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Show THE SUNDAY MORNING EXAMINER, NOVEMBER ' v 1904. VT7T may carry fruit and dairy peodiaw Canada to England. Her hull u , into eleven compartments, and win, divisions of bar double bottom l s" wafer twenty tight apace 7 he Viet orion's Turbines. Bo much for tha ship proper. But most difficult and arduous part of the million given to tha builders by tto ajw company waa tha eonatruetioa at iiute gantie turbine which era to drlvT. Victorian. This branch of the shipbuilding company alto miiw!!aai lug acquired tha rights to equlpyte"! built in their yard tram the Panouatw bln Company. Watching tha proceae of bunding great machine the imagination! olllll led to aee the making f titanl muSl box or some kind of mechaaicsl for tho amusement of a giant, end. ta tha analogy la not ao far evenheaT for who shaU aay that a maa capable designing an engine that may drive e lm hundred footer acroee tha Atlantia iZ three da ye la not a giant in mind lr la physique? Them are three ef thee up to date lne in tha Victorian, on high and two low pmaaure turblnae; the ha3 ateal casing and drum of each of tha Im pmaaum turbine weigh nearly one him. died tons and are absolutely proof bursting under the enormous ateam araw! u re to b used, while the bladse on tha ateam acta, and them Is tha .I-whim -? Incredible number of a million sad a half t them, form a striking and remarks w. oontraat. It ia them little pleoaa of curved each of which la not larger than thametal of a penknife, and upon which not Made more than as ounce of steam huplngm at Impulse, that am expected to drive nil new liner at n speed greater than has across tha ocean la tha world1. a. (TKB VICTORIAN SPEED TSTO A. Ot' fjow HOPED 'NEAPING PROM COMPI&TION HER 'TRIPLE FOR THE ALfUAN GREAT DINE ABSENCE OP Sources ef Economy. Whilo saving la coni consumption and economy of mom am the chief advantage offered by the turbine over the ordinary triple expansion engines, thara am otheim of axceedlng importanoa in with ocean traffic. One of the Utter 1, tha com plate abeence of the unbalanced forces which causa vibration la aa ordlnarv steamer, but which la In tha new method reduced to the vanishing point The da, gar dua to breakdowns Is also atnee them am no moving partsminimised, to brmk or get oat of order. It la usually the breaking of a crank abaft or connecting rod or other appliance that offers tha moat frequent somea of trouble on a modem steamer. In a turot tha adaptability of tha ateam tuibtne bine the ateam acta directly on the revolvto high speed ocean steamships. ing element, the shafts A year ago, when- tha contract tor the with aa even driving movementof the ahla and thus turning Victorian was awarded, the performance enormously reducing the tresses to which of the marina turbine engine was not very the moving parts of ordinary engines am well known an at that time h subjected. Finally, tha claim, toe the tun tbmt them la not only Mow1 omPI7 lntna??. wiucn u In weight apasd, attendance and ap (hi Ylrflniin, Ing to be by propelled on th, Clyde, but them ia the added building f de- keep, a higher increase in aimed. advantage triple expansion reciprocating engine and of limits to the perfection last veloped Tha latter may ba accounted for by the used them many years. As tha construc- hlffher natural speed of th turbines. By tion of tha hull proceeded th knowl- way of illustration, it ia well known that edge concerning the merit of turMneg adengine as wall aa all other vanced and finally the Allan Company de- raciprooating of elasaes raaehinery producing motion or cided to settle forrtrer th question of operating by motion, degress in speed as adaptability of turbines to ocean llaera. they increase In sis, due to th Increased Economy of Spsct. stresses to which tha materials they era tho A great deal has been written about constructed of are subjected. It Is evident economy ot apace derived from th use of than that th limit of speed must soon be ia thla Instance no in reached in large engines of the type denew but tho engine, mom noticeable and pronounced than in vised by Watt. tha Victorian, and so marked haa this been that tha builders have been able to pro- Philosophy of Propellers. vide freedom and facilities on board that While tha above is also true of the ateam are, in all probability, not