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•iaSSWKn!MW8IPIHMIJ'HIIWIWII,tBITli,i' f VOL..V.NO:23. GixEVEbAND, 0, JUNE'9 1883. 12.00 rii Akkuu ■ Hl.NOtl COPIIS 6 ClHTf. J**** c • TUGS. ■ -. " Tlio renders of the Mamne Record lnivo hnd opportunity recently In our columns of n glnneo ot tho Great Eastern, (be Wiird Line sloamer XSw'purt, tho T. S.:Fnxtoii,the Bristol, nnd other Interesting murine sketches. In this Issue the tug Irlquois, used by the Niintlonl Gazette In IHustrntlng nit urtlenl on tlio subject of tugs, Is present-, ed. In the studio of V. D.- Nlckerson, rif this city, nniy be seen >kciches of tho Nlng- iim, the rirxc tug used In Cleveland, nnd of tho Mnry Vlrglnln, rno of the Inst Intro¬ duced. Tho difference In nppenninco la very significant of the changed times In which wo live. Tho,-Niagara was introduced about 30 yours ago by Greonhnlgh Bros. She had for¬ merly been used ns n pneket bont . on the -Wabash cnnnl. Her en¬ gines were afterwards taken out and put Into the f. If." White. Sometime since tho Niagara went to pieces In the old rlVer bed. Before the Niagara ciime to Cleveland a few lugs hud been in¬ troduced at other ports on tli« Inkes. . ' The tug Interest- lias grown, m seen by the approximate number used at ports on iho lakes.. Cleve¬ land, usus about 22, Chicago, 00; Bullalo, 15; Ashtabula, 3!. Erie,.2; Lorain, 2; Milwaukee, 12; Toledo, 8;Sandusky.5; Detroit,8; Diilmli, bio with ni) pecan rolling between; wo speak In our own voices to, friends W0 miles or more from where we nrtlcttlnto' before the mlcrobhone. • . Updor Mobilizing sun of .July wo produce ice by chemical menus,. rivaling the most solid nnd orystnllno production of nature. Our surgeons graft tho skin from one per¬ son's nrm lo the fnco of nnothor, nnd It ad¬ heres nnd becomes nn'lntegrnl portion of his body. Wo make a mile of white printing paper, nnd send It on a spool that n perfect¬ ing press unwinds, and prints, nrd delivers* to you folded nnd counted, many thousands per hour. Of n verity this Is the nge of* In- the surface." After this hnd beau repealed n number of times, the engine was swing¬ ing clear of tho-water, nnd "as then placed on a large flout only slightly damaged, and wanting but few repairs to make It as good ns beforo Its tumble Into the river. Tho rail¬ road will now take cjiarge'of Its fished up property nnd tow It to the river bank near the railroad track. To that point, when tho tide Is high, n tenlpornry track "will bo built connecting with tho railroad, and when the tide has fallen'sufficiently toplacotho wheels of the engine on a level with the temporary structure, the engine will then be run on the wharf nnd to tho main track. It-will be observnntnnvlgators suppose Admiral Fltz- roy mentions that Scorosby was skeptical as lo the reports of senmen. who recorded waves thirty feet high .until ills last voyage, when'lie made measurements of some ex¬ ceeding tble height. According to.Captain Kiddle, the height from the trough to the crest occasionally oxceeds forty feet. Tho question is ono of great Interest to safe nav¬ igation In .the henvy Atlantic winter gules, and the able olllcersof the Atlantic steam¬ ships would do well to make careful obser¬ vations on the"0 height, length and velocity; .of tho "mountainous sens*' they encounter. ■„.■■.