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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-24

TELEGRAPHY AT SHORT RANGE.

There are IN this city man and a woman VINO
have been sweethearts for seventeen years. TWO
wears before they were married ana httecn since
that time. When they were young ana perhaps no
moro "lovesick" thAn most sweethearts usually
are they lived In New Hampshire lie was couh-
try boy who was ambitious and worked haTd, 80
tbat he could not see the parsons pretty daughter
down at the foot OF the valley so often as ne couid
wish. But It was Just hard for him to go for
a dav without talking TO her for any young
man Of the modern age who calls In evening dress
and ..snoons' increasingly and untiHngly.
This young country boy who was so deterrniheu Il
chan that afterward in New-York he climbed way
M TO the top OF the heap in his business. went out
one night and strung n wire from tree 10 uee
down the wooded valley 10 the parsons house
Then he got some teegraphers insti t. a.
iuated one in his house and one down where tne
larson wrote his sermons and the maid her love
letters and the two set TO Work 10 learn 'eies-
raphy Afterward till they were married they
coppa3 over an electric wire when he could not
come down from the farm.
The other evening argay niue mry sa We're
enjoying a chatting dish after the roof garden ana h
every one was full OF mcrrirnent between inc
chatting and the gay laughter a Woniah p,cAer ~
a fork and striking glass gently with the prong
made, apparently carelessly, a rev GEAR sounis
man, the head OF the house. who was at the other
end OF the table. looked up with surprlsei TOOK
on his face Then the nkie was a., Seain
an lie is big stout man now with full face and
no does not look a bit sentimental. but whom ne IN
ne vas az awkward bsshful country boy. Her
eyes were shy, too. and pretty color showed "
her cheek when the thin. tinkling glass answered.
me- Rather dull thing. this trying to telegraph
with f0 Max aaa # was SHY too for couple who
had heen married fifteen years 70 Try 10 smuggle
love IS a sSrO'a Dull and silly perhaps
the, thew were sweetheartA
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to the throne-or to speak more correctly, the
troubles In which he haYinvolved his country
have been caused by the eVuberance OF his
speech. Lord Rosebery almost wrecked his ad-
mnstration within Il week after mis- becoming
Premier by some unfortunate remark about
Home Rule. and experienced the utmost difficulty
IN explaining il away afterward l. is only the
aged who know how 10 be Silent and. above all,
to weigh their utterances before they speak
The country in the world which alone
seems TO appreciate the wisdom conferred By
years and the value Of the experience acquire
by age is, strangely enough. the youngest and
probably the most vigorous Of al the great
Powers. namely. the United States Justly re-
nowned on the other side of the Atlantic as the
most gO-ahead country on the face OF the globe.
as The most exuberant. enthusiastic ard fun Of
vitality and elasticity II nevertheless Is shicwd
enough to in.rust the control OF IT'S affairs as n
general rule 10 men Of years. relying on them
to apply the brake Of common sense ana sound
Judgment to the National disposition TO allow
oneself TO be carried away by new IDEAS. NO.
whore else have known old men 10 have In the
American argot. $50 great a Show as here un-
der the shadow OF the Stars and Stripes and
Europe might do worse in this respect than take
a leaf out of the book of Uncle sam
EX-ATTACHE.
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WINGED TIE eyes Of naval experts, though. were
opened wonderfully IN the summer Of l'f' Ihref
kinds Of plates ali-s:cc n.ckestee, anu compound
were tested at Annapolis by the United S'a''S
Navy Department Henri Schneider. OF L. 'r'h-'. =
France. furnished the first two, AMI CANNED *
Co.. Of sheffield. England ine third. sN-.n'A
Hotter and s-irch Firth stce! shells were us'I'
and cxn.rts say that these trials we're the most
severe that had ever been he'd up 10 That u"''
The nickel-sfeel pate behaved the best the az
steel was fair second n the contest but the CON-
pound plate was a sad wreck. and 50 was inc
prestige Of the type to which IT h"ionT' :. since
then the United states has adopted niche'-stee'
nate for It's armor and the two rreat establish
rnents which supply the pates for our new Navy
hegon prosluclng that valuable alloy. ALREADY these
firms had acquired new AMI powerful machinery
for working tie metal. one difference between no
two being that the Carnegie Bros. arranged ''r
rolling their plates. while the bethlehem Iron
Works provilel f0r hammering. Foreign s''''-
makers says Ensign Dashie.L IN late number
OF The Engineering magazine" have Always
claimed that a good armor plate must be nam
merel plate
Finally. a specially hard face IS given to some
nlckel-sieei pate by what IS called the Harvey
rrocess" which ia only an adaptation devised ~
the late HAYWARD H. Harvey u what VAS formerly
known as -harIea!ug." or "cemfn'hiion.' THIS
consists OF the edition Of more carbon - the sce!
h, nutting a layer Of the former upon the AFTER
AMI Leepng the pate at very HAN neat ''r a
certain time during which the carbon IS Sfldua'y
absorbed In the welded COMPOUND plate ABOUT
onethlri OF the whole thickness was steel. am the
rest softer metal But IN Harveyiz.ng the harden
ing effect Is seldom carried O. a greater depth
than an inch even IN the Plates II AMI IS
inches thick But so valuable an Improvement Is
mis- that several foreign governments, es well az
the United States have bought the privilege OF
using Harvey's patents (Which relate 20 details OF
this delicate operation. and splendid royalties are
paid for It's use.
The Bethlehem Iron Works, in South Bethlehem
Penn where the heaviest plates yet made ior the
American Navy are produced, are situated IN
the lower part Of the picturesque Lehgh Nal"y
with the old Dutch Moravan buildings Zone OF them
152 wears ODD looking down from one side OF the
r,,ar and the handsome buildings Of Iehgh Uni
versltv confronting them from the other. Inc
works constitute a village in themselves including
as they do blast furnaces rolling mills. machine
shops a single one OF which is l&O feet longD
aboratorios and Offices IN confusing succession ana
ennloving (Hhen IN full operauon) about 5'D
hands a large part OK the business conductel
here "a the manufacture OF steel rails ana the bets
OF commerce. Then there are some enormous
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-24
THE NUMBER NINEn LAW MYTHOLOGY
PROFESSOR wEINHOID. RECTOR OF THE BERLIN
UNIVERSITY. ON THE IMPORTANCE OF
THREE TINES THREE