equalled by any turbine, yet the speed of th Utter la enorother veaael of her ala afloat. Ordinarily mously high when compared with tha forthis extra apace would hare been given mer. assuming, of cours both to be equal over to accommodations for additional In boras power. For this reason It It out passengers, but th saving has not been ao to sea why th ala ef th propellers ef ntillaed In thla harshly commercial spirit. turbine steamers may be reduoad accordInstead it has been devoted to further- ingly. The Victorian has thres propallars ing every possible comfort and luxury to of manganese bronae, and the dimensions tho three classes of patrons. of those am so small they would appear Tha new liner is built to th highest far mom suitable for a tugboat thaa aa class of British Corporation Registry of Atlanllo liner. Rhlpplng and her hull haa been especially The propellers being direct 'connected, strengthened above the requirements of to the turbine they am revolved at a high the corporation aa an additional safe- rate of speed In comparison with those ef guard p gainst tha heavy weather of th older vessels, the former making approxNorth Atlantic, for she Is Intended for three hundred revolution per minth first class Canadian mall, passenger imately ute. The small propeller sad th direct United between the service and general drive am th chief factors ia tbs smooth Kingdom and Canada. Bha poaaeaaea ac- and equable motion of a turblna boat even commodations for 1.SU0 passengers and when going at a high speed. Ia th new ItOOO tons. The first of a capacity for cargo Allan llper them am three propeller and class accommodation of th A'lctorlan ia, these am operated by on high pressure aa usual, amidships, and Is of tha moat and two low premum turblna The central complete and approved order, all perfectly propeller, arranged aa la a single screw heated and ventilated. vessel, li worked by tha high pressure turIn a Not less comfortable proportionately era bine, while th other arranged even th twin screw ship, am operated by the low the second close quarters, and In am for provided third class passengers re turbine Them am three Impoa most liberal manner. The veasel la elec- prtantnum events In tha life of a ship namely, haa a it complete throughout tric lighted her launch, her trial trip and her maldea printing out lit and an Installation of MarIf the last two prove as successconi's wireless telegraph system, which vcyage. with tha Victorian aa tha tint, then tbs will serve to keep th passengers in con- ful, speed vessels will stant touch with tha shore of cither great problem of highn new era In the hismainland during tha entire voyage. ,Jler have been solved and hold la provided with Insulated chambers tory of transoceanic trsyst will be ted. and refrigerating apparatus, ao that aha XKitT 'TOILERS THS Frederick Collins? steam turblna b m march of the ocean! FTB of tier dimension a how, that aha haa a length ortr all at MS feet, a breadth of CB lm and a depth of 40 fact, and though at u -- -i St 4M SB.fEASJS completion and :hr trial trip. scheduled to take place before tho end of tha year, la anxiously awaited by engtnrer shipbuilder owner and passenger aa well, for it la destined to mark an important epooh in tha progress of erm- - - Oceania trawl Tn previous article in the Ktw Tons Hanoi I hare described In detail a number of areaaala equipped with turbine, among them being the Brighton, utillaed by tha Cunard Commiaalon in making comparative te ate between thaolder style reciprocating engines and tho newer type of ateam turbine but Iq every Instance thcae ahlpa have been limited In alae and power to tha channel or river service. While three smaller turbine propriled atramera navo proven largely euccessfiil In all tha esaan-tl- al requlrcmenta they have not by eny mrana demonstrated eoneluatvely that the now engine waa equally eultahla for driving tha largest ocean going Hner and it was thla fact that deterred tha great companies from a too liaaty desire to adopt It. for aeoordlng to the laws of chance there still remained the possibility of failure. In which event heavy losses would consequently be Involved. Hence the reason why ths launching of tha Victorian baa created such - widespread Interest, and now, aa tha flnlahtng touchea are being concluded, tha important companies are cm tha qul