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BUSHNELLS TURTLE
Launched In 1775 It Made Several
Frantic Efforts to Blow Up British
Warships and Nearly Succeeded Its
Untimely Fate
The first submarine craft which real
ly navigated under serious conditions
was the invention of an American
Daniel Bushnell of Saybrook Conn
Bushnell was graduated from Yale
in 177f and in that same year com
pleted the submarine vessel on which
he had been at work since 1771 lie i
does not seem to have named the boat
himself but it has come to be known
as the Turtle because of Its shape
une uoat was about seven ana a nait
feet long and six feet deep large
enough to contain the operator and
sullicicnt air to last him half an hour
It was ballasted chiefly with perma
nent lead ballast In addition to this
a matss of lead 200 pounds in weight
could bo let down forty or fifty feet
below the vessel enabling the operator
to anchor or to rise quickly to the sur
face in case of accident
A water gauge illuminated by means
of a cork with phosphorus on it which
floated on the water within the gauge
registered the depth of the Turtle By
means of a compass also illuminated
with phosphorus the operator was able
to direct the course of his vessel
An oar formed on the principle of
an old fashioned screw was fixed in
the forward part of the Turtle The
operator by turning it in one direction
could propel the vessel forward or In
the other could propel it backward
Another oar placed near the top of
the Turtle worked on the same prin
ciple By means of the latter the
operator after having established the
equilibrium of the vessel could move
it either upward or downward A rud
der in the after part of the Turtle could
be used for sculling
The entrance to the boat was elliptic
al and so small as to barely admit one
person It was surrounded by a broad
elliptical iron band the lower edge of
which was let into the wood Above
the upper edge of this iron band
was a crown resembling a hat It
shut water tight upon the iron band
to which it was hung with hinges
turning over sideways when opened
In the crown were three round doors
one directly in front and one on each
side and large enough to put the hand
through These when opened admit
ted fresh air Their shutters were
ground perfectly tight and were hung
with hinges There were several glass
windows in the crown for the admis
sion of light and two air pipes
A ventilator drew fresh air through
one of the pipes and discharged it at
the bottom of the vessel The impure
air escaped through the other pipe
These of course were used only when
the Turtle was floating on the surface
of the water The valves opened au
tomatically when they came out of the
water and closed as soon as they en
tered it
When the operator wished to de
scend he placed his foot on the lever
of the valve by which means he open
ed a large aperture in the bottom of
the vessel thereby allowing the water
to enter the tank When a sufficient
quantity had been obtained to cause
the vessel to descend very gradually
he closed the valve The aperture un
der this valve was covered by a per
forated plate
The water could be discharged from
the tank by the brass force pump
When the vessel leaked the bilge
could be pumped out by a similar
pump Everything in the Turtle was
brought so near the operator that he
could find in the dark what he wished
and without turning either to the right
or to the left A firm piece of wood
was framed parallel to the short diam
eter of the vessel to prevent the sides
from yielding This also served as a
seat for the operator
In the fore part of the brim of the
brass crown was a socket with an iron
tube passing through it At the top of
the tube was a wood screw fixed
by means of a rod which passed
through the tube When the wood
screw had been made fast to some ob
ject it could be cast off by unscrewing
the rod Behind the vessel and above
the rudder was attached a magazine
composed of two blocks of oak wood
hollowed out so as to hold 150 pounds
of powder This Avas fired by a percus
sion device timed by means of clock
work A rope extended from the mag
azine to the wood screw
To destroy a ship the operator was
to submerge the Turtle navigate it un
til it was underneath the ship that was
to be destroyed screw the wood screw
into her bottom cast off the magazine
and move away The magazine being
buoyant would immediately rise
against the bottom of the ship The
clockwork which fired it was started
by flie casting off of the magazine and
gave the operator time to retire to a
safe distance
Bushnell made many trials of the
Turtle before sending it against a Brit
ish vessel He found it very difficult
to obtain a skillful operator In re
spect to this part of his work he wrote
as follows
In the first essay with the subma
rine vessel I took care to prove its
strength to sustain the great pressure
of the incumbent water when sunk
deep before I trusted any person to
descend much below the surface and I
never suffered any person to go under
water without having n strong piece of
rigging made fast to It until I found
him well acquainted with th opera
tions necessary for his safety
After that I made him descend and
Career of the First American continue at particular depths without
rising or sinking row by the compass
