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Mayflower.
Pilgrim Fathers'
mou* «lil|i. as her own. Aldeburgh,
Bull Mooes War Culprit Who Had IVewMlhriit**'. Hotifliwobl »rrr ship­
building center« nt the time of I hr
Disturbed the Telephone Com-
Rpanleh armada and after
tn MN
munlcetlea of Many Counties.
Ahleburgh In recordctl as |“> «•.-..Ing
When tho bull rnooee in the fol­ 24 Ashing vmuu-ls of 20 tons meh. of
lowing story became tangled In a which l‘l were now within eight years.
mans of telephone wire. It took a At the clear of the slvrrtilh century
car- ful rescuer to get him free The and at the Ixvlnnlng of the seven­
Incident occurred la the Maine foreet teenth the east must of England was
region north of Bangor In the Elec­ suffering heavily at the hands of the
A 1d2R certlB-
trical Experimenter, th« lineman who txinktrk privateers.
wan »«nt out to repair the damage de cate s|v-<ines 13 Aldimburgh ships, of
the value <>f fil.wsi lost twlwwn 1A2A
scribes hla experience:
I took up the trull, and a couple of and 1(127 of which four bad been
miles down, near Palsy Ham. 1 found taken by the Imnklrkcra. Of these 13
the Mack wire and the break, but. to vesM-la two were of 350. two of 331.
ton« In the "Victoria
my surprise, I could And but one end and two of
Finally I found the other end MVI feet History of the County of Suffolk.'' the
farther on. What had become of the chapter on Maritime History, a foot­
note states that owe of tloau* 13 *l>l|>s
WWI feotl
I aenHi found out when | got hack was a MavAower ami that not Im­
probably this was the Pilgrims' vra-
to the break In the line. There ato<st
ael.—Christian Science Monitor.
a bull moose as big as a truck horse,
looking straight at rue. as much aa to
t Chemical Rubber Found.
aay. ''Here's your old wins. Coma and
The nwitorlst who haa been haying
get It!"
The itinoae stood just at the end of new tires will Iw pleased tn r«nd that
the mnd. with sis or eight turns of Berlin has tip|<arently |w<M|<iced at last
wire twisted tightly round hla borne, an cesata. nr sulwtltute, rubber which
several turns round his neck, and compare« well. In essential qualities
!Hi <>e ui> turns of alack behind him. with the grgetalde pnslnct and l'osta
about two thin!« lews,
It In wholly
Mn.nklng round. with the moose
a
chemical
compound,
ft
may be used
watching hie all the time. I managed
not only for tires, but for evary sort
to get hold of the alack wire ami
hauled In until I got the end. when I of rubber goods
Hut this statement I* bn«<xl only
made fast to a big tree Then, cut­
ting a good alaed sapling. I started u(«<n rr|<orts considered trustworthy.
No facts have l<ern made known by
toward tho uMMaa.
lie began to sidle round. with bead the Hermans as to the possibilities
down, mane bristling ami blood In hla of production njwm rhe gnat amir
eye; It looked like war. ITetty avion, necessary for «nci-esafnl competition
however, lie managed In his circling with genuine nihlter. nor has th«* «uh-
movements to make a turn round an­ atltute I m - co actually put on the nine
other tree, which gave him much lem ket
sco|w. noil when the wire came taut
with hla constant traveling he stum­
bled over II and fell In a heap
Now was my chance! I sneaked
up aa close as I dared—maybe within
15 fret and (Milppcl off the wire with
my |dlern.
MIGHT BE HISTORIC VESSEL I
History of English County Tolls of the
Capture of "MayRewer" by
Dunkirk Privateers.
Ableburgb. the little Ashing town tm
th* Snlfrdh const. haa. It la not at all
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Ancient "Wireless Telegraphy."
"Wirch's« telegrn|<lt> Is new ; wlrw-
leas communient Ion Is ns old as bib­
lical tlm««." With this statement the
National <l«ogrw|>hlc society at Wash­
ington quote« from a mm mimical Inn
hy John A Kingman. who seis forth
the Interesting theory that the lain nd
of Capri ’• as an Inifierlnl wlrrh-«« «tn
Hon of Am i it Ragn«
“We i.m>w
that the ancients signaled In varions
ways and over long distances," he
«ays. "They signaled hv beacon Arra,
by beacon «moke by pigeons, hy digs,
ami hv shouting from «m< sentinel to
another."