THREE TIMES THREE.
II IS not often that n single figure has enjoyed
the distinction OF being the subject OF long study
and investigation on the part OF German Univer-
sity professor. But 1.-THE Number Nine is the
title OF long and learned article In recent edi-
ton OF "Am Urquell." by Professor Reinhold, at
present rector OF the University OF Berlin.
TN early times" writes in substance the Pro-
fessor. the first uneven number 60 and its multi
pie go considered of especial Importance, like
wise all numbers which contained nine. Heather
philosophers, Christian mystic writer's the le-
gends OF nations. the religions OF modern peoples.
all go to prove the holiness sanctity of the
number nine. In ancient Germanc life. in poetry.
in religion. and law the number nine is met every
where. II still has its influence In German Gus
toms and German belief In Scandinavian my
thology find groups OF nine Walkyries. nine
nine mothers of the God Hemdall nine virgins Of
the Meng0d-Freyja, and nine dwarfs In the Mid
die Ages nine heroes were usually grouped to-
gether Is TO be on the beautiful fountain at
Nuremberg and the Hause salon OF the Cologne
City Hall. In the poetry OF the fifteenth century
be found IN the festival plays. Nos. 80 and AZ. OF
the Keller collection. and the poem The Nine
Poor Wanderers OF Hans Sachs. There were nine
Judges in Icelandic and Germanic law, known as
the Mines In Lucerne there existed until l7S0
the nine men who sat In judgment on ordinary po-
lice cases Nine children were formerly looked on
as the ideal number for a family. Even AMI
mails named In old tales In groups OF nine.
In Grimm fairy tale nine birds euarrsl over inc
parents meet there is witch among them We
also find nine n favored number for those people
who make sacrifices Of human beings ana aniInaaA .
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vogue at home and abroad for the last year or
So and the Bethlehem peope now have one capaD-e
Of exertlng a pressure OF 1ioo0 tons, which IS used
in forging plate. Tacy also employ IN iorslHs
guns and shafting. hydraulic presses giving Z"l'-
ton AMI 50oO-ton hugs Ry the requirements OF the
Navy Department. the cross section Of an armor
p,ate must be reduced IN this stage q manufacture
in the ratio OF one to three-that Il. only eight
square inches must be left. where before was sur
face OF twenty-four.
After forging. the pate only needs trimming "
be Of the size required; and II 1t is TO be hat' II
,s navy q the right FORM too. But many plates
need 70 be bent to a certain curve. and these go
to another press, with a power Of 1900 tons Here.
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ytur FOR EVERY BEE ~ THE HIVE.

