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geraiet. The cleaF-syed chestnut feal
which staod on his rather uncertain legs
I'm tho tsox beside his famous dam. cycling
us with unconreated wonderment. was
certainly q beauty.
''Ry George. Disk" cried the old gentle
man en;huslastlcaliy. "he will bring us In
something az any rate ~ ireQmoss. fun
brother 20 DoFrit ard Dorchester. he ought
Ia hrsng cool Ssegsl a. a yeariinr. for
fear they WIFE an have 10 go next spring"
What's dat 20 say. Aayse RiehaEST''
cried une.e Nat Who haa pr3cked up his
ears. having beeu samewh8. suspicious Of
the real ssate of srasrs,
Il fear | shall have Ia sell ogt. Nat"
replied Mr. nesriiela sadly. However. It
went he TN pcNg spr.un snyhaw,"
by iovv Criea bick who had been
gazing at the COLI "buf ae locks terribly
like The Masjogy celt''
And - he aiG. R5sA were ches.Ra,s,
both had white stars. and the near fore
leg OF cash Was white half ay up - the
knee We remarked these points a. We
looked az The MarsaTy colt. WAC had bear
dropped a few days rrcvioes ! noticed
that the pSrasay caft had a sT0Ats pecu-
Tar mark Of wAite on his near FORE ,eg
about slse xise az tsalf dcllar. whicA was
partially detached from ;as rest cs The
white.
,
out. Marsa RicAarls'' sskeAi Uncle Nat
anxicnsly rs we emerged frem the barn
Yes. Nat. ia afraid there's no hope"
returned the old gentleman. -'poG't worry.
though. I'll take csrS II szsu.'
Does 20 thiak rs dat I'm feared 81
asked the old a&Fky FeTraseafailY.
Ne. ne. MAJ. af coaFse / don1. But
dent werry-~e~''
y am giad." caRtpuea NJ. neagE4e!a as
We made car Way. tsaak 20 tse hessse ~1aa.
AZ my mares ave te9t=aSss Ter sae Fu-
ecrssy OF isss
Welt l rvta;nea 10 Harvard 81 she fell
lowing day. ana nsek pc@gtlrla went stth
ne 20 sack up aas thsaSs, aS - was deter
ansnsd TO leave collssr Ne ha8 fst h*s,,
BACK two days before &c was telsxrAphaa
isr eaa aarrsed home Ia his fathers death.
bed. fsc~ cid chap I. VAS pretty rough
TO A'e ss he dsa. feeling that his hasre
aca sss hsssss n sssed - well would hays
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GO TO Tacoma Saturday and Sunday on
the Flyer. round trip for Sic. and assist
ahA 0ssssa C1kx Coed RaAda Gl1A
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SCANDINAVIAN NEWS.

The last census returns give Stockholm
a population OF $3.50 inhabitants. an In
crease since last years census of S-oSs per-
sons.
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the shores OF the Aral lake. In Persia the
expedition will secure antiquities and will
wind up at Eusele. whence the home jour-
ney will commence through Russia.
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DIR. Georg Brandes, the Danish critic
who recently visited Rome. was the object
Of great attention on che part Of literary
men 4 deputa;ion OF students from the
University OF Rome waited upon the fam
Gus critic and delivered to him very fat
tering address.
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A German-Danish society which insures
employers againss damages which they
may suffer by reason OF strikes or lock-
outs has been organized in Berlin AID CO.
penhagen The company has i capital
stock OF 5.ooo.00o marks divided .nto 500
shares
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1898-04-21
Grandes Y pequehos 90.

Tod dbn Emulsion de espccmne
sufn ecib sucin de los Todos
de baca hoos
como medo-amno exInc o
uyente
tsno Gta enes rta nge tontNa los nes reNenece d sns
cepo Sc cooa en- tai eado de vg sa deG las enfeneddes
No solamene deberan Emulsion de dla
eguardad smo hace las nOdrzaS nmbNn Ia
La o ynrH oaxnu
d@he n % tr
SCOTT BOVINE QlMICOS.
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Obras de medicina y Ciruj1a

