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THE MARINE RECORD. -t otothwi NEWS. .• I A MISSISSIPPI PILOT'S FEAT. The TroMiify Depnrtmotit 'has decltloil Frm M<ir% Twin', »W o» H yuanpi*. that In tho ovont of tho sale of a vessel of the United States from ono ciintonm dlstrlota to Another tho bill of sale ehould'bo recorded u tho port which Is to ho her home port In tho diitrlctlo \ylilcli she la transferred. Tho Vendees mortRngo should also bo recorded ' nt tho same port. It.lsalKO-considered nd- ) vlsablo that tho bill of salo he ricordod also at tho former port. Sensible people aro trying to solvo tho ••problem, of preventing, Jiy some kind of legislation the (.'cornering" ol gniln mill othor confmudltlos. Hut • legislation does not scorn to oll'cnlie protection demanded. " Tho fnllwro of last week, however may lend people to believe In the truth of the state¬ ment that "corners" of this kind arc most often failures and ruin thotc engaged In them. * All the signs now Indicate that the ftrltlsh will have a Suez canal o( their own. The French company Is nut In n position to offer nil the'demands .ot thc.BritUh shin-o-vnorft- Even If tho greatest concession were made they would be only a temporary bin'. The desire tqr a separate canal under British control has taken hold In England and will not rest until it Is fully gratillcd. The management of Jlie Klchelieu & Ontario Navigation Company, on reception .of reports from the west that there were no hopes of getting off the stranded steamer "ijpnrtan," placed her In the hands of the underwriters, but from a despatch received by the trutile manager Ironi the insurance agent yesterday, it appears that thestenmer will be got off with but slight damage.-^ Kingston Newt. ' The Chicago and Alton smo.ke-consnmoi has been placed upon the tug Mary Mc- Lane, and tho tug will do her work for a week with tha'appliance in place, thus fully testing iti Qeorge McLanc, one of the best marine engineers on the lakes, handles the engines on tho McLauo, anil lie will givt' i the Alton consumer a fair test. If «ny | engineer can get along with this consumer Mr. McLaiie can. The tug Alpha has a consumer, Invented by Mr. Crime, her own¬ er, and the 0. B. Green has tho Hutchinson consumer on. A Lender dUpatch from-Kenosha, dnte.0 June 20, says: Tho lighthouse department have enured the erection of a new building for the light at Kenosha, and sailing masters will do well to tak'o notice that a change 01 light will occur for a few days and until the present lights are removed to the new struc¬ ture. At present and from tills date a red lantern will be exhibited on the casl'slde ol - the new structure, and ns soon as the old lights are placed In a position In the struc¬ ture notice will be given. The new struc¬ ture has been built under the superln- tendeucy of George A. Kern, foreman ol lighthouse construction (Hid repairs. The work has been pushed forward energetically and well performed. . . . ". JYonderful stories nroftold of the rapid night nmUong endurance upon the w ing of •the/cni&lcr pigeon, hut from tho foltowlng Account seilt us for publication, the palm for IliglW and endurance must be given Hi tho '"Mulllhawk." Oilr contributor says: Herewith Is an account of the finding ol n blrdjUtich had previously been caught and JlHarkoil. This bird must havo llowii East, as the prevailing winds are Iroin the West, thilB allowing tlmMt had traveled 'j:iS°0fl' making 0,W5 miles dill, longitude and lb<J 28' dllf. latitude In 57 days or about 170 miles per day 1 "Captain Alexander Dorward, of tlio bark Peruvian, at Fleetwood from the West Const of South America, reports thai when rounding Cape Horn, in latitude i>(> -17 south loiugitudo 07 50 West, mi the 7tli of 'Jclo&or last, ho caught a bird, commonly called a "Mlllhunwk" by sailors, from the rteok or which was suspended a