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CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1889.
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Roberts & Co.
212 North nth Street,
Undertakers and Embalmers.
Telephone. Office 115. Residence I 50
Open Da)- and Night.
E. T. ROBERTS, Manager.
SHIP SIGNALING AT SEA.
SONfEtH NQ ABOUT THE COMINQ
CONFERENCE AT WASHINGTON.
UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION !
Over a Million Distributed.
Louisiana State Lottery Compy
Incorporated by tho. Unltnluro for Kdii
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filnre Semi Annually (June and Decern
ber), and lU Grand Single Number Draw
Ing take place In each of the other ten
month of the year, and arc all drawn In
public, at the Academy of Music, New
Orleans, La.
VAMl'.O FOll TWIINTY YKAIW. l"or
Inteicrltv or II IlMWlliK,iiml lToinil
Vnyiueii't f l'tlM. nttfHtiHl n follow:
"Wo do hcrcliy certify tliat wo iiicrvlo
tno nrriinBomcnM for ull the Monthly nml
Hcml-Aiimml Drawing of Tho I-oiiIlnnn
.fitnto Lottery Conitmny, ami In person 111n.11.
5$ nnd control tlio bruwlnp thci.isclvc.
nnd that the snma iiro conducted with lion-
5iy, falrin'. and I" It'' J1"" townnl nil
on A eg, ami wo iiutliorUotlio Company to iie
ittU rorilllCniO. Willi iHU-mimHi" " ""' -
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Aires attached, In Its ndvorlWeiiuiuts.'
Commissioners.
Wo, tho undonlmiod llnnU nnd Bankeri
will pny nil prize drawn In tho I.niilli.iin
Htnte lJottorli. which mny bo prcontcd nt
n" TwAhMBl.KY. Pres't Koulsnnr; Nnt Vk
i'iEHUE T.A.NAUX, Prc.tnto Nntlonnl ll'k
A. BALDWIN, Pre. New Orlenn Nntl Hunk
CAUL KOHN. Pre. Union Nntlonnl Hank
Grand Monthly Drawing
At the Aor Jemy of MniTc, Nw Orleans,
Toedy, September 10, 1880.
Capital Prize, $300,000.
100,000 Ticket nt 20 ench: Hnlye .10: Qunr
tew, 13; Tonth, U Twentieths II.
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100 Prizes of loOOnro M.
100 Uo. soonro ao.
100 do. SOOare SV"J0
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99 do 100 nro Wjm
3,134 PrUoamnountliiKto 81,ob,boo
N0TK-TleketdrawliiK tho Capital Prizes
aro not entitled to tormlnnl Prize.
AGENTS WANTED.
nt- Kor Club Unte or any other desire;!
4nroTmnt!on. wrlto legibly to tho wndowlpncU,
otoarly stallni? your resldonco, with Stnto,
County, Hlroct nml Nunibor. More rnpld re
turn liinll delivery will bo nnsured by your on.
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,Urcss. IMPORTANT.
Addro M.A.DAUPHIN,
new uriuuiiBiuu.
The Art n f Ciimmiiiilcntliig lletueen Ve
el. on the Oeenn Man IIitii llmne'it
tonn to a Very Finn Point, mul tt Will
lie Still Further Improvr!.
Sfiovlnl Corrt"HK)iulciico.)
Nbw Voiik. Aug. 80. "Practically ft
la entirely safe to go to sen in n first class
steamship of toilny." said Ensign Blow,
of tho United. States hydrogrnphloollleo,
tho other day, "excepting for ono thing.
Tho danger of lire Is substantially done
away with, for tlio appliances aro bo pep
feet that with a largo crew there Is no
(lifllciilty in subduing any contlagratton
that may stmt. Tho ships that aro built
nowadays will outlive any storm, oven r
hurricane, and there Is no danger of n
ship built with compartments sinking
from any ordinary leak. Tho ono iorii
which is not yet avoided is that of col
lision. Nothing that has yet kvii con
trived enables tho most caroful navigator
to rest fret from anxiety on that point."
This uttpmnco is ono that is echoed by
any and all sea captains who will talk
on tho subject. They declare that nothing
remains to make sea going practically ai
uafo as any land travel excepting to do
away with tho danger of collision, and it
is therefore comforting to know that
practical steps have been taken toward
solving this important problem. Somn
limo ago tho president of the United
States issued a circular letter to all the
maritime nations of tho world, inviting
them to send delegates to a convention to
bo held in Washington for the purposo of
considering this very question. England
at first refused, and for come time hung
back, and, as a matter ot coureo, no
conferonco that should bo held without
her co-operation would Iw of any great
importance. At length, howover, the
English government reconsidered the
question and appointed her delegates.
Nearly all tho other nations followed her
example, and tho conference is to bo hold
in tho coming fall.
