Lincoln County leader., June 21, 1912, Image 2

GREAT GUN1K8THENWY
TWENTY fourteen-lnch guns, the
largest naval guns In the
world, are being constructed
at the Washington navy yard
(or the New York and the
Texas first-class battleships of the
dreadnought type, which are expected
to be ready for launching' about a
year hence. Later on twenty or more
cl the great bores are to be built: tor
the Nevada and the Oklahoma dread
noughts to be completed In 1914, and
toe United States will then have four
war Bhlps armed with larger guns
Uian any other navy possesses, each
ot the (our battleships capable of
burling seven tons of projectile a dis
tance of thirteen miles with each dis
charge of Its batteries, writes Arthur
M. Evans In the Chicago Record-Herald.
.
Two or three larger guns, fifteen
and sixteen inch bores, It Is true, have
been built by other naval powers, but
they have either been smoothbore or
have had faults In mechanism that
have made them unsuccessful of oper
ation, and they are not listed in the
battleship armament of the great
powers.
' The fourteen-lnch monsters In the
chops at the navy yard are rivals of
tie wasnington monument, tne capi
tol, the White House and the congres
sional library In attracting the Inter
est of visitors In Washington, and a
continuous procession ot sightseers
streams through the factory to watch
the manufacturer of the giant roar
ers. The navy yard Is an ordnance
factory, and its machine shop Is one
o' the wonders of Washington. Up to
two years ago the thlrteen-lnch gun
was the largest manufactured, but
since then the fourteen-lnch monster
has been the pet product of the plant,
a great black bore, fifty feet long,
that stretches almost to the width ot
the shop when it Is in the lathe and
that weighs more than sixty-three
tons without its mount.
' What They Costi
' ' The guns are forged at 'Bethlehem,
Ta., and are finished here; i They are
made In sections, with successive
Jackets and hoops shrunk ;-jipqn the
central tube, just as a blacksmith
shrinks a tire upon a wagonfvwheel.
The Jacket Is heated in an (electric
"furnace that produces' a temperature
of 400 to 500 degrees, the core ts In
serted and the Jacket is then cooled
off, shrinking until It encases the tube
almost as closely as If both were one
piece of metal. The gun made up
of layers of steel In this way Is much
stronger than one formed of one piece
of metal.
Traveling cranes pick up the gun as
Woman Doctors In 8lberl.
A number of Influential Siberians
are petitioning the Ministry ot Educa
tion In St Petersburg to allow women
to be admitted to the medical faculty
In the University of Tobolsk. The pe
titioners point out that there is a
wide .field forewomen doctors In Si
beria, where it is often difficult tor
settlers to get medical aid.
Thre are many Mohammedans In
the country, and It Is explained that
only women doctors can come to their
help in Illness, as they do not permit
men to see tbeli wives and daughters.
Many women have entered the medical
profession in Russia proper, and
there are a great many womea prac
ticing dentistry, a department ot surg
ery which-does not seem to have at
tractions for the English woman.
The Child's Confidence.
Whether It Is the mother or the fa
ther who takes especial charge of the
boy, or both, they should aim stead
fastly to have hie complete confidence
-always. He should be made to feel
that they are not only dearer to him
hut nearer to him than any one else
4a the world. If a condition ot im
If it were a toothpick, and place it
In the barrel-boring lathe, where pow
erful machines bore out the barrel
and chamber, after which the rilling
lathe cuts grooves on the inside of
the bore to give the projectile a ro
tary movement In the lathe the im
mense gun Itself Is rotated upon the
cutting instruments. ,
By the time the fourteen-lnch gun
Is finished it has cost $62,208. The
mount costs $50,000 more. The life of
the gun before lining Is necessary Is
225 rounds, and the cost of each round
of ammunition in warfare is somewhat
In excess ,of $600, of which the pro
jectile Itself costs $500. In target
practice the cost of each shot is about
$200. The fourteen-lnch gun throws
a shell weighing 1,400 pounds a dis
tance of nearly thirteen miles with
such accuracy that the expert gun
ners can land the projectile some
where within a rectangle with twenty
foot sides. The shell leaves the muz
zle of the gun traveling at a velocity
of nearly half a mile a second and at
a distance ot 10,000 yards It Is capable
of penetrating 15.9 Inches of face
hardened armor. The twelve-inch
guns penetrate 15.6 Inches of similar
armor at the same distance.
In the yard is a display of trophies
ttat Illustrates vividly the great
progress made In the machinery ot
warfare. The Cornwallls battery,
captured at Yorktown, is arranged In
a circle on a concrete stand. Com
pared with the immense fourteen-lnch
guns In the shop,, with their length
ot fifty-five feet and their weight ot
sixty-three tons, the cannon of Corn
wallls look almost like watch charms.
Each Is about the size of a length ot
drain tile. Some of them have bandies
on their tops like satchels. They
look ac If they might be carried in
shawl straps.
