THE ijtAlftlNE 'RECOHL)'. ^Aj? ^QiiM (QGCord, ^0 Pnnlleheu Even' Thnhiday at 144 ■operlor 8tr«<it, [Leader Building.] A. A. POMEROY, Bflitor and lWtor, THUMB OV SUUSCIUTTlONi ..K.00 . l.OO One year, portage paid.......... 8U montha, poatago palj............ InTarlabljr In adranca, Tlit MAMNE llECOItp can bo .found for ul> at the following plecoai 6 F Bowman, eornor of Poirl and Dotrolt au„ Clove- lami(Ohlo. ^ . JoMph GrtTi No d Woit Randolph atfHt, Chicago C. Itohmer, Michigan atrajrt Swing Bridge, Buffalo, Now York. . - C F Johnion, 117 Welt Superior* itraot, Puluth Minn D McMaaten A Co , Sarnti, Ontario Wm. Gclloj, Eacanaba, Michigan J E. Somerrllle, Uanlitao, lllohlgan , Artidea, lettara ani) queriea on all aubjecla are eollcl- ted. AJrjVEIlTISING HATES. Tin cent! per line, nonpareil meaaurement, or 11.20 par Inch, each Inaertlon, lour weeka W 00, with a liberal dlacount on ordera amounting to 140 00 or over Intend at lha Poat Office at Cloreland aa aecond- claaa mall nutter. MARINE INSURANCE. Durlng.the pant two weeks the curgo and hull Insurance companies have been some¬ what unsettled In their efforts to organize a satisfactory pooling scheme, but like the lur- seelng condoMhey have been enabled, to alight with considerable unanimity on a plitn for profltuble plucking. ■ Lust to hold out of the pool was the Continental, but on Saturday It was found llocklng with the rest. All along the lakes vessel ow ners have been watching the Continental with Interest, but now those best posted say that the Hull In¬ surance rates adopted at Buffalo will stand for the season and that targo rutesX will he restored and sustained. On the strength ol tills rates aie llrm as a rock Vessel own¬ ers have been justly Indignant against the discriminations of the pools, and the prom Tse for exemption In this mutter Is no bright¬ er than It wos last season. That just closed by the defection of the Continental lias been a very stiff fight and Involved the res¬ ignation of Generul Manager Dlmlck Dur¬ ing the melee the excitement ran so high In Chicago tint risks were written on about a million and a half bushels of graiiL, repre sentlng about $1,356,000 worth of business, "although.Insurance iiieTT^alunlTat thejnllJl not take them at less than the lcgulur tarltl. Fiomiuent In the battle wits the Chicago Vessel Owners' Association, which hold nnmeious meetings to take action toward influencing underwriters 'to make fair rates and fair terniB for sailing vessels. The own. enr claim that the lusuranco combination has systematical!} dUcilniliiated against sailing vessels, without giving steamers much mote liberul terms than has obtained lot a num¬ ber of years. Now that the ranks ot the In¬ surance lorces are 111 ml} closed, the vessel men will have to resort to olher means til an protests If they over expect to gain lair treatment. To whut means can (hey resort ? One good step has already been taken. They are organized, or very nearly so. They should meet, eithei In a body or by repre¬ sentatives and discuss the best means to be adopted. We are of tho opinion that much good can be accomplished by the formation of a mutual protective Insurance company, not for the purpose of making money but for protection against extortion. Almost every view of this question presents a rea sonable aspect, Vessel owners could well afford to Insure each other for the profits made by the Insuranpe companies. t No army of agents, solicitors or underwriters would be required. A committee of hull appraisers could settle the whole business, and many of the bad risks now carried by insurance companies, and for which good Vessel property must In a measure pay, can be avoided. The piactlcal boneflts of this poliey of Insurance were outlined In lust week's M amnh Recoup, and wq can instance the casCs of the Union Steamboat Company, Captain A. Bradley's line and some otheis Hrho In theory and practice carry their own insurance, and who seem be well satisfied with the results. While this Is noi eMictly the plan vte refei to, it Is good foi hi t,e cor¬ poration*, hut It seems to Illustrate n very practical modo of proccoduro, for tho vessel owners to club together and Insure each other. From the fact that Insurance com¬ panies find no leniency from policy holders In case of casualties, and arc thus obliged to pay to^ the full extent for which thoy are liable,an organization of