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THE MARINE RECORD. _" MB. GOULD'S ATALANTA. » On Saturday morning #o tind tho pleiwiro of ttrolllng through, Mr. Jny Gould's ejc- — 8ly bountiful atetim ynoht AlnlHiitn ut >iihipr«'yr«a, In Pliir«de]|irilB,nn(l wp mi in say that In her Interior decorations na it plouo of high nrt In cublnot-Jolnory work tlicro Is nothing to compnro with lior nllont. • Tliq , style la now, unique, nnd 6f tho most olnbor- rito doaoriptlOn of carvings nrd blending of light woods. Not n brush full of pnlnt lins been naod In her snloon. or utiitorooms, and each of tho eight staterooms nro finished In different voorfs, no two of thorn being nliko. > Not one of the crowned .hernia of Europe can boast of such 11 (lontlng-niilncc, mid nny of them might be pnrdoffffl If llioy coveted ,1* ponsosplon of tier. Tho carvings nro simply exquisite, and beyond pon description, uiul the blending of colors In tho nntlvo woods hits boon done with fimltless elTeet; In short she Is it' innrvel of benuty, nnd hits hcon pro¬ nounced so by tho most erlticnl urltlos.' The upholstery, mi tin pnnellug, silk plush mast covers, downy ciirpetlngs, mo nil In keeping, . and as 11 whole tho AtnViintii Is the rmno de ■ la cremc of imythlng over turned out of nn Amorlcnn shlpyiird, ipid ccrtiilnly nothing In Europe ynu be Drought forward, to com¬ pnro with her lilternnllr. Iter deck finish is of tho flame high order of workmanship fnd merit, iipd presents n regnl appearance, lespltu nil clio" richness apparent every, ■where, there Is not a pnrtlclo op gniulir.csa to bo seen. Mr. Gould was to have embarked About noon on her, but Inter on ho tele, graphed the Messrs. Crump he would not leave New York ur.tll the one o'clock train, which would bring him to the vessel nbout 5 o'clock, so we did not see her stnrt, but leaving a faithful represcnlntlve nn board to noto her performances, wo wended our way homeward with this question uppermost iu our mind: "Why did not Mr. Gould build a largo steamship In " bich to nudte IiIj pro- - posed trip arou, d the world:" With such vessel he would have had more a vessel lie would nave imu more room,. <jould Imvo made longer voyages, and tuH Nowadays the children say, ns they sit In many ways had morn real solid comfort, and when his tour wns ended he could hnve ills, posed of her to a steamship compnuy at a iood round price. It has been rumored that ho originally Intended to build a steamship but wns talked out of It by some of bis bio- . kor frlendj, who wanted him to have n sort of a racing machine.'--Nautical GazMc. NANTUCKET WUAL.EUM AS ARTISTS. Tho Pall Mall Gazette, in n review of tho United StateB section of tho fisheries exlilbl. tlon In London, snys: The "scrimshaw work" of the whalers and fishermen is certain to airest attention. The carving, upon these pieces of ivory is Bimply ndmlr- able; remarkable, too when wo think of tho tools, the sailor*' oppiii untitles, and the ordinary occupation ot tho artist. Well worthy of caieftil Inspection nro the figures placed upon n couple of warns teeth by Cap¬ tain Chester, iMvhnleshlp captain, fnroinnn of tho men employed In the section. Captain Chester, it may he mentioned, mndo n re¬ putation in the 1'plarls expedition to the Arctic sens. *V\\n big works In this lino arc descriptive of whaling scenes, which nre very realistically rendered. As It ever Is with the sailor, whatever his nationality, Blackcyed Susan has been the. llgure most constantly In thu mind's eye of the carver. ■From an Inspection of these the vlsitorivlll pass to the model of a whale Bhlp, the full- sited whalebonl, the full-sized model of a whaleman engaged upon a whale, and the instruments of whaling, which stand ad¬ jacent. In the CD609 are several examples of the Jogs of whale ships, Illustrated with stain [is of whales, as they also are sometimes witli profiles of Islands passed or visited during the voynge. Tho representation of half a wlralo means that the vessel went on -Hie share system In the capture with another vcHsol; while the'Mlukes" or tall of awlinle, In a vertical "position, certifies to the un¬ satisfactory fact that