thin, slip of yellow metal with the following words roughly engraved thereon, as near ub could be deciphered: "American barkl. Ij. Skol flol(, Now York—Calcutta, latltudo 3ft ID South, longitude 54 10 East, August 11, 1882." The above named vossel Is ^doubtless the American bark Isaac Ij. Skolilold, which arrived In New York In April, on hor return from Calcutta." - T»he total stealings of tho San Francisco harbor commission ring, according to tho expert's report, amount to 187,248,10, Coming up-stream'pllots.dld not mind lpw watec or any kind of darkness; notnlpg stopped them but fog. , But down-stream work wad dlflcront; a boat wns too nearly helpless with a stiff current pushing behind hor;'so It was not customary to run down¬ stream at night In low water, r~- Thero beemou to he one small hope, how¬ ever; if wo could get, through the intricate and dangerous Hat Island crossing be'foro night, wo could venture tho rest, for wu would'havo plainer sailing and better water. But It would be Insanity to- attempt Hntja- laud'at nlght^ So there was a dual of look¬ ing at watches all tho rest of the day.'iiud a Cdnstant ciphering upon the speed we wore making; Hat Island was the eternal subject; sometimes hope, wiib lirgh, mid sometimes wo weto delayed by n tail crossing, and down It went again. For honra all hands lny under the burden of tills suppressed ox- eitomeut; It was even .cuimnu|ilculcd to me, and I got to feeling so solicitous about lint Island and under such an awful pressure ol rpoponnlbilil) i Unit I wished 1 might have live mlnutos/on sliorc to draw n good, full, relics lug hieath, and start over again. Wo were standing no regular watchex. Each of our idiots ran such portions ot the river ns lie lia I run \\ lieu coining up stream,'heciuisc of hi* g'u'iit familiarity with it; but botli re¬ mained In the pilot house constantly. JjAn hour liefoiesnnsel, Mr. Blxby took the wind and Mr. W. stepped aside. For the lieu thirty minutes every man held hi* watch hi hia hand and was rcstleas, silent and unea-y. At last somebody said- witl doomful s'gh:— '•Well, youdcr's lint Island—and we can't make It." All t'ie \yntchcs closed with a Bnap, every body sighed and uiutieied someiiiiug about it's being "too had, too bad—ah, if we could only have got here half nil hour soonorl" and the place was thick with the atmosphere of disappointment. Some stnrted.to go out, hut loitered, hearing no bell-tap to laid. Toe sun dipped behind the horizon, the boat went on. Inquiring looks passed Irom one guest to another; and one who had hia hand on the door-knob and bud turned It, waited, then presently took away his hand and let tne knob turn buck ngnln, We bore steadily down the bend. Mure looks were exchanged aruTiioils of surprised admiration—but no I'uonis. Insensibly the. men drew togethet behind Mr. Bixby, as the sky darkened and oho or two dim stars came out. The dead silence and sense of waiting became' oppres¬ sive. . Mr. Bixby pulled the cord, and two deep, mellow .notes-floated oft" on the night. Then a paiiVeand one more note wns struck. The wntchninn's voice followed from the hurricane' deck:— Vliiibboardlend, there! Stnbbonrd lend!" The cries of the leadsmen began to rise out ol the distance, and were gruffly i-epea:- ed by tho word-passers bn the hurricane deck. '►M-a-r-k tlireo! .... M-n-r-k throe Quiirtcr-less-three! . . ■ Hall' twain! .Quarter twain! . . . M-n-r-k twain! j Quarter-less—"' Mr. Bixby pulled two hell-ropes, and wn» answered by taint llnglings far below in tiie ■ ............' -I-.V...-I 'I'll,, "Put her hunt down! siiafih herl intrtcli lior!" The boat raapod'aml ground her way thruugli the sand, hung upon tho apex of illsai-ter « single 'tremendous Instant, and then over she went! And such as|iout iib wont up at Mr. Blxby'sbnck never loosened the roof of a pllot-liot'iso before! . There was no mole trouble after that. Mr. Bixby was a hero that night; nod It was lome little time, I"", hefota his exploitceased to ho talked about by river men. nnswereu uy iqun j,,,*....