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“2 ing to his stock of useful information. ny-wa his “gagers,’ ard he thus gets me insight into the art of filling and ram— m ing sand ina flask. At noon-time he getsa e flask in the corner, and tries to make a of some fancy piece of ironmongery. _ In my time, the favorite pattern, the “piece de_ resistance,” was a flat-iron holder; it took bu little iron to make, had an ornamental lookt d was easily carried home as a trophy. e works away by himself, copying , all the operations of the moulder’ the flasks are being poured off, he mes his friend the moulder to pour beneath the mould all right, but no iron in it —he had forgotten to cuta runner from the gate tothe mould, by which to let the iron flow into it. His friend the moulder well knew that he had neglected to do so, but he thought the best way to have him remember to do it afterward was to let him make a fail- ure of his first attempt. ‘It may seem a strange thing that a boy, to be a machinist and an engineer, in in the foundry, but so it was in age” of which Ispeak. After ut the foundry until he could d grate bars, sleigh shoes, and plow a until another boy had come to take in cleaning castings, he was promo- king in the blacksmith shop. misfortunes that befell him there ning the art of working wrought fill far more time than is now at CG Bee 9h i oe ‘As you will never again see the old time _ apprentice ‘boy who wanted to be a mechaa- ngineer, so no more will you ever see old time smith shop, in which he ‘considerable portion of his time, and ‘which he traveled on this, as he then _ by no means royal road to learning. iftly revolving fan made “music in air” in that shop; but instead, a wheezing ellows, whose wrinkled, leathern sides puffed ut and shrunk in with every stroke of the bellows pole, gave breath to the flame upon ‘the hearth, When extra heavy heat was to be made, or a weld taken, a heavy stone was laid upon its floating top, which added fierce- ness to the blast, and labor to the sweating youth atthe pole. The art with which the . skilled smith heaps high the coals above the tuyere, sprinkling their outer surface with water inorder to make beneath ita hollow fire whose blazing roof should reflect down on to the iron beneath the inclosed heat, should be seen, not told. His watchful eye peers into each crevice, to see to it that the heat is made uniform, and that no burning of exposed edges takes place. Now and then he dashes ina little clean sand to make a flux that shall protect from oxidiz- tion its more exposed parts. Ranged in front of the anyil are the three or four extra strikers called in for the occa- sion; and who, with upraised sledges poised in the air, await the coming heat. Now from out the roaring fire the white hot iron comes, dripping with melted slag, and about which there gleams up a halo of fiery scintillations that light up the dingy shop with an un- wonted cheerfulness. ‘“Now,”’ cries the smith, and the leading sledge falls on the plastic iron, followed one after another by the others, until under the tuneful measure of their falling strokes the yielding metal is slowly and steadily beaten into forms of usefulness and beauty. Here, as in the foundry, our hero is add- Watch- ing his opportunity, he tries his skill in shaping a piece of iron, and with the usual experience of all who first essay that appar— ently simple operation, he finds that every time he lays the heated iron upon the anvil, and hitsit with the hammer, it somehow twists from out the tongs, flies past his head, and lands across the shop. Yet every time he starts out to hunt up that lively iron, there comes to him an idea that perhaps he had failed to hold it level on the anvil, until, with frequent dodging and frequent chasing, he finds that the apparently easy thing of hold— ing a piece of