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The San Francisco call., 1896-03-01

proper. 1t is constructed on pro-
lection of rock 120 feet above high
tide. 1t can be seen from any direction
except the northeast. The building
itself is just high enough to make the lamp
134 feet above sea level. The lamp is the
regulation Funk pattern and was made in
1880. 1t has three circular wicks, burns
mineral oil and is supposed to produce 164
candle power. The lantern is the same as
was used OF the old lighthouse. The
lenses were made in France in 1852 and in
crease the candle power of the lamp to
$500.
Point Bonita light is the only second
class light on the coast. 1t is what is
known as a fixed white" and on clear
nights is visible 10 vessel as soon as 1t
gets over the horizon. Any craft entering
the harbor is in the middle OF five lights.
Farallon, out at sea, flashes once a min
ute: Point Reyes to the north flashes every
five seconds; Pigeon Point, to the south,
flashes every ten seconds; Fort Point is a
steady white light with four red flashes,
while AlcatraZ can be family seen far in
land.
The Improvements at Point Bonita in
Guided a steam fog-horn station, all ma
chinery being built in duplicate to guard
against breakdown. Steam is Kept in the
boilers all the time, so that everything is
in readiness for fog, which is liable
W CO4lIc up L AS llOl us
are blown by small steam engines. On
the eastern side of the point there is an
incline tramway that leads down to a
wharf where all supplies are landed. The
water at the base OF the rock is deep
enough for large schooner 70 land in
safety. The tramcar is operated by
steel cable that is run by steam engine,
and can haul up over ton OF coal at
load.
When the light was moved from the
higher to the lower position most difficult
task confronted the engineers in shape of
a cliff nearly 100 feet high that lay be-
tween two points. There was no room on
the lower rock for the keepers houses so it
was necessary to leave them where they
were and make communication easy be-
tween and the new lighthouse. A steel
bridge was first built around the outside
of the cliff overhanging the ocean, but it
proved so dangerous it had to be aban-
doned. The difficulty was overcome by
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tne large Oil lamp alight while the lanterns
were peing. changed. Captain Brown
~ never missed night in the lighthouse un-
tli lew months ago, when he was sick
WIN an attack OF la grippe. In addition
10 MS duties as lightkeeper, Captain
DroWn has done considerable work as a
Iile-saver. Wrecks of vessels have strewn
sne coast IN all directions as far as one can
see Wnen standing in the lighthouse.
1t was over there the Costa Rica went
ashore, ss said the captain, pointing to the
leIt, and right down there the tug Rescue
went aground. Over there the ship Eliza
petn Went to pieces; there is where the
schooner Pet sank; on that rock over there
Ine new York struck, and near the same
place the Whltelaw went down."
Durlng the twenty-four years the captain
estimates that he and his men have saved
over eighty people that would have per-
isheo put Tor their timely assistance. They
nave taken several hundred off vessels
tnat simply grounded when the seawas
smooth, On one stormy night man was
neard crying for help at the base of the
Giii1 beneath the old lighthouse. Captain
brown could not see him, bat he climbed
uoWn 5oO feet on rope and found the
man, almost dead, in a deep pool, some
what sheltered from the breakers. Both
were hauled to the top with difficulty.
1ne greatest number of men have been
saved from fishing vessels that got into
tne bit OF nasty water just beneath the
CHI. The lighthouse has a good compart-
ment boat that will .stand pretty rough
water and the men are ready at all times
70 Lend aid to those in danger.
Ihe residences of the keepers are large
comfortable buildings, standing in shell
tered positions on the eastern slope of the
Cliff Mrs. Brown, the captain wife, has
been to great pains and succeeded in grow
Ing an extensive garden of flowers and
vegetables that form bright spot of color
IN the barren surroundings.
The lighthouse tract of land consists of
forty-eight acres adjoining the Lime Point
government reservation. That portion of
1T north of the lighthouse is very good soil,
and several springs of pure water flow from
the hillsides. 1t affords pasturage for sew
eral horses and cows belonging TO the
lighthouse, but the ground is not of such a
character as to be cultivated with profit.
On account of Its isolated position few
people visit Point Bonita lighthouse. Some
days there will be fifteen or twenty visitors
and at other times the keepers will not see
a stranger for weeks.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-01
JOHN f F|NERTY COMING,
The Irish Orator Will Arrive in
San Francisco Next
Tuesday.
Will Be Given a Warm Reception by
His Comprehensive Emmet
Anniversary.

