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til DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF SOUTHPORT AND BRUNSWICK COUNTY. VOL. 2 NO. 35. SOUTHPORT, N. C, THUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1891. PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE WORLD'S SEWS. -:o:- A C()Xl)i:SHi:i 8U3IMARYOP A WKHK'S DOINGS La flrlppo Ar'w ' Bfakea It Apprtr ance In Connecticut and Rhode Inland Ileatkof GennHT. II. F. Two ISankn Make AMlgnmentK. TIICIWDAV, OCTOHEIt 15. rYosts in IYnnsylvania and Western New York, have badly injured the grape crop. The harbor at Baltimore, lid., fa! filled witjh craft. ;The pyster dredging season begins to-day " Three persons were killed and twenty three injured In a wreck which occurred yesterday on the B. &; O . railroad near HickavilW; Ohio. ' . " La grippe has again made its appearance iri parts of Connecticut and Rhode Island. Many people are suffering from the disease and some have died. The firm of S. V. White fc Co., of Chi cago, have made a proposition to its credi tors lo settle their indebtedness at 'fifty tents on the dollar. It is believed that the proposition-will be accepted. - Ietectives at Washington, Ind., have arrested Samuel Harbine for burning the Court House and destroying the records. Harbine has confessed and has implicated three other prominent titi7.ens, one of the latter lias also confes-scd. " ' V "' ) ; FOREIGN". 4 , . . The Armstrongs have appointed Ad miral lirin, Italian ex-Minister of 3Iarine, as manager of their Naples works at $ 10, 000 a year. A furious gale has been raging for two days over England, Ireland and Scotland, doing immense damage to all kinds of pro perty. Country roads arc blocked by fallen trees, twisted telegraph wires and broken telegraph poles. It is feared that many vessels are lost. FItlllAY, OCTOIIEU 10. The St. Lawrence river is lower than it has leen in eighteen years. C'aruther Bros., dry goods dealers of llardstowii, Ky., have assigned; liabilities, $ vio.ooo, - The general council of the Lutheran Church of North America, met at Buffalo, S. Y., yestenlny, with 140 delegates pres ent. '.,.-' Three reporters of the Chicago Inter Ocean were killed yesterday morning in a wreck oir the Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad, at Crete, 111. Assistant County Attorney Moriarity and a score of other citizens of Omaha, have been arrested for taking part in the recent lynching in that city. W. A. Brickncll has sued the City of Boston for $700,000 damages for an alleged infringement of a patent for an improve ment hi feed-water heaters for Are engines. . General W. II. F. Lee, second son Of Gen. Robert K. Lee, died-last evening at his home in Ravcnswood, Vn., aged 54 years. He had been suffering for some time from dropsy and heart trouble. ' FOKEION. Count-Ludwig Von Arco Valley, German Miii Liter to the United States died at Berlin - yesterday. ' I . ; ' ,V ; The Czarina has given 20, 000, OOoVoubles from her private purse for: tlib relief of the famishing Russian peasants, " " The coast of England is strewn with wreckage from the recent gale. A number of vessels are stranded at different points. The University of Kieff, Russia, has been closed by the Government and five hundred of" the students have been placed under ar rest on account of their recent revolutionary behavior, ' r h ' SATURDAY. OCTOBEH 17.- Julia Ward Howe has been elected Presi dent of thc.National Congress of the Asso r ciation for the Advancement of Women. The Government rain-makers in .Texas, liaTe had no chance to do anything lor two weeks. Too much natural rain has been the trouble. The Shoshone and Arapahoe Indians of "Wyoming are to receive $600,000 from the Government for i:t00;000 acrcsln iffie Wind River resenation.! .i ls " Attachments iiave been granted 82ain8t tlic proptiiyof John Hoev.'ex-preSident of the Adams Express Company, in a suit to recover over half a million dollars. Col. Walter L. Steele, president of the Pee Dee Manufacturing Company, of Rock ingham, N. C, died ut John Hopkins hos- pital, Baltimore, Md., yesterday morning, ajjed 6& years. Fire at Roanoke, Va., yestenlay morning destroyed Bush & Gamer's lumber yard and plauing mill and four dwellings. Loss, JO.O0O; insurance, $8,000. One of the employees last his life. FOREIGN. Opposition to the Government bill regu lating the mining laws in New South Wales has caused a Alinisterial crisis. I ranee repudiates Morocco's claims to the Touat Oases, in Africa, and M. Ribot. French Foreign Minister, says he is deter mined to bring Morrocco to reason. A London cable dated yesterday says that twice during the past forty -eight hours has tlie fcerce storm abated in fury only to be renewed witn increased force. The damage u snipping will be immense. