Show SEAMEN AS INVENTORS them lo 10 loehl thero may not bo many seamen among the names of inventors at tha patent office salda vessel captain tho other day to a reporter but tharo aro few yankees that havo halt tho inventive genius thit many tailors show if a veasel loses ft or act into anny ol 01 the scrapes that 0 o often happen alio llio captain bavo A chance to mn to some ahia carpenter to hivo the matter remedied ho has to in anil dx it h necessity is aurely tho mother ot invention ven tion and you will a sailor at a loss for an idea in a critical 1 I remember a boar or two ago a capsized up hero on tho west shore A wrecking taig was sent out to brine her into port buc when the tug arrived on the scina tho ecsi was found to bo in n perfectly unmanageable condition she had gone over on her aldo with all sail ct and there the was lying with masts anil canvas under water it was almost to hundlo her in that con tuition and the captain of the wreck ing lug decided to right her busl chero aho was A pawing schooner in tow of small harbor tug was hailed and towed up alongside tho wreck blocks acro biado fast to the top of her foro and mists and lines run through them and mado fast to the tops of tho samo of tho capsized schooner the other ends of tho lines wore taken by tho largo tug and alio llio small ono tautened to tho deck of the capsized vessel the tugs steamed in opposite direction and in civo minutia ilia schooner was right sido up and with the exception of alio losa of part of her deck load as good as ever lat fall tho schooner mary L hig gio wis wi s sent to lake superior for a toad of stone and on her return was frozen in at sault sta mane in tho spring her owner sent captain hatch with a brewto bring her homo the captain fitted her out and started for chicago but he had cot but a short distance from tho so 0 ahn tho vessel sprang a leykand lea kand could only be kept free from water by keeping the pumps working steadily tho men work and day ami llo biad no extra hands what was ha going to do hun into alic nearest port and digraph de graph for a wrecking tug at n expense of n couplet of dollars a day this would knock tho profits all u n tho trip and captain r hatch sailing for furi BO ho attl his brains to work und rigged up a ian to the pump and galled for home a two inch stream of water coming ui irom below and day and hii men doing no more work than usual 1 I could talk nil night about anven cloua made by sailors ono old cap tain ha invented a mammoth ciuni showing tho movements of all alio planets around tho sun ho giai been working acara on it and will bring it out next spring then captain dakar alio lias a that will revolutionize steam navigation and a host of I 1 cant think 0 just now chicago |