Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-21
The BrOnciad ship.

from the New York Graphic.
Here In this spot is concentrated the whole power
OF the tremendous machine which we call an iron
clad ship. such power was never. till the world
began, concentrated under the direction OF man,
ana all that power, the judgment TO direct H. the
knowledge TO utilize It. It Is placed In the hands OF
one man, and one only.
What is the power Talk OF Jove with his thun-
derbolts, OF Nasmyth with the hammer. tue fables
OF my biology aud the facts OF the latter-day
science-whrre has there been anything TO CON-
pare with IL? Here In the coming tower stands
the captain OF the ship, and beneath his feet
lie hidjen powers which the mind can scarcely
grasp, but which one and all are made suoservient
10 Ills Will and MS will alone. Picture MIN as he
stands at his post before the battle begins; all is
quiet enough, there is scarcely sound save the
tapping OF the water against the smooth while
sides or tn. ironclad, and no outward sign OF
force save the ripple OF the parted waters falling
on on either side OF tine ram as IL sneers through
the water. But mark hat white thread escaping
from the steam pipe astern. neecy vapor rising
In o the Cir and nothing more.
But what does II mean? IL means that far down
below some thirty glowing furnaces are roaring
under the blast OF steam; that in tue great cylin-
dricai boilers the water Is buobling, surging,
through the ues and that the pTisones ste psss
tearing ana thrusting at the tough sites OF tue
boilers. Is already raising the valves and blowing
captain In his coming tower has but 70 press the
button by his side and 10 a moment the four great
engines will be driving the twin screws through
and that the greet ship, with the dead weight OF
1900 tons win be rushing onward at a speed Of
In her IurreI and In her broadside batteries
there Is deep hush OF expectation. Tut there too
waiting TO respond TO the slash OF the viii that
can" he forces OIL destruction which appal lmagi-
Far down below our feet in the chambers Of the
great guns. ne the dark masses OF the powder
the steel shot WIN rush from their muz,
siss o speeding as., On Their way 1000 feet in
or 1000 foot tons-5,000 pounds weight OF metal
discharged by one touch OF the captains hand
NOT Is tns an; another touch and another signal
whitehead torpedoes In their tubes. A pun OF
powder, Q click Is the machiney Is started. and
straight, silent plunge, the iong Steel torpedoes
wall dive INTO the water, and at the appointed
depth win speed on their way 30 or 20 miles an
that switch and through the dark wall OF the
night long Straight beam Will shoot forth with The
radiance OF 10000 Candies. turning the night into
word spoken through that tube Will let loose
the hailstorm OF steel ana lead from me quick
the tops. A Discharge OF shot and she'll not 10 be
counted oy tens or scores, but by hundreds and
thousands storm before which no living thing
can stand. and under which all but the strongest
defenses Will whittier aud melt away ike Q SNOW
bank under an April SHOWER.
orce resay 70 the al one
the sum OF all others and which, II nightly util-
Ted 70 Irresistible The swelling OF the ocean
tide or the hand Of death BY your SIDE and under
Your hand are the spokes or the demonstrating
wheel: Tar forward under the swtrling wave which
rises round the ships cutwater, hes the ram. the
most terrible, the mot faIsl OF all the ensines OF
maritime warfare IL b the task OF the hand which
turns tnAt htas wheel 70 direct the fearful impact
Tnink what the power conflded to one mans
hand must 900 tons Of dead wight driven
forward by the frantic energy Of l., 600 horse
power. piunging and surging along through the
second, ana with . momentura % huge that the
expression whica purporrs 70 rep
resent II 70 the mtnd conveys no idea TO an intel
ngence tncapabie OF Approaching o conception 50
vssl 10 receive blow irOm Ile ram Il dealb-
the kistr1evaoae catastrophe OF . ships career
10 deliver such blow 2 certain victory. Il u
with The captain, ana the captain alone, g he
stands here U the coming tower That the respop.
siblnty OF injecting or encountertne thus a1Iul
NOW you win understand what I mean when I
oay that never Gnce the world beg IN havU sucn
forces bean placed In the hands OF single man,
who's eye alone must - the opportunity, whose
whose hano alone must give effect % all that his
courage ~ wisdom, ana his duly prompt
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