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h 6 THE MAfllNE IjgCORD- THE ANCHOR LINE. 7nm Iht Uartnt BtqliMr, Lmdtm Tho sailing of llio City of Homo under tho flag of tho Anulior Line, marks nnatliar Im¬ portant iSpocli In the dovolopiiitentnf stento- shlpplng enterprise In the port of Liverpool. She line boon recently noquired by Messrs. Hondorspn Brothera of tho fnmout Anchor Lino, who have Just established a sorvlco of Urst-alms steamers between Liverpool and America. She has lntoly been docked on, the Clyde for tho purpose of receiving Im¬ provement? In addition to those she hnu un¬ dergone at Burrow, unil tho result of n series of very successful trials showed mi avcrago speed oflSX nautical miles per hour. She \, Is tho largest steamer now actually afloat, and Is second only In size to the Great East¬ ern, and, as Is. wefcluiown, she was launched in June, 1881, by the Barrow Shipbuilding Company. Her history while connected with {he Inman fleet Is so Ismlllsr as not to need recapitulation, and suffice It to say that hor builders undertook certain Improve¬ ments, which they eonlldently anticipate will make her equal, If not superior, to the best steamship now Balling from Liverpool to Now York. Her tonnage amounts to 8,500 tons; she Is (100 Icet Jong, and S3 feet 3 Inches beam, u hlle her depth of hold Is 37 loot.* The boilers have been rearranged and added to, so that now she has 03 lurnaces contained in nine boilers of tho double-end¬ ed type, ns well as three of the single. The engines have not been altered materially as to dimensions, except that th'ce Inches have been added to the diameter of the high pres¬ sure 0} linders. At present they stand at three cylinders of 40 inches In diameter for the high pressure, and three low-pressure cj linden) of 80 Inches In diameter as before, the stroko of all being six leer, ns originally fixed. Tho valve gear has also been rear¬ ranged and greatly simplified, 8041b to in¬ crease the facilities for overhauling and re¬ pairs, The power In be Indicated in every¬ day working is 12,000 horses, but this was considerably exceeded during her trials on the Clyde, when everything went with re¬ markable emooiliness, and not a Blngle hitch occurred. Not only la-she expected to be an exceedingly swift vessel, but her run down to-Queenato«cnjirnvetl that she pos¬ sesses remarkable steadiness. When going at a great speed, with f he engines at sixty revolutions a minute, the vibration was scarcely perceptible; Indeed, when seated In the grand saloon the passengers can easily realize the fact that they are in a huge float¬ ing palace. Her great length and bcautl- lully modulated lines suggest, whilst she Is In the water, an Impression of graceful buoy¬ ancy rather than of vast magnitude, but her oarrylng power reaches Immense propor- tlonc. From keel to deck the ribs and plates are of the strongest material, all leneaded to- Sother by angle Iron and rivets, and a dis- net feature of the design it the mode in which the whole Is supported and stiffened by transverse sections. The bulkheads ql massive Iron extend from the keel up to the main deck without any openings except narrow ways, which may be oloaed by me¬ chanical appliances at a moment's uotloe. The largest distance between the bulkheads Is only 00 feet., and It Is calculated that more than one compartment might be filled with¬ out endangering the ship's flotation. It it, indeed claimed for her,tbatshe It practically unalnkable. The sMrn-post or frame Is the heaviest single lorging ever made for sucli a purpose, weighing 33 tons in the finished state. She has two complete Iron decks, and la very strongly built In this depart¬ ment. The crank shaft Is a built shall, and together wtth the screw shaft, la made of Whltworth's flutd-presBed steel The crank shaft alone weighs 83 tons, and the process of manufacture Is believed to afford an al¬ most absolute guarantee against cracks or breakage from flan a or blemishes. The ob¬ ject of the rearrangement ot the boilers Is to Increase the facilities for trimming the u>al and making the ventilation of the stoke¬ holes perfect, which objects the owners be¬ lieve they have