That it is much needed no ono who Is
at all conversant with maritimo matters
will question for a moment. Tho num
ber of vessels actually sunk by collision
in tho world runs not far from 200 each
year, and statistics show that oven this
largo number Is increasing from year to
year.
Tho conferonco will discuss many ques
tions bearing on tho subject of safety at
sea, but, as is suggested abovo. their
main work will bo directed to tho use of
signals for tho purposo of avoiding col
lisions, that being universally conceded
to bo tho principal danger now encoun
tered by tho mariner. They nro expected,
thcroforo, to adopt a uniform system of
marino signals or other means of plainly
Indicating tho direction in which vessels
moving in fog, mist, falling snow
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nctivuiivn Hint thn rmvment of the
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of Now Orleans, nml tho ticket nro signed by
the President of nn Instl utlon, whoso chnr
tored rights nro recognized In tho highest
xourt! itlicrofnro, beware of all Imitation or
nnonymou schemes.
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HAGENOW & ASCHMANN,
Philharmonic Orchestra
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MILITARY BAND,
Room io, Opera House Block
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Restaurant (OdelU) O E Montgomery, N near
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Wm M Ioiiaid. E bet 0th and 10th.
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and thick weather, and at night. To
their treatment of this subject will be at
traded tho most publio attention.
As a matter of course, in order to nvoid
bringing his own vessel into collision with
another, tho master must know where
that other is, and at the samo timo inform
tho master of tho other vessel of his own
whereabouts. In the caso of derelicts
this id manifestly impoeslblo, nnd con
sequently tho derelict inspires more
terror than any other sourco of peril nt
sea. It presents tho only danger whioh
cannot bo foreseen, against which no
precaution la adequate. So long as thero
aro ships it Is likely that this peril will
remain. Thero seems to bo no reason,
however, why a system of communica
tion cannot bo devised which will enable
commanders to inform one another of
their whereabouts oven In n fog or on tho
darkest nights. Everybody knows that
thero Is a system now In uso among all
seamen by which it is Intended that this
shall bo done. Not everybody knows,
though, that this system is radically de
fective and In somo cases very inefllcient.
Manifestly tho only way to communicate
at sea Is by signals to tho oyo or to the
ear. Experiments aro constantly being
mado In tho hope of developing the jiossl
blllty of telegraphing through tho water,
and It has been claimed that messages
havo been sent and received in this way.
No practically valuablo results havo yet
been attained in this direction, howover,
though it would bo foolish In this day to
deny tho probability of electricity bolng
tho ultimato solution of tho whole qucs
tion.
For tho present tho only posslblo roll
anco is on the perception of tho oyo nnd
ear, and this is reached in a few ways
only. Flags and similar contrivances,
such as balls hung liko flags, lights,
whistles or horns or sirens, guns and
bells aro tho only means in uso outside
of tho system of motions known as "wig
wag." Wigwag is a set of motions to bo made
by a man in sight, but out of hearing of
another man. bv which words enn be
conveyed. Tlio sender stands in ns con
spicuous n placo as possible and holds
in ono hand, or in each hand, somo ob
ject liko a Hag, a cap, a stick, nnything
ho can get, which tho oyo will readily
follow. Swinging this in certnin ways
ho can talk in tho Morsonlphnbet by dots
uiul dashes, while the movements aro in
dicated by certain nttitudes arbitrarily
settled and agreed upon. This system it
ofllcially recognized by tho army and
navy of tho United States mid Engluud,
and is in uso also in the merchant Ber
vico of both countries. It is simplo and
efllcacious when circumstances nllow of
tho two men bceing each other. In tho
dark or in a fog, of course, it is useless,
though at night and under fnvorablo cir
cumstances communication may bo had
with lanterns under this system.
Lights, also useless or nearly so in n
fog, aro tho main rcliancoof tho mariner
in trying to locato tho vessol ho may en
counter at night. International law fixes
tho manner in which vessels shall carry
theso lights, and a penalty of $200 is
fixed by net of congress for any viola
tion pt the regulations. Theso rules pro
ecrjbo that nil ocean going steamers and
steamers carrying sail shall carry at the
foremast head n bright whlto light of
such a character oa to bo vudblo oa a not prescribed
dark night, with a clear attnosphoro, at
a distance of nt least flvo miles, and bo
constructed nn to show a uniform and
unbroken light over nn nro of tho horizon
of twenty jnilnts of tho conipiws, ton
points on'eaoh side, or from dead ahead
to two jHilnts abaft tho beam ou either
side.
In ndditlon to tho white light at tho
iiiasthead, the Tinsel must carry on tho
Htnrhoard side a green light anil on tho
port side a rod light, which must bo visi
ble nt leant two miles, ami mut show n
uniform and unbroken light over an arc
of ten points, n.imely, from dead ahead
to two points nbaft the beam. Theao
side lights must be nurccticd, so as not to
bo visible across the Iriwb.
