The Jackson herald., February 22, 1906, Image 5

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Immense Steel Dry Dock Dewey
Now on Way to the Philippines
Tho groat, steel dry dock Dewey,
which loft Solomon's Island Doc. 28,
to bo towed fourteen thousand miles
to tho Philippines, is now well atartcd
on her voyage, and If all goes well
tho powerful naval vessels which are
hauling tho immense and unwieldy
Dtrur.ture will not slop until they
reach the entrance to the Sues canal,
tay a dispatch from Baltimore to the
New York Herald.
In towing the dock, hawsers having
a total length of 1,220 fathoms, or
140 yards more 'than a mile and a
quarter, will stretch between the
ships and tho dock. This great
length of hawser, together with the
lengths of the ships and the dock,
will make n tow of about one nillo
nd three-quarters.
ThcKe giant machines hooked tip
will present a dazzling spectacle on
tlear nights. Tho four ships convoy
;ng the dock nre fully equipped with
Mectrlctty In the way of search and
Signal lights, anil each ship and the
iock nre equipped with wireless teleg
raphy, so that communication should
bo perfect. There arc spare hawsers
ind chains, and a vast quantity of
Coal will be used.
To the dock will be fastened forty-
INBOARD PROFILE OF WE DOCK,
(77IE BATTLESHIP
Sva fathoms of 2 inch chain for a
Vldlc. To this will be fnstened 120
athoms of hnwser made up of two
15-lnch inanlla hawsers seized to
gether. From this will go to the ship
inarest the dock 200 fathoms of 6
'aeh Kteel hawser. From ship to ship
Kill stretch 100 fathoms of 15-lnch
ninnila and 200 fathoms of C-luch
wiro hawser.
" Ono of the most Important factors
in the towing of the dock nre the
4Hitonlc towing mnrhlnes, which
ire an American Invention. These
Are depended upon In a large menstiro
lo make the undertaking compnra
llvcly safe. The resistance of the tow
'.s home entirely by the steam pres
sure In the clyinders of the towing
machine, which consists of a reel or
drum upon which the steel wire haw
sers wind and unwind automatically.
This drum is driven by a pinion gear
in the crank shaft of tho engine,
which meshes with the gear on tho
drum shaft. The machine has a regu
lating reducing valve. In which the
opening is increasod or diminished
according as tho strain on the tow
ing hawser Increases or diminishes.
In a seawny, as the vessel rises on
a wave or sea, thus Increnslng the
strain on the hnwster, the drum be
gins to revolvo nnd to pay out or
alack the hawser. This action of the
hawser opens tho regulating valve
and Increases the steam pressure in
the cylinders until the pressure is
Biifflclent to equalize the strain on
the hawser. Then, ns the strain on
the hawser decreases, tho pressure
In the cylinders will revolve the drum
and wind In tho slack of the hawser.
In this way tho machine Is prevent
ed from paying out the whole of the
hawser and only enough Is paid out
to relievo the extra and momentary
strain on tho line and thus prevent
Its Injury or breaking. Tho regulat
ing valve, which admits and cuts off
the steam to nnd from the cylinders,
is entirely automatic and requires no
handling whatever. An independent
admission valve Is provided, by which
steam is admitted to the cylinders
and tho hnwser lengthened und short
ened at will.
The colliers Brutus nnd Cuesar and
the supply ship Glacier arc to tow
the Dewey. The tug Potomac 1b to
be used purtly as a rudder for the
dock when necessary nnd for emer
gencies. Tho Potomac will run on
sea errands, such as putting Into
ports fur supplies.
In addition to the great nine thou
sand pound anchors there are four
mushroom or "umbrella" anchors of
four thousand pounds each on the
Dewey. These are designed as the
permanent anchors of the dock, and
are to bo used on each corner. To
each of tho great anchors are 125
fathoms of 2'4-lnch chain cable. Tho
amount of gear Is enormous, for the
great bridles for the dock are in quad
ruplicate and are in addition to the
towing hawsers, regular and extra,
and the regular and extra chains for
tho anchors.
There nre thirty-six men all told on
the dock. In the complement are
three engineers, a wireless telegraph
operator, and an electrician, four fire
men, twelve seamen, a steward, a
cook and two mess boys. Tho dock
carries 400 tons of coal, designed for
the use of the dock machinery only.
