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not greater than the differences that exist
between members of many other floral
families. The luxuriant growth of the
huckleberries on this coast is a matter of
amazement and incredulity to New Eng
landers, who are prompt to deny the
identity OF our great thickets with the lit
tie plants they know at homo. but on
volcanic SUBMITS OF the Pacific isles
grows the ohela berry, large as cherry,
red and white, as some of orr cherries
are, but despite the external differences
the 1rult growing there in the bare sui
phur deposits is beyond doubt identical
with the huckleberry.
The huckleberry tangles here among the
redwoods are in plentiful blossom. Further
down, the wild gooseberry has put forth
multitude of buds, ana the ceanofhus is
hung with funny little black catkin.
Those of the hazel have fallen off. and the
willows have come out in full leafape
single week, now, makes more differenca
in the aspect OF nature than a fortniobt
will month hence. There are M moro
plowed fields to delight the eve with
their rich coloring, but the hIllsides and
lower fields have donned nantes of GLOW.
ing green. l even saw, lowering over tho
surface of cressy pool, yesterday. a
swarm of mosquitoes, and, harrying on
their TANKS, their ancient and douobtv
foe. the big blue dragon-fy. What the
sparrow-hawk is to small birds. tho
dragon-fy is to the gnat tribe, only the
big fly seems really to be actuated by an
active hatred for his buzzing victims, SO
implacable, fierce and insatiate is his feud
against them. Noting this, some enter
prising entomologist once proposed cul-
tIvating and domesticatin the dragon-fv
Tor The purpose of exterminating mosoui-
tos, but the blue dragon is less tamable
than his prototype among the vertebrates.
the Bengal tiger. He did not take kindly
to domestication, but was off to the woods
and the streamside the instant he tasted
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having boarded off, all her pilots was
coming in to harbor. She was overturned
on the bar and her crew drowned. In
1873 the Caleb Curtis, outward bound, was
capsized on the treacherous bar and pilots
Vonness. Buckingham and Shandon were
lost. All of the ten tons of ballast fell out
of the inverted hull and she f1oated, to be
recovered and repaired for other uses. A
few years ago the L. II. Allen was run
down IN fog by British bark. All hands
were with difficulty saved. The boat was
recovered considerably damaged by her
encounter with the big vessels iron stem.
Some time after midnight 1 was awak-
ened in my comforta BILE berth and found
that the lively little Bonita was doing
some low and lofty tumbllng over the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-02-21

freedom, and We were spared his invasion
into our homes.
The insect world, like all orders of life.
has foes within it's own circles, as we'll as
without. Not only does the spider spread
his net for the housefly. but the ugly little
centipede is the inveterate enemy of this
familiar household pest. 1t attacks the
flies after dark. while they sleep. and a
single centipede will Stay scores of them
during the nighttime, apparently not so
much for food as for the delight of slaugh-
ter.
The birds, however. are, after all, the
most effectual insect-destroyers we have.
But for them life would be uncomfortable
by reason of insect persecution. The first
hy-catchers 1 have noticed this season
made their appearance in the willows this
week, and that same day espied the first
white-crowned sparrow and a wee tit
mouse. Until this spring | have never
been so fortunate as to see g blue bird in
California though 1 have been repeatedly
assured of their abundance in various To-
caIities, but l saw some days ago goodly
flock not amid rural scenes at all, but dis.
porting upon the housetops in the very
heart of San Francisco. Accompanying
them were a dozen or more snowbirds
and sparrows and a single flicker. who
seemed to be acting as self-appointed
guardian to the pretty throng. The sight
was faint indication of what we might
expect of bird society had we but trees
along our City streets.
Almost imm ediately after seeing the
bluebirds in San Francisco / noted an
other flock in Berkeley, but / have seen
none about Oakland or in the foothills.
With the exception of the skylark there
is no bird more loved by the poets than
this beautiful azure morsel of song with
his rudy breast. He might easily be in
duced to make his home among us, as he
is particularly partial to the haunts Of
civilization, and is quick to take ad-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-02-21
ING OFF" WITH THE PILOTS OF THE GOLDEN CITE.
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| to the forepeak, bulkheaded off into two
compartments for the three pilots and the
crew OF four men and a cook forward.
The after saloon contains six berths with
bedding and with drawers and lockers all
neatly arranged for the occupants thereof
There are twenty licensed pilots for this
port, and they arrange their watches so
that there are three vessels on duty all
the time, two outside and one near the
mouth of the harbor. The period of
cruise is about four days, or until the
boat has exhausted her pilots and there
are no outward bound vessels with pilots
aboard, keeping up the supply on the
cruising boats.
All the psril does not come to the ship
standing i'll for harbor, for the pilot-boat
shares with her the dangers of night fog
and tide. Four of the gallant little vessels
have met disaster off this port, and sew
eral pilots have never come home. The
Sea Witch was lost in a gale in 1854, and
nine years afterward the pilot boat Relief
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-02-21

