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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that application win
be made TO the LEGISLATURE of Texas now in
session to amend She charter OF Ihe ii of
FL Paso said charter being Chapter four OF
the special laws Of the state of Texas, and
"pnr"ved March >, 1889, in the following par
ticular to wit:
for he eIecti N If two aldermca from each
ward by the qu flied electors of said ward
End To amend section by aboishing the
Office of recorder OF the City of I'll Pa-o
BRA TO amend Sec ion by provid ng that
no salary shall be paid to the r!ty engineer,
but that he SHALL be compensated for any
service. performed by the payment OF such
fe"s ~ IA" city couLcll by ordinance may
provide for.
4th /. amend section Il by imposing upon
the -'"vor the duties of recorder OF the City
of Ell Paso.
bLll. 10 amend section l3l by imposing up
on lhe health physician the duties of street
A mi sewer commissioner and uui ing the du-
ties of each of these offices in one person.
IiO ACE b. STEVENS,
A, z. COLES AND OTHERS
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11
PERSONNEL OF THE NAVY.
Desertions from Uncle Sans Ships Are
Few and Far Between.

The report from Washington to the
effect that 1000 bluejackets are needed
to man the new vessels of the American
, navy about to go into commission re-
calls a remark made by Admiral Bunce
one day last summer, says the New
York Mail and Express. The Mort b
Atlantic squadron lay at anchor off
Staten Island and Father Knickerbock
err and his country visitors were 60
ing down TO quarantine daily to look
at the splendid fighting ships. y re-
porter went aboard the flagship one
morning and enjoyed a pleasant chat
with the gallant admiral. Said he:
The type of man-of-war's Of
to-day is far different from the old
time bluejacket. Desert:ons are almost
unknown from the navy now. Here is
Il vessel which cost in round numbers
S2.G0O.OOO. The men consider it Their
home and they take an immense
amount of pride in it. How many men
are there ashore who can sleep and
eat in n house which cost as much
money? Look about you and note the
faces of the blueiackets here
The saiiornen in sight were certainly
a tine-looking lot. The admiral sur
Veyed them admiringly and hen said:
so far as the personnel of the crew
goes the vessels in the American nav
are away ahead of those of any foreign
power"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11
Santa Fe Route Excursions.

Low rate excursion 10 Denver, Colo
rauo Springs and Pueblo. Rate: One
first class standard fare for the round
trip. Tickets on sale March llJh, l2Jn
and 18Th, good for return twenty day
from date of sale. This rate is given
to allow the sporting fraternity an OPP
porJunity to take advantage OF the eN-
ceedlDgly Low RATES maze from Colorado
points 10 CarSOd.
Daily service OF Pullman palace re-
Ginning chair cars, Pullman tourist
sleepers and Pullman palace sleeping
cars.
Full information cheerfully given on
application to,
+. COPLAND, A. w. REEVES,
Gen. agent. City ticaet agent.
w. B. TRULL, Depot agent.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11
Southern Pacific Excursions.

For the meeting of the Texas State
Medical association at Paris, Texas,
April 81 to 3Oth this year, the South
ern Pacific Will sell tickets on the GER
tifcate plan which gives rate OF Is
fare for the round trip provided not
less than 80 representatives from all
parts of Texas are in attendance.
Date of sale April 10Th. Final limit
for return May 2nd.
Our new line via San Antonio and
Fiatopia is the only one running
through sleepers San Antonio to Pa
ris and Passengers via this line reach
San AntoLio l1:30 L. m, and take
through sleeper from that point at FAC
p. m, reaching Paris following morn
ing.
HARRY TURNER, I. Z. HUNT,
Ticket Agent. COmI. Agent.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11
SAVED FROM DROWNING.
The Heroism of IA Miller In Rescuing q
Little Girl.