owneracould Insure each othor much cheaper than the regular companies. Self-interest, the strongest and most enduring of Interests, would govern where losses fall upon all alike. A number of our Vessel men, Individually, own almost a suDleldnt number of^raft to make a pi oil t able business of carrying llielr own'risks. Twenty-five ordinary craft cortalnly repre¬ sent enough capital to sustain unv reasona¬ ble loss. This number at nJJ event; would forma nucletfaaround which would gntljoras many owners as could profitably be Includ¬ ed In one company. For It would undoubt¬ edly be advisable to have many companies, than many-cenfllctlng interests in one com- pnny. A certain class of vessels, plying on specific routes, with excellent officers, who aie familiar with the routine of their tasks and with the dangers attending the naviga¬ tion of those routes, would surely reduce the minimum of risks, thereby reducing the cost of Insurance, should be' governed by a set of circumstances peculiarly their own. For instance, Iron steamers provided with bulkheads, double water bottoms, unusual pumping facilities, lind therefore having a much greater immunity from Are, Bhould In turn be govei net) by dlllerent vicissitudes. They should enjoy lowei lates of insurance than wooden vessels; for the reason that more capital has been Invested in them for lh« express purpose of rendering them less liable to loss. This is a vcij simple propo¬ sition, still it is one concerning which there exists a gi on/variety of opinion. It is well known that tin! Vessel owners make dis¬ criminations in favor of large and costly vessels and against small and low priced ves sols, one of the chief grounds of complaint. It Is necessary that this classification Bhould be continued. It could be doire in no belter way than for the owners of vessels,Tanked In the diftetent classes, to pool thier Insur¬ ance In that class to which their vessels be¬ longs. u - ■ ■ ■ i— UNDEit the immense pressure of lobbyists and Intciested members the river, and har¬ bor committee hnB Anally broken its limit of appropriations and set it at (13,000.000. It Is sulci that the backers of the Hennepin ca¬ nal even go solar as to thieatcn to work against the passage of the appiopriutlon bill ifhless their claim Is recogiilzedr~Thpy-in¬ clude tho Illinois and Iowa delegations, be¬ side nstioug force of outside workcis. It begins to look as though a vote of the House will be nccessnij to choke off theso determ¬ ined ngliaiors. THAT MYSTERIOUS ENGINE. Eihtw of the Vuime Ricuid. My attention lias been called to an article in Hie Iron Trade Review, coming appar¬ ently Iloin tlivJiihii Walker Manufacturing Co., of this citj, wherein an ellort is made to cast disci edit upon the diagrams taken by an engine winch was described in the Mamms Record some weeks ago*. Wo wish to suy hero tl at Mr. Walker docs not at¬ tempt to tell what the engine did under ills eyes, but what he considered to be Impossi¬ ble lor an engine to do, viz. pialntaln a cyl¬ inder pressure gieutcr than the boiler pres¬ sure, and that Mr. Walker placed his own indicator in the cyllndei of tho engine in question, and on so vein! trials tho Indlcatbr produced u card showing uni¬ form pressure In the cj Under above the boll er pleasure, the Initial pressuie being about two pounds above tho average pressure, and I will suy also that tho cards were taken by Mr. Walker at a time when the engine was slowed down and about ready to stop, the piston going rtwayto slowly that there Was no reaction, which really detracts from the main principle claimed for the engine We have not unwittingly taken speed for power, although It Is acknowledged by all that if an englno cuu propel u load with gi eater speed than another engine can propel tho same load It Is owing to supci lor speed, or horse power, If you will. It Is evident, af¬ ter this ellort to cast discredit on this engine, and which consist!) hi a false statement by an individual who knows that he is trjlng to den) a icsult which lie has seen, mid by claiming that something was wrong with thelndlcnto/whlch produced theoarrlp,(elghf he says)', Is working In the Interest of an organization'which Is desirous of obtaining, at a cheap price, territory for-the manufac¬ ture and Bttlo of tho engine. In (act, over¬ tures of that nature were made to us after the curds were taken and bo/Are the article