet. To the tent poles are attached
leather straps, fitted with brass hooks
for pruns, coats and other articles
which it is desirable to hang up.
For lighting it is usual to take sev
eral windproof "hurricane" lamps, a
mechanical oil lamp requiring no chim
ney, a collapsible candle lamp and per
haps one or two reading lamps.
Two persons on a three months' big
game hunting expedition would want
between fifty and sixty native bearers
to carry their outfit and provisions.
The "boys" are directly under the
command of n headman, who acts as
guide. Many of the natives are clever
cooks, and, with their own ovens plac
ed In a hole in the ground, they will
speedily bake bread or roast small
game or joints.
For other foods and methods of cook
ing the hunter takes with him what is
called the "cook's box." in the makeup
of which great ingenuity is displayed.
The box is only about two feet six
Inches long and fifteen inches wide
and is divlsioned. In addition to sup
plies of groceries for the day up to
twenty-eight pounds, it contains a
Inrge kettle, a frying pan with folding
handle, a grill with telescoping handle
and a saucepan capable of boiling a
large pudding or a round of meat.
In big game hunting it may often
arise that death is only to be avoided
by having to hand a good weapon, ab
solutely reliable. The greatest possible
care has therefore to be given to the
selection of one's guns, rifles, revolv
ers and other weapons.
For birds and other small game the
hunter wants a good English ejector
12 bore double barreled shotgun; for
lions and deer the most serviceable
weapon Is a 303 bore English single
barrel rifle or a Mauser or Mannlicher
of similar bore—i. e., carrying a car
tridge about three Inches long. For
really big game, such as elephant, rhi
noceros and hippopotamus, he must
have a first class double barreled, high
velocity cordite rifle of 400-500 bore,
which carries a cartridge from four
and a half to five inches long. Besides
these u good English pattern revolver
and a first class hunting knife are
wanted for emergencies, such as quick
ly dispatching a wounded animal at
close quarters.
Apart from his camping and hunting
outfit one raau on a three months' big
game hunt requires about fifteeu
"chops." A "chop" is a box of gen
eral provisions weighing, complete, six
ty pounds.
Among the contrivances not already
mentioned which make for comfort in
big caiiw (looting are a combined
folding spade ::nd pick for trenching
round the tent in case of rain, fold
ing metal boottrees, hair clippers and
safety razors, barbers being scarce in
Uganda; a portable weighing balance,
which enables one to give figures to
skeptical friends; a patent pump filter,
indispensable where the water is thick
and muddy; a mincing machine, an
alarm clock and a walking stick which
at the will of the owner becomes a
stool, upon which he can scat hiinsel)
to wait for big game without undm
fatigue.
Plausible.
Irascible Magistrate Officer, why
did you bring this prisoner up before
me? Oau't you see he's as deaf as a
doornail ? Policeman —Oi was told
ye'd give him a hearing, sor.—Judge.
A Modest Request.
"My dear friend, I beg you to lend
me $50," wrote a needy man to an ac
quaintance, "and then forget me for
ever. 1 am not worthy to be remem
bered."—Philippines Gossip.
Where life is more terrible than
death It & the truest valor to dare to
lire.— Browne.
FROM OYSTER BAY TO AFRICA
THE title D. D. has been con
ferred on Theodore Roosevelt
by one who suggests that he
would make n great preacher
if he would enter the pulpit instead
of going away to hunt lions in Africa, i
It is true that Sir. Roosevelt likes
to preach, but somehow the title
"doctor of divinity" does not seem to
fit exactly in his case. "Dare devil" j
would perhaps be a better interpreta
tion of the capitals thus suffixed to
his name. Some people think hl6 bold
ness in invading the African jungles! j
partakes of the nature of hardihood. I
They say be is foolish thus to expose I
his life. But Mr. Roosevelt has nl
ways craved excitement of some kind
and has put himself in the way of!
dangers that ordinary folks would j
usually dodge if they could. Some
times they have been dangers of the !