whales wore seen but jiot .captured. SCIENTIFIC AND INDU8TBIAL. Tho proposed brldgojacroie Niagara River, at Niagara Falls, for tho Canada.Southern, Is a dooldod fact. .Tho contract has, boon given 10 a Buffalo bridge-company to build a double-track steel truss bridge, with stone piers on each side of tho rlvor from" "the watoi's edgo. Work will bo finished .by Qccomber 1. Men have boon cutting trees fropi tho water's edge to the top of tho river bank on both sides, The alto is nbout four hundrod foet to tho falls side ot the railway suspension brldgo. ■ Tho total lake shipments from tho Michi¬ gan Iron mines this year, up to dato, ninount to 410,208 gross ton", or less than half the total for tho corresponding period last your. Of this amount Escannbii shipped 1100,020 tons, Ma*quotte 100,030, and L'Anso 0,002. Tho Iron market Is largely overstocked nnd several of the larger miuen.Biiuli ns the Lake Superior, Republic, Cleveland, nnd Cham¬ pion have reduced .their forces nnd arc add¬ ing to their plant antl Itnprpvomei.ts In an¬ ticipation of a brisker time later lu^tfio year or at tho.opcning of thu shipping season in 18S1. Tho summer Investigation party of* the United States llsh commission, with the commissioner, I'rolessor linlrd. will'leave forth stay . will.consist of the same members as during the pa-t two years, Professor Verrlll, of Yale iiillpgr, being In Immediate charge of tho zoological work. The new neamer AI-. tho stock of gold Ima declined fH,4HH,830, and tho holdings of silver Increased 17.100.285. Whether this process nf wltilnglng Treas¬ ury gold for silver, says rtnr Eastern author¬ ity, Is tn continue mull tho liiftor ,«U|iplnnt» the former, Is becoming nn engaging ques¬ tion, At the rate ilintrthls exchangeol met¬ als is going nn, Ir will not he ,innny months before the ability of tho Treasury tn main¬ tain a 40 ppr cent reserve against tho' green¬ back Issue and keep up Its coin payments will ho brought tn a rovero tcsr. Tho hanks nnd other repositories for innnoy thrnhith' nut the country show a continual jiecumulii- tlon of money. Indicating an Immon.e sur¬ plus nf loanable funds lying Idle atfllie pres¬ ent time. J GENERAlT ITEMS. ' Ifho steamship Oceanic, which ntrlvod at Sati Franclsert recently brought 710 onsen.of on'inn valued at 1500,000, the duilcs, being (1172,000. Tho Denver Rupubllcnn tlilnk« the time I* coming! out We»t .when it will he a poor man v hoiloe-n'thavphlsown nrteslnii well- It dnsen't h'ellnve in damming rhers and surlace dricimze when there Is 11 puicnrllclc to be had hv hmlng for It. The Camilla grain crop prospect" are dls- he Wood's IIoll (Mass.) station fox iijro n'agini'i'CornMpoehilVv'iioor.midpotntres id three inolnhs or longer.- Ihopnrty|,.ott||1)r |„ ,ho HehlK In all low lands. The hay crop alono Is promldiij;. If the world could live on grass the outlook would be good. , batrosswlll make her trips from the same ' A Wli"7 !l,*,"'r w"fc|ll"f"", C"P1,'?1 place, and the Pish Ha«k will engage In asserts authorlta ively that at the lime ot h s :»—i.-i__.....1 .......11.... 1.. .1.......i..li,.7,.i.,„ , Illness Mr. \ audirbilt lost the sl|»ht of his dredging and trawling In the neighboring reglon». Anangeuientsare now nearly com¬ pleted for starting work ,u pontile new wharf in the big harbor, and upon tho laboratory and dormitory buildings, which are to occu¬ py sites at tho Inntr end of the wharf. These structures will all be iu readiness for tho season of 1884.—Scleuce. IMPORTANT LEGAL DECISION.. A decision of much Interost to business men has Just been decided by a Minnesota court. A noto wnsdcposltod In the bank for collection, and It was Bent to a bank at tlio place of residence of tho maker for collection, Tho noto teller ol tho latter bunk protested 'tho note, but supposed ho had not protested Vrt time. He paid tho amount of tho note to his own bank, which then romltlcd to tho llrst named bank, and tho note was then endorsed to tho teller, who brought suit against a guarantor nnd recovered. On appeal the judgment was affirmed. The chief JiiBtlco in his opinion said: Tho pny- mont of the money by tho plaintiff to his batik was