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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-07-30
1856, Parliament gave Trinity House
the entire control q the lighthouses Of

4oOos k7AfllAme0Cs &4v0 Trinity HOUSE
the entire control q the lighthouses Of
England. NIX
Meantime. the means OF lighting was
being steadily improved. The open fire
gave place to the oil lamp; then q
curved mirror. called i parabolic mir
ror. was placed behind the lamp to
bring the rays together; next. many
lamps with mirrors were grouped about
central spindle, and some such lights
are still In operation. The greatest
stride came when the arrangement Of
lenses, known a. the Fresnel lens. In
front OF the lamp replaced the mirror
behind 1t. This lens was rapidly i'm
proved for lighthouse purposes. until
now q cylindrical glass house sur
rounds the lamp flame. This house
has lens-shaped walls which bend all
the rays to form q horizontal zone Of
strong light, which pierces the dark
ness to a great distance.
The rapid increase In the number Of
lighthouses has made 1t necessary to
having some means Of; telling one from
another, or. as It. is termed, of giving
to each light its characteristic" Col
oring the glass made the light DINNER;
but as red comes most nearly to white
light In brightness some lights have
red lenses. The latest and best plan,
however, is to set upright prisms at
Intervals in q circular framework
around the lens, and to revolve this
frame by clockwork. Thus the light
is made to flash every time a prism
passes betewen 1t and an observer. By
changing the number and places Of the
prisms, or the speed of the clockwork,
the flashes for any one light can be
made to occur at intervals Of so many
seconds for that light.
Putting in red prisms gives still other
changes. Thus each light has its
and this is written
down in signs on the charts, and fully
stated in the light lists carried by YES
sells. Thus, on chart you may note
that the light you want to sight is
marked ST. W.. v. w. FL, 10-sec.,"
which means that It is '.fixed white va
ried by white flashes every ten Sec
onds." When light is sighted you
see II those are its characteristics, and
If SO, you have found the right one.
Another scheme is used on the coasts
Of France In addition to those have
told you. It is q means Of swinging
vertical beam Of light across the sky
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-07-30
Treat tho Lamb. wen.

A lamb kept going from its birth win
not only sell sooner, but will sell bet.
ter than one that has been allowed "a
get q check-hence every opportunity
should be given them to keep ahead:
and 1t is certain that when flocks ars
managed on these lines the financiI
result will be far and away better than
when the opposite treatment Is pur
sued. That nothing pays better foa
generous treatment is we'll known
fact. It seems strange. therefore. tina.
one sees travelling about the countr,
many examples where the starvation
process, or something akin to ii, u q
progress.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-07-30
HWyyvIER LAN0zN6 m IHE.
7lNOT LEDGE Ll6HI

In an article in st. Nicholas. on
Lighthouses" Lieut.. Ellicott OF the
United States navy says:
"The Mediterranean sea was the
great cradle of commerce, and some of
the ancient beacon towers at the en-
trance to its harbors stood intact for
centuries. The giant, statue known as
the Colossus, at Rhodes, is supposed to
have been used as beacon and light
house-the spread Of the legs Of that
great figure Of Apollo indicating the
harbor entrance by day. while a fire
burned in the palm OF his uplifted CO.
lossal hand at night. Although the ac-
count IT the Colossus is only a matter
Of guesswork. it is historically true
hat In those ages of ignorant Needless
ness OF the need Of beacons light
house was built SO grand in proper
tons. 30 enduring in character, that It
became known as one Of the seven won
ders of the world, and outlived all the
others, save the pyramids, by centu-
ries. This was the lighthouse built
on the little island of Pharos by Ptol-
envy Philadelphus. king Of Egypt. two
hundred and eighty years before Christ
TO guide vessels into the harbor of Alex
andria. From all descriptions 1t must
have closely resembled our Washinr-
ton monument. for it was built of white
stone. was square at the base, and ia
pered toward the apex. Open windows
we're near its top, through which the
fire within could be seen for thirty
miles by vessels at sea. To build II
cost eight hundred talents, or nearly
one million dollars. and its height was
almost exactly the same as that Of the
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-07-30
"plsPERoE.''s

