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The i^ejits first f, aad .4 POM IM t w to l Of CNdR- mvs ¥lSfR PREIf URl AT A MPTH IN THE OCEAN 10 PROTIbE STATIC RESISTANCE 10 VAVE ACTION ■ ^ I ’EW YOI^K.—To dot the coast IW with floating lighthouses that will be “lamposts of the sea;” to have floating fortresses and tor pedo stations permanently anchored off all of the coastal cities: to supply harbors with breakwaters of a mobile type; to provide the navy with coaling stations out at sea; to furnish isolated fluarant.tijo stations to such ports of ■entry as have not convenient islands in their habbors; even to establish re- ?ay wireless stt.»,ions far out In the' ocean—these are among the possibil ities of William Edward Murray’s in vention of the principle of building what he calls “steady floating steel structures.” It Is said by marine authorities that Mr. Murray has solved some of the most difficult problems with which mariners and naval engineers have Wrestled without success for years. By applying the Murray principle of steady flotation, it is held, harbor ac commodations can be enlarged almost indefinitely at a comparatively low cost: danger signal lights easily can be placed at points on the coast whore heretofore lighthouses have been im possible on account of the absence of rock foundations, and last but ngt least, cities, shipping harbors, .arsenals and dockyards can be guarded abso lutely from bombardment by a large foreign fleet,, at the same time allow- >ng battleshdps free j.-ein in the cpa- duet of offensive operations instead of keeping them on the defensive close- to home, . Idea Is Simplicity Itself. In common with every great revolu tionary invention this idea of Murray’s is- extremely simple. As a rear ad miral of the American navy said to the inventor, after the scheme had been explained to him, “the thing has been staring us in the face for a hun dred years and yet no one ha.s ever thought of it before. It’s as clear as daylight and as certain as doom.” But tho inventor had worked at the prob lem for eight years before he succeed- ad in demonstrating to himself—^he is a practicat engineer—that his prin ciple was a sound one and capable of absolute demonstration. And, although his final patents were granted only by our government In July last, his In vention .already has attracted the fa vorable attention of engineering au thorities both in this country and in Canada, in Great Britain, France and Germany. President Roosevelt is said to be greatly Interested in it. In a few words, Mr. Murray has dis covered how to keep a floating struc ture steady and unmoved in the ■ T , Stieil T/orpecTo Station., 'fnidM of ;ifipi;& tit less agitated viraters. This is 'k 'pthbielU Which has faced ihfthtlb^i'ehljtipe vd-hich IflithCrto; h a i re'hfeinCd unsolved. 'ife | has. diacpvefea iho to utilise a weii- 'ktopWn’Jaw of flafiive. AH students of ph'ysiCs'.'.jknbtv-that the' pressure o'f ivater liicrCases dirdctly in proportion. te>; tiife Water’s depth., Sim'ply stated, then, JvTr.Jlvlui'j'ay has deslgued a.struc- tut^ reaches to a depth suf‘ ■flclent for tlie . enormous .pressure, of the, tiipiiisands of -tons of Water above tp t^duntsyaet the fe.rco of wave dis- tWhAflbe' at'-and flodr the 'SUtface of slble fpit tbefr bfews=tp haudje wf«b6rs gops adrift fn the bUftetin^s -dtiSdin? ter’s gales, and sp long bs ibe: klhIP J« missing dr until'a relief''yeSsel.ban' take its place the' dangerous spot,must : remain unguarded. The modern lightship built by the government coats about $115,000, while they are expensive vessels to maintain. It is the contention of the Inventor of this new type of floating structure that all of the points of weakness in the present type of light ship would be done away with through the introduction of his model, A cir cular structure with a flange arpund Its base could be anchored anywhere along the coast and not directly over the reef or shoal to be guarded, but out beyond Itj since once anchored there would be no fear of its going adrift in a storm. Heavier anchors and chains than an old-type lightship could carry or handle would make this certain, for one thing, and the prin ciple on which it is constructed would do the rest. Then these floating lights could be built with 80-foot lanterns, in stead of the present standard, and crews would be unnecessary, since some of the water ballast compart ments, which are used to help in sinking the structures, could be filled with illuminating oil and the lamp fed automatically. Filled in the summer time these tanks and lights would need no attention until the next year came around. With such a structure in use the problem of guarding with a -warning light a spot like the Diamond shoals, off Hatteras, would he speedily solved. There would