kind found among the haunts of prim
itive men, in quarters where human
life was held cheap, sometimes dan
gers of the battlefield, again the perils
encountered on the trail of fierce and
hungry animals, and then again the
ex-president lias found his excitement
in contending with political opponent
Looked at from whatever partisan
standpoint one happens to occupy The
odore Roosevelt is a man of action,
and he could no more be contented to
leave a post in which he has been the
busiest, most active man in the coun
try and ensconce himself in the quiet
shades of a dignified retirement, relin
quishing all participation in public af
fairs, than the lions which he seeks
in the wilds of another continent can
be contented behind the bars of a cage.
Some presidents have been content to
lay down the cares of office and re
main in peace and comparative obscu
rity during the rest of their mortal
lives. But they were older men than
he on leaving the White House, their
hunger for the fray was satiated.
The superabundance of Mr. Itoose
velt's energy has been the marvel of
friend and foe. What more natural
than that he should seek an outlet for
it In some strange and exciting quest
like that he has set forth upon now
that he no longer has any burdens of
state to bear. To stay in the coun
try and refrain from critical comment
upon the acts of his successor, even
though that successor lie one of his
best friends, would hardly be human
nature, much less Itoosevelt nature:
hence Africa is a good place for him
to take refuge in while the Taft ad
ministration is getting under way. lie
cannot do much preaching there, to be
sure, unless to the natives, and he has
refused the role of missionary, but
when lie gets back tie will have a pul
pit In the Outlook, "a bully pulpit,"
some one has said the ex-president
himself characterized It, and he can
then make up for lost time. Besides,
after the Hon hunt he will be lionized
himself by the European public and
will be called onto lecture before uni
versities and other learned bodies.
Our only living ex-chief magistrate
Is very popular in Kurope, an I
if the beasts of tile African jungle*
w *"* *
yy
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THE STYTjE OP CAMP MR. EOOSF.VET.T WIXI
HAVE —SAFAIII KIT OS WAY TO WHARF.
spare him for the experience the
crowned heads of Europe, the scien
tists, the litterateurs and the politi
cians may be trusted to give him the
time of his life.
As for the Africans, both brute ami
human, they are said to bo awaitir.
the arrival of the Itoosevelt party ea
gerly. Mombasa is preparing to wi i
come the ex president with open arm-.,
not altogether from selfish motives
perhaps, for the Roosevelt hunt Ins
stimulated interest in the sport, ard
hunters are arriving from all quarters
of the globe. This means an increa -e
in dollars, sovereigns, francs, mar'«
and lire for the Mombasans, for t)ie
good hunter Is generally a good spend
er also. Even the lions and elephants
and giraffes seem to have sniffed t!:o
ftict that something unusual is in the
wind, for a record group of lions, num
bering thirty-two, recently ventured
near the confines of civilization, per
haps in search of news, on the Nandl
plateau, about fifty miles north of I'orl
Florence. Four families of giraffe!
hare been observed at Makindtl 20!
——___________
Adversity borrows its sharpest stint
from our impatience.—Horne
Tea Made of White Hair.
"This Is white hair you are drink
ing," said the Chinese undersecretary.
"White hair! Nonsense! It Is deli
cious tea."
The undersecretary laughed in his
lilac brocade sleeve. "No, white hair,"
he insisted. "White hair—that is, lr
my language, for pekoe means white
hair. This ♦en is called pekoe because
its leaves were gathered so young that
the white downy hairs still grew on
them."—Exchange.
miles inlaud on the Uganda railroad, j
and their "rubbering," something at
which a giraffe is adept, was thought j
by the natives to have to do in some j
way with the approaching visit of the |
distinguished Americans. Elephants, i
too, have been seen in large numbers. 1
It. J. Cunninghame, the noted Eng- ;
lish naturalist and hunter of big game, j
who Is to act as chief guide and gen
eral manager of the Itoosevelt party,
has been at work for some time pro- |
curing the most experienced and trust-
IN THE SMOKING BOOH OP THE HAMBFP.a
worthy of the natives for the various
places of responsibility in the expedi
tion to be so tilled.