in question appeared In print. I am now prepared to Invite any parson Interested hi this matter to place an Indicator In this cyl Inder and satisfy themselves that the claims we make In regard to this engine cuu be exemplified. We thoroughly understand that It Is not to the Interest of engine build¬ ers to udknowle/lge n merit In any engine that they do not manufacture, hut buyers are beginning to-intelllgomlj examine the patter themselves.! The question has been asked, would not one port of the same capac< ily on ine side, give the same results that two ports on opposite sides would produce? We have made it a point to test this question and are prepared to say that It Is Impossible, for the reason that there Is no concussion, which Is the principle we maintain. Wm. Gktciiell. THE OUTLOOK AT ESCANABA Sfttlal Carufmdma n/thi Marim Tttcmd , EsdiNAiu, April 24. EScanaba is clear of ice and has been for sometime, but there Is a formidable rlelffof ice near the Door and around Washington Islands. Two steambarges are endeavoring to get through from Chicago. BoatB are making regular trips between Escaiiuba and Fayette There will be considerable excite¬ ment hereon the commencement of ship¬ ping ore with Sweedlsh and Irish trimmers. The Molly Magulre element Is very strong and they have made many threats. They are holding meetings nightly, and the opin¬ ion ot the people is that Escjinaba will re¬ quire a standing army to matntnlnahe peace oflhejown. C. W. LT t LITERARY NOTICES. Harper's Magazine for May opens with a blithe note of spring-time, in Mr. Pyle's rjuutnt love story, "A Miijduy Idyl of the Olden Time." It Is beautifully illustrated by the author, and one of the pictures— '■Among the Dafiodlllles"—has been select ed fur the frontispiece (o the number. The poi trait by Titian, known as "The Belle," is u full page engiliving Irom the original' painting. Em nest Ingersoll contributes n second paper on Washington Territory, west ot the Mountains; eflcctlvely Illus¬ trated by A.C.Redwood. A very Interest¬ ing paper on the Bunk of"England*~ls con- iribuled by W. II. Rldeing, with lllustrn tions. Colonel Higginson, In his American History Series, treats Monroe's administra¬ tion in a paper entitled "The Era ot Good Feeling " Professor J. 1', itlahufly, of Ox¬ ford, contributes u blogruplilcal i-ketcli, en¬ titled "Dr. Schlleinaiiu, His Life and Work " A tiinoh and important paper, Bliowing whut progress lias la en umde dm ing the last live jears In uveitlng the dan¬ gers on hind and sea fioin defective vision, and whut still remains to be accomplished, Is contributed by Dr. B Joy Jeftrles. Wll- Hum Bliick's new novel, "Judith Shako- penre," grows In charm and drumntie Inter¬ est with every new Instalment. It Is finely illustrated' by E. A. Abbey. This humber contains the sixth part ol E P. Roe's novel, • Nniur 'a Serial Story." The Illustrations by Willluui Hamilton Gibson and Frederic blelmun are pictures of Unrivalled beauty. Brainier Matthews contributes a brilliant short story, entitled "The Rival Qhosts." Mr. Qeorge William Curtis makes the Easy Chair as charming as ever, and a like ex¬ quisite grace seems to characterize | the Drawer, now conducted by Mr. Charles Dudley Warner. The scope and variety of this Magazine—leaving wholly out ol view Its artistic beauty—Is apparent from a glance at Its contents. In a slnglu number we find contributions from an eminent German writer, u first-class French artist, a distin¬ guished English novelist, the most piquant of American historians, the most popular ol American story writers, un expert ophthal¬ mic surgean, the uiost thoughtful of South¬ ern authors, an.Oxford professor, an officer In the United States Navy, and the newest Loudon poet. St. Nicholas for May is a notable num¬ ber iu Its contributors and In their contribu¬ tions. J. T Trowbridge opens the second part of tho volume with a new soilul story of the strange advonturos of a young natur¬ alist, entitled Tho Scarlet Tansgerf Mum Ice Thomson, also begins a six months' serial, called Marvin and IiIb Boy Hunters, an ac¬ count ot out-ol-dupr spoit from Indiana to Florida, and Ma) ue Keid's thrilling stoi_\, The Land of Fire, Is brought to a satisfac¬ tory conclusion In four Interesting chapters, Elfzaboth Stuart Phelps contribute «„' article-with the suggestive- title, Supporting Herself, which should be read by every glfi In