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6' THE MARINE RECORD FROM THE UPPElt MISSISSIPPI. Special Cormiiontlenci ofthi MarlnMluord v St Louis, Mo., Soptombor 8. Tho season of 1884 1b drnwIiiB rnpldly to a olo»o, In fnot will clo«« boyond o question nearly a month earlier than In 1888. Still, nil things considered, the sew-on has been prollfle of good results, nnd tho boats huvo all dono an exeeptlomilly Root) business. The mnrJtlmo Industry of this rlvor may bo divided imo three ulnsses, commeuclnff with the short trade boats, which aro packets for passengor travel, tho thioiigh boats, jilso pa6kets, and lastly the raft ton Ins boats, which are by all odds the largest In point of- numbers. The short trudo boats consist of tho Eagle Packet Co., who run a line side- wheeler from St. Louis to Alton aud Graf¬ ton; the St. Louis & Keokuk packet, ulso a -..IduwhcckT, i the St. Louis & Clarksville boat, n stern wheeler; the Burl ngton & New Boston puikvt, it stem wlieelei, the Brownsville & Ln Crosse and Alma packet, a gteriv wheulei, the Alma and Wabash packet, n stem u linden; Ri-au's Landing & RedWIng pin ket, n propellei; PiescottA Hustings pm ket, u propeller, and Stlllnater and Taylor's Fulls packet, n stern wheeler, iiiuoian boats The through lines are two In number, controlled by the hi Louis & St. Paul Packet to. Vf. F. Davidson president, and Dimond Jo. line, over which Joseph (Dimond Jo.) Reynolds Is miiiuiger. The former company operate both side and stern wheel bouts, tho latter all stern wheel the-itWo wheel boats ol the "Saints" lino aie built fbr speed and elegance as alco are the massive Mem wheel boats of the Dimond Jo. Ifne. ' IUFT10WING. Ab before stated the rait towing Is by fur the largest steum boat business heie, and, so It is having, nearly one hundred boats engaged ln it with half as many dillereut owners. This clues of boats have been but poorly remunerated for their labor thiB season ornng to the extreme low water, in fast it Is the iinrjfsrtiilii stage of tho river Unit has sent many boats all ready to the bank and will close navigation early this fall. l'ACKEl TBADK. The two lines ot packets have not reaped n very Yli h harvest either though doing a hoavy business tor nut only have they been lorced to compete with t|ic rulltoads, but have been rigedlv opposing each other. However from Dubuque on tho bouts have defeated the roads and though they may have been poorly paid they were always well loaded. M!W 1IOAT8. The boqt building has been dull, In diet unless boats arc destroyed this branch of in¬ dustry mutt necessarily lag some time. Commodore Win. F. 'Davidson of the "Saints" line has nearly completed an elegant now side wheel boat for tho St faul trade, which beside a few small boats for towing and other purposes, constitutes the sum total of boats built during this season J 11.11. flilcfJustice Walto once look passage. \\ itli several members ol the legal nrofeEBlon, on a Bteamer plying between Baltimore and havaiiuah, mid, during a slight gale when I tie wuvos weie lolling, one of the legit' lights became sick and went to ll.o rail to feed the llshcs Justice \Vi\lte, seeing his friend In this iigony, went to him and asked II he could bo of any service. ' Yes" replied the sick man," you would do moagrea favor if jon would overrule this motion." THE LARtLbT VLshELS. A correspondent signing himself Gr"rK wiitcs to learn the name of the lurgist steamboat uu the lakes, also the largest pas¬ senger steamer '1 he propellei Onokolstho. largest propeller. Her carrying capacity Is 100,000 bushels of wheat, or 2,930 tons of coal. She hat repeatedly .carried these car¬ goes this season. She measures 3,10.1 toils. The largest American passenger' propeller plying on the lakes is the propeller Peerless, of the Lake Michigan and Lake Superloi Line. Uer measurement Is 1,272 tons. The largest Bldewheel uassengcr steamei Is the City of Cleveland, 1.221 tons. The Canadi¬ an passenger propellers Athabasca and Al- • tier in mo larger than ally ot these vessels, as they measure l,44pjous each. They are en¬ gaged on the route between Colllngwood and Port Arthur, the largest poit on the north shore of Lake buperlor. Subscribe for the MahiniI'Kfcoiio. SAILORS' SHEATH KNIVE8. "What do you use that knife foi f" siild a young piajrto a sailor who was sonted'on u narrowTloaid hung by a ropo over tho sido of a big ship, whore he was more or loss In¬ dustriously applying paint. The knllo