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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-04
ON DIAMOND HEAD
Landmark is at Last to Have a
Fixed Light.
TO :. TOP AN IRON TOWER
Lens From France - Red Sectors
Can Be Seen Twenty Miles-To
Tap Electric Line.

For years duU years q A6hSu0 49,
Diamond Head has been planned and
promised. In 1895 it was all but set
fled that the beacon should be erected.
Then something intervened and the
project was temporarily dropped. In
the earliest days of navigation, the ne
cessity for a night mark from the
prominent land point was presented
and emphasized. The signal station
was a necessity that was forced and
existed and did it's work. 1t was
thought that the sighting place would
be a good one for light, but this idea
was abandoned some years ago. Then
for months and months there was dis
cussion about the location OF a tower
and the manner in which it should be
built. Delegations of mariners and
members of the Cabinet visited the
neighborhood and no two men inter-
ested seemed to agree on details.
auent, but none the less insistent when
it had to be made. 1t was said at the
time the big liner China had her mis-
hap just outside that the accident would
have been averted, had light shown
Diamond Head. Captains coming from
the south have been especially atten-
tive to all plans for a light on the slope
of the extinct volcano.
The Minister of the Interior for the
Government is an old seafaring man
himself, and has the direction Of lights
and buoys throughout the group. as
we'll as the care of wharves, including
the Hilo wharf Captain King was de-
termined to have light on Diamond
Head. He became weary of hearing
the pros and cons of the case, and after
a few trips to the vicinity with Mr..
Rowell, the Superintendent of Public
Works, drove stake for the site OF the
beacon. This was some months ago,
and there was ordered at once the ma
terial for the illumination and for the
tower. The iron for the structure has
arrived and so soon as some road is
made to the slope point, work on the
structure will begin. This metal tower
will be forty feet high and when the
light is capped upon it, the rays will
be sent out from an elevation of 100
feet above the level of the sea. This
light can be seen without any trouble
at all for 20 miles.
The lens for the new tower has been
ordered from Paris. 1t will be here
in a few weeks. The classification is
of the third ORDER The main lens
will have a diameter of three feet. It
is called a "fixed white light" On
either side there are red sectors. I"
These latter have great value as part
of the equipment. The red lights will
come into view so soon as a ship is
dangerously near the reef. 1t is This
part of the arrangement that Captain
King studied out and caused to be
elaborated. The certain warning thus
provided will be likely to at any time
save a vessel
So soon as this light is in place news
Of its erection will be published all
over the world. Electricity will be
used and it is figured that Chas. Peter
son, the Diamond Head lookout will be
able to take care Of the light as well
as to continue his present excellent
| work
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-04
Shore Drill.

Marines from the Baltimore and
Bennington under command Of Captain
of Marines o. c.. Bergman were at
company drill near the N. G. H. bar
racks yesterday forenoon. 1t is the in
tention to have shore drill twice a
month and next week the sailors and
marines will drill in battalion.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-04
Rice For Mexico.

There are already many Japanese in
Old Mexico and the stream of emil
grafton promises to kept steady for
some time. Some emigration COM
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-04
St Andrews Cathedral.

At the $50 o'clock service of the
second congregation of st. Andrews
Cathedral Sunday morning there will
be celebration of the Holy Commun-
ion at which Mendelssohn's service in
C will be sung. In the evening the
members are asked to attend the union
service at 7:30 o'clock.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-04

Senator Hooking and wife, who late
ly finished an extended tour abroad,
have gone to their Maui home.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-04
MUSIC SCHOOL.