vlv to learn tha results of her earliest performance and this la accentuated to no small extent. In vlrtua of tho extraordinary VIBRATION lndlu ;Y ;! yk-lrS- , ; avw- : , i, f a m - .'Mjj K?r,M'V-sV-V- ifj I ter- I - r- te precau-- , tlnna taken to Insure an absolute and oom-plete 'lucre aa in the greatest modern experiment in tha annals of aiarlna csoelrue-tion- . Building the LlntrsThla new record breaking vessel was designed and built fur tha Allan line In Belfast, Ireland, by AVorkman, Clark A Co., who have one of tha largest and- bast equipped shipbuilding plants In Great Britain. Bo complete are tha work that from the reception of an order far a steamer until eh la handed over to the owner every item In her nan struct Ion la made by them, aven to the engines and auxiliary machinery; and recently, feeling that tha turbine waa to be 'tha- future power for marina work, they oommencsd the manufacture ot them engines under ; the Faraons patent The new liner !a a handsome and aristocratic ship, her lines fore and aft ora sharp and clean rut, swelling gracefully Into a nobla breadth amidships, all of which suggests high qualities of steadiness and lability and indicating to tha trained eye a capacity for speed that could hardly be equalled. For her beam she hna great depth, aa may be easily concluded wlien ii la elated Chat from her keel to her flying bridge tha distance measures at least seventpdbur feat. A determination KTOfWS ELEMENT CT A MSKINE. TURBINE, SDVNG A TW CT THE, miXM WADES," Off the Beaten Track in Japan iikllful Ungers grasping th brush, to HOULD you Journey to Japan and to ths good abbot for bis to and w were dashed Into hla work until ths whole who knows but In a few years tha sorry when it com time to go, length of that golden panel wna flllel thing will be as common aa s trip to Inside the Temple. From my position I could not mad what Europe go you apart from tho beatan track to the little Buddhist We passed Into the temple proper on tha ha had written, and h did not show It(hot water) abbot's Invitation, where worshipper were to ms when h had finished, but lanaemonastery of in the mountains of the west coast, tlll arriving and prostrating themaelveg dlately passed it to th abbot, who evinced nine ri from Toyama, oa tha crow fllca. before tha idols on each side of th central very.'atgn of profound gratitude. his eM wnsdea armchair, with Ms feet up Park avenue. At a glaaoa h took In Why? what to him waa tha only explanation for I don't know how, but I'll bst I'v Here you will be treated with great kind- altar. On god wag for th men and on oa lit couater, puffing a corncob pipe, "Orlng otto de go sari mas" (I most boo the existing elate of affair Rushing committed bigamy, I can take my oath ness, look off over a wonderfully beau- for tha women. To tha one tiro men put up or ably thank you for your honorable conAty, I mint a ivilr of your rubber or for business post baste to ths nearest telegraph Office there were two wires there. No more of tiful landscape, see two gods of rare ugli- petitions for success in Number eights," I said. descension), mid he, bowing until w could eent the following astounding message the hArd stuff for as if I get out of ness, and Incidentally If you say you bountiful crop To th other the women see the silver lotus symbol on tho small ot Borry 1 cant oblige y Cap., b re- he are an American ba shown on of the 'prayed for th gift cf children, men cltll-m- o Ms back,- - and ho continued to how an this! " plied, after puffing awhile In silence and to the Commissioner: bus-loatto us until wo had donned oar whereby th hearts of their nailery's treasure the work of a without snaking a more. Tm all out of "Do not bother any longer. Watek not Orlng countryman; a kaklraono of silk and' bands might be always their Th gods shoes and warn beyond tho red goto of (Signed) J. JONES." rubber but I can iet you have some ten worth It, to our tho Tempi gold bearing on Its face a phrase whloh were not handsome gods accordingrseemb-lancpenny nails. e K tho will v W1NTKR8MITII, Represen-tatlbring vividly to you memories of standards bearing, Indeed, more What are you talking about. CyT I I waited until wo were wall down and You will gasp when to our Ideas of flatan and centuries hillside on tha rood toward from Kentucky, was on of horn read it saw a whole. box full of