PA1oIoGIA TERAPEUT1cA por Lang
ducida por Ell DR. D.
ANATOMIA IOPOGRAFICA F.
GOlA TERAPEUTICA General
ENFERMEDADES SISTEMA NERVIOSO
O!OG1A ExTERNA Docores Poulet Bousque.
PAIOlOGA INTERNA
CIRUJIA CLINICA Tilaux
|ItlAIADO DE PARTOS A.Au
MANUAL DE MEDICINA OPERATORIA
TRATADO DE GIECOLOGIA
Seadnien
FTae Ca interior
csS Ca
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Sc ha rnodificado Ia formula

q fin de ofrecer al pdblco una preparation dtil,
segura y rapida en- sus efectos, 10 que 50 COM
prueba por el uso tan generalizado que 50 hace
de ella en- toda la isla.
Con el fin de precaverse de las muchss imi-
taciones que Dc csta formula Sc han hecho., Gu
yas propiedades son inferiores," debe exigirse
que en- cada caja de legftima procedencia, est6
la marca de fabrica, en- la tapa superior un sello
que dice: DIR. N. REVERON, Medico Cirujano,
Ponce, Puerto -Rico''. ell Ia inferior, y su frma
ell lado derecho de la faa exterior, de ests CO.
jita. Ponce, Agosto 80 de 1896,
kViC0 Siendo obieto de frecuentes imita-
ns!OO clones las PILDORAS DEL DIR.
REVERON hago prescnte, que las legftimas
son las preparadas exclusivamente en- 10 acredi-
tada Farmacia de VALE y CANCIO, que son
los depositarios de la v!erdadera formula. y los
inicos que estan autorizados para usar mi nom.
bre en- dichas pildoras.-DR. N. REVERON.
Dep6sito en- las siguientes Farmacias: Va.
LIE Y CANCIO, Ponce.-GUILLERMETY
Capital RIVERA, Arecibo.--ITURRINO, La
.res.-ROVIRA y ELV1RA; Aguadilla.-RO-
DRIGUEZ, Yauco.-FONT, Adjuntas.-ZAvA-
LA. Guayanilla Juaua Diaz.-BE-
TANCFS C0ax,a ,a-MARXUACISja1
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Vitalidad DebiIitada,
Sangre Empobrecida.

Lease y q'!c i. zarzaparrilla, del
DR.. Ayrr la hecho por el reyerendo
padre l.. P. Wilds, muy conocido
misionero de la ciudad de Nueva
York y hormano del difrnto = emil
lcMtc iuez Wi!ds:
"Por mnchos amos padeci de divie-
sos J otras crupciones de car<cter
scmc. .nuto causadas por sangre EN-
pa',rc ida. Mi apetito era escaso y
II Aten'acion Sc habia apoderado
del sistelna. Conociendo las propie-
d,ules valiosas do 10 Zarzaparrilla
del DR.. Aver ror Ia experiencia del
bien que habia producido en- otros,
procrTt;nt,a Y c4,"cf& tomarla.
Mi apes ,1c ies6 destle Ia primera
dosis y Ia II, joria Sc eXtendi6 4 mi
sand en- general, que la actualidad
es cXcc!cnte. Me siento TN ciento
por cicnto mas fuerte, cuyo resultado
10 atribnyo Ia Zarzaparrilla del 4
DR.. Aver, mcdicina que recomiendo
con toda coniianza como la meior
que jam#s sc haya preparado para
IN sangre."
Para todos los desarrcglos origina-
dos de sangre rmpobrecida 8 viciada
y debilidad general, t6,nese Ia
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?I|l,f.s R'',a''itvy,.ts
Del Dr.. D. Nicolas ReVer0n.
PRIvILEGIO EXCLUSIVE ExPEDDo EN
MADRID Ell DE MAYO DE 1891 POR al
EXCMO sR. MINISTRO DE FOMENTO
<Preparadds en- Ia farmacia de Eahs } cancio
PONCE, PTO-RICO.

" EINTE AMOS de experiencia han de-
" mostrado las propiedades t6nicas recons-
tituyentes de estas pildoras, curando ra-
pidamente todas las enfermedadessq que dependen
del empobrecimiento de la sangre por una ali-
mcntaci6n POGO nutrtiva, por habitar en- luga-
res hdlnedos NAL ventilados por enfermeda-
des anterures.
Su acc6n curativa es muy ,fcaz en- las pail
pitacionea de coraz6n, dolores de cabeza, inape-
tencia, deblidad Y dolores en- las piernas, hi
dIopesla, canaanclo. sorderas, zumbidos do oil
do, marcos laidez de la piel, q la que restitu-
yen su color natural; neteorismo, flores blancas,
grandes perdidas de sangre, fsla de menstrua-
ci6n, su abundancia escasez y para procurar
ell complete desarrollo de las j6venes en- Ia pu-
bertad debildad general, convalescencia de las
Intermediates agudas cr6nicas con tai que e.
tas altcraciones morbosas sean sintomas dc una
cloro-anentia simple y no de una affection gone
raj de una lesion org; MIA que reclamarGn en-
tonces otra medicaciGn.
En- vista de los progresses de Ia terap<utica
y de algunos inconvenientes que SO notabAn On
la practica
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Legal Aspects Of
Modern Warfare,