The Smart city boy has countless wonderful
stories 10 tell to his country cousin when he goes to
the farm for part Of the summer The city may
no, be a cool place for him to stay In the warm
weather but It Is n good place to brng about.
CITY Boy got caught however. when he had pumped
Country Boy full Of yarns about marvellous things
in the metropolis. -,
look on his frtcked face, but my unc.e over 10
cross Roads beats 'em all. He's got twenty hives
OF bees and he's got name for every bee
City Boy teered but Country Boy stuck to his
yarn stutbornly until City Boy, seeing chance 10
get n big story to tell in the city. was convinced.
wei" he said. tell me some OF the names
What does he cal some OF them?'
Bees" said Country Boy. his face as expression
less as freck.ed -four sack. Just bees He calls
'em all bees"
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MIGHTY DRAGON SCALES.
ARMoR PLATES FOR MODERN wARsHIPs.
RECENT ADVANCES IN MATERIAL AND METHODS
HARvEYIZED NICKEL sTEEI~AMERicAS
SUPREMACY ~ Production

RECENT ADVANCES IN MATERIAL AND METHODS
HARvEYIzED NICKEL sTEEI,-AMERIcNs
SUPREMACY ~ PRODUCTION.
No monster OF the deep Of which the mos; learned
paleontologist eyer had a record Of which In
the wl.des, fights OF fancy the fable teller ever
dreamed. was clad in such coats OF mail az the
modern warshlp. In the matter Of size. 70 say
nothing OF skill man n most of his WORKS must
yie.d the palm to Nature. Rut here he takes the
gold medal. Plates SO large that single one would
cover a bedroom floor, and each Weighing more than
four or five crowded street-cars. fitted close 10
one another along the sides Of our biggest naval
vessels from stem to stern and also inc'ose the
fortresses above deck wherein these mighty craft
carry and wlc.d their terrible weapons. Recent
and impending tests with plate. and the pre-
em!nence Of this country In the art Of making
them combine to excite popular interest in the
methods of manufacture.
1t is now about twenty years since steel displaced
iron for this purpose. Tne English batt.e-shp In
flexible Qs7D had armor OF the latter material
q inches thick A load OF appalling weight
for anything TO carry which floats; yet this Was
hardly enough 10 protect her vital parts from the
guns OF that day. The French then led the way
with steel AT first Great Britain refused to fol-
low, and Compromised with "compound' armor.
which consisted Of a steel face welded TO
wrought-iron back. thus uniting superficial hard
ness with toughness In the mass. Indeed. France
produced another novelty. II not decided improve
,nen, before her chief maritime rival adopted the
first one. It was found by introducing about
per cent OF nickel into the s;ee! that p.atcs OF
wonderful tenacty and resistance were secured
Nicke. Is a costly metal but France has exceptional
advantages in obtaining 1t. as corporation. made
m of her own citizens controls the famous mines
In Nev-Caicdonl. long the principal centre OF
production Even yet, England is not entire.y con-
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six miles away IL the plates only Q. s or 10
inches thick But the heavier armor or rather rep
rcsentative samples o. Il, so to Indian Head u.
After being HHrveyiZed the plates undergo more
or less machine" work. All scale is first removed
by hand. Then there are holes 70 be drilled Tor
the bolts which Will attach the plates 10 the ship
few days ago might have seen the larger
holes. for guns being cut In one or the Puritan
~, Inches up and down. and feet 97.lS inches
across The cut made by drilling hfty-eght
~ inch holes. each at slightly different angie
from the others around the circumference and
then chipping out the intervening metal by hand.
4 ow-noving circular that encroaches ony
three and e-half inches an hour on an armor
plate is another OF the wonders Of this immense
and fascinating industry.
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steamship SHAFTS. ana
other forglngs for peace
iul ends. A privileged
visitor may see. too. long
and mighty gun tubes.
forged from short. thick
blocks. bigger than hogs
heads: stout cylindrical
steel jackets. which. az
ter being heated TO en-
large them. are slipped
on over these tubes 10 re-
inforce the latter; n won
derful tower-like tank.
that seems 10 reach up
almost 10 heaven. for OIL
tempering each cannon;
lofty travelling cranes,
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with huge hanging chains and tackles. and machin-
cry OF power and design to be found nowhere else
In the word. But this article relates only 10
armor plate extended reference to these other won
ders is not permissible here
The bethlehem company makes It's own pig from
iron ore and employs the "open-hearh' system OF
converting the iron into steel. The latter is made
to contain about twenty points (or hundredths OF
per cent? Of carbon. The ncke,, amounting to about
81 per cent is INTRODUCED at .ate stage OF the opera
ton, and the company has method Of doing Sd
which is suppose yield particularly good results