rubber behind tha jron ONE ON THE MULE the drellrsa wits in Washington, Then you win either wax Indignant or be 'of temple life had not bettered them. The then aaked Darnell what ha had writtaa counter only yeeterdayT said PIH1 Thompson at th Waidiarf tilled with a desire to laugh, aa your dla- - thick smoke of Incense which continually H. TAFT, gecretary of Tha reply vm not what oh. did ye? WeH. I guess theyre atlll tlro other night I remember at one time iPO"1 lion prompt Give way to neither (30 pound. Ilia e a teac- h- af there, but. dumb It. I don't want lo bother WILLIAM expfotedfrom and Klihu hie wife were walking down Penn-Punless you wish to trample on the offles. Hoot, tips tbs to eeil 'em. Whafa the use? I'd only youth. the petiby scale polished at Wlvanfa avenue of ebony, hue half that to faith only tha figure. atnrk up when a lltU Frrtiuhman,l,nnopit of your hosts and ruin the have to go and boy a lot more "I couldn't remember anything," thousands of appealing with agla N I'm sorry, but Im 11 out When Bscrelsry Taft waa Civil Governor a member of the I .eg alien, who waa dl- -. reputation of tha writer of those word tionary touch of h hamsfacedly, "and I wmt In was hi of th health front of now. author Pliillpiiinee " and fell.JH Ilk nully rectly them, most suand. tripped of rubber. . with Incense and re- morning! Hava you need fears soapr "And he wouldnt sell me a pair. That s undermined, lie wgq'lahnrlng under greaf it waa slippery and he fell all over the tl,nra 1" ashamed of hia youthful work Tha tempi waa dimhollow What!" I cried. rumbling and responsibility in governing the archipelago I wvement In the moot ludicrous way. alnoerely repentant. For which rea-- verberated to the ths queerest storekeeping I ever found." It doesn't matter!" returned he cheerwhere cnndlttnne wore jet so disturbed as "Mra. Wlntersmlth laughed, whereupon (Mn hla name shall be concealed under a growling of the mokugyo, a drum of red to give Peerctary Root end President the little Frenchman, picking btmaelf Uj,:ganxe mask, and we will call him Darnell, lacquer; In form somewhat Ilka a fish's fully. "It mad the old man aa happ? monotoaa a line of Emerson would and beewe Roosevelt much concern. Mr. Root there- rushed at Dick and presented him with hla; v teachers of English In the head, which a novice waa heating AFTER ELECTION. , ? moat of tha worshippers looked as if All about were shrine of brons fore requneted Judge Taft to keep him adIn ,anesa school nously. government those day and Clewtnnd wna flrt elected vised by the new Pa cl fie cable as to tha "Irtck looked it and carved wood, decorated needed that gospel." one in lacquer ;snd over. the holiday summer we thoughtfully early excitement In the state of Ms health. One day this menDarnell cam hem eventually and wrote " 'What's this for? he asked of th MUe'JurnFlred to WHEN wrs great to see Its famous with symbolic birds and beasts and flowhad sem came to Mr. Root from Governor did art among the negro Frenchman view, wash our hands in its sacred pool er and on the walla hung votive tablet a book on th Japanese, but h tor alvery bean told that they might expert Taft st Benguet, In tiro mountain near " Tour ladee, there," snorted the French-ma- n of hot water and to take tea with the of wood or scrolls and panels of paper or mention thla Incident therein most any disaster upon the event of a Manila: on them words shame's salt In a tower of rage, 'she laugh at me. abbot, a moat learned and pious old gen- allk (kaklmono), bearing 1 change of administration. of wisdom, aa uttered by teachers ef Tha tleman. mule "Rode ten mllea on Am She laugh at m when I fall on see If I aver become abbot of About six months after tiro election down. I, sir, demand se sateesfiio-aione- !' It waa a pleasant place of a summer af- Way. that hall do TAFT." much to halter. best my repair feeling met Jack of th President on old negro ternoon, th porch of the temple. Below The Japanese Buddhists am a liberal Uoii Meanwhile I pray that no offlcloul Mr. Root chuckled and doubled with Chinn on the wrest at Harrndeburg. Preel-,te- mirth Dick quietly handed him back hie card. us lay mile upon mile of rice and daikon minded lot,, distinctly "broad church" as busybody will translate that aanteno late ki th chair which geere ary Toft "d h anhl Mam Jack," "Well, " You to this lady's brother and de- fields In varying tones of tender lush far aa beliefs go, which was why our abbot Japanese and to hurt th feelings ot af he don bln elected iin' nothin' eln t has nine discarded aa too small. Us dic- mand sc go suicesfacaione, mid be. 