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The indicator., 1898-12-31
sPANIsH-AMERlcAN WAR,

Feb. 15-Battle ship Maine blown up
in Havana harbor.
April 20-President authorized by con-
gress to intervene in Cuba with
army and navy.
April 22-Blockading proclamation Is
sued. First gun of the war fired by
gunboat Nashville in capturing the
prize Buena Ventura.
April 23-President calls for 125.00O
two-year volunteers.
April 25-War with Spain is declared.
April 29-Cervera's fleet sails for Cuba.
May Rear Admiral Dewey destroys
entire fleet Of Admiral Montejo in
Manila Bay.
denas.
May 19-Cervera's fleet seeks refuge in
Santiago de Cuba bay.
May 25-President calls for $4,000 ad-
citional volunteers.
June 3-Hobson sinks the MerrimSc in
Santiago harbor and is taken pris-
r oner with seven volunteers who ac-
companied him.
Juno 1O-Six hundred United States
marines landed at Caimanera.
June 13-Camaras fleet sails from
Spain.
June 22-Shafter's army lands at Bal
quiri and Siboney.
July 1-Lawton and Kent and rough
riders take San Juan Hill. losing 231
men, with 1854 wounded.
July 3-Cervera's fleet destroyed by
SIMPSONS squadron. q
Jriy 17-Toral snrrenders Santiago
and eastern portion Of Cuba.
July 25-Gen. Miles lands in Porto
Rico near Ponce.
July 26-Spain proposes peace through
French Ambassador Cambon.
July 31-Battle of Matte, near Ma
nila.
Aug. 12-spain and United States sign
peace protocol defining terms.
Aug. 25-united States peace commits
sion named.
Nov. 2s-Final terms Of United States
accepted by Spain at Paris.
The indicator., 1898-12-31
Australian Silver City.

The story of Broken Hill, the great
center of the Australian silver mining
industry. reads like a chapter OF ro-
nance. Little more than fifteen years
ago the district in which the world
famous silver mines are situated was
an immense sheep-run of most un-
inviting character, save in the eyes of
the pastoralist, to whom broad
stretch OF country, several hundred
miles in extent, presenting no possible
inducement to the ordinary settler, is
simply invaluable. But one eventful
day boundary rider-a man who as
sists in looking after wandering live
stock-asserted that he had found
traces of silver in the Barrier ranges,
n geological feature of that part of New
South Wales near the South Australian
border. At first the news was disbe-
lieved in Sydney and other places; but
subsequent investigation not only
proved the correctness of the state
ment, but also showed that the newly
discovered silver field extended over
an area of $500 square miles. 1t is now
one of the leading mining centers Of
the world. The Broken Hill lode is the
largest yet discovered. 1t varies in
width from 10 to 200 feet and may be
traced for several miles, the whole of
the ground along the line being taken
up and subdivided into numerous
leases, held by mining companies and
syndicates. The broken Hill Proprie-
tary Company hold the premier posi-
tion. They have erected on their
lease complete smelling plant on the
latest and most approved principles.
and have enlisted the services of COM
petent managers. whose experience has
been gained in the principal silver min
ing centers of the United States. From
the commencement of mining opera
tions in 1885 to the end of May, 1897.
the company treated 3,299,331 tons of
silver and si'ver-lead ores, producing
S7,526,567 ounces OF silver and 326.O6O
tons of lead, valued in the London
market at eli 1331S4
The indicator., 1898-12-31
Queer Chinese PIlIorles.

Just now, when European nations are
all hungry for a bit of broken China,
the rulers of the Celestial Kingdom
are pretty careful to give the foreign
devils" no excuse for reprisals. They
haven't forgotten how Kaiser Wilhelm
of Germany took possession of Kiao-
Chou bay, apparently because Germans
had been attacked there, really because
he wanted It, Nor of how that de-
testible old hypocrite, ]. Bull gobbled
up Hong Kong harbor.
For ignorant subjects who SO far
forgot themselves as to throw brick
bats at the Christians in the treaty
ports, local mandarins have humor-
Gus punishment, which is called the
"cangue." This was recently used in
Pekin itself on number of Chinese
who let their angry passions rise too
patriotically. 1t consists of two heavy
planks fitted together. with hole re-
tween them just big enough for mans
neck. Each man was tied to n stLut
post, and above his head hung a big
placard in teachest letters announcing
that he was exposed for attacking
Europeans" Thus ticketed the pris-
oners remained all day, before being
removed to prison for other punish
ment-which may have been a prompt
release or something good deal worse
than the cangue, according to the Of
ficials. The Chinese are ingenious In
cruel penalties. The most horrible OF
these is the death by thousand cuts. =
n ig n Nf hn
cntioner to show his skill by hacking
the victim as long as possible without
absolutely killing him.
The indicator., 1898-12-31
a,,.erle. of the Read Sea.

