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r 8 THE' MARINE •RECORD. KESCUED IN MID-OCEAN. Jlrom Ihe Sailor? llaqtulne A tnlo of mlsory nnd nirTorlnn; such ns hna not been recorded In the history of sea Ufa, for sevornl months pnst ciimo to tight ro- contly by tho arrlvid of tha Itallnn bnrk Sum- uole, from Palermo, with Captain Esposlto nnd a, crow ol twelve men of (he Italian bnrk Umborto Gnlntoln, which loundcnul nt son June lOflv. -The wrecked mnrlnom nre nil natives ot ItnlyTmd ennnot speak English, but their haggard fentures nnd nlld-stnrlng oyes told tro story of tholr hardships more strongly than words. TIib Btory of the sulTerlngp of the wrcoked seamen was told to n roportor of tho World by Cnptnin Corron, of the Snmuclo, nnd, ns the cnptnin said, "Coming second-handed ns It docs, It but fulntly portrays their nctunl cxpei leijco." The bnrk Umborto Gnlatola left Torravclin, Spain, enrly In April Inst with n enrgo ol suit, bound for this city. Fnlr winds were experienced nnd good time wns made up to Juno 10th last nt 10 o'clock n. m., when in lnttltude 28.12, longitude 55 37, a tcrrlflc squall struck the vessel, wnsblng everything movable Irom her decks nnU cnusing her to loak bndly. Two men were kept nt tho pumps night nnd dny but the water gained on them. The storm had mo lernted some¬ what and Cnptnin Esposlto still Btond by his ship, believing thnt ho could repnlr tho dam¬ age ns soon as the ten became culm. Several Ineffectual attempts were mude, but still the gallnnt cnptaln ami "Ills crew would not abandon their vessel. In the meantime the water was slowly but surely Ulllng the ship. It Hooded the hold and wiiehea the snlt forward, to tlrat the stem ot the vessel wns almost above the wa¬ ter. On the 10th, at 11 o'clock at night, while the men were at the pumps, the ves¬ sel suddenly gave a lurch fot ward, raised almost perpendlculurly and sank head tore- most into tne sen. The men, who had teen rendy nt any mo¬ ment to take to the boatB, had scrambled In¬ to one boat and were just rendy to row nwav when the stern of the vessel struck tnem ns It disappeared beneath tho wnves, nearly canning the boat to capsize ui|d almost tilling it with wnter. Two of tho thirteen men set to work to bail out, but it wns found thnt tho small boat hnd also been damaged nnd wns leaking. At this discovery a cry of despair went up. nnd ns many m could do so frantically be¬ gun to bnll out with their bata, shoes nnd hands; but they only si ccccded in keeping tho bout Irom tilling up, und-dld not gain an inch on the wnter. ) Theio wns not n mouthful of food on board, nnd only n small cannon ot drinking water with which one thoughtful seaman had pro¬ vided himself. This supplj, however, wns hardly sufficient for one man. Tor two whole da) s I ho party drifted about nt tho mercy ol the waves without any nourishment whatever. Four men wen. kept bailing out until exhausted, when foul more would take theli places. Had the) discontinued bailing lor even an hour the little Lmft would aurely have tilled nnd sank. On the llrst day the sutlerlngs of the men were not so great, but on the second dny n feeling of exhaustion came over the p-uty and several times the senmon wished to lay down nnd meet their doom, which they con¬ sidered inevitable. Cnptaln Esposlto, however, tnlked with them In a hopeful, ussAHng manner nnd suc¬ ceeded inch time in bringing the linlf- stnrved and nlmost lifeless seamen to their right senses. The men uttempted to ent their .garments, but the brnvo cnptnin prevented this and also kept them from drinking tho -Halt wnter. At Inst, on the 2Ht, sliortl) be¬ fore midnight, a light wns seen in tho dis¬ tance, and with n shout of |ov the men sank unconscious In the boat, all save Cnptnin Esposlto nnd one man. These two, fully realizing their position, Out of sight of land, In an open nnd lenky boat, with eleven helpless men, with aluisst superhuman strength began to bail out and after n few minutes one or two of the ex Unlisted senmeu regained consciousness nnd n consultation wns held as to how to attiact tho attention of the approaching vessel. One sea man suggested thnt he bud n dry match, but the qui si Ion was, what could they burn? Middenb a bright