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Show Ths Tinmi irsunl. and leans, Is her battery of six four rapid flrers, of 50 call bera long, which enables tha projectila pieces to throw a with an initial velocity of 2,642 feet a second. Ordinarily such guns are only about 35 calibers long and give a Colon. velocity of only about 2,300 foot The guns throw projectiles weighing 45 pounds with about can be The the same flrers, ten of the smaller caliber rapid 328 feet; beam, 59 feet 9 inches; fired sevenvelocity. times the a minute; machine and guns. fire eight draught of water, 23 feet 3 Inches, and ten times. She Is fitted with eight torpedo tubes, displacement of 6,840 tons. only two of which are submerged. The propelling machinery consists of S HUMMINQ BIRDS. The coal bunkers of the Teresa, so two sets of triple expansion Inverted Can Backward Hon Only Bpnelaa That situated as to afford additional protecengines, having cylinders 42 inches, 63 Whlla Polled an tha Wing. of the ship, can inches and 93 inches in diameter revitals to tion the The command of the sea, the first single-ende- d boilers. In addition Most of the hummers sip honey from 1,050 tons, sufficient to enable spectively, with a stroke of 3 feet 10 lord of the British admiralty stated last there are two separate boilers for the carryvessel the flowers. Poised on wings that steam 9,700 miles. to the inches. year, was passing to cruisers rather auxiliary machinery, comprising over they appear like The apparatus con- move so rapidly that Enough has been said to indicate than to battleships. This may be so fifty separate engines, which are situfilm of around their a of are 12 boilers water we the tube getting. An- sists of to a limited extent, for It depends rath- ated In the engine and boiler com- what a fine ship birds the insert their bodies, swaying betNlclausse even other type. equally good, perhaps er on what the words battleship and partments. On April 29, 1897. the natural long beaks into the tubes of the flowis of later construction she since ter, cruiser signify. The TnraMa Protection. and more modern equipment, is the draught trial of the ship took plare ers and extract nectar with relish. It As has been repeatedly told in the The Teresa Is protected by an armor Cristobal Colon. and was eminently satisfactory, the is true that some of the warblers and Herald, a battleship is a vessel which, belt 12 inches thick and 5 feet 6 Inches full contract speed being obtained kinglets will sometimes poise In this for her size, carries the heaviest arma- wide, extending for a distance of 315 The Cristobal Colon. without resorting to forced draught way before a leaf and peck an insect ment and the thickest armor possible, feet of the length of the is Colon a Cristobal The sister ship At the forced draught three hours from its surface, but this occurs rareship at the subordinating speed and water line, from 4 feet above it to 18 of the Garibaldi, one of the six vessels trial the two engines developed a colly, and is not a regular habit of these capacity to secure these ends. An ar- inches below it, and having a backing provided for in the Italian naval pro- lective Indicated horsepower of 10,671, birds. The susurrus of the hummer's mored cruiser, on the other hand, sac- of teak wood, to which it is bolted. gramme of 1891. She was built and more than 2,000 horsepower in excess wings, as he balances In the air or rifices a certain amount of gun power The armored or protective deck. engined completely by Messrs. Ansaldo of what the contract called for. The darts from flower to flower, has given and protection in order to reach a the birdllng his name. One of the most wonderful features of hummer flight high speed and to stow a large quanis the bird's ability to move backward tity of coal. But the dividing line between these two types of armored while on the wing probably tbe only fighting ships is decidedly arbitrary, instance in which a bird 1b able to aceach nation classifying its ships to complish this feat. Mr. Rldgwny Bays suit the fancy of the committee that that this movement is greatly assisted decides upon their construction. by a forward flirt of the bird's exFor instance, when the old Maine panded tail. was first laid down she was called by There are, however, a few exceptions our navy department an armored cruisto this rapid manner of flight, even in er. At that time it was proposed to the hummer family. One of the moBt equip her with masts for sail power, striking is that of the giant humming loiter it was decided that Instead of bird, which flaps its wings in a slow, the spars there should be military leisurely way as it hovers over a flowmasts, and thenceforth the Maine was er, much like the desultory vibrations known as a battleship. of a large butterfly's wings. During RatLleihlpn and Crnlaora. flight its tail is constantly expanded The new battleships of England of and closed like a