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JULY 25, Igor. THE MARINE RECORD. 15 us HOW THE SCOTCHMAN GOT THE BROGUE. A story inthe Néw York Herald. of, transplanted ‘accent in South Africa’ reealls the fact that Dr. Conan Doyle, that fertile romancer, has been doing medical duty on the Boer battlefields. It appears that a ‘fine big Irishman was killed in a fight near Pretoria. Shortly after the doctor was in the thick of the fight, in which were engaged alsqa. body of Highlanders: One of the men he knew. Soon he found his’ old’ friend, Angus MacTavish, on a stretcher, with his upper lip clean blown off by one of the guns of the enemy. He was a horrible sight, andthe doctor was deeply concerned what to do for him. Suddenly a thought struck hith, Which he immediately carried ‘into effect. .He found the body.of Patrick O'Hara, which was still warm, and giv- ing MacTavish an anesthetic, he sliced the top lip off Pat- rick and stitched it under the nose of MacTavish. A month or so afterwards the doctor..was in Pretoria, not having seen MacTavish sincé the Operation. . One day..he came across him and was delighted to see him looking so well. Evidently he was: quite convalescent. The physician, stop- ped him and said, “Wella.dAngus, how goes it, my *man?” To the doctor’s astonishment he replied in ‘the: richest brogue, “Begorra, Dochtor,- I’m as roight as I can be, and faylin’ illegant.” LIQUID FUEL ABOARD SHIP. A subject which is always of interest in connection with all marine machiriéry isthe use of liquid fuel. Its obvious advantages in the way of convenience of storage and rapid- ityof receipt are in its favor, while the,much higher calo- rific value.than that of coal-and the close fire regulation pos- sible, as well as the immediate effect of its combustion would all commend it very highly.” Experiments have been made in many countries to determine its adaptability ,and some very interesting experiments made in Italy about 1892 showed that a common opinion. is erroneous, namely, that the use of steam for spraying the oil would’ be inad- missible on account. of the large amount required: The Italian experiments showed that a high efficiency in the use of oil could be obtained with an expenditure of less than 2 per cent of the amount of water vaporised. This would be the simplest way to secure the spraying of the oil, as it would do away with the somewhat complicated machinery needed. for compressing air if that were used. There are two: very serious objections, however, to the use of oil. One is that there are relatively few places where fuel oil could at present be obtained, along with the fact that any extensive demand would probably raise the price so as to make it more expensive than coal. The second ob- jection, however, is the more serious one, ‘namely, that thus far it has been found impossible with liquid fuel to obtain as great an amount of power from a given boiler as when good coal is used. In 1897 and 1898: some experi- ments with oil fuel were made under the direction of Ad- miral Melville, U. S. N., on the little torpedo-boat Stilletto, and ‘in many respects they appeared very promising. Dur- ing 1goo these experiments were repeated on a larger scale on the torpedo-boat Talbot, but the results have thus far proved disappointing, and the apparatus for burning oil fuel has been removed for the present—W. M. McFarland, in Cassier’s Magazine for August. a Ma anno Tommy.—‘“Tommy, use your, fork. Don’t you know it is.wrong to eat with your fingers?” “Fingers were made before forks;.ma.” “They were—but not yours,” OO Oo Tur Basy.—‘Charles, dear, we must get a nurse, for the baby.” “Nurse be hanged! What he wants is a night- watchman.” At the instance of the British “boiler committee the cruisers Mcdea-and Medusa are to be placed in} the hands ‘of Palmer's Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Jarrow,” to be ‘fitted with boilers for trial purposes. The two classes of $5 lets, to he tried are the Durr type and. the: Marr g ; ibe type, The ;Engineer "sayas) (very day it 4 yecomies more, and morevevidentithitt! the-generation of steam”in the navy’ presents for, solution” most’ cogip lex! Ttestions. Much _ has been. done. in, ignorance, which. has, to be, u done, Facts come to light daily, making for and against. veryetype of boiler ‘that_ican’.be suggested, until! we dare” Tispove to-de- spair thatthe problemi will be solved satisfactorily. ~-+ Only one fact comes out with any clearness, namely, that the boiler with large tubes nearly horizontal does not appear to be better in any respect than the cylindr ical boiler,’ yen it has driven out of our newest” ships.” z ub ' Tue Navy Department has purchased’ the floating cary dock which lies in Havana harbor, from the Government of Spain for $185,000... Negotiations for the purchase of the dock were closed by Comdr, Lucien Young, U. S. N., Captain of the Port, at Havana. which the dock was offered by the Spanish Government was $250,000. It is stated by the chief naval constftctor that the dock has been in constant use, under consideration a recommendation of Admiral Bowles that the dock be sent to the Philippines. Admiral Bowles regards this plan as feasible. The British Government sent one of the biggest dry docks in the world from Eng- land to Bermuda, and a private firm. is now towing one from Hebburn, England, to Port Mahon, Island of Mi- norca, in the Mediterranean. ee “tT wouldn’: cry like that, my hi tle man”? “Well vow can cry any old way you want t 5 dis is my way.’’—Brooklyn Life. THE Ciiiee NIACHINE. ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS. MANUFACTURERS, UNDER ‘THE CHASE PATENTS, OF, Fog Whistle Machines,.: Hoisting Engines, Power and Drop Hammers, and other achinery. 111 ELM STREET. TELEPHONE, MAIN 994. , Steering Engines Engineers’ Supplies and General Jobbing. JOHN DONNELLY, SR., Pres. CompPANyY, Automatic. Towing Engines, ‘CLEVELAND, O. PRACTICAL LAKE TOURS. For. further particulars see} “Passenger Lines on the Lakes,” page 18. BETWEEN. DETROIT AND CLEVELAND.— Detroit & Cleve- land Navigation Co., Detroit. CLEVELAND AND CANADAi— Lake Erie Naviga- f° tion-Co., Walkerville, Ont. 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