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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-27
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-27
THE SILVER HERESY
To BE Stamped Ont BY New York
Chamber Of Commerce.
CAMPAIGN TO Be CONTINUED.
sound Money Literature TO Be Dis
trfbnted. with Funds Provided by
the Finance Committee.

New York. Feb. e6-The sound money
committee Of the Chamber Of Commerce
hel4 a meeting TODAY in the rooms Of the
Chamber of Commerce. Only fourteen
members q the committee were present
Tbs Meeting was private. There was
discussion 81 financial problems. and az its
conclusion several resolutions were OF
fered- One submitted By Richard Young
and seconded ~ Joseph g Hendricks.
read
Resolved. THAT the executive commit
tee be required 10 prepare and submit 10
the Chamber 81 Commerce az address m
wiling the cooperation OF al the CONNER
cial bodies and Of al business men in the
movement 10 secure the adoption ~ the
national conventions OF both the great po-
ltical parties OF t.neQEigocal declarations
IN favor ri the maintenance OF the present
standard OF value"
Another resolution. offered By Gustav
H. Schwab, read:
Resolved That IL Is the sense of this
committee that the agitation in favor of
tine maintenance Of the present standard
81 vaiae and against the free coinage OF
silver should be prosecuted with yigor.
Resolved. That the executive commit
tee b. Instructed TO continue such work OF
agitation by the distribution Of sound
money literature and by ali other proper
an3 lawful means at its command
Resolved. That 4he committee OF fin
ance be requested TO take the necessary
steps 10 secure the funds for the earT--lg
on Of this work
The resolutions We're adopted unanimous
H. Henry Hengz. chairman Of The general
committee. presided,
When the general committee adjourned
there was a short meeting Of the exec0-
tive committee, Of which Gustav II.
Scbwab was chairman, bat the only bust
ress transacted MAS the reading Of the
resolutions reported, No decided measures
we're taken. Chairman Hentz, OF the gen
ersi committee. sad the fight for sound
money would he kept up unremltsingiy on
the lines already laid down by the commit
tee. He said that while he believed the
silver heresy'' was dying out. he real
tied that the fight was not yet ended. and
that the Chamber Of Commerce would be
In the front ranks of the fight for sound
money
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-27
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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1896-09-05
LOUISIANA.
Sugar and Rice the Only Crops
In Good Condition.

Times-Democ,At.
Nearly all the crops IT Louisi-
ana will be short except -'ugar and
rice, the former being large one
and the latter only slightly below
the average. Cotton will be less
than q two-thirds crop, owing to
the drouth and the extreme hot
spell. Corn will be barely half a
crop, as it caught the worst of the
dry spell. Nearly all crops bade
fair to do we'll six or seven weeks
ago, but the continued drouth
soon dried them up. In many
places the corn burnt up in the
field, and far from producing good
ears, did not even made fodder.
The stalks were actually burnt
stiff in many places and blown
down by the wind.
The cotton crop suffered like
wise, and the effect was that it
opened prematurely, and there
we're acres and acres where open
bolls and blooms falling of the
same stalk were to be seen. And
when the rain did come on this
kind of a crop it washed out the
open cotton and scaled the stalk
and leaves.
Where the drouth had continu-
ed long the farmers preferred il
not to rain, despite the fact blooms
we're falling, for it was too late to
help them.
Avoyelles, Bossier, Caddo, Cal
casieu, Catahoula, Claiborne, Tan
gipahos, st. Mary, st. Bernard
Rapides, Point Coupee, Plaque.
mines, Nitchitoches. Madison, La
fayette, Iberia and De Soto, have
suffered severely from the drouth
The crops of Madison parish arr
very fair considering the weather
Many of the other parishes hav'
suffered from the drouth, too, bu
most of them have been visite'
lately by light showers, and YER,
few heavy rains have fallen.
In some of the cane-growinI
parishes in the stiff lands the can
is beginning to show the lack O
rain, and is assuming an unheal
thy color.
Rice in some of the parishes is al
most dead, and wherever this is tn
case, due to drouth, the other crop
are invariably so per cent shor
A great deal of work has bee
done lately in haying, rice cuttin
and gathering corn where thes
made crops. Sweet potatoes all
garden truck ge nerally need rail
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1896-09-05

