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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

pound of preserved meat, two ounces of
butter and two ounces of desiccated potato,
together with fourteen ounces of biscuit.
one-quarter of an ounce of tea or one ounce
of coffee or cocoa, two ounces of sugar and
a gill of spirits, and of a weekly allowance
of half pound of pickles, half a pint Of
molasses and half a pint of vinegar.
That fresh or preserved meat may be sub
stituted for salt beef or pork, and vegetables
of the other articles usually issued with the
sailed meats, allowing one and a quarter
pounds of fresh or three-quarters of a pound
of preserved meat for one pound of sailed
beef or pork, and regulating the quantity
of vegetables so as to equal the value Of the
articles for which they may be substituted.
That, should it be necessary to vary the
above-described daily allowance it should
be lawful to substitute one pound of soft
bread, or one pound of flour, or half a pound
of rice. for fourteen ounces of biscuit; half q
pint OF wine for q gill of spirits; half a
pound of rice for half pint of beans or
peas; half a pint of beans or peas for half
pound of rice.
That in case of necessity the daily al
lowance OF provisions may be diminished or
varied by the discretion of the senior Of
fcer present in command but payment
shall be made to the persons whose allow
ance shall be thus diminished, according
TO the scale of prices which is, may be,
established for the same. but commander
who shall thus make a dimnution or varia-
ton shall report to his commanding officer
or to the Navy Department the necessity
for the same, and give to the paymaster
written orders, specifying particularly the
diminution or reduction which is to be made
That no commissioned or warrant officer
or any person under twenty-one years OF
age, shall be allowed to draw the spirit part
of the daily ration, and all other persons
shall be permitted to relinquish that part Of
their rations under such restriction as the
President Of the United States may au-
thorize, and that the spirit portion Of the
daily ration may be suspended or stopped
by the commanding officer whenever in lis
opinion, it shall be expedient for cause az
drunkenness. and to any person who. by this
section, is prohibited from drawing, or who
may may rellnqulsh the spirit part of his ration,
there shall be paid in lieu thereof the sum
OF cents per day.
Now you know exactly how Uncle Sans
naval heroes are fed and what they are
permitted to drink. To some of you who are
not "Prohibitionists' there may be an
alarming suggestion contained in that pro
vision Of the law which gives to a sailor
or marine who shall abstain from the use
Of his daily gill of spirits the sum of =
cents per day" 1t Is certainly a reflection
upon the character of the alcoholic stimu-
else 1t is very meagre invitation 10 alb
stinence from infiammatory beverages.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
WHAT OUR SAILORS EAT.
Liberal Bill of Fare, with Something
Also to Drink.
PHILADELPHIA Times

Philadelphia Times.
Our talk about the domestic conditions
of the navy has brought inquiries as to
how officers and men were given food and
drink when Uncle Sans fiotilla had its be-
ginning and at the present time with special
emphasis laid upon interrogatories as to
whether American jack tars are permitted
the use of raging liquor. Early legislation
bearing upon the navy mingled conditions
of pay and regulation of food. BY an act
of Congress of March 81 1894, the pay in
the navy was fixed as follows: Captain,
$50 month and six ratiops {. day, % cents
being allowed for each ration; lieutenant
$40 and three rations lieutenant of marines,
$26 and two rattons chaplain, $40 and two
rationS; sailing master, $40 and two rations
surgeon $50 and two rations purser, $40 and
two rations. The boatswain, gunner, SAIL
maker and carpenter received $l4 and two
rattonS. The pay of midshipmen, petty Of
Ulcers, able Seamen, ordinary Seamen and
marines was to be fixed by the President,
while they received one ration day. By
an act Of July /, 1877, the pay of lieuten-
ant of marines was raised to $50 d month,
and that of the bOatswain gunner carpen-
ter and sailmaker to $50. The rations con-
sisted of: Sunday a pound and a half of
beef. half pint of rice; Monday, pound
of pork, half a pint of peas, four ounces of
cheese; Tuesday pound and a half of
beef. pound of potatoes; Wednesday, half
a pint of rice, two ounces of butter, six
ounces Of molasses; Thursday, a pound of
potatoes, a pound of salt fish, two ounces
Of butter or one gill of oil; Saturday. a
pound of pork half pint Of peas, four
ounces of cheese: One pound of bread and
We're served every day.
Now mark how the American fighting
sailor is treated to-day in comparison with
his treatment in revolutionary times. His
food is better and more ample and covers
a wider range of articles. And, notwith-
standing the Prohibition element in our
politics, it will be noticed from the data
that the narrator viii present TO you that,
while his daily grog has been cut down
from half a pint of spirits or one quart
Of beer" daily, he can be provided with
gill Of spirits which :, can m, be EXCHANGED
force for the regulation Of navy rations
bears date of July II, 1861. and its pro-
visions are comprised in an act reported
ifavorably to the United States Senate
by John p. Hale, of New Hampshire
then chairman Of the committee on naval
affairs. From it's provisions are CLEANED
the following rules, now enforced on Uncle
Sans war ships:
The navy ration shall consist of the fol-
lowing daily allowance of provisions to each
person: One pound OF salt pork, with half
a pint of beans and peas, or one pound of
salt beef, with half a pourd of flour and
two ounces of dried apples other dried
fruit, or three-quarters of pound of pre-
served meat, with half pound of rice, two
ounces of butter and one ounce of desiccated
mixed vegetables" or three-quarters of a
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
FRUIT TO REpuoE FLESH.
Best Anti-Adipose Recipe Is "a Diet of
Fruit.
Scientific American.