TSULTIVATED people in Europe and
tSESE the eastern part of this country are
~ moving to revive the art of minia-
ture painting. At present it is quite a
fad in New York, land many women of So
cial Importance are having their charms
immortalized on ivory. There is every
reason why the art should be revived, for
it is one of the loveliest of all the STYLES
of portraiture, and a beautiful face never
shows to better advantage than when
painted in miniature.
Although the art can hardly be said to
show any activity on the Pacific Coast at
the present time there are signs of its
awakening.
In speaking OF this art Albert Edward
Jackson, miniaturist OF some note, who
is now N this City, has much to say about
the fferent phases of it that are not gen.
orally known, and yet are of interest to
lovers of the beautiful.
1.-The art of miniature painting" he
says, lis most assuredly of Italian origin,
although it reached it's greatest perfection
in France little over hundred years ago.
sin one of the famous galleries OF Rome
there is miniature painting of some
ltallan Ueduly bearing the GATE IoOl. IL Is
not likely that this is the first work of the
kind ever painted, nor is it likely that the
artist could arrive at such successful re-
suit on his first attempt. 1t must have
required several years of study to reach
such perfection, which would give at least
300 years since the origin of the art. Gen.
orally speaking, the art is said to have
originated in the latter part of the SIX
teenth century.
'Who the men were who first took up
the art is not a matter of record. In fact
none of the earlier works are signed, for
some mysterious reason. 1t may be that
in those days the art was not looked upon
as being of the highest order. or, perhaps,
it was done for some jeweler who made
the frame or locket and took all the credit
TO himself. Some of the miniatures
painted in the early history OF the art
were put in frames OF solid gold that must
have cost fortune. Even the smallest OF
them were put in lockets studded with
valuable jewels.
"This early work was not what it might
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tips of the great swell. Making my way
forward found all three of the pilots with
their glasses peering westward through
the bank of blackness. One of the crew
was manipulating patent foghorn, and
from this music box-lookIng affair oc-
casionally came loud, doleful note A
mail steamer was due, and they were
watching to see that she didn't pass BY
us, or over US, in the night With the
deck under me often jumping into the
perpendicular 1 could do nothing in the
way of finding the liner, so 1 sat down at
the foot OF the foremost and, putting nv
arms around the big stick, assisted in
holding it in its place; at least that is
what Captain Castle said was doing.
A faint glow appeared on the black
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uneasy seas. That pllot-boat can tum-
bic had ample means of learning. as
was pitched from starboard to port fore
and aft, IN that saloon as l hunted for nv
togs scattered around. Everything in the
apartment was firmly secured except nv
self, and so [ had it ali my own wav. A
faint but unmIstakable suggestion of the
dreaded mal-de-mer was creeping over NV
gastronomic econo my, and that fact did
not add to my happiness. finally landed
into my fugitive shoes and huge over
coat belonging to Captain BOYD,
one of the pilots, and climbed
the companion ladder to the deck.
There 1 found the wheel dashed
hard-down, mainsail close reefed and the
weather jib sheets hauled taut. This
maneuver literally locked her, and she
was lying to without Roadway and with
only slight drift to leeward Darkness
as dense as block of coal was on the face
OF the deep, broken only by the phos-
phorescent glow of the foam-curl on tn
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have been. There was very little attempt
at modelling the features, and the coloring
was thin and washy.' But most likely
they were good likenesses, and the differ
ent features we're very strongly marked
100 strongly to produce really beautiful
effect. But in those days they were the
only pictures that could be used as keep
sakes. They were small and could be car
RED by soldier when he went to war, SO
that he could bring the face of his Iady-
love before him during the long cam
paign, or, perhaps, let it be the last object
he might gaze upon should he receive his
death wound in battle.
"The luxuriousness and sentimen tality
OF the French monarchy was calculated to
bring the art to its greatest perfection.
The nobility spent money freely, and sew
eral men sprang into prominence, among
them being Jean Foucquet of Tours, per-
haps the greatest man who ever worked
in miniature. He painted a number of
pictures for Louis XIV of the different
famous court ladies. His WORK was so
good that it was esteemed the highest
honor to pose for him. In fact, he was in
such demand that he chose his own sitters
and obtained his own prices.
Two of the most famous men of the
present century were Isabey and Malbone.
although they were not entirely wrapped
up in the art of miniature as Foucouet
was. Both of them worked in oils In the