John f. Finerty of Chicago, who is to
lecture under the auspices OF the Knights
of the Red Branch at Metropolitan Hall on
Wednesday evening next, will arrive in
the City on Monday morning.
DR.. O'Neill received the following tele-
gram from the Irish orator yesterday:
LA JUNTA, Colo, Feb. %, 1896.
DR.. p. J. O'NeiH, S7g Mission street, San Fran
cisco: Due 0:45 o'clock Tuesday morning, via
Southern Pacific. JOHN +. FINERTY.
The general committee of arrangements
has appointed the following representative
citizens as committee of reception: J.
J. O'Brien chairman, DR.. P. ]. O'Neill,
Thomas Desmond, Frank 7. Shea, Jere-
miah Deasy and Captain Jeremiah Sheehy.
They will go to Port Costa on Tuesday
morning to meet the distinguished visitor,
and on his arrival will escort him to his
rooms in the Occidental Hotel
On Tuesday evening there will be an in
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cisco to Point Bonita lighthouse, and yet
the people living there are almost out OF
the world. Sausalito is the postoffice ad-
dress of the lighthouse, and from there
good road over the hills about i've miles
must be Travelled TO reach it. But it is
worth the effort, for there is not more in
teresting lighthouse to be found anywhere.
The engineers who put up the nrst hght-
house in 1854 were evidently 1aen not ac-
ouainted with The atmospheric conditions
of the Pacific Coast, for they pulit II on
the highest point of the cliff they could
find. where the first clouds OF fog wouid
obscure it. Their work is still standing ~
the shape OF massive stone tower slAty
feet high, the top OF whlch is oof leeI
above high tide. II Is nt gla.eiu. &C.
structure, but of no use now except as
Landmark. 1t is very valuable Tor this..
as it can be seen on clear day twenty
miles at sea- For many years a1ter the
light was established it was questlon
whether it would be lighted or not. Ine
keepers paid little attention TO tnelr uuet-
ness. and oftentimes, it is salo, tne ian'p
was lighted by some rancher "Aiie 'h95
were absent.
But after the excitement OF the war mao
subsidized the Government was more strict
in regard to such matters. AppropTla
tions were made for improving the hgnt
house service, and practical men were en-
ployed to investigate and report on what
was needed. As Point Bonita required
large sum OF money to put it in flrst-class
condition, no changes, except minor ones,
were made until 1877, but the work then
done was properly finished and is Sill
standing in perfect condition.
Before the changes We're made the sta
ton had only two buildings-the light
house and building for the keepers. NOW
there are six, painted a pure white ana
kept in the most perfect order. The most
important building is the lighthouse
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cutting a tunnel through the G If so that
it is now easy and safe for the ligi tkeepers
to go between the alton and their homes
at all hours.
For the last twenty-four years Point Bo-
nita lighthouse has been in charge OF Cap
tain J. B. Brown. He was on duty when
the change was made from the old to the
new quarters and sat up at nights to keep
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part of the Chinese empire. where written
documents are said to exist proving that
these insects were raised 200 years bsfore
the Christian era. From thence they
passed into Persia, India and various parts
of Asia, and subsequently to the isle OF
Cos.
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tFroaa a photograph

Pacific Coast that the United States Gov
eminent equipped as lighthouse. That
was in 1854. and since then Improvements
have been made as the station grew in i'm
portance with increasing traffic.
1t is little more than i've miles in a
straight line from the center of San Fran
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-01

c. A. Monkovsky, Chief Government En-.
gineer of the Department of Eastern
Siberia, is in San Francisco studying GER
tain features of American railroading.
His m 3ssion is said to be in connection with
the proposed construction Of a number of
lines of railroad in Eastern Siberia.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-01

You ought to see those manufacturers SAM
pies of handkerchiefs for ladies and gents at
l5c. Joe Rosenberg, 40-42 Gea.y street.
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IS: @ : ST: s: !: ::: i: i: ::: :: ::: :: ::; 5:
from a whirlpool OF waves ever
dashing over hundreds of jagged and half
submerged rocks. 1t has always been
recognized as a dangerous place for yes
sells, and was one of the first points on the
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-08
Mr.. MOoDY's METHODS.
He is Not Licensed to Preach. bu, He DC
So, NevertheIes., Effectively.

