The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-03-08
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M II II" >,a In" g Mai"r~h"i"n aud
Ju~t about Of such Z shape. round "H
Up ami round und,r the bottom. y
close .aardIa!l gives one narrow
space - walk along. from cud l. end lIo
icctthc black Ntrang" looking craft bong
only / feet "llc over all. There arc
w" iorn'1t"r~ forward 2nd aft OF mid-
>hlpN "u "tthcr >lar enclosed lH VJ>c~.
a> tA,N are eailcd. lhe>" torpriac~ cost
500 apiece and 1rc about ten feet
long. shaped like a ci-ar. There i Il
little >crcW-pr"Ir Her an the end ana the
whole i divided into three equal sections
within: in>t, the machinery that turns
The screw. The middle compartment
contains compressed AIR I" furnish the
fore" when released. The forward see
ti"n contains loo pounds Of gun-ooiion
and i with the sharply capped end
called The Nar-hcad.' 1t j. odd IL
know that il takes only four ounces uf
powder 10 a!Ncharg" the torpedo from the
ease toward the object il i intended to
destroy When Inc torpedo i~ once dn-
lNercd into the sea. il moves automatic
aliN; the compressed AR gets 10 work
on The screw. winch rr"pelN the httl"
dlahlr 700 yards. The direction having
bern given hS clb~t, mathematical calcu-
lation on the part CT The commander aud
blade partly composing the frame en-
| closing the screw. This Keeps ''th"
| tAlnE plumb. and at right angles 1"
| tins y horizontal rudd"r bending Up
! ana down WIN the plantA 81 4 human
| hand hrIi Ptrallci to the ground ana
| worked up anu down. tn" may get
| some idea of the power of the cnargc of
| 4Go pounds II 2un-cotton when it is said
! that coo pounds Of Gun-cotton could have
| caused the disaster 10 the Name. Li1c
Oh these torl.cd"-hoats II not Il happy one
specially NJ sea; IN f"ct. they were not
built for Soa-SrrNlcc, but Teddy ltooSc-
Welt has been lately seeing just how
much they would stand as III The case Of
! the Winslow which came near being
nirped III gale of Far KocSaway not
long ago. Dunn" these gales II
IS Almost air-tlSht below deck the match
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Wonder ii All these Tar-llccl young
fellows who ar" Offering their services
| for the impending conflict can imagine
g,hat il feels like - be III battle Some
Of their dIddi.s might Try 10 tell them
and then fail. The feeling doubtless is
hard To- describe. Stephen Crane de
>crihce it in the Red RadI" Of Courage
I very vyidly and worry humoroualy. Per
I sonal courage in a battle probably de
' reuG> ycry much lipan the digestion. If
| a fellows heart heats well and his food
and he are friends. courage. comes ma
no,t,r,IIv rbnn mon ,r.. n.turaIl, co,r-
aornu. Thcr,. are very few towards. II
! ,hr.a arc, any IA nine ca4o- ont OF Ten.
! + : d,. t. nhysiclI infrmitv nr some
l;na -, +, ,.l.,,-,.;o,,,.. I.h Stu,rt ON,
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sion, and wait bceans.. they couldn't