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‘OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS, t pouring oilon the troubled waters wight . both vessel and cargo, the proposition was ughed to scorn, The wise old heads knew better. ~ Some of the younger skippers thought _ the scheme might be worth trying, and so put the theory tothe test. ‘They found it to work exceedingly well—so well, indeed, that in port here they told their brother masters of their suc- cess. Stories of vessels having been saved by the method were told at infrequent intervals in the South street resorts, and were received with | much of the doubting-Thomas spirit. Finally ; what were looked upon as yarns took on a culor of verity with a vengeance, and even the oldest : of the skippers began to believe in the oil story. The result of this has been that there is no: a week passes, in fuct hardly a day, but the mas- ter of some vessel drops into the United ‘t tes hydrographic bureau and informs Lieut. Cott- man or some of his staff of the benefits he has derived during the stormy weather which now prevails from the use vil. So efficacious has it 5 proved in a number of instances that the atien- tion of the ship owners has been called so that they bave fitted up their craft with special fix- ‘tures for the purpose of fighting huge waves with oi]. The British steamship Kate Fawcett * is one of these; tanks are fitted upon deck fer the special purpose of carrying vil, and from them pipes Jead through the ship’s side just above the water line. In cuse the waves become particularly threatening Captain Young has the stopcocks in the pipes opened and lets out a bit of oil, He bas found the plan to work extremely well, and when running finds it necessary to send out but one callon in four hours. He used linseed or varnish oil. The British steamship j Earnwell is simiJarly fitted, and its officers have found that the loosening of even a swall quantity of oil has kept the water from breaking over the decks of the steamer. In cases where vessels are not specially fitted for fighting mountains of water with oil, skip- pers sling over the bows bags filled with coarse | heavy oils, which oozes through the coarse mate- rial of which the bags are made, and has a won- | derfully calming effect on old Neptune. The only trouble in these cases, say the ski) pers, is that the vil is at to clog up the canvas of the bags and so prevent perfect percolation. This Captain Lord, of the American steamship Ad- vance found out when he was caught out in a | 1 \ | i severe storm between St. Thomas and the Bar- | badoes last mouth. . So he rigged up a big water | filter over the weather board, and treated the | | waves which threatened to engulph the vessel to | & copious bath of oil, and so kept the cross seas from washing over the deck of his steamer. Most any kind of oil seems to do the work re- quired, but Captain Peters, of the British steam. | ship Lyon, has probably used the strangest mix- ture yet repoited, one of cod liver oil and lio- | seed oil, of both of which he happened to havea big consignment in his cargo. A couple of gal- lons of fish oil, says Captain Schulz, saved the schooner W. H. Jones from losing a single stick of logwood from his deck cargo, while he was trying to weather a severe gale off Hatteras dur- ing his last trip to this port.—New York Times. AT a meeting of the board of maragers of the Lake Carr.ers’ Association J.‘I', Whiting, Esq., of Detroit, was, on motion of Captain James Millen, formally authorized to repre- sent the Lake Carriers’ Association at Wash- ington during the present season, and to speak for the association in matters affecting lake interests. Mr. Whiting is well known at Washington, and will be a most valuable representative. His intimate acquaintance with the requirements of our lake commerce renders him especially well fitted for this re- sponsible position. LAWRENCE, OSTROM & CO.’S Pamous “ Belle of Bourbon?’ 18S DEATH TO aan CHILLS AND FEVER, TYPHOID FEVER, INDIGESTIUN DYSPEPSIA, SURGICAL FEVER-. BLOOD POISONING, CONSUMPTION SLNEPLESSNESS OR INSOMNIA AND NON-ASSIMEI:,ATION OF FOOD, TEN SEARS OLD. NO FUSIL OTL. ‘MMSLLAdd V LVAD AHL WN PRODUCING OUR BELLE of BOURBOW WE USE ONLY THE FLINTY OR KOMINY PART OF THE GRAIM THUS FREEING IT OF FUSEL OIL BEFORE/IT IS DISTILLED SOLUTELY PURE. » Citumb Ces Z For Sale by JOHN SOHLITZ, 120 Superior THOMAS OHARLTON, 129 Suverior st Oleveland, 0., and Druggists. Wine Merchants & Grocers Everywhere. LAWRENCE, OSTROM & CO. Lonisvil ¢, Ky A | STEBL BOILER AND SHIP PLATES, ANGLES, BEAMS, CHANNEL AND 7 ht OY yin es Cone eee Lee Z Sage ante ea wie he Barer ps Re AE PANES y Ihe Marine Recon. IRA B. ‘BASZETT. GEORGE PRESLEY, Jr. ORS and Wholesale Jobbers of Bar, Bridge and Car Iron, Hoops, Bands and Sheet Iron, oe Boiler, Bridge and Tank Plates, nee Nails, Ship and Railroad Spikes BOILER TUBES, BOILER, TANK AND COOPER RIVETS, _ We also hepieacat in this Market the Following Well-known Manufacturers: Sanderson Bros. Steel Co, Andrews Bros. & ae CAST STEEL, FEE EEE EES ‘ — sun BAR IRON. Reading Iron Works., BOILER TUBES. } Joseph Corns & Son. 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