gained. The saloon accom¬ modation la on a scale of elegance and un¬ paralleled comfort, while the emigrant's quarter's are roomy, well-Ventilated, and excellently arranged. So large are the pro¬ portions ol tho vessel, that upwards of 300 cabin and 1,500 steerage passengers can be provided for with ease One special feature of the alterations Is the removal of tho boats and other obstructions to the level of the hurricane deck, so that there Is now a splen¬ did promenado deck extending 400 feet on either side and 20 fee! In width—an unriv¬ aled stretch of dear spaco for any ocean-go¬ ing vessel. Many new specialties have been introduced Into the Internal arrangements and appointments. The berths for tho sa¬ loon occupants are furnished In a style that mustmeet wltb universal approval, and no expwlie bat been tpared to make them ex- .cwdhisly wlUble to modern reai|lrein»nt«.| The udletj Jrawlng-room, h«t b>en refur-i nlthed In the most artlitlo manner, the sides, being divided Into bajri by fluted lonlo col¬ umns, Ivory white (enameled), relieved, •with gold, being the prevailing colon 0'bej piano—one of Broadwood'a eMesjua up-,' right grandf-sUnd* Hit the'edaoTt, facing! the entranop, thd the skylight I* treated In • novel wanner. The' private ladles' «abui on the promenadfrdetsfc.lt a modelofi lux¬ ury and chatteornaraentatlon. It Is a beau¬ tiful llttleujapm, furnished In black and banded with stripes of silk plush of old gold color. Tho reaojlng room and library on the same deck Is In morocco upholstory, the windows containing medallions of Shake spoaro, Sir Waiter Scptt, Tennyson, LOng- tellow, Harriett lioceher Btowc, Brotilarte, and other celebrated authors. Forward of this Is the smoking-room'and American bat? furnished in mahogany and oak, the panel¬ ling being filled In with clever Japanoso paintings in water-color. Tho noble dining saloon has been repainted and decorated; and ie in truth the largest and handsomest of the kind possessed, by any vobbcI leaving .Liverpool. , A novelty whloh Is sure to be appreciated Is the introduction ot two spe¬ cial state apartments adjoining the grand saloin. They are each about twcho foot square, and one, called tho -'blue otwmbgr." Is furnished as a bed and small sitting room, the pnnols being relieved by Eastern adorn- menu. The portholes are soreened by dell- oate tinted Jnpanes pictures (between glass), which were exhlbl ed at tho last Yokohama exposition. Thcother, or "red chamber." ie treated In an equally original and artistic manner. Beyond tbls Is,a pretty room for tho use of ladles, fnrnlahod In white and, blue, and the other chambers are gorgeous and very convenient. The ship Is, in fact, replete with everything that can contribute to mnke the voyage pleasant for passengers, whose entertainment la studied to the mi¬ nutest detail. It may be stated that in the dining salqon there la a fine built-in organ, and the whole of the Interior of the ship (including the engine-room) is illuminated with the Swan electric light, so that the scene at night la as brilliant aa noonday. The City of Rome la under the command of Captain R. D. Munroe; Mr. W.P. Cum ming, thief engineer. Tho crew < onaiets of 208 all told, and include 14 engineers, SO llremen, 46 trimmers, and 40 A. B.'s. ROOM FOR INVENTORS. Under the above heading the Maritime Rcglstei gives the follow ing which although tenting to bcl'ttlo thoso ImprO'. entente which have been made in navigation contains un. Idea worth considering, "Men are gonernlly interested In thoir own trade or calling only, outside of that they care for nothing. They all more or less run in certain grooves. For the most parf their ambition 1b to become perfect in their work, to acquire such a knowledge of It as will render It more cuBy of performance and by systematizing It and devltlng means to prevent errors and Inaccuracies, to eiriooth the way and render less the friction In con¬ ducting the business of Which they are a part. In so far as a man adopts this course he Is following In the footsteps ol the In¬ ventor. Indeed, almost all of the valuable Inventions—both those which have been pat¬ ented and the Innumerable and often not