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“7- .7 JV“ ~rough as blazes. and all that kind of thing. Yes. home 10 England! Jol- 1) oh!” A vivacious continuation of the interrupted tune. in another key, and than: "Sail next. Tuesday week: Biackwall liner; good business. eh i’" Crescendo; the whale store filled with the volume of this young Briton’s whis- U0. “ If it's a {air question." asked Jake. when the tune had come to a blatant out on a wrong not». what. might a Nassau. 0m! ?" passage cost " Tell you what's 9p. fibe volunteered. using no bus 5 «va home! Si__ 0’ this, don’t “ Ila! it’s you. Long Jake." he cried 83 Jake entered. “ Rational: All right: in a minute; huh-hang itiâ€"shake a paw tint. do." He was evidently in tre- mendous spirits; and Jukr was too per- fectly colunised to he in sympathy with any such demonstration. He held out his band sulkily; he intended to have his rations at once, and go. But the high-spirited young gentleman went on u niatling noisily and packing emu eggs in sawdust. as if 11.) one was at the ulnar side of the counter waiting to vâ€"'- wuv 'Vuk, “VD ”(Cu- ‘szlme Calm. deliberate tone, "1’ A part of the weight that pressed it mg home!" down “as no“ lifted from the mind “‘9' Silence that had preceded the of Long Jake. but only a slight part. announcement Ollthved it half in the distorted perspective of his own minute, the“ , ‘ mind he was still blood-guilty; and {“95 of Byrnes bur pulled themselves vould there be degrees in blood-guilti- °§Pt;h9r-' new! He would have ridden into the I “but km?” to England?” 'asked home-station and laid [are his naked ' (film Bane incredulously. feelings to the boss. who was a. kind’ I Home to England." said Long and just man. and w ho, moreover,would ' 3}“; vertuinly hear of the accident from oth- 3 .bad i‘ you don’t mean this?” ex- ten-possibly unkindâ€"Lips. But. unt'01‘-;“l‘f‘”ned Surgeon-major “MESH“. tunatolf. the one rigid rule of Long! My colonial oath on it,” saidLong Jake's ife was. never to lay bare 83‘733‘9- , fraction of his feelings to a. fellowman. 5 All when \yer goin’?” flnvever. after a. few days. a journey :J‘EFkYROKOI‘S. to the hmnestoatd for rations. became' “0”. not imperative. It was high noon when. I'LQI‘IS. Jake. amid a loud barking of dogs. Jake led ' ““8 last re inquired jest yet a while," said . . . . , ply. being distinctly unti- his were into the rough stable and . “I‘mNCtel‘lc, d ., . . lsapbointed somewhat. walked over to the store. \Vithin. the‘ (10mg for good?” angered John young gentleman from England. who Byrne, veiling beneath a tone of con- wm obliging enough to inquire “colon- tempt. the reasonable annoyance inci- i.il experience " at a nominal salaryâ€" dent to loss of It sure source of in- “is whistling shrilly. n :OOme. Jack H- ’ l?nrrn ra ‘Ir: unfailing regularity. At anyrate the rude slab but. the cats, the cockatoo. the very prints pasted on the walls- these simple signs grew by degrees to spell for Long Jake the wordâ€""Home." And until this time he had experienced nothing but thankfulness and relief on returning home, sick and wearied iron“. his excesses. not sure that he did not regard those ‘ busts " at King-parrot Flat simply as to many necessary lite-tunics which he owed it to hhnself to administer with lake. He was content in his solitary life auwng the grim and sombre ranges. Indeed. this queer. reserved. nameless bid fellow found the solitude of Raz- ”back the best thing in life. 1 am was thirty shillings a week. plus ra- tions, and