So, Nevertheless, Effectively.
For twenty-five years d. l.. Moody
has been a faithful preacher of right
eousness, although no Presbytery or
council or bishop has set him apart
for the ministry.
Most men would be satisfied TO have
done the evangelistic work which first
made the name of Mr.. Moody known
throughout America and Great
Britain, but the educational work
which he is carrying on at Northfeld,
Mass, his native town and at Chicago
would occupy all of the time and
thought of men possessed of more than
ordinary abilities. The preparations
for the summer conferences, running
over two months or more, and attend
ed by thousands Of people, and the
responsibility of conducting them
would lead the majority of men to ask
for an extended vacation when the
season closed
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-08

An editor comes in contact with
many amusing articles for publication
Notice the following Mr.. Editor,
desire to thank the friends and neigh.
bors most heartily in this manner for
the united aid and cooperation dur
ing the illness and death of my late
husband who escaped from me by the
hand Of death on Friday last while
eating breakfast. To the friends and
all who contributed so willingly to-
wards making the last moments and
funeral of my husband a splendid
success, / desire to remember most
kindly, hoping these few lines will find
them enjoying the same blessing. /
also have a good milch COW and a
roam gelding horse Of eight years old
which will sell cheap. God moves
in a mysterious way His wonders to
perform. He plants his footsteps in
the sea and rides upon the storm. Al
so black and white shote very low.
-E1.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-08
EXPERIENCE WITH a ceNTlPEDe.
1t Crswlsd the Length of a Mans Arm but
He Dare Not Strike IL.

The following experience is related
by San Francisco fruit importer:
was opening box of bananas and
pushed my hand through the straw TO
get at the stalk. felt around for n
few seconds and thought l could feel
something moving around on the back
of my hand. l had often heard of the
presence of centipeds in fruit ship
ments so carefully removed my hand
so as to make as little commotlon as
possible. Imagine my surprise and
alarm to see a five inch centiped slow
ly crawling up my arm to my coat
sleeve. | was on the point Of striking
II off and jumping all over ii when n
fruit packer, standing near by, warned
me to make no attempt to get rid of
II. but to let II crawl off at its leisure.
| know l got as white as sheet, be-
lieving every moment that IL would
sink its claws into me and send its
powerful poison through my blood.
l looked at ii with fear and trembling
but did not dare to move a muscle.
1t lifted its head and seemed perfectly
satisfied to remain where 1t was. l
could hardly restrain myself from
making quick motion and shaking
it off, but my companion warned me
again to keep quiet. All could feel
was tickling sensation as the insects
legs quivered and felt around in every
direction. The tickling increased, and
l was almost ready to faint with sup
pressed excitement.
Finally the centiped looked up at my
sleeve and slowly made for it, moving
all the legs In unison. The sensation
was by this time simply unbearable,
and feared l would be unable to re-
main calm until the thing got entirely
off. My flesh seemed to shrink away
as the horrid creature proceeded, but
in n few more seconds. every one Of
which seemed an hour, it had settled
itself comfortably on the fabric Of my
clothing, and with a motion quicker
than | was ever known to make before,
l routed 1t with a stick and sat down,
perspiring from head to foot. 1t was
the most thrilling experience l ever
figured in, and it made me sick the rest
of the day.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-08
TWENTY YEARS DEAD
LITTLE REMAINS TO MARK a. 7.
STEWARDS ACHIEVEMENTS.

The Failure OF Judge Hilton's Son De
stroys the Last vcstige of Americas
Once Richest Man. His Grave Unknown;
His Wealth Scattered as Atoms.
1t is a trite saying, that in America
It is only three generations from shirt
sleeves TO saertsleeves.
In all the story of business, which is
part of the history Of Manhattan Is
land. there is no sadder. no more over
wheluning chapter than that which sets
forth the building and breaking of the
A. T. Stewart property as it is called to
mind by the failure Of Hilton, Hughes
& Co, the successors.
1t is well nigh three-quarters of q
century now since an Irlshman-kin-
less, portonless. for all he knew, save
for the pack of college learning-landed
in-New York. He took box of place
in Broadway below Chambers street
and spread out there little stock of
Irish lace. 1t had cost him every dol
lar that he owned.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-08
DLRECTIONS.