ordinary way and Isabey is somewhat
famous as marine painter. But about
this time the work was beginning to take
on commercial character, and so manv
men were engaged in it that It was diff
cult to tell who really did the best work.
Between 1925 and 1850 a large mum Der
of miniature painters fourished in Amer
lea, as is shown by the large mum Der of
their works to be found in different parts
OF the Southern and Eastern States.
There are many fine examples of the art
to be found in New Orleans, although the
best are in some of the old Virginia FAM
lilies. These are signed by men who have
never been heard of in the art world, and
the work is really excellent. Whether thew
were self.taught or went to Europe Tor
their art education is, of course, past
finding out.
Miniature painting has probably had
steadler run In England than anywhere
else. In fact it never has died out there,
but has not been what it was in the DAYS
OF its glory. The art has always been
taught at the Royal Academy. and doz-
ems of men have always made good liv-
ing at it. The reason for this lies in the
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when the soft trades scarce simmer the
surface OF the swell, sails the pilot boat,
her billowing canvas like white cloud
hanging low on the sea. in the black
gloom of the midnight when the thunder
of the pounding surf is heard among the
reefs, goes the piIot-boat fighting her way
oceanward. With all her cloth shrugged
close down the iaunty little fore-and- after.
like bird OF duskv wing. bravtly mounts
the mighty roller or dives into the boiling
liquid basins between the green sea-hills.
The port of San Francisco is equipped
with four beautiful pilot boats-the Oracle
s 81, Bonita ca, Lady Mine (9) and
America (1D. The numbers in parenthe-
sis are sewn on the mansaiI of each yes
sci and are the distinguishing marks at
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close quarters in heavy sea and narrow
channel. Not only is she constructed to
withstand the wear of the waves
but the wear of years as well. and in some
cases, as in that of the Bonita, the builder
puts layer of salt among her timb
as he bolts her together as a safeguard
against the decay of time. The boats, at
least in this port, are owned by the pilots
themselves, and as their value ($lS, 600 or
$50. 900 apiece) doesn't drift in to them on
every swell, consequently it behooves
them to preserve their strong little vessels
to green old age. The rail only arises
few inches above the deck, SO that if she
should ship sea il would roll off her like
water from ducks back The interior is
a long saloon, reaching from the counter
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hat Is whole week since I have been
NJ aheld, and l am like a sort of Rip Van
4S Wrinkle, noting the changes that have
taken place since last I CHM bed to the
mountain top. The buttercups have opened
every where, though not one was to be
seen week ago, and here by the path way
the first primroses smile welcome to all
Corners. Coming up through the canyon
l espied the frililleria Just beginning to
unfold its buds, and the trillium is BIOS
soming cheerily in the rain. Some writer
about our wild flowers speaks of the
"haughty con iidence" of the trilIium as
it holds up its head in the damp forest
Somehow wake-robin never seems to me
to exhibit any such quality as this. There
is more of trust than hauteur in its conf
dence. / saw group this morning peep
ing out from under the spreading green
leaves of the podophyllum. looking for all
the world like good children who had
sought shelter from the rain.
The buttercups are always welcome.
They are re-eminently the children's
flower, and so plentiful are they as to
seem but the commonest weeds, yet they
have long lineage and an honorable
history. The little plant is particularly
interesting to the evoIutionist because of
Its many variations and the clearness
with which IT'S development may he
traced. The family is large one, with a
very general distribution, and some of its
branches are quite aristocratic. Who
would suppose the modest little meadow
buttercup to be related to the big, richly
colored paonias so proudly Furnishing in
our fiower-beds? The p@ony belongs to
China. 1t suggests queer pagoda roofs.
and mandarin's gardens, while the butter
cup is our own intimate friend; but the
immense difference between the two is
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sea. They are from IS to so tons burden
aod are schooner-rigged, carrying main
and fore sails, jib and flying jib. gait top
sail and staysail. The first four sails are
the ordinary cruising canvas, while the
last two are used in making time before
light winds.
But it is the lines of the hull that make
the Frisco boat the queen craft. She as
a good wholesome beam, which over
hangs her deep dranght and makes her
comparatively steady in the short. choppy
seas of the bar.
The keel, especially that of the Bonita,
Is rocker" being deeper amidships
than at the stem and stern. This per-
mits the vessel to whirl to her helm as on
a pivot, and makes her easy to handle at
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-02-21