Shakespeare, who rendered eloquent
tribute to the native authority Of kinkR
lords and military commanders. sell
dom shows like respect In his treat.
ment Of civic dignitaries. Justice shal.
low and Dogberry, for instance. are "a
deliciously absurd that their sayinga
have often been criticised as too good
to be true. Perhaps; but they can oc.
casionally be pretty closely paraIleled
There is something quite in the
Shakespearfan manner in the simple.
ity Of former magistrate Of Newbury..
port, in the old days Of queues ma
ruhed shirt-bosoms. "A case was being
tried before him in which the accused
who stoutly denied the charge, was az
serted to have stolen from gentle.
man new set Of shirts.
,5s y
"a pretty story that should take
bis shirts!" exclaimed the irate cul.
prit; but when he was searched a mo.
ment later, 1t was revealed that he was
at the moment arrayed in the whole
SIX. one over the other. The good ils.
tice was shocked.
What a villainw he exclaimed.
Then he added. reproachfully, "why
didn't you tell me you were q yillafni
Why didn't you save the time Of the
court, the spectators and the witnesses
by owning up you were a villain in tho
first placer"
"A few years later constable of tho
same town made remark worthy Of
Dogberry himself. "A knot of little
boys had been hanging about the en-
trance to the town hall before public
meeting. As the officer came In sight
all ran away but one. and to this lone
youngster he addressed his orders. in
a tone OF mingled dignity and wrath.
"Dispsrge!" he commanded. Dis
perge, say. We can't have no bur-
lash here!"
The awed youth did not dispense. but
he moved on.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-07-30
Evidently worthles,.

'."That novel Of young Kendal's IL =,
earthly good. why do you say thai.
II took it out on the porch yesterda:
and somebody stole It," Il don't 20
how that proves its worthlesspess.
"Ion't you? Why, the thief brough
1t ack."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-07-30
No Husband.

No Husband.
"And her husband !:
"Oh, she has no husband: the ma
shs married = . stamp collector. =
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03
WEATHER BUREAU REPORT.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL-
TURE, WEATHER BUREAU, SAN FRANCISCO
May 2. 1897 5 p. M.-The following are the rain
falls for the past "a hours and seasonal ranfals to
date as compared with those of the same date
last season.:
Eureka, past "a hours 90 this season 40. %,
last season as. 81; Red Bluff, past "a hour, 90,
this season "a. OS. last season 20.23; san Fran
CISCO past "a hours 90, this season % 81, last
season ~ SO: Fresno. past "a hours 90 this sea-
son 10 So last season 8 10: San Luis Obispo, past
"a hours 90 this season 20 II, last season II 81
Los Angeles. past "a hours .04. this season
10 80, last season 06: San Diego, past "a hours
o. this season IL. 81, last season $50; Yuma
past "a 90 this season b So last season .SS
ean Francisco data: Maximum temperature 81,
minimum 40, mean 90.
The pressure has fallen during the past twenty
four hours over Washington, Oregon and North
western California. There has been slight rise
over Nevada and Utah. and rapid rise over the
Upper Missouri Valley.
The temperature has risen decidedly over the
greater portion o the Pacific slope In the Sacra-
mento and san Joaquin vallevs there has been q
rise of about Is deg over Arizona there has
been fail of about deg.
Cloudy weather prevails over Southern Califor-
MIA.
Weather conditions and general forecasts;
Forecast made at San Francisco for 80 hours
ending midnight. May g. 1897.
Nor hern Caifornia-Fair Moud ay; cooler NJ on
day afternoon and night in the valleys; light
nOrtherly winds.
southern Callfornia-Cloudy Monday; Boutherly
changing to westerly winds.
Nevada--Fair Monday; cooler In northwest por-
ton Monday night
Utah Cloudy Monday.
Arizona-Cloudy Monday; warmer west.
San Francisco and viciny-Cloudy Monday
morning fair during the day; fresh westerly winds.
ALEXANDER MCADIE Forecast Official.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03
Christianity and
Socialism COMPARED.

