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No cold of 1g her .8 SHOW. sk un- KDOW r the 1‘ the ready IS 19 ioubb' ‘lt’dh‘a aping pfied I he W 8» 1‘8 Mes 1d-a 13- as 36 TWIXT “Good evening. George 1” “Good evenin’, sir; but I reckon it’s rayther late on for evenin’. IEO)?” "Well, yes, either too late or too par-iv. There’s the first stroke of eariy twelve.” “Aye, sure ‘enough! I’ll tell you what, sir. I never hear th’ Town Ha’ clock strike twelve mednight, but I have a queer, creepy feehn' down th’ spine 0' my back.” “Not ghosts, surely, George? A man who works among furnaces as you do and is accustomed to these wierd, danc- ing Eights and shadows, and those un- earthly-looking beings flitting about, should be past that.” “Oh, aye, sir, a man don’t work half his time on night shifts ’bout gettin’ shut 0’ that sort 0’ nonsense." “T hen what in the world can there be about twefive midnight to upset a case- hardened man like you 9” ‘uvuv‘aâ€" â€"-â€"â€"-â€"_ â€"â€"__v d “It was summat a sight more real than 0113' ghost I e’er see or heard 011,; that gave my narves a shock they’ vei ne’er got 0 ’"er. “Well, George, you’ve gone too far to deny me the story. Let me have it, by ail means. I can answer for my nerves.” “It’s a thing I ne'er speak about 011' enough'to turn my hair white. I shoot.- less I'm like, obliged, an’ that’s not ed for Jim, but, whether he was stlll f , b ’ ’4 ' ) ». . _ on th’ platform above or not, I got no 0 fen at I 11 [£1130 as we walk round answer. I swung. round, an’ heard my lou’ve come spec1ally to see th’ blg‘jaoket rend a hit, an’ I prayed, as I forge by night, an’ it 'ud be a pity to ne’er prayed atore, as that bit of owd miss it.” . gr'rmy fustian would hold. Then I g , . twgsted round again, llke a joint on a no In and out among the roarlng fur- splt, right over the tire. I wanted to naoes of Messrs. Marsden’s great Struggle, but I’d no help for myself n .m “.m'r mv ammo and T and an’ I dar’n’t for fear 0’ tearin’ _100_S.e: “fnrn-o So in and out among the roaring fur- naces of Messrs. Marsden’s great “forge” we went, my guide and I, and saw the grim workers, bare to the waist, wiping the streaming perspira- tion from their brows with bundles of tow as black as their own begrimed faces. or guiding the molten iron, White hot, like a river of quicksilver flowing from the heart of the fire, into the moulds prepared for it. 'We saw the stokers with their long rods and heavy shovels feeding the mighty furnaces, and as they opened the doors, lanes of light streamed across the alley and made darkness visible, while, every now and then, a. great mass of iron would be taken on a trol- ley to the puddlers, who kneaded the red-hot metal as a baker kneads a breakfast roll. I was too much interested in the new and strange sights of ‘the place to think of George’s story, but as we stood at the foot of the great smoke-shaft, whlch shot up to the height of 130ft. above our heads, George suddenly spoke:-â€"_ “11113 is the very chimney, sir. I was tedlin’ y’o about. " It was a welrd sight; for the small hours of the morning, and, for the time, “So between th' heatsâ€"for yo’ know we’ve middlin’ 0’ time to,‘spare; we work like demons for a. spell, an’ then it’s o’er for a bitâ€"between th' heats, I say, Jim an' me put ‘on our jackets, for we knew it 'ud be cold up there, went off quietly behind this row of flurnaces, and‘began to mount th' lad- ers. ‘ “The lights of the town twinkled byi thousands down below, an’ the big dome} of the Town Ha’ looked like a giant’s? pepper-caster with alight inside. Our! works. ’at look so ‘wig down here, seem-: ed iike a good-sized back-yard, an’. ex- cept for th’ bit 0’ noise as came fro’ ’ our chaps below, all th' town seemed. fast asleep. I felt a bit of a queer shiv-i ., , , n erâ€"not WI coidâ€"pass through me, an ‘ i I says: ‘Let’s go down, Jim; I’ve had enough.’ So Jim lays his crook down; where he’d found it, an’ we began to; descend. ' ‘ “We’d got about a third of the way! down, when Jim says; ‘Let’s st0p on th’ § next platform a minute, an’ tak’ alook; straight down. .\Ve couldn’t do it for’ ‘ th’ top. we can stick to a post. It’s!1 our last chance!’ 