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Show I The Sybmorisie Terror. Within tho past ill months several HJ additions which tiara twra made to the MVM fighting strength nf Unci 8am s mi fore have brmiiht It up to n high place among the navies of the world Mf Among these are some of the largest nnd most powerful vassals In the world BV nnd tho submarine torpedo boat llol- HH land, which according to tho naval ex- HH perts, la one of the moat formidable Hfl weapons yet addel lo the naval Hat, H nnd which li aald by thtm to be tho VBJ tieglnnlng of the end of the construe- MH lion of heavily armored vessels for HE. coaat anil harbor defense nnd thn H means of rerolutlnnlilng tnn methods now employed In blockading harbors H nnd ollitr close to shorn work V While tho Holland la new so far ns AV Iter number on tho nnval Hat la con- rented sho Is old enough to have HI proved beyond nny doubt her ability Hfl (o keep out of the wax of the raya of the searchlights nnd the Hn heavy gun lire of tho large HH ships, which In time of war have made a reputation for Uncle Barn's navy which will yrt! Hb to remembered for years to i& HI corns by the nations of tho SkV SB world Ilealdes being capable (UH bf ' eeplng nway from these 1 In the submerged position, moton, driven by n series of powerful batteries In which electricity Is stored, oro used, fresh sir Is supplied to tho crew from flasks stored to a pressure ot 2 000 iiounds lo tho sqtisre Inch This is let Into the boat at a reduced proa sure, obtained through a systom oi valves Air la used In operat'ng th diving and steering engines, by which the vessel Is guided In uuth In cnntal and vertical planes, nnd alto to discharge tho torpedoes from the tube In the bow When the Holland moves to an nt-tack, nt-tack, after getting the i.uik of tho vessel to be destroyed, she Is placed In the 'awash" position This li done by allowing a sufllclent volume ot water to enter the system tanks In the bottom of the boat The valves H hangers tho Holland has shown I -.yL" ' VJ ' f .iVlt'. AsHCJLIiilHifB H larger ships, deliver her mlMilo E hHtSJiSi'0Sv?sar &2rE2SF j of destruction nnd then move I gPWPtT: gi' jflSi 5SIZ-C1. nway to a placo ot safety to 1 tLX'irfTiS'n'r.'''.?Ki ' J H During tho maneuvers of tho Jpfwjfe- m 'C-jS:-' -- - I BeoU ort Newport recently B Uas m- I vJ Jj I tnaay atUcks of different sorts - v J? I trere tried for tho purposo ot ( J developing tho usefulness of tho j neveral claaam ot vessels employed Night attacks on tho forts and run J nlng the blockade wero the favored inaaeuvora. Then came n night attack VJI by tho tnrpedo boat fleet upon tho lilockadlng squadron Most of theso M llttlo vessels were "picked up" by the h- I'OVM'ul raa rum the sejrchlliliU of tho iMttlrahlps and quickly put out nf action Ono after another theae frail H craft foil victims tn the guns of tho A larger vessels. With tho Holland It PJ vras u different story With lees than lialf tho speed and equipment of tho lurfaco torixdo boats, this submarine wonder moved from her position In h luner harbor nnd, whllo running on tho surface, p-isacd near enough tu j three ot tho hottllo fleet to li.ivo ended their careers, and returned to hor stn- tlon without having been seen Tho methods employed In operating H the Holland nro entirely different from those tued In any other fighting vesicl Bhs lies so low In tho water whllo run- tilng on tho surfaco that llttlo la ex- Iosed to tho searchlights, and when tho vessel Is completely sumerged there la not even n rlpplo on tho stir- face (4 Indlcato her whereabouts ttho Is less than halt tho length nnd dls- placement of tho aurfaro torpedo boit nnd, while her equipment la leas, she Is Letter able to send her torpedoes to their Uoatlnatlon without fear ot bo- Ing destroy J, as there Is no way tor j tho attacked vessel to locate her. H Whllo on tho surface tho motlvo power uad to operato the Holland la venerated by a gas engine, and when are opened and the I L . , MVTMrTTi.h natsr allowed to I .,!r-s44tv5i4r.x. .t-'liiASS ru.h In until th. f Sv dial Indicate, that I 35fg suinelent has been fl S-ZS Is then ready to B dire. At a com- lSS3i73FF:iSS3iU"a mand from tho cap- ' ' "" Kurrtl. r tn- r, ,r tain tho man operating the diving engine turns tho wheel until tho horliontil rudders nro In position tn carry the rr.ilt below tho surface She Is kept on "even keel ' through a system of 'trimming tanks by use ot tho rudders. Whllo sub-merged sub-merged the vessel Is kept on the desired de-sired course by means of a compass which Is fitted In tho conning tower, from which place tho movements nro controlled by tho captnln A system ot telephones and telegrnphs to tho several sections Is also Installed In tho conning tower In all, five men operato oper-ato tho vessel, being stationed, respectively, respec-tively, at the engine, at tho diving apparatus, ap-paratus, nt tho tanks, at the torpedo tuba and In tho conning toner When ' In service," tho vessels ot tho Holland typo, c-irry Are of the smaller typo ot whltohmd torpedoes When ready for action, word is passed from tho captain to tho men forward to placo tho torpedo Tho rap over the forward end of tho tube la closed and tho breech opened The torpedo Is then placed In tho tube, nnd tho breech Is closod The gauge Is then set, nnd nt tho won! of command tho missile Is sent on Its mission nf do- struetlon Tho weight of tho discharged dis-charged torpedo Iri then taken up through the 'compensating tanks" To bring the vessel to the surfsce, tho wster Is forced out of the tanks by air, and the petition of tho diving rudders Is changed During the last session of congress an appropriation tn construct six boats of the Improved Holland typo was made These vessels are now under un-der construction and all will bo completed com-pleted In about a year The new plans have many Improvements over the devices de-vices In use In the present vessel Tho rwv plungers will be sixty-three feet over all, with a diameter (beam) of II feet 9 Inches The cost of each will bo about 1170 000 k a VKnnu. It-luliit in In Auli ui..l,il... A new automilbilo hni been Invented by n Itusilnu named Hulal Herky. lis has discovered a new system ot locomotion loco-motion based on the uto ot a certalo kind of nail, thn composition ot which Is as et his secret Two pounds ot this salt plnred In tho box of tho mi-tomobllo mi-tomobllo nnd subjected to a certain heat forms n gas which puts a cylinder tn movement Tho nutonioblles that wero tried tn Moscow proluccd tin best results Tho emperor of llussla, who takes great Interest In this Intention, Inten-tion, Intrnds to send Scrky to I'arll to mako known his secret Tho Itus-alan Itus-alan press Is of tho opinion that It will causa a great revolution In tho trade O Dlo ot Lisbon |