fan and its body Is the Canopus class are to carry kept in an almost vertical position and seems to be suspended from a cenguns and armor only six inches thick, but the speed, with natural draft, is tral point. It Is not to be wondered to be 18.2 knots, and the coal capacity at that the humming birds are sought is 2,300 tons. for decorative purposes. '1 heir rich battlemake colors and bright ornaments Germany's lnteBt designed heava of as to them lovers mount the the guns tempting prize ships Vast mini bera are iest pieces in their main batteries. gaudy fashion. In Mexico and South In our navy the Texas is denominatslaughtered ed a second-clas- s America, being killed with fine shot battleship, but the or caught with nets and lime. On acSpanish ships of the same size and apsame some and of this ruthless count armament the proximately armor are classified as armored cruisspecies are said to be on the verge ers. This is a distinction, therefore, of extinction, and, of course, it will be exterminated first. At a sale held without a difference, and is not alin London on March 21, 1888, more than ways recognized, even among naval men, the Infanta Maria Teresa being 12,000 hummer skins were disposed of. batoften spoken of as a second-clas- s and in one week 400,000 hummers and other American birds were sold In tleship. This vessel and the armored cruiser London at auction. A brilliant humCristobal Colon, now that they are mer flitting airily amid the foliage and r, both to become American flowers is a thing of beauty and a are particularly Interesting to us. on a woman's bonnet joy forever; such a decoration is a little short of First, because having been won in war, they represent the fruit of conquest, garish. All the colors of the specthe reward of victory and the glory trum, with many intermingled tints, of the United States navy; and second, are combined in their plumage, bo that some of them seem to be truly kaleidobecause, be they called armored cruisers' or battleships, they are a type of scopic. One at the most striking ornaments of many of the hummers is ship our naval officers are very desirous of seeing added to our service. the "gorget, as it is called that is, a gleaming throat patch of imbricated Tha Infants Marla Teresa. feathers. In the common ruby throat The Infanta Marla Teresa was built it is ruby, as the name implies; in sevby Sir Charles Palmers eral at speoies, like Costas humming bird, Bilboa, Spain. company the tipB of the feathers are purple The following are the dimensions and the basal portions Bnow white. and other particulars of the ship: 340 In others they gleam in the most metalbetween perpendiculars, Length lic red or violet. Sometimes the feathfeet; greatest beam. 65 feet 2 inches; ers of these gorgets are elongated into mean draught, 21 feet 6 inches; disTHE WAR IN PiC TURKS BURNING OF SIBONEY BY ORDER OF GEN. MILES. a beautiful ruff on each side of the placement, 7,000 tons. neck or into a bearded tuft reaching Her hull is built of mild steel and is well subdivided by double bottom placed at a certain height above the & Co. of Sestrl Ponenti and Sampier-darenmean speed on this trial was 19.35 down from the chin. Still more wonderful are the crests and watertight bulkheads. She was water line throughout the greater part knots. On the near Genoa. trial to ascerworn by a number of the species. There, launched at Bilboa on August 30. 1890, of the length of the vessel, curves down The Colon was the second ship of tain the coal consumption, the Cristoand completed her steam trials off Fer-r- below the water line at the ends, the the class to be built, the. first having bal Colon made a speed of 18.5 knots for instance, is Guergin's helmet crest, in September and October of 1893. thickness being three inches amid- been sold to the Argentine Republic. on a consumption of 1.62 pounds per whose head is surrounded by a tall, slender topknot that looks like a minWith natural draft 9.558 horsepower ships and two inches at the extremities. Her keel was laid on September 25, horsepower per hour. s iature pyramid, while a pointed beard was developed and a speed of 18.5 The armored belt, covering 1S95, and her construction was rushed. The Reins Mereede. Another Spanish ship, nothing like of almost the same length depends knots, whereas only 18 knots were stip- of the length of the vessel, protects It was at this juncture that Spain, ulated. With forced draft, in four and the space from the armored deck to seeing the urgent necessity of adding so good a vessel in any respect as the from its chin. Princess Helena's coa half hours trial, the mean horse- below the water line. to her fleet some modern vessels fit above, which will soon swell the list quette has a double crest, both parts There are two barbettes, situated for service, approached the Italian of United States naval vessels, is the running to a sharp point, making them power developed was 13,758 