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Show H THE I1IUI1T TI1I.M1 AT Till! IliUIIT H Pretence of mlml In the presence of H dIRlcullles la somstlnics of luestlru.ble H value, .a It enablee tlin Ingenuity la H h.v. better mill more direct pley. Wo H read that several yuan nijo n Hpanlsti bbbH eteamer wklla crossing? the Ilay cf H Ultcay In a violent elorrn, Kve B Intllcatlone by varloue meani that H aomethlng waa wrong vrltli the tcfew H propeller or the than operating It H, oulilJe the ehlp, roeinluj the open Hi1 , apaoe between the item anil the V' rudder poet where the actew revolvea. B There wat no dry dock lu any of the B porta on the coail where the thlp could HBV go to be examined; and on arrival at HHa Vljo It appeared ni If there waa no H eJlernatlve but to remove the cargo H from the item, and by placloK It H forward thua lift the acrew propeller H andahaltto theaurlace of the water. H Tas alternative, almple aa It H I Tfaa, meant a aerloua delay H and a great cipente. llelore H camuonolng to remove the cargo, an H other couiultatlon waa held. It waa H then decided to put theatern of the H ahlpoverabed of light oalored eaud; H ' and aa the water waa very clear, there H might be a iKwalblllty ol ascertaining H the extent or cauaeof IhemUbap, Tor H two daya after the veaael waa ao placed, H the wind cauted ripple on the water, H which effectually prevented anything H being aeeu, ltwutheuauggaited by H tame one on board to try the uae of oil H on the iiarfacs of the water round the H atern of the ahlp. The ellect waa B I moat aatlafactvry. The water waa be- H calmed aa If by inaglo and It waa then B been that the wedge ur key which keepa H t the propeller In lla place on the aliaft H had eome partly out, and thua lott the H acrew looae on the abaft, which cauaed H the nolle, lly continuing the uae of B oil for a few houra tho wedge waa ultl- BBJ raately driven Into Ita place and BBJ aeoured. Many daya of detention and BBJ tbeuaeof ccatly appllancea and labor BBJ wera thai BBJ Incldenta llluttrattvo of how much BBJ can be aaved In time, wear and tear, BBJ exaiperatlon and money by the appll BBJ cation of a little coolhvadcd Judgment BBt arenumeroui-aa much au peruana aa BB) are the antltheaea, which ahow ua how BBJ much of dealructlon,waate and turmoil BBJ , are olttlmea the reault of dolus tlilnga B rashly cr without aufllclentoonaldera BBJ tlou. A conaplcuoua Incident In the BBl former class occurred In an obscure BBJ place In Uerraany aome yeara ago. BBJ An Iron brldgeof considerable length, BBJ whose weight waa about 200 tons, had BBJ been constructed In Uugland for Ihe BBJ place referred to and by some mishap, BBJ tho bridge, when flulshed, waa found to BBJ keaomedlstauoa "out" toonealdv, an BBJ error which the proprleUra Insisted BBt ahould beuctlllcd. To take down and BBJ re-erect the brldco would be simply BB) ruin to the contractor. Hut neoosilly BBJ Isthemotherof luveullon, Itwaasuui- BBJ mar time, and the contractor iro- BBJ t ceeded to find Iho amount ol rxpun BBj slouwhlolt was caused by the heat of BBS the sun over tho whoto length cftln. BBS bridge. He neat aiiertalued what BBH contraction tojk place In the ulght by BBS cooling. Armed with these data ho BBS thought It might bo joulblo to bill g BBS the bridge to lie proper Jooltlou In u BBS few days. Tho bridge, of couraa, In BBB ttaordloary condition, cxiaudod from B r tho center, uihlng lla two enda out- ) ward, or farther nparl, and agalutun-tractlng agalutun-tractlng toward the center. TnMug advautagv of these loudltlous, one cud BeaaaaaaB waa made fast In the morning, and llio BBB brldgu was forced to capaud from thai BBB lnimovaUe point, lustead of from the BBS middle, as formerly. Wlieu the Iron BBS composing the brIJge ha 1 expanded to BBB Ha lull extent lu tho dlrnctlon in. BBB tendrd, that end was releirod nud BBB tbe opposite uud male fust. The BBB bridge then c titranlvil toward Ha true BBB4 losltlou, lhus, whatever was gained 1 l7 tho day's txpauiljn naisnurel hy BBB' thosuktei)Uent contraction when the BBS metal cotle I at night, ant the promts BBS being nuewed day by day, tho work BBB wai successfully accomplished. BBB I nuances of tho ap.llmtlou ol the BBB I rloclple of expulsion on 1 contraction BflBj1 ol met le are Humorous, one ol the BBS, most prominent and best known In BBS this country being that of the BBS great structure across iho Mis i altsllpt river at tit. l.ouls BBB' A beam or girder waa a triflu too long BBS l tv enable Ihe bullJeft to get It Into tin BBS 1 aocket designed lor It and here aela) HeW sVaBlaBaf xJtaaaa. with Ion and annoyance waa threatened. threat-ened. All at once came the thought that there were other means than undoing a portion of the wolk and having Ihe team cut off to shorten It; that If tho Iron could be made cold It would shrink perhats enough for tbe urpose;ioll was wrapped In Icennd In a short time that rartof the work waa completed. A almllar case, with heat aa the agent, occurred In I'rauce recently. The walls of a large building build-ing In l'atli were observed to he giving giv-ing way by bulging outward, and the I robltm waa to bring them back to their ve.tlcal position. For this I ur-poaou ur-poaou number of bars of Irou having screws and liuta on each end were let through the orpotlto walla nud across lliulnlerviulng aruco between them. The nuts and screwed portion of the bars woro oulalde. The bars wcronow heaiul by a number ot lamps suspended sus-pended below them until they had raj ended ai much m possible, and the aula screwed up against the outildea of the twooosl!o waits. The lamrs were next removed, when tkehtated bars, lu oollug, gradually contracted In their length, bringing the walls vsry gently, hut with Irresistible forco, Into their normal Kiltloii. Ji'owj lfaomo thoughtful pcraon of ecloullfla Lent, or otherwise aufllalant-ly aufllalant-ly endowed, would but drop Into our midst a plain, speedy nnd adequate mena of building our long-proposej and inuch-lalked-of railroad to Deep Crest, lie would confer a boon upou local humanity. We have the means, the ability and Ihe right of way we only noed anmo ono to lake hold In the right manner and with tho needed sjlrll. |