less Important ones that have not been—have sprung from the same desire to facilitate buslnoss and lessen labor. It will be seen, therefore, that a throroueh Rmw ledge of the necessities of his calling It absolutely nec¬ essary to the man If what he Invents Is to be of any real value. No mere acquaintance with his work will answer. He must be thoroughly familiar with it and take a deep interest In It. If he doet this he may be able to accomplish a great deal. The opportunity ,for JHalcluq -mpney l»pf oou,ree a great In¬ centive to Inventors, but many an Improve¬ ment has been made by the; hard working Intelligent mechanic in the means of accom¬ plishing his tank, without tho least thought of any pecuniary profit, though subsequently It might have been the means of bis acquir¬ ing great wealth. The country has aflbpled many advantages to Inventors and great Im¬ provements have been made in labor saving machlneiy. Our workshops, our nillroadB, our mines, all give evldenoo of this. All these are within the boundaries} of our country and give employment to many of our people. It will be noticed, however, that com paratively little of our Inventive genius has £een turned to matters connected wltb maritime affairs There la no need for sur¬ prise at this, for as the employment of our people Is upon the land they are not therefore aufliciently familiar with matters relating to the sea, at least of late years, to know fully what are tho wants of that branch of in¬ dustry. If, however, the shipping trade of this country should revive. It would In time open up a new and probably profitable field to our Inventors which would no doubt be taken advantage of with results quite equal to those that havo been accomplished In ■natters effecting our Industries on shore." —t-----------—-«■-----------1— v A PIGMY KINGDOM. It may not be generally known to the av¬ erage man, but It Is none the less a fact that thoijtate ot Pennsylvania In Itself Is as large as England, Ireland and Scotland combined. This «tatement teems Iraproba- ablsv and yat It Is beyond refutation, Think Jinn »h»t,B„Dialtawqrthjr enterprise C|r, flwsynehu.unuertaken-i-not only to cure ail the tick people of a place aa large aa the linked Kingdom of Great Britain, but of all thS world. Yet he Is suooeedlog. Swaynq's ,plUs artacfcpowledged qn everyli»pd as Ihe best lor curing bUUoutness, Indigestion headtohe and all the most frequent Ills of flesh. NAUTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC lho Florida Ship Canal Company has, It Is stated, been organized'at Washington, with i.5,200,000 subscribed-capital, to con¬ struct a canal across Florida', (loop enough for tho largest ships, between tho St, Jotuxs and Suwaneo rivers. Work .la to bo com? moncod In September next.—Scientific American. > Y It will bo but a short time until yduTnti have your1 picture taken free of cost-.' A German has invented a safe with an attaoh- mentthaton being touched flares an eleotrlo light on tho 8301)0, nnd at tho same instant uncovers a prepnrod plate, on which tho burglar's photograph ia taken, whllo an alarm Is sounded. |t will be a "sale cure" for burglars.—JV. Y. Herald, The modern form of steamer*' bows, per¬ pend lcular,nnd without a bowsprit, Is provod to add to tho risk of damage In usees of collision, and ninny1 English underwriters are so. Impressed with this that they are, it Is said, taking into consideration tho de- aliablllty of making differential rates as be¬ tween tncBO steamers and those having the former and lar more slightly overhanging bow and Bowsprit. The Henderson gas-furnace attempts to attdn to the highest heats required In tho shortest lime, and with a complete utiliza¬ tion of tho fuel. These objects are reached by the uso of separate engines, one for tho supply of air for the generation of gas, and the other foi Its combustion. Tho details of a trial and Illustrations of the furnace are. gtyon. The consumption fuel, three hundred weight per hour for tho two-ton furnace, is low.