IKON AND VOOD SHIPS MATERIAL - -. USED IN SHIPBUILDING . AND .THEIR VALUE. .. - Tha Points In Which Iron and SteL.Arc Superior to Wood Their . Liglitiicw. and Durability and .the Comparative Safety of All Kinds of Vessel. The three materials used- in the con s traction of ships in general are - wood iron and steeL Wood has been in u: from time immemorial. Iron is only abort t fifty years old, and steel is eaail -within the memory of every man ol moderate years. The importance of the three materials are inversely as stated steel being the most valuable then iron nd last wood.- Noticeably is this so' in the construction of swift steamships for wood is nnsnited fo the great engine power nowadays put into ships: it can mot properly stand the strain. - - Iron ships are superior to wooden -one in the following particulars: Lightness . combined with strength, durability when properly treated-, ease -and cheapness ot construction and. repair and safety when properly constructed and subdivided., lu -wooden ships it has been found that about one-half of the total weight of the ' ship is required for the hull, whereas in iron ships only from 30 to 40 per cent, of the weight is thns taken up. For' in stance, in a wooden armored warship, the weight of the hull being 50 per cent. fot tn4- displacement leaves 50 per cent. - for the weights to be carried. In an iron armored warship the weight of the hull is only 40 per cent., leaving 60 per cent for weights to be carried. ' ? The tensile strength of iron is from 40,000 pounds to 60,000 pounds per square inch, and this strength can be secured throughout all the metal used, so that the material worked into the ship is trai form and homogeneous. These are quali ties wanting in wood; the greatest care . cannot eliminate such weak spots as are due to the presence of knots, crossgratn bidden defects, etc. Generally good ' -sound timber may be said to have a strength to resist pulling' apart (tensile strength) of about 10,000 pounds.- 5 IRON FAR SUPERIOR TO WOOD. When in shipbuilding it comes to fastening pieces together, as, for in . . stance, in making a ship's keel or her deck beams, the weakness caused by scarfing the pieces of wood together be comes an element of strength in riveting ine iron. No matter how it may be nee ess8ary to treat the pieces of metal whether - by riveting or . welding or by - angle irons, the iron stands far above the wood in resistance to tensile strains. It is only when resisting strains of coin pression that there is a tendency of iron plates to buckle, ' and iMt is guarded against by making the plates thicker than is required for other strains or by re-enf orcrng them. Durability is a quality of iron that is not yet thoroughly determined. In cen eral, a wooden ship may be said to last about, fifteen years. . Some last loner er but there will be much patching and re newing to be done. The rules of Lloyds allow about fourteen years as the aver age durability of the best built timber Teasels. Iron is not subject to the internal sources of decay to which wood is liable. Worms and naxine animaia cannot in juro it, nor will it . rot from, imperfect ' ventilation. - Neither can the parts work loose from the motion and straining of the ship, allowing water to get in and cause decay. The danger to iron lies in the rusting or corrosion, especially iu the under water partsoutside from the sea water and inside from the bilge water. The only prevention is careful watching, cleaning and painting, and even witn all this supervision galvanic action is uKeiy to do some damage Therefore the life of an iron shin is lira . ited, and in the present state of knowl edge of the subject may be set down as approximately thirty years, for, thonsrh a ship will last longer, extensive repairs wm nave to be made that will cost con siderable money. 6TKEL BETTER THAN IRON. It is also easier to repair an iron shiu since the necessary shape can be turned out at once. The rapidity with which an iron ship can be built counts for much. In the present day the ease with which iron is obtained and worked con . stitutes another element of ' cheapness for the final cost today must amount to nearly 35 per cent, less, especially when the time, preparation, saving of weight and life of the ship are considered. Ab to the safety of a ship when, prop erly constructed and subdivided, it is only necessary to say that when the in ¬ ternal space of an ' iron shiD is sub divided into many ' compartments bv longitudinal or " transverse partitions rising to a snmcient height, or. by hori zontal platforms, or inner skin, and all such divisions are made water tight, then that ship is safer than any' wooden shin would be against foundering, for the space required for these bulkheads can not be found in a timber built vessel. The subject of Bteel may be briefly dis cussed py remembering that steel is aim : pry a superior