and which 1t keeps secret. Before casting the
molten compound IN moulds, samples taken
from the bath for chemical and other tests. II
these prove satisfactory. the liquid steel Is drawn
off In what are called ladies'" but look Ike
tanks measuring about six seven feet In length.
breadth and depth, holding from 10 to 30 tons
OF the fiery. scniatlng fluid aud mounted on
wheels Two or more ladlcfus are then discharged
through tunnels In the tank bottoms into a mould
sunk in pit between rails. which the ladies' run.
The ingot thus obtained is shaped something Ike
the block shown In second illustration herewith.
Eventually the upper portion is cut or. but 1t IS
put there at first for double purpose The top
OF every casting is lighter and less compact than
the bottom. and such an extension. technically
known as A sink head" brings the imperfections
outside the limits OF what will constitute the plate,
and leave only the heaviest and best metal IN the
latter Later, too, the ingot Is TO be Inserted In
a furnace for relocating, and Is 10 be put under
hammer. and this projection serves handle. by
which It may be grasped In titanic fist called
porter bar" and held and turned horseshoe
in b.acksmiths tongs. Mighty cranes and rail-
ways perform the work OF transfer
The colossal stelm-h hammer OF the Beth,e-
hem works has falling weight OF l25 tons.
and Plates are sometimes subjected to it, blows
In forging which process is resorted to. first. In
order 10 render the metal more compact and.
ondiy, TO modify It's shape. But hydraulic presses
which squeeze the mass have been coming into
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feet long ana ~ wide. For four feet II the
width they are Il inches thick AMI then they taper
down 70 5 Inches Such plate weighs about thirty
tons II was one OF this lot which tested Mt
Indian Heal on May 10. but developed partially
suspected Gaw and went to pieces. Another one
will soon be tested determine whether the whole
lot shall he accepted or rejected. Untl within six
weeks Of the present time. the thclest Harveyizcd
nlckcl-ster plate armor that had been tried
was "A inches thick The test OF June Il the
FIRST ono with plates OF this class Il inches thick
and that II Nay - the lrst with thickness OF 10
inches However two lots OF l5-.nch plates for the
lrdiana's barbcttes, OF nckcstccl. not Iarveylzed
were tested and accepted about eleven months ago.
II Will thus be seen that the Bethlehem people
are making larger plates OF the most advanced
type than have Hitherto been used any where In the
used until recently now cabres OF 10 and i2 inches
are rcsorted to. and these represent very nearly
The outside limit Of mCiern ord4 .,, .. T.. -
neacd by being raised 10 a cherry-red heat and
then cooled very slowly, and It IS tempered by I'M
mersion. after another heating In a bath ~ mixed
mineral and vegetable oils But these processes are
omitted II the plate IL HnrveylZed In the latter
case It is a!l on Il bed OF sand in a square brick
furnace measuring about u or IS feet by o. and
nbou, - feet high. Finely powdered and carefully
selected animal charcoal Is then spread over II.
above the other To 10 this the whole front OF
tho furnace Is torn out and II is rebuilt when the
plates In place. Heat is applied ana sustained
Tor several days sometimes for three weeks This.
the plate. is carefully watched. for upon the pre-
else compliance with numerous requirements de-
ponds the quality Of the work. a Haryeylzed
plate after being brought TO an even heat. Is
''quenched" In water.
Before either annealng or hardening. sam
pies OF the steel taken for examination from
the surplus meta. sawn from the edges
The samples tested by experts represent
ing both Uncle sam and the company. II
Is required that plates that are to be annealed
shall have tensile strength equal TO 1900 pounds
for each square inch OF cross section and an eon-
CATION OF 10 per cent; those 70 be Harveyzed must
have a tensile strength Of $500 pounds and "
her e,OuXatiOn. The balltstic trial for
resistance 10 shot, ~ often made the private
nroyiug grounds of the bethlehem Iron Works,
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were T. Inches thick. One OF them Is shown In our
third picture ard IT Is another OF this selected
by T-ncle Sam inspector that was tested NJ indian
Heal on Tuesday June r. with such gratifying re-
su.ts ~ about the same time one might also
have seen at South Bethlehem five other" curved
plates inches thick. which together made cylin-
der feet 2'. inches high and q feet 10 inches in
outs le diameter Thes, formed Of the turrets
OF the Maine This IS the sort of bending which
that 7Np-ion hydraulic squeeze ls used FOR. side
arnor th1ush IS made IN fat plates, some OF which
are o. uniform thickness along part Of their width.
but tarer the rest u the way. because below
ships warer-l,ne she needs less protection. The
fourth rlustratoa shows a couple Of such plates
made Tor the oattie-ship Indiana These are 10
The morning news., 1894-11-21