not the payment of the note, un- . less It was mndo with that Intention; and there was no relation between the plaln'lir and those liable on the note to give the lattor any right to hayo tho payment ap¬ propriated to thclr'bonellt, contrary to tho Intention of tho party making It. ,—1 ■» —--------------------»• Passengers on tho steamships or ferry boats in the Now York harbor arc treated to a singular optical Illusion by tho electric lights on the suspension, brldgo and at tho Batrory. Viewed from tho boy, tho arc formed by tho brldgo lights Is cbntlnuod by tho string of lights along tho battery. the railroad car nnd look out of the windows when the train begins slowly to "move. "It seems ns if tho depot is goluir and we stand¬ ing still." A writer tor the Boston Adver¬ tiser, inking this torn text, makes the follow¬ ing application oflt: They nre not far wrong In this remark. Get Into a drawing-room enr where there Is a family party, and you shall mf pater lamilia» wrhlngnt the tnble some letti rs of business or social Import, his spouse deep in tho plot of tho latest novel, the younger folks trying their hands at euchre, or possibly enoss, the old grand¬ mother with'a stocking-led or tidy well ad¬ vanced in its needlework, nnd tho grand¬ father with his nuwspnpcr on his knee and spectacles 011 tho top of his head, nodding for his regular nap. If It boa railroad In some of the Western States, go Into the next car and you will llnd a well-ordered kitchen with roast, boiled and baked under full "headway," Everything is about tho samo as if tho family were at home. If they look out of the windows, Indeed, they observe that, tho world Is moving by like 11 panorama, but they to all Intents and purposes, are standing still. When the panorama Is all unrolled, they will walk out of their draw- Ing-rriom and visile Cousin John or Isabel, who lives quite near to their house, only about 200 miles away, or some such matter. The fact is, the modern world goes on wheels —railroad wheels, steamboat wheels, nnd, to some extent those of tho bicycle, and the old maxims about a ""contented mind" and a "rolling stone," etc., no longer apply. REMIl/lSCENCES OK THE OLD LAKE TIMES. ■The present generation, iu fact I might say tho generation before this, can hnve no conception of the "old hike times," when BuiiMo wns the Western metropolis, the Queen of the lakes, before the era of tho rail¬ roads, at that time. IB years ago, some of the most magnlllceiit vessels that ever floated upon nny water were In commission on the lakes. Tlio Northerit Indiana, Ihe Western Metropolis, tho City ot Buffalo, the Empire Suite, tho Mississippi, tho Keystone Stnte, tho Old Empire, the St. Lnwrenro nnd n number of others, nil sldewheel steamers plowed tho waters, rommunileil by a class of men that were gentlemen of the old school. I cannot recall all their names, most of them have passed away to ilia: other land; but those woro the dnys wlwn n tttenmbont man was one of the aristocracy, and there were but few of tho old captains, thnt moved In the best society nnd wore familiarly acquaint¬ ed wlth/Cho best people of the city.—-VuiKi- ct(i QaiMc.__________ ACCUMULATION OK MONEY In reviewing tho business situation Eastern exchange calls attention to/the steady accumulation of money In the Treas¬ ury and In the banks. On last Satnaday, It appears, the. United StateB Treasury held $102 068.821 In g61d, against which there woro outstanding certificates to the amount of $53,033,270, leaving tho Treasury tho owner of $138,735,551. Tho silver account shows tho amount held, Including fractlonnl coin to bO $140,087,321, ngnlnst which thoro wore certificates outstanding to tho amount 0f «7i,578,801, loaving tho net Treasury own¬ ership of silver of $08,508,400. In tho past two months tho lncrcaso In trensury coin has been $3,700,334, though during this period right eye, and he I. now eiuircly blind In thai eye I bough he takes every precaution to con¬ ceal the fact. Princess Ruth Kcellkntunl, a dTfect de¬ scendant of Kamehameha tho Great, died at Honolulu May 24, She had been twice mar rled; first to a native c|ilef nnd afterward fo Isaac