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18. Imports of specie at New York for the past week amounted to $4,750,800 of which 14,499,310 was gold. - The Associated Banks of Xew York now hold $6,028,700. in excess Wf the require ments of the 25 per cent. rule. ! James Parton, the well-known author and writer, died yesterday at New bury port, Mass.; after an illness lasting several weeks 3Irs. TIrarman, wife of Judge Allen G. Thurman, died at her home In Columbus, Ohio, yesterday. Mrs. Thurman had been ill for some time. t Kingston, New York, was visited by a 300,000 fire last night, destroying entirely the works of the Lawrence Cement Com pany. The insurance amounts to $100,000 The Tecumseh National Bank of Tecum seh. N. J., has closed his doors by order of j; M. Griffith, National Bank Examiner. A deficit has been found amounting to $70,000 and is said to have been caused by bod investments . , roBZiGX. The Queen of England wUl elevate to the peerage, the widow )ot I William! Jlenry I 'Smith, leader in the British House of Com mons, The Chinese Ambassador at St. Peters burg has been ordered to demand an expla nation of Russia's encroachments upon the Pamfr territory. .' : The Shah of Persia has appointed Mr. Pratt, ex-United States Minister to that country, a Persian Commissioner to the World's Columbian Exposition. ; MONDAY. OCTOBER 19. A portion of' the Memphis & Charleston railroad bridge at Florence, Ala., gave way Sunday morning while a heavy ore train was passing over. No one was injured. Chinamen are being smuggled into Texas over the Mexican border. Not a day passes but one or two of them are arrested by de- puty marshals. All those caught will be sent back to China via San Francisco. Two banks in Columbia, Tenn., madean assignment on Saturday. They were the Bank of Columbia, eiviner assets at 467.- 004.65 and liabilities at $285,800; and the Columbia Banking Company with assets at All agjee that the letter will help $316,620 and liabilities ' kt $554,428. - . " McKinley, differing of course accord One hundred and twenty men employed ing to political prejudice as to the ex on the Electricity Building at the World's tent of help Fairgrounds quit work on Saturday be- Tl . ' ' cause their foreman, WUliam Irving, had President Harrison, it is said, an- been given the alternative to accept a posi- nounced to his Cabipet at its last meet, tion at 40 cents an hour or quit. ing the names of several men who Eight prisoners confined at the Bowie had been selected for important ap- County (Texas) jail, escaped some time pomtments, including the vacancy on uurmg ouiuruay uigui. i u oi uie meu are murderers, the others were confined for I minor offences. One of the prisoners walked twenty miles and gave himself up to the sheriff, at the same time notifying him of the escape of the others. i foreign. One United States sailor was killed and one other badly .wounded in a street fight In Santiago. Chile, a few days ago. They The funds of the Irish Parliamentary J I party arc in the hands of Munroe &Co., I bankers in Paris. The have funded the whole in securities bearing 5 per cent and realizing 2,500 annually. I TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10. Steamers arriving yesterday at New York from Europe, brought $1,550,000 in gold. Tlie U. S. Supreme Court f has denied a motion to advance the Virginia coupon tax cases. The Mineral Fibre Co's , plant at Salem, Va.,was totally destroyed by fire last night. Loss, $5,000; no insurance. Gov. Hill of New York, arrived in Rich mond, Va.j yesterday morning and was enthusiastically received. He and his party are on their way to Atlanta, Ga., to attend the Piedmont Exposition. The Navy Department has been informed of tne failure of Harrison, Loring & Co., shipbuilders of Boston, who have contracts for building armored cruiser No. 11, at $474,000 and three steel tug boats at $32,- 500 each. Two gentlemen formerly on the military staff