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Show Tim . m-m- eii irr xi:urSe the prle.t for wham ha earned the torn. "And alt thla,- - aald lha maa "fur UkV the mama af tha Wti4 Virgin ta raia- - but lha pnei with a few word, of a prayer converted ta Christ lastly and made a hole again oa tha a pot. te-'ata- l Muckroaa j &? Zr&vcJ' &Z7JV rvrvs? ' 0&Tramjtetrs?a' Legends and Folk Lore As Told By the Irish People Which Are Especially Attractive To the Traveller. Irish people are for lhair wit u4 rtwiM race ku II Hrtp sad wtr4 Burthat lataraallngIktmNlTM ! U(Mli th dally ttfa aad plaaaaraa af th lahabitaats af tha famous aad Umm troublowa Emarald Isle. Salad Fwtrlrh . . Tha laaacd af SL Patrick la aim oat taa wall known ta Bead rapatitlea Sara, hut It U atlll a wall kaowa fact that thara ara ao aaahaa la Iralaad. aid It la claimed thla pat roe aalat af tha Emerald lala drove thaca aut. A da f ta hot aalda ta hla asmory throughout tha world had la many places la Xralaad apodal mem la aald .ta hla memory. Alwayn on haara af 'Creech Patrick, a moualala which goes down ta tha eon. aad It waa fcara that St. Patrick always apaat Uit la fasUag and prayer. Tha lacand talla us that ha collactad together all tha 'aaahaa aa tha tap of tha mountain aad thaa drove thorn lata tha aaa. . A hollow ta tha mountain ta palatad out M tha placa ta which they ahdaarorod la vala ta taka rafug la thalr descent. A faw that rafuaad ta coma ha put la aa Iran chad aad thraw thla lata tha bottom af tha Barpant Lak la tha w i f, ui . , ASketch of These HugeNau tical Machines Which Seem ToBAn American "tine day a brula af an Kngliahaaa and a great d.rar came arar to git the gold and whan ha want under tba walker tba dog It ran aelaed him by tha (rour and ehook tha life out af other thin, that bclonc.d to him ara him. and hi. ghoat haa be a wanderpointed out among tha rocka ea tha ing around tha abbey arar alnre.-AnoiIrtend la of tha glaata af j.hnrv (troiw of peeeanta hare acta-'al'- p Olengariff. Thas two wtra always aeen him and tha eotlra papula-(lioaarh other but they never aevaa rhallrnrlng actually belle e la the met and people got tired of It. )e.r 111. Finally the g.ant of Olengartfr became o frightened that ha had a cradle Rom Castle "d bad hla wife Row Caw la, the atronghold of thahM"! was built about the !ur h,m ,n The b'g man from Kll- irvitonaghue. twelfth century by tha celebrated llamey arrived at lha houae aad found rtcklB h who Urea la the!? Hugh fDonaghu " luilaby. lake aad makes hi. celebrated ride b V kol,'" ou epalpaea.- - aha aald. or every aeren yaara Tha caatla la wall 11 h ! P'011 kabyr Let me e owned MenEnel and the ef kdpt by our ,d klaat of KUIarnvy. CZrp bb)r an-1 who mare, chargw tha visitor a lifted tha cloth otf h7uPB psora admission. It la well worth tha price to baar tha old Irish guide twtl hr ut)BBd' about twelve fvat long. cr,dl bare bean handed dona from the perished, but they believe that ha (of lla legends, and to climb to tea'll?. ,n amaaeroant for AillMt fnratlou, OlOftahut U Kvt at lha bottom of tba taka In iotfr for a urijr of tha country A tha hvro of meat of tbaaa Uganda. orvu palace surrounded by con- - stone stair case leads to tha top. Faw tRomrnt and thva barked out and raa fcienda who enjoy feasting and ruin. In Ireland ara ao altenalv aad ,0WB ,h mountain trail aa fiat a Ona of them la how tha Lekw were " d d b,for murh M found. It aeama that ana of tha an- - I0"' ,b,M On " of th guide do not con ft n h crd. "mhet nuit th o.d ewetor who originally owned all the b- "Tkl ended tha boars !ha legend, to tha O'Ltonaghuea and ran water aad mountains, a a lha Earl of Apfwara Kerry Seven Tears Bd ktanl nolhlog of them Omalan. aa who. of 0B the poet. Ken more does at present, waa ao full aa Every seven yewra in th. aummer ,.11 ld .a old Udf,Bf of wins and scepticism that ha defied ha comae to tha surface and makes a h relates, cam. to Killarney and mat , old Blarney Caatla carrying a sack of corn tha gods who threatened destruction Journey from on. tnd of the lakes to ' of course, no account of lha legend If a atone from a certain aacred wall tha o'her riding a splendid rhlte oa hla back which ha carried for him. should bo disturbed. With tha,atallln la aa armour of gold and a Th priest called oh tha Holy Virgin of Ireland would be complete without bravado that waa eharactertatlcof hla halmat that gtmers Ilka diamonds, 10 bleaa him for th act whereupon th one of th famous Blarnay Caatla descendants ha carried tha stone to through (he town and around tha Oavlan aald "1 help you because you in the south of Iralaad. Whoever la hla castle. When tha neighboring mountains Just as ha did when ha are an old man not for th sake of- fortune) enough to kiss this atone, ft married women or wlddlea.- u aald. will ever after b smooth Of people heard of bis Impiety they fled j was lord of tha land and will continue Virgin, to th mountains and whoa tha auaito do fo until the silver ahoaa on tha for Oaalan waa a heathen and did longue. Few people, however, avar row they saw that tha caatla bad dla-- 1 hoofs of hla stallion are worn out. not know what th holy father meant gi the magic stone for only aa aero nie.aed Virgin. bat la abla to reach It aad then by appeared aad where thalr homw bad Blessings era showered upon etaryone when he .poke of thecurse was on hire i hanging over, head drat, and a been were tlfF Lakes of Killarney. who la foriunata enough to aaa him But nevertheloaa the slip Most of th paopla la Ireland do not If a girl ran ratrh a glimpse of thlsind In a minute he was aa old j means th fall of over on hundred believe that O'Ponaghu aad peons brilliant knight a he makes hla mid- - shrivelled creature, much older than feet. j on,rorl prrtiU 0r night Journvp aha la aura la ha mar-Irtr- d before tha tnd of tha peer. ii Ionagbua'a borae. hla prlaunt hla atabla. hla librorp. ha collar, hla pul-ph.a tab!., hla broom and various n Oap af Dunlew, wrini that It mtdht ba takaa up tamarrew. but tha tomorrow never coma aad It atlll raposat U at tha ballaa af lha la ke. m blaal Vta Waciowl f&im IhI Tha Caaaawar, that aoturol woadar af tha aorlb af Ireland ta a curtoaa aat of colamao oo two allha, which Jut out Into tha aaa aad ara aald bp gaologtsta la ba form ad from Tatcaalo loan. . It aaama tha Omni TIB Mnclotil," waa tha champloa af Iralaad aad ha fall Carp much aggrieved at tha boaat lata af a c.rtoia Caladoalaa giant, who offered laWt all who cina him. aad avaa darad ta tall Fla that If It wara aat for tha wattiat of hlmaalf ha wauld awlm avar aad give him a drubbing. Pta at loot patlUoa.d ta tha king who parbapa not daring ta question tha doing af aurh a ma lira him laara ta conatruct a causa-wa- p right ta frotiaad oa which tba Scat walked avar aad fouaht tba Irl.hmoo. na turaad out tha victor aad with tba raaaroaltp ef aa Irish-ma- a allowed tba Scot to merry and aattla la Iralaad. which the Scot waa Clad ta do, aa tha Uvlac In Scotland waa vary high at that time. Slate tha death at tha giants tha rauocwap waa aa longer needed aa a part of It tuak undvr tha eea leaving a porttea be-fo- ra "" , t5Xroes? Zj'A'r rJ?0 yZssvtS of it viaibla hare and tha grand gate at Staffs. Tba Paint Brarted Lorre Further up from lha CauaewaJ tear la tha Carrtck-a-nadBallyresG bridge. Tha bridge la practically between two mountain and la made af rope and If a fair wind ta up It will Tha legend la awing considerably. that a woman haa more courage than a maa aad that aaly a faw daya before your arrival a fond couple approached tha bridge, but tha lorse lost hla courage, aa wall aa hla heart, and