Obesity may be successfully treated by q
fruit dietary. This is due to the fact that
fruit is a natural food and thus aids the
system to establish a normal tissue met
anorphosis and a normal balance between
the processes of assimilation and disSimila-
ton, out also because it affords a very COM
Portable means of reducing the amount of
nutrient material received to a minimum
quantity.
Fruit is chiefly water, the amount of nut
rient material it contains varying from 5
to or 10 per cent. in most fruits, rising
to a high figure only in dried fruits, such
as dried grapes prunes dates, etc. The
writer has succeeded in reducing excessive
weight in the most satisfactory manner by
prescribing diet consisting almost exclu-
sively of grapes or apples allowing only a.
small bit of thoroughly dried bread or zwei-
bach in connection with the fruit. In some
cases the fruit may be allowed as often as
three or four times day. II necessary to
relieve an uncomfortable sensation Of empsi-
ness.
In fevers fruits, especially in the form OF
fruit juices, are most convenient and GER
tainly the most appropriate of all foods. 1t
is now almost universally recognized that
beef tea and meat preparations Of all sorts
should be wholly prescribed in cases OF
fever as the patient Is already suffering
from the accumulation Of waste matters 10
such q degree that the a6aftI0n of even the
small amount contained In beef tea or a
small piece OF meat may be SUFFICIENT TO give
rise to an exacerbatlon OF the disease and
lessen the patients chances Of recovery.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
SOMETHING NEW IN WATCHES.
A Revolving Escapement Which Pro-
duces Wonderful Timekeeping.


There is at present TO be seen in the shop
of Messrs. Smith & Son, in the Strand, a
remarkable watch, whose claim to distlnc-
ton rests on the fact that it has gained the
Kew certificate Glass a, Especially Good, "
with the extraordinary high marks of SS.1
out of a possible 1O0 1t should be explained
that to watches of the highest class tested
at Kew observatory marks are allocated as
follows: Forty for absence of variation in
daily rate, 40 for freedom from change of
rate in various positions. and 70 for COM
plete compensation for differences of tenn
perature Letween 40 degrees and 80 degrees
Fahrenheit. To win the full 100 marks a
watch would have TO be absolutely perfect
as a timekeeper-a result that IS scarcely
within the range of practical achievement
The particular watch in question-an all
English pocket ACCOMPLISHMENTS 3d.,
376, and la marks under the three heads
respectively. While its marks for tempera-
ture compensation are not unsurpassed-as
many as 1871 having been recorded out of 20
those for smallness IN variation of daily
rate amounts to only one-third of sec
ond, and the mean difference between the
extreme gaining and losing rates to four
seconds. The makers attribute this result
to the use OF revolving eScapement, or
tourbillon. a device in which the frame that
carries the eScapement is made to revolve
by the action of the watch, thus reducing
the errors in timekeeping from change OF
position. This piece of mechanism does not
materially increase the complication of the
watch, involving the addition of one wheel
only. The institution of watch-testing at
Kew IN 1884 appears to have had a dis
tinct effect on the number and quality Of
fine English watches. Thus, Of Pa watches
submitted in 1855 for Glass A certificates,
less than "A per cent. were. successful; two
years later So per cent. of the 463 tested
were up to the required standard; and last
year the number sent In was ESQ, while the
percentage OF successes rose to over ~ sec
ing that English manufacturers have lost
SO much OF the cheap watch trade. II is sat
isfactory that they can hold their own. and
more than hold their own, IN those o. the
highest class
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