of Gen. Balmaceda, the late President same system to all grades of Post Of of Chile, have arrived at Cincinnati. They fice employes, including the railway claim tnai caimaceaa is sun auve ana say that they expect to meet him In New l ork f ' ' FOBEION. Sir Henry Parks, Premier of New South Wales, has resigned, as a result of the de feat of the Government recently. A severe cyclonic storm, dangerous to shipping, Is reported at Bermuda, begin ning Sunday morning, fell to 29.17. The barometer WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 91. Tlie EcumenlcalMethodist Council which has been in session at Washington, D. C, for the pasttwelvc days adjourned y ester-. day The great wine warehouse of the Speer New Jersey Wine Company at Passaic, N- J., was totally destroyed by fire yesterday morning . Prof- Isaac C Russell, who was sent last June by the U S. Government and the National Gcocranhical Society to explore the region about Mt St. Ellis, has arrived at Vancouver, B. C Prof. Russell reports a very successful trip TheMayorand CityCouncfl ofNewport, that Congress who are offering to sell Ky. , have been sent to jail by Judge Loney wnat property belongs to their con fer contempt of Court, in refusing to obey nnt tn thpm rrW !!., ), tiA Newnort Gas Comnanv. The officials will lwl imnrioAiuvl frtr cfv vnwitlia rkr until tVlA the further order of the Court roRKiox. The Province of Granada, Spain, has been devastated by a storm- The damage is very great. The British Steamship Midlothian, from Baltimore for Antwerp, has arrived at 6t Michael's, Azoras, badly damaged by storm Negotiations for a commercial treaty be tween Germany and Belgium have been suspended, the latter declining. to admit German agricultural products free of duty WASHINGTON NEWS. -:o: BLAINE ENDORSES THE 3It- KINLEY TARIFF ACT. A &arprle to the DcmocraU, a It was Knows that He waa Bitterly Opposed to the Act an Well ait the Man. Mr. Harrison and the Court of Claims Washixgtojt, D. a, Oct. 19, 1891 Mr. Blaine's letter endorsing the McKinley tariff act is the principal q conversation among the . ... . . , . ,r . . . few politicians left in Y asbington by neate(l State campaign. It waa a decided surprise to the demcrats who vuvw Blaine was still opposed to the McKin ley act and to its author. There is no doubt that at one time Mr. Blaine was very bitter towards the McKinley bill, and towards its author, because Maj. McKinley had positively refused after several long conferences to in corporate Mr. Blaine's reciprocity ideasjnto the original House Tariff bill; and it is known that some of the men who now talk the loudest about reciprocity voted for the Senate reci procity amendment to the McKinley bill more to placate Mr. Blaine than because they really favored the idea. The republicans ail pretend to take Mr. Blaine's letter as a matter of course, but to not a few of them it was a very pleasant surprise, as they had supposed that Mr. Blaine would, as he had done in the Congressional elections last year, keep his hands off the Court o Claims, which meets ; ,T , J tobe no leak' and none of tho names have got out, although the persistency on the part, of certain prominent re- publicans in predicting that Ex-Con gressman Thompson, of Ohio, will go 0n the Court of Claims, makes it look s thm,eh thev had been Hvcn a 0 j . C3 "nointer" bv somebodv. It is exoec- . , ., . . . i, , tari that t.hio a- nointmnnt. w 1 1 hp nn r nouncea mis weeK, as u as renarueu as important that the t,ourt should meet with a full bench. The Treasury department has issued a pamphlet, copies of which may be had upon application to the depart ment, entitled "A Brief History of Coinage Legislation in the United States", which contains all legislation on the subject down to the silver act of the last Congress. It is valuable to all who wish to be posted on just what laws have been passed by Congress relating to the money metals. Postmaster-General Wanamaker is so well pleased with the working of his recent order making all promotions in the various graded clerkships of the Post Office department dependent solely on the result of competive ex animations of clerks in the next grade below, that he wishes to extend the i m& service. The Congressman who will sell the government publications to which he is officially entitled, instead of distribu ting them among his