SO 70 pay for the damage done in burning
the indian maid. The cases in court now
viii probably be dropped as restitution
has been made.
S. W. Paris, collector for the hrm Of
L. F. Padgett, was badly beaten on Nc
Einne street at Augusta Monday. Here
Is how IL occurred. as told by Mr. Paris.
He had been in the habit Of collecting
every week from Mrs j. J. Kelly, who
lives on the corner of Greene and Nc
Kline. The lady had failed 70 pay on
one OF two instalmeuts He went 20 col
lsct as usual and saws Mrs Kelly abused
HIM Monday he went by her house and
her son, j. J. Kelly accosted him de-
handing 20 know why he (Paris) had In
suited his mother. Mr. Paris says he
thought he had explained the matter sat
isfactorily and walked away. when Kelly
hit him in the nose, breaking that organ
in several places Mr.. Paris further says
that Mr.. Kelly afterwards knocked HIN
in the back with a brick
The morning news., 1894-11-21
A Tinv MOONS Inhabitants.


In an installment Of this department of
the Republic during the first half of the
past year, 1 gave some curious figures on
the probable hight and weight of the in
habitants of the larger planets, basing the
calculations on ratios deduced from COM
parisOn with the representative specimens
of the human family on this earth TAX
ing some of the smaller planets and satel-
lites and using similar ratios, we get an
equally interesting set of figures.
Let US take the inner moon OF Mars as
an illustration of this point 1t is named
Phobos, and is a tiny satellite only eight
miles in diameter. Let US suppose that
everything on our earth (Which is nearly
1000 times larger than the little Phobian
planeD is to be found on the surface of
this miniature moon, reduced proportion
ately. We lind, TO begin with, that a ter
restrial man of six feet, IL transferred to
Phobos, would be .072 Of an inch in hight.
a good microscope would be necessary TO
determine the true shape and form of this
speck of humanity. and it would be wholly
invisible to the unaided eye a. a distance
of three feet. 4 ship Of the dimensions Of
the Great Eastern would be but seven and
oue-half inches in length If reduced to the
Phobian standard, and duck pond would
be a "fathomless ocean to the liliputian
inhabitants of this Marsisu satellite A
whale would be as small as a cheese mite,
and a real sea serpent, which would be
a terror to the Phobian mariner. would be
Ike a section of hair worm ttve-eighths
OF an inch in length. The largest rivers
cannot be more than a few feet I'm breadth
aud not more than two inches in depth. A
railway train like the Chicago flyer
could be carried in an earthly card case.
and a city the size of New y ork could be
covered with blanket.
The morning news., 1894-11-21
BOY ATTACKED 81 WILD GEESE.
His Face ard Bands Covered with
Blood When Rescued.
From the phUadelphia Rccovd

Alliance. o.. Nov. l6-Whue Edward
cox. ased 10 yeare. and sister two years
his junior were passing through o. ntli
near Lake Plaeonua eight miles east of
here. on their way home from school. last
cvenIus, large Aock ot wild geese set-
tied down near tho children The lad
charged among them. thinking 20 put
them go night, but Tie whole aock sic.
iously attacked him. uslng their bills and
w.ues The boy succeeded in lighting them
OF for sh0r. time when hl cgnt to thc
sgaund exEluattd
Tho Il.ls E.fl rau screaming to th.Ir
home anj when Fhe f,lH Urr story. the
a.fH tH.. and aH older brother Ias.
toned t1 hlH assistance. but only suaretlrG
H sIo.Uns h.H rDs.u. after MInr u
HHWhtr uI tH. r.rat. whIrI hsu tu.k iu
nItf. iE. iHIH f".r .UI ltr.# wrI. coy.
.1 n'th h.oHI. HHI h. irIIII.e ... nu.
...'HI
The morning news., 1894-11-21

and kept Just long enough 10 excite
alarm. but not long enough 20 have he
parents report the case Go tho police
Then the kidnapper hurries 90 the home OF
the anxious parents with the child boo his
arms and tells "a very pleasing story of
how he found the little one playing ln
the middle OF thc ear tracks. ana after
% great deal ~ work managed 20 learu
whose child she was
The morning news., 1894-11-21

2Zl-uuncr gold uuKFet Boo thr sham. .of
graves, Australia.