'ghe green, flecked with tho moving shadows asked ua to write some saying of on of our reverend and dear friend tha abbot, urn still free. He aln t tated this reply: am We 'it. happuh'd DECREASE EXPLAINING THE of clouds and diversified by occasional wise men as a memento of our visit. I hops ia still alpping hi afternoon tea Mood mine. no kin ain't of see Pen to Glad but don' Toft. bow it. hear Me gust. don mails us alarm agn. vinca and blossoming plum and cherry Though It be in foreign tongue, yet its In tha shady veranda of tha f ths mule? ROOT." ao dlffunoe, we nlggere. SENATOR GEORGE F. tree Far away tha Japan Be mid a mem presence would yield a beneficent in- monastery and looking cut over the tieto "and. rOKMTOR recently vis! led one of the "No. returned Jack, emplmtlcnllr,a lot THE QUEEN AND THE CAPTAIN. liver rim to the great green plain. fluence and ahed a light on tha Path of flails toward the Inland He hla faith of hamlets in Vermont where Mankety. blnnkety blank, there' tlia tempi grounds and on the Ultimate Perfection, ha said. human nature and hla precious kaklmon HILE the plot which ultimately do- - About . be had not bean for many year De- ns democrats, we don't ao no dlffereno RESULT OF SEEING DOUBLE" rouP of monk In their dull It seemed a small repayment for all the still unshaken. i neither." prlved her of her throne area being gaaeS oaKaa spite the fact that it was near a railroad how remarkable t':a effect after moked and drank tea and kindness we had received. W asienteiV hatched Queen Isabella of Spain was it appeared not to have increased In ais too much strung drink will at Bt. Svbusiian, and on day sur--! ,?d off upon the world, and up the hilljTha abbot dapped hi band a young or changed a whit In thirty yean. s.i:d Cornelius WORTH THE TROUBLE mu." NOT eam constant stream of worship- - brother of tha order hastened toward us Sentiro now?" A POPULAR TARGET. What'e your population priced her courtiers by exprresing a dcire,patl1 Gardiner. Usually when a man Ito colored eiistume r. enough to drinks so much that vlelt a stopping out of the shadow prostrated hlmsrff the ator asked of the local hotel keeper. those unTurTuiiHt Knowing that thelpr? 1 sees he double the URING th famous Fenian raids t ,n e a nearby, three time and received the "Oh. somewhere between twelve and ONLYanywhere tn the vicinity of Park remembrance of that loot doe not worry 'navy waa not very loyal, they tried to dls- th early seventies, Co Ion 1 Albert or rJnae hand andJ mouth In the and d auatto but command Then fourteen hundred." and In, between he her, went vain, tha finally swiftly Clark now president of th Horn day. He considers It aa a where a large hlin the next ami street to have nearly polng to worship at tlroiaway, and returning brought a brush rr P00 "Why. this plmro and Is inclined to boost of went to th sort of Joke, Market Club, tearfrom within link twnpl which work two tbounand, didn't It? apparently tray avanturlna lacquer on cedar with Fenian camp nearof thBorton, force ot men are at It. I met a man tiwlay, though, on which Canadian border. murmurous In a hum 'twas." of voids. as ao lulling, It so. and very sliver a from chanting Tain't big and "Tap. that inlays kaklmono, which he waa but ing up the city It had a most rrmurkable effect He Is an prayer cams ever to our ear unrolled and spread out upon tha floor. Th camp of tha Canadian troops "Well. I guess babies aren't bom her order, so it is said, to increase the number actor that I have known for soma time a short distanos away. Darnell and I were much Inrllned thatf It am a beautiful . . very frequently, are they?" kaklmono; of tracks running Into the Grand t'entral and who a few months ago married a very day to become Buddhists oureclve and a panel of dull gold leaf. While the abbot On day Clark wearing a light colored "Oh. bout once." Station, can appreciate fully tha pulnt of pretty girl, to whom he la absolutely dethenceforward live in a house all paper rubbed the Ink In the tray I tried to stovepipe hat, was strolling alon throngs tha following anecdote:-- A In man more