constituents, for whose information they ae print ed at enormous expense, will bear I watching; and Secretary Rusk has reason to think that some ex-Congressmen are engaged in that very small business, as he has received a number of letters from Representatives-elect to the Fifty-Second Congress telling that they had received postal cards from Washington parties offering to goji goo copies of the agricultural re port and 21G copies of the special re port on Diseases of the Horse. The number offered for sale is precisely that allotted to each member of the Fifty-first Congress: hence the con. elusion of the Secretary that it is some - - - . . manor men who were members of I Baturaay migui. c ij I railed "administration dav" at the J Ecumenical Conference, as President I Harrison, Secretary Foster and Secre- Ury Noble attended and made short speeches. Mr. Harrison spoke on the . subject before the conference for the day International Arbitration and bis few remarks were well chosen and most happy in their effect, particularly upon the foreign delegates, one of them Rev. W. F. Dawson, of Scot- Und remarking aloud to Bishop I"""'5 '"nt ,,0,d0 m ; with monarchies alter this. It was j perhaps only a queer coincidence, but immediately after talking to the con ference about International arbitra tion Mr. Harrison paid a visit to the gun factory at the Washington Navy Yard which is turning out heavy steel guns for the Navy which are in the opinion of experts notequailed by ei ther Krupp or Armstrong, the largest gun-makers of the world. WORLD'S FAU NOTES. A Steady Frogre of the Work In the Various Departments The teachers and authors of Kan sas have decided to make an exhibit to the World's Fair. The Secretary of the American Pot tery Association has asked for 225 blank applications for space. The Liverpool Chamber of Com inerce urges English exhibitors to a hearty co-operation in the Exposition. Mr. Franklin II.- Head succeeds Mr. H. H. Kohlsaat who resigned his membership Friday in the Directory of the Exposition. Advices from Berlin say the Asso ciated Chemical Works of the Ger man Empire, have decided to make a comprehensive exhibit. The second exhibit for the World's Fair reached Chicago on Tuesday. It was a package of Indian tree bark from Canada, and valued at $20. The pieliminary organization has been completed of the general com mittee of the World's Congress Auxil iary, on -scientific and philosophical congresses. . The Texas World's Fair Exhibit Association is sending out a circular to all Texas-lodge. 'men, asking a sub scription of 15 cts, per capita to the slate exposition fund. It is expected that there will be fully 3,000 dogs entered in tho Exposition beneh show. The various kennel clubs propose to supplement the al ready satisfactory, premium list by a number of very handsome medals. Herr Wermutb, envoy of tlie Im perial German World's Fair Com mission, upon-the eve of sailing for home, telegraphed an acknowledge ment to the Director General of the kindness he has received in Chicago. The Illinois State Board lias been actively at work during the past week. The ladies of the State board, who have been entrusted with the exhibit of woman's work have asked for one enth of the space in the State Build ing. , The Department of State, at Wash ington, is informed that the Persian Government will permit the export of articles, intended for the Exposition free of duty. It is estimated that the exhibit will probably aggregate $20,- 000. i Mr. Edward T. Jeffery, chairman, of the grounds and buildings commit tee of the exposition has resigned, be cause of his removal from Chicago to Denver. Mr. H. B. Stone has been named to fill the place vacated by Mr. Jefferj. The governor of Algiers, Africa, has notified the U. S, Consul at that place, of the intention to participate in the Exposition. It is the expressed wish of Algiers, to make an exhibit in conjunction with France, as a distinct sub-section. At a meeting of the Oregon State Board of "World's Fair Managers Wednesday, it was decided to elect an executive committee of seven, to have full power to act, in the matter of raising funds for an exhibit at the Ex position. The Exposition Commissioner to Mexico, reports that the Panduro fami. ly, probably the most expert workers in clay m the world and who particu lariy excel in modeling figure will come to Chicago