In the waters of the Red Sea the
cessation of the engines on steamer
for an hour means extreme physical
suffering for passengers; for day It
would involve absolute torture. The
wind which prevails every day Is not
asphyxiating blast, and its continuous
directions are from north and south
towards the center. AS a result. every
passing vessel is subjected to two days
of almost intolerable heat followed by
two days of comparative comfort; but
instances have been known of crowded
liners being compelled when travelling
with the wind, to turn about and steam
back for an hour or so, in order TO
give the passengers even brief respite
from the sufferings induced by the
dull, dead. unbearable atmosphere.
The indicator., 1898-12-31

led up to its neck. 1t was clear thar
the driver had fallen from his seat,
and that the horses had wandered from
the track. The poor beasts were stuch
fast, and a closer inspection showed
one of them to be dead-llterally froz-
en- to death. II we would save our
selves from the same fate. prompt ac-
tion was necessary. The other horses
were nearly succumbing. They lay fla'
on their stomachs and nibbled at the
snow. We cut the dead animal adrift,
and using tho spare rope as whips, we
stood on either side of the living and
lashed them until our arms ached. Al
length they moved. and by pushing
and pulling We got the sledge turned
Then step by step. with much founder
ing and many falls. we began to retrace
our way. All this in pitch darkness
in raw, cold wind. and in momen-
tarily expectation of one or all of the
horses dropping dead. 1t was terri
BILE experience. but we rcgained the
road and finally reached the village"
The indicator., 1898-12-31
Lord Kelyln,s Reprimand.

The eminent English scientist, Lord
Kelvin, who for many years has held
the chair of natural philosophy at
Glasgow University. is the subject OF
an amusing story illustrative OF the
singular force of habit. AS professor
Of science. Lord Kelvin can use long
words In such formidable array as to
paralyze the average layman, but the
Glasgow student is made of sterner
stuff. During course of lectures on
magnetism. he once defined an ideal
magnet as "an infinitely long. in
finitely thin. uniform and uniformly
and longitudlnally magnetized bar"
and the misguided students vocifer-
ously cheered, which caused the ven
cradle professor to say: "Silencei"
The definition was made and cheered,
with the usual reprimand, frequently
during the lectures. Once, near the
conclusion, however. the students did
not cheer. but Lord Kelvin promptly
raped out "Silence!' as before.
The indicator., 1898-12-31
Dialects of the Philippines.

According to a Spanish missionary,
who resided for eighteen years in the
Philippines. there is no language that
is common to all the islands. but each
canton has dialect peculiar to itself.
All these dialects. however, have some
affinity, somewhat like that which ex-
lists between the Italian dialects Of
Lombardy. Sicily and Tuscany. On the
island of Luzon there are six dialects,
some of which are current in the other
islands. The most universal are the
Tagala and Bisaya. The latter is very
coarse, while the former is more pol
ished and peculiar, and to such de-
gree that Roman Catholic missionary
who had thorough knowledge of ev-
erything pertaining to the islands was
accustomed to say that the Tagala Ian
guage had the advantages of four of the
principal tongues of the world; that 1t
was mysterious like the Hebrew; that
1t had the articles of the Greek, as
we'll for appellations as for proper
nouns; that 1t was as elegant and CO.
pious as Latin. and that it was as we'll
adapted as Italian for compliments and
negotiations. The natives make use OF
but three vowels and have but twelve
consonants, which they express differ
emily by placing dot above or below
them. They have learned from Euro
peans to write from left to right in
stead of from top to bottom, as they
formerly wrote. Palm leaves were for
merly used for paper and an iron style
for a pen. They use writing for cor
respondence only. as they have no
books Of science or history. The mis-
sionaries furnish the religious works
printed in the various dialects of the
islands. The natives of the Moluccas
have a very pleasing way OF cores
ponding with their friends. They ar
range flowers of different colors in a
bouquet In such way that the receiv-
er understands by examining the varie-
ties and their shades (which represent
so many characters), what his friends
intended to say to him.-Scientific
American.
The indicator., 1898-12-31
RE oFREPrILE,
4. TN Nv Aso-. tn.

