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Show THE SAUNA SUN, S ALIN A, UTAH f t arwaoi News Notes I Take it heme to t the kids. Have a packet in your pocket for an Irovo. City Judge J. B. Tucker fined Uahvnoe Horton and Joe Huliok, both of Irovo, $25 each lor speeding. ever-read- Bingham The town of Bingham became defendant in a $10,000 suit instituted by Gerald 1. Hurley to recover for alleged injuries suffered by his boy, Gerald, while coasting on a bill in Binglmm. Ogden. leach growers of Weber county will begin picking and shipping their fruit on or nbout September 11, according to advices received by the growers. Price. Manual Hanna, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hanna of Wellington, who was severely burned when her clot lung took fire, died from her injuries. 1 Salt Lake City. A charge of desecrating the flag of the United States was brought against Sam Gianos and to the Sam Jacobsen. According complaint sworn to the company displayed receptacles of merchandise to which were attached small flags. Bountiful Eugene Leroy Hampton Mazle were arrested at (lie obi and Chamberlain home in Val Verda, where Sheriff George P. Mann fend ids deputies surprised the two men making whisky in wholesale quantities. Price Price's building boom continues unabated with $215,000 in new construction either started or under By ROBERT H. MOULTON f ylk STEAM EK is tossing on the storm-swep- t waters of the Atlantic oQ the coast of Long Island. Huge wares buffet the craft, which trembles from stem to stern on--I der the terrific impact of the mountains of water catapulted against It. Inky clouds scurry overhead, so low that they seem almost to touch the tops of the masts, and a curtain of driving rain shuts off the view of the eager, straining eyes which seek tto penetrate the darkness for some sight which I will give the vessels location. Suddenly, from a distance, comes the shrill, call of a siren. Eagerly the captain listens ns the sound is repeated at regular intervals. Then his face brightens. It is a voice which he has often heard before and there is no mistaking it Only the fog signal of the Sandy d Hook East beacon gives that blast every minute. So now the captain knows exactly where he is, orders fly to the engine room, and the ship is headed toward safety. There are more than six hundred such fog signals in use in the coastal waters of the United States. Not all are of the same type or use the ame system in emitting their warnings. There are steam whistles and sirens; air whistles, sirens, diaphones and horns. There are bell buoys operated by clockwork, electrical apparatus, engine, and by hand. And there are submarine bells operated by compressed air and by the sea itself. 'These signals, however, form only a small part of the elaborate system of aids to navigation which is under the direction of the United States lighthouse service. It is rather remarkable that this service, although one of the oldest and most Important of all government departments, is very little known to the general public. This is probably due to the fact that the service Is performed largely at sea, where comparatively few people come into contact with it. There is an office in Washington, known as the bureau of lighthouses, which is the executive center of the service. The service outside of Washington is divided into 19 lighthouse districts, each of which is under the charge of a lighthouse inA lighthouse spector. depot is conveniently located In each district for carrying on he local work In the matterof siuiliig und distributing supplies and apparatus. The aids to navigation in the United States d today number more than 15.000, of which are lighted aids, and the others unlighted such as fog signals, submarine signals, buoys and beacons. Of the lighted aids, about 800 are major lights, employing range lenses, reflectors and lens lanterns, and requiring the services of one or more keepers. These are the lighthouses. Light vessels are used as a rule to mark offshore dangers, or the approaches to harbors or channels where lighthouses would not be feasible or economical. The type adopted in each case for lighthouse construction depends largely on the importance of the light and the foundation conditions. A common form, frequently used for harbor or lake lights, is a combined tower and dwelling of timber or brick construction. Many lighthouses at the entrance to harbors are built on the end of breakwaters or pierheads, utilizing, as a rule, such structures as-- the foundation. In the case of lighthouses on submerged sites the engineering features are Important and often present great difficulties both in design and construction. The earliest type of lighting apparatus consisted of an open coal or wood fire, with other Inflammable materials, such as pitch, burned in a brazier, on top of the tower. When Boston light, at the entrance to Boston harbor, and the first lighthouse built