It Is generally calculated that the
Dewey will make uhout 100 miles a
day, which would require 124 dnys for
the passage, or four months. If the
dock goes straight through without a
stop. It Is believed, however, that the
dock will be five or six months on the
cniise.
The cost of the trip enn only be
surmised. Tho Boston Towboat com
pay got $25.0(10 for taking tho dry
dock Algiers from Baltimore to New
Orleuns, und there was an Insurance
on the dock of $50,001) for the voyage.
iii
WITH A BATTLESHIP QFW6EOJ&A CLASS W2HEBLOCKS
TOfYA ENTERING THE 3UBffERGED DOCK
It Is current report that the dues
through the Suez canal will bo $50,
000. The Dewey was built at the plant
of the Maryland Steel company. In a
great excavation near the water
front, Just outside of Baltimore. When
It was completed a bulkhead that
separated tho Patapsco from the hole
In the ground was cut away nnd the
water ran In aitd flouted the huge
mass of steel, while Miss Maud En
dlcotl, daughter of Rear Admiral Kn
dlcott, christened the dock tho Dewey
with a bottle of champagne.
The dock was not only completed
ahead of contract time, but in excess
of the requirements, for it will lift, a
20.000 ton bnttle ship, whereas the
contract called for only 10,000 tons.
It also exceeded the speed require
ments in lifting a ship.
When the big cruiser Colorado was
placed in the dock to test It In the Pa
tuxent river the contract called for
the lifting In four hours. The Colo
rado was lifted until her keel was six
feet above the water In a few min
utes more thun two hours. Then the
lock broke all records by lifting tho
battle ship Iowa, of 10,000 tons, with
heavy weights in her turrets amid
ships. In ono hour and thirty-seven
minutes.
The Algiers dock, also built by the
Maryland Steel company, will lift 17,
500 tons and Is the second largest
afloat. The other big docks of the
world nro the Bermuda docu, built in
England, 545 feet long und 100 feet
wide, lifting only 10,000 tons; tho
Pola dock, owned by tho Australian
government, 400 feet long, with a ca
pacity of 15,000 tons, and tho Stet
tin dock, owned by Germany, D10 feet
long and lifting 11.000 tons.
A novel feature of the dock Is Its
ahlllty to dock Itself. All steel ves
sels take on a marine growth on their
bottoms, which necessitates hauling
them out every year or so, as their
life depends on receiving paint to pro
tect tho hulls. Docks now afloat are
so gigantic that they cannot bo dock
ed to be cleaned or repaired, with
tho exception of tho Dewey.
Tho Dewey enn release tho two
side walls and disconnect the three
pontoons that arc Joined together in
the flooring or hull. Then the two
smaller pontoons are filled with wa
ter and sunk under the larger or cen
tre pontoon. They are then pumped
out, and the two smaller steel pon
toons rise with the larger ono on top
of them.
When It Is desired to dock the
smaller pontoons the conditions are
reversed. The bin c " pontoon is
sunk and tho t- placed
on it, and the big one pumped out to
raise the little ones.
When heavy weather comes on at
sea the bottom sections of the Dewey
will be filled with water until the
body of the mass of steel Is submerg
ed and only the side walls extend
above the urn-faro to the wind, which,
It has been calculated, may reach a
pressure of thirty pounds to the
square Inch.
There will be no effort to tow the
vessel while It Is partly submerged.
The towing vessels will simply hang
on, drifting along with the giant
where the wind ehoses to send it,
and waiting until tho storm blows
Itself out, for no headway con be
made with such a low In heavy weath
er. Three 24-Inch centrifugal pumps,
the steam for which Is furnished by
three separate 225 horse power Bab
cock & Wilcox boilers, will pump out
or flood tho Dewey. These pumps
are controlled In the engine room.
On the port side, forward, Is the valve
house, where there are twenty-four
levers. The three sections of the
dock are divided Into sixty water
tight compartments, and each of these
levers controls the flooding and
pumping of several compartments. A
telephone gives communication with
the boiler room and a pneumatic
valve house announces the amount of
water in the dock.
On the starboard side Is a machine
shop, quarters for officers and crew,
kitchen and bathrooms. The machine
shop is forward. It Is fitted with ev
ery appliance for minor repairs. On
this side of the dock is the distilling
apparatus, which has a capacity of 2.