in itself was of small consid- eration; be «mild get, as muCh. 1’01“ buys morn. from any squatter in the colony as an exwrienced shepherd and boundary-man. But somehow. Jake had got to like the plane for its own ILWU noun: LU L116 HUL Mr close at hand; and he had trimmed but when he dismour and mended the rude fences of the great 5%?” SPOL he £113; , paddocks. and left everything gener- irty "0""‘13' ‘ . fell naturally from h; ally snug. Then he had obtained from for-med the keynote ( sis employer a substantial check. on during the ten-mile the pretext of buying a horse at Wat- .â€" tleton. For the projected “ bust " was (‘HAP'I‘EI by no means Jake’s first since his in- Mare than three m4 Itallatlon in the but on Razorlmck. ’ fore Long Jake was ag: and he was well awane that if he were : ggghmhflfio 3m; then found outâ€"let alone the harm that ' ‘ ’ ,ppe m,“ might or might not befall the sheep ! warning. He w a we. in ring his absenceâ€"it would be at least 3 Jo}!!! .E’iyrne's han sum! an much as his place was worth: that 5"”) 9"“"I‘EI’P 3»? he {3'30} 1 n- g... CHAP'I’ER I.-â€"(‘ontinuod. Long Jake was in the habit of plan- ning than systematic carousals of his With a deliberation that was little abort of horrible. This time he had waited patiently until heavy rain fill- ed the creeks and water-holes. so that his flocks had the host of feed and wa- LONG JAKE’S TRIP HUME! IbisA sofig ; fiffi'l yo'u know? that kind ’AS long Jake cou§d not resist was mismanagin mess of everything and doing no busi- ness~ench substantive being duly qmlified. There were pl] ‘ . guarantee paying concern of it. Yet she wanted to sell the‘ placeâ€"sell a place whose good-will wasn’t worth a red cent; she would look at noneoof them. Here the gallant Sur waxed peculiarly eloquent had indeed gone the length ally offering himself as a sacrifice at the shrine . . e--. N... no presently turned it into the ch'innel he had all allow? in view by an innocent inquiry after \Vidow 'l‘ruscotr- 'l‘he gratuitous formation respecting this lady which he elivited it would be to! no purpose to relate at length; moreover, it would be unfair, since the epithets em- ployed could scarcely have been meant for repetition. But it did appearthat Mrs. Truscott was, to put it mildly, no favorite at King-parrot Flat. Her; airs were worse thgm ever. She thought] herself too Rood inr .un-..i.-,.-_ m The invitation w and. undpr and Jake's the infl manoeuvring, the c as scarcely neegled; 1191100 0!? the whisky on V8 1‘88.- : and he presgnt_l_y turned Hus last reply, being distinctly unti- elimncteric, disappointed somewhat. “Gluing for good?" sneered John Byrne, veiling beneath a tone of mm- tempt the reasonable annoyance inci- dent to loss of It sure source of in- come. Jack Rogers, with a vinous Wlnk, suggested: “Nu; for had.” A: slight hugh greeted the mznudlin sally. But Jake replied gravely, “Only for a trip. I mean tn have one umre look at thf‘ [I'd llI‘uO- ‘L.-L’A, || -_--_ O ._ ....u.un U1 Then he withdrew his hand raising his eyes, and resumm the tobacco with an impassive f (‘uin of the realm being an unknown quantity utKing-par where paper mnney was in com] rency, this master-touch of Jake’s produced an instantane: feet. John Byrne turned his partly to uncork a. fresh de partly to conceal his emotion. restâ€"inc-Iuding even the insul geon-majorâ€"maintained a judi lenae. The man from Razorbac served his final bomb until Hi until he hzul rolled his tohac essingfiy between his palms. and ht. his pipe. CIIV I