80 when we reached th’ next stage we went to th’ edge. an’ chariiy peeped o’er. My! what a ~ depth it looked! Well, sir, it’s no kind 0’ use askin’ how it happened. I never. couid tell. Things happen all of a‘ minuteâ€"rbecause they’ve got to hapfi pen. I supposeâ€"an’ it’ no use tryin’ to# explain how. Perhap I grew dizzy, “Up_ an’ up we went. I could hear Jim takin’ step {111’ stepowi’ me, but Idar’n’t ‘look down‘J’or, though I’ve a. pretty good head for height, l’m not. exactiy a. born steepie-jact, as could turn a. somersault on a weathercock. \Veil, we kep’ on, Jim an’ me, past plat? form after platform, tn’ wind gettin’ ,stronger every minute, till we stood on th’ cornice asruns round the top. It} looks narrow enough down here, but it’s plenty Wide enough to stand on com- fortable like; an’ then, of course, there was a platform 0’ -planks beneath us. as took considerably fro’ th’ feelin’ 0' height. “Jim picked up a grappling-hook as was‘xying on th’ top. to use asasort ofi al-penstook to steady himself. I be- lieve the hook had been used to draw th’ rope in as was danglin' from a set 0’ pmleys at th’ end of 'a projectin’ beam. Th’ hoistln’ tack’le was fasten- ed toawindiiass on the top platform, an' Was used for hoistin’ up th’ new copin’ stones an’ other things the work- men needed. It was mighty cold up there, I can ted yo’, an’ our hands grew numb; but. we enjoyed it for al-l‘ that. EARTH AND HEAVEN } but I .frns‘r v “I did that. 1111’ it’s a merical an’ a mercy‘ I'm here to tell yo’. Yo’ see, th’ tackle for hoistin’ was hangin’ from? th’ pulleys and Windlass at th’ top, an' . th’ big hooks were danglin’ just below iwhere we stood, an’ by the mercy of LGod,‘ as I fell, one on ’em caught in i th’ back 0’ my fustian 'acket, an’ there 31 swung at th’ end of a rope a hun- ; dred feet fro’ the ground, an’ expectm’ ; eyery moment as my owd jacket would iglv-e way, an’ I should a be dashed to pieces.” k ' ; “Terrible!” I groaned. i “ ‘Dashed to pieces,’ did I say 3 W’orse .‘than that! Th’ rope must ha’ been .~}oope,d up, somehow, above, for when my weight came on it, it swung aolear - six feet out, an’ when'it swung back, ‘Jim tells me it was as many feet be- ; low where he stood, an' two feet clear . of the scaffoldin’! Of course., I could- tn’t see Jim. I hung face downwards ; an’saw, right under me, th’ top 0’ this gnearest furnace, an’ I could see, when :hide the seethin’ flames below. But I th’ rope settled, that, if I fell I should 3 fa’ plump into th’ middle of a fi’ry fur- ;nace to which Nebuchadnezzar’s must ; ha’ been a frost. 1 could see th’ white ; heat chasin’ itself like lightnin’, back’- :ards an’ for’ards, an’ great "flames gleapin’ up as if they were tryin’ wi’ {might an’ main to get at me. I could Ifeei their heat up there. but. I think I sliippedâ€"it was a bit frostyâ€"because I went feet first,” __ “What!” I exciaixfiéd, gazing atuthe man in horrified astomshment. you fell off the chimney 2” a-UVA vâ€"â€" ___ “Just then th' stoker opened the fur- nace, an’ began to shovel in fuel, an’ the way the 'lfire gobbled it up was enough to turn my hair white. I shout- ed for Jim, but, Whether he was still on th’ platform above or not, I got no answer. I swung round, an’ heard my "‘Again I :txgigteawltodndâ€"itowards th’ stack, an' thls tune I shzieked thh fgar. I was slowly descending. ’l‘he windless had been scotched, but not tight enough: an’ my Weight was enough to set lt goin’. Every moment it went 3. Int faster. I should ha’ been glad enough :0 be gently lowered, but for‘on‘e thln‘g. ‘rv MU DL'“UJ VIVAvu Lshomld be slowly but surely lowered right into the furnace mouth. I could feel th’ heat now strong, and was nearly checked with the smell 0’ sul- phur. ' ‘_ “I shouted again, but my voice seem- ed to stick in my throat. The sweat dropped like rain from my face. A butâ€" ton gave way. I clutched my jacket. WI’ both hands, au’ shut my eyes to hide the seethin’ flames below. But they seemed to burn red an’ horrld through my eyelids. ‘Jim! Jim}! Jim ! ! !’ I shrieked, an’ I could hear now. the sound of clatterin’ clogs below, as of men rhurryin’ down the concrete aHeys. ‘Jim! Jim!!’ I shrieked agam. “All right, old chap I’m here.’ And then I knew no more. I fainted w1th JOY: “Jimâ€"good did Jim !