500 gallons of sea water a day. It
will be used principally for feeding
the boilers. Three tanks contain the
distilled water. An electric light plant
on the port side gives light for the
entire structure.
Running clear through the side
walls of the dock Is a thorough ven
t Hating system, u large fan whirling
fresh air Into every corner. It Is pro
pelled by steam. Ventilators are thus
dispensed with, except over the boil
er room, where there are two.
At. the forward end of the dock a
bridge connects the walls. Two life
boats nre carried. The members ol
the crew will get double pay and free
passage home.
THE MONSTER DEWEY.
500 feet long.
134 feet wide.
Cost $1,300,000.
Height of side walls 63' 2 ft. ;
Holds a 24,447 tons warship.
Each hawser used in towing
stretches 1,200 feet, weighs 27
tons. '
No Chance for Santa Claus.
"City houses with steam heating are
all very well," said Charles Feltot.
Pidgin, the statistician of Boston, "but
when It conns to Christmas games
they are a little lucking.
"A friend of mlue heard a loud
rasping noise In his parlor last Christ
mas eve very late.
"In great alarm he pot up nnd has
tened down to the delicate nnd pal'
parlor, with Its coloring of white am
pink and gold, to find there, all blac!
with soot smears, his little white
robed son, whom he had thought fas
asleep In bed.
"'Why, why.' he cried, 'what doe:
this mean, Willie?'
"The little fellow, lifting a cake o'
soot out of his fair hair, pointed rui
fully to tho ornamental fireplace
wherein there w.is room for abou'
three logs the :;izo of lead pencils.
"'I'm plajin' ?inta Claus," he said,
'and I I ca'i'' ' ' " 'he chimney.'"
WAS NOT THROUGH RUNNING.
Darkey Meant to Furnish More Pleas
ure for Ghost.
Two nun In a southern town, get
ting Into an argument made a wnger
that cue of them could not hire n
larky to slay till night In a well
tnown haunted house, which no one
.vonld occupy.
Hunting up n strapping negro, the
man offered him $5 to stay In the
houso during the night, keeping
awake nil of the time.
The negro entered the place In the
evening, nnd kept walking back and
forth to keep from going to sleep.
Promptly on the stroke of midnight
the ghost appeared. tTnllke most
ghosts, this one was pleasant and af
fable nnd, seeing the mun, said:
"Ah, good evening; It seems there
will be two of us here to-night."
With bulging eyes and drooping
Jaw the other managed to stammer:
'Y-y-yas. sah, b-b-but dey won't be
long."
And suiting the action to his words,
lie went out of the house nnd down
the road as huvd as he could run,
with the ghost in close pursuit. When
completely out of breath, the darky
sat down by the roadside to rest, nnd
the ghost, coming up, blandly remark
ed: "That wns n very pleasant run
we had just now."
And the darky replied: "Yas, sah-
but It ain't nuffln to de one
wo'so going ter hnb." San Francis
co Chronicle.
SOLDIERS USED IN MANY WAYS.
European Troops Are More Than
Merely Ornamental.
The order of tho French minister
of war that the sharpshooters of the
garrison towns on the coast shall de
vote their time to the extermination
of the seals which threaten the fish
eries of the French const is novel.
hut merely a repetition of history.
Some years ago tho proince of
Luxembourg was infested with
wolves. Tho alarmed inhabitants ap
pealed to the minister of agriculture,
who In turn railed upon the minister
of war, with the result that several
regiments were ordered to tho prov
ince and th" pests were exterminated
in short, order.
It Is not many years ago that Ger
man soldiers were ordered to East
Belgium to assist the peasants in
combating a plague of rats, and mil
lions were killed before tho troops
were withdrawn. Four thousand Rus
sian soldiers cleared the railway lines
In the vicinity of Odessa after the
great blizzard of 19(t3, and a company
of French Infantry enjoyed a lion
hunt in the streets of Chartres when
one of those animals escaped from
a traveling menagerie.
Perhaps the oddest use to whuii
soldiers are put is at the Heidelberg
university, where the school of anat
omy draws upon the garrison for its
living object lessons.
English as She is Wrote.