during the Exposi tion and manufacture their sjtecialties in view of the public. South' American exhibits for the Worlds Fair have begun to arrive. The United States Steamer "Pensa cola" has landed at San Eraneisco, with a good sized collection of ethnological curio3 for the Exposition. They will be stored and cared for until wanted and consist chiefly of nrnra mies and small gods. Ayer's Pills, being convenient effi cacious, and safe are the best cathartic whether on land or sea in city or country. For consumption, Rck head ache, indigestion, and torpid liver. j . - thev never fail. Trv a box of them they are sugar-coated. liALEIGirS BUDGET. -:o A CORRESPONDENTS VIEWS ON II A LEIGH AFFAIRS. Kr-ptioa ofColonrl MrClrt (ior. Jmrh m Ma the Fifth 3Crylmad Bpcinrnt Will UarrUen Att-nd-Kx-0Trrir Jarrl Th Northern Settlers. Raleigh. N. C, October 20. The heartiness of tlie reception given Col. A. K. McClure, the editor ot the Philadelphia Times, by the people of Raleigh, on . his arrival here to-day and during his stay must have grati fied that admirable roan. A commit tee composed of ex-Gov. Jarvis, S. A-Ashe,-Attorney General Davidson and Chairman E. C. Smith went to Greens boro to meet him. He delivers an ad dress tomorrow at the Exposition and in the evening will attend the State Convention of Northern Settlers and speak This is quite a week foi receptions, as the Governor of Florida (Fleming) will be here, and the Com missioner of Agriculture and other prominent people from Georgia. The Exposition which attracts these people here, grows daily in interest and the persons who found fault with it at first now praise it. It is an agricul tural exposition. It is weak in the matter of machinery. It is a distinc tively Southern exposition. Later on Governor Jackson of Mary land will be here and he will certainly have a fine escort nothing less than the Fifth Regiment of tho Maryland National Guard. A grand reception will be arranged for these. And row comes-the question, will President Harrison come? It is prob able that another committee, directly representing the exposition, will bo sent to Washington to renew the invi tation to him, to act as a sort of re minder in fact. t- The Odd Fellows will have a day at the exposition, November 11, and on that occasion will be in charge of the entire affair. A large part of the money thev receive will go to the Odd Fellows Orphanage which is located at Goldsboro. The last of the "special tax" cases was argued yesterday before the Su-1 preme Court; involving the validity of the bonds issued in 1868 to the Chatham railroad, (now the Raleigh & Ausmsta). The Attorney General ar gued that this Court has no jurisdic- ion in the matter. The number of students at the Agri cultural and Mechanical College has been increased to 96. In less than thirty days the new dormitories will be ready for occupancy, and this will result in a still further increase in the attendance. The improvements at tho college are numerous and striking. The buildings are of excellent design and the management of the college is very highly complimented. The formation of the State College Association, with Dr. George T. Wins ton of the University as its president, is a step in the right direction. It will still further abate the jealousy and contention which a few years ago were so notable. Then the University had literally to fight for existence. Happily, this bad state of affairs fs now at an end. The largest negro benevolent order in the world is the Good Samaritans. This order, which has a membership of over 500,000, is represented here this week by its Grand Lodge, with delegates from eighteen States. Ex-Governor and Mrs. Jarvis are here, the guests of Governor Holt. Jarvis comes close to Vance in the matter of hold upon the people of North Carolina. His wisdom and prudence are valued by all, and his were the words, at tho Democratic State Conference here last week,which produced the best effect and were of the greatest value. He now practices law at Greenville, a quiet little place, but remains a striking personality and influence in State politics. The Northern-born settlers in North Carolina have certainly done a great deal for the "'State of their adoption. Their State Convention begins to morrow and there will be many good speeches made by men like Gov. Holt, McClure, Octavms Coke, Auditor San