Tuatara Lizard.
two years Professor
Dendy, OF Canterbury college. New
Zealand, has been minutely investigat-
ing the development OF the tuatara
lizard. declared to be the most re-
markable reptile now living in New
Zealand. and detailed account of the
results OF his researches has Just ar
rived in England and will shortly be
published. Although the lizard in
question is said to be the oldest exist
ing type of reptile up to the present
time, little has been known Of its
life history, as it is very rare and shy
and retiring in its habits. The tua-
tara lizard was grst mentioned in a
! AaTy kept by Mr.. Anderson, the COM
panion OF Capt Cook. but the first
really detailed account of the reptile
was given by Dieffenbach in 1843,
when he said: Il had been apprised
of the existence OF large lizard,
which the natives call tuatara. or ma
rara, and of which they are much
afraid Owing to the rarity of the
tuatara lizard the New Zealand gov
ernment passed an act to prohibit tho
taking or Staying of the reptile, but. as
usual. forgot one of the most important
namely, the insertion of a clause for
bidding the collection of eggs. For
tunately for the tuatara. however, p.
Henaghan the principal keeper on
stephens island appears at present to
be the only man who knows where to
look for them although it Is stated
that twoGerman collectors have been
lately making vigorous but vain ef-
forts to obtain specimens of the eggs.
Professor Dendy had permission
granted him by the government to
the help of Mr.. Henaghan he has been
so% successful in his Investigations of
tho life history of this interesting rep
tile that many new and important facts
.yilf now be made known to the scien-
tlfic world The adult animal has a
spotteS skin and crest of separate
white, nat sharp spines. and is pos
sessed Of three sets of teeth. On Ste
phen's island the eggs OF the lizard
are found to be laid in November, and
the embryo pass the winter in a state
VI hioeihatioh uhhhoWH 10 any otuei
rtebrate embryo. and do not emerge
from the egg until nearly thirteen
months have elapsed. One curious
tAct that has come to light is, that
n - latter stages of its development
~ gin of the young animal had a
,tr. ly marked pattern of Longitude
~, I'D transverse stripes. which dis
'oi before Matching gives place to
hd espotted skin of the adult animal.
,Shis lizard is particularly interesting.
owing to the fact of its being allied to
the extinct reptiles of the Triassic
age.
The indicator., 1898-12-31
HEAT FROM ELECTRIC LIGHT.
Incnndescent Lamp Can Set Tnnammablc
Fnbrics AbiDze Ou ckly.

Perhaps II is not generally known
that the incandesccnt electric lamp is
essentially device which transforms
electricity into light but mostly into
heat, says the New York Press, As
is well known. the carbon tilament of
the lamp is n substance Offering great
resistance 10 the passage of the cur
rent, and the product Of this resistance
is light and heat. 1t Is an instance Of
the translation Of one form Of energy
into another. Tile light thus produced
Is, after all, only n small percentage Of
the energy manifested some 3 or &
per cent. at the most,
Tie fact is important, bearing iu
mind common notion that the electric
iucaHd usctmt lamp Is free from the
heat rays 1t ls true that the lamp.
when working. is not comparable with
Il flame of naked light, hut at the samJ
Time the heat evolved Is such rs may
lead 10 Ignition. This point Is desrry-
ing of emphasis, because tile iucaudcs-
cent electric lamp is used for purposes
Of illumination In shops without re
gard to the p0ssibily-rvcn probabil-
/ ity-uf fancy goods which happen to
he contiguous hoing fred.
The indicator., 1898-12-31
sle.lsinK In siberia.

Travelling by sledge In Siberia in
winter has Its perils, as the experience
of Mr.. Robert l.. Jefferson and his
friends goes to illustrate. The incident
is told in "Roughing 1t in Siberia. +"
I'VE had chartered six sorry looking
horses to drag us on to the next stage.
1t was night when we started. The
driver, maudlin drunk had to be helped
to his seat. and we set off along the
narrow roadway at the usual gallop,
which. however. soon dwindled into a
mere shufiie through the snow. We
had gone to sleep, and some hours af-
ter our departure Gaskeh woke me and
said he thought something was wrong
The sledge was at standstill and our
shouts to the yemshik brought no rs-
sponse. Black darkness prevailed. I
bundled out of the sledge SO benumbed
that could scarcely move. felt
along the sledge. sinking to my knees
In the snow. The drivers perch was
empty; and just then / stumbled over
IRE Of the horses, which was lying bur,
The indicator., 1898-12-31
Remarkable Coin c,dencc.