There has recently been an outburst
of English signboards on the outside
of shops in Japan. These signboards
manifest a laudable desire to cater
for the needs of English travelers, but
the method of expression Is curious:
"Barber to Shave Beard or to DresB
Hairs Away" appears several times,
the hair cutters being apparently in
debted to a public translator for the
rendering.
"The Genuinely Bier by the Health
for Drink."
"Of Smokes Our Tobacco Is Pres
sure to Our Tongue und Give the
Healthiness to Hers nnd lies. Also
All People by It."
Another sign Is an odd blend of
English and Japanese:
"Cowment and Pigment and Rnmune
Souda Sasupre Zln Slnbiya Jinjyael."
Tho latter, being interpreted. Is:
"Beef and Pork and Iinon Soda,
flarsaparilla, Ginger Beer and Ginger
Ale."
Her Mother-in-Law.
Recently at one of the large hotels
in Liverpool several enthusiastic stu
lents of old coins were conversing on
their favorite subject.
After discussing the value of certain
-olns for some time, an old fellow In
ho corner of the room said he had a
-oin which bore the image of the
pieon's mother-in-law.
The company wou'dn't believe it.
nit the old man persisted, nnd sail
io would wager $-5 that he could
irove It.
"Done!" exclaimed one of them,
md the money was staked.
The old man then handed a coin
iver for their inspection.
"Why." they nil shouted, "this Is
wily an ordinary penny "
"Yes, but jou must agree that the
'end Is that of the present queen's
nothor-ln-law."
And so, of course, the money was
'airly won. Rehuboth Sunday Herald.
The Wabbly Man.
If course 1 like n mini that's stronn. hie
n-en aren't nit that way.
V mnn v tie s certain to "slay hitched."
net holt ni'O inn away,
.'pun whose friendship you run count
win-it standlr.e,-l,y means much.
Who when your line of friends lucal;
Tanks ni.iy.s up In closer touch,
"'.ut men whore (mil I'll not condemn.
they hid l;o hopes nrl-O'.
Hie vnclllatif'i; man's the one I thorough
ly despise!
nd when for friend nn whom to lean
fjiKC' (1 i ut Willi Care 1 seek.
II pass the wahli.y fellow t.y mill take
11m' man's that weak.
;ho mnn who wuhhlcs Isn't snfe, on him
one can't depend.
.'o-miirrow he's your enemy, to-, lay jmir
fi'l-Vl'llt fllellll
All h nil you think nnd say ami do he
thoroughly iiKr.es -
Ic'a easily di-thiKulshcd by his eager
ness tn please!
f I should lull hcslde the road 1 tiusl
u man ll:flt's strong
.V 111 he t tie (hit s.iinuritan that lifts
und Itch s along
lut shou'd such noi he near, nh then.
In praor I'll tlusly speak:
Jod save me from the wahhly mun, and
send me one tint's weak!
New York Press.
IN SJ'LtllDII) IJEAL'TY
RISE THE PALACES AND TOWER3
OF MOSCOW.
Sir Edwin Arnold's Eloquent Descrip
tion of the Impression Made by the
First Sight of the Wonderful Capi
tal of Ancient Russia.
Nobody can ever forget the Impres
sion made by tho first sight of that
unique, grotesque, savagely beautiful
and splendidly barbarous heart, the
greatness nnd glory of Moscow. As
you suddenly turn the corn Into the
"Red Square" you find yourself, not
In any European city, but rather In
Sumarcand. Bokhara, Merv, or that
fantastic capital which Kubla Khan
upreared In Xanadu.
You enlir through the Gate of thu
Redeemer, a red. tower with grass
green spire and pinnacle, and on its
face hangs the sacred picture called
"The Savior of Smolensk," before
which every passer-by salutes, for the
Tartars broke their scaling ladders
trying to tear It down, and the French
hurst their cannon in trying to batter
ll to pieces.
Within the walls beyond stands tho
tall tower of Ivan the Great, with the
bold Slavonic Inscription round the
base of Its cupola, telling how It was
built. In Its upper gallery hangs a
bell of 65 tons, that is a mere Infant
compared with "Tsar Kolokol," the
King of nil Bells, which stand
cracked and gaping at Its foot. Be
hind it Is the Cathedral of tho As
sumption, in which the czar was
crowned, and near at hand aro the
Cathedrals of the Archangel Michael
and of the Annunciation, the shrines
where nearly all the czars of old have
been christened or crowned or burled.