rv‘uvtv accident. jingling Then he withdrm raising his eyes, : the tobacco wifh u Innuymy, wunout looking up from g the fig of tolncco he was daintily par- l'nfl' In his palm. "Reason why? Why, ‘ to have a hit. of a yarn. What else?” But before the menrwe that trembled on John Byrnv’s tongue could be dis- charged, he added adroitoly, and with a quick upward glance: "HOWS’BVBK‘w tholugh l’m nut on for anything myself '0-{ ‘ slyâ€"feeling just what you call he- iow par, likeâ€"J hereby invites allpres- PM (“Umpany to order their usual, if ynu please." With that.l.ong Jake add- ed to the painful interest which his :I-hnnrgnql conduct had already created by shifting the nlnSp-knife to his left hand, thrusting his right deep into his trousers’ pocket; and, apparently by exocillent. jingling :1 fifltful of Coins. 'I‘hnn ho ...:41..1_-__ . . . - . tend; the old Anglo-Indian ripened with more than tropic rapidity from _. pink to purple; and muttered vaguely ‘ about. “outraged honor,” and " instant satisfactionz” while the proprietor of the bar (-onfined himself to a perempt- ory inquiry as to why, et cetera, Jake came there if he didn’t mean to take ”Anything for the good of the house-â€" (adding that he, for one, as base! of ,the shanty in question, intended to ;know the reason why, anyway. “Reason why?” said Long Jake re- flectively, without looking up from 5 the fig‘of iOl)“tCCO he was daintily pain. In" I â€"â€"\â€"--‘ vuLl llll‘ ull-‘ll‘ , gnoon, he dropped in upon the boys in ’JohitByrne’s bur without a word of 'W'HI‘PJHZ. [19. w R warmly . greeted. ; John .Byrne’s han some face lit up with i an on! light as he clapped the newcom- ’er on. the brick with demonstrative .heurtinpss; Jack Rogers. already three parts tipsy. foresaw eariier consumma- tmn than he had dared to hope for; and Surgeon-major \Vagstaffâ€"iate of II. M. Bombay Staff Corpsâ€"deemed it a promlsmg specu‘iation to begin Fusi- ; miss by pledging Long Jake at hi3, the ,surgeon-mujor’s, exmnse. To the, ispeechiess :imazenmnt uf all, this deli- ‘catp mgerture was poiitely but prompt- 1y declined. "N0. boys." said Lon" Jake. quietly.i ! In answer to the questioning faces that I‘vere turtlell inll‘fl'n’l n! ’2' ‘n l~.:.â€". o It [i i ua‘rlli, "(011(7. ‘1Ulely, in :vnswef (a the questioning {ages that were turned Inditznflntly tn Ins; I ba’n’t come here for a. lwoseâ€"notthis timo,” and he cahnly sealed himselfon a flour-bag in the molest corner of the store. . Jack Rogers feebly appealed to his stars to explain what this might por- tenfi; the 0“! Anglo-Indian rlnnnarl‘ a C Mum than three months passed be- fore Long: Jake was again seen at King- 'In--,\‘ L“- L- _ I "Thirty {mundsV he muttered strangely am he remounted the mare. He had " lammed down" that sum at JOhn Byrne's the week before! He rode home to the hut in silent thought: but when he dismounted at the well- knmvn spot, he onm more whispered. “ Thirty pounds !" This time the words fell naturally from his lips: they had formed the keynote of his reflections during the tenqnile ride. antly with his boundary-man without one allusion to King-parrnt Flat. And before he left. the homestead Long Jake ascertained that he. had still five pounds sgx'enteen and eightponce standing to hm Credit in xho station hooks. Jake canterqd homoward. be resist a cunous glance at Lq’ 'mys,” he mung even the insulted sur~ orâ€"maintained a judivious si- 1e man from Razorback. re~ 3 final bomb until the first had rollod hi_s tobacco car- ‘n‘--.