SIIII'intlLMJKS of the great lakes
linvo devised tln most Ingenious
t-chcino ill use anywhere for shoving
u great, ponderous steel vessel Into
the water when It Is well-nigh emu
pleted. These Inlatul vessel constitutors
who turn out craft as big as ocean
liners In the very heart of the conn
try anil moat of whose employes never saw
salt water, did not devise this method f
giving a ship Its Initial haptlam bei.insi
they considered It superior to the plan
which has ahvas heen In vogue on tin
coast; they merely made a vlr'uc out of
necessity. The shipyards of the Orent
hakes ,r not located on the hanks of tin
fresh v.iter seas, Inn upon nritrlhutorv
rivers or artlllclal slips. None of these
waterways is more than half as wide n
a model n lake cargo carrier Is bnig ,hi1
ho, Instead of sliding the vessel Into t In
water endwise, as Is the custom all over
the world, these giant leviathans toboggan
down a monster Hllde and take the water
hroadslde on.
To say that tho launch of a IiIk vcsm-I on
the Groat Lakes Is a more picturesque
spectacle than a similar event al a ship
yard on tin seahoard would he perhaps
rather a tush assertion. Inn assuredly It Is
more. sugt;ibtive of the Immensity of the
work. First one sees the broad. high
wall of the steel slipping with accelerating
1 1 i:IKJTH ON Till-: I'l. ATTIC ItlVKK, SIKlWIVIi HOW Till". V TI'lt
speed downward then omea the crash of
splintering Minher as the ponderous mass
tumbles from the easy Incline, followed l
the tremendous splash of the water divid
ing under its hull.
Illlliueroiis In Severe I Vn.
Tho Impetus of the plunge from the
launching ways," which look for all the
world like u bather's runnlnK boaid nng
nllled a thousand times, hurls tho tophcavy
vessel over with tremendous form. nfi. n
It
would turn completely over, "turn tur-
Stories Told of Judge and Jury
Lawyer You would any, then, that Mr.
Whyto Is a Kentleman of unimpeachable
veracity?
t Witness Yes, sir, I presumo that If any
body asked mo to, 1 should; but I have
known him to lie sometimes.
JiiiIko Llndley of tho St. Louis circuit
court Is fond of n quiet Joke. A raw Gor
man, summoned for Jury duty, desired to
be relieved. "ScIiiiiIko," he said, "I call
nlcht understand KiikIIhIi Koot." Looklim
over the crowded bar, his eye tilled with
humor, the JwIko replied: "Oh, you can
porvo! You won't have to iinderslnnd Rood
NtiKllsh. You won't hear any here."
-i. .
There is no more dlstlmjuishul advocate
al the Virginia bar than Sunnlnr John V.
Daniel. Ills eloquence is known the coun
try ovei ami he Is as famous for his wit as
for his ureal lewil attainments. Shortly
after the war he was prosecuting a moun
taineer lu one of tho western counties for
forgery The eourl rules at the time were
very lax. and It was common for lawyers lo
common riiii niy in court ennrernliiK th,.
cases of (hell eolleiiKlles On tills special
occasion Mr Daniel bad just askul the
prboner a very pointed question eonei rnliiK
another shiidy iraunictlon, other than the
one for whl. li he was beliiK tried, when a
lawyer for whom tho attorney did not have
tho klndrst feelings arose and remarked:
"May It phase your honor, I would like
to state for the benellt of tho state that the
defendant on one ociaslon tried to forne my
name to a check, but "
TtirnltiK quickly around Senator DnnP I
Kavo tho lawyer a eearchltiK look, and then
inrnlng to tho JuiIro, remarked:
"If the court please, I would like to say
lhat I om not trying to prove the prisoner
insane."
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A noted Judge lu Siolland recently Inter
rupied a barrister in his court to ask Ihe
meaning of the word "Jockeying," which the
lawyer had used In his address. In this
tho Judge was only following in the foot
stops of Justice Hawkins, now Lord llrauip
ton, who on one occasion, it Is said. In
quired what a Jockey might be 1'erhnps
tho question was put on the morning of thv
Derby lny, when Sir Henry iiaed to adjourn
early In order to allow tho counsel ana Jury
Launching a Leviathan on the Great Lakes
i:n(iini: wjt iitijh with i-i-itits
tie," as the tuatiiie men say. weie It 1101
for the topes, as largo mound us a man's
arm, which extend from the shore to stem
and stern ami bring the lampant ship up
Miori when gravity would i ause It to over
step the bounds of safely Then wiih a
sudden I evulsion of ellorg.v the new mis
tress of ilu- seas pitches violently In Hie
other direction and thus it remains for
a time nuking heavily this way and that
as if dialing under the bondage of tie
reakng cables vvhkh bind it to the whore.
The original plunge of the vessel into
tho water has an elfect sin li as might be
expected were a gigantic hand of Her
culean strength to smith Illy scoop the
liquid and hurl ll forward in tho form of n
great tidal wave. Very frequently the
breastwork of water which a big lake, ves
sel throws uji at launching will climb tho
opposite bank to a point thirty to sixty
feet beyond the regular water boundary.