—Eng. mtn journ. London papers say that "the secretary to the Royal Botanlo Society recently tried the novel experiment of planting sea weeds In ordinary earth, it would naturally be sup¬ posed that these 'flowers of the ocean' would not flourish away from their native element; but this is nut the case, most of tho specimens planted having grown admirably in soil which la constantly kept In a moist con¬ dition." Tho result Is botli curious and suggeatUe, and worthy of trial this side of the ocean.—Scientific American. A Arm in Parla haa la'ented an Invention for the Instantaneous formation ot steam, which permits Its use at once In the cylinder of the engine. A pump sends the required quantity of liquid between two plate surfaces whloh are heated, and between which there Is only a capillary space. The liquid spread¬ ing in a thin layer evaporates at once, with¬ out going Into the so called spheroidal state, and this acts In the cylinder as fresh steam. The ipoqd, of the pump Is regulated by the engine, the pump bring connected with the shaft ot the engine. Mone. C. Husson hat studied the Influence of condiments—especially salt and vinegar— on tire digestion. His experiments confirm the conclusions of various physiologists that small quantities of these condiments are use¬ ful, especially In stimulating tho formation of gastric Juice. In excess they render the food more Indigestible, and are Irritating to the costs of the stomach. The proportion of sslt should not exceed one or twp parts to one hundred parts of meat; ot add It should not be more than from one to four parts In one thousand. Among the Interesting novelties at the Fisheries Exhibition, London, besides the to tho city, on Saturday, a crew of mon was sent up by thoso in charge of tho drive for tho purpose or bringing it In, expecting, of course, to havo the benefit ol tho wator from; Chengwatonna dam, which or right be¬ longed to them. But tho proprietor of the- dam, Mr. Mun'chfposltlvely refused to hoist -tho-R/itcs unless a sum of money (about i400> was bald him. Ho denied the drivers tho ordinary run of the river. Believing this -demand to bo nn exorbitant one, of course Messrs. Anderson & O'Brien refused to sccodo to It, and tho conscquenco is tho drives are hnng np for this season at least. Proceedings at law will bo commenced at once against Mr. Munch to recover damages. The cose will exclto considerable attention, as It will probably dctormlne the rights of all parties In such cases. But whatover may¬ be the result of lho law suit. It ean not bring the Shako, river logs to markot tbls season, and will necessarily create a shortage of tho supply for this year on the St. Oolx. To those who have logs In tho boom or lake for salo now, this drawback may prove a benefit, as It will certainly result In on upward tendency In prlcca; but there are a number of small operators, who own logs In tho de¬ layed drive, who will ha\e to aull'or consider¬ able embarrassment, as but few of them are able to carry the burden of a non-productlvo log out over to another season, and at lho tamo time con tin no to do buslnoss. Tho result will be a railing off In the amount or logs out next winter. This latter result, however, is only made more prominent—not Inaugurated—by tho hanging of the drive. Tho low price and Increased demand for logs this season had already determined a very largo number of the operatives of last w Inier to stay nut of the woods tho coming wlnlei and the set back to the drives haa been lho means or Increasing this determination.__ Stillwater Sun. There Is no great boom to report In lum- «iiui iiuiouwin, ■uriiiaucu in uikgk •nu ber shipments, but It Is going out steadily spill, »lth. amber Roman satin curtsln>j-fbd at very fair prices. Amerloan gas-light buoy, and tho pneumatle alarm buoy, Is Captain Cator's tidal buoy> It Is arranged something like a ship's log, and Is towed astern of a vessel In the ssme manner. The motion causes the screw upon the buoy to rotate, the number or revolutions varying, of course, with the speed Of the ship. Connected to the spindle or the screw is a hammer which strikes a gong. A num¬ ber of these buoys are used In the Br'llsh navy, their special object being to denote to another vessel astern tho speed or the one ahead. Tlfis la readily ascertained by count¬ ing the beats of