Submarine VeSSel approach a vessel go under her and
fix the wood screw Into her bottom un
til I thought him sulliclently expert to
IT WAS A MOST UNIQUE CRAFT put my design Into operation
I found agreeable to my
tlons that it required many trials to
make a person of common ingenuity a
skillful operator The first I employed
was very Ingenious but was taken sick
In the campaign of 1770 at New lork
before he had an opportunity to make
use of his skill and never recovered his j
health sulliclently afterward i
In the summer of 1770 when Aduii
ral Howe lay with a formidable British
fleet in New York bay a little below
the Narrows Bushnell attempted to
destroy one of his ships the Eagle of
sixty four guns The operator whom
the inventor selected to make the ex
periment was Sergeant Ezra Lee i
He had had little experience with the
am cixU tu uiu t ui cone-
Turt0 Jmd ws tllerefore Ineslert
sponded to the made the
opening by
Le0t ll0weverj successfully navigated
swells of turtle shell at its head
a tbe Turtle lmder the E le Hc at
tempted to fix the wooden screw into
her bottom but struck as he supposed
a bar of iron which passed from the
rudder hinge and was spiked under
the ships quarter
Bushnell said that had Lee moved
a few inches which he might have
done without rowing I have no doubt
but he would have found wood where
he might have fixed the screw or if
the ship were sheathed with copper he
might easily have pierced it but not
being well skilled in the management
of the vessel in attempting to move to
another place he lost the ship After
seeking for some time he rowed some
distance and rose to the surface of the
water but found daylight had ad
vanced so far that he durst not renew
the attempt
On his return from the Eagle Lee
passed near Governors island which
was then occupied by the British Be
ing in haste and thinking he was dis
covered by the enemj he cast off the
magazine supposing that it retarded i
his movement After an hour the time
the mechanism was set to run the
magazine exploded with great violence
to the consternation of the enemy
Two subsequent attempts were made
with the Turtle against the British
shipping In one of these the operator
succeeded in getting his vessel under
neath a British ship but the tide ran
so strong the Turtle was swept away
Finally the British sunk an American
boat which had the Turtle on board
The inventor afterward recovered his
vessel but did nothing further with it
His health was poor and he was un
able to obtain money and assistance
with which to prosecute his experi
ments Navy
He Wanted Company
Shortly after 2 oclock one bitter
winter morning a physician drove four
miles in answer to a telephone call
On his arrival the man who had sum
moned him said
Doctor I aint in any particular
pain but somehow or other Ive got a
feeling that death is nigh
The doctor felt the mans pulse and
listened to his heart
Have you made your will he ask
ed finally
The man turned pale
Why no doctor At my age oh
doc it aint true is it It cant be
true
Whos your lawyer
nigginbotham but
Then youd better send for him at
once
The patient white and trembling
went to the phone
Whos your pastor continued the
doctor
The Rev Kellogg M Brown mum
bled the patient But doctor do you
think
Send for him immediately Your
father too should be summoned also
your
Say doctor do you really think Im
going to die The man began to
blubber softly
The doctor looked at him hard
Xo I dont he replied grimly
Theres nothing at all the matter
T
Chi
as
of Opium
WmmZrW
THE POPPY
yeii
is recognized the
world over that
one of the great
est moral reforms
ever undertaken
Is the present gov
ernmental effort
in China to close
the opium dens
stop the using of
opium by the peo
ple and put an
end to its impor
tation and to the growing of the poppy
plant from which the Injurious drug Is
taken
By imperial decree the opium dens
throughout China must be closed Al
ready in several of the larger cities the
decree has resulted in the practical ex
tinction of the dens but under the
provisions of the edict nine years time
will be allowed for the gradual extinc
tion of the traffic and the habit In the
empire
The Chinese government recognizes
the impossibility of abruptly cutting
off the entire supply of opium for
smoking purposes Confirmed smokers
who probably would drop dead if they
could not procure the drug are to be
permitted to use it under restrictions
gradually tapering off until within a
few years they must cease altogether
This is not merely a moral reform
It means according to competent ob
servers the regeneration of China
The vast empire with nearly half a
billion of inhabitants has Iain slug
gish under the opium curse for more
than a century It is recognized by all
students of the empire that opium
smoking is the chief agency which
prevents the awakening of China
While the habit is most common
among the lowest classes of the in-
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THE OPIDM
LAMP PREPAItrNG
FOB A
SMOKE
habitants millions of whom smoke
the dope daily some of the highest
officials of the Chinese government
are said to be in the clutches of the
curse lrom the officials down to the
humblest coolies through all grades
and conditions of people opium smok
ing is the besetting sin of the Chinese
