HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1921-4-21, Page 6".
T:40.Law of Tooth
and Talon
(Copyright)
Synopsis of Preceding Chapters,
Louie ,Vogel, a notorious criminal,
is offered $5,000 by -Lebrun to kidnap
Judge Graham, terror of evil -doers.
As Lebrun leaves "Silver Dannn'e
saloon, he is observed by Ralph
Charlton of the Department of Just-
tice who has dubbed him "The Gray
Wolf." Vogel takes the $1,000 given
him to bind the. compact to Stella
Lathrop, a country girl he had, found
starving in the city and befriended.
Stella is now earning honest wages'in
a factory and, refuses to marry Vogel
unless he gives up his evil ways. She
has, however, fallen a convert to
Bolshevism. Vogel carries out his pact.
Judge Graham lies bohad in a shack
some mites out of the city. "The Gray'
Wolf" demands that the Judge should
let certain prisoners off with merely
a fine. Threats of death for himself
and torture for his son have no weight
with the just Judge. Charlton becomes
suspicious of "The Gray Wolf" and
Vogel.
CHAPTER V.
The Inner Council.
Stella Lathrop was sorely puzzled
, by the fact that Louie Vogel had not
met her in front of Maasey's after the
meeting of radicals following her re-
fusal to go to the mosries with him.
Neither had she seen anything of him
for several days thereafter. Anxiously
she read the daily papers, expecting
yet hoping she would net find his ar-
rest "with the goods on," chronicled
there with elaborate details.
"E:g Louie" had never taken the
girl into his confidence regarding any
of his exploits. Neither 'had he at-
tempted to conceal from her the fact
that he lived outside the law, but such
information as she had was picked up
. -piecemeal from those of' his associates
. who also were hers. It was to them i
that she now turned for news of his
, whereabouts. They had none.
"He's probably sore at me for what
I said," she thought; with . some
qualms she remembered the picture
she had suggested to him of his being
.
slain at the hands of the police "I
guess -it's up to me to hunt himup
and let him see my heart's in the
right place."
And to that bask she devoted herself
about the time that the city was be-
ing turned upside down in the search
for Juege Graham. Stella went about
.1
the matter quietly. She approached
each crooks 'as might be expected to
knew if any harm had befallen "Big
Louie;" she sought out the lawyer
- whom repeat said had been retained,
permanently' to "spring" Vogel wheni
. happened to be taken up by the
police; she telephoned to those places
I he was known to haunt. But her ef-
fects were fruitless.
I It was upon her rehire to her room
from one of these quests that she <Hs-
i covered a note under the door. It bore
neither heading nor signature and its
wording would have conveyed to any-
one without the key the impression
that -it was merely a message from a
very dear friend who was, appoin.ting
a meeting place for the evening.
:Stella, reading between the lines,
recognized it as a summons to a very
secret meeting of some of the leaders
of the most radical circles in the city.
She had been informed by one of them
that her sincerity and earnestness had
been noticed., that she had been sug-
gested as an excellent person for some
important work if She were willing to!
undertake it. Notice would be sent
her when to be ready, and how to con-
duct herself.
Stella hurried into- the best clothes
; she possessed and set out to keep- the
appointment. The bookstore whereme
Charlton had once seen Lebruwas
the appointed redezvous. An old man,
gray haired and bespectacled, emerg-
ed from the depths behind the rows on
'rows of bookcases and hastened to
meet her as soon as she had entered
the door.
._"There is something you wish, ,
miss?" he askect, bowing before her.!
, He wrung hie hands continually while'
he watched her closely from behind
his thick -lensed glasses. Stella, fol-
lowing in,structiens which had been
given her, touched her mouth with a
finger as if slightly' in doubt as to
what she really did wish.
"Yes," she replied, slowly. "I wish
to see some books esn the French
revolution." It was the password
with which she had been supplied.
"Yen miss." The old bookseller
turned and led the way, toward the
roar of the store. "We have some
very fine books and a choice will not
be difficult."
She followed him to a well-filled
bookcase against thesvall. Still talk-
ing of the treasures on the subject she
, might be expected to find, he reached
out a hann, pushed gently upon the
shelves and- they swung upon well -
;oiled hinges, revealing a, narrow door-
way ,and, leading downward, a flight
of steps. The old man motioned to-
iward them, she stepped upon the top
landing. a dim electric light suddenly
•
appeaneri at the foot of the flight and
the bookcase swung to behind her.