the gong per minute They are intended to be uned during the prevalence of fog, and although they umy be seivlcc. able for eqi ai di on e\ olutlons, would not, w e imagine, be of much good to the passenger marine. Iron and steel production. It has been until recently a supposed f ict In'conncction with American lnanulactium that the second In importance as to the value of products is the grist mill, while it isaitu- ally flrat in the value of material use I. Tho- Iron and ateel makera produce aiinimlly $551,543,100 nf manufactured products, uiitfi use 1310,504,000 of raw material, while ihe grist mills produce $506,185,000, and use $441,545,000 raw material—that Is, grain There la, or course, a great difference in tho number or hands employed and amount of or wages paid. The Iron and steel men em¬ ploy 300,608 hands, and pay ♦128,787,000 a. year In wages, while the millers employ but 88,400 hands, and psy $17,42?,00O a year In wages. The capital Invested In mills Is- 1178,000,000, against 1406,030,000 In Iron and steel works. The value or the milling raw material, subtracted from the value of the manufactured products, leaves 164,000,000; deduotlng from this the $17,4,19,000 paid for wages, we have left 140,678,000, which rep¬ resents the yearly profits on »178,000,00(> oapitsl invested, less Interest, wear and) tear. It Is over 20 per oent., while thirproflts of the Iron and steel manufacturers, whoso- operating expenses are much greater In pro¬ duction and who are besides liberally pro¬ tected, are less than 26 per cent, Interest,. Insurance, etc, deducted from this. Hardly any other manufactures pay as well as thoso- of the millers. BOOK NOTICES. LUMBER NOTES. The Duluth Journal of Commerce says Lumber Is going out very fairly, and will Increase as the season advances. The un¬ certainty In regard to tho crops In many sections Is now removed, and dealers are be¬ ginning to stock up. The ownora 6f logs on the North and South shores have been qulto fortunate |n securing their logs this season; but few havo beeu lost, with the exception ol a couple of rafts from the North shore early in the spring. The question ol a shortage In the log crop are now hung on Baltimore Rapids can not bo got to market this season. It was sup¬ posed that by virtue of the lata rains, and tlon of a few daysT It wss reuonSbfo to suppose thli, because wltb an average stage or water the drive from tbst point Is an easy and short one. But the dlflldUlty may be briefly stated. At soon si tbe announce¬ ment of the rite of water wss telegraphed Harper's Magazine for August Is an ex¬ ceptionally full number and contains "A. Town Garden." Frontispiece from s draw¬ ing by E. A. Abbey. The Heart of tbe- AHeghtnlei.—Geo. Parsons Lsthrop wltb- ton illustrations. Amerloan Horses,—Hugh Craig with eight Illustrations, \allom- brosa. Mrs. E. D. R. Blanolsrdl,- with four Illustrations. The German Crown Prince.—George von Bunsen, with four Illustrations ^I'ho Stranger an Eastern Legend. Wallace Bruco. The Canadian Habitant.—C. H. Farnham, with eleven. Illustrations. War Pictures In Times ot Peaoe—R F Zogbaum, with eleven Illustrations. A Town Gardert Poem — Margaret Volcv. A Castle in Spain. *A Novel Part IV, with two illustrations bv Abbey. Tho -British Yoke —T. W Hlgglnson, with clKht Illustration. The Modem Yacht.—Lieutenant J. D. J Kelly U. 8. N, with nine diagrams. Discipline A Poem.-T. B Aldrlch. Beat Laid Schemes'. A Story.—Harriet Prescott Spoflbrd Ed- ltor's Easy Chair Tho Brooklyn Bridge.— Occupations and Education of Won o i —Tho Philosophy or Jenkins.—The Cincinnati — A Reminiscence or John Howard Payne Editor's Literary, Recent History and Biog¬ raphy.—Recent Poetry.—Mcdloal Works — Natural Phllosophy.-Rocent Fiction—Ed¬ itor's Historical Record. Polltloal Intelli¬ gence. — Disasters, - Obituary. Editor's 5r,ife? An«»itf-Aneodot«B or Bishop Uollvalne, Bayard Taylor, Dr. J. & Hot land. John Randolph—A Tragedy of the- Phllistlnes-A G?nth7 ReOer?!^ Esster Cdtech!sm.-8outhern Humors. A <ponge eight feet In olreunlfe'rence andi WBlghlng-tWerre pounds wss recently, says- measured It they found It to be the larnit tponge tbsy bad ever seen. "^ k„ I