Little Girl.
The brave work of q miller in saving a
little girl from drowning is described
by the indianapolis journal. The mill
owner and his wife, itappears, had gone
TO the city. leaving an eight-year-oId
girl at home. With other children she
went down 70 the mill to play, and by
some accident fell into the sluice which
feeds the turbine wheel.
The head miller heard scream, and
not knowing what had happened, APP
piled brake and stopped the machin-
cry. Then he ran out. found the little
girl just disappearing under the water
and in he went after her
Then he found himself in hard
place. The water was eight feet deep,
and he vas four feet below the top OF
the sluice, the sides of which were as
smooth as a polished floor. The girl
was unconscious. How was he to get
her out?
1t took one hand to hold her head
above water, and the other to keep him
self from sinking. He must try to
throw her out, and this, by a great
effort, he did. But the rebound drove
him under water and against the wheel
where he was i'll great danger of be-
Ing caught and held. He came up
again, however, and now a new diff
Guilty confronted him. How was he to
get out himself? He sank to the bot
tom, gave an upward spring, and as
he came up half-blinded, succeeded in
catching the top of the sluice. Then,
by the greatest exertions, he drew him
self out.
The girl was still unconscious, but by
vigorous measures was at last revived
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11

ANDnow we have an urgent call lor
the projection of American citizens IN
another and unexpected quarter -Four
Chinese, born in California, and VINO
were registered voters in that state,
now languish in dungeons in the flow
cry kingdom. Now let the jirgos tear
down the effe.e empire of the sun, and
show the moon-eyed celestials that
they cannot imprison an American cltl-
zen merely because he violates the
laws of their heathern country.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11

THIEVES had hard time OF it while
attempting to ply their calling during
the Mardi Gras festival in New Orleans,
for the Crescent City was literally over
run by detectives from other parts of
the country. Among other crooks
caught was one Frank Kelly, who wore
Cd his shirt front gold breast pin set
with magnificent pearl, surrounded
by diamonds, the pin being recognized
by an Atlanta detective as having been
stolen from Rowland Reed, the actor,
at Atlanta, Ga, nearly two years ago.
The landlord of the kimball House,
Atlanta, also identified the pin as the
oVe lost ny Seed
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11

THE Emusic cure' seems likely TO
supercede the faith cure that nave
nothing more substantial behind them
than imagination. Some time since
the empress of Austria was successful
" treated for neuralgia by the con-
cordant sounds of soft, sweet music.
Since that time several music cure
hosnitals have been established, chief
ly by Germans, and the treatment -
found to be very efficacious in ner-
yOus diseases.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11

THROUGH the courtesy and request
of Senator John Sherman, chairman Of
the committee of arrangements for the
inauguration, Secretary Olney gave
ex-Oueen Lilinakalani, of the Hawaiian
Islands, a seat for herself and her es-
cort in the diplomatic gallery OF the
senate to witness the inauguration OF
McKinlny and Hobart. From this IL
would seem that Queen Lii, is not yet
without influence at court.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11

THE New Orleans States very truly
says: eff the prize ring was made q
fad by the fashionable colleges and
football adopted by the toughs, no sort
of question but the latter would be
suppressed by stringent legislation and
the former taken to the hearts of the
elite, the ladies included. There is no
contention as to which Of the sports
is the most brutal"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11

Arizona will now have capitol
building erected on the beautiful CAPT
tol grounds, as yesterday the house bill
Jappropriating 500, 900, to be secured
by issuing fifty-year bonds, to be float
ed at par; carrying per cent interest
coupons, passed the council by a vote
of TOP. The capital of Arizona is 70
longer on wheels, but will be placed
where it belongs, in this city.-Gaz-
cite.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11

All last winter Mr.. Geo. a. Mills, of
Lebanon, Conn, was badly afflicted
with rheumatism. At times 1t was so
severe that he could not stand up
straight, but was drawn over on one
side. 81 tried different remedies with
out receiving rellef,' he says, until
about six months ago [ bought a bottle
of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. After
using it for three days my rheumatism
was gone and has not return ed since. p"
For sale by all druggists.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11