â€"â€"told me hls Part of the story afterwards, when I was gettin’ round from brain fever. He nearly fell after me from sheer horâ€" ror, but he wasn’t the man to waste time when his mate’s life hung by a thread, even if it was a thick ’pn. He first timed to reach the rope With hls hand, but it was of no use. an’ every moment it settled farther an’ farther ELVVCLV. WVV 4 ‘Then he bethought himself, all in a flash, of the grapplin’-hook at th’ top, an’ up he went again as fast as 1113 tremblin’ legs an’ numb fingers could help him. The hook was a good weight, an’ hindered him a lot. an’ when he reached the stage below the one he started from, I had disappeared. b‘earin’ the worst, he scramblied down an’ down until he overtook me, an’ IL was then I heard his voice. The rest was easy. He went down still-l anoth- er Platform, reached upwards an' out- wards with the hook, pullied upon 11:. and, drawi‘n’ the rope gently inwards, lowered me slowly on to the‘st.ag‘e:" “Aye, so it did, but I was to go down by the rope after all. \Vhen Jim sum- moned the chaps from below they could- ’nt carry me down the ladders, so a. couple of ’em went to th’ top, slued the tackle round so as to miss the furnace. an’ they made a noose an’ lowered me, as unconscious as a dead man, to the very: spot; we’re standin’ on." w 11 I ’1 “\Ve-Il, 3.1.511 “ix-{e}; rihâ€"of vthat horrvible T093, 3942 1t_ 53?"?dg3’011} life 't” I said. "'fixireilj'gia'ae“551151; twelve while 1 was danglin' ’twixt earth 2111' heaven, an’ I thought it was my death-knell.” ".'.~' "1'“ "‘2" ~"'*';-â€" - But Why GOES the foquaJl ftrlk- ing twglvegwe you 091d shgvers 3‘ . ___ 1 T MEASURE'TH‘E RESULTS. If we fail to measure the results that are hourly wrought on shingle and on sand, it is not because these results are unreal, but because our vision is too limited in its powers to decern them. 'When instead of comparing day with day we compare century with century, we may often find that land has be- come sea and sea has become land. Even so we perceive, at least in our neighbors, towards whom the eye 18 more discerning and impartial than to- wards ourselves. that under the steady pressure and experience of life, human characters are continually being de- termined, modified, altered or under- mined. It is the office of good sense no less than of faith to realize this great truth before we see it, and to live under the conviction that our life from day to day is a true, powerful and searching discipline, molding and makâ€" ing us whether it be for evil or for good.â€"\V. E. Gladstone. Rupshu, a district on the north slope of the Himalayas, 15,000 feet above sea level and surrounded by mountains from 3,000 to 5,000 feet higher, has a permanent population of 500 persons, who live in goat-hair tents all the year round. W'ater freezes there ev- ery night, but no snow falls on account of the dryness of the air. The people are shepherds, and dress in pajamas and a long cloaK, wearing an additional cloak in unusually cold weather. The longest bridge in the world is the one just opened across the Dan- ube at Ozernaveda, Where there is a whole region of annual inundation. It: is 13,825 feet long, W1thout the ap- preaches. HIMAL AYAN SETTLEMENT. LONGEST BRIDGES. In this age of competition no one 1y conducted, is generally an occupa- tion that pays; but owing t0: the fact that the gardener has a “18‘: up” dur- ing the Winter, he is liable to get sloth- flll, if not careful, and may possibly lie. down and tazkea nap, only to awake, however, like the bare in the fable and find that the tortoise has won the race. \VINTER \VORK FOR GARDENERS. Properly speaking, it is none too early now to prepare seeds for next season’s crops, and the gardener WhD begins this in time is pretty sure to have his products in the market before his more dilatory neighbor gets there. We depend to a large extent 011 0‘11‘ seedsmen nowadays for 0111‘ SBBdS, and it often requires much time and study to select from their long list the PI‘OP’ er seeds for our exact use. Consequent- ly it is advisable to begin in time, and spend weeks, if needs be, in deciding upon what are the best and most prop- er seeds. Getting seeds from houses which can most be relied upon is of course the safest and surest method to follow. Cheap seeds from untried places generally turn out, like any- thing else of a similar nature. to be the most expensive in the end. Only a small majority of them germinate and accordingly one is a loser. it is perfectly appropriate, to be sure. to use our own seeds which We have saved from year to year from excellent plants, but if the variety is inclined to run out we should drop the seeds at once. Secure new ones from the seedsrnen and Start in again. Asa rule, we are too apt to cling to the things, which have done gor service in the past. and be- until they are perhaps practically worthless. Look to it Lnat this does not apply _‘to you. , L needs that do not stand the test should ”be discarded. no matLer