•,8-i^B'imii'ffi, BllUlim-Y.jo.nnd ii .ether ports they vary in uumbe ^portsTIfey vary lii number according lo the lmportanco.of tho plnca. These tugs are Important ad¬ juncts to commerce, facilitating' the movement of vessels In port and In bringing them in and start¬ ing them oil. The business is intended with dangers from boiler explosions, rough {.'jus, ami collisions.. The Ingenuity and skill of tuguieii are often taxed to protect the interests' of vessels they arc handling. A tugmnii's life is a hard - life lo 'live because of the prolonged hours of exposure, night work, tuul rough weather. THE AGE 01'" INVENTION. The number ol Inventions that have been made dining the hist fifty years Is perhaps iinprcccdciii- eil in the history of the world.' Of .course'lnveiillons of liuiicflt lo the human nice have been made in all ages sincu mail was crealeil; but looking back for ln.lt' a hundred years, how many more are crowd- ' ed Into the past fifty than into any oilier fifty since recorded history I The per . feetlun of lliu locomotive, a. d the now world' traversing steamship, the telegraph, the "Tel eplionc, the aiullplioue, the sewing machine, the photograph, chroiuo lithographic print¬ ing, the cylinder printing press, tile eleva¬ tor for hotels and oilier many storied build¬ ings, the eotton glu and the spinnlne; Jen- nv, the reaper and mower, and the steam thrasher, llioste'iui lire cngli.'c, the Improved process for making steel, the applicailon of chloroform aui| ether lo destroy the sensi¬ bility In painful surgery eases, and so on through a long catalogue. Nor are wo yet done In the field ot inven¬ tion and discovery.. The application of coal gas nnd .petroleum to heating and cooking operations is only trcmb|liig on the verge of successful experiment, the Introduction of steam from n central reservoir to general use far hontlng and cooking is foreshadowed as among the coming events, the artificial: production of butter hns already created consternation among dairymen, the naviga¬ tion of tho air by some device, akin to our present balloon would also seem lo be pre¬ figured, and tlio propulsion of machinery by electricity Is even now cleirfly*lndlcnted by the march of experiment. There are some problems wo have* hitherto deemed Impossi¬ ble, but tire the mysteries of even the most t Inprotuble of them moro subtle to grasp '■"^^■-igfeg^ ^■•■'sp's* ventloii, nor has la ping place yet,—Ci'S •Id reaehed a stop- IICW A LOCOMOTIVE "WAS RAISlUf l"HOM A RIVEK. The Elevated lUllroad .loiirual relales how the feat uf raising a huge freight en¬ due from I he mud in Hindi Hlver, on iho' Philadelphia, Wilmington anil Baltimore Railroad, below Havre, de Grace, was suc¬ cessfully accomplished a few days ago. The engine fell through the draw bridge some time ago. The dllllciillles of the leal, may be'Imagined, when It is understood that the engine was several feet bolow tlio water's surface, and,completely burled In the mud. The wreckers have been al work a week, the first thing accomplished being the plac¬ ing of heavy chains beneath the' grca' mass of Iron. Two divers, sout down for this purpose, were compelled to dig several feet under the soft mud at the bottom of the river. The chains- were ma'de taut, lo four heavy scows whlcd were tilled with wiitcr at low tide. 'Everything.being satisfactory,' the water was pumpcS out of the-scows, thus lightening the chains about tlio engine. When the tide began to rise'tho engine was taken to Wilmington anil repaired ; It cost "11,000 to Hull (he engine out. * SI'EEI) AND SIZE OF WAVES.:' - Tlie London Nautical .Magazine ooulillns an arllcle by Captain Kiddle, Ihc Allautle steamship commander, on the height and velocity of Atlantic waves, a subject which, as he says, is to the seamen one ol the most Inipoilant of the day.. Il has been nsserlid that ilie average velocity of great Atlantic waves is about nine miles an hour. .Hut Captain Kiddle states that he has frequently meicsured the speed in Atlantic gales mid found It "twenty-live miles per hour, plus I ,:lie rate at which, the ship was steaming ' through Ilie water, when nearly or -qult.il head, to windisay four knots an . Iioin')." Tills estimate Is ho doubt hearer'tlio truth than tho former. Tlr; Scorosby gnvo'tho rate of travel for waves of the largest size at about thirty-two miles an hour.ainl Lieu¬ tenant jMurray gave It as rarely exceeding thirty miles, while other observers mention still higher ilgiires as occasionally attained by waves of excessive length. It.Is known that some ol the great Atlantic gales which nssnl! the British coast move progressively, ns the English meteorologist l.ey recon'.jd pulled a few feet from,the mud. Thtn otle ___ erscows were brought, and when the tide | »t a rate oTmoro thaiiI sixty niiies an" hour,' ....