Last evening Rev. William RAIDER of the
Third Congregational Church spoke on
Christianity and Socialism" In part he
said:
sin the evolution of government we
have passed the stage where government
was everything and man was nothing,
and the stage where man was everything
and the government nothing.
The one was the age OF paternallsm,
when the individual sat in the lap of the
state; the other was the age of per-
sonal liberty, according to the doctrine OF
Rousseau.
I'VE are now enjoying the period OF
fraternity in which the government and
personal freedom are working in har-
mony. Out OF this new relation is spring
ing universal unity. In religion we call
it brotherhood in politics democracy and
IN industry and society socialism.
"Christianitv and socialism have much
in common when both are properly de-
fined. Christian socialism is applied
Christianity. This m ans more than
single element of socia ism such as state
ownership of the implements of industry.
There is Christianity in socialism and
socialism in Christianity. Jesus was an
individuaist, it is true, and did not speak
against taxation or the wrong use of wine
II e was also a socialist. He did not use
that term, but the phrase, Kingdom OF
God a dream of a reconstructed social
order as old as the Re pu bile of Plato.
SOCIALISM and Christianity alike believe
IN making the word better; the one from
without, the other from within; the one
beginning with the individual. the other
beginning with the social oder. Every
good man cannot escape the duty of being
both individuaIist and socialist at tho
same time. JUDAS and his money bag af-
ford field OF labor tor both
The golden link binding Chri stianity
with socialism is the comm ndment,
Love thy neighbor as myself the mean
ing of which is that there is no difference
between the happiness of the individ ual
and that OF the public; that what is
wrong for the one is not right for tn
many. He who has religion for hims If
and another for the public is fraud"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03
The Wor1dliness Of
The Church of To-Day

At the Church of the Holy Spirit, 2127
Jackson street, the pastor, Rev. o. C..
Miller, began a series OF afternoon SER
mons, under the general head of a protest
against the unscriptural methods of the
present day Protestant church.
His subject was that of revivaIs; his
text from Habakkuk iii:2: 80 Lord, revive
thy work in the midst OF the years. in the
midst of the years make known; in
wrath remember mercy He said in
part:
The text should be the prayer of the
church to-day, enfeebied as she is by loss
of the Spirits power. Both church and
\ alton are in a transition period. Eccle
siastIcis SIN is not the Christianity of Christ.
Denominatlonslism is in decay and decay
is the forerunner of death. Revival and
reviving is the normal condition of the
church.
1t is the work of the Holy Spirit. Not
by might nor ty power Of man, but by
the spirit of the Lord. The effects of a
genuine revival are the regeneration of
SINNERS and quickening of believers-the
latter must follow as preparation for the
former. The first thing in order is the
conversion of the church. For genuine
revival there is but one model, that car
rled out in the first twelve chapters OF the
Acts. lew obscure believers get to-
getner in prayer, and they continue with
one accoru. Had there been daily pa
per in Jerusalem at the time the report
ers would have scarcely found it out.
How different from the way The church
tries to do it to-day Conservation of
service and money followed prayer. There
could be "no JUNCTION without function"
Revival must come from better observa
ton of the Lords supper aud more scrip
tural home life. Let US go back &c the
one Pentecostal model. New methods are
not needed; human nature is the same.
Compare the modern methods with the
Pentecostal model and they are found
wanting.
The Holy Spirit Is not so incapable that
he must come to man for methods. Man
is instrument, not method, when used by
him. The two agencies of a genuine re-
vival are the Holy Spirit and the church,
and these are inseparabIe. Since the days
OF Finney there have BEEN no despread
REVEALS nor will there be until there is a
new order Of Protestant Christianity. The
lost power OF the church can only be re-
gained by her return to purity through
the sanctifying influence of the Holy
Spirit. The present day church with its
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03
Paine's Error
About the Bible.