*........ engine.room, and our speed slackened. The .bcijrtii to whistle through the gauge- The cries of the lendsmun Went on HANGED ANI> DIDN'T KNOW IT. - From the Jt'rir }Wk Star. Tho dismal rain boat ngnliist tho windows of the courthouse, and swept in sheets across the Jnll-vnrd. Court was adjourned for the day, the clerks had gone bo.-ne, and a baud of otliuers gathered hi the grand juvy room for a half-hour chat. But the flow .u| con¬ versation was less f|ue and Jovial than com¬ mon. Apparently the depressing aspect of things wlinout bad nll'ectud the spirit of the county magnate*. The ii<tvilly siiillllug luce of the slieillf wore a sad-expressiou, mill thejollj surrogate gazed mournfully out upon the ,cbeei'i;»s, muddy street.' Upon the benign visnge of the County Judge was II melancholy took, lis it' In 11i —. ollh'lnl capacity be hail sentenced , himself as n prlvnle Individual tO Miller the extreme penalty ol the law. Tilted buck hi a big nrm-clinli', the. lineman ot rile guyid jury thonghttiillyTileaiied Ilia fluger-unlls. jV long silence was broken by the Shcrill', who observed, ns a sudden gust of wind dashed the rain noisily ag.dnst iho glass: "What n dnv tor hnuglu;>!', "Wretched!" replied the tiirrogiitc, cue lessly itiiiiliii! the leaves of the penal rode '•1 wouldn't tie lunigcd on a day _ like lids for any consideration." "A iellow would catch his death ot cold," putm the foreman of the grnHdjnry. "What put the subject of hanging into your bead, sheriff?" •'O, 1 wns thinking of a poor fellow who expiated a murder in iown ten years ago on just such u day as this?" "Ano'lier of your Western yarns, eh, sherlll'V" said the surrogate with a yawn. "Why will a man always draw a long bow when ho tells what happened to bun out We»t?" "I'lils la gospel truth," retorted the sheriff, quickly, "mid it's nothing .that happened lu me, or I should not be hear to tell it. Moreover, Mr. Surrogate, I never exagger¬ ate." r ' "Oil, no," wns tho sarcitBtlc rejoinder. "Never mind him said the foreman of tho grand Jury, "go on with yo.ur story." The sheriff seated himself on tlie green- covered table and began: "Well, as I said, this happened ten years ago, way out in lowu. A iellow- klllod hi» brother-in-law and was sentenced to death. The hanging was publlc'tlie gallons being erected on the open prali le n little distance behind the jail. 1 wiis sworn in as a speelnl deputy: Holy Muse-,how Itilld ralnciitliat (lay. The w att-r eanu- down ill chunks with sufficient loiee 10 tear umbrellas into tatters In llliveu minutes." "Sheriff, sheriff," murmured the county judge, lu a lone ot gemle leproaeh. 'JOh, It's a tact! The condemned mini was carried to the place ot execution In no open earl. .Another deputy and 1 rude with him- A banging wns tioinre a iieni lobe missed oy peuple out tiieie, no mutter what NAUTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC Tue Sailors Magazine givesnn Interesting nccotint of the progress of the U. 8. Flali Commission In their work; containing a description of tho.spoclala'pplliincefl neces¬ sary for tho work, lis soon on the steamer Alhatros.' Aftor giving a description of tho • Albatross and hor electric lights, to be usod tinder water to nttriictflsh, it says: "Tho vessel Is provided with two largo lnborn'orlos, ono on tho spur .deck In tho nmldshlp house, and the other on the dock Immediately below. In these laboratories . tlio'roporter found yesterday ■ specimens re¬ cently taken in soundings uiTd dredglngs In 1,200 fntlioms.of witter. There were stnr llah, differing entirely from.those common, in slinllow water, submarine worms of curl ous forms, cuius of various kinds ot verte¬ brates and invertebrates. I'll one jar of al¬ cohol were several .youpg sharks, which were, taken alive from the mother.