an hour q day should be given. If this IS
not practicable walking in the open air
with an attendant or few moments exer-
else with ropes and pulleys will aid IN re-
ducing the muscular nervousness.
Exercise and massage depend for their
value largely on the adaptability of the
case to bear it. In brain worker less ex-
ercise or massage is required than in a
open air much of the time. In an overfed,
plethoric person exercise is better borne
and followed by greater relief than in spare
ones. Most cases should remain In bed the
first week Of treatment and then begin to
sit up and take mild exercise. Daily baths
should be continued with regularity and
care. Persistent watehfulness over all acts
Of the patient should be kept up for six or
eight weeks then rigid course of living
and diet should be arranged and its inn
portance insisted upon for long period to
come. All these cases should be under med
ical care and control for a long time before
full recovery can be expected.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
AMERICAN SLANG IN PARIS.
Yankee Words Taking the Place of
Some French IdiOms.
Paris Letter in Ne


American visitors to the exposition of 1900
will recognize at least one word in the
speech of Paris. and that is smart. 1t is
as frequently used as any old thing was
in America q year ago or lobster is to-day.
Next to the Americans the French are the
most facie in the invention OF words or
phrases or in putting to a new use old words
and old phrases, whose popularity RACES Tor
a time until they become "chestnuts."
Almost invariably the French take these
words and phrases from their own language
But Smart has become with them legiti-
mate successor of FIN de steele" which. be-
ing first used in Paris to define something
extremely up to date, extended all over the
world, and was then given up by the rest or
the world before it was in Paris. Smart
as the Parisians are using 1t, smart snow,
smart gown smart turnout, smart
Speech" smart statesman smart" what
not, really came from America.
Smart Yankee" has long been an ex-
preston in England, signifying at once the
peculiar use of the word at home and also
those traits of Americans, as Engllshmen
see them which Americans 1a ans, consider rsd5t7
descence of the word here. London now
talks of smart gowns" smart plays" and
generally uses the word as a lively superla-
tive, just as we did once The French dudes,
who ape the English great deal at the
present time, took it across the channel and
it's use has spread to all classes except the
most conservative and few educated
Is is as good as FORGETTING the friendship of
an Academician to tell him that anything
enough to have French words construed en-
tirely out of their meaning for slang pur-
poses, to say nothing of the disgrace of go
ing abroad for such words They had al
ways understood that it was the place or
the volatile French language to supply slang
words to other races, instead Of playing the
beggar. lola expressed the feeling of the
average educated Frenchman when he said
that he never wanted to know word of any
modern spoken language but French. SO
used have the educated classes become 10
the idea that the French is an unassallable
tongue that your Academican considers the
invasion of Smart to be as grave an insult
Marchand out of Fashoda.
why he asks, should smart be used
instead of the French chic, word that
has absolutely no counterpart in any tongue,
and VIII and score Of other French words,
each one of which has d distinct meaning
and coloring?'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

she asked as she smiled slowly. puclxering
her rosebud mouth and showing two OUT
rageous dimples.
If you had 1t in your hair you would be
underneath the mistletoe, and you know the
privilege 1t gives"
Would not that give too general a privi-
lege," she asked, Ito please yOu?"
So he went his way delighted Then,
seized with a sudden scruple, he explained
TO me at length that all such light talk was
but the foolish badinage in which the
French love to indulge themselves. I told
him that / knew it, Now, there is just
the difference" he said, between US and
the English. We talk about things that we
would not do. The English do things that
they will not talk about. Why, 1t is no
torious that they kiss every one they meet
beneath the mistletoe. That is the reason
that they buy il by the boatload from US
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
Reporting a Sermon.
]. ]. Sprogle, in Lippincott.


Before ex-Congressman John Finerty
became famous as the great American
n-tail-twister, he was one of the
best reporters in Chicago. He was on the
Tribune. and one day a certain city editor
(best known to fame as the man who al
ways wore a straw hat and smoked a corn
cob pipe) decided that Mr.. Finerty should
be disciplined" 1t was SATURDAY. night
and some time after midnight Mr. Fin
erty was assigned to report the morning
sermon OF an obscure minister way down
on the South Side. Finerty was the senior.
and his associates were thunderstruck
They expected an explosion, at least but
Finerty remained calm and dignified al
though trifie pale. Then he viii resign .
they thought. but Finerty walked out and
made no sign. To the surprise OF every
one, he reported next day as usual. and
turned in an abstract of the sermon. Every
one read 1t on Monday morning. and it was
certainly an eloquent and carefully report
ed sermon, That afternoon man of cleri-
cal cut called on the city editor and asked
70 see the young man who had reported his
sermon the morning before Mr.. Finerty
was introduced. The man of the clerical
cut would like to see Mr.. Finerty alone
for few moments. Out in the hallway he
asked, Of course, you were not at my
church yesterday morning." Mo- replied
Finerty. We'll. / simply stopped to thank
you for the sermon. 1t was far more elo-
Quent than the one preached"
Finerty had composed the sermon Nm a
neighboring cellar beer saloon on Saturday
night
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
Age of Discretion.
Somerville Journal.

