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A few weeks ago there vm tunnelled
from the yards of the Columbian iron
Works, of !n!timore, the Argonaut, a
queer looking submarine rrnft, which
goes on wheels like a wngon.
Tbis vessel, which is the invention
of b Baltimorean, Hinion Lake, is, bs
far as intentions ami appearance are
concerned, uni(iue. It is intended for
commercial work, including the ex
ploration of the bottom of rivers,
lakes, bays and even sens, for treasure
seeking and other purposes of a kin
dred character.
The vessel presents a curious ap
pearance. The cigar-shaped hull has
two big iron wheels attached to it near
the bow. These wheels are about as
largo as an ordinary cartwheel, nnd
are of solid metal. The edges of the
wheels are corrugated and cogged like
those of a cogwheel. A smaller wheel
of similar character is attached to
' the boat at the stern. The wheels are
intended to ennble the vessel to run
long over the bottoms of rivers and
other bodies of water, the propeller of
the vessel supplying the necessary mo
tive pwer. The boat will be so ar
ranged that the divers can come in and
go out of the vessel while she is on
the bottoms of rivers.
The Argonaut, says the New York
Journal, is thirty-six feet long and
nine feet in dinmeter,built of steel and
strongly ribbed, to resist the water
pressure. She is propelled along the
bottom by au electric motor taking
current from a powerful storage bat
tery. A strong electric searchlight is lo
cated in the bow, capablo of lighting
tip a pathway in front of the craft as
she moves along the bed of the ocean.
Lenses are also arranged to project a
vieatn of light to either side of tho
boat, so that objects may be seen in
the vicinity of the vessel as she passes
long.
Her speed is estimated to be r.bont
eight miles an hour on the surface nnd
about Ave miles on tho bottom. Hho
will have an electrio storage capacity
for a run of about 2000 miles. The
crew will consist of a captain, an en
gineer nnd four divors. It is claimed
that one mail can handle her if neces
sary. When not engaged in saving valu
ables from wrecks along the coast, she
is to run on the surface of the sea with
her string of barges like a tugboat and
her tow. She is also to sink, herself
and barges to the bottom of the const
ud run over tho hard sands as if sho
were a locomotive with a train of cars.
The inventor of the oraf t proposes
to look for some of the 2000 vessels
' sank nnd the $100,000,000 lost annu
ally at sea. The boat may also be used
in laying foundations for piers, light
houses, bridges, docks, breakwaters,
etc. She may also make journeys among
beds of coral and sponge for business
purposes, or to take down scieutilin '
nd pleasure parties for au inside !
view of old Aeptune. The boat is to
be able to descend to a depth of 300
feet or more, nud is to be sunk or
raised at the will of the operator,
. The Argonaut will make her trial
trip in the Chesapeake Bay during
the next few weeks. Frobably the
i first vessel that the inventor will at
tempt to find is the New Era whioh
went down off Asbnry Park, N. J., iu
1852, with 200 passeugers and a largo
mount of specie aboard.
Another queer oroft which slectrlc
ity has made possible, and which In
ventor Knapp, who constructed it, be
lieves will revolutionize the speed of
ooeau travel, was reoently launched at
Toronto. It is called the rollor boat
nd is certainly a novelty, though not
exactly the first of its kind.
Owing to the strange nature of the
craft large crowd gathered to seethe
mass of steel drop, or rather roll, in
to the water. No doubt many of them
expeoted to see the boat disappear out
of sight below the waves, but in this
they were disappointed. Preparatory
to the launohiug the huge bulk of
cylindrical steel rested on stocks about
ten feet baek from the edge of the
lip, and in order to launch her slides,
well greased with aoft soap, were built
from the stocks to the edge of the
water. Wheu all was ready planks
were removed until the cylinder wus
beld by but single support, and at
given signal tbis was knocked away,
tilowly the oy Under started -down the
pJ7 incline, wd then, moving lit-
GRAFT
tlo faster, it leaped into the water with
a great splash. The waves it caused
Icapod high on the opposite side of the
slip nnd the crowd there was very
freely sprinkled. Over and over the
craft rolled until she touched the op
posito siilo of the slip, and when all
was quiet on the water it was seen that
she drew but a little over two feet of
water.
Tho craft just launched isbnt atrial
ship. Mr. Knnpp's ideal for passen
ger service would be about 150 feet in
diameter and nearly 80(1 feet long, with
engines thnt would make (100 revolu
tions n minitfe. The trial boat is only
twenty-two feet iu diameter and 100
feet long, and tapers to fifteen feet, so
that each end is kept well out of the
water. As it is a passenger boat it
will be the strangest ever floated. The
passengers will be on a platform on
the inside,' swinging from the shaft,
with the wheels of tho engine gravitat
ing ngninst the inside of the cylinder.
The paddles which will propel the ship
will be fastened in rows on the oitt
sido of the cyliudor. New York Jour
nal.
COUNT TOLSTOI-
Rketch of Hie Career ol the ((rent fins
nlHtt Novelist anil Mortal Iterormrr.