thought came to Cntrtnlu Ksnoslto and he made them take off their (lot'ies. This Was done nnl everything thnt wns [initially dry was piled up forward and set on tire. Tor n moment and slowly, one by one, they camo to and realized thnt the gront destroyor hnd once moro boon obentod of his prtiy. ___ "But how thoy nto nnd drank 1 wo woro cpmpolloil to tiso force with some or mom, for four thnt thoy would gorge thomaolvosto donth. It wnB over a wsek beforo tho poor mon woro able to walk nbout without assist- nnoo, but'from thnt time thoy rapidly Im¬ proved." j Cnptaln Esposlto nhd crow will visit tho Italian Consul to-dny nnd will probably bo sent hack to tholr nntlvo land by the first stenmer. Tho wrecked bnrk wns built in 1870 nt Gnetn, Italy, for her owner, Mr. A. Oalatoln, of Xiiplos. She has made several tripa toithls country. Her'gross tonnage wns 070 tons. Her dimensions were. Length. 138 loot; breadth, 28 leet; depth or hold, 20 feet. " THE 8,9. "TARTAR." Front thr Marine Engineer London 'the Union Stenraship Company lias just ndded to Its fleet a very fine vcbsoI—tho Tiirtiir-r-whlch arrived In the Albert Dock, from Southampton and Glasgow, on .Tune 3rd. The Union Compnny's licet piles be¬ tween England nnd tho Capo, nnd includes nbout sixteen ships, vnrylng from 1,530 tons nnd 1,200 H.P. to the mnxlmum ot 4,000 tons nnd 3,700 H.P. Tho Tartar 1b a Cape mall stenmer, 370 5 feet long, 47.2 foot benm, and 30 3 leet deep. Her gross tonnage Is 4,330, her registered tonungo 2,754. She tins n displacement of 8,000 tons. She is divided In¬ to thirty water-tight compartments, nnd hns n double bottom constructed on the cellular system; the outside plnilugliasbeen doubled to Insure grenler strength amldship, and It may be said generally thnt she hns been built to meet nil the requirements of Ad¬ miralty, and has been placed on their list of vessels available In time of war. The ordinary arrangements of passongr-r accom¬ modation have been altered. The first-chins state-rooms and saloons, providing tor 100 passengers, have been placed amidships, forward of the machinery space; the second- clnes cabins for 100 'pnBsongers are In the after port, and there are berth" nnd a cabin foi 100 thlid-cliisspnssengors forward. The first clnsB dining saloon on the upper deck Is n sumptuously fltted-iip, lofty, light nnd wcll-ventuhued npnitmenr, 02 leet long, and above are n good music saloon nnd a Indies' boudoir opening on the promenade deck-; which Is nearly 180 feet lu length. Below this deck a clow space on cither side of the | great dining saloon forniB a covered gang¬ way. Marble baths, tnssolnted pavements, anil ornamented^ tries- In the lavatories, pueuiniillc bells, wlie wove mattresses In the berths, and special provision foi ventila¬ tion and sanltatluii are among the tilings sup piled In this luxurious travelling hotel. Of eleven boats curried six nre lltebouts. She Indicates about 3,700 II P., nnd on her tiinl trip on the Cljde she make over 14 knots, nnd on the run to Southnnipton o\ei 15 knots. She has three masts and n single funnel, anil wns built by Messrs, Allkeu it Mnnsel, iiud euglned by Mcssu. Thomson, of Glasgow. She Is, ns wu have said, thoroughly divided by watertight compartments reach¬ ing to tho upper deck, and these cut up the saloon accommodation. The accommodation for second-class passengers Is about as good ns that usually provided for flrst-clnss pas¬ sengers. The berths for the flrst-clnss are lenity small, double-bedded rooms, with Turkey enrpets on tho floor, and have little In common with the ordinary stateroom. The third-class berths ure admirable; In fact we hnve seldom, If ever met w Itli a ship In which tho comforts of passengers hnve been so fully studied. Ihe engines nre of the compound type, the cylinders being 50 Inches nnd 00 Inches di¬ ameter, »ith a stroke of 5 feet. The crank bIisI t Is built up ot Vicars' cast steel. Steam Is supplied by ,slx boilers, each containing three turnaces—Fox's patent—3 feet In di¬ ameter by 6 feet long on the bars. All the furnaces are fitted with Martin's patent doors Tho boilers are placed in tho wings and tired athwnnshlp. Tho pressure Is 00 pounds. The fctitl-wntcr Is heated to about 200 by Weir's patent