â€".A â€" s that had preceded the It outlived it half a . as one man, the hub:- es bar pulled themselves [me talflng-I‘afind?” 'asked "- ODKU. mule annoyance inci- L sure source of In- ers. with a v1nous uk’ ‘ ('HA P’I‘ER I I -vvu I.‘ all._Fi1ihpagain .11) Being an'avl'most at _Ki_ug-parrot Fiat. palms. and ri'l'l'éd than said, in the a.“ 3.1050 a) . one fine- aftef- denujohn n. The Long: . aAllsb‘ACTION TO THE QUEEN. fi They have quaint ideas of the de- mands of loyalty in the far east. Somo years ago an English official their uhil- . there and grandfathers. I hope than will give sat. ‘ auction to but mjasty the queen-" ‘ mum, cuueavorlng L0 wok the rat up. Once the bird at too close to the rat's jaws and the mast grabbed it by the neck. After a short fight the rat suc- ceeded in killin the bird. “'hen the gull was dead, t e rat scrambled upon the bird’s body. and. hoisting. one wing as a sail and using the other as arud- der. succeeded in steering for the shore. )Vhether the rat RFATA RKA Bl, E RAT STORY. For the benefit of marines the Lon- don Field has revived a remarkable rat story to the effect that a. rat was caught alive on board a British naval vessel in a trap. and the beast was thrown from the trap into the water without being killed. A large gull that was following in the wake of the ship to pick up scraps of food thrown over- board by the steward stopped several times, endeavoring to pick the r at up. : ()nce the, bird got too clone to the rat‘s ' SATISFACTION TO â€"-vv‘_'l- must stay a little while. she said kindâ€" ly, and talk to her; she never talked to any one, you see. Jake sat. down humbly; he would have done anything she told him. just. th-t-n : but what could he talk about? Silence. Jake shifted net‘v<_)usly. Sum-n subtle instinct. whis- I‘erud that he would he evermore dis- grm'ed if he left. the Indy_ to begin the _ - -â€" -uv‘I-IAHVA D‘J IIIUUIICI - ent-e. Then, coming upâ€"so to speak-â€" for breath. 11 series of verbal Splashes followed. th’lllUlOUS with rough pent.- up emotion; fur some seconds the words chased each other tumultuuusly from his hoarse throat. then ceased. And the widow knew all that had been on the poor fellow’s mind for months past. l Hnw did she built it ? Silently. at first: then with u slight catch of the breath: then with quiet; tears. And when all was said. she le'ant. forward on her low chair and pronuunt-ed, not forgiveness, but words of thanks. Thanks for his tenderness to him; thanks for his for- lmrance with her on that, awful day. Thanks to him! The man recoiled and shuddered and refused to believe his ears. He felt stunned. when no I‘v- prom'h could have stunned him! But a thin white hand was stretched over to- ward him. and, whether he would or no, it buried itself in his great. coarse fist. He (jumped it quickly, drew a deep Sigh half of relief. half of bewild- erment, wiped his shirt sleeve across his brow. and without a word. stepped from the veranda. LIPS. ’l‘rusoott Pulled him back. He must may a little while. she said kindâ€" ly: and talk tn har' .qlm nn‘ror “nun": gag sentence. so (rarefuNy prewiréâ€"d, so on rehearsed. went clean out of his head ; and Low; Jake! for one faint.- hnll I“"\ll -_.., -_ uuvpusmg any good Sprang up from the unburdening of spirit. it would he reap- ed by the wrong person; a load would he lifted from Long Jake’s heart. not a pennyweight’s from Mrs. 