Apply a particle or ne
Balm directly into the
noSirilS. DTdto strong
0re0thS through TIE
nose. Use three times
a dag, dyTeT' meals pre-
Jrred, and be60i'e re.
tiTing.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-08

Mr.. Moody carries all these heavy
burdens as easily as most men carry
their lighter ones, and to them he has
added another, which is considered
one Of the most important in his many
sided life.
Northtield gave the evangelist to the
world, but Mr.. Moody has given to the
town worldwide fame. He has estab-
lished institutions which will be car
ried on by his friends and by those
who have been educated there for gen.
erations to come: the influences start
ed will never cease. Mr.. Moody's
father died in 1S41, but his mother
lived until few months ago, more
than 90 years of age. The son. whose
name is best known of the family Of
nine children, went to Boston when he
was II years old TO be a clerk in the
shoe store OF his uncle. a person who
knew him we'll in those days is cred
ited with the following prophecy con-
cerning him:
He is very unlikely to become a
Christian Of clear and decided views
OF Gospel truth, still less TO fill any ex-
tended sphere Of public usefulness"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-08
Iivfore and After.

Mary had but little nerve
With mice, until she got
Her hloomers safely fastened on.
And then she had lot
Oakland Times.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-08
Should Have Reversed the order of Thing.

should Have Reversed the order of Things
In certain Irish college the student
at his oral examination has to give his
answers from pulpit before the
Board of Examiners. Once a student.
who had no mean opinion of his attain
ments, ascended the pulpit with a
rather self-satisfed and hopeful air.
The examiner determined to lower"
him little, piled him with a series OF
stiff" interrogations. Hardly a single
correct answer was given, and when
his time had expired he descended and
returned to his place crestfallen and
humiliated. Now" said the victorious
examiner when he caught the eye of
his victim again, "if you had gone up
as you came down you'd have come
down as you went up"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-08

Mrs. oliphant, who has written sew
enty-eight novels, never writes in the
daytime she thinks the stiffness of
night conducive TO good writing.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-08

If men were put on counters like
calico, and the women given a choice,
there would be fewer unhappy mar
riages
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-08

As soon as you make up your mind
you are quite willing to do without a
thing II is pretty certain to come your
way.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-21

The following dispatch from Craw-
louisville appeared in the Journal of yes
terday:
go heeces. which weighed 2292 pounds, of
finest grade quarter-biood combing WOOL
He received 10 cents per pound for this
wool. In number of fieeces, average weight
and fine quality. this promises to be the
finest clip of wool ever marketed by one
man In Montgomery county.
This shows that farmer Mount is at
tending strictly to business. quality,
by the way, which has contributed large
ly to his success. 1t will be part OF his
business during the next few months to
look after the corralling Of Republican
voters in Indiana. and afterwards. for
four years, to perform the duties of Gov
ernor. but no doubt he will still maintain
his reputation as model farmer and be
able to give the agricultural brethren in
Indiana object lessons as to how to
make farming pay.
The foregoing dispatch shows that, un-
like many other Western farmers. Mr..
Mount has not sacrificed his flock of
sheep. The price of wool during the last
three years has been such as TO discotlr-
age sheep growers. and most OF them
have abandoned the business Mr.. Mount
probably thinks. and with reason, that
the election of a Republican President
and Congress next fall will insure. within
few years. restoration of D protective
duty on wool and an approximate return
to former prices. Then he will have a
flock without having to build one up. and
can take advantage of the first turn in
the tide. AS an intelligent farmer he
knows also that. aside from their product
In wool and mutton, flock OF sheep Il
good thing to have on a farm. Al
though there has been. no money In
sheep since the repeal Of the duty on
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-21

