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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-10-09
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LINGRATITUDE

Lingratltnde est ala recoEnals-
sance du jour" avons-neus entendu
dire souvent par des ptrsonnes agees
ct dsxperience 1t en etfet, Eous
avons tous les jours des preuyes dc
Ia yeracite dc eette assertion.
i entant est presque toujours plus
on moins ingrat envets ses bons
parents en- ayansant dams la vic, il
montrera son ln.Iatltuds 4 regard
dc ses profasseuis. Plus tard,
quand il sera homnie, ce sera enyers
ses amis ct ses blenfaiteufs Gull
naRlfestera 10 plus u'indifference.
Ii ne leur pardonnera pas le moindra
petit oubli de leur part, ct. pour Sc
justifier, il Sc dira en- Iui-m6me,
qu'apres tout, il en- aurait fait tout
autant leur place, Il de ID d IoubI
des services rendus, d l'ingratitude Il
ny qn'un pas.
Et ponrtant, chaeun de nous Sc
flatte de etre pas au nombfe e,es
ln9fats. Queiie est la ptrsonne asseZ
lnsensee pour Sc yanter d'ayoif et6
Migrate envers nne personne qui ne
lui fait que du bien
Feut-stre serlons-nous plus portes
4 la reconnaissance, 81 nous sonaions
que l'ingratltnde fait preuve dun
ceur etfoit q superficial pour ne pas
dire mechant.
C'est un tles vices le plus r6vol-
tants q considtrel Ct, chose malheu-
reuse, nous Ie rencontrons dams le
plus grand nombre, par Ia societe
dams laquelie nous vivons
PIERRE-LoUIs.
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| lN.-LE BAG DU sAuT.

Dix ans sc soat ecoul6s, ct nous
a.lons transporter le lecteur dams les
montagnes du Jura, vers la fin dune
chaude journae de juliet.
Il daYait y avoir, deux jours plus
tard, dams la petite vile de Saint
Simeon, une foire celebre, une rogue,
CONNIE on dit dams lie pays, ct, dos
lavant-yellle, tou,es les voes abou-
tlssant a SAINT Simeon etalent con.
vertss de pietons, de cavaliers, de
voitures ct dc bestiaux. Voyageurs
ct carayanes Y arrivaisnt surtout par
uns route large ct bien tenue. oui
efaVefsalt AIN sur un pont de
pierre ; mais cette route, 4 ralson de
SOS nombrsux detours, allonaeant
dune crosse liece, beaucoup d'etran-
gers pied prefersient aler passer
la riviAre dams un bac, instalIs eu
avail ct QUO appelait le bac du Sauf
On salt combien rAin est impG-
tueuS ct, en- Get endrolt, II Sc trouve
reserro entire deLx enormes rochers
qul augmentent encore sa rapidit4
Pour rssister a la force du courant
le bac glisse le long IN cable, qui
est amarre de soides poteaux sur
rune ct lautre rive. lie soir don't
nous parlons, la riviera, damesurs
ment accrue par des orages REGENTS
paralssait plus furleuse Que iamais
E!le mugissait Ell 'engoufrant dams
oette espece de gorge, ct les rochers
qui parsemalent son lit la fajsajf
rebondlr Ga ct la en- focons d'ecume
blanche CONNIE la neige. On savait
du reste, qu'au-dela due defla ellie
formait une chute ct, au gronden "a ent
sourd cause par son resserrenent, Sc
melait lie fracas lointaln de IL Gaia
racte
Beaueoup de personnes sc pres
salent devant la loge du passeur.
ain Gle trouyer place dams la lourde
embarcation cstaient de petits
marehands, des colporteurs a,ee
leurs bales, ct surtous des paysans
qni, un bissac sur lie dos. etaient
attlras a la vogue de Saint-Simeon
par leurs analres on par la cuyiosit4
On pouvalt craindre pourtsnt Que le
passage ne s'operat pas sans peril
lie soleil, envelopes de nuases gri-
satres, vsnais de sc coucher une
obscarlta brumeuse Sc rspandalt dsla
dams lie waste bassin de montaones
arldes cue traversait la riviere. lie
paysage environnant etsit apre at
savage !; sauf la chaumiere on
logeait lie passeur, on n'apercevalt
aucune habitation humaiae aussi loin
que In vue pouvait 'stendre. Lou
bre des pics, l'impetaoslte des eauy
ct leur mugissement rsp6t6 par mile
6chos, formaient an ensemble poat;-
lue saRs doute, mais tres capable
dinspirer eertaines apprehensions.