rafuaad to croaa and hla sweetheart put him out of countenance by crowing and recromlng aavaral times. ODcmagbna Tha vivid lrlab Imagination has a volume of lagaads aad furnished tha beautiful eupervtltlons about Lakes of KlUarney. aad some of them a s7 &q briery ala ' I ' ,r i i - ! . J ferdan was removed and tha water pllowed to flow In and float tha great Miss Maude Endlcott. tba shell. Endlcott. daughter of who was at that time the Chief of the Bureuu of Yards and Docks, was the sponsor and as sha bioke the bottle of wine on Its side1 sha named.lt Dewey for the here pf Alanlllu Bay. The prlcojfbullding' docks bad, already risen for this cost 41,124.000. This dock is built In three divisions. I The advantage of this Is that It is ableo dock ltseir. for like allfoulfloating with bodies the bottoms become sea growth and- - barnacles- - and for them to be kept clean. One of the divisions or sections Is longer and two .are smaller. When the bottom of the larger section needs are Its compartments cleaning pumped dry thus raising ,t as far out of the water aa possible. Then the two smaller sections- are sunk and run under the big one. They are Is pumped out and the"'bther section raised out of tbe water. Latest Type ' Practically all th floating dry docks work alike except the newest on recently built at Sparrows Point. Md..-i- n which electricity plays a part. While this great floating dry dock can be moved It is expected to remain In its present position and ships repaired there, and an electrically operated hammer head crane with a capacity is located on the pier nearby to tike care of any work to ba handled In th dock. This huge ship repairing machine Is (00 feet In length and 130 feef wide with a capacity of 20,000 tons and capable of accommodating vessels with- - a draft of 24 feet. Tbe average time of docking a vessel is one hour and thlrty-thr- e minutes or iron floating-d- ry docks are at Havana, Bermuda. Rotterdam,. Amsterdam, Kobe and Hamburg, the one at th latter place being 2.0 feet In length. - Tba dock are owned by the Governments of th countries tir which they ara located, Rear-Admir- i Inven- tion Although They Are Used In Various Countries Copyright, U&h Tba International Cypdlcata. fHB floating dry dock la literally floating dock aolf Jarg that It float-ItsecaA not only hutalao ftb largest vessel which can get oa U. Although there are a number of floating docks In various countries1, ' ft la generally regarded aa an Amtr-- , lean Invention n It waa ona of ihe by tha United' .first patents Issued war ao few that States when patents th Government had not1 yet discov-- 1 arwd tha necessity of giving each a number. It waa grafted to J. Adam- - j son In- - ISM and from waa n simple structure. A th I " sketch very . T T77 appear It would aeam that the th to he repaired In United State .water. t?h. Idea' originated from the wreck f an of canal It Is all that Is required for a Vessel and drF docking repairing aid hull lying on om sloping beam j of 300 et. Over this length the which wan used by cutting out th hoata deptb is so great that it becomes imand making gates to cloae the practicable to, obtain sufllplentjigidlty opening similar to thoa of a canal with wood as the structural material. lock. When the gates war open and The combination of wood and Iron ' . th water admitted the structure restwas found to be a failure. Steel was ed upon the bottom and at high tide waa very in floated docked costly and It was not until the ba to boat jtn United States Government needed and located. As tha tide receded th floating dry docks that this material water left th dock and when It was .' was used. all gat th gate were closed and Its Operation Interesting return wan prevented. - At each side The operation of thesa great floating pumps, presumably