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A MIGHTY Hltll* UtrtlctOIV i* *?d* ,ilk? TtMlt Of ^ " Va?t Htwl 8ky*?sraj??r, ^rhfi tender Is accepted." Like -iidfire riflnrtbe ?qod ji^b from *i to end 6t the tfreat shipyard. -Another liner." And eyes bright 9o and muscles tighten at the pros ^^ucb. though, has to be done ere ?hu outdoor work commenced. The ahip's plan 111 Pr?PV?d iu sec tion# from owuers' specifications, ou a ucale of a quarter o hraif an inch To tbe foot, says Auswers. Oue aet of drawlnga called the "sheer draft," la a yi*w of the ship's Skel eton or framework, without the ulatea, the Internal deck, bulkhead and hold unhingement# being indi cated by a series of detailed draw jags. jrollowtj then the experimental Dta (*>? A wooden block, or caating 0f paraffin wax, la first made to gcale from the ship's/ plans, and la teated in a large tank about 300 ft In length and eight feet deep. The model, weighed to the load line, la towed to and fro by an over head travernen at varying speeds,. Delicate, Instruments register the 0*act "pull," the displacement, the stability and a host of other infor mation. The shape of the model Is altered again and again, pieces be ing shaved off here and others there The fJual results are carefully tab ulated, and from this ship In em bryo the builders complete their plann. inside the central shed, 250 yds long (ind 160 feet In height, the ahip'H berth has meantime been pre pared. Thousands of wooden piles, about 30 feet Ip length, have been driven by pile drivers deep Into the ground. On these are laid huge beam**, and the floor completed with ?tout planks. Then, In tfae center, tbe keel blocks, surmounted by oak caps, in groups Of five, are assem bled on u falling gradient to the river of about half an Inch to the fobt. All is now ireadjf for the recep tion of tbe ponderous kieel. This ? the backbone ?' the ship ?la of Iiuh strength, .measuring four feet acrose, and Is thfee and a quarter Inches thick. Parallel with the keel, but above It, and attached by angle bars, Is the central girder, five feet high, the space between forming the double Uoiuuu. On each aide. M regular distances, running length' wise, are seven other girders, the outer oue called the "margin plate." The water tight chamber* are formed by vertical partitions of the plates, extending abovto and beneath tfie floors up to the murgln plate on each side. After the great cast steel stern frame and the stembar for the bows have been attached, the plating be* gins. The steel strips of varying sizes, but averaglug 34 feet In its length, and about three 19ns lu weight each, which form the skin of the ship, are lafQ on In st rakes, like the bricks In a wall. Kitting these strakps to the shape of a ship Is a critical business. A tliln wood en pattern, or template, Is first pre pared for each plate, and clamped In position on the ship's side. With minute care, every detail is mark ed on it? the size and shupe, the overlap, and the rivet holes. It is then transfered to its proto type, the steel plate, which is cut, pimched and bent by wonderful ma chinery that slices steel strips, punohes rivet holes aud beuds steel plate as easily aud cleanly as tho* the material were paper. Nimble traveling cranes on gantries under the roof pick up the huge plates When ready, and convey them to their appointed place, Where the hy draulic riveter ? a mechanical mar vel ? with Irresistible force and ra pidity, drives each rivet home, in the buildings of a model liner over 4,000/000 rivets are used. Each Joint is finally rendered water tight by caulking. The outer shell finished, and the inside work far advanced, the build ers turn their attention to the pro blem of the launch, the weight of the vessel at this point on the keel blocks being something like 15,000 tons. 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These are fixed on the gigantic "uptakes, " con necting with the pollers by a uet? work of flues, A hoist of auxiliary machinery for llghtlug, ventilating, ipuiupiug aud steering the ship, as well as the passenger lifts, is being Installed at the same time as a swarm of sub contractors' men work day and at night on the Internal decorations, lfilectriciaus enclrclo the ship with a girdle^of light, hiuI install a tele phone and electric call service with 300 stations. , In the oourt room Is fitted a wonderful clock, which controls, syn chronically, 60 other clocks In dif ferent parts of the ship. The lofty Marconi mast is finked up with inys tetloua Instruments in the wireless cabin; then, at last, after many months of toil, comes the welcome day when the great ship, pride of her builders, sails forth upon its ?trial trip, queen of the seas. IjIN< 'OLN'H GltKAT M KM()l(y, Tola of Trivial Incident After /Twen ty-Five Yeare. Judge Laudls, of the northern dife tr et court of Illiqota, i8 ,011d of telling this anecdoto of Lincoln: In 18 3 when Lincoln was a can d date for the legislature,, he called on a certain farmer to for his support. He found him In the ha, , ' ttnd was urging his cau'Be wnen the dinner hell sounded, the farmer invited him to dinner, /but he declined politely, and added.: b pvt h' yoA wm lett me^have the scythe while you are gone I will mow around the ?,eld a couple of times." When the farmer returned he o?Bd three rows neatly mowed. The scythe lay against the gate post but Lincoln had disappeared. Nearly thirty years afterward, the farmer and his wife, npw grown old were at a White House recep Jon, and stood waiting in line to shake hand* with the president. When they got near him in the e''' says Judge Landis, "Lincoln saw them, and," caiHng an uide, told to take th#m to one of , the small parlors, where he wouJd see them as soon as he got through the handshaking. Much surprised, the old couple were led away. Pre sently Mr. Lincoln came In, aftd, greeting them with an outstretched hand and a warm smile, called them by name. "Do you mean to say," exclaimed the farmer, "that you remember me after all these years?" ? ** certainly do,* said the pres ident, and he went on to recall the day he had mowed round the farmer's timothy field. "Yes, that's so,' said the old man, still In astonishment. *1 found the field mowed and the scythe lean ng up against the gate post. But I have always wanted to ask you one thjgig.' . j 'What is that,' asked Mr. Lin coln. 'I always wanted to ask you, Mr. President, what you did with the whetstone V "Lincoln smoothed hjs hair back; fr?1*1 bis brows moment, in deep thought; then his face lighted up. 'Yes, I remember now/ he said, 'I put the wfhetstone on top of thel high gate post. \ A?d when he got back to Illi nois again the farmer found the| whetstone on top of the gate post, where it had lain for more than twenty-five years. ?Youth's Com-, pahlon. I Joe Malloy was found guilty of | the murder of Prentiss Moore Sat urday night at Bennettesville. The! <?ase was given to the Jury at 4:45 and the verdict returned at 9:00 O'clock. Judge Spain sentenced Malloy to be electrocuted August 9. The defendant made motions in ar *?et of judgment and for nelfcr trial. The main point raised Is that the act of 1912 providing for electrocu tion and abolishing death by hang ing ,1s ex poet facto as to crime committed In 1910. Judge Spain overruled the motions, saying thatl In the absence of a case in this stat on the specified point the question Jja8 doubtful, and he would follow the rule and construe the act In fa vor of its constitutionality and al low the higher court to settle it The case will be taken to th? su preme court of the ?tate, and If the judgment is sustained It will doubt less be taken to the United States supreme court, v. ' - > , ? ? - ? ? . ot th. Bettor Kind .t p I A N O s o R G A N S IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE KIMBALL PIANO an active progressiveness is joined with over fifty years of experience concentrated on the effort to pro duce piano quality of the highest type. Piano custom ers WHO KNOW appreciate this fact, which ex plains why so many of them say that the Kimball piano is the best. WHEN in the market for piano or organ, see the Kimball before you buy. Write for catalogue and price list. State whether piano or organ is wanted. , , ' 1 _ i ' ' ??'???? T J. W. 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