To carry the outfit of the party 150
bearers have been engaged. In addition
there will be two askarls (native po
licemen) armed with Snider rifles, cook
and cook's mates and gun bearers, who
do nothing in the shape of work ex
cept carry the guns of the hunters.
They are called shikarees. The porters
are men of the Swahlll tribe, anil
the headman and gun bearers are So
malis. The headman is called the
neapara, and he has full control of the
safari, as such expeditions are known
Mx - . Cunninghame has been at much
pains, it is said, to get as many native
of unusual physical strength and conr
age as possible for the expedition, for
he realizes that the work will be stren
uous and dangerous with a man of Mr.
Itoosevelt's reputation for energy and
daring at the head of the party. The
prospects are that Official Snapshooter
Kermit will have a fine lineup of
dusky warriors waiting for a chance at
his films when the expedition reaches
Mombasa and that the Taft beauty
squad will be completely outrivaled.
The ex-president has borne many
titles in his day, but none so resound
ing or picturesque as he will asstttn.
when he becomes "bwana kubwa." 01
great master, of the safari. The l a
tlves have heard ;i good deal about lit- 1
"big stick," and no doubt they think it
quite tli<> proper thing that the bwnna
kubwa should have some formidable
bludgeon of this kind as an emblem of
office. The club ns a symbol of au
thority in Africa is quite common, and
Its use in reducing refractory subjects
to submission is something in which
the big men of the country are expert.
The safari kit that Is. the outfit for
camping in the open—was obtained
largely abroad, and when it was pack
ed up In London recently and sent to
the steamer's wharf It made a heavy
load for a large truck. The name
"Roosevelt" marked on the packages
did not fail to attract attention as if
moved through the crowded streets
When the camp is set up In the for
ests of the dark continent it will look
somewhat as pictured in these columns.
Mr. Roosevelt's characteristic bold
ness was shown in his daring to set
sail on March 23, defying all danger
of hoodoos attaching to the expedition.
If the Hamburg's sailing date had
been Friday, the 13th, it would have
made no difference probably. This
steamer is well equipped for persons
who, like Mr. Roosevelt, are fond of
vigorous exercise, and its gymnasium
includes, among other things, an "eiec
trie horse" and a rough riding camel
Any degree of jolting may be obtained
by these devices, thus enabling Mr
Roosevelt to enjoy on the trip all tij
sensations of his famous ninety mile
ride while a thousand miles out at sea.
Alarm has beeu expressed lest Mr.
Roosevelt might catch the sleeping
alt'kncss while in Africa. How it
would have pleased the members ol
the Ananias club and various "male
factors in high place" had he contract
ed some such disease while in office.
Unfortunately for them, his periods of
sleep were altogether too brief, and
none of that torpor which is supposed
to follow the bite of the tsetse fly char
acterized his doings while in the Whlti
House. But In Africa the fly bites put
even the monkeys to sleep. Should
they have such au effect on Mr. Roose
velt it will be the first time anything
In heaven or earth has succeeded !i:
keeping him asleep when he thought
he ought to be awake.
EDWARD HALE BRUSH
Hard Namei.
"C&lling names doesn't make any
real difference," said the conservative
campaigner.
"No," answered the scientist. "If It
did those Latin titles we have bestow
ed on germs would have discouraged
them lone asro."— Washington Star.
Experts at Colonizing.
The only two countries which draw
some beneGt from their colonies and
understand how to manage them an
England and Holland—two countric
which have many national characteJ
istics in common.—Amsterdam Hai
delsblad.
STEERING BY SOUND,
How Blindfolded Pilot Guided Tug
by Submarine Eell Signals.
WAS NOT DECEIVED ONCE.