Davis, a white man, froinwhnm she separated after two or three yofirsX Two huudr°d men hnve bi!i>n discharged from the Lake Superior nmie within the last Iwo weeks. Tin1 enmpnimhave 175.000 tons on hand for shipment. TVe force at the Palmer mine wlll'he reduced one-half July 1. There are 18,000 tons of ore now oil hand. Star postal service 1b established hotwe6n Bervllle and Belle River Michigan six liinee a week from July T, afid between Parlsvllle nnd Miiiden three times a week, from July 1. Special service established between Rose- hurc and Speaker,' Sanilac county, from July 1. Tho yenr 1883 seems destined by Its (11s- nsters from cyclones, floods, tires, nnd panics to pnss Into history as t lie most calamitous ever recorded. There seems to bo some nn-' seen tutaliii In the universe, nnd destruction and death from somo quarter ,:oine an regular as the day. Tho Inst on tho ll-t ot destructive forces Is the appearanco of the dreaded scourge cholera directly In Its old linool irifVol.— Chicm/if Inter- Ocean, The largest sieambnrge that ever paused through tho Wetland canal was the I). C. Whitney which arrived at Kingston the other day. Her cargo together with that of the Wavne which she had In tow amounted to 110,000 bushels ol corn nnd her freight bill amounted to »S,50O—n profitable trip, through she had to be lightened of 25.000 bushels which were re-lomled after passing tho carnl. The Canadians nre making n grent cllnrt to divert trade to the St. Law¬ rence route. , The San Frnnelsro Bulletin snvs: How many wheat ships do we want for ihe year 1883-4?' We shall probably want and use nil that will come. The largest ntimber of flour and grain vessels ever cleared I rum Cali¬ fornia In n cereal year was In 1SS1-2, when we dlspntchedTiaO, or an average of 47 for each month. We shall hnve over 1,000.000 tons of wheat tor export dtiring the ensiling year. That mentis employment for uOOshlps averaging 1,400 tons register. Sealed nrnpnsnls for the purchase of con¬ demned Government vessels « 111 be received at the Xnvy Department "nnt I September 24th. The vessel.* nfll he boW for cash to pciHnns ollei'lnir the highest prices above their appraised viilije.^ Tho principal vessels offered and their nppiftlsed value are: The Congress, »2."i.lOO, anil Sabine, $10.400.'nt Portsmouth; Iowa,$41,000; Magiirn$20,000, and Ohio $15,700,-nl Boston ; Florida, |04,-in0, at New London Conn; Susquehanna. $9,- 000, at Mew York; Dictator $3,1,800, at League Island; Worcester, $25,400,'nnd Snvniinah. $10,000, nt Norfolk, anil Roanoko, $37,200 at 'hestor, Pa. Tho Detroit Post and Tribune Is respon¬ sible for tho following: Tuesday a humane citizen of Nashville nntlood that his old horse was surrounded by-tho rapidly rising rlvor nnd was left on a low Island. Fearing thnt tho animal would bo drowned, ho got lilm a boat, rowed Out to the island, put a rope about tho horse's nock and started to tow hlni ashore; and when tho horse reached water so doop that ho would have to swim, ho retired and tried to climb Into tho boat, whoronpon tho man dropped his oars, losing thorn, and yelled for help, Then the horse towod him buck to the Island nnd tilled the bont with wntor, and drugged him around In tho mud, till a .party wont out to his rescue. THE FRIGATE-BIRD. . Ono of tho greatest' wonders In natural history Is tho flight of birds. Wo hnvo boon ' nil our lives so ncquttomod to soo birds that wo nro not now prono to riinrvel at tho wonders of tholr flight. Wo must- fncdltato upon tho beautiful arrangements by which they nro enabled to ralso themselves In tho nlr nnd propol themselves .through It, and we must remember how utterly futile all tnnn's attempts to fty or make flying ma¬ chines hnvo provod, and then we nro In a condition to appreciate the marvel which Is dally before our eyes. The frigate-bird Is ondowod with magnifi¬ cent powers of flight. III? wing's strcch to an expanso of about ton or twolvo foot; his body Is nbout three feot long his bill is very poworful, nnd adapted for seizing. His foot aro.wobbed, but very small; he has but little use for them, his homo being In the air, hundreds of leagues away