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Show rnlnt for Traveler. flero are nome fact that prospttctive Isitors to Knrope thia stniiinfr will find it handy to cut out and treutmra np for th! time at k iv when they want to appear ap-pear well Wared iii old touriNts on mat-Vera mat-Vera of transatlantic travtd. Tho first steamship that crosfed tho Atlantic was the Suvanimh. in 1810, iu twcniy-liva days, and tho fii'.-t rcirnlar line t-siab-lisiied was tlu.' JJritisli nnd American Koval Mad and Steam Packet company, in MO. A knot i fi,0c0 feet loin?. The dis-tauco dis-tauco from Xev York to Liverpool i& S.oii-t nautical miles by the northern track and U,l;i! miles t y tho sout'iern i track. From Lier;iool to New York ! the distances tiro respec ively ;i,o:i!) and j 3,10'J miles. Iu t.rimatiti;c rccOi.is tiic-' tiic-' points taken on either sidu are h.ocly look and Damn H UocK, (Jnecnstowi; harbor. Tim first Iinht sighted on tiitj Ib iti.-h coast is tint Uull. Cow and Calf, Ireland, and on tho American coast oil her Xantitfkft or Fire Island. Tli" largest iiasKcii','r titeamship iu omm.'oti is tho Cilyof Paris, ID. Ill) tons displacement, and tho steamship carrying the larp'-t nnmber of cabin passengers is tho Ftrnria, 5")(). Tho longest long-est steamship is tho Teutonic, 50.- feet. The greatest day's' run record it. .IIS miles. A li uleam-'Uip burns about oUU tons of coal a day and the averao t x petise of aroyaK'. to Livcrpo'd at.ii re turn is $7,),f)(K) fi.r such it vessel. A iirst class hteauii liip of one of the ivnt lines costs nearly .UOO.OUO. i'iiiladeliiiiia Itecord. |