A man blindfolded piloted the tug
Eugene P. Moran from a point over
three miles out in the open sea to the
Ambrose channel lightship, in New
York bay, the other day, picking up the
light vessel by the sound of the sub
marine signal bell and following the
course by the guiding sound of the
bell ringing some thirty feet below the
surface.
The Eugene F. Moran left pier 2.
North river, New York, soon after 10
o'clock in the morning, with shipping
men and experts on board. The tug
boat James 11. Moran went along, hav
ing on board a signal bell apparatus
for the trials.
The tug went down the lower bay t'>
the Ambrose lightship and ran along
side to request that the submarine bell
on board be kept ringing.
In a short time the man who had the
telephone headpiece connected with
the microphone receivers at the bow of
the tug reported:
"There goes the bell now."
The Moran continued to a point
about three miles beyond the Hook,
and.after Assistant Engineer Fay had
been blindfolded, the Moran was put;
out of her course to confuse him, while
the receivers were put at his ears.
There was a short interval, and then
Fay said to Captain lieilly of the tug,
"The bell is off the starboard side."
The course was changed, and then
Fay reported the sound as coining
from the port sides. Again the wheel
swung around, and again Fay report
ed on the direction of the bell.
"A little to port," he ordered, and
then, as the tug swung over, he said:
"Now I hear the bell from port and
starboard. The lightship lies dead
ahead. Keep that course, captain."
80 the blindfolded man kept her to
the course. Occasionally he would or
der a trifle more to port or to star
board as the sound Indicated that the
bow was swinging a point off the line
to the lightship.
As the tug approached the lightship
the test was made complete. The tug
swung from one point of the compass
to another. The blindfolded man was
never fooled. He called the bells as
accurately as a hotel clerk calls the In
dicator.
"Now we've got him," said Captain
Reilly as he pointed the Moran on one
course.
"Now where is the lightship?" de
inauded the scoffers.
"Almost ahead," said Fay, listening
Intently. "Dead ahead," he corrected
a moment later, and "dead ahead" It
: was.
Those who crowded Into the pilot
house or who had obtained places at
the windows watched the guiding of
! the boat with interest, looking out to
see how true the vessel was going on
her way to the light vessel. So Fay
brought the tug to the Ambrose light.
The company officials explained the
working of the submarine signal, and
every one on board had a chance to
; listen to the bell. As another test tln>
1 James 11. Moran was sent ahead about
a mile, and she fastened up on the fir
, side of the schooner Goodwin Stod
dard, anchored off Staten Island. Her
i bell was put over the side and started.
I There was no difficulty in locating the
i tug by the sound of the bell.
! About 100 lightships are now equlp-
I ped with the submarine bell, and of
I these forty-nine are along our coast.
! The lightship bell is hung by davits
I over the side. It is attached to a case
1 and is operated by >• impressed air fed
; through twin rubb t hose. The strokes.
! on the bell are automatically con
' trolled, so that each lightship scuds
I out under water her code number.
I Every lightship has its code 11;: nber—
i tiC for Nantucket, 45 tor Boston bay.
; 2 for Hen and Chickens, in Buzzard's
bay: 30 for Breton's Keef, (IS for the
Diamond shoal lightship.
The receiving apparatus is iustalled
in the fore ponk and as far be! w the
water line as possible. The receiving
mechanism consists of two small tanks
fastened to the "skin" of the vessel.
In each tank two microphones are
placed, immersed in liquid. These
microphones receive the sound waves
coming through the water and strik
ing against the vessel's side. From
these tanks wires run to the battery
box, which supplies the power, and
from there to the indicator box.
The receiving telephones are similar
to tli'.' telephone ear pieces now in
use. The indicator box. shaped like a
clock. Is fa stem d to the wall of the
pilothouse. By means of a switch
either the port or starboard micro
phone can be connected with there
ceiving telephones. A dial shows
which side is connected. It was ex
plained that the bell works best at
about thirty feet below the surface.
The sound of the bull has been heard
eighteen and a half miles.
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