Stella had not expected Met this
but she bravely began her descent
Stretching away from the foot of the
steps was a tunnel that led she could
not tell where, but the followed it
Therewas no alternative but to re -
I tra'her steps. Perhaps a hundred
feet from where the steps had ceded
she discerned another light in the dis-
tance, and beyond it a doer barred
the way. Nothing had been said to
Iher about what she sh.ould do beyond
asking the old bookseller for works on
the French revolution, and, reaching
the door, she paused. Instantly she
was conecimis that from behind it she
was being studied by unseen eyesi an
intense light sudidenly flashed , into
her very face, but immediately went
cut again, and the door swung open.
Stella stepped through it and found
herself in a small anteroom, confront-
ed by a man wham she reeognized as
having been a frequent speaker at the
open meetings which she had attend-
ed.
"You are prompt, IVIiss Lathrop,"
he said. The door which had admitted
her swung to, a heavy iron bar drop-
ped noiselessly into place and her
guide led her to a sticond door upon
which he rapped sharply a number of
times with pauses -between. It, too
swung open without sound and Stella
moved forward into a larger room.
About a long table sat perhaps a
dozen men and half that number of
women. They arose as Stellats guide
urged, her forward.
"This is Miss Lathrop," he said, and
there was bowing all around. The girl
was somewhat confused and embar-
rassed by thus becoming the centre of
attraction, but she quickly regained
her poise. With two exceptions -she
had seen all these people and talked
with most of them at the _meetings
which she had attended.
The exceptions sat at the head and
foot of the table, and although she did
itot know him, the' one who sat at
the head was Otto Lebrune, known
to agents of the Department of Jus-
tice as "The Gray Wolf." . The other
had a faze with an obviously Teutonic
cast, fat, flabby, with pig -eyes. His
neck overlapped his collar in folds,
his hair was parripaciouteed • and his
bulk threatened the destruction of bhp
chair into which he dropped heavily
as soon as a seat had been pointed out
to the latest arrival.
"Before we proceed further, it is
necessary that the oath' be administer
ed to QuT new member and that she
be acquainted with the purpase's of
this body." Otto Lebrune was the
speaker. She could not tell why, but
Stella took an instinctive dislike to
him. "Miss Lathrop's sentrinients
have been too thoroughly investigated
to permit of any reluctance on. our
part to taking her into our full confi-
dence," he went on in his oily tones.
Then, turning to her, he said, "Before
I administer to you the oath you have
the opportunity to withdraw from our
.,midst." •
She shook her head. "I'll stick," she
said.
"You will now repeat after inc the
following 'oath," continued Lebrune
"I swear -to be faithful and true to the
mandates of the Inner Council, to
cheerfully obey them even at the ex-
pense of my life, to give my best ef-
forts to carrying out such plans as
it may decide upon, to respond
promptly to any 'calls made upon me
by any of its members' and, above all,
to keep locked in my- innermost bosom
and to reveal to no one any of the
things which I may learn in the in-
ner Council, so help me God."
"Sounds like I was joinini a lodge,"
thought Stella as she parroted the
words after Lebrune, her hand up-
lifted. Then' she bent attention upon
what he was saying to her.
"Miss Lathrop, the Inner Council is
the ruling body in this city for all of
those who believe that the day is at
hand when a new order of things will
come into being throughout the world.
The 'common people have been trampl-
ed underfoot long enough. Their suf-
fering at the hande.of those who have
wealth and power must end. The class
which has been ruling everywhere- in
the world must now step down in
favor of those who heretofore have
been the- ruled. .
"Our comrades in Russia ,have
pointed the way' for us. There they
have overthrown the despotic czar and
.
Laugh It Off.,
Are you Worsted Ina fight?
Are you cheated of your right?
Laugh It oft"
Don't make tragedy of trifles,
Don't shoot, butterflies with
rifles--
Laugh It off.
Dees year work get into kin ts .
Are you near all sorts of briefer'?
Laugh it off.
,It's sanity you are after
There's no'reeeint like laughter'.
t off.
have understood all of the words he
aeeil but alte ,had gained, 4he ideas
Whielr he wished to convey.
tillone are. nog geotoduit?'se
,,
inquired, "people aie't fo eland
for it."
At once a babel of talk ensued.
Eaeli one seemed to be trying to ex-
plain to her in his es her own way
. how the end was to be accomplished.