be ifpne of the difficulty commonly experienced In building a lighthouse on an almost in accessible point, as the lightships could be built in harbor and then towed to the point where needed. It is computed that one of these “steady floating” lightships could be built com plete for about $10,000. Its Advantage Commerci.ally. IlXile it Is declared the Murray Idea can be used to enormous advantage commercially, it is its protective fea tures, as applied to coast defense, that have aroused most Interest in other quarters. War and navy department ofllcials have been interested especial ly in the steady floating fortresses and torpedo stations designed by Mr. Mur ray. On the great steel caisson sub merged in the quiet depths of the ocean is built a special annular reirolv- ing deck, fully equipped with guns. Now the turret of a battleship is necessarily limited by the size of the ship’s deck and Its arc of fire is 're stricted, but on the Murray fortress Teiq of prbvitdlng' a large battleships fpn the defense of the ioast*? and the prbteptlon of outlying; felahijB .flejonglng to tJnqle Sam wjll hiuedmd I'eiis pressing. The Island possessions of the United States -will be^ consid ered safe, guarded by a corabii oi floating foftfesses, and the general adoption of them along the American coast is apt to change the European .viewpoint tp a considerable extent. No foreign nation will be eager to .rush steel caisson which is sunk down into the tranquil areas of ocean depths, far below the comparatively limited portion of -wave-disturbed water near the surface. These steel caissons have at their base a wide flange, ex tending all around and heavily weight ed. Upon these flanges the water above rests, pressing down with enor mous weight, exerting at 32 feet be low the surface a pressure of 2,160 pounds per square foot, or at a 60- foot depth a pressure of more than two tons per square foot. The inert weight of the structure Itself and the weight of the water upon it more than counterbalances the action of the waves above. Imagine an ordinary tin basin turned upside down and sub merged, and you get an idea of the Murray foundation. Upon this steady floating foundation, then, any desired superstructure may be built—light house, fortress or living or storage room of any kind. The whole structure, then. In Its .steadiness and Immobility, might be Hk“nod to a floating iceberg. To any one who has ever gone to sea in the winter time one of the wonders of the deep must ever be a sight of a great iceberg floating steadily with the cur rent, no matter how violently the great waves beat against its sides. Every schoolboy knows that this steadiness of the floating mass of ice is owing to the fact that two-thirds of its bulk is below the level ®'f the sea. And it is partly this principle and partly the additional one of adding to the depth below water the widely pro jecting flange of steel that makes Mur ray's Invention so valuable and im portant In the eyes of all marine en gineers. The downward thrust on this flange of the immense weight of stable water is the great secret of the prac ticability of this invention. • i Only Surface of Sea Agitated. Countless experiments by marine engineers all o-ver the world have demoustrated the fact-that -the depth to which the wave disturbance of the surface of the sea extends averages 15 feet A homely_ proof of this Is to be fdund in the way In which a diver can Work on the bed-of the ocean without feeling the slightest effect from any motion of the waves over his head. And in many of the long-time sub mersion tests of submarine craft the crews have sunk below the Idvel in a calm and risen jo the surface in a storm without feeling any indications of the above-surface disturbance. Not only is the Murray principle ap plicable to lighthouses Trud-fllghtshtps and floating fortresses, but to every class of stationary marine structures —such, for instance, as breakwaters and piers; bridges across arms of the sea or detached areas of water; sub merged torpedo stations whose steadi ness will give hidden gunners deadly aim; floating coaling stations, pfo- vision and oil storage depots and even hospitals and temporary hotels. Applied commercially, the Murray invention may revolutioidze Ijreakwa- ter construction. Millions of dojlars have bepn spent in the , building of breakwaters in th* creating of a good harbor or the construction Of* a large rkUrokd and shipping terihijial, and in _a number of cas^s t‘bese“\breSkwa- tbrp, atter much timfe*' tneney atj'd ef fort had been expeaded,, hkVie, beep.de clared' insuflSelent and uhSatlefectory. These Meakwaters have been btillt up from tie bottom of harb'Crs by the dumping in of enormous tfuantltie.s of rock at huge cost. The byfr tem, it is declared, will do kwaiji-' with