was In the shoath on hl^right hip, whefa sailors usually carry knives. "Mostly for hlsttn' In scousc nnd audi llkn. It's a handy tool for cuttln' n plug when I wants a bit ot a smoke nrter I gats through with the grub, and It comes werry convenient for scriiplu' down topmasts or cuttiiV the luslilns when wo rattles down," Here the man drew tho blade from Its sheath with one hand, while he shoved the bundle of his paint brush into Ills belt nnd pulled a big black plug of tobacco from his trousers pocket with the other. Then he shaved off slips of tobacco, i eplaced the knife and tho plug, rolled -the clippings between his palms u bit, unci then poked them from his left palm Into bis short wooden pipe, using his right forefinger. He dexterously lighted a match on his trousers' leg nnd started the smoke from his plpo In spite of the tresh breeze. "What Is 'rattles down'?" wa9asked. "It's when we takes them old raltllni off them shrouds there and seUes on new ones, RlggerB docs It mostly these times. Riggers Is about all the sailors there is leit." • What did your knife and the belt cost you ■"' "ilim hain't a weny perllte question, voung man, but seeln' as how you didn't inenii no harm by it, I don't mind lellln' ye that I paid twenty cents up there by the big bridge. 1 lie sheath cost ten cents moie, and the belt, which it's a werry good one and ex¬ tra long so's to circumnavigate a werry well dew eloped Momlck, come to a matter of twenty-five teiits more, and thuTmade tifty- Ave cents for the outfit; and a werry good one it Is*' "homo of them cost more, don't they?" •'Yes, If you'te plenty of money about je and yer loud o' rum aren't well stowed you might have to pay moie. Some knives is worth more, but I wouldn't give more'n seventy-live cents lor the best one I ever see," "It's against the Inw to carry sheath knives, Isirt It?" "That's, what I heard them say, but I don't bollme it, 'cause I never heard'of nobody gettln' n-rested foi canyin' on 'em. Some o' the captains dan't like 'em and has us break the p'luts oil. In tlmnmy the'men carry big cliisu knives swung to-tlic end ol pretty little white lanjimln, what they Bpllces round their necks. 1 hem fellers Is reg'lur dudes. You might a seen some on 'tm down the Bowery." '•Do sailors tarry other kinds of knives?" "borne of 'em does, sartlu. I was shipmate wltli'ono last voyage as carried a knife made of a deer's hoof, and a blade as would let your Innards out suddlnt like. Some suilnis are spoils, and carries diddy boi.eschuck full o' such finery." Tho sailor blew a cloud of smoke fioni his pipe, knocked tho tobacco uao his hand, put out the Are, replaced the tobacco In the pipe, and then, having put away the pipe, began to paint very industriously. Under a 6h»n In Water street, which rend "Ballots' Outlliter," a man with a Roman nose and foreign accoht, said: "The knllc is usually made of a blade ol cast steel, liom eight to nine Inches long and one inch wide. One end Is ground to a rouud^ioint, while two slips Of wood, about three and a half or four Inches long, ine ilveted to the other for a handle It would be culled a small butcher knife among shoie people. Prlics rmiget from twenty cents to one dollar, according to the quality. Tlie bci t Is of stout leather, an Inch oi jin Inch and u hull wide. The sheath Is simply a thick leather bug, Just large enough to admit the blude mid hold It snugly so It will not drop out easily A strong leather looji holds tho sheath to the belt. Belt and shonth cost from thirty In fllty cents, bailors often use the knives us ntanons, and lor that reason the Inw prohibiting them was passed, bi|t It bus become ii dtad letter because the clasp knile, such as is used In the navy, is not con¬ venient lo cat with, nor for any other pur¬ pose. Beside, they cost from soventy-llvo ceitfi ro one dollar and twenty-live cents, and have to be carried on the end of n lan¬ yard. I Iiiivi) known an occasional Instance where a captain has been fined for allowing bis crew toiarrj sheath knives."—AT. I'.Swi. The stcainburge St. Joseph lias gone Into service again, after several days' delay, oc¬ casioned by the breaking of her crank pin last week, when off Wuukegou. 