Dr.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov
cry is remarkable remedy. 1t cure:
diseases in a perfectly natural wav
without the use of strong drugs. L
cures by helping nature. 1t has p-
cultar tonic effect on the lining mem
branes of the stomach and bowels. By
putting these membranes into healthy
condition, stimulating the secret ton OF
the various dig e-tive juices and furn-
ishing to the blood the proper purify.
ing properties, it reaches out over the
whole body and drives disease-germs
before it into the usual excretory chan
nels. 1t builds up firm, muscular flesh,
makes the skin and the eyes bright.
DR.. Pierce's GOldc1 Medical Discovery
has been found wonderfully efficacious
in the treatment of skin diseases-
eczema, letter, erysipelas. salt-rheum-
from common pimples or blotches to the
worst case Of scrofula.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11
BY CARRIER
aovERr,slNo RATES.

.,Rates of advertising in the Daily or OF at the
edition made known on appn aGanbnne num-
RHar liz and Representative of the pnsin anS
Ienartment WITH call and quote prices anu
oca,s 10 cents per line in every ms aacb
Gov frst insertion, and cents per line ior eA'n
a1asaI notices Of every description u per
nch each insertion.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11

A NOTED professional woman, who
is a member of the Professional Wo-
mems league of New York, declares
that "a woman may or may not tlirt
with her husband before she marries
him. That is as she chooses. But to
flirt with her husband after she marries
him is the sacred duty of every
womap -
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11

The T. & P. Railroad company is en-
larging its big reservoirs foe water at
royah and the time VIII occupy some
two or three months. There are about
twenty teams at work, aud there are
something like -. 900 cubic yards OF
dirt to be moved. and when it is com
plete. 1t will be pound of water about
SIX hundred yards long by more tnan
one hundred wide and twenty feet
deep
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11

THERE were 5000 failures in the
United States last year, great and
small "but the greatest of them ALL
remarks an exchange, Twas the failure
of Teddy Roosevelt and DR.. Parkhurst
to reform New York"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11

THE California assembly recently
passed and telegraphed to Washington
a resolution recommending Its speaker
Frank L. Coombs, for appointment TO
the position of minister to Japan.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11
Pure Hygeia Ice.

Made from distllled water. Ask
your family physician or druggist as &c
purity and healthfulness of our Ice; tel
epbOne IA.
Ell PASO Zoe 81 REFRIGERATOR Co
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11

Possibly popular intelligence is hard
ly prepared for the shock, but Albu-
querque, New Mexico, has become
thoroughly disguised with the side i k
-pitting mob. She has put her foot
down on the nasty nuisance and in
-tructed her attorney to sop this naus-
eOus practice if it becomes necessary to
borrow the municipal thunder of Phoe-
tx. Arizona. Accord ingIy Albuquer-
que's attorney sent post haste for a
copy of the ordinance which this city's
municipal fathers passed all right
enough, but which the city marshal
seems not to have turned single hair
to enforce. A copy of the ordinance
was promptly forwarded to the Albu
querque authorities, but no copy of the
police official who is supposed to exc
cute Phoenix ordinances was included
in the transmitted package
can.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11

The Arizona experiment station is
DESTROYS of having tobacco grown dur
ing the present season in all parts of
Arizona.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11
THE wEEKIYHERAID.

A large eight page paper giving the
local events of the week. pubiisheo
every Saturday. Just the paper TO
send friends for information regard
ing Fl Easo. Price $500 per year
six months ST.. 90.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11

So widespread has the theory OF
divorce become in Oklahoma that the
Indian women are seeking divorces.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11
eoox AND JOB PRINTING

-Tzr HERALD fully prepared to DO all
;nds of plain and fancy Job printing In al
the latest styles. Work perfectly ana
oromDtly done.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11

Meets in G. A. &. hall on the first anc
third Tuesdays In each month. VISITING
brothers cordially invited.
FRED WIDMAN, Ii. W
j. O. Ketrs RD;)risr.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11
Forestcrs of America.
EIre Dapartr,ent,
G. A. r.