heater, the water be¬ ing sprayed through live steum drawn from the intermediate receiver It might be assumed thnt the steam could be used to more advantage In the Inrgecylinder, but It Is said that a total gain is 8 per cent., but that of this 4 per cent is lost by abstraction ELECTRIC SCIENCE. Speaking* of tho work of the electricity di¬ vision nnd the recent marvelous develop¬ ment of electrical Inventions, Mr. E. It. Bentley, one of the examiners ot the elec¬ trical division of the pntont olllco, glvofl some very suggoBtlvo fncts. He snvs tluitr ftbo'ut twu thousands applications for patents In electricity wore filed In 1882, of which nbout two-tlilrds woro grnnted. To bIiow how tho subject hns grown in Importnnce within n tow yonis ho said thnt In 1877 electricity was a siib-clnss In n division. Now it Is tho '. largest division In the office, nnd rognrdod as tho most Important, Tho astonishing growth Is due chlelly to two causes: 1, The invention of tho telephone; and second, the development of tho mngnoto-electrlcnl machine. The telephone had opened, dl- leotlvor Indirectly, n wide Held of Inven¬ tions. The minds of mnny persons through, out this country we'le tinned to this class of invention, nnd not only woro Impiovomonts upon the telephone Itself attempted, but at¬ tention was given to a grciit many Incidental appliances usolul In Its. successful applica¬ tion The Betojid great stimulus to Inven¬ tion wns the de\clopnieiitof tho mngnoto- electrlcnl machine. For thirty years the world had been awaiting a chenp nnd con¬ venient source of olectrlety. Immediately following the discovery ot Faraday, and others, from 1830 to 1840 there wss a wide¬ spread ellort to make practical ubo of them, and special activity was manifested In tho lines ot electric lighting. The arc light wns put Into pmctlcnl form, and the foundations ol Incandescent lighting were laid. But no economic source of electricity was nt hqnd; for the galvanic battery consumed too much zinc for profit. The principal of the mag- ,------1.. ™.„ui..rt l,.„l hwlnnrl. heflll loilff the right, nnd all Duluthlnns havo a soft spot—- In their hearts for tho man who was so humorously Ignorant of the elty. Dilluth Is rapidly becoming the Important oommcr- . cial centro which Its frlonds In those dnys predicted, and the tourists who annually throng bore, with Knott's Bpeech as n guide, are puzzlod to Identify the place. III leas thnn •another twelve month the speech will be one of tho curiosities of literature, nnd Duluth one of tho leading cities of the North- ' west. Thus tho fates work out their ends. neto-electrlc machine had, indeed, been long known; but It was left for the Italian Pact- nottl, In 1800, to perfect a machine wherein contluuous and constant currents were gen¬ erated. 1'he Idea literally lay on the shelf, however, until 1870, when Gramme reinvent¬ ed practically the same machine, and pushed It Into notice. Ho was speedily lollowed by the Siemens brothers ot Berlin, nnd by Mr. Biush nnd others in the United Suites. The magncto-electilc machine, affording n cheap and abundant supply of electricity, Immedi¬ ately rendered practical all the half com¬ pleted Inventions of thiity years nnd opened the way to ninny new ones. Brush got his p Kent in 1877, Weston Boon after, and the growth of the electricity division of the pnt¬ ont office litis been stendy nnd marvelous evci since. The invention had been, how¬ ever, inther In the application of known mjnclples than In the discovery of new ones; f.l dining the tlltv years that have elapsed since the investigations of Family little/new has been nddtil m the science of electricity. 1'hi) present ni'tivity springs from the appli¬ cation ol well-known exhibitions of the still unknown tone, and nioieover only a tew of these fentuiesof the science have been as yet made ol practical value. One of the broadest nnd most successful patents np- penis to he the telephone* Tile man whose name Is perhaps more widely known than imv other In (onnectiou with Inventions, Is Edison, and bis most famous achievements have been In the Improvement In telegraphy and In the Inuindtljenl light. PROCTOK KNOIT'S SPEECH. From the Duluth Timet When each roi lining summer brings Its of steam Irom the low-pressme cylinder. tlio mass of clothing smouldeied and despair j leaving u net gain ot I pet tent, saved In .1—.i .i.