this expensive construction entirely. The Mui’ray breakwater is btijlt in sect tions, each section^ resemblin'# kU; in verted vessel, the upturned keel 3 bia| the work of breaking the foree .Of thq Inralling Wkves and the great pioj-l'ct, lug bulk underneath held steadily .'by the pressure of the water. . .. Of Value for Lightships. • One of Mr. Murray’s chief clklm% ,of the value bf his invention, howete# lied IP its application to anothCE, kpd more picturesque, marine structure^ the lightship. As: lightships' nCw -%•(& constructed, it Is Impossible for fhe|d to carry a light at a greater height 'thaii '20 feet kbove their decks,. In ad- ^Itiou, they must always be anbhbfbj} close to the reef or shoal o'yer.-yrbiCh-,; . p - Mp, • iJdpTray'p Iuv 0 puc|is are they stand gUard( since It; la ' by the'jgoVothmePb, Anierican city, were detailed one day there^neetf be noTestricGon as to^ize^to call upour the resident Chinamen or the number of guns. Again battle ship gunners are more or less ham pered by the rolling and tossing of the vessel, which makes good aim an un certain proposition, but on a steady floating structure guns could be point ed with mathematical accuracy. No enemy’s attacking fleet would have chance against an array of these im mobile fortresses. While their gun ners were waiting for their vessels to roll so as to bring Oielr guns to bear, they would be withered by a fire of deadly aim from a deck as solid as If mounted upon a rock. A fleet running- up against these floating fortresses placed several miles outside a city would be destroyed before It got even within striking distance of the city It self. In addition, a fleet of battleships before a line of these steady floating fortresses would be like so many eggs pitted against a solid cannon ball. The armor plating on the fortresses can be made of lndeflnite.Xhici:ness, and its domed surface would deflect a strik ing shell off into the harmless air. Impregnable Defense. Then, too, upon the solid steel float ing foundations torpedo stations could be placed, submerged and totally in- visible, and the. steady plktform from which the torpedoes Xyere^^fired would make the aim of the men behind cer tain and true. These fbftresseg and totpeflp, stations could bp protected -frbfn; torpedo boats and even supma- : r}he bokts by heavy barriers .-of steel nettlng 'isnrrotmding eaChi' Th.en, vvlth . fields of mines laid between, the. utter :destrhption; of any attkcklng fleet .AVouldi bd-'Certain. -i ,' Any- dokst; tod, lined Vrlth these hteady fldkflng lofttesses: could bon- \eider itself: attblyproteotea.nncl vrouid Jneed. nO .fleet of battleships tied’, close te Itfadi'e- .All oceanfgoin# vessels', of ;'Wkr*eputd he perinitted to foam about and, enter ; upon offensive Ofierallons : ¥hefever’. dealrdd. The floating fort- .regses would; have llttle'niachlnery or Other theebanisiin- to bother v;ith, tma .duly enougd tneh to -aerve tbe .gnns FOiald b e ;. If* MVi, ■ Mduay’S luventlons. 7 r l^umYc^awrJmntidmtiousi: into a fight with so well protected a country as the United States. The inventor of this new system of marine construction is an American engineer, a Californian by birth, and of Scotch descent It is asserted by marine authorities that his discovery means a definite step forward in the world’s progress and that his inven tions are the most momentous since the substitution of steel for wood in naval construction. CHINAMAN MADE IT CLEAR. ‘Pigeon And Without the Use of Any English,\ at That. Numberless are the tricks which newspaper reporters play upon one another to relieve the somber “grind” of their calling. Two young men, em ployed on a morning paper In a large and “interview” them.^ respecting some immigration measure then pending in congress. One of the two reporters was a beginner, and the other, an ex perienced man, naturally assumed the management of the matter. • “Billings,” he said, after they had invaded several laundries without any important result, ’’here Is a tea store. J wish you would go In and talk with the proprietor. I want to know what he thinks about Chinamen voting. I’ll go on and have an interview with the man who runs this cigar shop next door. Remember to use the very simplest English at your command.” The young reporter went inside the tea store, took out his note book and thus addressed the proprietor, who happened to be alone at the moment: “John, how? Me—me—Telegraph, Johnl Newspape—savvy, John? News- pape—print things. Un'stan’? Me want know what John think about China man vote, see'? 