'l'rusoott's. .et, as he rained up at the store, Long Jake honestly believed that he was labout fto do the nvxt lJESt thing to ’ reparation, which was impossible. Mrs. Truscott sat sewing lwhind the green veranda-blindsâ€"voluptunus extravag- ant-es hitherto unknown in the pure air of the Flat. The tall ungainly bushman trembled visibly as he step- ped up the little path, crushing his soft wulezlwake between the twitching fingers of both hands. lnslantly, how- ever. the sweet. and smile with which the young widow looked up at his trou- bled face disarmed him; that ice-break- ing sentence. so carefully nrenrirmt .qn --~â€" “â€"rvuv Vltl'v ‘Il" 1. .must tell her straight that .l was hhnd drunk and riding madly; that if 1 had been in my sober senses the acci- dent would never have happen- ed.” Such is a paraphrase and a condensation of .Long Jake’s conceptlon of his duty, arrived at after hours of slow laborious thought. The logic of the con- clusion was more than questionable; find as for the prmnpting that led to 1t. Jake was simply self-deceived. Even supposing any good sprang up {mm the unpurdening of sniri‘c. it, would hp roan. h-” ., . -u-,,...,_. E‘lof that much. She happened to he. in )g front of the house, training lovmgly lien infant creeper to the base of a ’veranda-pos't â€" honeysuckle,‘ taken _- l from its native northern soil, 00'3" a I few short months ago. She looked- up swiftly at the came-ring horseman. .As -'it Seemed to him, there was nothing ’gforbidding in the glance; nor did’ she : lower her eyes; but instead, gazed hard l at him with something very like inter- :est in her sad face. LURE? Jake f3” lthe hZood mount hotly to his cheeks. ,and his hand tighten involuntarily 00 the reins. For an instant he wavered; then, turning away his head, he spur- red the mare round the fatal; eorner. But he had not. galloped a- furlong be- tore his first impulse of‘shanie gave iplace to one of indignation, 0i Whichf he himself was the object; he tell to: cursing himself fora fool and a heart-' less wretoh; and by the time he reach- ed the hut, he had resolved that, next time anything took him to the town-. Ship. he would not leave it; before he had told the truth to the' poor! Widow;t about that terrible day, now nearly: *four months ago. l it was a little curious that, barely;- a. week later, .bong Jake found. an- other trip to King-parrot Flat neces- 531‘.V- He had never before visited? the.' township twice in so short} a space of. time. It. was more curious, however." that he ended by getting “(I farther than the outermost vedette of the. straggling, weather-hoard houses- l) ‘_ calling, in fine, at Mrs. ’l'ruscolt’s store. ‘ and nowhere else. “i must see the woman, 1 must make t a clean breast to her about that day. T "\‘IQ" I-_|| | l l V as he persisted in regarding himselfâ€"- the author of her wizlowllood? Might she not Send u buHeL through him as he Passed? Surely she must _b¢ capable at LL a. too great admiration for herself how would she behave to him. .Long Jake- the dwelling of the terrible female. If she treated so maleficently those es- tirnable men, whose worst offence was (To be Continued.) THE BATTLESHH.”S REDO The two redoubts are plan armor of Len inc-hes thick, ' ' '. 