Customs of war and laws Of war are nos
prescribed In any legal code. They are de-
1ermined by presidents having the an
thori1y or antiquity. general acceptance.
rssaSonaeseness. etc. Once incorporated in
treaty. they are binding so long as the
treaty stands. In the matter OF lombard
ments customs vary. perhaps for the sim
pie reason that this method OF warfare is
in ordinary circumstances crowned upon
BY the whole civilized world. Military
men themselves whose training teaches
that military necessity knows no law with
one voice condemn bardment as n cru
city not TO be thought OF except in peculiar
cases.
In modern times homhardments are in
troduced at certain stages OF a siege con-
Quoted against fortified point. The object
Is 20 terrify the civilians into compelling
their governor 10 surrender. Preliminary
procedure depends upon the circumstances
AT Charleston in the civil war. after
months OF siege. the Federal commander
az last had guns trained upon the city. He
demanded from its military commander a
fun surrender of the city and its fcrtifica-
tons within four hours under penalty OF
bomhardment. The notification did not
reach Gen. Beauregard. the Confederate
commander, under the time had expired.
Meanwhile gun opened and continued
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For Expeditions
CommuDicatiop.

In the present war with Spain there will
be rapid and reliable communication be-
tween the different bodies of the armed
forces In the United States or In Cuba and
On the ocean.
Carrier pigeons ny at a rate varying
from 10 to Sd miles an hour. This means
that mesaAge from ship 30 miles at sea
might be sent to the home loft In from
four 20 five hours. The training of hom-
ing pigeons has reached the highest point
OF efficiency under the auspices Of both our
war and navy departments. The birds
may be released from q ship, II necessary
az the moment OF giving battle TO deliver
orders elsewhere or to communicate news
10 the outside world, or a message may be
sent from a scouting vessel to give warn
Ing OF the approach OF an enemy's fleet
AS they could beat the average patrol boat
to shore by 10 or II hours over 2o0-miie
course. such advance warning would be Of
great value in an emergency. 1t is pro-
posed also TO have crates Of these pigeons
on board the fastest patrol boats which
may be assigned to outside duty.
On land there viii be the telephone,
whose wires can be strung with great ia
cillty adjacent to the field of battle reach
ing from headquarters 10 other objective
points. and its companion, the portable
telegraph ia the absence of the regular
posts and lines. will be used for more re-
mote positions and to convey necessary or
ders or news or requests for additional
troops to distant cities. by connection with
the regular telegraph service. and thus
reach the departments at Washington.
Couriers on bicycles will compete with
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firing until disabled. Gen. Beauregard sent
a vigorous protest against this action. and,
according 10 his own statement. the bonn
bardment was suspended for two days -
enable the citizens To remove the women
and children and the decrepit persons from
the danger line.
At Fredericksburg the Federal COM
mander summoned the civil authorities 10
Surrender the town and gave Is hours no.
tice for the removal Of noncombatants.
The town lays under the guns OF the con-
tending armies and WAS used by the Con-
federates AS a shelter for troops operating
against the Federals.
In such cases the term customary ro-
tice' has no force except TO cali the qucs-
tioa up. A commander VIII first OF all
hesitate TO lombard Il place occupied by
noncomhatants, but r he must do so Will
be guided by the occasion. Delay might be
dangerous. On the other hand, Il IS not
civilized warfare TO distress women and
children in order To loosen the grip of
soldiers upon strategic point.
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Mystic Language
IF War Signals.