The toceding wave plays the same prank
of course on Hie opposite bank, and as the
In the cose to attend the national festival.
Always thoughtful for others, Sir Henry
never forgot this pleasing little attention.
In the matter of Judicial Innocence Justice
Day will take a good deal of beating, ll
was not very long ago that ho blandly In
quired of a barrister fond of literary (illu
sions, "And who Is Sherlock Holmes?" fol
lowing up the duo when It was given him
with that quiet persistence which Is the
glory of his bench, "Yes, and who Is ('oiian
Doylo?"
Hans Jensen, a Dane, recently appeared
before the magistrate of the district court
held in Cornell, Kan., to be naturalled.
At tin- close of Hie usual examination I ho
Judge asked the applicant "Hans, are you
sallslled wilh the general conditions in this
country? Does this government suit yon
entirely?" "Yas. yas," answered Hans,
"only I would like to see mine rain." "You
may he sworn," said the Judge. "1 per
ceive you alrendy have the Kansas Idea."
The following Is a copy c f a warrant re
cently Issued by an Alabama Justice of Hie
peace: "to any lawful ollber of the State
Complaint on oath having liene made before
mo that iho offence of a Musing K. )
Whelar My Coming lu Hear Hons Cursing
Hear and thieattlng to Knnc her down &
for her to shent her mouth drawed Mack
his mm ami Scad he wold Knock hell out
of her a then Jump on Chappel and got out
Dors Ills appeared for one hour iind Come
Mack a cine & did Kick her Dor & Mrock
Ihe lock nml llustcd the Dote in too 1'laces
K- Scad If She did not open the (lore he
wold Mrake hit Down to any law fuel olllrer
of the Stale yiiii are Commanded (o Mrlng
frank Steveans Meforo me this Aprial the
IS. lS'.K M. Price Justice of the Pence"
Among Iho members of Hie New York
court of appeals when lhat body was llrst
elected by the people at a spring election
In IS70 was Judge Marilu Clover, a quaint
and curious old man, whom eccentricities
nttrarted attenilon wherever he was known,
but whose robust mind. Judicial fairness
ami Intellectual capacity compelled respect.
That he was an xcecdlngly odd old fellow
may be gathered from Hie following ntiec
dotes by hlin told hv Ihe t'tpn Observer:
"When I was a young man." he said, "I
used to take 'Tho (lospcl Herald and Bvon-
Ml
i-..it mxkino ti:sts ok row mi
vessel rocks to and fro In mid-stream bil
lows are pushed ultei n.iti ly to one shore
and then tho other with grndiintlv dimin
ishing force People ulm hive not calcu
lated the force of the nnriislilng vvnltr 01
have not In en Informed of the piosportlvo
invasion are often drem-hed and miiiic
tlm. s injured by the sudden Hood.
M it the em-tnni al ihe launching of
gruii in eilfl-KOlliK vessels to make n Knla
ociaslon of the event, and usually a law
IS DIVKKTi:!) IXTO MAIN CANAL.
number of guests are Invited to take their
places on board in order to go down to
Hie sea with the ship when It takes Its
llrst dip. Not n on the Oient Lakes, how
ever. No one Is permitted on board save
a few workmen necessary to the carrying
nut of the operation and an occasional
venturesome individual of unmistakably
reckless propenslt les.
Met I'lnee to Hide.
No person who hn ever witnessed a luke
launching at close range will be at all sur-
gollcal Magazine," as It was called. It
was published In Utlca and was edited by
Hov. A. M. Crosh. assisted by Hev. Doliihiis
Skinner. That paper saved me hundrcdi
of dollars."
"How ?" he was asked.
"I'll tell you," answered the Judge. "Up
at Angelica, Allegheny county, whero I llvo,
tho Methodists, tho I'resbylerlans nml the
lliiptlsts used (o get up frequent revivals
of religion. They weren't sallslled to have
a nice revival among theunelvos they
wanted to got me In. When they found (hoy
couldn't they insisted that I should help
pay the expenses of converting tho olher
sinners There's where the Herald came In
1 could see 'em coming toward my olllce
'way up the street And then I'd get out
my rnlversallst papers and when a party
of 'em entered I'd appear to be very much
engrossed In studying my Herald 'flood
morning, llrolher Clover.' they'd say Them
I'd look up In apparent surprise and re
turn (heir greetln'. still holdlii' onto my
I'nlvorsallst paper. You oughier see Ihe
looks of (hose good deacons' They'd hem
and haw and glance about my olllce and
finally go nwoy without osklng me (o mli
scribe. If olio wos bolder (linn the others
and demanded a subscription, I shut turn
up pretty quick by offerln' to lend him some
back numbers of my llnlverhiilisl Herald
Hut you don't believe Hint stuff?' he'd
say sadly. 'No; not exactly,' I'd answer
fi I in ; 'only I'm douhtlu' In my mind If It
ain't true. 'Cnod mnrnln', Mrother Oro
ver,' ho'd sny nml go out And when ho'd
gone I'd put up my papers and buckle down
to law again until the next deacon cntno
It saved me hundred of dollars." chuckled
ihe Judge, "and It only cost $1 a year."