Beyond the majesty of their marble
and gold, the gorgeous emblazonry of
their mosaics, you n ueh the vast rose-
tinted modern palace of the Kremlin
It sell , containing the famous ihalls
of St. George and of St. Vladimir
among its Too sumptuous galleries
and chambers, ami its staircase that
only Imperial feet have ever trod.
Throughout, the Oriental features
of domes an it cupolas nre curiously
blended with Byzantine frescoes and
mosaics, with au effect of entrancing
and bewildering color. A very forest
of marvelous form and hue fills the
open air. The golden domes gleam
like so many suns. The cupolas flash
with sea-green or sapphire, with
saffron, purple and Vermillion.
The beauteous roofs of palace,
church and gateway make stars ol
splendid glory against the sky. and
pinnacles, hung with golden chains
and topped with glittering crosses,
crescents, shining saints, gleaming
golden eagles, load the scene with
barbaric splendor, anil almost weary
the eye with superstitious magnifi
cence, for this, ns Mme. de Stael has
said, this is "the Tartar Home."
Russians very rightly regard th
Kremlin as their Holy of Holies, and
w hat Moscow is to Russia that to Mos
cow Is the Kremlin, not of an age sc
great as many shrines or history, con
taining nothing, perhaps, of the very
highest antiquity, but richer In asso
ciations, und in the diversity of its
relics than any other place of equal
size, for It Is here, as their poet Med
lek wrote, that "the great Russian
eagle raised Its aerie and spread Its
Immense protecting wings over an
enormous empire." From Works of
Sir Edward Arnold.
Smith Had Plenty of Soap.
Fred B. Smith is remembered as
having been one of the best known
hotel keepers In this country, and
was famed far and wide ns n natural
humorlKt. One night while on duty
as manager of Hotel Kendall, South
I'raniingham, three gentlemen arrived
on a lute train, anil, lielng tired unit
grimy from their Long ride, requested
rooms with baths.
The house was short on linen that
night, and the housekeeper reported
that one towel was all there wns to
lie had. Smith srratched his heatU
trying to think how to "fix things
up," and the guests "kicked" nt thf
delay. At last a happy thought oc
curred to him, nnd. (tilling a bellboy;
no said: "Johnnie, bring these gen
tlemen that towel and three bi
pieces of soap." Boston Herald.
Modern Lovemaklng.
I looked tn tier eyes.
And I held tier hand
As I said: "My lo e.
1 am youis to command
To have anil to hop!
Till life lias Klown eld
And has passed away like a tale ihat U
told."
tint he answered: "No,'
And wliPdiew- Per hand;
"I am not our ow n.
Not yetirs to command;
The ae to oi.ey
lias pased away.
The New Woman lakes no command to
day." So I chanced my pica.
in my knees I sued;
She would and she wouldn't.
1 v l ami 1 W'one I.
And with much ado
I won tier; Put whew!
Wait li'l we're inanieil. you'll see wli -'a
who.
- M. J.." Kayne In ('lilc-ign ltecoid Herald
A Valuable 'Possum.
When he wns asked the price of a
big, fat 'possum he was hawking
around, the old Georgia darkey said:
"He's wuth $1 a day, suit."
Then he explained his meaning au
follows;
"You see, boss, I wuz five days lo
catin' whar he lived at; en w'en 1
finally kotched up wld him hit wuz
Sunday, en de preacher seen me, on
1 wuz turned out do church ; so I
Aggers de value er my time at 1 s
day not ter mention de loss er my
church standln' by de 'possum cansln'
me ter fall turn' grace!" Atluuta Con
slitutlon.
Hat Rare Disease.
Ill never found the slightest fault
Ahout the weailier.
He never kicked nt rnin or muff
( r tioth tosether.
In aummer'a sweltering heat he'd y:
Now uln t this Jolly?"
Not even zero weather niade
Him melancholy.
No matter how It stormed, you found
Him hrtKht and cheery.
Through snow up to his wulat he'd wade
Ah brave a 1'eary.
The lightnlhx of u thunder shower
Bceined to delight him.
And no cyclone, however tierce, could
Kit affright him.
Whatever came, he aweetly am lied
And seemed contented.