A most remarkable story of coincl-
dences is contributed to the London
Spectator by w. ]. Humble-Crofts as
follows: Many years ago. when at
Oxford father gave me as an heirloom
a ring presented to him by an old
friend. and bearing an inscription stat
ing that 1t contained the hair Of the
Duke of Wellington. This ring gave
to my wife on our marriage in 1876.
In October, 1879, when we were on
visit to Mr.. w. Arkwright. of Sutton
Scarsdale. my wife felt it slip off her
finger at the dinner-table. and, al
though careful search was made, moth
Ing more was seen or heard of 1t for
cerned. At the commencemnt of this
year, however, my wife received It
ter from her half-sister, Mrs. Hodge,
in New Zealand, which stated incident
ally that church in which she was
interested out there had received un-
expected help some years ago from a
curious source. Her sister, Miss White,
had sent out from England at her re-
quest some gloves. In trying on a pair
OF these gloves, she. to her astonish-
ment, found inside one of them ring
containing the hair of the Duke Of
Wellington, which had evidently been
drawn off the finger unconsciously by
some one trying on the glove at Bides.
Unable to find the owner of the ring,
and not liking to keep it. Mrs. Hodge
thought 1t would be fair thing to sell
it and apply the proceeds to the church
fund, She did so. and the purchaser
was Mr.. Frank Arkwright, OF Over
ton. Marston, New Zealand, whose
grandmother had given the ring to my
father, and who has most kindly re-
placed 1t in my possession. Now here
is series of condolences that are
likely to happen only once in a life
time. That of all the thousands of peo-
pie who purchase gloves. my wife's
half-sister should have lighted upon
this particular pair. and. unknown to
herself and to Bides, should have sent
the Antipodes, and that there should
have been recovered in the house of
cousin of the Mr. Arkwright in whose
house it had been lost eighteen years
ago, surely goes to show that some
times, at any rate truth is stranger
than fiction! AS a minor coincidence
may perhaps mention that the letter
which, by the merest chance. happened
to mention the finding of the ring, was
dated from Wellington, in New Zea-
land"
The indicator., 1898-12-31
WHOLE GRE " PUTS ON FLESH.
Cargo of Arsenic Has Remarkable Ef-
fect on gea m en-.

feet sosmen.
From the Philadelphia Times: The
German bark Zion, which arrived at
this port Sunday from Fowey, England,
brought a rather peculiar cargo. II
consisted of 1900 casks of china clay.
but in addition there were on board
300 casks of arsenic. This part of the
cargo had a remarkable effect on the
crew. The fact that arsenic as well
as strychnine helps the formation of
adipose tissue when taken into the hui
man system in minute particles is well
known, and both drugs have become
favorite tonics for convalescents. On
board the Zion the men slept very near
the large array of barrels containing
the drug. They were stored in the
hold. near the forecastle, and partially
exposed to the rays of the sun, which
streamed in through the open hatch.
When only about week out from port
one of the crew mentioned to his mess
mates that a peculiar and indescrib-
able odor was coming from the casks
containing the drug. 1t was not long
after their attention had been called
to it that they all noticed the same
thing, and strange to say. noticed 1t all
the more forcibly week later. Several
of the German tars became aware of
the fact that they were filling out their
clothes to much greater extent Than
when they shipped. Many others, as
days went by, became abnormally
stout in vast contrast 10 the former
slim appearance which many of them
presented before the land was left. One
man gained, 1t is said. twenty-five
pounds. Others We're affected to less
extent. But the aggregate weight put
on by the entire crew was little less
than 400 pounds. Several of the sail
ors are known here, and they are said
to be scarcely recognizable when con
trasted with the old days. The entire
sudden taking on of avoirdupois is at
tributed to vapor, which, generated by
the action of the sun on the casks, was
inhaled by the seamen as they SLEPT
and acted in precisely the same man
ner which it does when given as ton
ic in a prescription. Captain Hammes,
who slept aft in the vessel. entirely
removed from the arsenic, does not
show any effect of the inhalation.
The indicator., 1898-12-31
SOME SUGAR STATISTICS.