Lebrune held up his hand for silence.
"It is net to be expected that you
would grasp the fall breadth of thel
plan at once., sister," he said. "You,
must absorb it by degrees iis you
learn the work of the inner Council.
You say people will not stand for it.
They must stand for it. Under our
glorious banner," he waved a hand
toward the red flag adorning the wall,
"we will gather in such force that no
xesistance -will be great enough to
overcome us. Throughout the come -
try our agents are at work quietly
teaching the doctrines that will rally
to our Standard all of those who do
not, belong to the ruling classes. The
whole strength of the Industrial
Workers of the World, the Bolshe-
vists, the anarchists', the majority of
the Socialists, those who are dissatis-
fied with canditioas, the returning sol-
diers and sailors who gave up jobs to
enlist and returned to find there were
ao other jobs for them, the foreign-
ers with these ideas already instilled
into them --all will flock to join hands
with us when the day arrives.
"Money? We have money. Our Rus-
sian 'comrades haVe seat to help.us
with the fight millions taken from the
strong -boxes of the rich. -Among
ourselves we have raised other mile
lions. Oh, there will be plenty of
money to start. After that we. take
what money we need, take it from the
banks, from those who have it; wher-
ever we find it We will take it."
"What'll the police be dein'owhile
we're dein' the takin'?" Stella was
practical and to her the police repre-
sented a force that was irresistible.
"The police! Bah!" It was the fat
man at the foot of the table who
answered her. "What did the police
do in Russia? In Germany? We will
not permit the police to do anything.
We will kill them if they try.We
will kill all those who interfere with
us. Blood! Blood! It will run like
water and it will be the blood of our
enemies. Blood and fire, young wo-
man. That is the way we will en-
force our plans. The jails will give
up their victims. Prison doors will
open for them and yawn for those
who oppose us and whoni we do not
Inwardly 'Stella shivered. "He looks
and he talks like a butcher," ,she
thought. Outwardly she was perfect-
ly calm as she nodded and said: "I
get you," , -Evidently this Was taken
for indorsement of what had been
explained to her. '
"Are there any questions you would
like to ask?" Lebrune pat the query
to her. ,
"How You goiin to keep people from
findin' out about all this ahead of
tine?" she. asked. "If -We're gain! to
have all of these "people with us when
the time comes we got to let 'em
know beforehand, ain't we? How do
we know some Of 'ern ain't gain' to
turn squealer and tip off things? I
know Prie green and all , that and I
suppose you've figured this all out.
But I want to know, too." ' -
"Quite right, sister," aneveerecl Le-
brune. Stella" wished he wouldn't call
her that. She had no sisterly feelings
toward this man. His face recalled
to her; like it had to the government
agent, the face of a cruel, rapacious
wolf. "But those whom we will use
as our instruments dib net know the
details of our -plans. They are secret
with the Inner Council. I, as its presi-
dent, am in touch with the presidents
of the Inner Councils of other cities.
We get our orders ficanethe council
of presidents. Local details are left
with us. We carry out orders arid
plans to fit conditions. But outside
of this council , no one knows what
those plans are. We tell the mob just
what we ,want the mob to know: We
tell them what we hope to bring about,
but we do not tell them how we are
going to do it. Is that clear?"
Stella nodded. A big light was be-
ginning to break upon her. " She, did
not need, to ask further questions to
enlighten her as to what was the real
object of this Inner .Council.' Loot,
robbery, „riots; murder—all of them
were permissible to bring about real,
ization of the Council's plans. Leh/eine
had Mentioned Russia. Stella knew a
little of" what was taking place -there.
In the factory where she worked she
had heard several Russian girlS talk-
ing and she had gained -some idea of
the turmoil which involved that, coun-
try.
But of the Bolshevists and what
they stood for she was ignorant. She
had eagerly attended radical meetings
and listened to speeches predicting
that 'a: new day was, dawning for the
people of the lower 'classes and had
approved, but murder and robbery had
never entered her head as the methods
by which it would be brought about.
With sudden realization it burst upon
her that it .was to these very things
that she had pledged herself. Her
soul turned sick within her and.svhilc
she appeared to be paying attention
to the routine discuisien going op
around the table she heard not a
single connected sentence.