Nolxtter arrangement than thMms
Ixrn pmiHwed, but a little rullectluu will
hIiow that this is very Inadequate and
unsatisfactory Supposing that on a
dark night the manter of n vessel tees n
rod ami a white light. He knows that
lie Is looking at the port side of it ves
sel, but of course ho cannot tl how far
olT she Is, nor can he tell whether she Is
headed almoit directly toward liW own
ship or whether she Is nctually traveling
away from him.
Similar regulation aro applied to tho
cases of other vessels, so that, according
as tho lookout sees whlto lights, red
lights or green lights, ho can judge
whether he Is encountering nn ocean
going steamer, a towing steamer, a ves
sol laying telegraphic cable, a Bailing ves
sel, a pilot vessel, or somo smalt craft.
Flare lights aro also used at Intervals
by certain vessels, but In netual practice
It Is found that even when tho regula
tions are strictly followed, a' they gen
erally aro, mistakes ore often mado by
tho observer.
These international regulations also
prescribe that in caso of fog, steam ves
sels underway shall sound a steam whls
tlo at intervals of not more than one
minute. Sail vessels under way must
sound n fog horn at intervals of not
moio than live minutes, and steam nnd
sail vessels not under way must sound a
boll at intervals of not more than flvo
minutes. Other craft, such ni n canal
boat or u raft, must sound n fog horn or
some equivalent signal, which must
mnko a sound equal to a steam whistle,
at Intervals of not moro than two min
utes. This is of courso a measurable
protection from tho danger of collision,
but as a matter of fnct experienco shows
that these noises do not tell the listener
how far off is tho vessel signaling, nor,
if tho fog is heavy, in what direction
hIio is.
Signals of various kinds may bo and
nro given by long and short blasts of tho
whistle. Tho only ones prescribed in
tho rules quoted, asldo from the fog sig
nals just specified, aro one, two and
thrco Bhort blasts. Tho first means, "1
am directing my court.0 to starboard;"
tho PL'comt, "I am directing my courso
to port," and tho third, "I am going full
speed, astern." The uso of theso sig
nals is optional, but tho regulations say
that If thoy aro used, tho vessol's courso
must bo in nccordanco with tho signal
mado. Nevertheless a custom obtains
with many commanders of using thrco
blasts to mean, "1 am towing some
thing." Guns nnd rockets uro also used oa sig
nals, but, excepting in tho navy undor
special circumstances, they are signals
of distress and uro not used otherwise.
Such, in outlino, is tho only system
known by which tho master of a vessel
can learn the facts ou which depend tho
safety of his ship, and possibly tho lives
of all on board. That It falls far short
of tho requirements of modern com
merce, goes without saying, oven in tho
comprehension of tho landsmen, and
among seamen tho wonder is, not that a
world's conference is now to bo held, but
that it wus not held many years ago.
For not only has tho danger long been
realized, but various intelligent and well
directed efforts havo been mado to pro
vide tho remedy.
Quito n number of years ago Capt.
Griflln, of the Paciilc Mail steamship
service, who had given much study to
the question, prepared an elaborate
(possibly too elaborate, though it was
simple, too) code of signals, which ho
offered to tho world for universal adop
tion. For it Is evident that any codo, to
bo of uso to any one, must bo understood
and followed by all. His plan was
studied and favorably received by many
shipmasters, but nothing was dono tow
ard tho adoption of it.
Later it was about 1880 Capt. Darker,
of the United States, prepared another
codo which was still moro favorably re
ceived. It was investigated by somo of
thn great transatlantic companies whose
experts approved it. It was laid beforo
tho British admiralty and board of trado,
and by lioth thoso bodies was favorably
considered. Still nothing was done
until by act of congress in 1883 tho pres
ident was empowered to call tho present
conference.
As a matter of courso, no intelligent
captain is without his own ideas of what
should be dono to improve tho system,
nnd oa tho conference will Invito sugges
tions, it is iikoly that many wise and
possibly some foolish ideas will bo pre
sented for their consideration. Somo
suggestions, howover, havo been made
by mariners who stand high in their pro
fession, and seem woll worthy of adoj
tion. It is noticeable that ull Insist on tho
code being mado ns simple as possible.
Them is no time for anything but tho
barest necessities when n collision is
imminent. It is suggested that eight
distinct signals of somo sort seem indis
pensable ono for each fourth point of
tlio compass N., N. E., E., S. E , S.,
S. W W. and N. W. Further sugges
tions are that there should be a standard
of power for the whistles, hours, etc.
Whistlea ore made that can be hoard
eight miles, but many are in use that
cannot bo heard more than two miles.
It is also urged that the intervals lw
tween signals Ui case of fogs should bo
made loss, that the whistle should lo
placed ut the low of a vowel, where its
vuo sounds will carry beat, und that
tho regulation about "reduced speed," If
it la retained, mould bo made more defi
nite. By the present codo tho speed U
Capital City Courier,
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