00min tower. ‘ the be ts and surrounding the 1 are fitted against teakwuud and bolted through that and t“ nessea of half oinch plates sec. planed bulkheads. the convex parts in unce casts being tmvami the extremities of the ship. These bulkheads rest on , and extend to the same I6 SUBS. Where Cilb'fifllfiflffl rum. m paws uemg nearest [The keel. and the pialin being duubled in certain places to insure strength uf struvture and for other purpuws. A think deck. arch-shaped section transversely in- (3le the engines. boilers and other yita'l Imus, and traverses Hm «Mn ‘v â€"~\'VV U lu\"‘u‘o double bottoms, which thkmd fur more than half her . ' V central part. the outside plutmg varying Lu lhicknexs. the thick- or plan”! being nearest the keel- and UlMJa‘NSlONS OF THE RENOWN. The Renown is the l battleship ever built to keep ”138568. fur :U‘gest sheathed . anal is intended long periods of time on foreign stations. where duck accom- modation is not conveniently acces- sible. Her principal dimensions are: Lenth between perpendiculars, 380 feet; extre .;c breadth. 72 feet 4 incl load draught of water. 26 feel. 9 inches; displacement. 12,500 tons; fl‘eebuurd, forward, 25 feet; ammunips. 27 feet. 3 inches; aft. [9 feet 3 inches. 1 'I‘L-- l1 ’ 188; The Renown is a. first-claw twin- screw armor-clad battleship. and the only Vessel of her class built, or build- ing. her design. which was prepared under the direction of Sir W. White, being purely experimental. Her first keel plate was laid down at Pembroke dock yard. in February. 1893. Her launch took plume on the afternoon of the 8th of Slay. 189:"). She has given such satisfaction. that some eight “imâ€" proved Rmmwns" are being built; they will be known as the "ranopus class." that being the. name of the first of the series laid down. â€" "U "â€"1 "r "* 3" but threw mountains of see over her “:for hours at a time. Large numbers riof the crew, many of whom are young. r I seamen were sick nearly all the way - across, so severe was the weather, and : so violent the rolling of the ship. At é times when the engines were operating at a rate that should have given the. ’ ship the speed of sixteen knots she3 was not making more than five knots. , STRENGTHENING 0U 1t SQl1Al)ltUN.f The arrival of the Renown is a fur- ‘ ther and a more notable step in the process that has been going on for some time of strengthening the British fleet in American waters. : Up to a few years ago the flagship’ was usually a. second-class vessel 38‘. oompz'tred with the best. in the royal " navy. The arrival of tthe Blake. a crui- 1 ser of the first class. marked the be- ginning of the change. The lilake was I followed by the Crescent. another high- . ‘ class ship. the fleet being also strength- ' sued by the addition of the cruiser 'l‘al- ‘ hot. The Renown exceeds the (,‘res- 8 cent as the Crescent exceeded the L Northampton. and as U10 {fleet of to- day exceeds that of twelve or fifteen 11 years ago. 5 The Renown had a very Lmnrestuuus passage across the Atlantic. encoun- tering strong head gwles that not only Prevented her from making any speed Slur Mel Rough “num- â€" Sexual-thine“ «I i the Vessel Provml--Dflallml [Description 0f Her niulcsusions, .s ruminant aml I‘ro- . pulslmnâ€"A H m‘ Ship. The British battleship Renown. the finest ship of war that ever crussed the Atlantic. arrived at Halifax. N..5., the other murniug'frum Portsmouth. .She bears the [lag of Vice Admiral Sir J uhn _ Fisher, the new commander of the liri- ' tish fleet in North Amerimn waters. 1 The new (,‘Olnluullliel‘ was rei'eived with I saiutes from the war ships in port and the citadel. The cruiser Crescent. which is succeeded by the Renown as flag ship of the station. will return to England at once. ‘ - -â€"â€"_._ ._.-A_. A SPLENDID BATTLESHIP.’ THE BRITISH SHIP RENOWN IN HALIFAX HARBOR. ‘CJV s tram six invhes to nine . and on the sides from km. At both ends of the 1f the citadel, the side inches thick. except in ne six-inch breech-load- where easements form- I .rrn..