operated by hand. war ready to care for the leakage. changes had to- ba made. It waa re- machines Is interesting when a vessel - while thin waa not. atrictly speaking, garded as a very Urg structure and . is to be docked. Th keel and bllg a floating dry dock such as those used is -- today lb largest sing! wooden J blocks are prepared for ah vassal to at present It was evidently intendedatructure of that ipe. It-- iaSltf feat j be docked and ha--alT tbe flood gater r This causes to rest on the bottom yet dbntrary ioiong and 100 -feet wide and is known opened about lha Idea of the Inventor InTextra high as hen canto trely submerged tbe flood gates are tide II wss lifted and at times bees inters.' a floating dry dock. Old as this type piece which for years verVed Its pur- opened w;der of deck and limited as was its ua up pose and according th ona dock engi-nv- The valves are then closed and the ts tiil. erv!ng lta purpose for ship located over the blocking. Tha ta a faw years ago there was oo of pumping machinery ! then operated praetoaly Ua gam construction used many of tha smaller .vessels thaft-ha-- jp& fries' yZ&sZrz&ssve? jWeS'sratr' tha-drawt- . i it to baa a leg aad for tba guide wUI fell you that I'm hlacloul, tba giant, kept hia tube af gold la the nearby lake and hla dog Bran watched lham. Srr (kfrtirt(.lBtTki liunaOwU ladlral. M k wimw Abbey Abbey u alaa nearby aad f , er v w-a- l blocks against the out of the water, to bring weight of the dock and equipment is C.tSSTons and, Tts coat was 3310,000. keel o the vessel without disturbing Dock At New Orleans them. When this has been .accom - j;ftrjy in uoi a great steel float'ng It can raise a 150,000 ton battleship pllshed the machinery is speeded up dry dock was buLlLat Sfiarrowa Point and have the keel two feet above the for the United States Government and water. Another remarkable fact conOf course, th dock master has many towed to a place near New Orleans cerning the dock is that she is able to dock herself for cleaning and paintthings to watch and on him depends wherd it went into servicA It was 62S th proper amount of water taken in fet in length and was at that time ing. This great piece of mechanism and let out at a time. Tha stability the largest floating dry dock owned by was towed for 1.000 miles with little of both th vessel and the dock Itself the United States.- - Its width between difficulty and lad- still doing service at YaP- outside, of New must be cared for lo keep the vessel its sides is 100 fee. and the entire the Navy ' ' leans. botin position during Its repairs. their side from height of the ' -The of Dewey" to the top la the description floating dry toms. Vhich are submerged, docks there Is alwaya much said about Is fifty-fiv- e In'1105 another huge floating dry feet. There are three ponfortoons which form the Hoof and also dock was built at the same place. the pontoons and tha wings. Tha idme-rlmer are with the sidcgive it buoyancy. The This one was a trifle smaller being watertight boxes di ed by partitions eaoh of which has an middle pontoon rv the largest being only- - 500 feet In length, but it was of inlet for the admtsslon of sea water. and pontoons are vital Importance for Tl was to be sent feet long.-T-he and an oulet connected by Piping with-- each a little more than 141 feet. The the Fhil.pp.ne Islands lor service. st plate was laid ter; i pontoon and s.des are d nded into ouj launched The wings ara me sides And are often it wa-n- ot Aurut Now the enable the dock dobaoompietely un- until - June lfithr 1805. der the control of. the dock master launching of a floating dry dock l who qa make tt assume any position different from that, of a ship and required to dock a vessel. Th total when 'the lima came for this th cof- tha-kee- - - al - . Other-large-st- eel r |