New-York tribune., 1901-02-11
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

An oInciel or Cramps's shipyard says that u
costs from $4,000 TO 5000 20 launch battles hfp
The building OF the WAYS FOR the shin 70 slide
down over Is the main item, and then comes the
greasinS, he said. Every inch Of timber over
Whlch the vessel slides must be covered with a
lubricant Different firms use different substances
out soap and tallow form the main ingredients OF
them all At the Cramps's we use a LAYER OF bee,
tallow and a layer OF soft soap. and taken alto
Eether. between and half tons OF the stuff Is
required 10 put a move on the average battIeshfp
The tal!ow is spread FIRST TO the depth OF about
three hngers and the workmen big fat troweIs
10 make the surface smooth as possible Then
they pour over the soft soap. which IS Just thick
enough TO run. about the consistency of tar
As a general thing. the double coating answers the
purpose admirably, and the ship gIides into the
water as If IL was sailing on air III IL sticks a.
has happened In few cases. IL Is likely 10 spring
some OF the vessels plates. and accidents OF that
kind are so costly that nothing is spared TO avert
them
,beTs WhS %s Is ,b that o1 looking
lhat colonel I1mms He's our richest citi-
But why does he look so careworn and anxious?'
Because he's in constant worry for fear John
cash on condition that the trustees raise as much
more!"-(Cleveland Plain Dealer.
James whitconb Riley is thus quoted In Sue
cess:
"A friend came 20 me once completely heart
broken. saying that his manuscripts were con-
stantIy returned and that he was the most
miserable wretch alive. I asked him how long he
had been trying. Three years. he said. My dear
man. answered. laughing. go on: keep on trying
till you have spent as many years at it 1 did
AS many you dtdr he exclaimed Yes, as
long as did What? you-James whitcomb
Riley-struggled for years. Yes sir, through
years. through sleepess nights through almost
hopeless days. For twenty years I tried 10 get
into one magazine: back came my manuscripts
eternally- kept In the twentieth year that
magazine accented of NV
II was not believer in the theory that one man
does thing much easier than any other man.
Continuous. unfiaggng effort. persistence and de-
termination will win. Let not the man be dis
couraged who has these"
New Dispensation.-.'M Mamma. the teacher sent
me home cause haven't been vaccinated Saws
I've got to go to doctor and have it done right
why. child: couldn't she that you're pitted
all over with the smallpox you had five years ago?''
century and doesn't count."-(Chicago Tribune.
'MaryvllIes Belgian hare banquet" saws "Tbe
Kansas City Journal was participated In by $50
enthusiastic teasters whose enjoyment of the
unique affair is said to have been continuous from
the opening course OF the characteristics menu to
the closing response TO an appropriate toast by
the man with a hare lip"
Probably Il Is a mere coincidence rather than
OF thnss has to do that the leading poultry in
name OF Henry Coop.-(Kansas City Journal
Mr. Carrie Nation. OF Medicine Lodge Kan
the husband OF the joint smasher" saws The
Chicaso Tribune" sis elderly country LAWYER
re IS a man OF almost venerable appearance and
iS said 10 be thoroughly In sympathy with the
crusade which his wife has undertaken He takes
no active part in her raids. but has advised her
that she cannot be punished for DESTROYING the
lliesal property of the saloonkeepers Fe USUALLY
accompanies her on her trips about the State Mr.
Nation is the second husband of his wife her first
husband having died years ago from the effects
OF excessive drinking Mrs. Nations maiden name
was Moore. She was born in Kentucky and was
schoolmate in her girlhood of United States
senator Blackburn Her mother IL is said died
In an insane asylum, her delusion being that she
was Queen Victoria AT their home In Western
Kansas the Nations have been prominent for ten
years in the fight saloons. and Mrs Nation
ratded her first Joint as long ago as 1891
Pickled railroad ties are now being used in this
.clhlty ana 70 great extent all over the country
the Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific have pIanfs
or their own in which the ties are picked How 10
preserve the ties and add to their life and durabiI-
ity mas peen serious problem for railroad opera
Ves ever since the early days OF TRANSPORTATION nv
ran Ihe constant wear and tear OF ties has
necessitatcd their replacement as soon as they
We're perceptlbly Worn. a solution OF chlorida Of
zsHc - applied ny "a specially arranged process
r ire 'ieS are put IN large alright cylinders the
steam The chemicals then pumped in and the
teS Kept In the solution under high press1,re rnt
they are saturated-(Philadelphi Record.
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