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THE MARINE RECORD. ‘ TWO TOO CAREFUL. oItds quite correct that: people should gO away from home ‘to hear news of home. Hereis a story from Fairplay, London: The “good stories’? about Commodore Vanderbilt were numerous, and did nct end with his death, which occur- ‘red soon after that of the famous dry goods millionaire, A. T. Stewart. William B. Astor had predeceased both, and the story goes that ‘Astor, arriving on the banks of the Styx, hailed the old boatman Charon: ‘Say, old man, how muchto put me across?” plied Charon. ‘‘Too much,’’ said Astor. ‘“I’ll give you three.”’ ‘‘Won’t trade,” replied the ferryman; “I never break my price.’’ So Charon pushed offand left Astor disconsolate on the hither bank. By-and-bye the shade of A, T. Stewart came along on its way tothe Styx. “Snakes! if that ain’t Astor! Why, Astor, what. in _ thunder air yer doin’ here all this time?” cried Stewart. “It’s that old cuss Charon,’ said Astor; ‘She wants to charge five dollars to. put me across.. Now we’ll trade for the two.’’ So they hailed Charon, and offered him the five dollars to put both across as one load. But Charon declined, and. insisted on five dollars a head. Now Stewart was very close-fisted, and never liked parting witha dollar he could save, so he too sate down disconsolate, as Charon once more pushed off. By-and- ~bye he brightened up with an idea. ‘“‘Say, old man, we’lljust stay. here till old Vanderbilt comes along. He’ll soon start an opposition boat, and we’ll get across fora dollar.”’ And there the Commodore found them the next year—if my informant did not deceive me. “Five dollars,” re- oe -o ae Se a . AJULES VERNE STORY. It is now announced that a shuttle-shaped sub-marine boat, which may sink toany depth, has been patented by Messrs. Freese & Gawn. Beneath the operator’s cabin which is raised as a small dome above the center, is a chamber, to the bottom of which the exterior water has constant ingress through an open tube., Insideis also a reel containing a hose of great length, the inner end being connected with.a cock in the top of the chamber. The outside end of the hose protrudes through a float, resting always upon the surface. A pump sucks the air into the chamber, pushing the water out underneath as it enters. If water leaks in through the tube it passes “to the bottom, the air always remaining on top. The “living compartments of the boat are supplied with air in this way, as are also the governing chambers, alter- j Ea nately filled with water and air to make it sink or rise. The operator observes the goings on above the surface through a telescope, with mirror attachment, which may be pulled out to any length or turned in any direction. The inventors suppose a case as’ follows: If the boat is going to affix a torpedo to the hull of a battleship, enough air is taken into the chamber to supply the crew for a given time and the hose and float: are reeled in. A register above the mechanism of the operator indicates how far below surface he sinks the boat. ‘The trip is carefully made until‘the hostile hull is reached. One of the crew passes from the cabin proper into an adjoining water tight chamber, where he dons a diving suit. He passes through a water tight door into a third chamber. Closing the door behind he opens a third door which lets the water into the last chamber reached. He goes out, and standing upon the deck of the sub- marine boat, affixes the torpedo. His diving helmet is supplied with air by a tube connecting with the air chamber of his boat. His errand accomplished, he enters the boat, the water being pumped out of the third chamber before he passes to the cabin. ‘The sub- marine boat then moves off, leaving the torpedo to do its deadly work at a set time. EEE + ar THE WILFORD: WATERPROOF CLOTH. The attention of our readers is called to the new ad- vertisement on this page of current issue, wherein the merits of the Wilford Matchless Waterproof Cloth is mentioned. Krom samples forwarded to this office we judge from the flexibility and strength of the material, that there could be nothing more durable and light than the ‘‘Matchless.’’ Our samplesiare white and brown in color, and appear to be all that the manufacturer claims. We further learn that the fabric is made from twisted thread and pure flax, which renders it strong and dur- able. It has at present a large sale in Europe, and has - been introduced in the German and Belgium armies for tents and wagon covers. The Buffalo agent is D. Provoost. AUTOMATIC BOILER FEEDING DEVICE. A very simple plan has been adopted by Messrs. Yarrow, which is found to give good results in practice. ‘The system consists of feeding each boiler separately by a Worthington donkey pump, and placing the mouth of the steampipe'for supplying the donkey close to the water level of the boiler. If the water rises too high it WM will enter the donkey steampipe and choke the cylinder with water. Then the donkey will almost stop, while if the water level falls, then the donkey will work fast and pump the levelup again. It has been found that when'the water enters the steam cylinder the pump does not pound in an exceptionable manner, as might be expected, and also that the pump does not stop when the ‘water enters the steam pipe, but runs slowly, because the steam cylinder is larger than the water cylinder, the pump actually taking more water out of the boiler than it puts in.. A further point to note is that the heat in the water taken from the boiler is not lost, but is returned to it. It is said that in a recent three-hours trial of a torpedo boat having this feed- regulating device, the valves were not touched once. _--———— >? <2 — Messrs. LAIRD Bros., of Birkenhead, England, have turned out a very smart torpedo-boat destroyer for the Chilian government, and on the trial, which took place on-the 15th of November, an average speed of 31.8 knots was attained. WILEForRD’s ~” MATCHLESS WATER-PROOF CANVAS The best in the market for hatch covers, is stronger, lighter,-and more durable than.any water-proof goods yet produced. It is made of atwisted thread of pure flax which renders it very strong. It will not crack like cotton goods which isa great advantage. EDWARD A. BUNKER, Room 617 27 and 29 William St., New York. beter aetna QUEEN CITY Hydraulic Steerer. The best and most powerful Steerer for Tugs, Steamers, Etc. 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