derlin, kc. A number of people just from the North will be present and these of course will hear with deep interest what is said. The people who invested so lieartily in the Virginia 4boom towns' are in the "low grounds of sorrow," and out of pocket. The-cmeisthiDg is that the newspapers, eager to work up a boom, never describe the collapses. The poor devils who put in their monev and lost it have to do the talk JZ Virginia dirt. Auditor Sanderlin, quite himself again, is at his dek daily "now. The accident insurance companies had to pay pretty dearly for that disaster at Bostian's bridge. The Auditor held several policies. The State board of agriculture meets to-morrow and will discuss several matters of importance. It will see what it can do to aid the plan of hav ing a display of this State's resources at Chicago. The board of control of the World's Fair meets here next week and will devote its entire session to that question; certainly one of great moment. The display made at the exposition by the negroes grows steadily, and docs them very great credit. Their procession, exercises and behavior on their "day" at the exposition have won for them no end of compliments. N0KT1I CAROLINA. Newa CUx-tl From Valuable Kjrhangra From the Old North Slate. The Free Mail Delivery for this city is in operatiou. Union lirjtullican. Jas. Watson, Esq., a. lawyer and former member of the Legislature from Orange, died at Chapel Hill Tues day. Tximhncitk. The President has appointed Geo. C. -Scurlock, (colored,)' postmaster at Faj-ettevtlle, N. C, vice David F. Wemyss removed. There arc sixty-five pupils at tho colored department of the deaf, mute and blind institution; more than ever before, Sti(r Cttunicte. News reached here yesterday of tho death of Dr. J. R.',l earsall. assistant physician of the North Carolina Insane Asylum, which occurred at Morgan- ton. Attt's thservtr. . Ten additional stamps were started to running at Catawba Mine this week. This makes thirty out of the forty stamps now running. The remaining ten stamps are being put in. Kings Mountain, Xeics. Mr. A. L. Sink, of Lexington, went home last Sunday evening. He is the last to getaway of those who went down with tho train at Bostian's bridge on the morning of the "27th of August. Tho train stopped at Mr. Jacob Bostian's house and Mr.-Sink was lifted on board and made the trip homo in comfort. Istwlmnrk. In a payment of $8,000 by London parties on the Parker mine m Stanly county, was a $20 gold piece that is a rarity. Tho coin was made in San Francisco in 1853, before the mint was established and is probably tho only one of its kind in the United States. Twenty-one dollars secured it for Mr. II. C. Eccles' collection. Charlotte Seus. 'We arc informed that Mr. B. J. Sheppard, President of tho Twin City Club, is in receipt of a letter dated Greensboro, N. C, from Mr. J- M. Pendleton, Secretary and Treasurer of the "Club," and also telegraph operator at this place in which he states he is short in his accounts, tho result of playing games of chance. Tho President of the club thinks the shortage will amount to something between eight hundred and a thous and dollars. Ttcin City Sentinel. Late yesterday afternoon David Rosenthal, dealer in clothing and men's fQrnishing'goods, made an as signment for the benefit of creditors to Isidore Rosenthal. There are four classes of preferences. In the third class are the principal one, L. Rosen, thai, $10,000; Ilornthah Whitehead -Weirsman k Co., New York, $2,977; Harnmerslaugb, Saks k Co., New York, $ ir'.; Lowenbery, Pincus Jt Co., Norfolk, $30U; S. A. Cohen's Sons, New York, $591. Tlie total liabtlitie are faid to hesoiriethingover $1,000. K'nit('hrfiti-k. Yesterdaf. i-erhaj, mark the tarn ng ioint in little Gilbert Little's life, and he existence of a human beins that mav have caused an endless trouble and wound up in roSn, was maybe, changed to one tf usfaliness. He is the boy who attempted to wrrck tte States villi! train a few nights ago by placing a piece of rail oa the track. He was broaght up before Judg M ears yesterday, who sentenced him to be bound out to some good master. The boy was only about 1 1 years old, and was a deserted infant. He grew up wild and neglected, which led to the character of the sentence he re ceived. There w$s no one who pro nounced the sentence wrong. C'W h Ate CkruicU. ing and swearing