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retourna au modesto appartement
qu'li occupait dams la Vile, mais il
ny resta pas longtemps. Ii nit
ordrc ses afaises, donna csrtaines
instructions, hfala des papiers.
Ayant les pfenlieres heu.es de Fl
journee suivante, il atait reparti ct
nul a Orleans .e put dire ee quill
etait devenu. Settlement, moins
dune semaine plus tard, un des
bateaux vapeur de la Loire ramena
du fond de l'eau le corps dun homme,
jeunc ct elegant, qui semblait s'stre
noye depuis peu. On ne trouva
dams Sos yetements aucun papier qui
permit de le reconnaitre ct lhelics
du vapeur lui await fracass6 le crane.
Neanmojns, on ne douta pas cue &c
corps ne fat ceIui du docteur Bel
court ct cette historic lugubre,
apres avoir defraye, pendant quel-
ques mois, la curiosite des habitants
dOrleans, ne tarda pas Il etre com
pletement oubllGe.
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No |

lie 'maitre" au contraire etait IN
bel hoaime dune quarantaine dan
| nees, don't Ia persoHne Ct le costume
Nc manuuaient pas non plus dune
certalne eNcentiieite. I'll tenait son
panant; sur ses genouS, ct laissait
yolr une figure aux traits reguliers ct
mobiles, aux yeux bieus, habtuelie-
ment mtlancoiques. II await le
crane eatIeremens chauye 1 peine
une couronne de cAeveaS ceigHait-
ellie encore 81 tete. I'm reyanche
une harbe blonde, tres Tongue ct tres
soyease, don't il semhait prenare un
soin particulier, descendant sur sa
poltsilfe ct ajoutait d la gravltG de
ses manieres. il etait v6tu dune
redlngote nolre ct dun gilet nor,
traverse par une chaine dor de
p:us i await sur 10 bras IN pardessus
elegant, mpni le bgandebourgs de
sole, qui deyalt mi donneG, quand il
iendossals, Fair dun boyard russo
ou q aa ma.nat de Hongrie.
Ce5 dea2 voyageurs etaient com
pietement inconnus dams lie pays ct
on leg regar,tait avec stupefaction,
dams IN silence general. lie bac
ayaneait penibIement.
L,oflginai que nousayons present6
all lecteur ;tliail rolnpIe le silence
par quelque fa.ttie, lorsqae son
maltre, devinant son intention dit
-Palx Robiilard reservez vos
faceties pour ua moment oh eIles
seront plus opportunes.
-safiit, maitrs, repiiqua Robillard
don't les traits mobiles priren, anssi-
tot une expression de respect.
Il ne souffia plus mot, ayant tou-
jours IN senl pied dams le bateau ct
l'autre sur le rebord, dams une
position qui EFT sembl6 impossible
pour un autie. Or etait arrive au
mllieu dc il riyiers, i lendroit on le
courant await plus de puissance. LIE
bac tendait dune maniere inquie-
tante le cable pose en- trayers de
Feaa, ct on n'avaneait qua grand
peine. Tn obiigeant passager etait
venu en- aide au passeur qui trait
peniblement sur Ia corde ct, malgre
Ia reunion de lcars efforts. on faisait
peu do progres. A present, lie mu-
easement de Ia cataracte yoisine
devenalt formidable dies tlots ecu
meux montaient parfois jusqu'a
fieur du bac, conme s'ils youialent
lenVahir.
4 pa3ifiU3far
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tIsU UILl.ETON
LIE CERcLE.
Par ELIE BEKTEET.

| sombre, ON N 4 condamne sans m en-
tendre ct je cede Il la violence -.