'What John think— Chinaman—^vote—all same Melican map? Savvy, John? Vote? What- thinkr’ The Chinaman listened to him with profound gravity until he had finished and replied;. “The question of granting the right of suffrage to Chinese citizens who have come to the United States with the avowed intention of making this country their permanent home Is one tbat-bas-oeeupled—the -att^tlon of thoughtful men of all parties for years, and i t may become la time one of paramount importance. At present, however* it seems to me there is no exigency requiring an expression of opinion from me upon this subjecL You will please excuse me.” The .young reporter went outside and leaned against a lamp-post to re- . cover frpm a sudden, faintness that had seized him. His comrade haXjmr^ posely “steered him ,against^ oqfi of the best educated CJhinameri In the United States.—London Tit-Bits. TllF-IHM OFFICER OF GERMAN ARMY TELLS OF HAZARDOUS EXPERI ENCE IN DARK CONTINENT. NEAR TO DEATH ON BRIDGE MozambI River Is Crossed, by Means of Shaky Structure Made by the Natives of Sticks and Branches. London.—Lieut, Paul Graetz of the German army, who is crossing the heart of Africa from Dar-es-Salaam. on the east coast, to Swakopmund. on the west, is encountering formidable dif ficulties in the tropics. His last stage of 125 miles has occupied nine days. He describes the journey as follows: “Leaving Aboreprn, near the south ern end of Lake Tanganyika, we reached Kasama In nine days through the Chambezi valley. But we and our motor car have had to go through a horrible ordeal. We have faced fear ful trials and hardships under tropical rains; we have been delayed by raging streams and deep marshes. \We have had to cross 28 swollen rivers and swamps innumerable. We have traveled on bad wooden bridges built by the natives, and often we have crossed over the wretched totter ing remnants of such bridges. We have fought hard against flooding wa ters. \At first we journeyed through thick brush. Running and Jumping near our automablle, a number of Lo- beba natives sing as they accompany us. Then a terrible thunderstorm bursts upon us in a fury, and streams of water pour down like huge water spouts. Now the underwood becomes lighter. Halt! Water! The Mozambi river is before us and rolls on its yel lowish course in the middle of a swampy depression 200 yards jn breadth. \There la a kind of bridge over swamp and stream, and it zigzags like a gigantic centipede. The natives rush through the storm-beaten high grass and gather sticks and branches. They drag them forth and build a small bridgeway over the dangerous deep mire; we widen the existing narrow bridge and repair it as best we can. iiially, af.er hours of strenuous wo.-.': in rmirlng rain, wo proceed. The car is pulled forward on the perilous A Successful Life. A snocesstul fife Is rather hard to define, for the definition varies at different., times and under different conditions, and yet In the midst of this, material age there has dwelt a successful woman. She has not large means, she- is dependent upon her own labor, and she lives a simple, retired life,-'she Is totally blind, add yet We question whether there are many, who in present peace of lU.lnd, and exalted visidn of faith, have kt- talned unto all that is desirable in life SO nearly as l#snay Crosh'y, the hymn Wrilter, who M 88 years p f kge reigUs queen of human hap;^l‘fless.— UniversaUst Leader: , ' pvfns Much Britlah Land. Thes,mkfhUis of Stafford, ■who Is In his twentieth year, Is heir, tp; the most extensive- -ddiuMil, If hot; the largest rent ’roiih: .enjoyed hy Any -subject ot Kins Bdwatd. Mfore than 1,000.006 acres In J0igi4pd and Scotland are pn* det tfie.lordship of his fathei‘, the duke of HutherXkud. # l l e the inarqnls of Brepdalhane; voho'is P?pbably the next largest’proprietor Itt the ' Icinsdom, dosf;hprow h ,half th a t.hmouht nl land.: ' ■ , ■ ' ., ■ ' Crossing Over the nants of a Tottering Bridge. Rem- j!I.O RSCt&RO OF ;H18-J^AME, CRIME, com m itm e n t or tria l CAN BE FOUND. TJnlontown, Pa.—It would seem in credible that In thlS' age a man could be Imprisoned'for more than a year in the jail of this county, in this town, not.fcnewing himself the reason or cause of his Imprisonment, his Identity unknown to the county officials, and no entry reliably affecting him or bis alleged offense to be found any where in the public records, yet it 1* a fact this is so. The man, a foreigner,' wqs recently released from jail because no ground could be found for his further deten tion, nor Indeed for his detention at any time. He might still be in prison had there not been a change of sher* iffs. The new sheriff is Peter A. Johns. During one of his late oflicial enumerk- “What Are path; the driver grips the steering wheel with great steadiness. 