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Ga ain ar Juiy 27, 1899. THE MARINE RECORD. 13 Eee Oe eee ee eee eee SSE SKY PILOT TALK. At the recent annual convention of the Christian En- deavor Society, held in Detroit, Miss Antoinette P. Jones, of Falmouth, Mass., a prominent worker in this branch of the Endeavor cause, made the following address : When, last year, naval triumphs filled our thoughts, our brothers on the sea were hailed heroes indeed. None the less were they heroes, previous to the war, in their life of isolation on their ships before the red fire of battle glorified them, nor since, after hardship and depression has suc- ceeded. No previous knowledge of sailors or the sea is necessary, but a thorough consecration, tact, some experience in evangelistic work as a soul winner and prayerful judgment are all needed. In each port the work must be adapted to existing con- ditions. In some ports the work converges to a compara- tively small point, while in another port it is extended along many miles of frontage. Where work has already been established and has right of way, it should be cordially respected and no plans made which will encroach on their field. Usually such work and workers can be materially benefitted by the Christian En- deavorers assisting in the regular services. Almost immediately a necessity is forced upon you for a regular meeting place, a reading room, ora ‘‘home.’’ While the men from ships can be cordially invited to regular church services, these do not usually afford the time nor variety, nor freedom for personal work that gospel services do, arranged to meet the special need of: the sailor. Hospitals and barracks, more easily reached with regular services and visitation, afford grand fields for personal work, as some of you have experienced. How much is a home needed by a sailor who comes into a great city alone, without friends save the saloonkeeper. I want to tell you what ‘‘Bill’’ says, and he knows: “Jack isn’t as bad as he is put up to be. Of course there are good and bad in every flock, but a man in a uniform is more noticéable than a man in ordinary dress. If you want to win a sailor to Christ, love is the only way ‘to conquer. Take him by the hand and lead him home, But first you must have a home he feels he is welcome in. ‘* Have something different from what he comes in con- tact with on shipboard. Put him on a level with men who stay ashore and don’t go tosea to defend the country’s honor. Treat him asa man, and heis as good as: the one who stays at home and never sees life in foreign climes. ‘* The reason he goes to the bar for grog is because he has no other place to go, asa rule, and the saloonkeeper gives him the glad hand, and Jack, being afloat in a strange land, is easily led by the invitation, for he is like a ship without the rudder, adrift in a strange land with nowhere to lay his head. If there isa home and some one to bid him welcome, he is just as easily led to the good as he is to the bad, if you catch him in time, before the land sharks grab him. ‘*So, when you have him in tow, make him comfortable and make him feel welcome. Let him have a good meal, for Jack likes something nice and tasty. Then a nice warm room to sit in and read in and write a letter, the ink and paper right at hand for him, and then he is landed, pro- vided you have for him a nice, clean, soft bed for the night. If you haven’t the bed clean and soft, no good hay- ing the rest, for that will knock him off his course quicker than anything else, and off he will go on another tack, and of course no other place than a rum shop. ‘‘In he goes, gets all in a muddle, and don’t know where he lies and don’t care, for he knows he is away from home and friends, with no one to care for him, and he thinks he is making the best of his time. Therefore, he is lost, when a good bed and home might have been the means of bring- ing him to the Saviour, and putting him on the road to the ‘Home, Sweet Home,’ where he would meet his friends, never more to part.’’ é Do you know what an average sailors’ boarding house is like? Then investigate. Would it be a suitable ‘‘home’’ for your own brother? Ask the Lord what you can do toward founding areal ‘‘home’’ in your home city. TRANSFERS OF VESSEL PROPERTY. Among the recent transfers of vessel property are the fol- lowing: H. A. Root—Ralph C. Brittain, of Saugatuck, to A. R. Colborne, of Michigan City, the whole, $1. Steamer Music —J. C. Post and others, of Holland, to Herman Slingerland, of Manistee, the whole $4,500. Schooner T. Y. Avery— Manlius Bonner, of St. Ignace, to William Hulmes and oth- ers, of Charlevoix, the whole, $400. Schooner G. B. Forester —William McCullough, of Port Huron, to William Spooner, of South Haven, the whole, $300. Steamer Lizzie Walsh— Hermanus Boone to F. K. Kolby and J. C. Post, of Holland, the whole, $700. Steamer Mary—Michael D. Murray to R. J. Murray, of St Ignace, one-half $600. Christian Rostad, three-sixths of the schooner Lonie Bur- ton, 197 tons, to Michael Zellmann, $2,250. Anthony Bolstan, one-third of schooner Burton to Peter Hansen, of Washington Island, $1,500. Sophia Smith, Richard Smith and Herman Rehmer of Wau- kegan, steamer Emma Blocker to Christian Hansen for $1,500. Ulysses Cornell, of Algoma, fishing steamer Welcome to J. W. Cornell, of Detroit, $750. Gustav Clauson, three-fourths of schooner Ebenezer to Gunderwald Gunderson, $250. Ole Hansen, one-eight of steamer John W. Jones to T. COMPRESSED AIR TO LIFT SHIPS. The method of using compressed air for raising and float- ing stranded vessels has recently been given some attention, on account, more particularly perhaps, of the recent strand- ing of the American Line steamer Paris. Mr. George W. Dickie, Manager of the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, in a letter to Mr. Frank Richards who had previously written an article on the subject, says: ‘‘There is no doubt that all that you maintain in the article referred to can be accomplished and especially so if ships are built with the idea of using compressed air for such a purpose. I have long advocated the use of compressed air on board ships as a means of safety in case of damage to the outer skin. “I would like to refer you to volume 19 of the “I'ransac- tions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers,’ containing my paper on the ‘Transmission of Power in Naval Vessels.’ In writing as I did in that paper, I had considerable experience to support me. The British ship, ‘Jessie Osborn,’ went ashore about three miles north of the Heads of San Francisco Bay, where the coast is bristling with sharp rocks, and where there is always a certain amount of seaon. Upon examination of this vessel I came to the conclusion that there was only one possible way of getting her off, and that was by using compressed air under the hold deck. For this purpose we strengthened the hold deck by bracing; recaulked it so as to be sure that it was tight; installed a compressor on the deck of the vessel, with boiler, etc., and connected the discharge of the com- - pressor to the déck opening into the lower hold below. The attempt was entirely successful, and although a large por- tion of the bottom of this vessel was literally gone, open- ings in it that you could drive a cart through, she was suc- cessfully floated out amongst these rocks, several new holes being pierced in the bottom while pulling her out. We could raise and lower this vessel as we pleased after we got her into deep water by simply letting off or pumping air in, and she was kept afloat by this air cushion until such time as the dock was ready to receive her. 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