--------------..........-- ------------ r wils low, wntei was- pumped In and tho audit Is therefore highly probable that lii the hum that 6f the ocean cable or thatot the chains fastened tp thein. Tho tide went up severest hurricanes the ocean waves may be pohtogru.""! or teleplionof JVe- tulk by en- again, and so did the engine, which came to driven with greater force than oven tho most COMIC JOURNALISM. Some superannuated, drled-up old fossils are shaking their wise beau's, and deploring the Increase of comic papers throughout the. country, declaring t||int there Is too much levity, and that unthinking minds are led away from the deep and abstruse problems of life, In 'consequence ol Which the rising generation will not be fitted to grapple the great questions of the day. It lias been said -that every good, honest, hearty laugh draws a nail from one's coffin, and If this ' be true, the humorous editors are the foe's of tlio undertakers. The man who in life's tourney can see. even In disaster, something to laugh at,.is more lo be envied than 'lie.,vW,Us»ere whf> can never *«e the silver lining to the dark cloud. Aftef wading through stories of embezzlement, polities, scandals, "prize-rights, and crimes, 'as de¬ picted In tin1.' daily press—which may be called the dark side of (lie —Il Is n relief to pick up the Ar- k.tneaw Traveler, Tlie.Eye, Check, The Di'timnicr, or any other hu¬ morous papers, and forget life's 'troubles a|id trials for a moment, by gazing upon the ludicrous side of it. If up K"ing into a house we can see Ilie comic papers of the day upon -the table, we will guar-, antee that peace, harmony ami' good-will abide there, and Ihatlcw' hlcktii-iugs or quarrels nri'ur, i'ov ' (,a merry heart doeih good liken medichie." I.ll'e Is loo short not tube rationally, enjnyj'd, and't'lie ' man who cannot smile because lie sees so much to dcplnro"; Is misera- Jdo himself—haled whilollvliigniiil di spised when dead. Ileaveu save . Us Iioin iho man who never laughs ! — 1'rnuf Sheet. AN IMPORTANT DECISION. The Treasury Department lias been Informed that a tlrni at To¬ ronto propose to run a line of Canadian sieamers this season hel wen ' hien^o and Montreal, calllngjit Cleveland and Detroit. The departlneul' was asked il It would be permlssahle for Ilia vessels'(if this line Ii carry passengers fi'oiu Cleveland lo Detroit or Chicago, oi from Ilie lasi named to the lirst named point. Until last year It was held that tlie transportation ol. passengers by foreign vessels between port and port In ibis country made such vessels vii'lualTy lia¬ ble to Ilie tax ol ifl.'IO per loo, Tlio.^ltor- ney General lias since then, however, given his opinion ibat there is no harlo such Iraiis- poiialioii. Tim (aiiailliiu linn above re¬ ferred to lias been notified of these facts and has also been Informed thai tlie Treasury Department looks with no .favor upon the transportation of passenger's uCtw'een our■■■ own ports In Canadian bottoms, especially as It is known that the laws.of Canada do II t extend a similar .privilege tp 'he vessels of the United States. The firm has been further Informed that ihoiit'h tlie Treasury Department must concede there Is no legal mice hi the statutes upon which II lias hith¬ erto relied to prevent such trausporiiiilmi of passengers In foreign bottoms, It would not hesitate to apply In the prevention or re¬ striction of It, any provision or statute "that" woiild be found legally sulUolejit fur that purpose. """■ Renew Recokd subscriptions tills mo:\th 1