Show REALIZING THE BENEFITS that the administration through those delegated to look over tho welfare of the people ot the philippines Is making great progress in americanizing American izing the natives and shaping affairs of government to accord with the american idea is well illustrated by the statement that in the island ot negros a native government whose members were elected according to american methods by popular vote has been in control for some time past and the result Is said to be giving entire satisfaction this government was inducted under the auspices ot the military governor A washington dispatch now reports that the federal has received information ot the installation by a naval corn mander of a as the first american governor of the babanes batanes group and calayan island A movement is afoot td secure a native government tor the island of cebu avith the approval of the military governor stationed at hollo before long absolute peace will relga throughout the philippines and then the fruits of good government will begin to be realized by the natives and they will rejoice th thattie atthe veil of darkness that has been upon them for centuries has been torn asunder even by the havoc of war and the light of true civilization and the blessings of a higher intelligence lias been allowed to descend lapon them i NEW MARINE WONDER great britain has a new wonder in the form of a torpedo boat deboyer de royer the vessel is known as the viper and has a speed of 40 aniles an hour the propelling power Is parsons steam turbines instead of the ordinary engines the first vessel of this class was the lnla the most notable feature in a boat with Parson 3 turbines as set orth byan engineer Is uie abi sence of vibration which enables guns to be trained much more accurately than when reciprocating are used other advantages which will appeal more directly to engineers are the facts that turbine engines take up considerably less space consume less coal per horsepower require less care and attention when running and are cheaper in first cost than ordinary engines the turbine engines of the viper are similar to those of the tur blala but in duplicate and consist ot two distinct seta one on each side 0 the vessel there are four screw shafts in all entirely independent of each other the two shafts on one side being driven by one high and one low pressure turbine respectively the two low pressure turbines drive the inner shafts and to each of these shafts a small reversing turbine is also permanently coupled and revolves idly with the shaft when going ahead these reversing turbines provide sufficient power to drive the assel astern at a speed of 15 knots the screw shafts are carried by brackets as usual and two propellers are placed on each shaft the in each case having a slight lesser pitch than the after one there are thus eight propellers in all the thrust from the screw shafts is entirely balanced by the steam acting on the turbine so that there is extremely little friction |