too. sunk many thousands MGHT FOR MARINERS. :o:- NEW SCIIKMK FOK SIGNAL ING SHIPS. The WawaeHnc Mariaer t ft KnaWled U IlUtlajptLh It la UT!rrbU VfitK. oat rMtbUlt; of MUlaft By m w Ny.tetM Arlapled. For so uio time past a evries of ex periments has been going on undcr the supervision of the United States Lighthouse Board for the purpose of determining a plan for a systematic arrangement tho lights used by the service for marking dangerous spots on the coast and lake shores of the United Stales, As a rtiult of these experiments a system has been per fected which will revolutionizo light house signals if Congress will make the necessary appropriations. fit is proposed to abolish fixed lights at all stations and substitute in their stead flash lighu and number for each of them so that a mariner can distinguish not only by the light or its number just where ho is, but it will to as plain r as the fire-alarm signals used for call ing out steam engines in case of fire in one of the cities of nhe United States. Capt Mahan, Engineer Socro tary of the Lighthouse Board, has -superintended tho preparation of this system, and in a report which wijf bo shortly submitted to the Secretary of tho Treasury he gives the details of this plan for new lights, In this com munication Capt. Mahan says: It has been admitted for a long time in these days of many hipand much travel, that all light house light should have such distinguishing char acteristics as to make it impossible for a mariner, suddenly coming on alight to be uncertain whether it belongs to a light houic establishment or not, or to mistake one light of tho establish ment for another. Many naval officers with whom I have talked, tell mo that the system of time intervals between flashes is unsatisfactory on account of tho diffi culty of accurately timing these inter vals when a 'ship is rolling or pitching heavily. . 'Atmospherical influence, - the nature of which is unknown, cause apparent variations in the in tervals by making them seem some times irreater and airain smaller. ' - Jarometric 'changes offer greater or ess resistance to the wings of tho governor of the driving mechanism and thuscaubo variations. In a word the present system founded on time intervals is not wholly satisfactory. n its place, is proosed a system of numeral characteristics or the assign ment of a number to each light, the number of tho light being 135 it would be indicated thus: - - - - - - that is to say, by three groups of flash es, the flashes m each group being separated by a partial ec!iie. With the sharp brilliancy of the flash, there should bo no difficulty in keeping count of the figures and hence of the characteristic. There must of course bo some point from which tho count is to begin. This joint is given by a period of fixed light which covers at least one third of tho horizon. This period of fixed white light is followed by a total eclipse of some seconds' du ;ation, after which the characteristic is given. A second eclipW of like length announces the end of the char acteristic. This system may I be re peated for the Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific coast, and for the great lakes. There will, in r the '; opinion of the Light-House Board, to no necessity for various colored lights along the coast, and only whitij lights should to ued, having red lights always a tiff- nal f danger for inland or inshore um in harbors and toys. There are Vm many light, however, to make tlie syrtern contmuou, b'lt the prin cipl could to applied at individual local iiK. But as rl U to to adop td as th char&cteritticof all inshore lights one group of each light charac- tritic should to red. For example, if the characteristic of the light to thirty-two the Cahe might to three " white and -two red. Intervals between the l wo grouj not to so great a in the all white flash. It might perhaps, to well to have- on group constantly red. Thl group would best to the lat- for mariners would then know whr? to togm and where to end. , - - . Being a system founded on a well defined principle no change need to made after it is once adopted, but a dkcussion of the plan U invited by the Light-Houe Board, with the request that it to carefully examined both as to its merits and defects, and that opinions on both points to given. i 1
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