(To he continued.)
substituted the soviet form of govern-
ment which is contealled by the work-
ingmen. In Germany our comrades
have followed suit. They have upset
the throne and substituted a govern-
ment of their own. A harnesemaker
who in other days would not have
been allowed within gunshot, of the
seat of government now is the govern-
ment's head. In. England, in. France,
in Sweden, in all the countries of Eur-
ope, the hour is striking when OUT
comrades there will launch their blow
for freedom.
"We in America are also preparing
for the day when we must strike.
Those who have wealth must share it
with us; industries, factories, shops
and governments—natioral, state and
city—fling Pans into our hands. It is
our birthright. Deprived of it for
generations, we are about to take it;
Peeneablar if we can, by fonse if We
must. Our 'comrades in Russia have
nobly shown us hew this can be ac-
complished. We have no more use
for the American form of government
than we had for the Russian system
when the czar was ruler. It must he
overthrown, even though the eountry
be drenched with blood to accomplish
our. encle."
Ile paused for breath. In his eyes
glowed the zeal of the fanatic, About
the t a ble in en au] women Maid ed 'their
heads in approval. Stella might riot
mm
Withhad
7
heuUifu1'but Hefty,,
The ease that tae class ,gave Miss
Ra chei was
'Stayed a•VMY witece they gave, It to,
her. She felt, she coalct asnbe:Prasant:
siren she, had, centeibuted nothing' to-
Wil'rd the gift. With no raoney how
could ahe e ? Nevertheless,
no girl in the class loved her teacher
as libty loved her,
And now' Mins, Rachel, with her
lovely Smile s,
siieil itair:ir
t5ich_lier. sweet v oic e was
going
Slow tears essielled up in Hefty's
eyes as she washed the sapper, dishes
and set them nt orderly TOWS aeon the
pantry shelves; ;'S'he MAUS a thin little
girl -with soft brown eyes and thick
breads, of haire that fell below her
waist., *phi -Mra. Barton had, urged
her Mother to cut, them off; ,So muc.h
hair took her strength, the, old lady
said'; batiHetty's, mother had shaken
her heade Hefty Iwas strong enough
and her hail, wais her one beauty. ,
, As Hettn_ca,rried thelast cup inns
the pantry she stood there a moment
reflecting. Mies Rachel *as going
aw'ay' Was there not something she
could do for heii? And then, ,as she
stood in the dusk of the little pantry
and pressed her tear-filled eyes with
her handei the answer came.
Miss Rachel heard a timid knock
at her door an.d lifted her head from
her paelstng.
ortai.o`Oa`ohrome, voice,
smi0icein,li,ea;'dinaishii,esaid inswettMissher.heestit..yentered
"Good evening, Betty," she said.
Hetty, stalled ,faintly: "Good. even-
ing, Miss, Rachel." Then -for a me-
ment she. paused. "I felt so sorry,"
she began tramulously, "because I
couldn't give anything toward buying
the 'beautiful vase that the rest of
the girls gave But I didn't have
any money." ,
Again 'she paueed a moment, then
continued: "But Miss Rachel, none of
the girls love'you more than node. I
love yoUr hands, your eyes, SrOUT
smile, and the way you fix your hair,
and' your clothes, and everything
about 'you. So I've come to -night to ask
whether yeu'll let me do something
for you, something I can do and some-
thing I want to do very much. I've
Come to,ii you, Mists Rachel, if
you'll let me wash:3411Year clothes be-
fore you go' away. Mother says I
wash beautifully."'
: Miss Rachel looked at Iietty—at the
thin little face, lighted by its Wistful
eyes, and at the, small rougth hands
fingering so nervously a fold of her
dress.
: "But, dear," she, said Ma trembling
voice,. "I don't.; a -tenet' to wash, my
clothes." , '
Hefty threw 'both ;arms found her.
"Dear Mins' Rachel, I've cried every
night for a •weak 'because, I couldn't
give anything toward the vase. You
won't go-away and make me feel I've
done nothing! Dernt you see that I
want to have a Part in you; and if
yoh won't let irie dot this, -I can't.
Pie -else, Miss Rachel." '
Seeing. that Hefty's 'heart was set
upon it, Miss Rachel let her have her
way, and a few minutes later she
crept down the stairs with a big
bundle in her arms.
Two idaysiafterwarde Hefty brought
back the clothes,' snowy white and
beautifully ironed. Miss Rachel was
to go away the next morning., 'Hefty
removed the , cloth, and Miss Rachel
saw them in all: their sweet, clean
freshness. '
"Dear," she cried, gathering the lit-
tle figure into her, arms, "What lovely
clothes! How can I thank you? It
isnot everyone that is willing tO gird
himself with basin and towel as the
Master did." •
Hetty looked into the dear face.
