| Show gyre gyrn run rite 4 immon aro inos ynos nam HAM CAPTAIN the following is the description of the captain the latest addition to the british iron e iad lad glad fleet she bhe ia three hundred aud and fl fie fhe e feet in length fifty three feet in width with a tonnage of tons she is hurled through tho the water by twp tap separate pairs of horsepower horse power engines engines capable of being worked up to awo indicated horsepower horse power the momentum of such an enormous ram as the captain driven at this speed may be imagined each pair of engines drives a separate two bladed screw propeller of seven feet in diameter she bhe is 18 built bulli in la five wafer water tight compartments 12 ints ants of which each of the two turrets has one to itself completely furbished furbish ed with shot shell shell powder etc the hull is plated with seven inch iron laid upon a it backing of east indian teak twelve inches thick inside of which again is a akin of iron an inch and a half thick the deck is formed of one loeh inch and one inch and a half iron over which is laid six sis inch oak planK planking ng the turrets are plated with iron nine and ten inches alck alek abick they each carry two 25 ton guns and on the poop and forecastle are two 7 inch chase guns the heavy guns in the turrets each require though weighing twenty five tons but one man to elevate or depress them small hydraulic rams worked like an ordinary pump furnish famish the necessary essaiy power these turrets revolve on a central pivot and on rollers and as they make a compete complete revolution in half a minute the guns can bo be brought to bear on elther either side with great rapidity in loading the port is turned away from the tho fire tire A spar deck above the turrets connect the quarterdeck quart erdeck and the forecastle and on all the working of the ship is conducted without interfering in any way with t the he turrets the steering apparatus is below the deck protected by the armor plating and a complete system of tubes to every part of the shir communicates with the wheel room A pilot house slightly raised above the upper deck may be used for observation there hire are no bulwarks bulwa properly speaking their place being supplied iron byvron tron stanchions aud and ropes which on 9 nying ing into action are allowed to fall into into gutters at t he the sides of the deck the spread of canvas vas vak which the captain carries under full fall ordinary sail is 14 square feet A michigan man and his wife I 1 having grown weary of each other recently signed an agreement to dissolve the contract and the former sent it to the county clerk with this explanatory note this agreement has been maid and draud up betwixt my self and wife and I 1 coant now wether it is s a cordon to law or knot and I 1 want you to sod bod record it if itis lawful and if it Is knot draw won that is thel vr tor ton or STEEL stem pens the steel pen la Is now so universal a tool that it is difficult to contemplate it as among the things that had to be invented nevertheless it lias has fought its way up with the other laborsaving labor saving saying machines of loi lor and has as complete a history as the stearn attain engine or telegraph james perr perri an english schoolmaster who drudge u ur whittling his bis urchins quills mado madu 4 alu tle 0 first steel pen and was so 80 good a business man that he succeeded in lo introducing it as the berryan pen in 1825 he had ri fiffy fifty aty men engaged in the business of making pens but it was left leab for jeremiah mabon to mae make the pen popular the same man by the way V ay who IV bo 1 few months since became a second jeb jei ody lody by establishing an orphan asylum endowed with mason wilsa a kidderminster carpet weaver buu bus went to birmingham Birmingh amand and anc pins needles sho shob strings and ther infinitesimal essentials here ua rio sayin savin a shop window a steel pen priced at sixpence he bought three made better and lighter ones at a cost of a penny and a quarter piece and aud sent specimens to perry the inventor was delighted advanced money to mason alason and the intercourse so honorably commenced ended in partnership and mutual wealth perry has since died and mason alason is now the sole prop proprietor dietor of the berryan pen rip hip RIP van tinkle as played at Washington shows schneider chained to 8 apling aa when rip begins his nap when be he awakes the tree is a mighty skeleton is hanging from the bran brancher cher cheF the following recipe from the london lancet will really cure the most maddening toothache one drachma drachms of calverta Ca lverts carbolic acid A gelatinous mass is precipitated a small portion of which inserted in the cavity of an aching tooth invariably gives immediate re relief lief observe this thia is for the keeth teeth only not for the ear |