on this continent, was established in 1716, the common oil burner of the period was used, inclosed in a lantern consisting of a cylinder of heavy wooden frames, holding small, thick panes of glass. The illumlnant was fish or whale oil. burned in spider lamps with wick and suspended by Iron chains from the top of the lantern. Improvements were gradually made until there was evolved the present modern lighthouse with Its complex system of revolving lenses, at the focus of which is placed the source of light. The largest lens in use in the lighthouse service at present lg that at Maknpun Point, Oahu, Hawaii, the landfall light for vessels hound from the States to the Hawaiian Islands. The inside diameter of this lens is almost nine feet, and it is inclosed in a specially designed lantern of sixteen feet inside diameter. This light Is visible at sea from a distance of almost thirty miles. The brightest light In the service, and generally considered the brightest In the worjd, is at Nave-sinN. J., ot the entrance to New York bay. The candle power of this light is estimated at 25,0'K),-XX- , ind its glare has been seen at a distance of 70 miles at sea. This great Intensity Is produced by a powerful electric arc Inclosed In a modern lens of high magnification. In most other important lights the incandescent lamp, which burns vaporized kerosene under an incandescent mantle and gives a very powerful light, is used. one-thir- serum. id Provo Elisha Spookelmeyer, a resident of Grand Junction, Colo., Is In a serious condition as a result of an autombile accident at Imnton. Midvale John Jenson was appointed city marshal of tiffs city and started the performance of ids duty August 1st. tSAzr&zAzrczac'o zig&F vz&stZ In order to avoid the likelihood ot confusion tween lights, endeavor Is made to give the lights distinct characteristics. As much of the coast was lighted before the introduction of modern lighthouse apparatus, the original lights were as a rule fixed, but at the more important of these stations apparatus has now been Installed to make the lights flashing or occulting. This effect is produced in the case of flashing lights by revolving all or a part of the lens, w hich Is specially constructed with panels of prism for concentrating the rays into beams in the case of occulting lights by some form of traveling screen or shutter which obscures the light at intervals. In either case the motion is regulated by a clockwork with the necessary governing mechanism to cause light and dark periods in accurate sequence. TJie terms flashing and occulting refer to the relative durations of light and darkness, a flash being an interval shorter than the duration of an eclipse, while an occupation is shorter than, or equal to, the duration of light. The first fog signal in the United States was a cannon, Installed at Boston light in 1719, which was fired when necessary to answer the signals of ships in thick weather. Guns of various types were used at other lighthouses, but have now been generally Bells were Introduced at a comparaabandoned. tively early date. Trumpets were the next Improvement, and steam whistles came into use in 1S57. Experiments were made with sirens In 1867, and the first service Installation was at Sandy Hook East beacon in 1868. This apparatus has been modified and Improved until the present automatic siren, using compressed air instead of steam, was evolved. Practically all fog signals as now Installed are provided with a governing device for timing the strokes or blasts. This usually consists of a clockwork whereby the cycle is repeated every minute In order to facilitate Identification. Submarine signuls, which have been Introduced in recent years, have as a rule a more effective and constant range of audibility than signals sounded in air. Such a signal consists essentially of a specially designed bell, submerged sufficiently to avoid wave disturbances, with some form of striking attachment. On light vessels the bell Is usually swung over the ships side on a chain attached to a davit, and the striking device is operated pneumatically to ring a certain set of blows be- at prescribed intervals. At light stations the bell is usually supported on a tripod, placed on the sea bottom, a short distance away from the light, and the striking mechanism operated electrically through a cable, with characteristic number of blows at regular intervals. When attached to buoys a swinging vane is provided width is forced up and down as the buoy surges in the sea. The motion of the vane causes a spring to stretch and when it has reached a sufficient tension it Is released, the action causing a blow to be struck on the hell. The blows are of equal Intensity, this being due to '.he elongation f the spring, although the interval betweeH them varies with the condition of the sea, and no regular code of blows is therefore practicable. In order to obtain the best results with submarine