"And have I" she asked - "really
.
given you something, even though I
didn't have any.' money?. 0 Miss
Rachel', I wanted -you to know!"
Miss Rachel nodded. „
"'Silver and geld have I none; but
such as I have give I thee"she
quoted softly. Then she paused and
added, "Child, child, you have given
me more than anyone." •
A half hour later whenHefty' took
the empty clothes basket down the
Stairs her thin little face was softly
sn1"011‘iBilhalsIgi;rrin amidgtf:IhaNdvalli,,'I'isssheRZchhiesTesl'aeidd.
that!"
Peddle Sunlight if You Can.
Though you deal in liquid blacking,
Dismal bluing and Such things,
When you have'a sale to manage,
Do it as the robin sings.
Put some cheer -up in your business,—
Be a chipper sort of man, '
And, with other lines of notions,
Peddle sunshine if you can.
There's an awful deal of meanness
'In this busy World of ours;
But mixed In with weeds the rankest
"Ofttleses grow the fittest flowers.
Wear a posyon your lapel,—
It worl'tehurt the trade you plan,
And along, with other samples,
Peddle swish -Me if yen can,
SIX'T'er cent, of the .litie of ,a Swiss
. „
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railroad 'is -esrerithe, bridge's and 13.5
per cent. threngh tunnels.
It'enarda Cluirnerit for .Surri3 etc.
Two Labor -Saving Devices.
. One of the handiest tools that
have on cleaning days is a wire mop-)
stick, *which by the way, Was pur-
chased for a small sum. The wire an
the stick was covered with 'heavy felt
material, being very careful that all
sharp edges were thoroughly 'covered.
Over this put a piece of a wornaut
blanket, sewing it securely to the felt.
When ordinary dusting is to be dime,
I put a deatless duster over the pad-
ding, fasten it to the mopetiolt and
proceed to duat in the medal way. The
long wooden 'handle of the Treepetick
enables roe be dust the ont-of-theeWay
Corners, and surfaces' almost out of
reach; I am able with this device to
dust" picture molditiga, ceilings, cor-
ners, tops of windows and doors and
other high plaices. It saves time and
labor, and I never have to use a 'chair
or ladder as was iteceasary formerly.
The other handy device is a piece of
ordinary refiner lune which has been
a greet helia on wash day'. By the- use
of this hose which is eix feet in lengths
Inave Saved myself many steps and a
tired haat' as well. I can fill ma assasb
'Una with „cold water, which , eaves
carrying' and lifting., it, alia
me ,tinte, fon many other, necessary
duties that invariably occur on 'wash -
„Chlicin 'Account Book.
ga'n'ce, why not 'teach our c'hild'ter the
value of qicumey? Try giving ‚thorn a
certain :mount each week for duties
Well pertforined,. 'increasing' lane cover
certain • extra tasks, not enough: to
giYe" them the impreesion that yap
are paying„ them wages, hut a snail-
,
lated sum. -.IMnoite 'a email fine oat
trf.'the allowance f or duties neglected'
oiig,
Have them keep an account book,
and credit 'themselves' With all 'blies'
receive, atal charge theinselees with
all the i spend, and balance ',the nook
Once a.' month. Encourage' them to
save the nickels and dimes until' they
:Snip:Matt:. to 'dollars, With which, they
nnn eit.firt.aehenk.account ..Or bay some a
thing wished -for, inatearl 'of ,speading
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THE CANADA STA12.C.14 Ca,, LIMITED,' MONTREAL
..',77,77:•71nry,g7m7J1.7,%'ir-5r4'11
60:01),WKSANDS., TO.
GIVE 'UP ITS WEALTH'
THE (.111 A V EY AR D OF
THE NORTH SEA.
Plans to Recoyer Treasure of
°Ships Lost on Barren Sands
Once a Fertik Estate.
Aenes s,' the downs : of the little Eng/
lair fishermerns yllla.ge, Of Deals nenr\
the point where the North Sea merges
with the English channel, the
treacherous ,Coodstin Sands —'the
graveyard of the North pea.
