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PQG (report me to my owners)
In signals made with 2 flags,
the burgee uppermost means Attention
thus BD (what ship is that?)
Pennant uppermost is compass
Signal DB East, square flag
uppermost points out danger
PT (Want a pilot
Signal In signals composed of 4 flags
Flags the burgee uppermost is geographical
thus BFQT is Edenbrugh [Edinburgh?].
Pennant uppermost is used in
spelling a name or a word of
which there is a doubt. Thus to
spell "Chambers" would involve
4 hoists CBKG (Ch) CBDW (am)
CBGS (be) CFJW (rs). This is
rather a tedious operation
oweing to the fact of the absence
of vowels. Square flag uppermost
is ships name JSHG (Tainui of
Glasgow). 3 flag signals
express Latitude, Longitude,
time and all ordinary communications
There is no A E I O U in the
flags
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Spontaneous Combustion
In the report of the Fire Marshall
of New York City for 1893, 16 cases
Combustion are reported. 9 originated amongst
oily Rags, cotton waste, or Rope
materials, 2 in piles of Coal,
1 in a mass of Excelsior, 1 in
Salt Hay, 2 in oily sawdust
1 in rubbish March 1 1873
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A Long Rope
What is said to be the longest Rope
in the world was made at Frosts
Rope Ropewalk Shadwell England. It is a
grapnel rope 10,000 fathoms long, without
a splice, and was made for the Siemens
Telegraph Company. It is made of 3
Strands, the diameter of the competed
rope, being 3 inches. June 13 1874
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Glaziers Putty
Putty Whiting 70 #bs [pounds] Boiled Oil 20 #bs [pounds]
Mix, and add Whiting or Oil, as needed
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Potatoe Water for Silver
Hot water poured off Boiled potatoes
or Potatoe parings, are Excellent to
clean silver. The objects can be Easily
To rubbed with the fingers, with the settlings
Clean of potatoe meal, and become as bright
Silver as if rubbed with tripoli. German
Silver or plated ware, can be cleaned
the same way. Potatoe water which
has become sour from long standing,
can be used instead of Acid, to
clean copper vessels. March 1 1873
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Hell
An old colored preacher, in a sermon
on Hell, pictured it as a region of
ice and snow, where the damned ones
froze for Ever. When privately asked
Hell his reason for telling such a yarn
he said; I don't dare to tell these
people nuffin Else. Why, if I was to
say dat Hell was warm, some of
dem old Rumatic niggers would be
wanting to start down dere, de
berry first frost. March 1 1873
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