what Lnelr virtues in the past; may have been. her the reason anu; a man has been strong, both menwfly and physically, Lt. does not hold thanwe wul always be so hereaILer. ‘In h‘ehruary and March it is very im- portant that we should have the’ seeds 1n our possesswn. smce in these months some 01 them W111 1equ1re be1ng started under glass. r1here1o1'e by the first 01 b'eoruary we should be overhauling the hotbeus, improvmg upon them, or mak- ing new ones. Union plants can be started under glass by the middle of February, and by the end of the month all of them, as a usual thing, should be started. Some do not approve of growing veg- etables under glass in winter, yet these invariably have faith in the early spring hotbeds. which can be started so that they can get several weeks, and sometimes months, ahead of those who wait for pleasant outdoor weather. in- deed, that gardener who does noti em- ploy hotbeds in his work is woefully behind the times. He is almost as dil- atory as the hare that lay down in the race and went to sleep. He cannot, in reality expect to reap the just rewards of his laoor. As it is the early bird that finds the worm, so it is in the early markets that the highest prices for veg- etables are obtained. ‘l‘herefore we should be ready to assume the work of supplying the world with green veg- etables just as soon as the southern gardeners have completed their seas- on’s work. Otherwise there is pretty sure to be a long period during. which the demand will be universal and! no one to meet it with goods. isn’t this Outside of growing plants for our own gardens in the early hotbeds, there is often money in growing many of them for sale to late gardeners. "lhere are those who buy their plants when started in the hotbeds, and they pay good prices for them, too. in order 'to meet this demand, gardeners can often do well to make a specialty of onions, lettuce, or other vegetables, which they grow in perfection, and idispose of them by the dozen when a few inches high. One can frequently more than pay for all the expense of‘éthe hotbeds by growing an extra amount of' each vegetable under glass, in that, after selecting all he needs for his! own use, he can sell the remainder to hlS neigh- bors, at the stores, or anywhere else that an opportunity presents itself. Life it has been said, is made up of little things, and it can be said that dairying is made up the same wayâ€" in fact. any business is made up of little things and details, and if these are not properly attended to,fai.1ure re- sults. ' i One of the most important details of to the packing of the productâ€"butter especially. The daily cleaning of dairy utensils is one of the important factors {in pro- moting cleanliness. All the milk in or on a dairy utensil should first be rins- ed off with water far below the scald- ing point before any water up‘ to that point is used. If scalding water IS used at the start the milk is cooked and then it is almost impossible to remove it form the articleâ€"especially the creases or; seams!‘ if any there be.§_ If scalding water is used on a. milk strainer of fine meshes before the milk has been rinsed with water of a. lower temperature the strainer will be about as good as ruined and the same will result if the milk is allowed. to dry in. Therefore, if the user is not ready to rinse off the milk as soon as'through using let the strainer be put Into wat- er and left. there till it can be Properly cleaned. Thfiev éans of por'table creameries _should be kept; scrupulogsly _clp§1n._ 'Thljs ‘cayn be Edgi‘lyhdcâ€"c‘emfilâ€"iefied if attended to every time they are emptied and: the rules above mentioned observed. CLEANLINESS IN DAIRY WORK. The water and ice tank of a. portable THE FARM. creamery should [be carefully looked after. In the first place care should be taken to thoroughly rinse off all the saw dust that may stick to the ice before, the latter is Blame-d in the ice before the latter is placed in the tank. Next, ”he sure when straining the milk not to spill any of it into the water. But if any gets into it then change the water at onceâ€"especi- all_y during warm weather. 