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The boilers con- 

 tained enough 

 air to keep them 

 afloat while they 

 were towed 

 ashore. They 

 were then en- 

 cased in planks 

 and started for 

 China for duty 

 in another ship 



How the Boilers of the "Bear" 

 Were Salved 



THE steamship Bear of the American 

 Geodetic Survey stranded near Cape 

 Mendocino, on the California coast. When 

 it was found impossible to save the ship 

 all efforts were confined to the salvage of 

 the valuable contents, including the 

 boilers and machinery. The machinery 

 was taken apart and conveyed to the 

 beach piecemeal. The large boilers, how- 

 ever, six in number, could not be taken 

 to pieces, and their salvage was therefore 

 attended with great difficulty. Each one 

 of the boilers was eleven feet six inches 

 long, thirteen feet six inches in diame- 

 ter and weighed fifty-one tons. Each 

 individual water 

 tube was first 

 plugged at each 

 end to make it 

 airtight. The air 

 enclosed in the 

 pipes and in the 

 boiler was suffi- 

 cient to keep the 

 boilers afloat after 

 they had been 

 lifted out of the 

 hold by a derrick 

 and deposited in 

 the water. The 

 boilers were rolled 

 on the beach, en- 

 cased in an armor 



The ship could not be savcci, but cargo, 

 boilers, and machinery were taken out 



of planks, then set afloat again and towed 

 twenty-five miles to Eureka, California, 

 whence they were shipped to Shanghai 

 to be placed in another hull. 



This little watch on 

 is a real, honest-to-j 



A Lilliputian Rival of the Popular 

 Wrist Watch 



IF the ponderous old grandfather's clock, 

 with its weights and wheels, could do 

 so, it would doubtless raise its hands in 

 surprise at sight of the ring watch, the 

 smallest member of the time-keeping 

 family. This tiny record-keeper of the 

 minutes and hours adorns, and is adorned 

 by, a finger-ring studded with jewels. 

 It is shown in the accompanying illustra- 

 tion. 



This watch is a composite timepiece, 

 the works being of Swiss manufacture, 

 and the case of New York make. The 

 movement is smaller than a ten-cent piece 

 and the case is studded with diamonds, 

 even the winder 

 being set with one 

 of these precious 

 stones. As a novel 

 and attractive or- 

 nament this little 

 watch is pretty 

 sure to find favor 

 with the fair sex, 

 and it is possible 

 that it may to 

 some extent re- 

 place the wrist 

 watch which has 

 recently gained so 

 greatly in popu- 

 larity, especially 

 among soldiers. 



milady's finger ring 

 ;oodness timekeeper 



