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THE —~_ S Made in seven sizes by JOHN BLISS & CO,, 128 Front Street, New York, is finely finished sensitive, accurate and durable. Moves quickly THE HEAVENS. The long nights of fall and winter time have now fairly set in, and for six months to come the opportunity will be afforded to every one who cares to take an interest therein to become in some measure acquainted with the face of the sky. The beautiful constellations now visible, Cygnus, Aquila, Cassiopeia and Andromeda, and those that will soon fill the arch of heaven the long winter through, such as Orion, Tarus, Lepus, etc., should prove interesting to every thoughtful person. In October the moon is full on the 8th. First quarter is on the Ist, and last quarter on 15th. New moon occurs on the 23fd. The tenth day of the moon’s age was on 3rd Oct- ober, and as Copernicus, one of the grandest of the lunar mountains was then on the terminator. Jupiter is now rapidly nearing the sun, and is also quickly moving eastward in his circuit. His movement can be watched, sucha star as Beta Scorpii being used as a measur- ing point. However, by the end of the month he will be so near the sun that he will most likely be seen only by keen- est watchers, as he will set soon after sundown. Saturn is still a fine object in the evening sky, hovering close to the western verge of the Milky Way in Sagittarius. Uranus, a planet not often picked up by amateurs, will be very near Jupiter on the evening of the 19th. It will be just twenty-five minutes of arc, or not quite a moon’s breadth south of Jupiter. During September, Venus was a morning star and towards the end of the month could be seen so late as 10 a, m., shin-- ingin daylight. The unaided eye could easily see it. In October it is still a morning star, but getting nearer the sun. Mercury is an evening star. Mars is now a fine object in the skies of early morning, and being in Cancer is well placed for observation. Two occultations occur in October which will be interest- ing. On the 12th the moon will occult the star Zeta Tauri, and the planet Uranus on the 26th. The following constellations can be well seen in October: Aquarius, Pegasus and Cepheus on the meridian, Cassiopeia, Andromeda, Cetus Aries and Pisces east of it, and Lyra, Cygnus, Delphinus Aquila and Capricornus west of it. On the 15th the following first magnitude stars are visible: Vega, Altair, Deneb, Formalhaut, Capella. Among other objects the splendid Nebula Andromeda, near the star Nu Androm, and the magnificent double clus- ter in the sword handle in Perseus can be well seen. The Orionid meteors and Delta Geminid meteors are due this month. oe or The hull of the steamship Venturic, building at Cramp’s shipyard for the Oceanic Steamship Co., was launched on Wednesday afternoon. The steamor is 4oo feet long, 50 feet beam and 23 feet depth of hold. and is extremely steady. Is the best Liquid Com. CO MI P ASS pass ever made in this or any country. For sale by ship chandlers generally. GALVANIC ACTION OF COPPER SHEATHING It has been discovered that the brass bolts of the under- water fittings of the cruiser Spartiate have been badly cor- roded by the chemical action of the copper sheathing. The Ariadne and €partiate, sister ships, are in dry dock at Ports- mouth side by side, and both ships have been similarily affected. A few days since the Ariadne, when at her buoy, was found to be leaking rapidly, and it was assumed that a Kingston valve had been inadvertently left open. She was: however, hurriedly docked, when it was ascertained that, owing to the corrosion of the bolts inside and outside the ship, the mountings of one of the underwater fittings had fallen off; hence the inrush of water. outer bolts of the Spartiate had previously been detected, but an examination of the inner bolts showed that the action was going on there also. A report on the discovery has been forwarded 'to the Admiralty. The galvanic action of copper on other metals is by no means a new disease. For years we have been experiment- ing to overcome it, and for a time zinc was believed to be an effectual prophylactic. Then naval brass, so compounded as to embrace all the panaceas, was adopted, and now intwo of our finest cruisers it has proved a failure. I leave it to the imaginative correspondent to describe what might have happened had the Ariadne lost the mounting of her under- water fi ting while chasing the enemy during the maneuvers; but it requ res little imagination to realize that serious dam- age may result from under-water fittings dropping off in the ocean owing to corroded bolts. One cannot, however, fail to smile at the comic side of the question. Here we have ships copper-sheathed in order that they may keep the sea for lengthened periods, and yet, because they are copper- sheathed, they cannot go through the maneuvers without becoming so leaky as to threaten their own safety.—Naval and Military Record of August 30. ooo INDUSTRIES OF SAULT STE. MARIE. The. industries of Sault Ste. Marie are rapidly becoming important. There are on the Canadian side of Sault Ste. Marie the Algoma Commercial Co., the Canadian Steel Co., the Sault Ste. Marie Pulp and Paper Co., and the Lake Su- perior Power Co. American power companies are supplying power to the numerous companies above mentioned, and are also supply- ing the city of Sault Ste. Marie with both electric and. water power. They have at the present time a capacity for de- veloping 16,800 horse-power by forty-two turbine wheels of 400 horse-power each. The intention is to construct an ad- ditional one of much larger capacity in the near future. The pulp company is turning out 150 tons of pulp per day, prac- tically all of which goes to France, Germany, and England. The managers have a large sulphide plant under construc- tion, which will be finished. in a very few weeks, and have The corrosion of the an output of 75 tons of chemical pulp per day. They also 4 have very large iron works and manufacture a great deal of their machinery, including many electric appliances, and they have made in their own works the iron columns for their new buildings. They have also under way smelting works for the manufacture of pig iron, and, with the addition of the nickel ore received from their own mines at Sudbury, will make ‘‘ferro-nickel pig.’’ These companies also control on the American side of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., the Lake Superior Power Co., the Union Carbide Co., American Alkali Co., and the Michigan Reduction Co. They are constructing a canal on the Michigan side, and water-power works which will contain three hundred and sixty turbine wheels with a capacity of 125 horse-power each. The capitalization is $3,500,000, and the works will cost that when completed. The water-power on the Michi- gan side will also be used to run factories similar to those now on the Canadian side, with a carbide mill and an alkali factory in addition. The product «f the carbide millis owned by the Carbide Co., of Chicago, and the product of the alkali factory by the American Alkali Co., of Philadel- phia. CHARLES E. TURNER, Consul-General, TT OO OSS REMOVAL OF PIERS. Major Clinton B. Sears, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., in charge of the conservancy and improvement of rivers and harbors on Lake Superior, has called for bids for the re- moval of the southerly old pier of the Duluth ship canal, the new one now being practically completed « xcept on the harbor end. The bids will be opened at Major Sears’ office Oct. 12, and it is specified that work shall begin as soon as possible this fall, after navigation has ceased to such an ex- tent that the work will not interfere with the movement of boats. It is further provided that the work must be accom- plished before Feb. 1. The contractor who gets the work will, therefore have to remove the old pier in about two months, though he may be able to begin operations before the close of November, if it should happen to be a short sedson, or if for any other cause the vessel movement dur- ing the latter part of that month should be light. The old southerly pier contains considerable material, and it will be an undertaking of magnitude to remove it, In the pier are 2,275 cords of rock and 960,000 feet of timber. The contractor will require the service of a dredge with a tooth dipper to carry on the work. Most of the material will be dumped in the lake at some point to be designated by the engineer in charge. The old pier is 1,218 feet in length, and from 15 to 20 feet wide. When the boats begin moving next spring the old pier will have disappeared. The light-house on the old pier will be transferred to temporary piers, where they will remain until the new steel light-houses are erected early next spring.