Mr.. w. r. Moore, who is called the
dry-goods king of the South, has recently
issued pamphlet entitled 1.-The Mongrel
wilson German Tariff, Not the Currency,
Is the Source of All Our Industrial
Woes" He says that the country has
s1,52s. 627,0O0 of money, each dollar of
which is equal to 100 cents in gold. He
will purchase as many goods at his store
as will five-dollar gold piece. and that
in wholesale trade $1,000 or $4,000 Of sill
yer certificates will go as far as a like
amount of gold. This Southern mer-
chant concludes his statement of facts
and his argument from them as follows
The material troubles that now affiict, that
for three years past nave afflicted the coun-
try, have not arisen because of any currency
unsoundness or scarcity, but solely because
OF a want of confidence, superinduced by the
entrance into power OF a political party both
promises OF the most radical character, which
for even more than eighteen months ii failed
70 put in force; and then, after this long de-
Which shut down the mills Of the country. .
threw three millions of people out Of en-
ployment, and was so arranged as TO give
TO foreigners the manufacture of what We
can as well or better make at home-a law
that, instead OF raising surplus revenue,
created a large deficit and compelled the
government TO borrow. in time OF profound
which Cleveland himself called one OF per-
fidy and Gishonor." This is the cause and
not the currency. which has brought adver-
sity upon every class lass OF our people, and watch
November Of Mckinley and a progressive,
Republican wide-awake administration
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-21
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

One of the latest schemes of Salvation
General Booth is to have big exhibition of
living pictures in London. to consist of con-
verts from every nation.
Remarkably high prices were paid at a re-
cent auction sale of letters at Frankfurt
e. g., 1897 for twelve letters by Beethoven
and $l,4i6 for twenty-one letters by Goethe.
NJ. Zola. although perhaps he makes more
than any other English novelist, is a poor
man. The talent for amassing wealth is alb
solu-ely lacking in him, and he spends his
money, If anything, rather more quickly
than he receives it.
Although the greatest of French philoso-
pliers. Describes was born three hundred
years ago. there is no complete, satisfactory
edition of his works. To remedy this defect,
a subscription has been started in France
and Germany by eminent Neutrality-suspicious.
and psychologists.
More than 10000 sparrows have been de-
stroyed in Gratiot county. Michigan, during
the past twelve months, as shown by the
bounties paid, but the birds appear to be as
numerous as ever. One man makes good
income as sparrow hunter, collecting an
average of $50 month In bounties.
A pretty story is told of the widow of the
great Schumann. When she is going to play
any of her husbands music in public she
he wrote her during the days of their court
ship. so that. as she says, she may be bet
ter able to do justice to her Interpretation
of the spirit of his work..
Dudley Buck thinks that the artistic future
of the country lies in the West. The old
New England Stock" he says. with con-
sumption and too much pie and too little
blood, is dying out. We will find that good
art is always a product Of good blood We
are finding it in the West, with the ming1ing
Of the Norwegians. Swedes and Germans
with the Americans"
Jules Jouy. the writer Of many of Yvette
Guilbert's songs. among them La soulard."
has gone mad A performance to provide
asylum has been cot up by the poet Cop
pee and the critic Sarcey. Jouy was a COM
monplace-iooking, fat, little man, very par
ticular about his dress and umbrella. He
imagines that he has handkerchief worth
100000 francs.
~There is no such thing as luck" said
Colonel North once Everybody In this
world has chances. Yes, everybody, from
the working collier who strikes seam of
coal which was never thought OF by the
mining engineer to the col.iery proprietor
who gets information regarding that seam
and resolves TO work 1t. What people call
luck simply means that a nan sees his
ment works ID for himself. Luck? Nom
sense Luck Is simply the faculty Of seiz-
ing passing opportunities"
The lady orators at the recent Feminist
Congress in Paris have been treated with
scant courtesy By their countrymen- NJ.
Edouard Conte declares that the dislike Of
the married members Of the congress to the
male sex Ii due to their husbands being
fools who are told of TO stir broth while
their ladies' ara camposinx high-soundina
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-21

'feminists" only show themselves feminine
in their squabbles and spitefllness. Another
writer says that the ladies proved them
selves superior to men In everything. not
excepting ugliness.
Never mind the COLLINS. dear. they're only
make believe;
The bogy-man is something just invented to
deceive;
But it IS veil to have it very widely under
stood
That the trolley cars will catch you If You
are not very good.
so don't play tag or ring round rosy in
the street;
Keep close inside the nurs'ry. it's your only
safe retreat;
Give up your romping merriment, as little
children should.
For the trolley car will catch you If you are
not very good.
Washington Star.