Toatefois, 81 Fun de vous osait
prendre personnellement Ia respon-
! sabillt6 de i'indigne traitement que
je snbis, je lui demandelais raison
On ne Sc bat pas ayec un gree,
| repllqua Aubertin parteZ, monsieur,
ct ne remettez jamals lie pied lei
simon &C ne >era plus par la porte
que vous sorurez
Eft 5; yons restez a Orleans, dit
un yieux medecin, tachez dc ne
N appeler jamais en- consultation,
ainsi qu'aucun dc mes honorables
confreses, car je yous ferai connaltre
| pour &C que vous etes
-Et ne vous presentez iamais,
ajouta III fonctionnaite public, dams
les maisons que je fr6quente, on i,ien
je raconterai pourqaol yous asez etc
cAasse du cercle
En- presence de cette r6plobation
| uniyerselle, Belcourt baissait Ia tate ;
de crosses larmes roulaient sur ses
joues. Tout a coup son regard rem
contra fanclen tanneur qul, pale ct
muet, demeulait CONNIE frappe de la
foudre.
All monsieur Jolivet, dit-il avec
IN accent aechlsant, vous du moins,
vous etes un homme indulgent ct
bon , je yous expliquerai par suite
de quelles circumstances fatales -.
-Palx ! Monsieur, repliqua JOLT
vet dont Ia figure commune prit une
expression lmposante Je nal pas
besoln de vo, explications -. Je he
vous connals plus, j'ai sonte dc vous
I
avoir connu, It IL remercie Dleu que
yous yous soyez montre a moi tel
que yous etes, pendant quill n etalt
pas encore trop tard !
-je vous en- conjure, permettez-
| moi de vous yolr chez vous demain
| ...... Je yous raconterai, ainsl qu ii
Mile bictolre -.
-MiseraDte ne prononCez pas il
nom de ma file :. Tout est fiji
entire nous -. ParteZ, ct ne repa
raissez Jamais deyant mol.
Belcourt youlut lui adresser Ii,
n0uvelleo Inststncs S, mails Oh marcia
sur lui pour le pousser dehors. |
leva les deaN bras yeTs IL ciei I'll
siene de desespolr ct sortlt iIeclpi-
tamment. Une yiye agitation sulylt
son depart. On discutalt, on SIN
dignait, oa plenait des resolutions
vioIentes. Le ban4uier AubertiL
s'approeha de Delazy j:
Tout marchG d souhait poul
vous, lui-dit-il en- designant Il vieua
tanneur qui venalt dc tomber aneanu
sur un canapG.
lie docteur he rentra pas chez lui
dc Ia mutt, ct on suppose gull await
attente ses joars, zee quiz await DE-
mieux 4 faire, disalt-on.
On Sc tlompait cependant, le len
main da jour de peyenement au
cercle dn Commerce, lie malheureux,
pale, abatta, essayalt de revoir sa
hancee mais une entrevue iul fut
i3nititoyab!ement refusee. Seule, de
tonte Ia famiie. Ia smur cadette,
Josephine, lui montra quelque pitie
et 81 Ie cmnr du malheureux ieune
homme fut brise par laccueil de
Joliyet, il dut etre console par Ia
sympathie de cette petite ollie de
quatorze ans qui await fol en- lul.
LIE meme soir, le doeteur Belcourt
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grand gu IN ana ct encore IN sae de
petite tail'e. Il appartenais 4 an
ieane gareon de sept GU huit ans, aui
devait etre le fils dc quelque richie
proprietaire du voisinage ct qul,
vstu de velo@Gs, coiff6 dune tolue a
plume noire, semb!ait rsvenir dune
eonrte promenade aux enyirons.
Get enfsnt etait accompsgn5 dun
domestique de confance, conyeua-
Element veta, qai vei!lait sar hi
ayec sollicitude. lie bac p4ra;ssait
auasi piein de passagers gu il en-
pouvait eontenlr comGe il ny
await pas assez de place poar s'as-
seolr, tous deneuraient de5out. lie
batelier dtmalrait idi3, quand an
cri d'appel Sc fit entendre sur la rive
quo Ton sllait gutter, ct 4 Ia vague
clarte du crepascuie, on Wit accourir
deux voJsaeurs, ayant fappsrence
de bourgeois. lie passeur, il 9ni Ia
mine des sarvenants i'npossit eertains
6gards, annonea que ls bateap etait
au complet, il prendrait ''Ies braves
Meseieurs' a son prochaln voyage.