Not to He Mentioned
New York Marine Journal "I notice."
said one of the mermaids. "Hint there Is
a healed controversy In Hie Navy depart
ment as lo who wrote the order to Dewey
to pro d In Manila and destroy the Span
ish fleet."
"Just so," replied Neptune, dryly. "Of
course, th( fact that Dewey went to Manila
ami destroyed tho lloet Is a little thing of
sei ondnry Importance."
And Neptune, by way of giving further
0Tpreslnri to his views, kicked n dogfish In
the rlhi until ho kl-kted.
ptlscd at these precnutons The perform
ance of the Individual on board a lake ear
lier as II takes Its maiden plunge very
much resemble that of the man loosed by
(he catapull Hi the circus, except that In
stead of being thrown forward Into the air
the man Undue to a post on the vessel's
leek must hang on for dear life while the
vast mas- bcnciilli him Jelks and bucks and
tolls as if demoniacally resolved to (ling him
into space Should I lie nian lone his bold
and be hurl, d forth, he would allium surely
ii uioau'lv dashed to death against the
11 des of the ship
There appears to be no limit to the slo
if Ihe vessel which may be stii ccssfillly
laiiliihcd III the manner followed In the
plant'! alone the norlheiu boundary of the
fulled Stales. A doiell years ago. when
I he largest ships on the Inland seas were
not 300 feet In length, many wiseacres do
elarcd Ibal the iicme of lake shipbuilding
had been reached, since II would be Imprac
ticable lo launch broadside vessels of
greater letiKlh and weight, but now steam
ers r.ml feel III length are placed in (he
water by this Ingenious method as satisfac
torily as were the craft not more than half
as lout;.
Many of the vessel which an set all al
on the (Ireat Lakes In ncconlance with the
practice outlined are tumbled Into tho
l
water when they are not more than two
thirds Mulshed and none of the ma
chlncry has been placed aboard, but
others are launched with engines,
hollers and every little detail of
equipment complete, so 1 1 lit t the
vessel may sail away on its maiden
voyage within a very few hours
after It llrst touches the water
Thai this is possible might ap
pear nil ihe more strange when
there is taken into consideration
Hie rather peculiar arraunctiioiit of
a lake steamer of the pnsciit day.
l.nng. lanky craft they are by rea
sou of the narrow channel, through
whli h they must pick l heir way.
In older to give iminicrriiptcil
pin down through ihe i enter of
the boat to the machinery which
leads or unloads the coal or iron
wild ninn.lng rapidity, the naval
arihllecls and the shipbuilders
shoved Heir cubitus ami boilers
compactly logclher at Hie stern at
tin hunt and perched the pilot
h use and deckhouse al Hie ex
ir me forward end of the ship
lioublless die weights are ills
Irlbiiled evenly enough when I be v. ss I
lias digested several thousand tom o'
cargo. Inn lliero is, of cnuise, no cargo
aboard when the vessel Is launched, and
Ihe uninitiated spectator is very apt to
harbor a suspicion Hint It will ho pure luck
If the craft does not brent. 111 two or If
the heavy rear end does nut un'her meal r
momentum than Hie oilii r million
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The plan of liit'Mctiliig a new vcbmiI a
followed on the (Ileal Lakes neccssarll.v
ptcHctiiH some iiio.liileat mis of tho custom
In vogue elsewhere The young woman
wbo smash s the slgnlllennt bottle of chain
pnglio over the bow of u vessel, launched
III the nt l Ilia i- manner, mini wield h i
rlhbon-w rapped souvenir as the hull slldei
away from her She who chtlstens a lake
ship must, on the other hand, spill die
sparkling liquid over (he plow ,is the
v onset moves past her. Jihi as though
she were stationed part vvn) down the
tolioKKUIl slide mill weK cvtctlililii; a salute
In n paiiv sp 1 1 11 14 past Thele Is Jusl
a IIiiko of excitement In the perfoi tn.itice
too, for ii 1 1 li on i4 1 1 the Me, freh water trav
eler moves verv slowlv for a second or two
after Ihe last liliu ks havi' been cut away. It
eatlieiH speed rn . lil I and a nervoiiN Klrl
Is likely to allow the craft lo slip past
without Hie all-liiipuii.iiii bestowal of koo.
wishes One joiiiik woman who was some
lime iiko placed In such a predicament re
covered heiself In lime to hurl Ihe bottle
after the departing ship with such an ex
cellent aim that the vessel's stem was belli -llliKlv
baplled The .liipatnse custom of
ii'lciislnn doves with bright luuil ribbons
atliiched has alto been follow t il lo some
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