The government of Great Britain is
of opium and the opium smoking habit
I into China British India cultivates
very extensively the poppy flower
which supplies the poison In order to
make a market for opium Great Brit
ain looked over into the immense Chi
nese empire with its teeming millions
of humanity and began a systematic
with you but Id hate to be the only campaign of importation The trade g
man youve made a fool of on a night
like this Everybodys
The College Girls Rescue
I believe in a college education for
girls said a professor but the girl ports
that she knows a great deal has not
profited by her four years course for
after all it is but a smattering that a
college education gives us
Most girls know this Many do
not The latter sort carry themselves
superciliously use big words correct
ignorant persons grammar and fail
to make a good marriage In fact
they create a bad impression every
where
Thus there was a girl a Vassar
girl who got caught by the incoming
tide out on a rock The tide rose
higher and higher and the girl
shrieked and screamed madly for help
grizzled old shellback in a flat bot
tomed boat The girl as soon as she
saw the shellback recovered her poise
and said in her most affected manner
Ah I knew some succor would
come if I but continued calling inde
fatigably
The shellback scowled
Waal miss he said if thats how
ye express yer gratitood the suckerll
be durned if he dont row back with
out ye Cincinnati Enquirer
Bad Judgment
William Did the baby come from
heaven mamma Mamma Yes dear
William Huh That kid didnt know
when he was well off did he Chicago
News
was forced upon the Chinese In 1S39
and 1S42 Great Britain waged war
upon China because that government
sought to prevent British merchants
from smuggling opium into Chinese
A recent observer writing from
who comes out of college thinking1 Shanghai says
Opium has eaten into the morals of
Chinas governing and literary class
and the result has been a corrupt gov
ernment of the first order and the
thinking Chinese lay the blame at the
feet of Great Britain Japan on the
other hand has long prohibited opium
smoking which is a crime punishable
by ten years penal servitude and thio
ls probably one of the causes for Ja
pans advancement during the past
half century Now that China at last
realizes the evil effects of the drug
the feels a bit unkindly toward British
India that country desiring to postpone
the prohibition of the export of the
Help came at last in the shape of a d as long as possible China feels
however that the home government in
Euuland will bring such pressure to
bear that the Indian supply will soon
be cue off
China now produces a very large
part of the opium used by her own
victims The planting of the poppy is
to be gradually restricted until poppy
plantations in China become things of
the past
Many thousands of persons will be
deprived of their means of livelihood
by the closing of the dens and the re
striction of poppy growing The gov
ernment is to provide for many of
these people by teaching them trades
Societies have been formed with the
purpose of assisting the unfortunates
toward other means of livelihood
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When calling for those plenso saj
they wore advertised
F M Kimmell Postmaster
Past Salaries of Actors
A number of autograph letters of
Edmund Kean supply some interesting
Information about the salaries of actors
early in the nineteenth century One
relates to an offer by Mr Ellison offer-
ing Kean 3 a week as acting man-
I
j ager of the new theater in Wych
street Later this rose to 2Z a month
i In 1S2G Kean was offered 12000 a
year to go to America In the prime
of his popularity he received 200 for
a eek in Edinburgh and apparently
re lied the highest point when Mr
Bri wrote from the Theater Royal
Dublin on Feb 8 1S29 and offered
him 50 a night to play in Dublin and
Cork Liverpool Mercury
Home Influences
Each one of us is bound to make the
little circle in which he lives better
and happier each one of us is bound
to see that out of that small circle the
widest good may flow each of us may
have fixed in his mind the thought
that out of a single household may
flow Influences which shall stimulate
the whole commonwealth and the
whole civilized world Dean Stanley
Got Too Important
What has become of the maid you
thought such a prize
Oh I had to let her go replied
the second fashionable woman After
her operation for appendicitis she
thought she was one of us Philadel
hia Ledger
Right On
Wisejay It must be a great pleas
ure to tell a joke to an acrobat Soft-
Win- IViciiir 1 r
chiefly responsible for the introduction J J -
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Times
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800 p in in Masonic hall
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p in in GiiiimcIiowm hall
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second and Tourth WodnocdajH of uucli month
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111K8 on tho llrt and third Wiidmwduyif
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WidnoMlny at 800 p in in Masonic hall
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Chapter X I E O mots tho socond and
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