Rev. J. S. David gave lecture on
Thomas Paine and the Bible" at Wash
ington Hall last evening. in the course of
which he said: Thomas Paine was a
oeist. He believed in one God, and he
hoped for happiness beyond this life. He
was noble man, and was a champion of
reform. His denial of the Bible was evil
IDENTIFY owing to the fact that he confined
his studies to the letter of Scripture and
knew nothing of its internal sense. He
took the sym bois for the things slgnified.
The internal sense of the word is the
only incontesta bic evidence of It's divinity
And now that the race is prepared to
receive deeper truth than could be re-
ceived in former ages the seals of the
Word are opened. Paine gloried in the
beauty and sublimity of creation, and re-
gardeG that as the only revelation OF God
but nature, like the Bible, has her dark
side as well as her bright side, and both
nature and Scripture are faithful mirrors
OF both the lights and shadows of human
life. The Bible would not be a true reve-
iation OF human states and experiences
and of the path to eternal life ii it illus
trated only the beautiful and sublime in
human life"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03
The Philosophy Of
Life and Death.

At Olivet Church yesterday Rev. II. I.
Shepard preached on the subject of Life
and DEATH" He said in part:
The grain of wheat decays and feeds the
new germ, and lives again in many other
grains like itself, and thus increases its
usefulness. The human body con stantly
dies. 1t becomes an entirely new body
again and again after short periods of
years. Religious thought is constantly
evolved with new harvests of golden truth,
instinct with new life. This is the history
of The Christian religion from its begin
ming to the present time. This constant
development is not dogma nor theory,
but fact. Christianity and science are
joining hands to-day in paying reverence
TO the uniathomed if not unfathoma BILE
mystery of life. One may see God in it,
while the other sees only the unknown
force, but acknowledgment of an un-
known and apparently superhuman force
that cannot be created by any means
which are known to man is akin faith in
Israers Jehovah, and tends toward refuge
from doubt in the known and incarnate
Christ, the creating Word" of the Gospel
of John.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03
How to Acquire
And How to Hold.

Rev. DR.. Jewell of Trinity M. E. Church
spoke yesterday from the text, Look to
yourselves that we lose not that which
We have wrought, but that we receive
full reward" In part he said:
There are two cautions-one is stake
care and not lose" ana the other is 'to
invest that which you have so
as to make it most productive"
1t requires brain to acquire more
brain 10 keep after you have acquired.
and, most of all. to 50 investas TO realize
the largest possible returns. For every
thing of value you possess there is some
one watching to snatch 1t from you. Every
man OF wealth has u reason 10 feel that
there is conspiracy in society TO wrest
from him that which be has acquired.
So in morals and religious things; the
mother seeks to EN- bal N the innocence of
her child, knowing well that contact with
society i'm perils that pearl of innocence.
The boy of San Francisco sees the
cleaning light of the night schools and
the loaded shelves and open doors of free
libraries floating round him, yet he treads
as listiessly as though he were on the
broad bosom Of the Sahara.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03
STEAMERS TO ARRIVE.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.

branch Of the United States Photographic
Office located in the Merchants Exchange Is
maintained in San Francisco for the benefit Of
mariners without regard to nationality and free OF
expense
NavigRtors are cordially invited to visit the
office, where complete sets OF charts and sailing
directions of the world are kept on handr or COM
parson and reference and the latest information
can always be obtained regarding lights dangers
to navigation and all matters OF interest to ocean
commerce
The time ball on top OF the building on Tele-
graph Hill is hoisted about ten minutes before
noon and is dropped at noon. 12Oth meridian, by
telegrapbic signal received each day from the
United states Naval Observatory q. Mare Island
Cal.
dropped on time, giving the error II any, Is
published the same day by the afternoon papers
and by The morning papers the following dav.
w. = HUGHES.
Lieutenant U. :. N. in ciarTe
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03
man ring target, twenty shots, were as fol-