ST. MART1Nv1LLE, La, SATURDAY SEPTEMBER s. 1885,
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1896-09-05

Louis U. Desforges, the notori-
GUS councilman Of New Orleans,
was taken to the penitentiary last
Saturday, and now wears the
stripes.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1896-09-05

my boy came home from school one
day with bis hand badly lecerated aud
bleeding, and suffering great pain"
says Mr.. E. ]. Schall, with Meyer Bros.
Drug Co., st. Louis, No. Il dressed the
wound, and applied Chamberlain's Pain
Balm freely. All pain ceased. and In a
remarkably short time 1t healed with
out leaving scar. For wounds. sprains.
swellings and rheumatism l know OF no
medicine or prescription equal to 1t. |
know Of no medicine or prescription
equal to 1t. consider 1t . household
necessity" The 25 and 80 cent sizes fol
sale By T. ]. Liable. druggist.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-26

showing steady white light one minute,
followed by four red flashes. The method
OF producing the white light and flashes is
very simple. The lenses and lamp are like
all other fourth order lights. with the ad-
dltlon OF piece of mechanism that turns
them around once in every two minutes.
One-half of the lens is left open and the
other half has four pieces of fiat red glass
placed against it. These are placed side
by side so as to fill the space and at such
angles as conform to the arc OF the lens.
Strictly speaking, there is no red fash, but
the effect is produced by the light that
passes through the lens striking the fiat
red glass, which collects the rays and pro-
iects them in a straight line. AS 4 con-
sequence there are four rays of red light
with three unilluminated spaces between
them. When the eve of a person comes
within the focal-plane of any of the red
glasses he will see the ray for the inter-
val it is projected i'll his direction, which
produces the effect of fash. But the red
rays are always being projected to some
point OF the horizon, and if q person could
follow them around he would see only
one steady red ray.
The lenses, mechanism and lantern were
all manufactured By Henry Lepaute in
Paris. France. The mechanism that turns
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-26

dier. He first came to San Francisco
when a boy in the ship Flying Cloud.
Later he served in the civil war and acted
as first mate on several vessels. His career
was an unfortunate one, as he was cap
tured and wounded several times. He has
been in the lighthouse service about
twenty years, having had charge of Pigeon
Point and other stations before coming to
AlcatraZ.
The Fort Point light was not built until
1875, or twenty-five years after the
one on Alcatraz Island. 1t is on top of
one of the old watch towers of the fort, and
is reached by a bridge that spans the
space between the cliff where the keepers
residences are located and the parapet of
the fort. 1t is not pleasant place to live,
as the wind blows nearly all the time and
often makes it dangerous to go from the
residences TO the light-tower.
There is really no lighthouse about the
Fort Point station, as the whole structure
is nothing more than skeleton-tower
with lantern on top. 1t is about twenty
feet above the top of the fort and reached
by spiral stairway. 1t is all made of iron
and perfectly firm and solid.
Fort Point light is of the fourth order,
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-26