It requires about eighteen rilontha
to construct one of the fourteen-lnch
guns, and already six have been -completed
and taken out to the naval
proving ground at Indian Head, where
they are tested. The rest of the twen
ty guns are In various stages of 'mak
ing, but all are expected to be ready
when the New York and, Texas are
launched next. year. ,
Although the fourteen-lnch beauties
are the greatet; attraction to visitors
Just now, the other naval armament in
the shops Is of tremendous Interest,
Twelve-inch giants weigning mty-six
tons stick out from the lathes. They
cost even more than the fourteen-lnch
guns to make, $65,000 being the
fcmounl each gun costs " without Its
mount, which costs $52,000 additional.
They have a longer range than the
iA-Ji ,
plicit confidence can be established
you can depend upon him to be re
ceptive. Then, with truth as his an
chor, no storm of the outer world can
sweep him beyond the Influence of
home. The bulwark of the good char
acter that you have butlded will stand.
English Among the English.
It was the same genial British offi
cer aboard his majesty's sloop of war
Algerlne who Inquired what "far-hm"
the boat was from.
The cutter had Just returned to the
bay from' the west coast of Mexico and
the critical situation In the tumult
uous lower republic was being dis
cussed. ,.
"Most extraordinary condition
there," observed the Britisher. "Com
munication demoralized and annoying
difficulty In getting the ma-lle through,
don't you know, eh?"
There was a tense pause and then:
"Beg pardon, what Is that mile you
speak of?" Inquired the one with
whom the British "jolly was convers
ing, and his question was both Inno
cent and sincere.
"The ma-lle, the posts, old chapl"
larger sized guns, but their life Is
shorter, lining being necessary after
200 rounds have been fired. It cost
$424 each time one of these Is fired
vlth a war charge and projectile.
Horsepower Figured.
In the shell shops workmen may be
seen transforming blocks of brass In
to tubes, an Interesting process, while
in a vast tank In another building
models of war vessels are being test
ed. This workBnop is next to the gun
factory in interest. Wooden models,
as large as a canoe or row boat, of ev
ery vessel ordered for the navy are
made by the shipbuilders. The pro
portions are exactly the same as those
of the pVojected ships of war. Above
the long tank travels an appliance
not unlike a crane. When the test is
made the model is weighted in pro
portion to te weight ot the actual
boat In order to determine the dis
placement. The model is connected
with the traveling overhead device,
which drives it through the water at
varying degrees of speed. A machine
records the resistance, and from this
is figured the horse power required
to drive the actual vessel at a given
rate of speed.
The completion ot the Texas 'and
the New York next year and ot the
Nevada and Oklahoma In 1914 will
give the United States thirty-seven
first-class battleships with a tonnage
of 610.796. When Germany finishes
the nine dreadnoughts that are to be
completed at the rate ot three a year
before the close of 1914, It will have
thirty-six battleships with a tonnage
ol 580,870. Great Britain, which Is
building ten new dreadnoughts, two
to be finished this year, four next year
and four In 19i, will have a total of
seventy battleships, tonnage 1.189,
000. In battleships the United States
will rank ', second, but in armored
cruisers it will have twelve, as against
Germany's fourteen and Great Brit
ain's forty-four by the end of 1914.
The tonnage of the battleships and
armored cruisers built, building and
provided for according to the latest
navy year book. Is: Great Britain,
1,809,650;- United States, 768,241;
Germany, 787,638; France, 626,726;
Japan, 421,845; Russia, 287,016; Italy,
299,707, and Austria-Hungary, 171,188.
In number and displacement of all
war ships, built and building, of 1,000
or more tons and of torpedo craft of
more than fifty tons, Great Britain
has 660 vessels ot 2,324,579 tonnage;
Germany, 268 vessels and 1,087,399
tonnage, and the' United States, 197
vessels, tonnage 885,066.
As to large guns, the United States
navy will have forty fourteen-lnch,
thirty-two thirteen-inch and 148
twelve-Inch guns, a total of 220; Ger
many will have 176 twelve-Inch and
nlnety-slx eleven-inch guns, a total
ot 272, and Great Britain will have
300 twelve-Inch and 184 thlrteen-lnch
guns, an aggregate of 484.
Cheerfully Informed.
A young student of science of In
dianapolis came to a professor recent
ly with this entry in his note book:
"Memo: Inquire further concerning
walnut catsup and the raw material
for its manufacture."
And the events of the entry were
these: The student had gone to the
country southeast of the city In an
Inquisitive spirit, seeking items of in
formation Of all kinds, and had seen a
sugar camp, where a countryman with
a brace and bit was diligently boring
a tree. It chanced to be a walnut
tree. r
"Might I ask," queried the student
with much curiosity, "might I ask
what It Is you get from this tree?"
Tho countryman looked up at the
tree, noted his mistake and cocked his
eye knowingly.
"Sure walnut ketchup!" he re
sponded cheerfully, and passed on to
the next tree.
Apropos Inquiry.
Fond Daughter Pa, I saw in the pa
per where you got a number of - sealed
proposals at your office.
Official Father Yes, dear.