Count Lyof Nickolnivitch Tolstoi,
the most prominent of the llussinn
novelists, is nlso a social reformer.
His grent ancestor was Peter Tolstoi,
the friend of Peter the Orent. The
author of "Anna Kareninn" is now
nearly seventy. "Anna Karenina" is
pronounced Tolstoi's masterpiece. Of
Auna herself George Meredith says
she is the most perfectly depicted fe
male character iu all liutiou. Tolstoi
believes in the litcrnlness of the
words of Jesus. He holds that the
only rule of life is the preciso living
up to the maxima of tho Sermon on
tho Mount. As a youth Tolstoi at
tended the University of Kazan, and
at the age of twenty-three he entered
tho army and went with bis brother to
the Caucasus. He fought in the Cri
mean War, nud at its close resigned
his commission and devoted himself
to literature. One of his earliest
works, "War and Peace," is most ap
praised by Russians. It deals with
tho invasion of Russia by Napoleon.
Since he brought out "Anun Kareninn"
in 1870 Tolstoi has gireu himself up
to social problems, with the hope of
supplying mankind with ft better
moral and religious philosophy than
that which now obtains in tho world.
COUNT
"Kreutzer Sonata" appeared in 1800,
preseuting certain theory of morals
which so shooked some eminent
Christians in America that it was
"raided" by the authorities. Iu 1802
Count Tolstoi finished his autobio
graphy, which, with his diaries, he de
posited with the Rurayanzoff Museum.
TRAVELING IN A HOUSE ON WHEELS,
A Family's Long- unit Navel Jonrnev
Acrois His Continent, '
A house on wheels is on its way to
New York City. While at Morrisville,
T"E HOUKE
N. "Y., the owner, M. E. A. Luskey,
said ho bad traveled from I'ort Ange
les, Wash. A cyclometer attached to
a wheel gave tho distance covered as
0321 miles.
The house is occupied by a man and
wife and live children, two of whom
were born on the rond. The house is
twelve feet long and six feot high nnd
is entirely home-made. Inside are a
folding table, a camp stove, a high
chnir, rocking chair, folding bed and
other conveniences.
The family left Tort Angeles on
March 22, 1801, and has been on the
road ever since.
RIDING A SEA MONSTER.
Florida lloyi Unve Fun With Huge Sea
Turtle.
Florida boys have oue kind of ex
citing sport which the young folks of
more northern lauds know littlo
about. It consists in catching the
huge sea turtles which frequent the
bnyj along the Southern coasts of
Floriila. The turtles, from which is
made the greon turtle soup so familiar
to restaurant faro, are confined by the
fishermen in huge pens or "turtle
orawls," consisting of fences extend
ing from tho shore out into the water.
Wheu the fisherman wants a great tur
tle for market one of the boys, wboBe
shiny brown body is stripped bare,
stands in the prow of the boat as it
is pushed from the shore. He watches
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intently, and presently be seos one of
the big turtles taking nap on the
dear white eaud of the bottom. lie
dives quiokly, and. swimming daws
frgm behind, seizes the turtle firmly
Sir
by the shell. Of conrse the turtle
wakes tip and like bucking broncho
begins to dash and plunge wildly
about, seeking to throw its plucky
rider. Not succeeding in this, it darts
quickly to the surfaoe, where tho boy
gets his first breath. Then down
again it goes tearing through the
water and beating the foam with its
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flippers. But its rider never lets go
for a moment, and presently the great
turtle grows exhausted, and the boy,
by lifting dn the front end of the
shell forces it to the boat, where it is
quickly loaded aboard and taken away
A STEED Of TUB BRA.
to market. It is great sport, and the
boys enjoy it as much as our Western
boys like a Jively young pony to ride.
SHOES FOR HUNTING-DOCS.
Canvas Covering to Prevent the Animal's
Feet From Getting Sore.
They do mnny strange things in Ne
braska, but the latest nnd strangest is
putting shoes on bird-dogs. Colonel
Robert Coflln, a veteran sportsman of
Randolph, is responsible for the inno
vntion. Now hundreds of dogs in all
parts of the State have beeu trained
to wear shoes in the Held while hunt
ing grouse and prairie chicken.
A little consideration will make clear
the practical advantages of having a
hunter that must travel . dozens of
miles over stubble or virgin prairie in
HUNTING-DOO WITH SHOES OX.
, a day's pursuit of game shod with
', something more durable than what
nature provided. Heretofore it has
been almost impossible to hunt with
the same dogs more than two conse
cutive days. Their feet would beoome
too sore.
The way Colonel Coflln overcame
this difficulty was to fit bis dogs with
canvas shoes that covered the feet
closely and were tied snugly at the
ankles. Great difficulty was found in
teaching the dogs to wear the shoes
and hunt. Now all old huntsmen in
Nebraska equip their hunters with
these canvas shoes, .
The Pickpocket Oot Hold of a Snnke.