plane of Alcatraz light is 1856 feet above
sea level and covers the whole horizon.
Since the Alcatraz light has been in ex-
lstence all sorts of oil have been used, and
the lens attachments have been changed
over and over again to adapt them TO the
different lamps. AT present the lamp
burns mineral oil, which is supplied to the
wick from reservoir and regulated by q
hoat feed attachment. The lamp-cleanlng
room is just beneath the lantern. Every
thing about the place is as clean and IS
orderly as possible. All of the brasswork
shines like gold, and the different tools
and material are stored in the most or
derly manner.
Alcatraz Island is also supplied with
fog signal. 1t is located at the base of the
cliff on the southern end of the island, and
is reached by a flight of steps. The bell is
operated by a machine that will run four
hours with one winding. Fogs are fire.
quent at AlcatraZ and the bell will often
be kept going day and night.
Alcatraz Island lighthouse is in charge
of Captain Leeds. He has held the posi-
tion for ten years, and done great deal of
work in the way of improving things
around the house. He had built several
additional rooms to the building and
moderniZed the old ones. He also con-
structed wall about two feet high around
the house. This he filled with good rich
soil and planted flowers nd trees on it.
All have done we'll, and they present a
neat and pretty appearance. Captain
Leeds is given only one assistant, G. En-
gelbrecht. They divide the night into two
watches, changing at II o'colck, and al
ternately take the first half of the night.
Captain Leeds is an old sailor and sol
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-26

lesson and dinner. They are young mer-
chants, and are learning, among other
things, to write business letters. For one
of them one of my friends does the CORE
where their business runs up to $4,000 or
more per annum. The lessons of these
gentlemen begin at 5P. NJ.
On three afternoons of the week, at an
earlier hour, another young man. son of a
millionaire of Toxic, comes for converse
ton, and on three mornings of the week
two ladies come at 10 o'clock to study Eng
lish, take lunch and learn how to cut and
make children's clothing. These pupils
are under the care principally of the elder
of the sisters. The younger has her set OF
private pupils, going out three mornings
and receiving pupils In French and elocu-
ton in the evenings at home. In addition
to all this industry these ladies find time
to give to all manner of good works, in
which the japanese ladies Of rank are very
active. Mrs. Yanagaya is mentioned as
being particularly interested in the educa-
tion of women. The wife of the Marquis
Oiyama is president of a literary society
which meets at the house OF my friends
every month"; they being the foreign ad-
visers." Miss Prince says the japanese are
born writers. Within a short time new
law has been passed in the Diet allowing
women to print and publish their writings,
and to edit newspapers. Next thing we
snail near or WILL be press CLUBS and wO-
mems congresses. 1t really is very wonder
full that in one generation such long strides
forward have been made.
Miss Prince speaks in admiring and af-
fectionate terms of her younger pupils
some of whom have been in her care for
eight years. She says: zone have Just
helped send off to San Francisco is the
daughter of Marshal Marquis Yamagata,
the hero of Manchuria. Miss Iwasaki,
another pupil for the, full time, is to be
married soon to the son of Count Matau-
kata, who, it is expected, will go abroad
as Consul-General. Thus carefully are
both men and women prepared for the po-
sitions they are to fulfill in society-an ex-
ample which we would do we'll to follow.
My friends mention that Mr.. Yanagaya is
still in official life, in the Department of
Agriculture. His eldest son, who is learn
ing banking, will soon go to Europe for
three years. The second went to the Chi
cago Exposition, and is in business in
Toxic while Miss Somi, whom we used to
see as q little girl in San Francisco, is mar
ried, and three younger children are at
school.
''Mr. Murota. whom we remember as sub
Consul in San Francisco, fills the office of
Consul General of the United States and
Mexico and resides in Mexico; and Mr.
Nossi, who was secretary to Mr.. Yana-
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-26