Emmstt Crawford Post, No. 10, @. A. r.
Meets 1st Sund Nv OF each mouth at 2::0 m
Hall on San Antonio straSt. All comrades 10
good standing IN ited to visit the post
GEO. NJ. McCONAUGHEY, Commander
y, b, TUSTES, Adjutant.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11
JEWISH CHRISTIAN MARRIAGES.
Reason Why Rabbi Cannot Officiate
at Such Marriages.

Lately Christian friend asked the
question whether we would otficiate at
an intermarriage between Jew and
Christian, and our answer was no We
referred our questiOner to our lecture
of two weeks ago, part of which was
pu blished in the Express. The one
who put to us the query confessed that
he had not read the sermon; hence the
question and our answer which our few
thoughts on that subje. certainly i'm
piled. In addition to the argument
which at the time we presented, show
ing the differences between the chris
tianity of St Paul and our own Juda-
ism, we wish to present the "declar-
alton OF the acceptance of the Jewish
faith" as given out by the Central Con-
fer ence OF A merican Rabbits. And we
do this in order to show how easy of
| acceptance is the Jewish faith and
therefore how illogical and inconsist-
ant would be a rabbi who would not in
sist that either one of the parties to
the 'sacramentum' be converted to Jud-
4ism.
We are aware that this declaration
of faith may even seem too liberal for
some who have not kept pace with the
strides of our Judaism. But this is
| not the fault of our "religion," but the
mistake of these men. 1t may be cred
liable to the staunchness of ones be-
lief to consider such ''declaration' too
| beral to be taught to one's children,
but 1t is not permissible in the light
which las come from a more searching
Interpretation of the words which wing
ed themselves from the God-lit souls of
huns n1ty. Yet We must say that hy
percritical must be the mind which can
not find a sutficiency of religious truth
and knowle ge in this declaration of
Jewish faith.
T ho1jevp with 81 Il
fast faith that there is a God, who is
one, and only one, the creator, preserv-
er and ruler of the world.
Hear, o Israel, the eternal is our
| God, the eternal is one. Dent. vi, 4. J
2, l believe with a sincere and
| -teadfast faith that man is created in
| the image of God, innocent and pure.
endowed with reason, conscience and
free will, and capable of triumphing
over sin and developing to perfection.
Holy shall ye he, for l, God, your
Lord, am holy" Levitt. xix, p
j. L believe with sincere and stead
fast faith that the soul of man is i'm
mortal, its righteousness brings
reward; its wickedness brings punish
ment.
Unto thee, o Lord, belongeth kind
ness, for thou wilt recomp snse every
| one according to his deeds. psalm VII
10y.
4. 1 believe with a sincere and
steadfast faith in the common brother
| hood of God and common brother hood
of man. To make this real is the
great'aim and hope the mission of Is
rael.
And God will be king over all the
earth that day; God will be one and his
name one. Zach, XIV, 81
This declaration of faith is so broad
and liberal that rabbi would be stuI-
tifying himself and out liberaliztng lib
erality itself. were be not to insist u pom
heir acceptation on the part of those
who ask his services in marriage cere-
mony.-Herman j. Elkin, Rabbi Beth
Ell. IN San Antonio Express.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11
Mexican Central Railway

Is the only standard gauge line be-
tween the United States border and
Mexico City.
Mexico is known as an all the year
round tourist resort for pleasure travel.
Health resorts and mineral springs ad-
Aptcd to all the various Ills TO which
human flesh is heir are found in the
great country. Climate unsurpa- sea
For full particulars add ress
Il. L COMFORT,
Cont Arn.' ~ $3.50 fasas.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11

Travellers insurance Tickets nave
again placed on sale at tie southern
Pacific citv ."o 2"DOt ticket office.
T. E. HUNT. CONT Agent.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11

EI Faso Chapter, no. 1877, r. A. M.
Meets The second w ednesday OF eacn month
II Masonic nail. Visiting companions cor
aaliy invited. GEO h. IILION ii. +.
a. nAPLAN, Secretary.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11
SOCIETY DIRECTORY
Masonic.