„ !.„„,„„ „, ,i,„ ,„„„ W|,01)U ||vt.B ,|0., f,,,,^ (,BK|,]C8 npurlng the bolleis the strains due to the pumping In ol cold water, and diminishing the lendi nc\ to pilnie. The ship Is lilted throughout niih hy¬ draulic gear by Messrs. Brown Bros, Hoso- bank Engine Works. Glasgow In the engine room are n pair ot automatic engines and an accumulator. Steam is supplied by n donkey boiler on the upper deck. The hydraulic pressure Is 800 pounds on the square inch, and this 1s used to work Messrs. Brown's patentcapstans, windlass, nnd steer¬ ing gear. seized the beans of tho men whose lives de¬ pended on the success of the ixperiment Slowly, however, n little lllukerof Hie was seen, which gradually developed, and soon a fierce flame sprang i p vnrds. H ith cngi r eyes the wearied men Matched the lesculug vessel for an answering signal. It came five minutes after their tiro had started, nnd every man, faint and exhausted, gave way with a feeble sliqiu; of joy and sank, half dead, In their leaky bout. v "And this la luiw we found them," contin¬ ued the reporter's Informant, "thirteen na¬ ked bodies laying as If dead. In four feet of water, which was rapidly reaching the sides of the boat. The weather Was exceedingly cold and our hands were numbed In convey¬ ing the uncoasoloiiB men to our ship. At first we despnlred of bringing tho breath of life back to tome of Ilium, but several glasses <j[ brandy were forced down their throats The N. Y. Herald has made an Investiga¬ tion and finds that the whole Western Unlcn plant could be duplicated for $26,000,000 or $25,000,000 at tho utmost. The stock Is |80,- 000,000. " l(CII GIIUI ,u........n ------------ „ flood of tourists the celebrated speech of Proctor Knott Is called for, and all tho strangers want to see 'Duluth through the lively Kcntucklan's spectacles. Theyputtho glasses on, but, presto 1 nothing that Knott saw can Jie discovered. There Is a complete transformation. The "wild, untamed buf¬ falo" Is not rushing madly through the strcots. and all that is left or the "prolific pipe barrens" is n few stumps on the ti111— sldeB. Not even the bones of a dead buffalo enn be found In the streets, tluonged from morning to night with drays, carts, carriages nnd cqiilpngoB, The "wilderness" has given way lo tho city, which Is rapidly acquiring the dimensions and conveniences ot a me¬ tropolis. Strangers coming here expecting to llnJ a desolate waste nre surprised at the evidences of wealth and entel prise scattered on nil sides. Tho precautions taken to pre¬ serve theli Btalps Irom Ihe tomahawk of the prowling savage are louud useless, when a few spiritless and hiingi)-looking (Jhlppc- waairnwriu their filth and Hastiness along the edge or the sidewalk hunting for some¬ thing to pick up '1 he primeval foiests have disappeared to make way foi stately build¬ ings and beaiitllul homes. The rush 01 undo is In the streets where Knott saw the rush ot a savage horde. The port Is thronged w Ith steamers, barges and vchsi is laden wltli toal, provisions and Iron where tluTbour Mash congressman Imagined the canoes or the Indian, The Duluth or to-day has no more resemblance to that described by the humorous orator than tho moon has to a green cheese In aconntiy grocery store. To DuluthlanB, the funniest tiling In Knott's speech was his Ignoranceof the locality of the place. While ridiculing tho Zenith City, and hoping to bury it out of sight lorover, ho was really giving it ihe most substantial aid. In the first place he advertised it to the 'world, which Was a great thing, and In the second pluco the land grant which ho op¬ posed and deleatcd was really lu favor of a rival city. Proctor Knott did Duluth vnlun- | ble service It was a case of stumbling Into A SCIENTIFIC HERMIT. From the A«iD York Journal At St. John's Park, Now York, Is a small! brick house facing the southwestern end tho of square. It Is only distinguishable from, its neighbors by reason of an almost ex¬ cessive neatness and mathematical precision with which the shades In the various win¬ dows nre adjusted. A visitor In the neighbor¬ hood at 10 o'clock nt night would see tho door of this Iioubo opetvsitddchly and a man apparently of 50, with it stout figure nnd ruddy face, trip lightly down the stepp, ami reaching Hudson street, walk rapidly north¬ ward. 