mixture of peoples from everywhere, and
of every class. But the official class and
those who can show some good reason for
being here are very closely united max
ing a most agreeable social atmosphere.
Just here l wish to introduce two San
Francisco women, the sisters Isabella and
Mary Prince, who were, not very many
years ago, we'll known in our City as edu-
Gators OF our society young ladies, by
whom they will be gratefully and pleasur-
ably remem bered. 1t chanced that among
those who sought their aid was Mrs.
Yanagaya, wife of the then Japanese Con-
sui, with other members of the consulate.
The acquaintance and friendship thus
formed led to the appointment by the Jap
anese Government of the Misses Prince as
instructors of the ladies of the court circle
in Japan in foreign customs, dress, man
ners, language ana literature. 1t was my
privilege to be a member of the Prince
household during the progress of the
events which led up to the appointment of
my friends to official life in japan. With
this introduction / invite my readers to
fancy. themselves being entertained by
these ladies in the character of an old
friend, as l am being. In reply to my
request to be told something about life in
the Orient the talk runs in this wise:
eff we undertook that, we should fill
a four-volumed book full of the most de-
lightful experiences, and leave omitted
enough to have made sequel of consider
able length, and then not be done. Our
friends. VINO sent for us, did SO only when
the way was open to make our coming all
that we could DESIRE We stepped at once
into official life, and have never ceased to
receive its benefits. After four years the
special school we came to be connected
with was abolished by the Govern
ment, but we were requested by private
parties to remain in Toxic, were placed
under the care of the Foreign Office and
are still retained for private work among
officials. Twice we have been on the
point of going home at the close of certain
periods, but before that time was reached
new educational ties have been formed.
and we could not get away.
"The Japanese are the most delightful
people to be among-that is, the class
among which we haye been thrown.
Every one in Toxic has a reason to be
here, and position which commands re-
spect and accompanied by salary which
insures all the comforts of life. This, of
itself, makes life agreeable, and united
with ripe scholarship, rich experiences
and earnest work, when we meet each
other we find plenty to talk of and about.
I'VE are. and have been ever since we
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-26

have been here, constantly engaged in
active work for the benefit of the women
of Japan, a work of which we never tire, so
interesting we find it. Not that we see
such great results, but that we have faith
to believe that time will bring results that
now we only dream OF. Japanese women
only need to have opportunities given
them to do every kind OF good work, but
they have been hampered for centuries,
and 1t Is very hard to rise out of bondage.
1t is not considered etiquette for lady of
rank to talk above her breath, and only at
rare Intervals, and our constant chatter is
really very ill-bred to them. l have yet to
see Japanese lady whose manners were
not dignified and elegant, but we have
been most fortunate, being received into
the very highest official society. While at
the school we were presented to the EN-
press, and received a special message from
her own lips, compliment for which we
have reason to be grateful"
L found my friends occupying a small,
comfortable foreign" house in the native
town. They go to church and visit in the
concession, but are always glad to get
back to their home among the Japanese
1t is situated on hill overlooking a large
plain tllled with native houses. In full
view across the bay are the palaces of the
Emperor and Empress, surrounded by
highly cultivated grounds. Each morn
ing their eyes are gladdened with view
OF the rose-tipped apex of Fujiyama, and
every evening they enjoy the view of a
sunset behind the snow-tipped SUBMITS
of the blue Hakone range on the opposite
side of the valley. A woman cook, a man
to sweep and pull their jinrickisha, a
seamstress and an interpreter constitute
the family of servants.
Two afternoons of the week, L am in
formed, two young gentlemen come in for
conversation lessons and to dine. This
gives them knowledge of foreign man
ners. On two other evenings two other
gentlemen with the same intent come to
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-26
The Cat Lives on the Train.

Captain Tom Hanlon, the popular con-
ductor on the Louisville Southern Rail-
road, has mascot in the shape OF brindle
cat, which some one threw into the bag
gage-car over month ago. The captain
at once recognized his feline omen of good
luck and adopted her. Pussy appreciated
this love at first sight and stuck to the
train. When the train gets TO Louisville
or Lexington she jumps off with the pas
sengers, visits and gossips with the other
cats In the neighborhood, Just like all
females will do, and when the bell ringa
she gets aboard again with the crew. Cap
tain Hanlon refuses to part with his mas
cot, saying his train can never. run off tE
track as long as she is on boafa.-Lexi--
ton Argonaut.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-26
AN UNPLEASANT JOB,
Bob Crawford's Peculiar and Disagree
able Means of Earning a livelihood.