Piano, Voice Production, Singing
and Harmony,
All piano pupils are instructed in
harmony, and especial attention is
paid to muscular control and musical
analysis.
Love Bldg, Fort St. E. COOK.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-04

fContinued on Seventh Page,
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-02

1t would be hard to formulate a more
baleful aphorism that that imputed
incorrectly, it is to be hoped-to Uni
ted States Senator. mo man in public
office" he is reported to have said,
'owes the public anything" On the
contrary, every man in public office
owes the public everything. No matter
how great his wealth or his Importance
before. taking office, he is under imper-
ative obligation to the public, first to
get rid of his partisanship if he have
any; secondly, to divest himself of con-
Siderations Of self-interest and keep in
view only the interests of the public;
and, finally, to give to the public faith
full and laborious service, or, in case of
inability, to yield his place instantly to
some one else, who can and will fulfill
all Of these requirements.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-02
Ratio Between the Metals

1t is an undisputed fact that the
weight of the silver known to be in
the possession of man is almost ex-
actly 151a times that of gold.
Humorous writer's of editorials IA
voring gold mOnometallism frequently
refer TO the heaven born ratio" of 16-
to 1. Cheap wit cannot affect a scien-
tific fact. 1t goes without saying that
the ratio between gold and silver is
not bit of mere guess work, but, on
the contrary, rests upon the basis of
absolute truth.
1t has been demonstrated that de-
piiving one metal of its full monetary
,ls,: and doubling the service reuuiref
of the remaining metal increases the
value of the favored money material.
Gold has been thus favored. silver thus.
disinherited.
If gold had been demonetized instead
of silver, the latter would now be ap-
preciating n value and the former de-,
preciated. Equal treatment of both
metals is demanded by the friends of
the people, and the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at a ratio of is 70
would be equal treatment and restore
the parity.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-02

We are so used to books coming out
to appreciate them. If every, budget
sent from the booksellers does not con-
tain at least four or five readable nov
els, 4 solid history by an eminent au-
thority, book of travels in an un-
known land, two sets of wonderfully
clever new poems, we who cannot
write 4 graceful sentence fall to La
menting and gnashing our teeth over
the decay of writing! TO own that
one has merely touched upon modern
names and modern work of writer's is
to make an argument in favor of the
ages literary achievement. Look at
the lists in the libraries; look back at
the hours you have spent in really in
terested communion vicariously with
authors. Think how your own neigh
bors, as it were-Octave Thanet and
Frank Stockton and Mary Wilkins
have delighted you; how Joel Chandler
HarriS-it is shame not to have men
toned him earlier-and Henry Fuller,
and Mrs. CatherwOod and so many
more have contributed to your utter
sympathy or your contradictory sense.
Think Of Lieutenant Peary' book, and
Nansen's, and of Mahan's marvellous
Life of Nelson" and Of the scientific
volumes by the hundred weight, you
dare not try to read. Nearly every
one has come out this year. Max Nor
dau has made you boil; and Friedrich
Nietsche has caused you to lift your
eyebrows; Bernard Shaw has made
you chuckle over the discontinue of
his enemies; little Max Beerbohm has
raised a laugh, half the time at his
own expense, and half the time at
yours. And Anthony Hope has not
been mentioned. If popularity is test
he is almost at the head of the literary
set. That bethumbed, dog's-eared copy
of 'The Prisoner of Zenda" was clutch
ed and clawed when it made it's ap
pearance at the watering place. And
1.-THE Gentleman of France" close
second. In biography, essay, scientific
treatise of every kind, sermon, travel
and novel. this last part Of our cen.
tury is certainly rich.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-02
Hours of Torture.

In the last great day, when judg
ment is passed upon the quick and the
dead, 1 hope to stand expectant and
absorbed to know what will be the
fate of the man who invented the
third-class carriage upon French rail
ways. The Steerage of a vessel is par
adise compared to these instruments
of torture, writes an American travel.
ing abroad.
To begin with, the compartment car
could only have been created in a
country where there are classes. The
long, open, social, CHEEKY, American
car is too democratic even for demo-
cratic France. All castles may travel
on the same train, but there must be
opportunity for the noble and the rich
bourgeoise to exclude themselves from
those who, by reason of poverty or
vulgarity, are offensive to them
In France third-class apartments
are the most uncomfortable of plank
seats and backs, and the "omnibus''
train is one which stops at every sta
ton. Two seats run crosswise of the
car. You face the passengers on the
other seat, and whether your vis-a-vis
is man or woman feet are unavoidably
entangled; and if your opposite be
woman you are constantly in peril of
being accused of a pedal familiarity
Of which you are wholly innocent.
This is a fault which also extends to
first and second class apartments.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-02
Kill a Canadian LYNX