SOCIETY DIRECTORY
Masonic.
Ei Paso odge, No. 100. A. F. & A. M.
Hasonlc nall San Antonio street. Visiting
| oroU. ers cordially invited. ~ ~
a. KAPLAN. secretary
EI Paso Chapter, no. 1877, r. A. M
Meets The second w ednesday OF eacn month
II Masonic nail. Visiting companions cor
A. nAPLAN, Secretary.
Paso Commanoery. NO. 49, x. T.
1deeUs fourth " eCnesday of each month at
hasun;c nall. Visiting sir hnignts cordially
.uyILcu. b. llLrON, d. ".
". b. RACE, Recorder.
Alpha Chapter NO. I7S.
ORDER EASTERN STAR.
Regular meeting second oaourday OF each
monUn- SOJoGrulns memoers OF the oroef
MRS JULIA MAST.
J. q. Baugh. Worthy Aatron.
WurUuy Patron.
l. .. -. +.
FL Paso Lodge. No. 2s4. !. Q. o. F.
Meeting Every Monday Night.
p NJ M1LLsPuGH. Secretary
Border Lodge s7a. l. o. OF
Meets every Tuesday night.
Fluurnoy Carter, aordce b. stevens, N. H.
Secretary
Canton Gel Psso, NO.
Paur1arcns Militant.
night of meeting second ana fourth Thurs
daJ In Oud Feiio~s nall ,,,, ,
WE. SHARP. OlerK.
mt Franklin encampment, l. o. OF.
..lsnr OF meeting nrst ana third Thursdays
j. A. Snannon, ". Z.
HENRY l.. .rEbL. scribe.
Miscellaneous
National Union.
Meets fourth Thursday in each month al
Jdd Fellows Hail. }. ". soTS. Prest
J. W. WILKINsoN, Secretary.
Nn.xnss of 1onor.
Meets second ana fourth rnursdnys of eacl
Iloala at OQu ellu rs nail. vlsitlns orothess
r. NJ MILL.PAUGH Dictator.
Il. &. SHhLIot.. s-Ss0f'eF'
sn!loo Brotherhood of Carpenters and Jon
"a r'sso.
deers every sunday d III a. N LaboI
lt.II. Visiting ElemDScs WeiCUmo.
hHU " kIDhSbhCh, hec. ana Sec
wooomsn OF ths %or.a.
Tornillo Camp NO. ~.
Heets every second AID fourth tuesday
saCn month d LueIr forest, ". a. II. nail, y,
-. SHARP soverelans ala strangers corGiait3
.4iyIGSa. u. Il. HELM, COtnmhnoef.
LEhtsY PEAECE, Ciera.
knights of Labor,
Gate City Assembly IL. A. 5G4l,y
Is sets every Friday evening at the hat
jUrI.er san AntcGto AMI y. Stanton street. al
o. CIuCE. JOHN SOkhENSON. N. ".
&. }. d :. i>Ek. E,
q. p. y, z.
81 Pano Lodge. No. ls7,
Maets hrst and third Tuesdays in ODD Eel
OK hal. Il. L. WOOD, ]. L.
J. +. DOHoHUE. Secretary.
a. .. u W.
Meets in G. A. &. hall on the first anc
bird Tuesdays In eaCn month. VtsfttnS
brothers cordially invited.
FRED WIDMAN. Ii. W
j. @. kEGrs R1;D risr.
FOresters of America.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11