Bah /! reprit Fun d'eux avec
III ton moqueur, quand il Y de Ia
place pour dix il y en- pour doaze
-. Les gros Sc feront mlnces ct les
mlnces Sc mettront en- botte
Mon maItre payc triple :. Entrez,
Monsieur.
Il retint lie bateau dune main.
tandis gull pr6sentait faulre 4 .sson
maitre'', Celui-ci, proftant de Get
appui, Sc glissa entire les raugs
serres DIES passagers. Neanmoins,
il ne semblait pas hamainement
possible d'admettie dams l'embarca-
ton une personne de plus.
-Alors, Monsieur, dit Ie batclier
au voyageur effrontt, ce scra vous
qui attendrez.
-Ouiche mon maitre ct moi ca
ne Sc d6double pas $3.50. II ne me
faut que deml-place ...... Tu vas
voir
II tit un sant d'acrobate ct mar
cha sur le rebord 6troit du hateau
avec une aisance parfaite Ayant
atteint un endrot on Sc trouyaIt IN
ieger espace vide, il posa un pied
tandls que i'autre restait sur lc
rebord du bac, ct s'ecria gaiement :
VOLTA ! -. Maintenant, pous-
Sc -. ct 81 nous prenons TN BAN
ce sera une bonne fortune pour
certains membres de Honorable
soclete.
lie passeur etalt ahuri par ces
allures bontonnes mais, CONNIE Ell
d6Gnitive tout lie monde etait case,
il ne resista pas advantage ct nit sa
barque a fot en- murmurant
&c doit 6tre quelque farceur de
la vile.
lie bac s'eloigna lentement du
rivage ct fattention des passengers
Sc concentra sur les derniers venus.
Celui qui appelait l'autre 'sson
ma1tre etait un jeune homme
mince, ch6tif en- apparence, mais il
yenait de prouyer quill await une
souplesse ct une yigueur extraordi-
naires. oes cheyenx, dun blond
fade, s'6chappaieEt de dessous IN
chapepu mou, de forme bizarre, ct
encadraient une petite figure osseuse,
blame, aux !evres ct aux marines
mobiles. ses yeax girls ct pereants,
avaient une expression de malice
joyeuse. II porta,t une jaquette de
drap demesurement courte, nn gilet
de couleur 5clatante, un pantalon q
Iarges carreaux, ct await pour chaus-
sures de lagers escarpins. Il etait
VII, remnant CONNIE III slnge, ct sa
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-04-12
A DUTCH INVENTION.
Signals by Which ships May Speak to
Persons Ashore.


An Amsterdam correspondent writes to
us: "It looks as if we dull Dutchmen
are upon the point of giving to the world
priceless invention-the means by
which ships at sea may be on speaking
terms under all circumstances or have the
power to communicate with the shore.
Some weeks since, people living on the
outskirts of the town, returning home
in the dark hour of the evening, were
scared by the very peculiar, unearthly
sounds, something akin to the deep, pen
etrating scream of a steamers siren in
the mist, although there was no possibili-
ty Of a steamer. The riddle is now
solved. 1t has been found possible to
produce a constant, unvarying sound,
which may:
'First-Be heard at distance of at
least five miles against stiff breeze.
"SecOnd-Is of such nature and quail
ity that it is quite easy to determine to
a nicely the direction from which it
comes
''Third-Is produced by an instrument
which can be moved about without alter
ing the sound-that is, in the same man
ner as an electric searchlight.
'Fourth-Last, but not least, that parts
of the instrument may be differently
tuned, which makes it possible to give
constant alternative signals which may
be cOdifed, SO that a conversation may
be kept up.
1T appears that the inventors some
weeks ago made trials in the dark, and,
of course, in lonely, outlying places in the
neighborhood, and SO produced the ghost
ly noises aforesaid. Competent persons
are of opinion that the thing really is
great success. The Zealand company has
resolved to give the invention fair trial,
and the world may soon hear more of it.