Several Belgians camping near Sci
ma, Ind, were awakened at night by
the barking of their hounds. They
found the dogs barking near a tree, in
the branches of which they could see
the dim outline of some animal. Think
ing it coon, one of the men by the
name Of Meier shot at it. No sooner
had he fired than the wounded animal.
with a screech, sprang from the tree
at Meier. striking him in the breast.
With its sharp claws it tore his clothes
into shreds and lacerated his flesh. It
attempted to reach his throat, when it
was seized by one of the hounds,
which drew it to the ground. All the
dogs then attacked it, and after an ex-
citing struggle, in which one of the
hounds was killed and two more Grip
pied, the men and remaining dogs sue
ceeded in killing it.
The animal was taken to the camp,
but none could tell what it was. They
TOOK 1t to an old hunter and trapper
that lived near by, who said it was
Canadian lynx and one of the largest
kind. This is the first animal of that
species that has been killed in this 10
cality for thirty years, and how it came
to be here is a Chicago
Chronicle.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-02
Z" Silver Inf1atiou,|

All the talk about silver inflation''
Is absurd Silver is precious metal.
Just as precious in due proportion as
is gold. Its value as bullion has been
hammered down by hostile legislation,
but its value as money, when given its
rights and an equal footing with gold
at the mintS, is indiSputable. 1t has
retained its value as compared with
commodities in q marvellous manner.
The reason why silver as a metal has
cheapened in market value rests in the
fact that the demand for It's use as.
money has been restricted by law. Re-
store free coinage and the value OF sill
yer will be restored.
In discussing the existing relations
of gold and silver the National Review
says: 1.-The audaciOuS and unexampled
attack made upon silver. beginning
twenty-five years ago, the endeavor to
revolutiOniZe the worlds measures of
value in favor of creditors and against
producers by excluding that metal
from it's old place as the equal col
league of gold, has created a diver
gence between the two metals uneX-s
ampled in modern history, from which
divergence endless confusion and suf-.
fering and injustice has arisen. BY
halving the supply of money it has
been sought to double its value, so.
ha!ving the value of property and pro-
duce, and doubling the weight of
debts"
The truth of this statement cannot
be denied, and the result of this disas-
trous experiment has been to create a
sentiment on the part of France and a
large and influential representation in
England to return to the monetary pol
icy of twenty-five years ago. For a
large part of the present century the
open mints of France and the United
States kept gold and silver al a parity,
with a ratio of 1G to l. There is no
reason to believe that this could not be
done again. The welfare of the world
requires the establishment OF tho
former par of exchange
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-02
WINTER SWOOPS DOWN.
Singing Cold Sweeps Over the Countr:
from, tho

Singing Cold Sweeps Over the Country
from the Northwest.
Old winter started across the country
Friday. 1t rode cold wave that swept
down from the Klondike at the rate Of
LOCO miles a day. 1t crossed the line
from the British dominions into Montana
and North Dakota, tingled the ears Of st.
Paul, and by Saturday morning was blow
ing it's wintry breath on Chicago, causing
the mercury to drop over 40 degrees in
less than twenty-four hours.
Medicine Hat was proud of itself Fri
day. 1t had the reputation Of being the
coldest town ON the continent, and it
stuck itself full of piumes. The mercury
went into its burrow for the winters hi
bernating. 1t got as far as % degrees
below zero, and during the day never got
its head out of its hole, for the highest
point it reached was II degrees below
zero.
Medicine Hat is just across the line
from Montana, but the best that could be
done on the American side was below
at Hayre and Bismarck. Uncle Sans
thermometer at Havre nearly disgraced
itself, for its silver column actually got
as high as during the day.
But Medicine Hats glory may be short
lived. Away off to the northwest are the
stations of Battleford and Edmiston
which generally hold the record. Edmis
ton has long had the reputation of being
the breeding place of the blizzard, but
that distinction may be wrested from it
when the wires bring Dawson City and
Point Barrow within hearing distance.
At Calgary, west of Medicine Hat, and at
Swift Current on the east the thermome-
ters registered 20 below, while Winnipeg
came trailing after with record of u
below. Helena, st. Paul and Duluth felt
the breath of old Boreas, the mercury
slipping we'll down toward zero.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-02
TUE Peoples.
- - ISSpse
GN@NklEIY @NklEI
Independent Action.