kind of iron, and by vir . toe of its greater strength is of lighter weight. The strength of steel is from VU.UOU to 100,000 pounds Per sauare inch. Steel is as strong lengthwise as it is broadwise; 'iron is one-fifth stronger lengthwise than it' is broadwise. The elastic limit of steel is about- 25 per cent greater than that of iron, So steel may be trusted with working loads nearly 25 per cent, greater than the oth er material. Lloyds estimate that by ' building ships of steel there is a saving in weight over iron of about 15 per cent, or,' to put the some thing, in another way, a steel ship of the same dimensions as an iron ship would have an increased - cargo capacity (in weight) of some 15 or 20 per cent. .. -1. . In the matter of cost, steel fo more ex pensive at first, but the best proof of its ultimate cheapness is found in the in disputable fact that; modern merchant ships are being built of steel. : In ISM there were 560 steel ships built, T iron and 27 composite and wood: There need be no further argument as to the su periority - of. steel from every point of view. New York Times, : Tha Taloo of Hedlciae. "" .; . - .:. v-sMrfasa feus the - fat--lowing story against himself: ' 'At times,'' he said, "there comes to most people a doubting of . all that has heretofore seemed the truest; Doctors,: as , well as priests, are subject to these periods of depression in which they question the efficacy of their own judgment. In such a mood, while I was superintendent ol VHoepital de , I divided the treat-' ment of the wards. In one I exercised the best medical skill that the aid of drugs could afford; - in the other I only gave as medicine a little acrid water. This experiment I continued for a month with equally good nursing in both wards." " - -- Well, with what results?" said his listener. "The cases in both wards' averaged just the some," answered the doctor. And what would you infer from that?" said his companion. I hardly know, continued the physi cian. 'I was only thankful that the ex periment did not actually score" against the profession more than it did; but on the principle of doing one's -best, I have gone back to my medicines if not with absolute confidence, at least with the consciousness that we can at least alleviate-strifering, and, all things being favorable, may effect a cure. New York Tnbnne. - Kept Money in the farlor Stove.' One of our well known school teachers and her mother met with quite a loss re cently, and a novel., though costly one it was. They had saved some money dur ing the summer, and had placed it for safe keeping in the parlor . stove, this stove being unused, of course, during the summer. With the coming of the cold snap a fire was lighted, the money for the time being forgotten. When the purse was thought of, it had been en tirely consumed. The ladies lost fifty dollars. . They had used the stove be fore for a saving place, bat everything had turned 'oat well. Lawrence Am'er Gid Feoole. 3. V. S. li the only Ssrsaparllia thst old or feeble people should take, as the nvineir.1 potash which is in every otherSarsai-arills t:-at v. c know of, is under certain conditions known to be emaciating. - J. V. 6. on the contrary is purely vegetable and stimulates digestion aud creates new blood, the Terr thing fcr olil, celitato or broken down people. It builds them up and prolongs their Uvea. A case in point; Mrs. Belden an estimable and elderly lady ol 610 Mason St., & F. was for months declining so rapidly as to seriously alarm her family. It got so bad that she was finally afflicted with fainting spells. She writes: " While in that dangerous condition I saw some of the, testimonials con cerning J. V. 8. and sent for a bottle. That marked the turning point. I regained my lost flesh and strength and hay not felt so well in years." Th at was two years ago and Mrs. Belden is well and hearty tp-day, and still taking J. V. B. Ii you are old or feeble and want to be built up. ..Aikfor ': : : , .; Sarsaparilla Most modern, most effective, largest bottle. Same price, S LOO, six for SSlOO. For Sale by SNIPES & KINERSJLY . " THE DALLES. OREGON. Fifth Street Grade. fcTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THR i.1 Common Council of Dalles City is about to Iiroceea to ettaDusn oy ordinance tnegraae upon IV. A.W.I. UK I.U DllxX, .1. DOIU Al..., to-wit: On Fifth street from the west side of union street to the east side of Washington st The grade of said street will be fixed with refer ence to the supposed stage of low water in the l oiumijia river, wmcn is nxea at a point D2.81 feet below the ton of the hydrant at the south west corner of first and Washington streets, in said Dalles City, which point upon the Columbia river is designated as the initial point from which the elevations hereinafter stated are made. The squares made by the crossings of streets with said street, shall be of the following elevations above the datum plane, or low water level of the Columbia river, hereinbefore fixed. At thein tersection of Fifth and Union streets. 