Signaling Is one Of the most important
devices used as an adjunct OF warfare.
The signal service bureau OF the army n
almost n venerable institution. and its
methods have long been firmly established.
The corps is a highly efficient body of men
The various systems now In use by the
signal corps include flags, lights. the hefto-
graph, lanterns. telegrapay and telephony.
and all these may be operated easily and
To great advantage by q captive balloon.
The Aeliograph Is an Instrument by means
% which communication is had by flashes
and dots of Hight thrown from the surface
OF a mirror and naturally is OF utility only
during hours OF sunshine. The name hello
trope Is given 10 the same instrument in
the geodetic service. The semaphore is .
mast with two arms. similar 10 many os
sae railroad signal posts, Ii is an appa-
ratus for giving signals by the disposition
Of hanging lanterns. flags and oscillatinY
arms. In other words. II is a combination
CT all other means OF communicating nfor-
nation outside OF human speech.
Signaling with an illuminated balloon Is
a picturesque feature of the work OF the
signal corps. Two captive balloons are al
lowed ~ ascend 10 height OF a few hun
bred feeS above any Intervening obstacles.
They may be a few miles apart or 20 TO 80
miles from one another. From them sun
flashes are made during the day. and az
night messages are transmitted by means
of illumination inside the balloons with IN
candescent electric lights. The alternating
illumination and darkness are arranged in
accordance With a predevised code.
The outfit OF the balloon corps is extern
sive. and most of the implements are mod
eYn. tn addition 10 the routine signaling
apparatus. cameras fer nhotographing the
surrounding country are carried, and ex-
plosive shells can be dropped down upon
the enemy should occasion arise
While war halooniEg is stiil largely ex-
detrimental, the results have been eminent
~ satisfactory. OF course in cloudy or
rainy weather, when fiags cannot he used
intelligcntiy and flashes of light cannot b
obtained. they arc Intellectual. Semaphores
are employed on board ship as means OK
signaling from vessel TO vessel or TO the
shore In such cases the post containing
the arms Is movable and can be readily
shipped or unshipped.
The navy has its flag code by which
three four, six or dozen banners become
a message and the alphahetic arrange
ment of sentences is so extensive that any
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Chicago Tribune.


Matanzas which has the honor OF having
Witnessed the first real fight OF the war.
Is the second commercial city OF Cuba, and
distant only tifty-four miles from Havana
10y road and seyenfy-four miles by rail-
The bay where the fight took place Is
beautiful, IL forms the mouth of two rfv-
ers. the San Juan aud Yumuri The bay
Of Matanzas Is shaped for all the world
like a big foot, and the city IL located ex-
actly at its toe. The place where the en-
gagement occurred Is just AZ the mouth OF
the bay, where there Is deep water.
Maya Point. where the first battery was
encountered. Is al the extreme northeast
corner of The bay right on the open ocean.
In front of H. for half a mile or 80. the
water IL shoal. and on the outer edge Of
this bank there Is only about eight faith
oms, while Just hoYnnd there Is sudden
drop with fine sea room from 100 to 300
fathoms deep, inside mile from the point.
Maya Is marked by lighthouse visible
81 long distance at sea, and the noInt II
properly fortified would guard the bay
thoroughly for Il Is only three or four
miles across. and the batteries command
the whole entrance. The new batteries.
which II WAS the purpose of the fleet q
reduce were located on Gorda Point.
which Is on the westward side OF the bay,
Juss about at The insteD of the foot. These
batteries II they had been completed.
would have been a serious impeachment to
the capture Of Matapzas. as they com.
nsnd the bay al a point where II Is consd.
hiy less than two miles wide.
There are other Notifications. Morrillo
Castle directly opposite 70 Gorda Point:
san SeveriDo. on the same side with Cor
da aud just outside OF the city, and Penas
Atlas fort. on the southeast front of the
bay. Maianzas- itself way up al tho toe.
waa well out of the line OF the FIRE II is
divided into three sections by the TWO rfv.
ers very much as Chicago Is splir up.
Pueblo Nucvo corresponding 10 the South
Side Nafanzas 20 the West Side and Yer
sales 10 the North Side OF Chicago Some
day when Cuba has been made free Ma
taHzas viii s5e a summer resort. for be-
tween the city ard Maya Point are the
celebrated caves of Rellamar opening upon
the bay. There used TO be fine hotel
there. bui the insurgents took ii notion 20
burn II up one night. aud succeeded so adj
mirabiy that there Is no~ nothing left OF
IL. but when peace comes American tour
lists sstll undoubtedly flock into the beantt-
fui l.ay, not only TO visit the caves. but 10
see tbs. two spots ri which the American
navy directed It's first fire since the war OF
tn. Rebellion. Matanzas bay IL peculiar
owirz 70 the fact That warships can sail
al, IL ard have deep water @itasn mile
Of inc city, so that n viii be perfectly
feasibse 90 command the to@n when II Is
desired 70 make landing there.
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Choir or whea II is making its way up
narrow channel. Then the torpedo rakes
have their especial use. On a foggy day
the patrol boats burn fuses as they keep
on their rounds.
But at nigh, when there are no peaceful
rays OF the moon or its beams are Oh
scured oy clouds. there comes the danger
OF the swift dying hornet" with its mis-
siles of destruction. and then every pre-
caution that has been devised TO protect
the feet and to expose the prowling enemy
Is brought Tito full play.
Searchliga.s. broad, long and continuous,
flash from tow and stern, from port and
starboard, gilnting the waters and lighting
up the areg they touch with a brightness
that Is penetrafins. The glare is so vivid
that objects can ne seen with startling dis
thickness. every line and rope OF "a vessel.
the buttons on a mans coat and the letter
ing on the band of a sailors nat being dis
cerned m IRE readily than by daylight The
flashes never cease. North. south. east
and west taey continue their mission OF
brightness, net in regular order, but rang
ing from righs TO left. from right TO the
front. from the LEI, to the rear. at times
depressing the argyle Of light TIL the waters
having the ship are in view and again
flashing upon a focus 4 quarter of a mile
away.
The torpedo patrol boats are dashing to
and fro with 81 never-ceasing movement.
In and out. burning lights. firing rockets.
and with them as companions. but circiinS
about In the contrary direction. are the
patrol boats OF the mosquito fleet. AS all
the vessels of the feet are thus surrounded
by moving lights and are continuously
flashing their electric rays upon the wa
tiers. the surrounding scene for one two or
three miles is virtually in a blaze of light.
II the light rays touch a suspicious OBJ
jeet--a creeping merchantmen hugsins the
shore or fast moving boat whose pres
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instance, reporter from paper whose
methods do not entirely agree with the
inventors ideas of fair dealing recently
called TO interview him. Not wishing TO
be rude 10 him, Mr. Edison asked him If
he objected 20 his continuing his expert
ments while he talked. OF course the
newspaper man was delighted II really
added the spice OF human intercs. TO the
affair. He conducted his caller into
little room whore he had a certain form
Of oxygen apparatus which charges the
surrounding atmosphere in manner
very unpleasant To one not used to IL.
Mr.. Edison did not mind<it in the least.
hut his visitor could not ask questions
for choking and coughing. He shortly
excused himself In a most embarrassed
way and left without asking "A question:
all OF which was rendered stIn more lu-
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His SpecuIatioDs on Their Use i'm the Current War
-.-Cbemical (ompounds That Will *
plode il You Shout at Tbem.