'Ihls man Is Captain John Ericsson, the Inventor of tho now screw propeller, the monitor, the solar onglnn and a host ot other famous contrivances. Though he looks but 50 he Is In reality 80 years old, but having been as successful In finding a solution lor the problem how to live, as how to overcome the resistance ot the sub-current, he Is enabled at what Is usually considered to be advanced ago, to work twelve hours a day. walk to Central Park and buck, and wltlu ti preserve Ills mind unimpaired. Ericsson's mode of lire may be. briefly stated. Upon rising In the morning he rubs his skin briskly with dry towels, follow¬ ing which ho lakes a cold bath, in summer using crushed Ice Then come gymnastic exercises of u vigorous description. When his system has recovered Its normal temper¬ ature Ericsson breakfasts upon eggs, tea anil courso brown bread. Then tomes work ami, as may be supposed, when Ericsson woiks it Ib to some purpose. Re resembles Edison In his nutninl in¬ ventive instinct, his thiaugh oil^limlhy mid his profound liidltlereuce. If wu loiucoipi, for the dogmas laid down by those learned gentlemen who have spent a lite In iim hiboiatory without accomplishing anything bojoiul the generation ol new wild usually useless compounds. But Ericsson hns an advantage over Edison lu the fact that ho received in early lite a superior i diicatlon. Thus It Is that Instead of being compelled, like Edison, to work out the simplest prob¬ lem by actually handling the metals, acids nnd other Ingredients he has but to take n pen¬ cil In his baud and perhaps n table of loga¬ rithms anil the thing is done. All his wink— and this, as has already been Bald, occupies twelve hours dally—is performed at either the drawing board oi the writing desk. Singularly enough, Ericsson delights In 'knocking down Idols which he has once set up Thus, hc\pcrtcttud the steam engine and found new uses loi It, and this being done, at once set Idmsilf lo woik lo.llnd u- inaclilncjhjajjhould take its place, namely, the sokf engine, which gathcis and stows- nwny tile bent generated by the sun's rays It should be said however, that Ericsson only Intended this to tako the place or the Bieam engine where fuel wiib costly and water not to be hnd, ns, for Instance, in Upper Egypt. Again, after revolutionizing marine war¬ fare with Ids mpnllor, he is now hard at work perfecting a "Destroyer" that shall mnko nrmorcd war Bhlps as useless as wood¬ en ones. Captain Ericsson Is a widower and child¬ less. The fact thnt his futher, uncle» nnd brothers have been distinguished In their native country for mental ability, goes far to prove that John Ericsson's genius Is no abnormal growth, but the healthy product of a rare stock which lias In him reached Its best development. If nil bankrupts weie as lucky and plucky aB Jay Cooke it would not be so bad. He has ilved lo pay overv dollar he owed, and has a handsome competence In his old age. lie Is fitting up magnificently IiIb summer home at Glbialtar, where ho spends the spilng and tall mouths fishing. Tho other months of the >eni It is in the charge of a, housekeeper, and pom clefgymen Irom ml parts of the cruntrv aro each made wtlcomo for two wetks, when they give placo to others. Every denomination Is represented In these lists, nnd huiidiids ol poor niluistcis have, through the kindness of Mr Cooke, enjoyed a most delightful vacation. Mr. Conko Is one of tho most enthusiastic and experienced llsliei men ol the lakes —Jntir OtiOi. IT MUST BE TRUE. , Just as every garden needs renewing, just ns every home needs cleaning, Just as every wardrobe ncejds replenishing, so also does mnn need n thorough Internal renovating in t'io spring. Winter's long siege leaves mnrv^unliealthy secretions within which If allowed to remain cannot fall to Impair tho health. A few dotes of Swayne's pills taken about this time will remove all possibility of danger and leave the liver and bowels In a healthy condition. There Is everything; in knowing just what to take. \