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Show sciEHTiFio Tories. cunnEN r nothsof DiscovbHY AND INVENTION. Ilrllrara Amlrro la ll.r Ilmlhrr of Hie trrllc lllurar llaa llira for III. Mtrtr (nlk ltatlnnrnl fur lluraa-Miimsi lluraa-Miimsi hnir on iht Mlrruii. llrrllK Xe. I ho. linrrarenre. Waahliicton Star I lm oflen heard of tho wonderful plioenhorca-renrp plioenhorca-renrp of the aouthern Mas renwrkeil a Iravelcr from the nortli to j HUr reporter and I hate an man) prett) fair nam plea of It In the Atlantic At-lantic betneeit New York and Knu-lllh Knu-lllh porta but 1 did not know It pro vailed to nnj ex'eut In northern water wa-ter until during, the laat simmer In Auxust Inst I was on botrd the revenue Hitler McCultoch, In the llerltig sea about alsty three degrees north I ill' tilde bound nortli, when one nlKht about 10 o clock 1 hnppend to go on drck and 1 nan almost frightened by tho alght ot tho a The wind nai blanlng sharply enough to rnlse the whllc-iops and the whole sea looked aa If It wero lighted from IU depths by a million arc Hints throwing llw whitest rn) upward nnd undrr the flying foam The hollows of the waoa were (lnrlt but ocry crest that broke showered and sparkled as It It wcr tilled with light Krnm the sides of tho ship great rolls ot broken white I'ght fell away and she left a uroid lyithway of, silver) foam as far hack as tho eyo could rc.icn Hut aliout this hour was tho most striking rilspla) Hero It w.la as If the ship wero plowing plow-ing through n sea ot while light, and at tho water was thrown hick from her prow It fell In glittering piles ot light upon the dark surface be)ond, nnd was driven fir down below, lighting light-ing tho depths ns It nil the clcilrltlty of tho ocelli wero shooting Ita sparkles through tho waves nnd turning Itself 'tito Innumerable Inrandesrents that Unshed n second nnd then shut out for-ccr for-ccr I stood on tho forecnatlo deck looking down Into tho brilliant white turmoil of tho waters until I began to ficl ns If we were afloat upon some alltcr sea, and a real uncanny feeling took possession of me The whltu ship was lighted by tho phosphores-cenco phosphores-cenco ot the waters, so that ns high up ns tho derk there was n pale weird white, that made one feel as If tho 'Flying Dutchman' were abroad I upon tho seas nonil had passed by us Tho masts towered In ashy gray nboo the decks, nnd every rope nnd lino stood out distinctly In the light, but cast no shmtows It was all as ghostly ghost-ly as If wo had gone up against tho rcnl thing nnd It was n posltlvo rellif to get hack Into the wardroom where thero was something moro humnn I i. don't ajKnowfthowrt long It lasted, but ' when I went'to bed at 11 o'clock I could still sea the silver shining Ihroughthe air port In my stnto room ' mers to Tarh the nelghborhoodKt I Hudson bay i B "I cxpest to hear from my bro; ' during the eomlng summer or tMmn," says Krnst, "but In esie does not return by that time I n J admit that tho chances of his tx u seen alive again are very slim ' ( llerr Andret sroiits the Idei that g Imlloon has been wrecked, tnd M V that thr parly could travel In It w R' even more ssfet) than In sledges. t was put together, ho says without i gard to ripen,, nnd every prewtut J1 possible was taken to make tt nbH lutely sate and able to resist n ,lo,j? shock Moreover, In the water tp balloon was almost at manageable i boat. I |