ironina pair of tongs while pounding itisanart. Soon he learns how to heat and shape a steel cold chisel, and much delight it is, when finished, to heat and dip it in the water, rub it bright with a bit of sandstone, and watch with nervous anxiety | the glowing colors of each varying temper, as they chase each other toward their vanishing point. Ifin his haste he plunges the steel back into the water too soon, and leaves it so | hard that it breaks, or if he neglects the cool. ing too long, and his chisel is made soft and worthless, with each failure there comes to him, and to remain with him, an education | which practice alone can bring, and practice alone perfect. | The drawings furnished the smith in those | days were of varied styles. Sometimes the object wanted was somewhat crudely drawn in the dirt floor of the shop, by the toe of the : master’s boot. If it wassomething very par- | _ Montague, Mich., MANUFACTURERS OF MARINE AND STATIONARY ENGINES AND BOILERS, Of Every Style and Size, PROPELLER ‘WHEELS and Heavy CastingS A Specialty. * ticular, it was chalked out on the back of the WANTED. door, or on the top of the bellows, accom- ‘ 3 5 . out boiler, etc, panied with a verbal description, aided by a thick thumb sliding up and down, a well worn rule. Having glanced atsome of the knowledge and experience that came to our hero through the foundry and smith shop, all of which he found of great value in after life, we must hasten on to the senior years of his study, lars write to FOR SALE. HARBOR TUG FOR SALE, HE TUG MYRTLE, of Sandusky, Ohio; for sale cheap. Is in first-class condition. FRED GROOCH, Sandusky, 0. Send for Circular and Prices GOOD MARINE ENGINE, 20x22, with or with- Address box 1, branch office Maiine Record, 252 South Water st , Chicago, Ill. For particu- BARGE B. M. BAKER for sale cheap for cash, or will exchange for real estate. Thisisa bargain. J. W. WESTOOTT, Detroit, Mich. which finally culminated in his graduation from the machine shop. FOR SALE. I have, in a hurri i W ANT AN OFFER fora marine boiler, in good Negi rried and imperfect ty condition, ready to use; dimensions, 84 feet tried to describe the foundry and the smith | diameter and 18 feet long. shop of the “chalk age,’”’ but how shall I be able to bring to your view the machine shop of that gone-by period—a shop which Iso well remember, but which you will never see? As I walk through the steam heated, electric lighted, frescoed and varnished machine shop of today, whose swept and garnished floor gives no hint of litter or of labor, I have to pause and close my eyes until memory brings back the picture of the low, dingy, ill-lighted worse heated, and scantily furnished machine shop of the ‘‘chalk age” and of my youth— shops then to be found all over the country, gers, barge. Address, BOX 90, FOR SALE, by 20. Willsell cheap. Address, FOR SALE FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. OR STEAMBARGE, A NEW PASSENGER steam- er, will carry 75 tons freigh’, allowed 115 passen- Will sell on easy terms or exchange for steam Petosky, Michigan. CAPT. V. E. MEYERS, Maniiowoe, Wis. ARINE ENGINE nearly new, includes bilge pump, hand pump and force pump, evlinder 17 K. BOX, Record Office. WO MARINE BOILERS 7 years old in good order for sole cheap, 934 feet shell by 16 feet loog for $1,000 each, 44 down balance one year, by C. H. LANE, BUFFALO, N. Y. but gone now, and forgotten; shops in which the boys of long ago worked, and, unaided, wrestled with difficult problems, and from out of which there came some of the ablest thinkers as well as the most successful engi- neers of to-day. Were I speaking to the older members of a profession of which you are standing on the threshold, I could. I am sure, even with my imperfect description, re- call to them memories of this gone-by, but not forgotten, epoch of their lives. FOR