Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1892 — To Distinguish Steamers. [ARTICLE]

To Distinguish Steamers.

The funnels of different steamships ire characteristically painted to enable people of modest nautical knowledge to distinguish thorn A Curiasdor has brilliant rod funnels, with broad black bands around the top. The Havre Line is the same, but has two narrow black bands In addition. North German Lloyd vessels have stacks of a lovely unbaked biscuit-ware tint, very dainty and sum mery to look at, and the distinguishing mark of the White Star Lino is yellow, with a black band. The Guion and In man lines both have black funnels, th« former banded with red and the lattei with white.' A very few minutes wil familiarize any one with these differences and add a special interest to the passing vessel met on an ocean voyage or viewed from a bathing beach