of nitrogen. Its explosive power is equal
to Aeo feet a second. That Is, If you lad
a train OF II 1000 feet long and exploded
one end OF the train. the explosion would
be transmitted 10 the other end OF the
train In one second | do1t know but that
under these conditfonsf the cumulative
character Of the effec; would cause the
other end Of the train TO become lgnited
even sooner than IN one second That
speed IS greater than the accredited We
locity OF sound. which travels 1t the rate
of LOO feet second.
Explosives THAT Go On IL Nou shout.
I'm fact there are explosives Of such ire
mendous power that no ore dares make
hut very small quantity ~ a time. and
doubt IL they have ever been seen outside
Of laboratories. / have made them a
drop at n time. Bur. q. how unstable
they are. Actually, / have made explo-
sives Of this nature which have gone of
when yelled AT them. I simply placed
a small 6rop on a table and shouted at Z.
1t exploded instantly. You see the thing
is in a state Of very delicate equilibrium.
1t is question ~ depending on surround
Eng conditions as To which u will do
remain liquid or turn into gas. When.
as in the case Just mentioned this bal
ance Is about equal. II takes very little 10
incline it toward gaseous form. so that
even the sound Of the voice will cause
the change. A violent ~ Of coughing viii
produce the effect, and so would heavy
weight dropped tho floor.
How Edison scared tho Ministers.
Speaking 81 this explosive reminds me
Cf how I got rid Of some ministers who
once insisted on boring me In my .abora-
tory. when had some important experi-
ments on hand. | treated them courte-
ouSiy "a long as I could. but they grew
more interested as the DAY wore on and
seemed 10 have no intention ~ going home
FINALLY. rs last resort. I told them | wa.
going 20 make some highly explosive ma
teyial. This made them only the more In
serestsf. ara they got 81 my wav "a much
they possibly could. ] do not suppose
tasv knew much o. the nature and an
rearance 90 high explosives fer when 7
placed number of drops OF the material
in various parts % the room. 40 as 20
scatter any accidental explosions. they
seemed not - notice IL At ast. when they
got crowding almost between Tie and the
workbench. / very carsiesslv pushed a
board OF on;o the floor. Well IL Was
worse than had intended Il 10 be II
nearly shattered the window glass and
}0ssied things around generally. The min
listers seemed scared half 10 death. and
frora ,ne way they held their ears you
would have supposed some one had
hs,rslpei their heads together. When I
tod them how II had happened. sRtl d.S-
ctSsei tire possibility 81 more accidents
taking place. they said 1; really WAS quite