man ring target, twenty Shots were as fol-
lows:
Champion class G. H. Hetzel 376 rings; first
class, q. Biezel 354; second class, o. Damar
29O; third Class, II. Mohr Sol; best first shot,
G: Weggeman %; best last shot, C. Weggeman
%; most centers, Louis Laubsher.
Company d OF the First Regiment held
its regular shoot for medals. The scores
made yesterday on the Blunt target, ten
shots, were as follows:
M. H. Wilkens 6, L. H. Anther -. W. F.
Beck 81, E. l.. Scharf 81, A. W. Taylor 10, j. A.
Staples %. W. E. Medows 50, L. C. Missing IL
W d. Flynn %, w. Russell is. o. Landucci
40, q. c. Darling 81 j. G. Seagrave 10 r. R.
Pfaff 33, II. d. PohImann 80 &. Swan %, T. J.
McCreagh SO, II. Missing "a.
The regular contest of the First Division
of the Naval Battalion was held for com.
pany class medals, but the attendance
was not large. The scores are annexed.
R. Schnalle %, W. Corliss &c, A. Landon g.
Ensign G. A. Gould d. A. G. Quinlin Al, T. l.
Casey 80, J. Peters 80, Lieutenant C. C. Dem
mis- 3S.
The attendance at the independent
Rifles regular monthly contest was fairly
good. The scores on the Blunt target,
ten shots, were as follows:
Corporal G. W. Mitchell 35, CORPORAL J.
Mindermann 80, c. Frederickson 26, Corp al
c. Andrews SO, DR.. F. Hau 49, Corporal D. A.
Stang %, H. Frederickson 81, c. J. Staude 81,
Corporal W. Tinkena2 20, Sergeant II. Wilkens
70, Sergeant G. Kornbeck 81, sergeant F. NJ
Zeising AZ, Sergeant J. II. Schneider 81, H.
Staude "a, Lieutenant ]. Staude 40
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03
The Promise
of the Father.

The Rev. D. V. Bowen of the First
New Jerusalem Church preached yes
terday from the following words: Be
hold l send the promise of my Father
upon you; but tarry in the city of Jeru.
salem until ye be endued with power
from on high" duke xxiv:49). In part
he said:
1.-The promise of the Katherine gift of
the Holy Spirit-was fulfilled on the day
of Pentecost. And the Apostle Peter de-
clares that Jesus shed forth this which
was seen and heard, and tina: the gift Of
the Holy Spirit was promised to all, even
as many as the Lord our God shall call
unto him. BY the Holy Spirit, the Com
torter, the Helper, the Spirit of Truth is
meant the spiritual influence OF the Lord
upon the minds and hearts OF men, which
is for the purpose of reformation, regener-
alton and finally salvation.
THE Lord breathed on his disciples and
SAID Receive We the Holy Spirit. And he
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03
Fxpian alton.

The arrow flies with the wind. The top nguie o.
u station indicate maximum temperature TOT me
Says: those underneath it. il any, the amount OF
rainfall Of melted snow in inches and hundredtnss
during the past twelve hours. !sobars or solid
lines, connect poin OF equal air pressure; Iso-
word high" means high barometrc pressure ana
is usually accompanied by fair weather: low
refers TO low pressure. and is usually preceded
and accompanied by cloudy weather and rams
Lows" usually first appear on the WASHINGTON
and low along the coast, and tho isobars extend
north and south along the coast rain Is proDaole:
but when the slow" 1s nclosed with lsooars OF
marked curvature rain south OF oregon IS imptoo.
able With "high' in the vicinity OF loaho, anu
the pressure falling the California coast warmef
weather may be expected IN summer and coioef
weather in winter The reverse Of these conditions
Will produce an opposite result
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03

breathes on us now. He gives his holy
spirit to all who prepare themselves for
his reception and abode. We are to
tarry, not in the old but in the New
Jerusalem, which John saw coming down
out of Heaven-in the doctrines of the
spiritual sense of the word. W. are to
tarry, to learn, practice and receive into
our lives these heavenly things, and then
we can be endued with power from on
high, or the highest power, the power
OF the Holy Spirit, which is the baptism of
fire. an influence of unseltish, divine love
in our hearts. Then we can know that the
Lord is, not only the way-the truth-but
the llfe-eternel life to all who will re-
ceive him. And, as we abide with him,
live the highest truths we know he will
endue US each day more and more with
power, power to turn from false things,
power to overcome all evil. And we shall
then know him as our Redeemer, the ever
present Savior, the Holy Spirit"
After service the holy supper was adj
mlnlstered and seven mem bers received,
making seventeen new members admitted
to the society during the short time that
Mr.. Bowen has been the pastor.