Newport weekly independent., 1904-08-12

Tn the history of Worlds Expeditions, perhaps In no division does the public do. mand greater progress than in It's amusement features, and that this has been the para- mount and successful endeavor of Dunnavant Williams, inventors and builders of Under and Over the Sea, one needs but take pas- sage and be convinced.
 Tn this great production on the Pike. scientists, inventors, artists, mochanica and electricians have vied with each other toward common goal, .originalfty.s .ss Neither time nor money has been spared, and the public demands have been met and exceeded, in the full realization of . uub- marine voyage to Paris, and return by air- ship. Can you imagine tho sensations of such tripf No; then embark with mel Tho hatchway through which we have entered this monster iron fish Is dramatically sealed, our 498 2tffcw passengers (the capacity of our boatis 600) comfortably seated; the captain, by q secret code of signals, issues his come mands; the well-trained crew make ready for our novel Journey; the huge hull of tho submarine monster qutvers gently, and then gradually but surely we feel our strange craft sinking, sinking down to the lowest bodH of the ocean. From the powerful electric search lamps, suddenly, light breaks ~ each side of the cabin, through the two oblong crystal plates, separating us from the sea. The obscurity of the cabin shows to adv van- tage the brightness outside, and what spectacle is revealed to our bewildere6 vision--fowers. fungi. polypi, plants, shells and rock, q veritable kaleidoscope of green, yellow, orange, violet and blue. With ex- cited exclamations of wonder and admiratton we gaze through the crystal plates. It tho aquatic army surrounding us. The boats man0meter indicates our depth now Il ,0oo fathoms below the surface-and our captain, careful, brave and experienced oubmarinol skipperv skillfully manipulating the electr1o switchboard at which he stands-elwaya md ever alert to the dangers of tho deep stope our downward course and points his vesseI straight ahead; the pressure of an electric button 10 simultaneous with convu19iye thxob as the mighty engine responds, the g1ant pro- peller churns the sea into foamine fury ana thing of life, we plunge forward through tho transparent watery mass to explore tho m. known depths.
 The denizens of the sea startled into m activity they have seldom known, 70 enHroGn oa1vSa oar asssnson the of aut until almost upon us. The It first startled paa- sengers are quickly reassured by tho captain. There ts no danger; our armament han been we'll looked toin the emergency of attack, around us, strangely familiar and pleasant sounds fall upon our ears; presently the maa- sive jaws of our friendly inclined escort opem and reveal a semi-earthly being, contentedly seated on its monster green tongue, and In ' line basso voice is singing the lay Of the deep blue sea; the torpedo-like velocity of onr craft, however, soon leaves the serenader, far in our wake, the echoes of this pfesum- ably Jonah's voice, have hardly dIed away, when farz ahead and immediately in our course is seen the mermaid's play -bround, various kinds of isis, clusters of pure tuft coral, and prickly fungi form beautiful gar. den on the ocean's bed; shoal of mermaida appear to our now thoroughly delighted visions, the delicately tinted gold and silver be-scaled bodies gracefully bounding over, under and around the boat, as if imbued with earthly vanity, they would rival each otAer's brightness.
 With ending and tfreless energy, our great speed undiminished, we rush madly ons our goal ts soon at hand; the pumps arc seo in motion-the water drawn from the tanks. Our now bu0yant vessel speedily finds the surface, and the thrilling subterraneau pas- sage has ended. Disembarking, wo are guided to the base of Eiffel Tower; immenso elevators take us to its summit, where mas sive airship restlessly tuggfng 1t fts moor- ing awaits to carry ua back over land and sea. All aboardi Cast anchor; and the bird- like wings moving up and down, the flight through space has commenced. Paris soon fades from view as with the speed of light wo rush along the painless wastes; meteors. comets, beasts of the Sair, and lightning storms are encountered, but undismayed n the captain of this weird craft, and emerging from bank of clouds, our astonished and bewildered senses are now completely
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