The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1903-02-21
AN EPISODE IN
NAVAL ARCHITECTURE
tOriSinal !

pcrimentcd with armor plate and per
cussion shells TIL he knew the process
es of manufacturing the toughest plate
and the most penetrating shell. Young
| applied himself SO diligently that his
health began to give why. and, secur-
Ing years leave, he went abroad.
One morning while rowing on the
! BospOrus he met n handsomely cano-
pied boat, pulled by four eunuchs, bear
! ing a Turkish lady evidently Of high
| rank He stared Mt her, but as her face
| was covered he could see no feature
but her eyes. Young was n handsome
! fellow and was at the time In the uni
| form Of his rank. The eyes OF the lady
! were bent upon him and, he fancicd
ndmiringly. However this may be, the
same evening while walking on the
street man accosted him In bad Eng
had seen him that day desired to make
| his acquaintance. Such an adventure
suited the officer exactly, and he fol
lowed the man. who led him to pri-
yate entrance TO the sultan's seraelio
After lodging through secret passages,
Young suddenly stepped into luxuri
ously furnished apartment, In which
on a divan sat n very pretty Turkish
woman. OF course she was the woman
he had met on the river.
That was the year Of the earthquake
was advancing, the lady holding out
her hand to him. there were rumblng
and Il rocking which loosencd the floor
! ing and let the sinful couple down into
! the apartment below. This was not
all The sultan was ut the time visit
! ing his favorite wife in this very apart
mcnt into which they fell. and the
/ sight that greeted his eyes after brush
! ing oirs the plaster was Lieutenant
! Young. with one OF his sultanas cling
! Ing 10 him In terror.
! or course this meant death for both
/ the sinners, and this story would end
right here had not the sultan recog
nized Young as an American officer
! Not that that deferred the autocrat
from applying the customary laws, but
! he was at that time much impressed
with the skill displayed in America III
military and naval science. and II oc-
! Cured to him that he might get some
! Information. He asked the tranSgrcsSor
several questions. ami when he learned
| of his peculiar experience his eyes
! CLEANED with satisfaction.
| "t;o into the government works" he
said. and make me 4 plate armor that
! no shell can pcuctrat" and shell that
( no armor can resist. II you do this. you
/ 10 free
/ That would be impossible, your maj
. eSty. but | Will make You an armor
! that no shell except one you possess
/ can penetrate, ana that shell will penc-
/ tratr any arruor. But rs nm officer Of
the lntcd States navy ii would be I'M
/ becoming Of me /" save my life and
I leave a woman To punishment
Very WELL" said the sultan. II con
sent, | have never seen this woman
before. though she may have been In
my har"m for months do not even
know her name. II You succeed, | Will
give her To you
III few weeks came the trial Mt the
works in the sultans presence. Young
set up his plate and challenged the
| Turkish officers present to pierce il.
/ With most OF their projcctilcs they on
, ly d"ntrd ii. The best they could do
was to ct into II about two inches
Are YOU satisfied your majesty"
asked Young. that there is no shell
: made that can pierce that plate"
The sultan consulted with his super
/ iLtcnd"ut Of the works an English
man. ana then told Youn. that he was
( satisfied
Very well. your majesty; will now
load the gun myself but l ask your
majesty to withdraw every one to IL
I distance while Insert the projcctile
in order that Your jesty alone may
( possess the secret. which | will trans
NIT Ia Won after the experiment."
/ 70 this the sultan aSscntcd Thcu
J l'uAN sui Illl>fi lIfIl all Dl tuhlnS up
shell Of the kind they had been
using, hut before putting II into the
gun il was Observed that he took some
thing from his vest pocket When all
was ready, Young fired the she'll. which
| penetrated the plate, tearing away the
/ backing The shell was found to be
/ uuiujurrd. The sultan examined il
Grccd,ly. then looked up In amaZclnrnt.
/ There was nothing on IL different from
/ any other shell and no mark to indicate
| that anything had been attached The
! next shot WAS fired at an angle OF
! twenty degrees. 1t pierced both plate
and backing and struck the wall iuclos-
/ iuE the works. 5Ur feet nWny The sui
tan and all the officers present held up
their hands In establishment.
Tell me at once" cried the sultan.
this wonderful secret"
Then Young took n cap and fixed II
I to the point OF n shell. 1t ~us held
there 10y magnetism. Ii was a comb
nation OF metals which protected the
/ shells point till it had passed the hard
surtac" OF the plate and reached the
softer metal at the back.
Tie sultan clappcd his hands. and
"unuchS appeared leading the lady
who Invited Young to her apartments