1'he repairs to her machinery wero made at Feather stone's MaolUne and'Engine Work-, Njrth llalstead street bridge. A weather vane representing a locomo¬ tive has lie*en placed on the towci ol the Northwestern Railroad depot at Wi lis street bridge It Is not so hugoas iholoiuier one, which was blown down a Jew weeks ago, but it is greatly appreciated K D. NWKERS0X, MARINE ARTIST* Rear of Central Tug.0fflce, Main St. Bridge, Cleveland, 0. SIGNAL LAMPS, -with- Patent Fluted Lens And Perfect Colors. GET THE BEST & AVOID COLLISIONS. ThesTLanrpsi'l'oa morobrillnntllghtthan any Signal Urnp now In use". I Trior hare bocn adopted by tho principal Ocean mil Lako Stosmers and Vessels, nnd tra (or Mle In the principal ports on tho Atlantic const nnd lakes I f French Wrought troif Ranges and B oilers for Steam- ers and Hotels, Manufactured by Stood for catnlogut, Felthousen fc Russell, 130 * 141 MAIN ST., BUFFALO N. T. THE /ETNA GRATE. G. 0. BARNES, UL This Improved Shaking Grate EspeciallyAdapt- ed to Burning Slack. &lotie Iron Works, Manufac's., Ofnco nnd Toundry, corner ofEl m and <?<Wi Spruoo-sU , CLEVELAND, O. ' ST. MARV'S OHIO MONTPELIER, OHIO OAR FACTORIES. I3RECKENRIDGE, MICH CARROLLTON, MICH DE 6RM, ATMAR & CO, MANUFACIUHFHS iND lMPOItTtlb OF J. Cordage, Oakum and Anchors, Wire Rope, Chains, Oars, Blocks, Buntings, RUSSIA B0LT-R0PE, FLAGS, COTTON & FLAX DUCKS, Marine Hardware and Ship-chandlers' Goods Gene?ally. -%- 34 and 35 South-st, N£w York, T. E. WILSON, All Kinds of Water Worl DONE PROMPTLY TO ORDER _____? HEADQUAIITERS," Upson & Walton's, River Street, Or, 137 Herniann-St, Cleveland, 0. FOB SALE. Quarter Interest mtneiarielDE Samson, Odd of tin, most powerful lags on the lakes She won built nt St Catherines by SKii-ldiinii rebuilt in 1H81 and measures 181 [new] tonnage fcJhu ia Btrnluhl A2, with Insurance v 1 tuition of 916,000, nnd can be Insured for no 000 Will adl quarter for 88 400, imrt cash, bal¬ ance on ciisj ttrma, Addnsa Marine Recoup For Saleor Exchange, Tug Annie:Robertsoti. Her ltijpth ote^ujl in 51 fttubreailth IS ftct and depth of hold (I (cot, draws 6V4 f«'t of water nitnatirta 0 24-100 (new) \nm and 18 24-lOMd ltullt In 1880 and rebuilt tula spring, iiuw dick'frames and cabin, and machinery thoroughly overhauled Lnglnc- la UxUt boiler 8U feet long and 4 8-U in diumeterund nl- lowcd !H jHjumlH o[ »tonin Wurritntid ln No 1 con¬ dition ind Miit>JoU-U) inspection, Price, t3,l!00 ctblu Inquire at Mauinu^Iucoiu) Ofkick FOR SALE Her length ii 186 feet, beam 20 feet, nnd hold 10 feet lOlnchen Bnilor IT feet long 7 feet dlamolir, three ttuei. two to-Inch jnd one 17-lnoh Fiiglne 2Ji«. Carries 2411,000 feet ol lumber, Upewl, u'mllea Unlit and » l-i Ipodedi Iunuraocii vtluatlon, IIB.SOO Ad! drwi MARiKKltEcuuuUtllci, No 1U tfuiierlor street, Oluvtiluml, O FOR SALE, A Fine %bor Tu^;. Dlmeiilou of hullr,5 feet over all, K loot btam, 8 loot lioul, and meuuru 48 lomwltli 7 fiotdrull, cun bo D.di J fut draft The (.■»>», ltxio, U In^rit-cliiu condition, »lth ull now brauea, new rings ii/cTlliidcr and turii a »lx fool lvhoil, which »u new IrAt aeaion Thahoiler U ode ri'«r old, III larfo .nou.h to burn wood^r ion! and U allowed 100 nounda bf itoaui. Price M JO0, and must Im »u|d Inilde of thirty days. AdUrue Mil(lNEltOOIlDOH'l(.lc FOR SALE, One-half Interest in a Hew Steam Yacnt, To an ENGINE] It wlio will give bli own services 1 or full particulars address, DEVLIN A CO.. Mflrlno Conveyancer?, Iflfl Waahlngton-«tCbftiij{«> Vesselmen SHOULD HAVE OUR MARINE LAW BOOK, Containing all points of MARINtf LAW as do- ^ tcriulned by the United fiutet C«u)rU Benmnn, -Frelichu, Towage, CollUIon*. Owners, Charter a, -Reirlitry. KurolluienU, Qenernl Aveni|r«, Common Onrrlrrs Dutlei of Seamen, Mnstars A Owner*. Hill or Ludlnir, AVBtfes, Ac. The volumu Is haudsomcly bound lu itlff lioard covern, aud line rim)lull uluth binding Sent to toy addnaa ]>o«lago |iaid forjl 0u FOR SALE, AT ' THE GLOBE IRON WORKS. SECOND HAND TUHULAR IIOILI B, 44 InchM di¬ ameter 43 tnliLH 3 Inrhu dlaiuotor and 12fei,t '"Hi, ttoum drum JOInchoa dlaiuetir, 40 Inches hl(U, Ironl Urates, fillings uud lireoclilnga, good order SFCOND I1AMII MAKINt. BOILBU, In good order, Shell, 7-10 Inch irou plnlo, diameter, 0 feet dlnoliM lungtli, IB feet, Ull lulus 4 (nt lies In diameter, 11 !••' * Inclirs I6ng, thrto rlucs 18 Inches-dlumstor, two Hues I» Inches, ditimetiT, two lluoi 101-2 Inches diameter, "" boi, 8 foetTont, 4 foothlgh, steam chimney, 7 feet Wg" SECONDHAND MA1UNEUOU.EB four f««l «M«. 01-2 fret long, 8 feet high, sIzty-fouT 1 l-i inch l""° 60 luthes loug, east Iron breeehng, guod as new SECOND IIANDMA1UNE ENOINC, *»«U» il!",":'. ncllug bi8 Inch cylinder, shaft and Wheel for jaihiw tug, good as niw 5