Show muana vie wie ATLANTIC IN A LIFEBOAT everybody haa baa heard about tho three la 13 inen hien of 61 gotham who went to td sea ui in a bowl but the story of tho the two old nafe mate matelote tots lots who starting from the tho port in a cookle shell of a vessel vaol succeeded in crossing the broad brodd atlantic Is Js till dili to bo told tho lilliputian aai aal al shap variously ly called the tho danl doodle 6 1151 ac wd dodt 0 IV and aud 1 tha that t the haraux harbour of new york m n the ath of july and arrived an n lonion on the of august and reported lii all hands and the tho cook in primo prime condition in 33 38 days orfa orin orla about the same period of linio linic required by first class sailing vessels of from 1000 to 2000 tons in making the samo same passage under ordinary nany nary aj tf the announcement uan ngn 0 of the tho anfe arrival of taft miniature fa iran 2 at hastings on the thames was received in now york liby by the tha atlantic abie able tp to the great relief of the anxious i friends of capt hudson anti and hla hia com pan pau paulins lons ions as well as the th e gratification of ehe the public generally and of some bome of those who had bets pending on the success cucos of dle die enterprise A blew new york journal baues 8 ame ampro appropriate remarks ton on tho the successful performance odthe of the little ship S F bulletin the miniature craft was spoken on he loth and lith of july well under weigh but since bince then no tidings have been received of her until the cable told ui us bhe ehe was waa safo safe on the other othor side and allwell anweil all aH well weil the trip of the ve vessel vessal asell ia an affair of no inconsiderable j it irmay may fairly and con ively liely complement the passage of the eastern one in hi BO sa largo margeas lar geas goas as to havn been at finst first esteemed unmanageable age able tho jho the other is so small as al to have bean been from the start declared not to be awig ablerto gilve live in any rough sea ses success has bas dispelled the scepticism and apprehensions hen that each gayo gave rise to the first is ma mado made nautically nautica liy lly available the second is dwarfish dwar wish fiah symmetry rendered seaworthy the one depends upon power and bigness bignes the other on staunch minuteness and agility the one is propelled by 5 monstrous en entities gities and 32 bali sail bails s of extraordinary extent the latter flies by the wind windas t hab hns has no steam and stretches stretcher out bur but 15 alry airy airy alry tiny wings ivings that oat woo tho brees breeb anu arb are the whole motivo power ihn LEVIATHAN AND tiia tila MINNOW COMPARED an examination of tho tile size and constructive tive difference diffie rence between tho ship mit wit ia iii fargel larger than noaha ark and lie the vessel that thEt barely equals iri in extent tho lie t poetized boat of the lady of the la lake lako k Q will exhibit bugg sugg suggestive estiver estiven est iver ivec nna and instructive vol pol points tits that may bo figured from what jollo ollowa ws otea great eastern 9 11 ton tonnage nage nago length lengthy Y ga 3 feet breadth 60 feet depth length of principal La aloon feet estorage ca capacity acety lbs 3 power of engines 2600 horsepower horse horbe ilor c power diame firof cylinder 76 inches draft of water SQ feet f t ordinary accommodations 11 persons rho roo persons lil ill highest hest rate of speed 10 16 knots first pas passa saget geU 14 days grew crew tota total original cost cosi height of saloons 40 0 neet feet aeeti width of cable coble 23 inches wa main maln anchon anchor lied ed white ana aad bruc A tonnage tonus tonna 23 feet Ieng leng length th 51 5 feet breadth bread brend th 1 feet depth derth lel lei length th of or principal ipton cipal saloon 51 5 feet storage capacity 1250 ibi lt power of propulsion S small children diameter of bf maats madts 3 31 inches draft of water 15 inches ordinary accommodations 2 moen roen menar or I 1 women and a small email dog greatest accommodations 3 men or 11 women and a moderate dog bigl lots lets rati if i speed 10 knot knots i first passage 95 3 day daya c crew crow 2 men and I 1 dog total cost ap inches width ofa weight oun chor ehor 25 pit rs 3 IN ghann SHALL stani stanl CRAFTS TEL tn 1 little vision will be remembered I 1 it ft a lo 10 lobet feet yawl boat bost eori con coh verte vor ver into a ship or ritt outlier lier iier a 1 lierma herma bri brig 4 1 reet feet 10 inches iri in w width nufi adil aut deep she sho carried carried ahls pals ot canvas can vai aud and her lier were 10 fet high built out of or wood bhe she wai wad andrt 4 by her hei owner builder aud and ii navigator Jolln john donnovan at on i the of june started 8 dav day aften after ostensibly for europe on 01 the tile jtb of july the tho put into bos tommu a leaky condition but was way repaired and star started teil