1t is quite clear that if the steamer which
met the Drummond Castle had possessed
have been understood by the Drummonds
officers the disaster might not have oc~
CURED. Westminster Gazette
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viscous, on drying, sets to a tough, tex
tureless film of cellulose, which can be
rendered quite pure by washing;
The cartridge belts used for the Max
i'm gun are now treated with viscose to
render them weather proof, shrinkage of
the woven fabric being thus absolutely
prevented. By suitable methods the
viscose can be made to deposit its cellu-
lose in dense cylinders Specific gravity.
1.5), which can be turned like ivory,
and made into buttons, billiard balls and
all similar articles for which celluloid is
now used. In addition to viscose,
Messrs. Cross and Bevan have oiscov-
cred quite another method Of getting
celluose into solution. This they have
accomplished by forming cellulose
acetate. which in many. respects. cesem-
bles the cellulose nitrates hitherto
known, but has the advantage of being
uninfammable. Spread, over glass, like
and textureless film, while, as it is fusi-
bic at about $50 degrees centigrade, it
should prove well adapted for the prep
aration of moulded articles now common
~ made Of celluloid.-E
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-04-12
Superior to Celiuloid.

The Cantor lectures on cellulose, re-
Gently delivered before the Society Of
Arts by G.. T. Cross, have served to call
public attention to the remarkable dis
this material by Mr.. Cross and his part
ner, e. j. Bevan. Up till recently there
were several methods known of obtaining
cellulose in q soluble form. Zinc chloride,
both in neutral and acid solution, and
also cuprOuS ammonia, have the property
Of forming soluble saline compounds with
cellulose, and the aforementioned solvent
has been largely applied industrially in
preparing the filaments for incandescent
lamps The cost of all these solvents
is, however, very high. another method
of getting cellulose into solution consists
in nitrifying it, when it becomes soluble
in alcohol ether. forming the collodion
of the photographer and the basis of the
different celluloids and xylonites now SO
common.
The production of artificial silk, an in
dustry of much commercial Importance,
is also based on this nitritied cellulose,
though the nitrogen is removed from the
product before it is finally woven. The
above methods of dissolving cellulose are
all old, but some little time ago Messrs.
Cross and Bevan discovered another
method of dissolying the substance. Civ
ing a solution having truly remarkable
properties. "MerceriZed" cellulose is
treated with biculphide of carbon;
sulpho-carbonate of celiulose is produced
which is soluble in water, forming re-
markedly viscous solution, which has
been named "viscose." On standing,
this sulpho-carbonate decomposes again,
cellulose being deposited in a dense, tex
tureless condition. Added TO the pulp
in a paper beaten, the quality of the
product is remarkably improved, its wet
strength in particular being immensely
Increased. Flowed over glass, the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-04-12
HarYard's Nest Eggs.

It is a custom at Harvard that each
class shall at graduation subscribe or
raise among it's members fund suf
ficient to pay for the annual reunions
Of the class, for the dinners held every
few years, for the class reports, pub
lished every FIVE or ten years, and for
other similar purposes. As the class be-
comes extinct these funds are turned over
to the use of the college, and it also
frequently happens that the fund be-
comes SO large that part of it is given to
the college while there are still many
members of the class living. The capital
of the fund now paid in to Harvard col
lege stands about as follows: 1902,
$1,000: 1914. $1,000: 1916, 5000; 1917,
$42O7; 1923, $3415; 1884, $1,000; 1885,
$4512; 1871, $4173; 1852, $4S90; 1858,
$3725; 1856, $4,000; 1867, $3444.-New
York Trihnnp.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-04-12
Swine Drunk on Wine.

Peter Casson is butcher in the prohi-
bition town of Escondido. He also has a
ranch and winery. 1t is related that
last fall he made several thousand gallons
Of wine, which he stored in his big watts.
One holding 900 gallons was reserved for
a higher price. Early in February Cas-
son sampled this cask and felt it was
going to be money maker. The vat had
a small plug that projected near the floor.
How this CHANGED to be pulled out by his
herd Of forty hogs some time that day
Casson does not know. But the following
morning his cask was empty and his hogs
wallowed drunkenly about it. Only one
was able to rise to its feet, when it fell
down again completely jagged.-Los An
ppIQs Record.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-04-12
Salt Water for Tube Boilers.