Fond Daughter Pa, were any of
them proposals for me? y
Which goes to show that tluere are
a couple of ways of speaking the
Bran a oia language.
672 8ure Cures.
"Do Courcey," asked a caller, "do
you know of anything that's good for
a cold?" Our old friend De Courcey
Van Guy aroused himself from his
lethargy and spake as follows :
"Do I know anything that's good for
a cold?" he echoed. "My young friend,
I know of 672 infallible ways of cur
ing a cold. Here Is a bundle of papers
from the loWer drawer of my desk. I
have been collecting them for more
than 30 years I came to this town In
the summer of 1879. You , Just try
these, one after another, and It they
don't do you any good, come back and
I'll give you 114 more which I have
In the next pigeon-hole. You young
follows don't seem to have any sense
you can always cure a cold If you go
at It right." Cleveland Plain Dealer,
' The mere fact that you are having
a good time while you are young
won't necessarily 'keep you out of the
county infirmary when you get old.
NEWS fbrlRe
YOUNG 1
PEOPLE
AMPLE MEAL FOR A PYTHON
?ull-Slzed Goat Is Swallowed In Two
Efforts, Time Occupying Space of
About 15 Minutes.
Probably the finest zoological speci
mens of Borneo creatures ever
brought together In Sandakan are now
to be seen at the hotel, says the Brit
ish North Borneo Herald. They con
sist of a magnificent specimen of the
tiger, four orang-utans, all thoroughly
A' Bulge In His Middle,
docile and healthy, and last but not
least , a 28-foot python. This latter
had not required food for some
months and showed signs of wanting
something to eat the other day. In con
sequence a full-sized goat was Intro
duced. After the goat had tried an
ineffectual "butt" the python caught
him by the muzzle, and In one moment
had enveloped him in his coils, killing
him instantly. " The python then pro
ceeded to swallow him whole, which
occupied, In two efforts, about a quar
ter of an hour. When we saw the
python a few hours after his orgy,
there was a sort of leery smile on bis
face and a bulge in his middle which
must have measured over four feet
round. The animals are the property
of Dr. Herzej, who is taking them
home to Europe.
CAT HAS FONDNESS FOR EGGS
Big, Fat, Lazy Fellow Detected In Act
of Tearing Open Bag and
Stealing Hen Fruit.
The owner of a clever cat writes to
Our Dumb Animals that the pet, "a
great, fat, lazy, good natured fellow,"
has a fondness for eggs. Sir Tom was
detected In the kitchen recently on a
table watching an unopened bag of
(Til &
J -m I I
1 I I
1 - EL .
This Cat Likes Eggs.
eggs. "Stepping back noiselessly,"
writes the owner, "we saw him cau
tionsly tear the bag with his teeth
and claws, stopping every little bit to
listen. Finally the opening was large
enough for him to get out an egg by
gentle little pats. He held the egg
in his mouth, Jumped to the floor,
rolled his prize about gently until he
got It Into position, and then bumped
it against the table leg until It broke.
Then he enjoyed his feast" The
writer wonders where Tom got . the
taste, as he and "his ancestors for
generations back were city bred."
Question In Fractions.
"Now, boys, I have a few questions
in fractions to ask," said the teacher.
"Suppose I have a piece of beefsteak
and cut it into sixteen pieces, what
would those pieces be called?" "Six
teenths," announced one boy, after
meditating a moment "Good. And
when the sixteenths were cut In half,
what would they be?" There was
some silence . In the class, but present
ly a little boy at the foot put up his
hand. "Do you know Johnnie?"
"Hash," answered, t Johnnie, conn
Sently. .
Brlnkler Was Nice. .
"Mr. Brlnkler Is an awfully nice
man, mamma." "Is he?" "Yes. Out
on the porch last night he said to sis
ter Lou: 'Aren't you cold?' and then
he wrapped the sleeve of his coat
around her. Wasn't that thoughtful?
And his arm was in It, too."
- 8tudy of Percentage.
Jtmmle "Wot's de use of studyin'
percentage?" Tommy "Youse dont
know nuttln'. Wy they uses it In
flggerln' he standln' of de baseball
clubs."
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Would Encourage Marriage.
Citizens from Aculco, state of Mexico,
have corns to this city, says the Mexi
can Herald, to comDlaln asralnnf tha
action of the parish priest who recom
mends tnat all men of marriageable
age should marry because If they do
not they are liable to be enlisted by
means of a lottery and made to serre
n the army. -
Stimulant
or Tonic?
Ayers Sarsaparilla is not a
stimulant It does not make
you feel better one day, then
as bad as ever the next
There is not a drop of alco
hol In it Ayer's Sarsapa
rilla is a tonic You have the
steady, even gain that comes
from such a medicine. Ask
your doctor all about this.
Trust hkn fully, and always
do as he says. He knows.
Who makes the best liver pills? Tho
J. C. Ajrer Compsny, .of Lowell, Mass.
They hsve been mskirffc Ayer's Pills for
over sixty years. If you have the slight
est doubt about using these pills, ask
your doctor. Ask him first, thst't best
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