8o much that visitors would ask:
"Atn t lie demented?"
Found Bones of British Soldiers..
A remarkable discovery has just
been run do at Potchefstroom, South
Africa. Whllo excavating on the site
of the historic fort, which played such
a signal part in the first Boor war,
a gung of convicts came across hu
man remains, which, from shreds of
clothing and military buttons, were
proved to be those of soldiers killed
during the time the British force was
besieged by Cronje In the first Boer
war. Tho badge from the helmets
gives tho name Royal North British
Fulsillers, and the number of the com
pany, while on pieces of cloth the pat
tern of tartan can be distinguished.
The remains were discovered at the
position where tho British trench was
dug in the race with the Boers to se
cure possession of the powder maga
zine. It is understood that a military
funeral is to be accorded.
Woman Long Masqueraded as Man,
A wagoner wns knocked down and
killed by a trnmcnr at Colombea
t ranee, a few days ago. When the
corpse was being prepared for burial
It was found to be that of a woman
Her assumption of man's attire was.
the sequel of a romance thnt became
a tragedy.- She was a woman of good
family, named Clotildo Filly, and thir
ty years ago sho ran away from hom
and obtained permission from tho pt
lice to masquerade as a man. She wns
known among her fellow wagoners aj
Paul, nnd was noted for her feats ol
strength, which gained her tho nlclo
name of "Iron Arm." Most of th
men sho knew were afraid of her on
account of her violent temper and hei
readiness to fight. She could bos
with such skill that few men who saw
her fight ouce cared to stand uj
against her.
Burglar Put to Flight by Air Gun.
At Booyseus, South Africa, recently,
a burglar carrying a revolver and a
formidable bar of iron was put tt
flight by means of a toy air gun. Col
Warren heard a noise in one of th
rooms of his house. He made a tout
of inspection and saw the burglar
The only weapon the colonel could
find was the air gun belonging to his
little son, and armed with that, b
boldly faced the burglar who menaced
him with the revolver. Not waiting
to be attacked, the colonel fired tht
air gun, and It Is believed that the
small pellet luckily pentrated tht
burglar's eye; for ho uttered a yell,
placed his hand to his face, and
cleared, dropping the iron bar and
the loaded revolver in his flight.
Clever Scheme of Pickpocket.
A detective stationed at a Berlin
railway Btation had his eye on a man
who frequently approached ladles'
pockets. One hand of the individual
was In his coat pocket and the other,
faultlessly gloved hnng by his side,
and over his shoulder a rtig was care
lessly flung. The detective, to his sur
prise, noticed that the person In qttes.
tlon, on approaching ladles, thrust out
a third hand from under the rug.
Wishing more closely to pursue his
examination of this abnormal being,
he arrested him. when It was discov
ered that tho gloved hand, with arm
attached, was of wood and Ingeniously
suspended from tho aide to represent
the real hand with which he picked
the pockets of his victims.
Enjoys Her Tobacco at 102.
Mrs Mary Bnraby, of Brocton, Mass.,
celebrated her 102d birthday a few
days ago. She spends most of her
waking hours In a rocking chair rend
ing French books anil smoking hot
pipe. Mrs. Baruby has been smok
ing since she wus 12 years old. She
has had twenty children, six of whom
uro alive. She was married at 16,
and her husband died over titty year3
ago. She has had forty-three grand
children, and nine great-grandchildren.
Woman Had Hoarded Fortune.
Miss Herthn shilling, C8 years old.
a twister employed in a silk mill in
West Hoboken, N. J., who died recent
ly, left a bank hood showing deposits
of $15,000. An examination of her
room led to the finding of 150 pairs
of stockings of ull colors aud inate--ials.
She hud u fondness for new
huso and had been engaged for years
in making a collection. Shu spent lit
tle money for other things.
Puzzled by Negro's Changing Color.
Cornelius Vanderbllt Washington, a
coal black negro, on the Smith planta
tion, near Ouraut, Miss., has suddenly
turned white with the exception of a
few black spots on his lees. His case
has puzzled tho physicians. Inasmuch
as the neg:-o Is ns healthy us ever.
City of Jewelry Factories.
The German city of Pforzheim has
a population of 65,000 devoted almost
exclusively to the manufacture of
Jewelry, there being about fifty fac
tories whore it Is made.