The region about the Dead Sea is one of
the hottest places on the globe, and the
sea IS said to lose 1000, 900 tons of water
day by evaporation.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-08-12

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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-08-12

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-25

Quite an excitement was caused in the West End yesterday afternoon 5y the antics of a drunken negro, He armed himself with a heavy club, then walked up on the porch of a white citizen and took position on the floor near the front door. His actions nearly caused a number of women to go into mysteries from fright. The police authorities were telephoned for and q bus with two officers was sent out to arrest the man. He was fined in the Police Court this morning.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-25

Tom Hanley the young white man who was badly wounded at negro picnic near KendaH's mill last Satur- day, and who has been confined in the Infirmary since. took turn for the worse today and is threatened with tranmatle pneumonia, q not infrequent but dangerous complicaE ttor resulting from wounds pene- tratiug the chest.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-25


 TheShakers have made 8 discovery which is destined to accomplish much good. Realizing that three fourths of all our sufferings arise from stomach troubles, that the country is literally filled with people who cannot eat and digest food, without subsequently, suffering pain and distress, and that many are starving, wasting to mere skeletons, because their food does them no good, they have devoted much study and thought to the subject, and the result is this discovery of their Diges- tive Cordial.
 A little book can be obtained from your druggist that will point out the way of relief at once. An inves- t!gation will cost you nothing and result in much good.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-25
A Remarkable Cure of Chronic
 DiarPh0a.

In 1862, when I served my country as private in Company A, l67th Pennsylvania Volunteers, l contract cd chronic diarrhoe. It has given me a great deal of trouble ever since. 1 have tired a dozen different medi- eines and several prominent doctors without any permanent relief. Not long ago a friend sent me q sample bottle of Chamberlain Collie, Chol- era and Diarrh@a Remedy, and after that l bought and took a 50 cent bottle; and now l can say that 1 am entirely cured. l cannot be thankful enough to you for this great Rene dy, and recommend it to all suffering veterans. If in doubt write me. Yours truly, Henry Steinberger, Al- lentown, Pa. ". l.. DeWoody X Co.,, Druggists
 Mr. !. c Anderson hos returned g..r,1,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-25

Billy Kennan, an old-time Cotton Belt brakeman, was one one of the victims in the recent disastrous rail- road collision at Shreveport which resulted in the loss of sev- seral lives. Kennan was instantly killed. He was well known here and had many friends in this section.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-25
Here Is Your Ghanna

Notice to parties desiring Park privileges on Labor Day:
 Bids will be received for privileges at Park on Labor Day up and until September ?, 1898. Committee re. serves the right to reject any and al, bids. BEN portSsf,.. s 25d5t AT Main stros.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-25
Colored Industrial Institute.

The Colored Industrial Institute, near Jones Park, opens it's usual session on the first Monday of Sep tember. The new three story
 brick building Is one of the finest in the State. The Sisters of Charity will make their home there. Besides the usual literary branches. music land sewing, cooking and house-keep- ing will be introduced. 24 If
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-25

Mir. Dave Lichtbach desires through the GRAPHIC to publicly thank those kind friends, especially M9ssrs. Jake Katzenstein, Isaac Drey- fus and NJ Rubenstein. who so gen erously came to his aid in his recent trouble.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-25
56 Warren St, N. Y. City,

Since 1861 I have been a great sui ferer from catarrh. l tried Ely s Cream Balm and to all appearances am cured. Terrible headaches from which I had long suffered are gone. w. J. Hitchcock, late Major U. $. Vol. and A. A. Gen., Buffalo, N. '.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-25

Mrs. W. H. Langford has been invited to take charge of the musical exercises at the Nashville Exposition on Arkansas Day, September the IS. This is a deserved recognition of the talents of one Of the most accom- plished musicians in the State.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-25

Kid Wilson, sport" from Warmer, was arrested by the Police of this city yesterday afternoon on telegram from the sheriff of Lincoln county. The Kid" is charged With stealing $lO from a crap game af Warner.