-' There wore specimens ot plants, and of the Kind at thai depth—making in all a curious and In¬ teresting collection. Tlio specimens will ho taken to tho Smithsonian Institution at Washington.' Jb, "There Is also lu tlic'flfesscl a complete photographic apparatus for inking Instan¬ taneous photographs of specimens raised f om the bottom ofll eaen. Tlio t hotograph'o apparatus will housed alio lu taking miero- photogrnphs of minute organisms by aid of I the electric light lowered In tho sen. Pho¬ tographs of the intensity of light will bo ta¬ ken at dillorcnt depths, tlio photographic plates being sent down, opeflyd and closed, raised to the surface for_j»nripiirlsoi), and preserved to be sent to the Smithsonian In¬ stitution. fi?S, Vwi^rd s^u dtalwny.,,; ,,e i«M ,.,«■,;,, r wnr Shivering and wet. . HtliOciunuu.iu,.......j ,......_ . n Every/ pilot in the lot wns watching now wlth/flxcd eyes and talking under his brefuli. Nobudy was calm and easy but Mi. Bixby. -IftMvould puijdjuwhee) down and stand on n spoke. And as the steamer swung into her (to me) utterly •nvUIMe marks'—for I wc seemed to be lu ilie midst/of n wide audi gloomy sea—he would meet and fasten her there. Out of the iiiiiriiiur of half-auiiibln talk, one caught a coherent sentence now and then, such as: "There, she's over the nrst reef all right'." After a pause number subdued voice: "Her stem's coming down just exactly right, hv George!" t "Now she's lu the innrkit;n\ei' she goes!" Somebody elvu inutiereil— "Oh, it w'as done beniitlhil—beautiful'." Now the engines were stopped altogether, and wu drifted with the current. Not tlint I could see the bunt drlltl.for 1 iVuld »m, the stars being all gone by this time. This drilling was the dlamalcst work; It held one's heart still. Presently 1 »aw » blacker gloom than that which surrounded us. It was the head (if the Island. Wo were clos¬ ing right dow u upon It. We entered Us deeper shadow, and so imminent seemed the porll that 1 was likely to sonicate; mid lhad the strongest impulse to do something, any¬ thing, to save the vcssol. But still Mr. Bix¬ by stood by hit wheel silent, Intent as n cut, and all tho pilots stood shoulder to shoulder at his back. " •'She'll not make It," somebody whispered, The water grow shohler and shonler, by ■the lendaman's cries, till It waB down to— "Elght-and-n-haU • • • . E-l-g-h-t feot! . , . E-l-g-h-t feet.....Sevuu-atul—" Mi'. Bixby said wnrnlngly through his speaking tube to tho onginecr: ."Standby, now 1" "Aye, aye, slrl" large crowd stood lu ilie course, saturated grass about the scaffold. Wc placed onr mini, under the cross-jih-ee and fastened the rope nbout his neck. Everything »»s ready ex¬ cept t|ie last prayer and lettli.g thetrnp full. 1 he sheriff asked tlte prisoner if lie bad any¬ thing to say. ' " 'Yes,' said the man. He mnde a long speech, deehu Ing his Innocence, abusing the judge aed all that kind ol thing. Suddenly he stopped In the middle of a si-ntcm-e. All this time, you must lenicmuei, I hi- rain fell In I'jitaiai'ts. Seeing the doomed mnii silent Ibe shcrill' lipped a wink to the clergyman, who, licinna llapiisi, did not mind the rain. Tl»e rcvireml gentlemen began to prny. We all hem our beads, ahliuugh no one wa- pious enough le take Ills hat ol1. dust ns Brother ilaid-ln-ll \m,s winding up'hU peti¬ tion »i' Pi-aid n cry of antoiilhbnienl lioin ilie crowd. I looked op, and what do you Iblnlt 1 Mitt'i" '•The*prisoner cscapingV" ic-ked lite t-ur rogate. "No, sir; lie was hanging two leel fritivJ Ilie Idniloi'iu." "Wha'.r" ciled the sheriff's auditors, to gether. "The rain had shrunk the lope enough to hang our man for us " For u moment tho silence of the room was broken only by tho ticking of the clock and the rnttlj of the fain drops against tho patios. The foreman of tho grand Jury drew a long breath and said: "Sheriff, a man of your imagination should write unsolicited testimonials for patent medicines." An authority In Iron matters says that n > less than $5,000,000 has .been dlvorted from Pennsylvania within the past two years and lu vested lu the mineral d ipi sits of southwest Virginia. In Portland, Ore., shipowner claim they One vessel recently cat red to Giott Brit- v •ill from Canada 73(1 head of cattle and 240 sheep. It wns the largest cargo of the kind ever shipped.