Ifere for centuries countless yessels
have been driven to pieces talon the,
eheals—ships of battle, treasure bear -
ems' and andeunens carrying precious
, cargoes: Here innumerable lives have
- been. lost, 'ana here is 'believed .tee be
the -greatest treasure cache , in the
w(Drttnotird.'.always were, the 'Goodwin
Sands the dread tear of seafaring, men
.they are to -day. Once, so tradition
runs, before the Norman comniestitef
England; these' barren sands were the
fertile and beautiful estate of ,the Earl
of Goodwine, where he ruled in peace
and made his home. It was then' an
isiland surrounded by a high Sea wall
-
to keep back the‘chargingeratersn,
With the coining of the Nortnans,
the earl was compelled to turn his lit-
tle island estate ever to the abbey of
St. Augustine at Canterbury. The ab-
bot iii charge,. little realizing the con-
ditions oto )
piireieveae,
prevalent in his newly obtain-
ed estate, allowed the great sea walls
wetikened by the con-
stant beating of the waves.
Engulfed by the Sea.
In 1099 came a great storm. The
I seas` rolled hig-h and broke with terri-
fic forte on the weakened walls, Two
days it lasted. The skies were, dark-,
ened and many ships were lost, When
calm again came; the people in the
little ,village of Deal gazed across the
water toward the site of the. little is-
land estate anti rubbed their eyes.
The island had disappeared. The sea
had' engulfed it.
In the yearn that followed, the island
-was more deeply submerged and
covered with sands. It became the
scene of innumerable wreeks. Every
gale brought a new victim to be swal-
lowed by the. shifting sands. Even in
fair weather ships, striking the un-
chartered shoals, • would be speedily
drawn below the waves by the action
of the sands.
Because of the vast treasure known
to have been contained. in many of the
ships wrecked on the sands, the. spot -
which, at low tide stands several feet
above the water, has been the meet -
of treasure -seekers. Many ,schemes
have been employed from timele-time
to reclaim the cargoes for its own.
Invariably these attempts .have
failed, for the ships and their cargoes,
upon 'striking the sands, 'were engulf.'
ed and drawn below the level of the
sea bed by the peculiar action and
composition of the shoals.
The latest attempt to uncover these
riches of centuries, is expected to be
made according to plans put forward.
by Lord Headway, president of the
Society. of Engineers of Great Britain,
in an address before that body in Lon,
don recently. -
Highly Speculative Adventure.
Lord Headway's plan provides for
the sinking of a concrete tower near
the sands in Trinity Bay, and from
that point' to run tunnels in all direc-
tions te the cargoes which have been
drawn beneath the surface, -
"The problem of the Goodwin. Sands
Is' not exactly 'wildcatting,' " he is re-
ported to have said, "but it comestin-
'der the, heading of 'highly speculative'
adventure.' It is none the less fae-
cinating for that, and it is far .more
sound than many mining ventures, for
the treasure is' really -there." _-
History bears out the statement of
Lord Headway.that the ,treasure is
really there. In ,one eistance,-a Span-
iel} treasure ship; laden with gold and
,precious jewels, was seen by fisher-
men to strike :the 'sand elwals. Be-
fore rescue boats could ,master the
seas between the shore and the ship
it had...been; completely swallowed by
the sands,
The reat sand brinks '110 on the
coast of Kent,- and are approximately
ten miles long, stretching 'from Rams-
gatoto Kingsdown. AtIiigh tide they
are completelY _stibmerged; while at '
low tide a co,nsiderable portion is from
three to five feet above sea level, and
sufficiently' firm to walk upon. 'cricket
matches are often staged on the sands
by' the Ramsgate sportsmen during
the period of 'low tide.
Perhaps theemost terrible catastro-
phe recorded there *as the wreck of
folieteen ships during a great storm
In November', 1703, Now lightships,
buoys arid other means of. protection
from the shoals surround the sunken
Island, but still, during heavy galoa'
'and fogs, When the lights or the new
lightship are obliterated, neW-ships
are added to the list of victims for
this "graveyard of the seas."
Victoria's Brown Coal.
The state of, Victoria will
it can an ,., tiClil:',dtlet.;!.4%.1,17seitr'o'sft'altrirpollwiTlhceota'el
estimated to cont,l,VC nootcoV tons
la an area of about ri'efiguarblini.e.
According to a Paris mathetr461eiat
the adeptieri of GreenzVich
the standard for Prance increased blit
lighting expense of eeery French
household 1 per cent.
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