from land. He Is seen high above the ocean, but on Its' bosom he never rests. When ho seeks rcposo to llmls It aloft In tho nlr. Ills foot rarely touches land except at tlio (lino for pairing, making nests and rearing young. Mow Is all this?." The expanse ot his wing-Is so vast, and his body Is so light, that jio can soar with llttlo or no'exertion. Still It Is dilllcult to see how this would enable him. actually to sleep on the wlrg," as it Is be-' llevcd he does. A more close examination <hnws, however, that his bones nre hollow,' nnd that thero Is n largo pouch communicat¬ ing with his lungs and with the cavities in Ihe hones. This pouch lie can Inllnto with air. and tlpis render himsell buoyant; tie sustaining power thus acquired added to that ol the wings. Is sufficient to keep him up. If bis home bo In the air, If he neither dlvo hito the sea lor llsh, nor search on the land for other food, whence docs he derive his siiftennnce? Impelled by hunger, ho de¬ scends from the lofty regions where it Is his delight tn dwell. Whether tho sen be rough or calm, he glides over the water nnd ai.y unwary llsh apuroacl.ing Ihe aurfnee, on being detected by his keen oye. Is pouncod upon and Instantaneously swallowed. But the filgntc-bird has other resources; though he can not dive iurn the sen or catch llsh, he avails himself of tho labors of birds which cnn. Ho watches ono oftho birds which dlvo; ho sees him emerge successfully, nnd tly off with his prey, Instnntly the frignto bird Is down upnu him with a swoop ot terrible velocity. . Tho frightened dlvor drops his tlsrf in mid-air; tho frigate-bird poises himself again, darts down With another swoop, anil seizes the llsh ero it reaches tho w)itor.— Wticonaia Journal. 8AULT STE. MARIE ROAD. The contract was let last woek to a New Yorlrtirm of capitalists for the construction of tho Outailo & Quebec railway from Corn¬ wall to Sault Ste. Marie. The. 'documents will be signed on Saturday next. Work for the construction will bo commenced within one mouth of the letting of the contract. The contraelnrs. who consist of several Philadelphia capitalists, will take the bonds ' of the company ns they can got fromtho- vnrlous municipalities through which tho road will pass. When two hundred miles pi the road is built it is to bo handed over to the company. The charter calls for tho completion of the road bit the expiration of four years.—Kimittmi A'cim. JUMPING TWENTY FEET DOWN ON HORSEBACK. Frank Dnj waited at Needletpn, Col., •until the noon train passed down, and Icing Informed that no other train was on tho road, be took tho truck In preference to the tiall, Ijad ridden a mile or more, when happening to look up, to his astonishment he saw the construction train going around the curve mud but a few rrfds distant. A wall ot rnilMo fho left and tho river to the right and twenty feet below. A moment decided, and lining his marc by the bridlu he sent the spurs lino her slden and jumped her down Into, the foaming water. Fortu¬ nately no Injuries wcie sustained.—Stleertun DeuwcnU. AlXlLlARV SCREW STKAMERS. Speaking ol these Improved steamers tho Nautical Gazette says: „ From all accounts the owner oftho aux¬ iliary (.crow Mciunorifuy.hlch have been lately Introduced Into our merchant murine have more than realized their eX|iectatious, nil of ihem proving very successful so tnr as earn¬ ings are conerrned. Of course there Is room for mechanical Improvement, In all of them, undas-wo progress In tho development of ■ this class ol vessels their value will bo In¬ creased. T|iero wns somo hesitation In In- vostlng capital In this kind of tonnage on tho start, on account of tho seemingly greater cost as compared with sail vessels of cor¬ responding tounngo, but th|o hesitancy Is wearing away as tlio iresults of tho llrst In- vestments nro coming to the attention of Is nallcHtcapitalists lb coastingvcssola. -------•------* ■-------------- Tho wntor of tho'holy well nt Mocca has been found on- annlysls, to contain 670 .grains of solid matter to thu gallon, nnd 1b I seven times worse than the .seworngo of 'London. This explains tho prevalence ol cholera among pllgilma. ^