tlie laud. Cliarlei G. Lelnnd, In his -paper on Leather work, In the Work and' Play Department, describes ah employ, meut that bids fair to be as popular as his article on Brass Work lust June. It makes a fitting supplement to Supporting Herself, Frank R. Stockton writes one of hl« quaint and inimitable fanciful tulas, thePhllopena* mid In a (UOerent key U the pathetlo story hy A. G. Plympton of The Blvor-end Moruys' Rub. Louisa M. Alcoa's fifth rtpliinuig-wheel Story, Little Things, Is & capital girl's story of the times when our great-gruiiilruutnmus were young; and K S.Brooks tells graphically'of Olafof Sorwny* The Boy Viking, another Historic ny. Rosy Snow Is a delightful bit of verse by Helen Gray Con*., A cliiirjnlng poem by Julia C. R. Dorr Is The Doves at Men- don, which has three full page Illustrations by O. F. Barnes. There are also poems and verses by Malcolm Douglas, Joel stacy and others, and pictorial contributions from a long list of well known liuiner. The May Century.—Portraits o^/tamou*, soldiers have been a feature of recent num. bers of The Century, and the frontispiece of the May number (beginning a new volume) Is a portrait of a famous warrior, Chief Joseph, the Nez-Perce, whose character and valor are picturesquely described by Lieut. C. E. S. Wood. Henry James' now three- part story Is begun In this numer. The title character, Lady Barbailna, Is the charming daughter of an English marquis, and the hero, Jackson Lemon, Is u young American millionaire who makes a pretense of practic¬ ing medicine. The short stoiy ol the num¬ ber l,s Rose Maqder, an lllu«tr|ited romance' of artist life. Mr. Cubre~cobtrlbutei the seventh part of Dr. Sevier,/ and Robert Grant's ot An Average Man is concluded. The illustrated papers are Julian Haw¬ thorne's description of The Snlem of Haw¬ thorne, and the continuation of Mr. Benja¬ min's narrative ot the cruise ol tho Alice May—The Buy of Islands, In Calm and Storm. A careful serlcB ot papers by Mrs. Schuyler Van Reftsseluer on Recent Arch¬ itecture In America, which has long been in preparation, opens In the May number. In timely essajs, the May number is unusually rich 'lopics of the Time contains editorials on Military Molality, Wanted n Party of Progress, and The Dorshelmer Copyright Bill?1- And among the Open Letleis are articles on education, pi olilbltlou and tene meiit-houBC rcfoim; a biographical sketch ot the lute Wm. M. Baker, by Mrs. Rebecoa Harding Davis, and reviews uf The Bread¬ winners and other new novels. (Concluded from 1st page ] nnJUireateneil the captain, upon which he Bitot one of them In the shoulder. The cap¬ tain was arrested and taken before n justice and bondsprocuied toi him. Captain Com- erford is not the man to do Injury to Ills fel¬ low men, but whcil threatened orTboard of his on n vesccl he was lully justified in pro¬ tecting his own life. Geoige Gllnian's new tug John Gordon commenced running In connection with the Chlcugo Tug LiiieVon Wednesday. She was built by John Multel, at Suugutuck, and is one of his very best She is 80 feet over all 17 teet 10 Inches beam and 0 feet 0 Inches depth of hold. Her engine 1b 20x22 and boiler, 0 feet 0 Indies In diameter and 13 feet long, was built by Robert Tarrant, the well known engineer. She is a very handsome boat ajid will prove herself one of the fast¬ est tugs out of this poi t. The coal lotion steamship William Ed¬ wards .arrived In port nt 9 o'clock on the 27<h ofAjnll, scoring tho first arrival of the season from a lower hike port. She made s remarkably qulok~run Irom Buffalo, consid¬ ering the condition of tho loe. Captain Hal lory reports having but little dlflloulty In passing tluough the Ice in tho Straits. Freight rates remain unchanged ut 2).Cc ou corn and 2J4C on wheat to Btillalo. » On the 27th of April, the schooner Ottawa, of Grand Haven, lumber laden, bound frbm Grand Haven to Michigan City, Ind., was discovered to be on fire. The vessel was at qnce headed for fhis port and had the good fortune to fall In with a tug which took her in to\V. The crew lought the flames as well as they could and an lved herb, when the Are was extinguished by tho local fire depart meut. '1 he vessel was damaged to the ex- lent of $ 1,000 apd the clirgo $5,000. Captain James Van Slyke, who purchased the bin go bonoiu a short time, since, has re tired from theG. A.Miushiindlaken duirgo ol his new purchase.