1 i O “â€"â€"J â€"â€"_ Every dairyman should have a dairy room or house, and it should~‘be locat- ed where no foul odors would be likely to reach it. That cleanliness is next to Godliness is especially true when applied to dairy- RAISING ONIONS FOR MARKET. Onion growing may be divided into culture in the kitchen garden, the market garden, and on the farm, writes a specialist. In the market garden the first thing under consideration is the soil. That 'best suited for the onion is a dry, sandyloam, not wet, or soggy, for if it is you will have nothing {but scullions at the end of the season. Take a piece of land that has‘ had early po- tatoes, and as soon as these are dug, haul on plenty well-rotted 'barnyard manure, spread evenly; plow, not too deep, but just deep enough to cover the manure. Then sow rye ozn th at the rate of six bushel per acre. Don’t be afraid of sowing your rye too early in the. fall. Don’t plow too early in the spring, 'but give the rye a chance to start. By plowing it again in the isprung you get all your manure on top, Just where you want it for onions. The roots of onions are all near the surface. After going over it with a good smooth- Lngdiharrow the ground is ready for the see . Make the rows 18 in. apartâ€"they mlght be nearer, but I think this near enough, because it gives a better chance to work them with a double Wheel h_06- VVhen the onions are about 4 in.-. hlgh sow on Wood ashes at the! rate 0f 190 bushels per _acre broadcast, I neYer ’9th my onions but leave them as the drlll sows them. Harvest as soon as the tops die, and sew rye as in the fall prevlcms ready for another year’s crop. If: these directions are followed I promise you a fine crop of onlons. YOUNG ORGHARDS. Young orchards should have atten- tion; when there is any spare time 80 over the trees, cutting away weak, use- less wood. VVhen the trees are young is the time to give them good attention, and a well kept orchard will respond to the extra labor laid out, says Amer- ican Gardening. If young trees be left to themselves they will not be long be- fore they grow out of shape. Strong shoots, W'thh give the trees a. strag- gling appearance, should be shortened back; one should always aim tohave compact, well balanced trees, and also, if fine fruit be the object, keep the grownh thinned out, as when there IS much wood in a tree sunshine cannot get at the fruit, and under; these cir- cumstances poor fruit results. Young orchards should be thoroughly cultivat- ed, for a few years I don’t know of anything better for young trees. If one half of an orchard be cultivated the other left in grass, that which was cultivated would grow just as fast again and much cleaner and healthiâ€" er. A tree that makes a clean, healthy growth is the one from which we can expect fine fruit. Sheâ€"“So you are rea 1y engaged at lflSi? Oh I am so glad. "’ Hexâ€"“You ought to be.” hair poetessâ€"“ “- on ’t you please print my poem?” Conciletory editorâ€"‘ ‘1 can ',E really; but 1 should like. to print your picture.“ “I’ve discovered. why the Greeks were such a happy people.” .“Why was it? “They didn’t have their clothes made to fit."0 . “Brownjones is the hardest, man to take in shorthand that I ever struck.” “Does he talk so fast as that 2” “No -â€"so confoundeddy slow.” Frizbyâ€"“Is it not much more expen- sive crusmg in a yacht than travelling on the cars Z” Vanw artâ€"“The reverse There are no porters on yachts.” “I like to cook enough to last,” re- marked the young bride. “You do, do you,” groaned‘ the devoted hubby, “no matter how little you cook.” The gay fool-killer now may shi_rk :Atvease, as )vintry sluch. he views, HIS Victims kindly do the work By l-eavmg off their overshoesq "‘\Vere those cough-drops beneficial ’2’ “They worked like a. charm. They have such a horrible taste that the children have all stopped coughing.” “Do you know your neighbors, the Lippertons ?” “No, we don’t know them at all; they merely used to lend us their lawn mower last. summer.” The way my neighbor’s daughier sings Would make one tear his hair; Yet I suppose she has the right Because she rents the air. , “Scientists say that the secret of all life is vibration.” “Pooh! I’ve had lots of people give me the shake, but there wasn’t anything secret about it.” “I thought perhaps you would give me a lift, sir,” he said as he entered the office. “You will find the elevator in the front of the building,” replied the bookkeeper.” \Vouldn’l: you feel helpless, Emeline, if you heard the wolf at your door % N 0t much ; I’d pull him in by the ears and make a lovely rug out of. him. A LONDON CHARITY. A useful charity called the London) Spectacle Mission, provides spetacles for needlewomen and other .deservipg per- sons Adepenfling upon themr eyeSIght for nnn _ __“ $13?;£§L"II§§£’ yéa-r 726 applicanis were provxded w1th spectacles. Dobbins is a good talker, isn’t he? Good talker? I went to his office and; to borrow $50, and before I got away he had borrowed $50 from me. Lieutenant-Governor Kirkpatrick is improvmg dqfly. The surglcal opera.