'WhO would be free,
Themselves must strike the blow.
A great issue is before the American
people and every effort is being made
to obscure and counteract it. Personal
appeals and personal ambitions, indi-
vidual antagonisms and local preju-
dices. avarice, greed. bigOtry and pro.
scription, and every other sentiment
repugnant to the spirit of true democ-
racy is invoked to deaden real patri'
otism and to sacrifice every man whO,-
in the trying hour, has dared TO stand
true to the rights of the American peo-
pie
An amazing spectacle is presented
by what is being done in public af-
fairs. Two years ago the President
sent in to Congress Il message which
rang like Il bugle call. summoning the
representatives of the American peO-
pie to resist the aggressiOnS Of the
British flag, and Il few days later was
presented in the House of Representa-
tives a bill for the perpetuation OF a
British standard that has destroyed
more values and brought more defi
tuition and misery than al the raw
ages of war.
And yet we were asked TO fight the
one and to glorify the other, and to-
surrender to national banks one of the
highest functions of national govern
ment! Now we have passed a bill to-
bring about high prices i'll all protected
industries. and to perpetuate low prices
in all industries not protected.
The American people are tired of be-
ing made the puppets of the miserable,
policies tnat are being pursued, and
the time is coming when they Will say
so in terms and tones that cannot be-
mistaken. Politicians are inventing
makeshifts. but the people will mar
shal their mighty columns upon the
line of living issues, and the conflict
that will be fought to finish is the
battle of the standards. That is the
mighty question that sooner or later
will tower above all others. and I feel
that L owe to my country and to my
party to keep before the people
L. That the great issue now before
the American people is the battle of
the standards and not simply q ques--
ton of circulation.
The question is, Shall we continue
under the single gold standard. fraud
ulently fosted upon Us by the Sher-
man act of 1873, or shall We return to
the bimetallic standard given us by
the fathers of the republic in 1922
Bimet:lliSt
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-02

Insurance against unemployment
is an experiment begun in America
during the current year. 1t is a pri-
vate enterprise. It's dues are heavier
than those of similar European socie-
ties, but its benefits also are much
larger AS in the case of the European
societies, voluntary unemployment,
or unemployment for any cause with
in the control Of the beneficiary, makes
all benefits voidable. This excludes the
striker. AS it is to the interest of the
non-insurance companies to help their
beneficiaries to get work, a company
in Chicago supplies to its beneficiaries
the services Of two employment bu
reauS without charge
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-02
FIRST BLASTS OF WINTER.
Snow Storm of Great Severity Sweeps
Over Nebraska.

Snow Storm of Great Severity Sweeps
Over Nebraska.
A snowstorm of great severity swept
over Nebraska Thursday night. The
weather was mild all day, with drizzling
rain Toward evening the mercury drop
ped to almost zero and gale from the
northwest swept the fine particles Of snow
in every direction. Not great quantity
Of snow fell, but what there was piled
in huge drifts, impeding all kinds of
traffic.
In the extreme western part of the State
regular blizzard prevailed, and great
damage is threatened to stock interests.
This is due to the fact that the grass is
covered with a hard coating Of ice,
through which it will be quite difficult for
cattle to break in order to secure food.
The great damage from the storm comes
from the menace to the stock interests.
The many thousand sheep being fed in
the State are in particular danger. Still,
as long as the herds are housed, which
is the case with most of the large
punches, great damage will not occur.
The open range is the place where the
greatest loss will be certain.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-02
Manages a Newspaper syndicate.