- '--â€"‘ are played with nck. as stafiso the armor mates on â€"â€" w‘ til/“ll the middle deck, is constructed of inch thick; the we all of Harvey- man-1...---“ .t and twoâ€"Ema: ates secured to REDOI ‘ B'I'S rear M at as reduuhts hacking 'actigauy tfie ,_ __.‘. v- .m; ”“51qu fluyal Av- ademivians; Samuel \Vade, whu (191.71.11.1- ed in figures of Falstaff and nth»: Shakespearian charan‘ters: menh and Richard Wilson. while the Vintner's inn at Bay“, Kent. boasted a grago~lmrâ€" dored "St. Gear 0 find the Dragon." omubad hv M31 1.:â€" ,.........5 u; mgus. and many a Royal Acadomlman gave the publlv a Hun at 8 unicorn, a magpie or a (‘ookatrL(-u as a serpent witl} a rooster-‘3 Mad. Among these pumterp were (‘Imrje Carlton. one of the original nun”! A _â€"-.- V‘ ‘4‘” no}, to try their prvnl painting of signs. and Acadglmnian gave the _--- u“. IV-IHCIH :rmu A to An exveed- point In In which several Hui! coavhos fnrnmrly started was originally namvd Boulugnc Mouth in honor of a British vivt‘ury gained at. thgmouth of HoulngnP Hur- mr in the reign of Henry VIII..; mm the waterscape or buttie scene havinz. after a while. become effaced hy lime and ueather from the stupid bonifaqe though . ‘ on the place figured as thf- Bull’s Mnuth. The “'Il'l‘ll ISM In . -.â€"v..v \u‘l'.’ ‘ The lighting of the ship throughout is 0n the incandescent principle. Hm nmtivwe grown being supplied by lhraa powerfu‘ dynamufl. In addition to the two :mtrchvlights 1110li in the tom of the tow and main trusts. there are four other searchilights. also 800 int-an- dfimnt lamps. some of which um mov- a e. -, ._‘--...,.,...,,. The ship's compan of effinprs and men. including the imâ€"Admirzi! and his staff, is 70-1 of ail ranks and ra'. Qngs The officers’ quarters ha ve been {ur- nished on a most luxurious scale. the like of which does not. find a I‘W‘Urfl in the annals of any other lmttk‘ship afloat at. tho pursuant day. "‘1“. I:-â€"Ll 3 vuuu \I. O. 7 The results of the speed trials of tha Renown gave the greatest aatisfnrtion, and she has proved herself the fast- gst battleship in the British navy. or 5“ any other navy. Indeed. consider- mg her tonnage, a mean “need of 18.75 knots. on a four hours' continuous run exceeds anything also previously reâ€" corded fur a lmttleship. _ Il‘l‘ A , I _ ""' ”v-w VVV‘ _ ‘ ,.., The cost. of the but! of the Itvnuwn “'85 £601,927. and of tha Vtassei‘s ar- mament £102,450, makinr a total of £704,377, or about 83,5 .OUO. The Renown has bunker stowage for 800 tons of wet]. which will drive. the ship 6.500 miles at. 10 knots an lmur, but on ouwrgency. by utiiizing tlm wing swipes. she can stow 1,600 tons of (-02“. “1.11011 wiil enable her to steam 12.000 uu‘lef; at 10 knots an hour without ro- 919913!)ng her bunkers. 110W SHE JS I’RUPELHCI). - The propelling machinery uf the Re. HOW" gimmisus of two sets uf triple BHMDSIUD engine‘s. each with threw ver- flea}! Cylinders. the dimmeleu 0t .Whmh are: High pressure. 40 int-hes Interuwdiule pressure. :39 ini'hvs: Low pressure. 88 inches. ~‘J'he high pres- sure cylinders are fitted with pistnn WINGS. and the inlermmliaw :IILi low Pressure cylinders with double ,msml slide valves. “The length of struke i9. 51 inches. The. engines make 1'00 I'M/R» lutionu mt minuw with [on-ed draught. and develop. collectively, 12,000 burs6~ power. while with the natural draught they develop £10,000 horse‘ power "VGA- __A, 7--.- -.°una|16 l-‘ilm, UH LUB “H“ “P" mam masts. are fitted two my“. 