bells, a receiving apparatus, somewhat similar to a telephone, lias been devised for attachment to a vessel. The sound may be heard also on vessels not equipped with receiving apparatus, by observers below the water line, and particularly In Iron or stee! ships. fclnce 1885 systematic records have been kept of the number of hours of fog or thick weather observed each year at the different stations. These figures present interesting statistics, and are of considerable value In approximating the prevalence of fogs at various localities when proposed new signals are under consideration. The absolute maximum record of fog was at Seguln. fog-sign- n the teeth, appetite, digestion. Cuticura Talcum is Fragrant and Very Healthful Soap 25c, Ointment 2S ul 50c, Talcum 25c EYES HU !ont ignore tb dinner siornala of aching eyes, rod tide, blood hot yballa. Mitch!! irrit Eye Salva remor tion. reduce inflammstiue, j ootne pain. BALL A BTJCTKt 147 Wavarly FI., If w York PARKERS At a special meeting of tlie city council it was unanimousof ly decided to give the citizens Brigham City free inoculation with eight-secon- confec-tio- and an aid to HAIR BALSAM FaUlnit Ramoveftfruiorti ff Brigham City ut delicious A way. anti-typho- treat. y B topcH.tr nd RMtoTM Colo to Gray and Faded Hall Baatrty oc. and $1.00 at DroinrtaU. Wmcni Ciiem. W to. rttcbogueJCT HINDERCORNS ftmmti Omtml Oil ture comfort to tho Joqmw, ete., toj all pta feot, make walking nxv. I fa. by mail or M.tl Onf Blaoos Cbamieal Work, Patcbogno, Y. W. N. U., Salt Lake City, No. 33-19- 23. Impossible. Put out your tongue Doctor than that ull of it. Child But, doctor, 1 ennt. tened at the other end! more Its fas- Moah. At a special meeting of the board of county commissioners, Max WHY DRUGGISTS RECOMMEND 15. Taylor, was instructed to meet SWAMP-ROO- T with the state road commission and obtain formal authority to put in the new floor on the steel bridge spanFor many years druggists have watched ning the Colorado river three miles with much interest the remarkable record ro from Moah. Me., in 1907, when 2,734 hours of fog prevailed during the year. Buoys, as a rule, are employed to mark shoals or other obstructions and to Indicate the approaches to and limits of channels or the fairway passage through a channel. In some cases they Indicate anchorage grounds. Buoys originally were either solid wooden spars or built up in various shapes of wooden staves, like barrels. Built-ubuoys are now constructed of Iron or steel plates. In order to give the proper distinctiveness, buoys are given certain characteristic colors and numbers. They are anchored in their positions by various types of moorings, depending on the character of the bottom and the size and importance of the buoy. hull, Bell buoys have a hemispherical-shapebuilt of steel plates, with fiat deck, and enpry a structural-stoo- l superstructure which supports a bronze hell and usually four Iron clappers. The motion of the buoy In the sea causes these dappers to strike the bell, so that the action is entirely automatic. Whistling buoys are built of steel plates, and body with the smaller end consist of a uppermost, with a long open tube on the lower end. This tube extends throughout the length of the buoy, and is dosed at the upper end by a on which is mounted a check valve and head-plata whistle on the superstructure of the buoy. The sound is produced by the air in the upper portion of the tube being compressed by the falling of the of escape being buoy in the waves, its means through the whistle. A fresh supply of air Is drawn through the check valve as the buoy rises p d pear-shape- e d the samples from Brigham City. Iteports State sanitary engineer on of water taken from Brigham Cities culinary supply show the water to he absolutely pure. Ogden. II. Moore, 35 years of age, a machinist, was arrested bytho police here on n charge of shoplifting. Provo. Five students of the B. Y. U. summer school were bruised and cut when the brakes on their car in which they had started driving up the Provo canyon failed to work. Irovo. The city tax levy for 1!2T will be 12.1 mills, a decrease of .10 of a mill under that of last year, according to the Provo city commission. Olive, the Kaysville daughter "f Mr. nnd Mrs. Glen Robins, fell off a chute at the Civic center playgrounds anil broke her leg. Nephi Nephi was In darkness the latter part of last week due to the breaking of the power line. Logan. The warfare on crickets in the north end of Cache Valley, over the line Into Idaho which was conducted with such energy last year is to bo renewed this season ns the pests have made their appearance again. Brigham City The laying of state on the Brlghnm-Corinn- e highway was completed last week and three miles of the road are now open to the public. Ifoah. Prairie dogs this summer are so numerous in parts of San sections that Juan country the fanners are urged to organize and make a concerted effort to