Newport weekly independent., 1904-08-05

In the history of Worlds Expeditions, perhaps in no division does the public de- >mand greater progress than in It's amusement features, and that this has been the para mount and successful endeavor of Dunnavant X Williams, inventors and builders of Under and Over the Sea, one needs but take pas- sage and be convinced.
 In this great production on the Pike, scientists, inventors, artists, mechanics and electricians have vied with each other toward a common goal, originality.n Neither time nor money has been spared, and the public demands have been met and exceeded, in the full realization of sub- marine voyage to Paris, and return by air ship, Can you imagine the sensations of such trip? No; then embark with me-! The hatchway through which we have entered this monster iron fish is dramatically sealed; our 498 fellow passengers (the capacity of our boat is 50o) comfortably seated; the captain, by secret code of signals, issues his com- mands; the well-trained crew make ready for our novel journey; the huge hull of the submarine monster quivers gently, and then gradually but surely we feel our strangA"raft sinking, sinking down to the lowest Aeds of the ocean. From the powerful electric search lamps, suddenly, light breaks at each side of the cabin, through the two oblong crystal plates, separating us from tho sea. The obscurity of the cabin shows to advan- tage the brightness outside, and what spectacle is revealed to our bewildered vision-fowers, fungi, polypi, plants, shells
 
 yellow, orange, violet and blue. With ex-r cited exclamations of wonder and admiration we gaze through the crystal plates. at the aquatic army surrounding us. The boats manOmeter indicates our depth now Il 1000 fathoms below the surface-and our captain, a careful, brave and experienced submarine skippery skillfully manipulating the electric switchboard at which he stands-always and ever alert to the dangers of the deep-stops our downward course and points his vessel q 1Oh oh ds fhn urn nf q n O frJ button is simultaneous with convulsive thrOb as the mighty engine responds, the giant pro- peller churns the sea into foaming fury and with leap and bound, as of frightened thing of life, we plunge forward through the transparent watery mass to explore the un- known depths.
 The denizens of the sea startled into an activity they have seldom known, so engross our attention, the approach of a mammoth narwhale or unicorn of the sea is quite unnoticed until almost upon us. The at first startled pas sengers are quickly reassured by the captain. There Is no danger; our armament has been well looked to in the emergency of attack, but as the monster fish playfully circles around us, strangely familiar and pleasant sounds fall upon our ears; presently the mas- sive jaws of our friendly inclined escort open and reveal a semi-earthly being, contentedly seated on its monster green tongue and in a fine basso voice is singing the lay of the deep blue sea; the torpedO-like velocity of our craft, however, soon leaves the serenader, far in our wake, the echoes of this presum- ably Jonah's voice, have hardly died away, when far: ahead and immediately in our course is seen the mermaid's play ground |, various kinds of isis, clusters of pure tuft coral, and prickly fungi form beautiful gar- den on the oceans bed; shoal of mermaid , appear to our now thoroughly deligE d 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 other s brightness.
 With never-ending and tireless energy, our great speed undininished, we rush madly on our goal is soon at hand the pumps are set in motion-the water drawn from the tanks. Our now buoyant vessel speedily finds the surface, and the tarilling subterranean pas- sage has ended. Disembarking we are guided to the base of Eifel Tower; immense elevators take us to it's summit, where a mas sive airship restlessiy tugging at it's moor Ing awaits to carry us back over land and sea. All aboard! 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 we rush along the painless wastes; meteors, comets, beasts of the air, and lightning storms are encountered, but undismayed is the captain aHlthis weird craft, and emerging rom a ban }Quds, our astonished and attne vision tn pur eyes-the WoTA
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