Never aaa voted. love a - dud screen and polished wood, alt all day long think of up something worthy of being placed tha fields a mils or ao from campfriend of Commissioner McAdoo while than he Is with hla wife. Ills only fault on clean white tataml clad In soft cotton .upon It. It was very Ilk being aaked to denly the report of a rifle rang out and bli USELESSNESS OF TRADE pausing through thla city for the flrst time Is thet once In a great while hr ataya out robe with a lutua flower embroidered' writ an appropriate sentiment In an auto- - hat fell to the ground! Clark plckedlt ap lost a watch which he valued with the hove and take a Jtltl more rTfEN I was staying up In n little In hi life la In my power to carry you In this vea- - thereon as an emblem of our order, gast! graph album-r- o feat which always stumps and Jammed It down more tightly over ua with Manhattan Isle it familiar Not highly. for him. In Mains last summer, than la 'plai-out over a perfect landscape, meditate on 'me. Meanwhile the Ink being prepared. head. Another report Bounded In tha opposol faraway from Spain?" and thinking It built on the asm plnn na "Whengood I met hl-tills morning he onr perfections, end t Intervals be served1 the abbot waited, expectant. I supposed site direction, and Clark then nahsro ihrre I go for a few I know It, replied the Queen. country town from which he hail coin looked weeks' rest." said Captain Clar-er.- the i acted. It very worried, almost Yet Your Majesty did not hesitate to with delicate foods brought, to us In doll's he fancied w carried the sayings ofour that hla hat waa tha cause of tha Ann the man wrote lo the Coninilliiur of wna also rvMrnt he a had that on True, of the Seventy-firlittle hoard?" lie asked, wondering at house dishes of exquisite shape. We would great men engraved upon our heart regiment, Ha started to run and the bullets began coni and asked him to do hi host to K. r. X. Y., "1 mads th arquaintauce f 'hi lo even do up our hair In th "gun trigger You writ K. Darnell. I said. "I'll be to fly thicker and faster. When, after article. Mr. MrAdco 'hang over from lust night. 1 asked what her cours the :hunt mleslng up 1 dlil not hesitate, alia replied, "be- fashion of the monks If that was a necesCy Stl'ilman, whs kept the store, 't'y' answered that he would do all in hi piwer the matter was." hanged If I ran think of confounded bard run, he reached a piece of wood tnat waa a unique character. He waa fat, to recover the wa'ch and would nut leave " 'Trouble at horn I'm afraid, lie cause 1 knew that you were a gentleman, sity. though it did not look at ail com- thing. Don't lot him think w have no afforded shelter, he looked at hla was sure not he act like fortable. answered. slovenly and supremely laxy, hut that you would search. and I was wise and good mea among us." and to his dismay It was a total wrsc ifc a atone unturned also the local philosopher, and highly friend-- we 'Hid your wife glva you a curtain a coward." It seemed a perfect sort of life, tills, in Thua adjured. Darnell atretched hi long There were alt A abort white after this eh of twenty bullet bolei la Your Majesty wna right." sold the cap- the monastery of lecture?1 and we were length out on the floor beside the kakl- - but not on had struck Its owner. will call him Jones tn aimpilfv 1 wasn't In any We lml a Vpoll nr wet weather and I to tie a second time In lli great shape to know what tain. with a low bow. "and you shall have grateftil to that chance which had brought mono, there was a moment of hesitation a The sharpshooters of both th oppoum need d a pair of rubocrx, ao I went down jrlty of New York, and by chance busi- wna said or happened, but Im afraid no cause for regret that you placed confi- n there, to the artistic Instinct which had look of intense and painful thought on hla forces had been amusing themselves t dence In me." chosen this spit for the temple site, andifacc, and the to VyV ol'jie to g.'i then- - ty waa in ness ook hm to street and Lilly will get a divorce. with awkward and un- - expense of th ediior's sQ'lieh headgear. Iri-no- -u n. fixing the blame If-- D STS lin-h- ul rrAWS M.TS: w Jap-car- d. M-no- -u to-da- pave-Ime- Iri-no- -a nt I nt Xro-no- -a nt w I man-of-wa- i Forty-secon- ud Fifty-seven- 5l water-requisi- te th allk-Wrlt- n rs dU-t- i st In-l- u, Fitly-sevent- h |