eradicate the pests. Jn-s-t again. Lighted buoys are a modern invention, having come into use within about the last 35 years, and are considered by mariners generally as among the most valuable of recent developments In coast now in service lighting. All of the lighted buoys use compressed gas, either oil gas or acetylene. In the types now in use the gas, at a pressure of about 12 atmospheres, is contained either directly in the In tanks fitted into compartdry-farbody of the buoy or ments of the body and is piped to the lantern at the top of the superstructure. If the light is pilot flashing, as is commonly the case, a smnll vurn-er and Ignites the main light burns continuously Salt Lake City Virgil- - Alton, servas gas Is admitted from the flashing chamber. an indetermin ake term for burThe latter is a regulating compartment In the base ing in the second degree, escaped a diaIs with glary flexible and provided of the lantern off nnd opening the from the state prison farm. for valves and cutting phragm flow of gas at intervals, the operation being due to Cache Junction. J. Ernest Allen of the pressure of the gas In the reservoirs. Benson, Utah, was killed at Ballard The lighthouse service maintains light vessels Junction, when a northbound O. S. L. on 53 stations, and has for this purpose 06 light freight train struck the automobile vessels, of which 13 are relief vessels. They are that lie was driving across the cross-Ing- . generally employed for marking dangers at sea. entrances to harbors, and at Imapioaches or In local Kamas Francis Bradshaw, the course of vessels, where q points portant while farmer was fatally injured not and are of Is feasible, parlighthouse road ticular value in providing both a light and a fog working on the forest service, Lakes. to enclose be thus to, Granddaddy approached which may signal fix their position at sea with abling mariners to The Topaz. reasonable certainty. In tiffs respeet light vessels The finest topazes come from Brazil, are superior to lighthouses, as in the case of the latter due allowances must be made for a s;tfe dis- are of deep yellow nnd look like diatance In passing. A valuable secondary advantage monds. Those from Siberia are of a is the fact that light vessels may be shifted to meet bluish color. The topaz is the second varying conditions of traffic, such as changes In stone in the Jewish high priest's ghouls or channels, uKe f deeper draft vessels, and similar contingencies. Most of these ships are now Furniture Polish. equipped with a tubular steel mast, containing a To make furniture polish, dissolve ladder, surmounted at the top by a lantern of the two ounces of shellac in one pint of type used In lighthouses, containing a regular lighthouse lens. These lightships are supplied with boiled oil ; shake well and add two both the ordinary articles for maintenance end ounces each of ammonia and chloromaterials for construction or repair by a number of form. Shake and apply with a soft small vessels known as lighthouse tenders. brush without rubbfng. ce-me- nt m maintained by Dr. Kilmers Swamp-Root- , the great kidney, liver and bladder medicine. It is a physicians prescription. is a strengthening medikidneys, liver and bladder do the work nature intended they Swamp-Roo- cine. It t helps the should do. t has stood the test of years. is sold by all druggists on its merit and it should help you. No other kidney medicine has so many friends. and start Be sure to get Swamp-Roo- t treatment at once. However, if you wish first to test this great preparartion send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. When writing be sure and Swamp-Roo- It mention this paper. Advertisement. LYTTON BEFORE CONAN DOYLE Early-Victoria- n Novelist a Student of the Occult Something Like a Bulwer-Lytfo- Century Ago. the eccentric, pre- ceded Sir Conan Doyle by more than half a century in the field of letters to the regions of the occult. Says an old copy of Blackwoods Magazine, quoted Occult studies, In the Detroit News: comprising the magic ancient times as well as the spiritualism of the presenL hud a great charm for him, and he entered on them with the earnestness which marked the pursuit of less mysterious knowledge. He dived into wizard lore, equipped himself with magical Instruments, rods for transmitting Influence, and crystal balls In which to discern coming scenes and persons, and communed with mediums and spiritualists. There can be little doubt, whatever faith he might have In particular manifestations, he believed in certain occult powers of nature, to deal with which is the object of these mysterious arts. On more than one occasion we have known him to dilate on such themes with great copiousness of knowledge nnd apparent truthfulness In the reality of the marvels. Old Dugouta Found. designed Ingeniously prehistoric dugouts used by cavemen in escaping from or resisting the attack of their enemies have been found in France. |