* t>^ The total value ol Canadian fisheries ex¬ clusive of Manltoh". nnil tho Northwest terri¬ tories during 1882 was $16,524,002, an In¬ crease of $1,000,000 over 1881. I Tho Iowa coal-minors will hold a State Lconvcntlon at Oskaloosa July 10 to, perfect >« thorough State organization, adjust tho screen question, and tfx the price of'mlnlng for tho various localities In the State, and adopt mensurCB to assist hi enforcing the Icwn mining laws. The skill In beating nut and Inlaying gold nnil other metals to which Homer so ofoi alludcajfls nttt'sted by the remains found In ilie tirtros at Myceiui', of which perluipa tho mo-1 Homeric are the designs on the scabbards of swords, which nt the times when I'r. Sehllemnitn's laiok appears were ton much inerusted "with rnst to bo mado out, but which have been recently engraved and described by Mr. Kouinnnomlen. The subject represented on these scabbards arc n lion hunt, attacking a herd of deer, winged monsters, fish and plants. The manes of the lions an' of red gold, theli bodies of paler gold, probably elect rum. So with the flowers—the-stidk, leaves and branches nro of gold, the ealyxos of oleotriun. The same distinction of color is observed between the sen lind the tlsh swimming lu It, mid also in representing the birds—in which the color of the blood (lowing from their wounds la discriminated I win thireolorol their leathers. Further variety's obtained hv the use of enamel in perilous of the background. In the description ol Uin plowing on the shield of Achilles, the poet says that the furrow behind the pine, man was black, as plowed hind Is although being ol gold. Prohahlv to produce a cliiingf ot color, a dark enamel, -uch ns that lounil in ilu- scabba'ds,' was combined wlili the guld.VIIiimi'r, therefore, so far from liivi'iijing the shield ol'Achllles out of his imagination, as was ioriuerlv con- "Aye, ave, »in . ,, "Seven and a half! Seven feot I Slx-and-" We touched b»»°«" Z;™^ X™*,; „;,'; «£ ^dvw'ln'vlew of" the large ex by Mt a lot of ta|l« ringing, shouted t^twt ■ > gt 0)) th(i mM |m(, J|r0 o'unco^u'^l"XITX 'p^r generally asking full rates for freight. . ,mii id nis ,.....^iiiitii.in, „s wiis ,,,i inuriv con¬ tended, deilveil inaiiv detail* both of subject and leehnlenl execution troin works of' nrt which lie had actually seen, and which In¬ spired hliii with the'conception of what a\ work by the god Hephii'ston himself might - have been. So, again, in regard to Hie choice of subjects on these senbbaids, anil through¬ out tlie Myceiiiean antiipiltles, they prove that.when Heslod describes the crown of Pandora as ornamented with all manner of creatures such as tlio sea and tlio laud breed," hojiorrowod theso- ornament* from tlio art of his own llmo.—.Ynntfcat iJce'ew. RENEWING An" OLD ANNOUKO^' MENT. The real value of an article can only bo proven by a practical test. This la the pre¬ cept of the oldest tradesmen In the world— men, who, knowing the-character of their goods, do not fear tlio result of n practical trial. Some people may term this ogotlsm, .but It is nothing more than honest dealing. Dr. Swayno made this announcement years ago when his pills for dyspepsia, billions- ' noss, sick headache ami spring complaints, wore first introduced, and lt» rclteratqs It i now. The-rowan) of mei'lt is success.