For some time past Messrs. Yarrow &
Co. of Poplar have been making prac-
teal trials to ascertain the effect of feed
ing the Yarrow boiler with salt water
AS is well known, this boiler is Of the
express or small-tube type, having tubes
about 1B inch in diameter. as com
pared to the 411a-inch or 5-inch tubes of
the types of water-tube boilers now being
introduced in the royal navy for battle
ships and large cruisers. The express
boiler is very much lighter than the
larger tube variety, and it's adoption
would mean a great gain in speed of
vessels, besides giving other advantages.
1t has always been considered, however,
that the smaller tubes of the express
boiler would be quickly stopped up in
case salt water should gain access to
them, through leaky condenser or other
contingencies which must be provided
against. Messrs. Yarrow's experiments
tend to disprove this theory, as they have
been running one of their boilers for
some time, using only sea water with a
greater density. e., a larger proportion
of salt and other mineral constituents
than would have been considered suita-
bic even with the old ordinary shell boil
erS.
The trials have been made with a tor
pedo boat fitted with a YarroW boiler
having tubes l inch in diameter. The
vessel was steamed off the mouth of the
Thames for five consecutive days for
eight to ten hours a day. Sea water
only was used for feeding the boiler.
The boiler was continuously blown off,
the adjustment being such as to main
tain the water in the boiler at a density
of 3-332-that is to say, three times the
density of sea water. The difficulty an
ticipated in using salt water was not
only from incrustation Of tubes, but from
printing; it was found, however, that
the vessel could be run at three-quarter
speed without any difficulty from this
cause. The boiler has been opened up
after each trial, and has been found
to be in excellent condition. Yesterday
the final trial of the series was made,
and was in some respects the most Sc
we're of the series. It is not, of course,
anticipated that these boilers, any more
than other modern marine boilers, should
be used with salt water, but the expert
ments are put forward to show that in
case Of emergency the straight tube ex-
press boiler may be run for considerable
periods of time successfully
Times
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-04-12
LIGHTHOUSE IMPROVEMENTS.
Changes that Have Been Made in Lights
and Lenses.

Changes that Have Been Made in Lights
and Lenses.
An article about lighthouses, entitled
"The Lights that Guide in the Night is
to the April st. Nicholas. After telling
of the growth in the number of light
houses, Lieut.. Ellicott says:
Meantime the means of lighting was
being steadily improved. The open fire
gave place to the oil lamp; then a curved
mirror, called a parabelic mirror, was
placed behind the lamp to bring the rays
together; next, many lamps with mirrors
were grouped about a central spindle
and some such lights are still in opera
ton. The greatest stride came when an
arrangement OF lenses, known as the
Fresnel lens, in front of lamp replaced
the mirror behind it. This lens was rap
idly improved for lighthouse purposes,
until now a cylindrical glass house sur
rounds the lamp fame. This house has
lens-shaped walls which bend all the
rays to form a horizontal zone of strong
light which pierces the darkness to a
great distance.
1.-The rapid increase i'm the number of
lighthouses has made it necessary to
have some means of telling one from
another, or, as it is termed. of giving
to each light it's characteristic" Color
ing the glass made the light DINNER. but
as red comes most nearly to white light
Ill UI1SALAcSSs SOlA4C lSulS have ICu
lenses. The latest and best plan, how
ever, is to set upright prisms at inter
walls in a circular framework around the
lens, and to revolVe this frame by clock
work. Thus the light is made to flash
every time prism passes between it
and an observer. By changing the num-
Der and places of the prisms, or the
speed of the clockwork, the flashes for
any one light can be made to occur at
intervals of so. many seconds for that
light. Putting in red prisms gives still
other changes. Thus each light has it's
characteristics, and this is written
down in signs on the charts, and fully
stated in the light lists carried by vessels.
Thus, on a chart you may note that the
light you want to sight is marked f.
w, V. W. FL, 1O-sec. which means that
it is fixed white varied by white flashes
every ten seconds. When a light is
sighted you see if those are it's charac-
teristics; and, if so, you have found the
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