teti on tier furi furl her way the 1 morn moru irig of th tl edth of or july tile tho chip peruvian vision doing all well weil weilt in ill atit 45 10 longi longitude tade tide 33 west supplied her with provisions and aud water when hiie hiro agall again continued on her voyage Fil pul filrice ilce tIce that chaj date dato till n now 6 4 nothing has lye iye been n cert eert certainly luly heard of the little craft and it is believed she sho has inevitably goue to the tho bottom much interest was felt in her success and for a long timo time the public on both sides of the water refused to believed her perished stories have bave been fit arted started now and then that thab she turned up and every port from bergen to terra del fuego has lifts its ita tradition odthe of the fato of the vision mam MAU but it remains now settled beyond reasonable doubt that davy jones jonea has adopted adopt cd the miniature mini aturo vessel aa as his hla favourite pleasure suro yacht down below beloy ull uil unless the last circulated story bo true which ft unlikely and w chose whoso p purport r 0 r t is that tho the captain put into a 1 nova yva rya scotia porty ponty stayed there incognito broke up his boat gave gavia by his absen absence coi cot a renson redson reasonable able ablo supposition of his death and thus 1 having allowed his wife time to collect a fat insurance policy made on his life returned to new now york to enjoy the tho ho proceeds that thab report dont hold hoid hol hoi goldwater dwater wafer nor not more moro does 8 theor the one le that tho the mon vision TI ran tho tho the blockade then enforced og charlston charlatan and smuggled in a grist of quinino to the rebels the imaginative s salts alts that delight to resurrect the tywon vision might as well conclude that they tiley will neversen never see seo her again unless they start from hearts content and striding the atlantic cable caple and ana pulling thom them themselves selves along niong old oceans beean bed consult the thy arrived list of paper neptunus q f i I 1 AND THU OF PRESENT enterprise in the recent fair of the american institute in now yori york a gold medal was awarded to G IL R ingersoll for his improved metallic fe lifeboat now in ili such 1 general use thorl ther boat adt that took that prize passed up the thames two days ago amid the wonder wondo and ani cheers of thousands of john bulls who when they sent over their big ship never nover cr thought we would send bend them in return the tho smallest craft that ever over lived in a sea early last spring mr ing log ersoll was vas waited upon by a little natty sorl bore sore of man five feet two in his boots with light sandy hair red ted whiskers open features and ail an eye that looked loodea rl right ht straight ahead from its depth of blue bile he said I 1 tl I 1 I 1 want to rig rl that boat into a full taree three masted sh ship ap boover go over oven in ber her to europe and enter her for tile the paris exposition if I 1 fall fail I 1 fall fail if I 1 dont ill mako make my fortune I 1 know what im about abouo so does docs another map ill take with me TOO weve veve been wrecked three times and don dont t bellevo we v ebere born to bo be drowned besides a lifeboat a a lifeboat life boat that cant cross eross the ocean will you let me have her mes yes 11 sealed scaled gle the tho bargain the boht boat alread already air and water ahter tight was furnished dished with three thice masts 10 feet high a full set pet oteaila of ore milb alis aila amounting to qa yards of canvass in all was cargoes with enough for two men nion pon for or 80 days including tile the rations of a poodle dog hiat that was I 1 to bo be taken for ofir company and anid to be used as a mo mop mor u now c and then to eig elp cigan clean an decks the tho ba bold boid ni men eri erf whom all thought fools and whom success hab has shown as skillful as adventurous aro are captain john N hudson and Captai captain ii francis E dward edward fitch both of whom ran away dway to sea in youth and waro enu enn ed up p from n 1 esbin cabin boya boys to commanders by rapid progression s the ono one being 12 the othar 8 yearb yeara of I 1 age I 1 from london to new dorkas york la in round terms mile mlle and aud the 38 days of their passage 7 would rate their daliy daily datil 1 y going at 9 seb 2319 2 19 3 miles or some 3 0 IO 10 miles on an average every bluh this UP appears c ars ara slow llo Ijo wever the ehan chan changes g and d chat chalices ices of W weather cather all ail and d that 11 aa s a purely i mailing alling ship the tho ird idd rca bcd ana and blue was waff exposed to them all and the tho clil ills tita and adverse winda winds and their progress ia Is much better thau than most roost baill sailing n g ships of 1500 tons burd bunion 11 which sel sei seldom beldom dom are not less than often more th than ad GO 60 dayis daya en route |