EI Paso CommanoerY. NO. Ia, x. T.
.deeus fourth " eGnesuay of each month at
nasUn,c nall. Visiting sir hnlgntS cordially
.uyIJcu. geo b. IILrON, L.. v.
w. b. RACE, Recorder.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11

Wooomsn OF the Hor.o.
TornilIo Camp, No. -
meets every second AID fourth Tuesday
oACn month al LneIr forest, ". a. Il. nail, y,
-. SHARP. SOyoroisus ala sCrGnsSrs cOrOiaitS
.AyIGea. u. Il. helm, COmLnsnosf.
IkEst.Y PEAECE CierA.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11
/. Q. y. f.

Border Lodge 574. 1. y. OF
Meets every Tuesday night.
Flouruoy Carter, norace b. Stevens. N u
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11
Miscellaneous

saneo ErothErnooa OF Carpenters knd DO n
"a r'4so.
1oets every sunday at III q. M. at LsDOl
lr.1l. Visiting GeinDScs WeICUme.
hhU klDhS toACh, th5c. ana Sec
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11

BELIEVING that the splendid commercial advantages
special attention
will in
ia possible
ton known THE
erevie O. the
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-06-25
People who indulge in all sorts OF

People who indulge in all sorts OF
superstitions about the number thir-
teen may BIO interested to learn that
DIR. hansen, the distinguished OK.
plorsr, not content with being born
on the thirteenth Of the month, went
of on his last expedition with q COM
pany of thirteen, all of whom re-
tnrned safely. Tho Fran got clear
of the ice on tho thirteenth OF tho
month, on the same day on which
Nansen arrived at Tromsoe, and to
crown all, he was entertained by the
Royal Scottish Geographical Society
on the occasion Of its thirteenth ami.
versary, held on Februry IS. After
all this, the number thirteen should
be reinstated in the good graces OF the
most superstitious.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-06-25
The Flr,t Lighthouses

Lieutenant John NJ. Ellicott, y. 8.
n, writes for st. Nicholas, a paper on
lighthouses, entitled: "Ihe Lights
That Guide in the Night" Lieutenant
Ellicott says:
When ships are sailing upon the
ocean the lights OF heaven are their
guides. Even in the dark ages, when
the compass and sextaut were un.
known instruments, the seemingly mo.
tionless pole star hung like beacon
light in the northern heavens, and the
rising and setting o. the sun and stars
distinguished the east from the west.
When, however, ships come near the
land the lights of heaven ore not suiii.
cient safely to guide them. Rocks lie
in their paths unseen in the night !;
reefs and shoals spread under the
water; while unsuspected currents
sweep the frail craft all blindly upon
these dangers.
Nevertheless, ships were sailed along
dangerous coasts for centuries before
a plain system of marking dangerous
places was invented. The early ma.
riners were bold and reckless rovers,
more than half pirates, who seldom
owned rood OF the coasts along which
they sailed. and could not have estab-
lished lights and landmarks on them
had they cared to do so. The rude be-
ginning, then, of q system OF light
houses was when the merchants with
whom the reckless mariners traded in
those dark ages built beacons near the
harbor mouths to guide the ships into
port by day. and lighted fires for their
guidance at night. As such harbor.
guide had to DO sure landmark in the
daytime and a light by night, it soon
took on o settled shspe-a tower on
which could DO built d FIRE; and such
q tower was usually built of stone.
This method Of guiding ships into
the ports which they sought was
scarcely established before human
wickedness used il Is q means for their
destruction. Bands OF robbers, or, as
they came to be called. "vreckers,"
would hide themselves somewhere near
the haven sought by o richly laden
vessel, and after overpowering the fire.
keepers would extinguish the beacon
fire on the night on which the ship
was expected. Then they would light
another fire near somo treacherous
reef. The mariner, sailing boldly to.
wards the false light, would dash his
vessel to destruction on the reef,
vhereupon the robber band would
plumber the wreck and make of with
the booty.