'W\ tremble. What If the wheels skid on the slippery road? We are lost If the car moves only one hand’s breadth to eithef side. W b utb lost i f our hairds or our nerves give way on these fear ful 200 yards. “The heavy car and ourselves would fall and disappear, without any possi bility of rescue, in the wild'stream or in the soft, deep mud. The passage seems to last an eternity. Slowly we creep forward. “We are nearly on the ether side, when suddenly tho, car stops and Is dragged backward. We ail burst into a shriek of terror. We realize what has happened. The back wheels have sunk through a bole in the bridge. The front wheels are lifted upward. But by a stroke ot luck in the midst of our misfortunes the springs of the car have caught in the cbliqiie planks of the bridge and it is wedged fast. “A fresh activity seizes us. W.e fasten a strong tbp6 to the front .part of the car. There Is no time to waste. A catastrophe is sflll threatening us. The Lobeba natives are fetched backf The bridge is repaired after a mighty effort, and the natives slo'Wly- drag the car forward. The rescue is a suc cess. . “The sun Is hpw piercing through the gray clouds, and before our eyes glcems: the fresh landscape. A few miles’ drive and welcome to another river,. Therei- are many dahgerp be fore ps. Jrildden in, the tall grass are . numberless bowlders, branches, roots and tree -trunks', “Day after day the dlfflcultles and ObStaeios increase, and We nearly lose the hope of ever reaching .our goaL The Car. however* hha worked without; One brea.'t down Since ‘we , Jeft Abor-- -corn. At last we see, on„|iie: hill la front of US, the village, bf. Kasahja,. the buridlpsO of the .Ihagletrate, and the ■ African lake, cbrppratlon, .Cppearlhs: *Dove the green Jiihdsfiiape.'' tions' of the jail inmates nia attention was called for some reason to this man. \What is your name?” inquired tho sheriff. “Elecx Lenchack.” “What are you in prison for?” “I don’t know.” “How long have you been here?\ “More than a year.” The sheriff examined the jail regis ter covering a year, and longer, but could not find the name of Lenchack. He did the same with the commit ments. but with equal unsuccess. Then he questioned the prisoner more closely. Lenchack could not handle English very well, but he managed to explain that all he knew about it was that he had been walking across a field a± one of the coking plants not fat from this town when two men ac costed him, took him before a ma^s* trate and then brought him to jail. ■ It Is the sheriff’s theory that Len- chaok had been committed to Jail un-' der one name; that be had got on to the jail register under another name, and on the trial docket of the court imder still another name, and that when the name on the trial docket was called during sessions of the coiftk there was no prisbner to answer tq. IL. The poor fellow was so glad to get out that his expressions ot gratitude, so far as he was able to make this 'sen timent clear, were most pathetic. A foreigner, knowing little or nothing of the habits and customs of this coun try, not understanding the language^ homeless, friendless, knowing no one to apply to, he had got into jail for a trivial offense. There, forgotten, un able to confide in a i^ one even if he had wished, ignorant of how to take steps to get free, he had put in more than a year of bis life in a place to tvhleh he should not, perhapsy have been sent at any time. Prison For?\ uf It. .A, IV'I i PIES BREAK MAN'S FALL. Tlght-Rope Trick on Roof Ends In Headlong Plunge-. Philadelphia.— 'While trying to dam- onstrate to a friend some of the acro batic tight-rope walking ^iU ty Which had won him fame in circus life s0me years ago, Frank Velloski, 25 yehrs old, fell from th e . third-story rpof of his home, to the alley below ahd was takeii to the hospital, aufiferipg\ from concussion of the brain. His conditiOiU', Is serious, the doctors sa^. 'Velloski occupies the fourth floor— Shortly before noon he stepped but of his window on to the roof of the, third floor extension, to get a hveath of fresh air. Just across the alleyway, on the roef of No. 116 Spruce Sti’eet, was phe of Velloskl’s frleiids, \Guess I’ll cofne over for h while,\ he said. I’ll show you the Way we used to do when I was^a cirbils tnau?'’ he added, as he mounted a . . thlh clothes line which stretched betwoea the two houses across’ the alley. . H e had'successfully gone to the mid* die of the rope When suddenly it snapped. Velloski Went crashing dowu.to the hard pavement of, the fey below. , ! ' . • A Woiaan In N6. 116 had beefi ,bal|- , ■ ■ Ing pled and half A dozen\ specihieha . of her art were out to cool k the , ley., velloski fended hehd , ■ 'theta'. ■. \ i , The hospital doctors say hhat It tyai;;, due to this fact that thd forkef feifckiV man’s skuil Was hOl fractured. ' ,v- 'III I m ; f it i iliii Mir ‘.V The Nature of the Hkk- ,, Ekr-pid you ever See an .Ihdiii - ’■■>'■ ! ' 'V ' ■'vvy-.r’never saw haekay •athei; tdadeh;' ' ..... *'■■■ . :,r- -V ■; ' ' . H'', -r O '