78 feet At the intersection of Fifth and Court streets 73.5 feet. At the intersection of Ffth and Washington streets 78 feet. The grades of the aforesaid street irom square to square snail Deunllorm and equal xy vruer 01 we tommon council. FRANK MENEFEE. Recorder of Dalles City. Dated this 4th day of March, 1892. - 3-7dl4t Dissolution Notice. Notice is hereby given to whom it may concern that the undersigned partners doing business under the firm name of E. Jacobson & Co., at Dalles City, Ore- on, have by mutual' consent, . this day issolved the said partnership, J, w . Condon bavins sold his said nartnershio interest to Otis S. Savage, who will con tinue tne Dusiness under the old farm name with E. Jacobsen.. Dated Dalles City, March 12," 1892. " . - JWv Condon, - s ' ' E, Jacobsen. notice. - : To whom it may concern : " ' Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, hav ing this day sold his interest in the partnership doing .business under the firm name of E. Jacobsen & Co., will not be responsible for any- indebtedness in the name of said firm from and after this date' . Dalles City, Oregon, March 12tb, 1892. " " ' r- - J. W. Condon. JDISSOIjVTION NOTICE. The partnership heretofore existing be tween J. A. Orchard and U, S. Becknell, Is this day dissolved by mutual consent. J. A. Orchard will continue the business, pay all debts and collect all accounts. Dated, March lltb, 1892. i ' . J. A. Obchabd, u S-12d6t- XT. S. Becknell. Joys : NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. , 'Sealed proposals will be-received at the office of K. F. Gibons until . Monday noon, April 4th, 1892, for the erection of the superstructure of the First Congrega tional church building, of The Dalles, Or., according to the plans and specifications tobeseen at the office of Crandall & Burget. The building committee reserve the right to reject any or all bids. Dated March 14th, 1892. . - R. F. Gibons, " . B. & Huntington," - 3-14td Building Committee. ; . THE BEST INrTHlORLI BlackwelP ull Smoking Tobacco . Situated in toe immediate section of country that produces a. grade of tobacco, that in texture, flavor and quality is not grown elsewhere in the world, and befog in position to command the choice of all offer ings upon this market, we spare no pains nor expense to give the trade THE VERY BEST. When in want of the best; ask for ull Durban?. Sold everywhere. : None genuine without .the Trade Mark of the Bull on each package. BLACKWELL'S DURHAM TOBACCO CO., DURHAM, N. C lew o. Columbia flotel, THE DALLES, OREGON. Best Dollar a Day First-Class Meals, 25; Cents.. First Class Hotel in Every Respect. . : None but the Best of White Help Employed T. T. Nicholas, Pvop. THE CHURCHES. ST. PETER'S CHURCH Rev. Father Bboks QKB8T Pastor. Low Mass every Sunday at 7 a. it. High Mass at 10:30 a. m. Vespers at 7r. M. ADVENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Preaching : in the Y. M. C. A. rooms every Sunday at 11 a. rn. and 7 p. m. Sunday school immediately after morning service. J. A. Orchard, pastor. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH Union Street, opposite Fifth. Rev. EU D. Sutelifle Rector. Services every Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7:30 P. M. Sunday School 9:45 A. v. Evening Prayer on Friday at 7:30 ..- . FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. O. D. Tat lor, Pastor. Morning services every Sab hath at the academy at 11 a. h. Sabbath School immediately after morning services. Prayer meeting Friday evening at Pastor's resi denee. Union services in the court house at 7 P. M. v , ' CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Rev. W. C. Cdbtis, Pastor. Services every Sunday at 11 A. M. and 7 p. M. Sunday School after morning service. Strangers cordially invited. Seats free. ME. CHURCH Rev. A. C Spbncer, pastor. Services every Sunday morning. Sunday School at 12:20 o'clock P. M. A cordial invitation is extended by both pastor and people to all. J. B. BCHXXCXj President. H. M. BBAla. . . Cashier. first Bank.! :he dalles. - - OREGON A General Banking Business transacted . Deposits received, subject to Sight Draft o Check. Collections made and proceeds promptly .. remitted on day of collection.. Sight and Telegraphic Exchange sold on New York, San Francisco and Port . land.: -- . DIliKCTOHS. D. P. Thompson. Jno. S. Schknck. Ed. M. Williams, - Gbo. A; Libbk. - II. M. Bbaxl. & CO., BANKERS. TRANSACT A GENERALBANEINU BUSINESb Letters of Credit issued available in the ' Eastern States. Sight Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers sold on New. York, Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco, Portland Oregon, Seattle Wash., and various points in Or egon and Washington. . . Collections made at all