SALE, Thoroughly over hauled this FOR SALE. signed for sale cheap, chinery is as _ good ITED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE, Cleve- The ers are allowed 100 pounds of steam. Inquire of ae CAPTAIN THOMAS DOWLING, 248 Clinton st., Cleveland, 0, TyASSENGER PROPELLER GOLDEN EAGLE, spring, “Sutton? Engine 14X14, 100 pounds steam, runs 14 miles an hour easily, and earrys #00 peeple. | reute for her and will sell for what she is worth, JAMES E. ENGLISH. East Saginaw. Mich. Owner has no MUG DREADNAUGHT is offered bythe under- She isin good condition, has double engines, and it is well known that the ma- i as can be made, boil- N U _ land, O., Feb. 12, 1881.—Sealed separate propo- salsin duplicate, will be received at this office until 12 m., on Friday, March 15, 1889, andthen opened. for | dredging at the following harbors: At Monroe har- bor, Mich.; at Toledo harbor, O.; at Port Clinton har- bor, 0.; at Sandusky harbor, 0.; at Huron harbor, 0.; at Black River harbor, 0,; at Cleveland harbor, 0,; at Fairport harbor, V.; at Ashtabula harbor, O. All in- formation can be obtained at this office. The United States_reserves the right to reject any or all propo- sals, Preferences will be given to materials and plant of domestic production or manufacture, con- OR SALE— 270 M feet of lumber. Rates, A 24 coal, or 250 M feet of lumber. most desirable investment, CORD, Cleveland, O. cound and equipped, will carry 500 tons of Also, a two-masted schooner; capacity, 425 Rates, A 244. Both these vessels have been well kept up and are Apply to PARKER & MILLEN, Detroit, Mich., or to THE MARINE RE- A HANDY THREE-MASTED SCHOONER, well coal, Or tons of ditions of quality and price (import duties included) being equal. The attention of bidders is invited to acts of Vongress approved February 26, 1885, and February 23, 1887, vol, 23, page 332, and vol. 24, page 414, statutes at large. L. COOPER OVERMAN, Major of Engineers. FORK SALE. ARGE COL. BRACKEI'—She carries 260M feet of lumber, 420 tons of coal. Had $200 worth of re- pairs last season, Fit out good. Price $1,600. Men- tion this paper, ED. J. KENDALL, Port Huron: CUSICK, Fort Howard, Wis. FOR SALE. ARGES LEADER AND JUNIPER, i ap Sale J 375,000 each. a waged For price and terins inquire of N. MILLS «& CO., Cleveland; Ohio. FOR SALE. HARBOR TUG for sale. Engine 18x20, boiler 5 feet 6 inches by 11 feet, and allowed 100 pounds of steam, and is A2, valued at $5,500 by Lloyd’s register, but the owner will take $4,600 cash. For further par- tieulars inquire at 113 Franklin avenue, Cleveland. O CAPT. BE. DAHLKE. = AT WANTED. CHOONERS—20 to 40 tons,in good rapair. Send | B, C. LINDLEY, CHOONER FRANC MINER, are as follows: 68 feet keel, 17 feet beam, 5 feet feb 2 hold, she hastwo masts and is three years old, in feb21-4_ | good shape, outfit and alt. i also have a e¢ mplete out- 3 & | fft for a tug or barge, engine 18 by 20, boiler 644 b: FOK SALE. 114, shaft wheel and all Hye sey write to L. NAU, Green Bay, or CAPTAIN J. A. Her dimensions FOR SALE. TUG BOAT, STEAM YACHT, &c, lete. feet long, Box 479. Traverse City, Mich. | 1014 feet beam; engine 8x9, Scotch steel boiler, 2 WANTED | masts, and furnished all complete. - " 1 marine engine 20x22, fed eee good towing tug. about 18x20 engine. 1 marine engine 14x16. Inquire of CAPT. E. 8. SMITH, ] marine engine lixl4. No. #0 Twelfth avenue, East Duluth, Minn. Apply as above, January, 1889, Whe Marine Record. For particulars | Bel’s Steam Zugine Works, = 1new Wooden Tug, 76 feet long, 1534 feet beam; en- | gine 18x20, steel boiler 6 ft. 8 in. by 10 ft. 9 in. ae | pine} and iron Bieam: ¥ Acti 85 took Lone 14 feet 4 3H : inches beam; compound engine 9x18, 12 in. stroke, in- fulldescription and photo oy drawing. Address, | dependent condenser, with boiler all o 1 wooden steam yacht, “Little Mac, | reach Cory, Elinira, Binghampton, ===. MONTAGUE IRON WOR ANTIED—TO BUY TWO TOW BARGES of Y about, 500,000 capacity, or two A 2 schooners.’ Address, CAPTAIN A. FLAGSTAD, > Montague, Mich, Notice to Vessel Owners. HAVE CUSTOMERS FOR several barges, both steam and tow, and would be pleased to hear from each and every owner having vessels for sale, givin: name, capacity, draught of water, light and loaded. steam, condition and age of boiler, size of engine, etc. Correspondence solicited direct from owner, as I will not divide commission’ Addrers, J. F. VHITPEMORE. Agent and Ship Broker Bay City, Mich. FOR SALE. Two Togs aud Three Marine oilers. Tug Uncle Sam. Length 60 feet, beam 14 feet, depth 7 feet, draft 8 feet, engine 17 by 17: steel boiler 12 feet long, 5 feet 4 inches diameter, of 34ths plate, allowed 100 pounds ofsteam. Hull rebuilt in 1887, Price $5000. Tug J. C. Ingram, Length 54 feet, beam 15 feet 6 inches, depth 7 fee’, engine 17 by 18, boiler 10 feet long, 544 feet diameter, of 34ths plate, allowed 60 pounds of steam. Rebuift in 1885. Price $5000. A Martne Steel Boiler, 17 feet long, 7 feet diameter, allowed 110 pounds of {team, 6 years old, in good condition; price $800. A Marine lron Boiler, 14 feet long, 7% feet diameter, allowed 80 pounds of steam, in good repair; price $400. Marine Iron Boiler, 14 feet long, 544 feet diameter, allowed 90 pounds steam, in good condition; price $300. Apply to DUNHAM TOWING & WRECKING CO., 234 South Water 8t., Chicago, Il. ERIE RAILWAY. The favorite and picturesque route to New York, Boston, and the Hast. The shortest and quickest route to Pittsburg, Washington and Baltimore, and the southeast. New Central Depot South Water st. and Viaduct. Change of time goes into effect Dec 1888. Central or ninetieth meridian t slower than Cleveland city time. Until further notice trains willleave from the new Central Depot, South Water street and Viaduct, as DEPART. No. 62, Mahoning Valley Ac %m . 72, New York Express - No. 72, Past Pittsburg Expre No. 64, Pittsburg Express ..... No, 66, Leavittsburg Accom . No, 68, New York Express No, 68, Pittsburg Express No. 70, Pittsburg Local E) No. 74, Shenango Vailey Express ARRIVE. , 33 minutes | follows: Fast New York Expres . *12 50pm 0. Pittsburg Expres +7 35pm \o. 67, Pittsburg Express *10 55a m +12 50pm *6 55pm *6 55pm Pittsburg Express No. 13, Youngstown Local.... *Daily. tDaily except Sunday. #F-This is the only route by which passengers can i New York City, and intermediate points without change. No change to Boston and New England cities. | Baggage checked through to all points East. Through tickets and information regarding the route can be obtained at office, 141 Superior street, and at depot N. Y.,P.& O. railroad, South Water street nnd Viaduct, Cleveland, A. M. TUCKER, Gen. Supt., Cleveland, L. P. FARMER, Gen. Pass. Agent, New York. W. C. RINEARSON. A. G, P. A, Cleveland. M.L, FOUTS, asaeriany Ticket Agent, 141 Superior street, Weddell House, Cleveland. EE SuLr-Trommine Hatcuss AND Buakr’s PATENT 32 Excha: BUFFAL MANUFACTURER & DEALER IaNg AND ay 156 River-st, Gleveland, Mhio No one should leave port without a box of M. M. Glekler’s marine cigars. J. C. GOSS. Sail Maker ana tigger 20 amd 22 Woodward Ay., DETROIT - - MICH LARGE STORAGE ACCOMMODATION FOR VESSEL OUTFITS. Covering Bollers and Steam Pipes aS ecialty GEO. RANDERSON & SON, DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF FRE2H AND SALT Vessel Orders Promptly Filled. Telephone 1732. No. 236 Detroit Street, CLEVELAND,O. seine TeAVElers? Informa or tion BUrCal, —* Ocean, Lake “and Railroad 2224 Bank St, CLEVELAND, 0 KOR SALE. TEAM BARGE PASSAIC. and fous consarts, Cas pacity, 8,800 tons coal or 2,400,000 feet timber, Boat now laid upat Buffalo. For terms and price, inquire of J. M. JONES, 62 Griswold St., or 0. C. BLODGETT, 242 Woodbridge St., Detroit, Michigan, Topaccos |