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THE MARINE RECORD. JULY 12, Igco. © Truscott VAPOR MARINE MOTORS. Pintsch Gas Lighted Buoys. BAINES BROS. PROVISION MERCHANTS 88 SHIPPERS OF LARD, SAUSAGE ETC PG GEBee PLSASUHe CAAT: Adopted by the English, German, French, Russian, Italian and VESSEL 43.44849 ELK STREET MARKET PHONE Bf United States Light-House Departments for channel and harbor 2 SPECIALTY SUFFALO. MY. ae TRUSCOTT BOAT MFG. CO. ST. JOSEPH, MICH. SEND 5 STAMPS FOR CATALOG, lighting. Burn Continuously from 80 to 365 days and nights without attention, and can be seen a distance of six miles. ...... Controlled by THE SAFETY CAR HEATING AND LIGHTING CO. 160 Broadway, New York City. Over 1,000 gas buoys and gas beacons in service. Cleveland Telephone, — Glen. 87 F. CHAS. R. DITTRICK, SUBMARINE DIVER ~™re» 21 Everton Street, D Night Call. ye Seah php ise GLENVILLE, 0. Answered Promptly. THE—— & pe ” Bliss COMPASS LIQUID (iri) Made in seven sizes by JOHN BLISS & CO., 128 Front Street, New York, is finely finished sensitive, accurate and durable. and is extremely steady. pass ever made in this or any country. For sale by ship chandlers generally. Moves quickly Is the best Liquid Com: POPULAR ASTRONOMICAL NOTES. The earth passed the point in her orbit at the greatest dis- tance from the sun, Aphelion, July 2, and was then in round numbers 94,513,000 miles distant from him. Though so far removed from our central luminary, his rays so strike the earth in our latitude at that time as to produce the max- imum effect, to which fact the intense heat recently experi- enced bears ample testimony. The theory that intense heat is caused by the presence in the sun of large spots, received no confirmation during the past week, asthere were no spots on the sun at that time. No one can predict with certainty the duration of asunspot. Its existence may be limited toa few hours, or prolonged through many months, sometimes continuing for more than a year. Mercury will be evening star during the month, but owing to the strong twilight, he will not be easily seen, though his eastern elongation from the sun is unusually great, be- ing 26°. He will be most favorably situated for observation the fore part of the month, Venus will be missed from our evening sky, where she has so long been the acknowledged queen of beauty. She passed inferior conjunction July 8 and from that date will. be morning star. She will be but a few days in passing the sun and will soon be as beautiful in the morning sky as she has so long been the gem of the evening. The narrow cres- cent which she now presents will gradually grow wider as she slowly turns her bright face toward the earth. Her dis-. tance from us will increase as she leaves the earth behind and passes swiftly on in her orbit. Mars is in Taurus and can only be seen in the early morn- ing when “rosy-fingered’’ dawn is clothing the eastern sky in robes of gorgeous beauty. Heis not at all conspicuous and only his intimate friends will be able to recognize him in his present phase. As his orbit lies next outside that of the earth, his apparent motion, caused by the actual motion of the earth, is greater than that of any other planet, and hence he is the most difficult to keep track of. Especially is this the case during his off year, when by reason of his great distance from the earth, he becomes scarcely equal in brightness to a second magnitude star. He is now return- ing from his heaven-wide wanderings and approaching the earth, and consequently increasing in brightness. At the close of the month he will be more than seven millions of miles nearer than at the beginning. After Noy. 11 he will be classed as evening star, as he will then rise before mid- night. Jupiter is at the flood tide of his brilliancy and is by far the most conspicuous planet in the heavens. He is found in Scorpio and apparently in close proximity to Beta Scor- pionis. With his retinue of large satellites he is always an object of special interest to the amateur observer. Saturn is still in Sagittarius, and will be in favorable position for ob- serving during the month. His rings may now be seen at their best. Arcturus in Bootes, Spica in Virgo, and Regulus in Leo, may now be found west of the meridian in the early evening, the only first magnitude stars in that part of the heavens, and will continue to be visible most of the month. Antares in Scorpio, the constellation now especially favored by hav- ing Jupiter as its guest, may be found a few degrees south- east of the giant planet. Farther toward the east Altair in Aquila, a first magnitude star midway between two stars of the third magnitude, may easily be recognized. Approach- ing our zenith from the northeast the beautiful Vega in Lyra cannot fail to attract our attention. Toward the north the well-known circumpolar constellations may always be found. Prominent among these, Ursa Major with the Great Dipper is again descending the northwestern heavens. On the opposite side of the pole Cassiopea sits in her starry