- tion was entu'ely successful. THE NEW \VOMAN. REAL SPELLBlN-DER. SOBIE SMILES. The Murdered Stambulofl‘s llamas Kept in a Glass Case By His “'Idow. Although over a year has elapsed since the dastardly murder of Stephen Stambuloff, the Bismarck and political creator of Bulgaria, his house at. Sofia, scarcely a stone’s throw from the pal- ace of the Prince. who owed to him not only his throne but his life, still remains draped with crape. The most extraordinarir feature of the Stambuloff house is an ornament in the drawing-room. It hangs just below a portrait of the murdered pa- triot. On a background of black velvet. inclosed in a frame and covered with! glass, are what appear: at first sight to be a pair of fencing gauntlets, or small boring gloves. They are not. They are he emhalmed hands of the former dictator of Bulgaria. \Vhem Sta-mbuloff was carried dy- ing to the house which he had left for the Union Club two minutes before. his hands, which he had raised to shield his head from the blows rained upon him by the murderous knives and swords of his fifteen assassins, were hanging to the arm by shreds of skin. The doc-tors comnleted the amputation. Every day the widow opens the little glass fram. Madame Stambuloff was requested to appear at the trial of her husband's assassins which has just taken place at Sofia. At first she refused. She reconsidered her decision, and her ap- pearance in court was dramatic in the extreme. Addressing the judges, she demanded that they acquit the pris- oners in the dock, who were the mere tools in her husband’s assassination, and call instead to justice the insti- gators. These are well known, chief among them being the former colleague an Minister of State, Natchevitch, who now is Mayor of Sofia. Natchevitchs whom Stambuloff regarded as his most intimate and loyal friend, was the only person in the country, except Madame Stambuloff. who knew that the exâ€"dictator had received a finely woven shirt of steel. Stambuloff, how- ever, who was a stout man, and loved to be free and easy in all his move- ments, seldom wore it, and was with- out it on the day of his assassination. Yet his assassins manifestly were aware: of its existence. For, although ins head, face and wrists were literally hacked to pieces, nearly forty separate wounds being counted by the surâ€" geons, yet not a single scratch was found on the trunk of his body. It .18 Natchevitch, therefore, whom the Wld- ow regards as being, with Prince lg‘er- dinand, responsible for the assassma- tic-n of Stephen Stambuloff. The Largest. in the World wm be That of Bevonport, England. The importance of Devonport as a naval base has been repeatedly demon- strated. Today the dockyard and the Keyham steam factory cover an area. of 145 acres, exclusive of the victualing yard, and the naval barracks, the Royal Engineering College and the many other Government buildings located on the banks of the Tamar and occupying 200 additional acres. The present Board of Admirality have now commenced a. scheme of extension. which, in costfiiness if not in import- ance, will eclipse any work of the kind previously undertaken, and will con- vert. Devonportâ€"with the exception of Pembroke, the youngest of the royal dockyardsâ€"into the largest. and most efficiently defended ‘arsenal in the world. The authorities in \Vhitehall have set. their ’hand to a scheme of naval expansion at the western port which will Entail an expenditure of” about £6,000,000. A million sterrling has been spent in docking operations as a preliminary to ‘the extension of Devonport as a naval port, and the means of access to the dockyard at all tides has been rendered safe and easy; UL UH AJWLJ wuv» . v-5“v- V‘â€" rljhe scheme includes the creation of a tidal basin with an area of 35 1-2 acres being 41-2 times as large as the big- gest basin which Devonport now pos- sesses. It will be 1,550 feet long and 1,000 feet broad, with a depth of 55 ft. below the coping stone. Leading from thIS’ basin, which will be entered from the. Hamoaze by a tidal caisson, will be three graving docks and an entrance lock sufficiently large to permit the passage through of vessels larger than any yet designed. 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