Sydney Earle is Southern Wom-
an who went to New York soon after
the close Of the war. She conducts a
newspaper syndicate of her own, which
does good business. She deals en-
tirely with the country press. Left a
widow early in life, she has supported
her children and her children's chill
dren, and has succeeded in retaining in
her possession the home of her parents
In Kentucky, place that has been in
her family for over $50 years. Her
fathers name was Easom. She Is
known in business circles as Mrs. s. J.
Battey. She says she is too busy in her
life work to be society woman or a
club woman.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-02

Nothing short of the absolute necessI-
ties of trade could possibly Induce our
British friends to give their preference
to this market in the purchase of indus
trial products, and the fact that large
orders for iron rsils, electric motors
and other mechanical supplies have
lately been received in this country
from Great Britain argues beyond dis
pute that British purchasers are cGm-
PEELED to recognize the superiority as
our products.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-02

A philosopher remarks in the Colun.-
.oia (NIo) Herald that "a man is
known by the company he keeps. 1t is
different with a woman-she must Oc-
casionally go with her husband" Now
-adays a man is known by the company
he keeps out of.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-02

The director OF public works in the
Pennsylvania city of Allegheny has
hit upon a plan for getting rid of the
numerous and pugnacious English
sparrows. He will turn loose a lot Of
German starlings, which are natural
enemies of the sparrows. This may
shortly create a demand for some
feathered enemy of the starting.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-02
Great Luck.

BiHy-Have any luck fishing today,
Jimmy?
Jimmy-Great! I didn't stick de hook
inter me finger, .ner slip oft de log an
fall in, ner git bit by mosquitoes, ner
lose any NV me clothes, ner git licked
wen 1 got home!Puck.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-02

There are signs that the threatening
crank is being taken more seriously. A
iunatic who declared that unless pro
pitiated he would assassinate Presi-
dent Mckinley was promptly arrested
by the Chicago police. Threatening
cranks are embryonic assassinS-
Whether they possess or Iack the enen
gy to carry out their wild plots nobody
knows until too late. At al events.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-02

The fact that a Brooklyn judge
granted five divorces in thirty minutes
is being extensively commented on by
the Eastern press. 1t is remarkable
only because it took place in the East.
A Western judge cannot understand
how a man with conscientious ideas
would fool away so much time.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-02

Temperance people in America will
be interested to know that the Deltch
Reformed Church of South Africa has
decided to eNcommunicate all total alb
stainers who shall persist in their evil
habits. The synod asserts that teeto-
talers invariably Become unfaithfua in
their duties to the church and are 9th
erwise demoralized, and it thinks the
church will be better off without them,
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-02

Oregon Indians are said to complain
that whereas they are sentenced to
spend thirty days in jail for intoxica-
ton, white man guilty of the same
offense gets but five days in Jail. The
Indians have within their reach a sim
pie remedy for this injustice: they can
stop getting drunk.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-02

The farmers and timber cutters who
have stripped the hills of trees in all
the older States and who are continu-
ing their work of th0ughtless ravages
In the newer States of the Union ought
to be brought to book. But the States
themselves must enter upon the task
of remedial effort
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-02

Two New York burglars obtained adj
mission to q residence in that city by
representing themselves to be plumb
ers. and when they left took with them
$2,S00 worth of booty. The owner is
solacing himself with reflections on
what it might have cost him if they
had been real plumbers.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-02

Serious injuries sometimes result
from trifling scratches made with an
Inky pen, according to the London,
Lancet; but it is question if more
misunderstanding bacteria do not often
Turk in writer's sentiments than in
his ink.