Bob Crawford's Peculiar and Disagree-
able Means of Earning livelihood.
The last two years of hard times have
developed a large number of peculiar
methods of making a living among the
poorer population of this City. One of the
queerest of these has been adopted by old
Bob Crawford, who manages to get liv-
ing out of the bottom of the channel by
fishing for things that have been lost over
board from vessels. 1t is most undesir-
able job and brings in the smallest kind of
an income. but Bob sticks to it on account
of its delightful uncertainty.
Bob can be seen on the wharf along the
side of the channel almost any day keep
ing his eye on the different vessels.
As soon as one of them leaves her berth
Bob watches the place until the tide goes
down and then climbs under the wharf
and commences to "fish." He uses a rake
of his own manufacture that has long
handle and teeth very close together.
With this he scratches around in the foul
smelling black ooze and if it strikes any
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-26

k||A h1O IeGteT Is uOt irOLu ''COFFe-
spondent." and is written only
because l find in Japan some
thing interesting to the ladies of
San Francisco, which they are
not likely to know unless I tell it to them.
But first let me preface this pleasant duty
by few remarks. / will assume-though
perhaps I should not-that not every
woman knows that there are only four
open ports in Japan where any one may
live at pleasure, and that outside of these
one must have the permission of the Gov
ernment, or be in the employ of Jap
anese. For this reason globe-trotters and
newspaper writer's acquire paratively
little knowledge of the people or country,
their books and letters being made up as
they meditatively stroll through the cor
ridors or loll upon the verandas of the
large hotels in the concession" or foreign
quarter, soothed into an imaginative mood
by mild cigar.
The concession OF Toxic gives no hint
of japanese life, being in all respects a
modern town, with houses in foreign
style, well-paved streets,..gas lighting and
ali the concomitants of another civiliza-
tion than that of the Orient. One hears
here the same denunciation of sthe times"
and complaint about the depression in
silver which people at home indulge IN.
Like our cities, the port of Toxic has a
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-26
N AZ ANY old shippers say that San
MW Francisco harbor is one of the
w IN easiest in the world to get into
1 Y Vat night, notwithstanding that

Il Nat night, Notwithstanding Inat
the entrance is only little over
mile wide. This is due to the fact that
nature has created a deep channel in such
position that it can be readily located by
the lighthouses on shore.
From the deck of vessel just outside
the bar six lights can be seen, but
only two of them are actually used to
guide vessels to port. They are known as
range lights. One is on Fort Point, close
to the Pacific, and the other on Alcatraz
Island, two miles almost due east and
within San Francisco Bay. So that they
can be told apart on a dark night the
former is red and white fash and the
latter steady white light. Their posi-
tion is such that no vessel can enter the
harbor at night without taking bearings
on them.
When a vessel from the west is making
for this port her captain, after passing the
Farallones, first locates the whistling
buoy, anchored out on the bar. From
thai position be will have Fort Point and
Alcatraz lights in line. He will then steer
in a course bearing toward the southern
end of Angel Island until he has For,
Point light on his starboard bow. If the
captain wants to anchor in the roadway
he will then steer direct for AlcatraZ light
and drop anchor when he reaches the de.
sired spot. If he wishes to anchor in front
OF the City he steers so as to pass close tC
Alcatraz on the port side.
Vessels coming up the coast from the
south shape their course for Point Bonita
lighthouse until they have Fort Point and
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-26

the lenses is almost exactly like one of the
old-fashioned weight clocks with large
cog geared into wheel that corresponds
to the escapement.
There is also small fog-b bell at Fort
Point. It is located in front of port
hole, through which the keepers must
climb to attend to it. 1t is operated by
weights and will run about four hours
with one winding.
James Rankin is in charge at the Fort
Point light station. He is the only man
who has ever held the position, as he took
charge when it was first lighted, twenty
years ago.