points on fav orable terms. Closets S Chimneys Cleaned Carpets take up, cleaned and put down, - also Closets and Chimneve cleaned on short notice at reasonable - - . rates. . Orders received through the po6toffice GRANT MORSE G;V. Johnston & Son, BnUflers, Shop at No. 112 First Street , All Job Work promptly attended -and estimates given on all wood work. Jacob aVTbser Has opened a shop in the "building , mediately east of Skibbe's Hotel, im- Garpenters v- - -FOR . ' Making and Repairing - LADrES' ani GEHTLEMES'S r : BOOTS AND SHOES k? ; First-Claes Work and Low Prices 2-27tf . GCABAMTEXO. - Durban) House on the Coast! SOCIETIES. A 69EMBLY NO. 4827. K. OF L. Meets in K. J. of P. hall the second and fourth Wednes days ol each month at 7:30 p. m. w A8CO LODGE, SO. 15, A. P. & A. M. Meets nrst ana tmra Monday of each month at 7 DALLES ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER NO.-6. Meets in Masonic Hall the third Wednesday MODERN WOODMEN OF THE WORLD. Mt. Hood Camp No. 69, Meets Tuesday even ing oi eacn weea in ue or K- ia.au, at 7:3U P. M. COLUMBIA LODGE, NO. 5, L O. O. F. Meets every iriaay evening at 7 :30 o'clock, in K. of P. hall, corner Second and Court streets. sojourning Drotners are welcome. H. Clough, Sec'y. . H. A. Biixs,N. G. FRIENDSHIP LODGE, NO. 9., K-. of P. Meets every Monday evening at 7:S0 o'clock, in Bchanno's building,' corner of Court and Second streets, sojourning members are cordially in. ; D. W.VAC8I, K. of R. and S. - C. C. UNION will meet every Friday afternoon at S o'clock at the reading room. A 11 are invited. TEMPLE LODGE NO. 8, A. O. U. W. Meets - at K. f p. Hall, Corner Second and Court streets, inursaay evenings at 7:30. , . W. 8 Mtieb, Financier. . M. V. TAB. NESMITH POST, No. 32, G. A. R. Meets crerj oaHirusy at v:du r. M., in tne K. ot r B. OF L. E. Meete every Sunday afternoon in HJO A.. VI x . nun. rSKSANG VEREIN Meets every ' Sunday cvuiuig ill Ul3 (V. m ST. X1EUI. BOP L. F. DIVISION, No. 167 Sleets in the . K. of P. Hall the first and third Wednes- uy vwu 1UU11U1, st :mt f. M. JOHN PASHEK, t - Tailor, Next door to Wasco Sun. Madison's Latest System used in cutting garments, ana a fit guaranteed - each time. ' tepairring acid Cleaning Neatly and Quickly Done. ; Severe Law. The English peo ple look more closely to the genuineness of these staples than jre do. In facf, they have a law under which they make seizures and . de stroy ' adulterated . . , - products that are not what they are represented to be. Under this statute thousands of pounds of tea have been burned because of their wholesale adul teration. . - . Tea, by the way, is one of the most notori ously adulterated articles of commerce. Not alone are the bright, shiny green teas artifl- - dally colored, but thousands of pounds Of substitutes for tea leaves ere used to swell the bulk of cheap' teai; ash, sloe, and willow leaves, being those most commonly used. Again, sweepings from tea warehouses are colored and sold as tea. Even exhausted tea leaves gathered from the tea-houses are kept, dried, and made over and find their way into the cheap teas. - . The Eugli&h government attempts to stamp this, out by confiscation; but no- tea is too " poor for u and the result is, that probably the poorest teas used by any nation are those consumed in America. - v i ; Beech's Tea is presented with the guar anty that it Is nncoiored and unadulterated; In fact, the sun-cured tea leaf pare and sim ple. Its purity Insures superior strength, about one third less cf it being required for an Infusion than of the a-tincial teas, and Its fragrance and exquisite flavor Is at -once ap parent. -It will be a revelation to you. -la order that it parity aad quality may' be guar anteed, it is sold only In pound packages bearing this trade-mark : - BEEC AsWdhbod? SUM Price We per pound. Forsalaa. . Xieslie X3-ix-tXox6i, . THE DALLES, ORBGOH. THE DALLES GHROWICLE IS Of the Leading City During the little over has earnestly tried to fulfill the objects for which it was founded, namely, to industries, to advertise the adjacent country and to the sea.. Its record is before the people and the phenomenal support it has received is accepted as the expression of their approval. Independent in every thing, neutral in nothing, for what it believes to be Commencing with the first number of the second vclume the weekly has been enlarged to eight pages while the price ($1.50 a year) remains the . same. Thus both the weekly and daily editions contain more reading matter for less money than any paper published in the county. GET YOUH DONE AT THE GIIR0I11CLE JO Done cih LIGHTi BINDING Address all Mail Orders to Chronicle THE DALLES, Jlill of Eastern Oregon. a year of its" existence it assist in developing our resources of the city and work for an open river "to it will live only to fight just and right. PHlJlTIIiG Short Notice. NEATLr DONE; Pub. Co., f OREGON. WW