Tho great maritime powers are all
great sugar-eating nations.
1t is curious to notice that the sugar
producing countries do not all con-
sumo large quantities.
The sugar crop of the world amounts
to 100000 tons a year, of which 1900
900 tons are beet sugar, and $500, 900
cane sugar.
Wherever the spirit of navigation,
commerce, travel, and colonization is
strong, there is a large consumption
of sugar per head.
Germany leads in the production of
beet sugar with one-third of the an
nual yield, while Austria is next.
France. Russia, Belgium, and Holland
each produce about the same quantity.
In Denmark the quantity is 5 lbs. a
head, In Holland "a lbs, in France
80 lbs, in Norway and Sweden 25 lbs,
in Russia 10 lbs, in Italy I lbs, in
Turkey lbs, in Greece 6 lbs, and in
Servia lbs.
Now Cuba produces annually 9I5, 900
tons Of cane sugar. the United States
100000 tons. Java contributes 4SO, 900
tons each year. the Philippine Islands
265.000 tons. Hawaii $4,000 tons, and
Porto Rico 10000 tons.
England leads the nations of the
world in fondness for sweet things, the
sugar consumption being 10 lbs. year
for each inhabitant. The United States
is close second, each individual con-
suming 67.07 lbs. per annum.
Columbus took sugar from the Ca
nary Island to San Domingo. Thence
it was carried to Cuba. One hundred
years after sugar cane was brought to
the new world, dealers in Europe
turned to the west for their sugar
supply
The indicator., 1898-12-31
IN THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THiNos
AND EVENTS.
A Chapter OF Remarkable Coancideneos
Dialects of the Philippine Islands-
sledEInE IN slberia--Oueer Chinese
Pillories.
Happy!

Happy,
His youthful years had withered In the
Where he and his were bred.
He was burden. and though lips were
dumb,
Hearts wished that he were dead.
And so wished he: for in his wearied
soul
There was but one desire
To slip away. to reach n strange vague
goal
Where time would cease to tire.
But on day some one with grave sweet
face.
And tender. skilfui hands,
Came TO his side. and bore him from the
place,
1t seemed. to far-off lands. :.
Yet after all. twas but whirling hour
Out of the smoke-blind town
ed power
Over a fair. broad down.
And he. the cripple. whose sad springs
were more
Than one who watched him knew
Had never seen so much green grass be-
fore.
Nor skies so big and blue.
He was SO softly glad, so full of peace.
He laid him back and sighed.
And watched the deep sky and its float
ing fleece
Dreaming that he had died.
j. j. Bell.
The indicator., 1898-12-31
Intcrnationai Council OF women.

The arrangements for The iutrm-
tloual congress of women 10 bo held n
London next Hmc are approaching
completion II is Hoped fha' tNi- r"u.
ference Will hr a most suikiug 7urcrss5
and that il viii do the cause of WOMEN
throughout thr world much good. Tile
English council is anxious tn give tl'.si
place 10 rhr foreign delegates, and COS
pocially counts upon tho Amor"nI
councils. as the United States admit
tedly leads the world IN this direction
Lady Aberdeen. aS president uf fAt
council viii undertake. arrangement
for Il great arbitration meeting, IN
other discussion that i@ likely rp prove
attractive wiil br upon the drama a-
profession \ good debate from yarl
Gus points of view is expected.
The indicator., 1898-12-31
Seryiceable and Pretty.

Stocking supporters are no longer
worn attached to the sides of the cor
sets. They should be sewed or pinned
to either side of the front steels. Made
of inch-wide silk elastic doubled, the
fastenings attached with ribbon and
finished with satin ribbon bows. they
will be found both serviceable and
pretty.
The indicator., 1898-12-31
HEROES AND HEROISM.
a Few Salient Facts That Are Put Into
Tcrse English,

Heroes is folks What has their Name
in the Paper every day. and their Pic
ture on Sunday, says the Boy in the
Cleveland Leader. Some Heroes is
Lucky to Be Where they amt no girls
to Git them in Corners and Kiss them
Before you Can Say Jack Robasen
that's Where Dewey showed His good
Sentz if them girls over to Manila got
after him He could yell to one Of the
Boys to turn the hose on Them. Every
time a Hero goes down street Every
body wants to Set them up Fer Him,
and He Don't hsft to do Nothin fer a
Livin Bccos He can board around if
He wants to and The theaters all lets
HIN in Free. He rides in one of the
Front Carriages in the Procession, too.
and Everybody Cheers Him and l bet
be feels Blame stuck up only He tries
not to show it. | wisht l would be
Hero with sord and a uniform with
Them things on your shoulders what
Hang over in tossles. They look fine
in abody's photograph. and Then meb-
by Ethel Wharton wouldn't Think so
much of tom barlow jist becos He stole
little old measley pup and give it to
her.
The indicator., 1898-12-31
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