1 tops. one on «bu-h mast, on u hu-h are. mounted elevtriv searchlights, each having a lighting pmnar equal to 25.000 (fandfosz. The masts of the chonn aiunn 1 a. most formidable part of Un- vow fighting equimnent.. 'l'lwrn we masts. 0n the formnast are mu m 4"” Nationns. lez‘hnically iormwi fi "18 t0115- On the lower fighting are mounted three threv-WUI H-‘JLChkisx quick-firing guns, while guns of the same type uremuunlv Ugo upper top. The mainumst is {3 With one fighting-top. from whit'h .worked three three-pound” quick- mg guns. Above the {iflhlina [filled nu fhu 1 5 WW" “an" mun-u: mutuaznv (Etna. ' 9 There are {we torpedmj . . :mm-hj. tubes. va 0n ouch Side, autumn." and one above water at the lern’ a fitted to discharge “imm‘flnâ€"il II 101'; wines \Vhitehead and [LG .A. ST‘RENG'I‘H OI" HER .-\HMA.\H~I.\"] 1 An idea of the fame that Hm n nown's guns. W1” have win-n 21: um can be gullmred from the I'utmmng. Each of her 294011 gnu.‘ wjl? fin. m SOD-pound prnjez'ti'fo per minute, mal ing 21 mm! for the {uur gUn‘ m 2.0: pound.» of metal. Flux-h of 'm- N mch qumk-farmg gunywnH frw n '} least. fine ruunds per umnuv. n. 134,-. gate for math gun uf Mfléqun'us . r grand Lntal per minut» for H c m. m inch gums of 5.01!) pound.» 11‘ um. Each of Hue eighl t\\'»}vu;w:-; g.. quick-firing guns “'1'“ firv tun .a; minute. nmkmg a grand 11W: (.1! I}: twelve-Imunders Hf {MU pUIHHH 'li. twelve threeqmundem, at In: sin N minute for each gun will [um] um '01 pounds 0! metal. H; “'iH lap, seen by 1h9 nbovu H :2 'h The Renown has an an mom, of eight twelve t‘VOIVP three-pounder quip 3,150 eight Mztxign maxinim fired straight ' iiiâ€"6d?! astern. main deck. the latter being 0n with the upper edge of {he :rm ing. the upper. (1qu bemg max it. The four snx-mch guns q. QUEER SIGNBOARDâ€"S lung In Front or Bambi lulu. mists of notevmvtarhéd prentice hand at. Hm -__I ""' ““5 a" UUXIHH'.‘ both broadside U dun 11:1ng 83:31 in one nu'nu 9 'J Lorhnically Wrnnfl fig? the lower fiahtzmz Q ‘ghyeo three-{mund are tilted two midi! each mast. on u hirh 'iv Searchlights. each by the above H and [Wu avuxi! the fol 9X! a] ll ”)0 (‘an in 6‘ "ism ‘8!er- H II tro s‘l‘ m mt no time sum-e an'hlrkish war doubt ”385 the mm facing the I-‘lltan‘ to apply voermon. :. clue of their drab It is (the ll "have. (can! to the when the Creme um. With CW {0110“ mi, atfil maintained. am nothing to prevent th its ability and into”! tonne d [Ivan- «m :1.‘ there 'I no doum um at their purpuw. Ru Ind simultaneoust wd Harmonia. and 0“ had bkn'kndud \l the cullan would hav "all.“ Tin-Mal} \ con to Mieve the! h 00*. for a'lthough ha in European 'l'urke)‘l ptidn but been great! molt 0f lb“ “Hui would realize that, moving at. cure. m4 .d with U]? Mm HI Turkey will. by leu now curbed pervipiu man war. though w thin ouvr dr vowing no widespre theme is "(I rP'ls-utl ‘ h. ugllu. Til protmlnlity UH “porn bombarded In which they “ere doubt Otl’omau pr: hard blow. the form he in active {en-um: it! 0‘ the depth" would 1:30am pn would be nothing x0 ms w funnel a [)flrtll rm “‘hy, 51100 dewtundinfi ”‘4“ d‘ with regard t (ion prove true. oliould produve an European war tr ‘ nit, tint any 6U tion must be lmr vote it. some We: .7.“ the (hi nge Dbl. purlilion IN" convince the 1"“ when they 81““ bu. in their {“1“ nomo new pro game npw confl'flfifi Vida than H ifi‘ um it Great mg to withdraw {r0 than be involved 11' on might. in iho. A the quarrel: whicl ability 0! 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