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OUR COURSE FINDER. It is with much satisfaction that we are able to. announce to our nautical friends and patrons that the MARrINne ReviIEw COURSE FINDER comes from the press this week, and that orders for the work can now be taken and promptly. filled. The Course Finder should be on board of every boat on the lakes and in the possession of every master and mate. The Course Finder takes the place of coast-pilot and_ sail- ing direction courses found in so many works. It also.takes,,the place of chart courses, since all, chart courses are given in it. It goes one better than all these works by giving the mean correct mag- netic courses and correct magnetic bear- "ings of ranges, etc. These mean correct magnetic courses and correct magnetiog bearings for the chain of lakes as given in this book are worth alone to,,any commander the price asked for the vol- ume. This much. of the .book far ex- ceeds anything of the kind now on the market. This is simply because the work is accurate and the basis of computation is one of accuracy; and too, the work is carried right up to date. a whole, lot when variation of the com- pass is to ke considered. In addition to all true courses and bearings, variations, correct magnetic bearings, mean _ varia- tions, and mean correct magnetic cours- es, all of which have been applied and corrected in a thorough manner, the vol- ume comprises a simple system of ob- taining the compass course to be steered by any boat's compass.. This portion of the work alone is worth many times more than what we ask. for the book. What master or mate is there that can afford to be without such a work as this? The least it can do is to relieve the master of a great deal of responsibility in the shaping of courses. What more difficult task is there on board ship than that of shaping courses? 'None. Is there anything that a man should be more sure of than the course he, is to steer? Does not the safety of the ship depend upon the course steered? Can a man be too careful in stich matters? Can he have too much assistance in the shaping of courses? Outside of azimuths (only available in clear weather) what method or methods can a master employ to verify his course? 'There is none un- til the Marine Review Course Finder is placed on the market. The Course Finder has not only got to be seen but it has got to be practically applied, to be fully appreciated. The whole work is based upon correct reasoning, and the most minute details of the work have been carefully considered»to in- sure accuracy. There is no master who is so infallible in his work, and especial- ly in the making of courses, that he does not need a check or a method of This means, e we "TAE . MARINE. REVIEW The Course Finder will do As a check on course find- ing there is nothing to be compared with "Our Course Finder." This work. has verification. this for. him. only to become gererally known to be- come generally used. We are certain of this because the book stands on its own merits. 'The price is $2.50 carriage prepaid. The system the work is based upon alone is worth more than $2.00, . Lins is fully explained and proved. For the master, mate, wheelsman, and_ others, who are trying to understand all about the mysteries of variation and deviation and hew to apply, them to the courses. on the lakes, this work will prove, of the greatest, help to them. , It.is so thorough- ly, practical since all its examples 'deal with, every-day, lake practices, Another good, thing about, the Course Finder, is;,that.it is compaet in form, notwithstanding that it contains all the courses and bearings on the chain of lakes, and anything in it is easily found. The index is so arranged that, you can turn to any page of the book: in a mo- ment's notice. You do not have to wade through a multitude of pages to _ find what you are looking for. Among our visitors this week were. several lake captains, and in viewing the advanced pages of the book all pronounced the work a good thing and just what is needed, ) OUR COURSE AND BEARING =) CORRECTOR, Owing to) the fact that we have been having all kinds of trouble in- getting this device' perfected, we have not as yet teen able to place the instrument on the market. This was 'no fault of ours but. that of the. makers. Several firms that undertook the work fell down on it which will account for the delay. An instrument of any kind must be a work of precision to be of account. However correct in principle a tool of this kind may be if its mechanism is not ,carried . out accordingly the accuracy of the prin- ciple cannot be demonstrated. This is just the trouble we have been having. The principle was there 'and the work looked well, but it was not accurate. We could have placed it on the market as it was and taken many orders but we are not doing that kind of business. On the contrary, we cast the whole thing adrift as so much. rubbish, and then scoured the country for a house that could handle this class of work. We found a house in New York and have just received the wel- come intelligence that the work is pro- gressing at a very Satisfactory rate and that the plates for the printing will be sent on in a few days. 'Nothing unfor- seen occurring in the interval, we should have this work on the market in a very together, 'loss of life will total 180. "tion Co.'s fleet, 25 short time now. We.-are sure that this device with its kook of explanations ard practical examples will meet with the hearty support of the nautical pro- fession generally, and that it will supply a long felt want. Any. master armed with this device and our Course Finder will certainly have. no excuse in going wrorg. The two will work admirably Many of the things that are row called the mysteries of navigation will lose their traditions when illustrated on this simple instrument, We will have more to say about the Course Corrector in next issue, Just keep it in mind. MANY LIVES LOST IN PACIFIC WRECK. ; A disastrous collision between the passenger steamship Columbia, owned by the San Francisco &. Portland Steam- -- ship Co., and the steam schooner San Pedro, Shed by the Metropolitan Red- wood Lumber Co., Metropolitan, Cal. whith occurred off. 'the Mendocino coast July "21 'resulted in. Le "great loss of life of those 'aboard. 'the passenger steamer. She sank in 11 minutes after the colli- sion, most of the passengers being asleep at that time, and it is believed that the The San Pedro, which was kept afloat by her . lumber cargo, was able to do but little for the passengers, being equipped with only two life boats. The accident took place in a heavy fog and the captain of 'the San Pedro is believed to have been off his course... The steamer George W. Elder sighted the survivors at daybreak, taking them aboard, and after scouring the vicinity for any signs of boats or rafts, took the San Pedro in tow and lade at Eureka safely July 22. The Columbia was an iron screw "steamship of 2,722 tons, and was north- bound from San Francisco to Portland with a week-end excursion party.. The San -Pedro, of 500 tons fegister, was bound from Puget Sound to California ports. with her. cargo.of lumber... the Columbia was built in 1880 at Roach's Ship. Yard,..Chester,: Pa., and the San Pedro was built at Aberdeen, Wash., in 1889, ALLEGHENY. TOTAL LOSS. "The large coastwise steamer Allegheny, of the Merchants & Miners Transporta- caught fire. while out- ward bound for Savannah to Philadel- phia July 17, and was totally destroyed. All of her passengers and crew were saved but the ship, her' cargo and all baggage will be a total loss.' ~The Allegheny was built at Cramp's, Philadelphia, in 1881 and had a gross tonnage of 2,614; she was 250 ft. long, 38.5 ft. broad, and 16.6 ft. 'deep.