Ex-Representative Harvey Horner,
of Sumner County, is a snake tamer
and usually carries around with him in
his pocket a live bull snake with
which be makes lots of fun. A pick
pocket "touched" Horner at the cir
cus at Wichita Monday and happened
to get his hand into the pocket where
the snake was kept. The shock made
him scream and Horner beld him un
til the police arrived. Kansas City
Times.
A tVonilerrul Drill.
In the Forth Bridge there is a
horizontal pull of 10,000 tons on the
chief spans, and weight of 100,000
tons ou their bases. Half dozen
British ironclads might be hang upon
them without cuusiug any undue
strain. - -
THE REALM
The large showing of bordored
woolen fabrics exhibited in the shops
this season, writes May Manton, in
duces us to give this simple design by
uicu lliey can be developed. The
material employed is matted cheviot
on a gray-blue ground, the woven rep
stripes in rich dark blue that form the
border looking almost like heavy otto-
misses' nr.ormB waist and skirt.
A CLOTH
man ribbon in different widths. The
skirt, straight on the lower edge, is
simply hemmed or faced and hangs in
graceful fullness from two rows of
tucked shirring that droop in the centre-front.
Gathers adjust the fullness
to the belt, the back being gathered
into narrow space on each side of the
placket, and falls in rlute-like folds to
the foot.
The waist is arranged over fitted
linings: the border at the top forming
the modish trimming. A tiny vest of
creamy cloth shows, between the open
fronts of the stylish blouse, round,
cream-pearl buttons decorating the
edges. The wide belt and close stand
ing collar are cut from the border.
The fashionable sleeves fit the arm
closely to near the top where the full
ness is stylishly caught up at the
shoulder, the border trimming being
applied as shown. When plain, plaid
or mixed woolens are used, braid, rib
bon or velvet can be applied in place
of the border as here delineated.
This makes a very stylish costume for
young girls and is adapted to either
silk, wool or cotton fabrics.
To make this blouse for a miss of
fourteen years will require two and
one-fourth yards of forty-fonr-inch
material, and the skirt will require two
and three-fourth yards of the same
width goods.
J Cloth Csiie.
Although there are other wraps
that bear the stamp and have the
charm of novelty, the cape is too faith
ful and nsef ul servant to be ruth
lessly thrown aside, says May Man
ton, The style shown in the double
column illustration is exceedingly at
tractive and comfortable, and is adap
ted to any of the medium weights or
double-faced cloakiugs now iu vogue.
Double-fueed castor cloth is here styl
ishly deoorated with inch-wide bands
of sntiu-faoed cloth, stitched ou each
.side and deoorated with round pearl
buttons. Hat of fancy chenille, with
rolliug brim, Tarn orowu of brown
velvet and natural ostrich tips. A
rolliug box-plent is formed at each
side of the centre seam of the cape.
It lies smoothly across the shoulders
and falls in ripples over the sleeves,
an underlying box-pleat on each front
being finished with the stitched bands
OF PASHI0N.
of cloth on each edge. ' The collar is
of the style known as "Lafayette" this
season, being seamed to fit the neck
comfortably, with the top finished in
pretty tabs. The closing is invisibly
made in centre-front, a pointed strap
at the neck being buttoned aoross'for
better protection.
Capes in this style ran be hand
somely developed in velvet, oorded
silk, moire, velours and all kinds of
medium or heavy cloth cloakings.
Made of woolens to match the cos
tume, they are particularly becoming
and can be either finished simply with
tailor stitching or deoorated with braid
or passementerie.
To make this enpo for a woman of
medium size will require one and one
half yards of flfty-fonr-inch material.
T Stylish Frock For a Girl.
No material yet discovered gives
greater satisfaction or serves better for
school wear than does light-weight,
all-wool cheviot. The stylish frook
shown in the illustration is made of
the material in a medium shade of tan
color with silk vest of a darker tone
and trimming of black ribbon velvet.
The bodice which is full and on the
popular blouse style is made over a
fitted lining showing the nsnal num
ber of pieces and seams. The outside
material is joined at the shoulder and,
nnder-arm seams, only the closing
being effected at the centre-back by
means of bnttons and button-boles.
The backs are arranged with slight
fulness at the waist. The vest is laid
on to the front lining, the blouse
proper and the becoming revers serv
ing to close the joining. The sleeves
are two-seamed and show slight puffs
at the shoulders which serve to sup
port the epaulette portions of, the re
vers. At each shoulder is a rosette of
ribbon velvet and the same material
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makes the waist band. The neck is
finished with the simplest of collars
trimmed with rows of narrow velvet.
The skirt is four-pieced, including
gored front, gored sides and a straight
back. It is lined throughout with
percaline. The placket is at the centre
back and the skirt is sewed fast to tho
waist, rendering impossible the ngly
gap caused by separation. With the
frock is worn a hat of felt with crown
ot velvet. .Black shoes and tho new
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plaid stockings complete the toilette
which is at once stylish, tasteful and
serviceable.
To make this frock for a girl of
twelve years will require three and
three-fourths yards of forty-fonr-inch.
material with one-half yard ot twenty-two-inch
silk for the vest.
A Berlin man makes living bf
breeding rats for viviaectiouhtU.
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