chair, which at present is too much inclined for comfort. It is always interesting to watch Ursa Minor as he swings for- ever around the pole, apparently suspended by his tail. He furnishes quite an accurate timekeeper to one who knows how to interpret correctly his different positions. No sun spots this morning, the 1oth, just the time of the predicted return of the great sun spot accompanied by in- tense heat. So little do the wisest know of the laws govern- ing the origin and duration of sun spots. ; D. SATTERTHWAITE, Toledo, O. ——— OOD a EASTERN FREIGHT REPORT. Messrs, Funch, Edye & Co., New York, in their weekly freight report, state as follows: The fixtures for grain, being the evening up of previously effected sales, bear most eloquent witness to the continued demoralization of this branch of our export trade, under the fluctuations in price of which berth freights are equally suf- fering. The scarcity of open steamers has, however, sus- tained our general freight market, although the reduced list of charters on our coast would indicate a momentary aecune in the demand: for tonnage for various purposes as ell. Gait tonnage remains quiet, though firm, in consequence of the continued scarcity of available vessels. The trouble in China bids fair to absorb quite an amount of tonnage for the carrying of coal and other bulky supplies for the armies, and thus may tend to assist the already strong position of owners. oo or or THE Northern Pacific Railway Co. has specified Bethle- ham nickel-steel for the driving-axles and crank-pins for twenty locomotives now under contract with the Schenec- tady Locomotive Works, and Bethlehem Steel Co. has al- ready booked orders for the forgings in question. The lat- ter concern reports that the list of railroads using this ma- terial is steadily growing, but calls attention to the fact that those wishing to specify it for locomotive forgings should be careful to designate it as ‘‘Bethlehem Nickel- Steel’”’ as the reputation gained by it has resultedin the production of inferior imitations which do not show the same high qualities. NOTICE TO MARINERS. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA—NORTHERN LAKES AND RIVERS—MICHIGAN. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE pours, | WASHINGTON, D. C., July 5, 1900. St. Mary’s RIVER GAs Buoys. Notice is hereby given that, on or about July 13, 1900, the color of the light shown from the following-named gas buoys in the St. Mary’s river will be changed from white to red, to correspond with the color of the buoys, and to indi- cate on which side they must be passed; the characteristic of each of the lights will thereafter be ‘‘Fixed red Io sec., eclipse 10 sec.”’: Dark Hole gas buoy, No. 24. Vidal Shoals Channel (N. Side) gas buoys, Nos. 90and 92. Middle Ground Gas Buoy, No. 98. Gros Cap Reef gas buoy, No. 106. By order of the Light-House Board. _ .° FRANCIS. J. HIGGINSON, Rear Admiral, U. S. N., Chairman. OFFICE OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE INSPECTOR, IITH DISTRICT, DETROIT, MIcH., July roth, 1900. The attention of mariners is called to Notice to Mariners No. 40 of 1900, issued by the Light-House Board Washington, D. C., on April 7, 1900, relative to the establishment of gas buoys in Lake St. Clair 20th Dredged Channel. LicHt-Housk ata baveaacr | In this notice it is stated that Buoy No. 1 will be located , on the channel side and abreast of the remains of the structure from which lower entrance west side light was shown in 1899. “Buoy No. 13 on the channel side and abreast the remains of the structure from which Upper Middle West Side light was shown.’’ ‘*Buoys Nos. 6. and 20 will be abreast and on the channel side of the remains of the structures from which Lower Mid- dle (East side) and Upper (East side) lights were shown. In addition to these gas buoys, gas buoys Nos. 2, 7, 14and Ig were established, thus making a double row of buoys, one on each side of channel. oOo MN ee a ee In view of the fact that one or two vessels have recently _ struck the remains of the crib structures on the edges of this channel, notice is again given that the buoys in question do not mark the exact spot of the remains of the structures but are established abreast of and close inside of the structures and it is not safe for light draft vessel to pass closer than 100 ft. outside of the line of buoys in this channel. By order of the Light-House Board: J. C. Wirson, Commander, U. S. Navy, Inspector 11th Light-House Dist. ee ce THE Elizabeth Herald, published in Elizabeth, Pa., located on the Monongahela river, issued a special edition June 7th, giving an interesting history of the first vessel built west of the Alleghanies, also of the steamboat industry from then up to the present time. or oo Shipping—Construction of Charter—Lay Days.—A charter party, as modified by further agreements between the par- ties, construed with reference to the number of lay days. al- lowed for loading and discharging cargo. Elmslie et al. vs. - Hagar et al., rot Fed, Rep. (U. S:) 840.