and the within the extremities of the belt, of shipbuilders on the subject of selling Reina Mercedes, sunk in the entrance look like two tiny horns, while its speed was 20.5 knots. The two sets of vertical triple ex- ten Inches of armor, and the ammuni- this fine ship. The Ansaldos obtained of Santiago harbor. gorget is decorated at its base with a of elongated feathers that The Mercedes is an iron cruiser, pansion engines of the ship were de- tion hoists are protected by eight the Italian government's permission signed by an English engineer. The inches of steel. The conning tower, and proceeded to finish the vessel to launched in 1887 at Cartagena. She has stream out like pennants. The spandiameters of the cylinders are 42, 62 containing the compasses, steering suit the wishes of her purchasers. but a single screw and is gled coquette has a crest of the finest spray spread out in the form ot and 92 Inches and the stroke is 46 wheel, telegraphs and voice tubes, is The Cristobal Colon was launched on carrying yards and sails. Her dimend armor September 16, 1896, and the occasion sions are: Length, 280 feet; beam, 43 a round fan, dappled with metallic inches. The steam generating plant also protected by and two twelve inches thick. was made one of enthusiastic fraternl- - feet and draught of water about 16 black spots. consists of four double-ende- d No less varied and wonderful are the feet. Her displacement is about 3,100 tails of the hummers. Robert Rldg-watons. Her armament consists of six The shape and developand about a says: guns, two dozen of the smaller rapid-fir- e calibers, ment of the tall feathers of tbe humand she has five torpedo tubes. Her ming birds vary to a degree that hai recorded speed is 17.5 knots, and her no parallel among other birds, many of the forms assumed being also coal capacity 600 tons. There are deeply entirely unique. The Albany. scissor-shape- d forked and tails, Before closing this account of additails, double-roundtions to our navy as the result of the tails, tail war. mention should be made of the and ship we have bought but have not yet with streamers of curious forms, tails acquired. She is the Albany, now whose quaint and elaborate structures completing at the yards of Sir William defy description by any specific terms. Armstrong, at Elswlek, England. She Several species have long feathers that is a sister vessel of that excellent sweep around In graceful festoon cruiser, the New Orleans, thut has (lone either running parallel or crossing such effective work on the blockade off each oilier. These pennants are oftei Her dimensions are: free of vanes, save at the end, whers Santiago. e expansion. Length, 330 feet: beam. 43 feet 9 there Is a broad, these one 17 form In mess feet. elongated Her append' inches; draught, displacement is about 3.600 tons. She ages make a graceful double curve and d cross each other twice. In another Is constructed of steel, is Her highest speed they bend outward and then turn and and coppered. is estimated at over 20 knots, and her cross each other near the end Ilka TIIREK SPLENDID ADDITIONS TO THE UNITED STATES NAVY ARE ALMOST DUE. coal capacity of 700 tons is estimated two curved swords. London News. to bo sufficient to enable her to steam (The picture shows them. The noble vessel In the foreground Is the Spanich cruiser Maria Teresa, now beDon't feel that you are in duty hound S.i'tiO miles. ing raised from the rands of Santiago. Steaming beside her may be seen her sister, the Cristobal Colon, which to New comes And the sister the trim break the record, your neck or you) in rear now characteristic to us. our tor the save Orleans, will lint distinguishing Albany, building gallant liobsnn of the Albany and her sister, New Or- - wheel. in England, and to be delivered as soon as the war Is closed.) ADDITIONS) OUR NAVY satlon between Spain and Italy. ThouWs now come to the battery of this sands witnessed the launching, cheering and shouting vivas to their hearts good ship. It consists of two and Madame Benomar, the content, one g forward and guns, wife of the Spanish ambassador to the one aft, mounted in the barbettes of of Italy, christened the vessel armor, covered with a rounded court Colon. Cristobal e h rapid-firarhood; ten guns, Tbo Colon's Machinery. ranged in broadside, but so that the forward and after two can he fired The leading dimensions of the Crish ahead and astern; two rapid tobal Colon are as follows: Length, ch 4.7-in- ch ch 11-in- ch 100-pou- nd breech-loadin- 10-ln- oh Infanta Maria Teresa and Cristobal Excellent War Ships That Will Add Greatly to Our Effectiveness Afloat. 5.5-lnc- seo-on- ds. 4.7-in- ch 2.75-inc- 4.7-in- ch The Albany Coming. steam-produci- semi-circ- coal-carryi- le ng 12-In- ch 9.2-in- ch men-of-wa- Anglo-Spani- sh a, six-ho- ur ol four-fifth- semi-circ- le bark-rigge- d, steel-face- y 2.7-in- ch wedge-Bhap- ed ed douhle-emarginnt- fan-lik- wood-sheathe- |
