The Harbor Appopriation Bill

- The f olio w ing are the amounts agreed upon bj the Committee on Commerce, to be appropriated for the improvement of the rivers and harbors within the State of Michigan: Charlevoix, $10,000; Cheboygan. $10,000; Frankfort, 110,000; Graud Haven, $40,000; Grand Marais, $20,000; Harbor of Refuge, Sand Beaeh, $50,000; Ludington. $14,000;Manistee, $12,000; Muskegan, $25,000; Marquette, $16,000; Ontonagon, $20,000; Pentwater, $10,000; Harbor of Refuge, Portage Lake, $20,000; St. Joseph, $10,000; Thunder Bay, $15,000; White ïtiver, 112,000; Detroit River, $50,000; Saginaw River, $125,000- of whifch $60,000 is to be expended in securing 14 feet of water opposite Bay City, and throw the cut out into the bay at the rnouth of the river, and $65,000 to improve the channel and secura 12 feet of water above Bay City. The water bicycle. is a combíuatíon of a catamaran boat, a bicycle, a sail boat, and a marine propeller. The boats of which tbere are two- are 20 feet long by 7 inches wide, and each contains 5 safety eonipartments. These are united 4L feet apart by four cross-bars. On the two center cross-bars is an inclined mounting plank, and on this is mounted .the machiuery, seat for the rider, mast and steering bar. To the mast ia attached an awning, which can readily be f u i led, removed, or converted into a sail. Descending from the rear cross-bar is an ingenious raising and lowering device through which passes and revolves the propeller shaf t, which can be raised together with the propeller entirely out of the water. Beyond the propeller is. the rudder, which is contrelled by a. positive motion of the steering bar. The operation of the boat is identical with that of the road bicycle, the rider facing his couise, which is a great advantage over the ordinary row boat. A folding seat can be adjusted in front of the rider for earrying a passenger. The weight of the machine is from 125 to 140 pounds, though for racing purposes the boats can be construeted of paper and the weight reduced. The draught of the boat with side is from 8 to 4 inches, and that of the propeller 16 to 18 inches. The Emperor William shed many tears at the funeral mass held in Berlin the other day on the anniversary of the Czar's assassination. He sat throughout with bowed head, and when all were gone lingered to praj alone in the chape!.