The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-08-06

board publishes. in addition, yearly
list. distributed gratis for the benefit
of navigation. in which each one of the
thousands of buoys is located and
described
The passenger standing at the rail of
the liner coming in from sea will prob
ably first notice a mammoth buoy"
These buoys are used only in special
cases-as, for example. to mark the ap
proaches to channels over bars or
shoals that lie some distance from the
coast.
Red and black buoys designate the
channel. They lie on either side The
red buoys, which have even numbers.
must be left on the starLoard or right
hand in passing in from sea The black
buoys, always with odd numbers, must
be left on the port hand.
When there are Two or more chan
nels til, Sc are distinguished by differ
ence either in the size or in the shape
Of the buoy &
An Isolated rock. wreck or any OBJ
struction that has a channel on either
side of it is shown by buoy with red
and black horizontal stripes.
Buoys showing white and black per-
pendicular stripes and lying in mid
channel indicate that they must be
passed close to avoid danger.
AS an indication that there is q turn
ing point in the channel we see buoys
surmounted by triangles. cages, etc.
There are buoys which are also fog
signals, such as the bell buoy and the
whistling buoy The latter is used off
the coast to show dangerous outlying
shoals or other distractions. 1t is sur
mounted by locomotive whistle made
to sound by the rushing through 1t
of air admitted and compressed by the
rising and falling motion of the buoy
itself. 1t has been found that these
buoys are particularly adapted to tur
bulent waters. inasmuch as the more
violent the sea is the louder the sound
given out by the buoy The whistling
buoy. most unpleasant neighbor. may
be heard a at distance of about ten
miles. Under very favorable conditions
it has been heard fifteen miles.
The bell buoy consists of the bottom
section of a buoy floating in the water
on which is mounted framework
bearing a bell which. instead of the
ordinary tongue and clapper, shows
small cannon ball supported on a plat
form just beneath the bells mouth
This ball rolls to and fro with every
motion of the sea.
Bell buoys are employed in harbors
and rivers where the water is smooth
er than in the roadsteads and where
1t Is not necessary that their sound
shall be heard q great distance
The ordinary buoy. not of the whis
Ting or the bell variety. Is made either
of wood or of Iron. Those of iron are
hollow with air tight compartments
md are Of three shapes, called re
spectively nun. can and ice buoys
The nun buoy Is almost conicaI in
shape. the can buoy approaches the
cylindrical form. and the ice buoy Is
very long and narrow. somewhat re
sembling the spar buoy in form.
The wooden or spar buoys are sticks
ranging in length from twelve to sixty
feet and painted according to the uses
to which they are to be put The
lower end is fitted for a mooring chain.
Buoys have many vicissitudes and
are exposed to many dangers Passing
steamers run down the iron buoys and
rip them open or cut off big pieces of
spar buoys with their sharp propeller
blades. As the iron buoys are made
In compartments. they are seldom
sunk by such collisions, but their line
Of fiotation is often so lowered that
they have to be replaced. Harpers
Weekly
Expert Vino Drinkers.
An Algerian regiment will empty as
many as thousand pitchers of wine
without losing half thimbIeful OF
liquor. 1t is a system which permits
a general use of one vessel for drink
ing purposes in an absolutely cleanly
way. 1t dispenses with cups or glasses
great convenience when troops are OH
active service A large pitcher with a
spout to it. filled with wine. was passed
from hand to hand Each soldier lifted
the pitcher high over his head and
tilted it until the wine poured in a
steady stream into his open mouth be
low When the wine splashed inside
the drinkers stomach for about a min
ute the soldier soldier next him took
possession of the pitcher and repeated
the performance. Not drop is wasted
Didn't See II.
"Now." said the lawyer, please tel
us how the alteration began"
81 didn't see any alteration" replied
the witness II was too busy watch.