oOmerVlIIe journal.
A young man may be said to have reached
the years Of discretion when he takes down
the pictures of actresses from his rnautel
and puts up a portrait of his rich maiden
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-08-05
FoREI0H

The bureau OF statistics has completed
its report Of our foreign commerce for
the last fiscal year and the details are
most interesting and encouraging. II
shows a great increase In exports and q
decided falling away in impOrts. particu'
larry OF manufactured goods which fell
from 1924. $40. 1875 In 1897 and tl45 274,'
Os9 in 1895. to Ss2,570.6S7 In 1888.
articles OF food and live animals fell
from S244, 1865, 1877 In 1897 and t2S7.OS6,
O46 In 1885, 10 tlSl,4SO,Oll in 1898, while
ARTICLES OF voluntary use, ~luEuries, etc.
fell from SIS. O9s,9 $40 in 1897 and $685.
S2S,l4 10 1895. TO s77452.56I In 1898.
These figures speak for themselves
They tell the story Of republican states,
mAnship. They indicate the significant
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-08-05
WEALTHY City.

The total assessed value Of real and
personal property In Greater New York
for 1899 Is 1896, 4s0. 372, an increase
from 1897 Of s~i97.ls4.5S6. The only de-
crease shown Is the assessment Of share
holders OF banks, which lie S6,9i1 800 less
than last year. The increase In
other respects Is phenomenal. Il lie
more than double that Of any previous
year. The total assessed value Of real
estate is tI,656,467. 923, an increase Of
t69, 2sl, 123 over last year. Real estate IL
usually assessed in New York for about
one.half Its actual value, and In the
popular estimation the assessments are
fairly and h%onorably made. The value
OF personal property assessed for 1893 ls
s5O9,092, 449, an increase OF tlS4, 49, 4l,
which IL also extraordinary.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-08-05
TERRITORIAL SUPREME CORRT.
Cases Argued and Submlued-Judgment
OF Lower Court Affirmed.

Cases Argued and Submlued-Judgment
OF Lower Court Affirmed.
The territorial supreme court met
Wednesday morning at the usual time,
with all members OF the bench present.
Case No. 72l, Denver & Rio Grande Rail-
road company. plaintiff In error, Va. United
States, defendant In error, error from
First judicial district, argued and sub
mitted. WOlcOtt & Vale and K. l.. Bart
lett for plaintiff, ". B. Childers and A. A,
Jones for defendant.
Case No. 731, United States, plaintiff In
error, Va. Denver h BIO Grande Railroad
company, defendant In error, error IA
First Judicial district court, argued and
submitted. A. A. Jones for plaintiff. and
WOlcOtt & Vale and h. l.. Bartlett for
defendant.
Case No 1886, Price & Walker, PLANTING
in error, Va. W. II. Weed ct al, defendants
In error. error 70 district court OF Lincoln
county, argued and submitted. II. B
Ferguson for plaintiffs, and G. W. Prieh,
ard for defendants.
In case No 100. Jno. d. Weems, plain.
TIL In error, Va, Robert Milliken, de
PENDANT In error, error to district soul
OF Grant county, the judgment Of tn
lower court was affirmed, granting SSls.
30 10 Millikin. j. A. Ancheta for plain
tin.
In case No. 772, James N. Upton
plaintiff In error, W. Burns, Walker 4
Co.. defendants In error, error to tn
district court of Grant county, x. A
Fiske entered appearance for the plain
til with J. 8. Fielder and the motion /
file assignment Of error was granted.
In a 8 No. 800. territory of New Mex
leo, appellee, va. Tomas ArchibeQue an
Alberto CeyadO, appellants, appeal fror
Bernalillo county, the motion for a rul
on the clerk OF the second district /
send upa transcript Of the record wa
granted. H. B. Moore for the appellant
r. W. Clancy for the clerk OF the secon
district.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-08-05

changes in the relations OF the United
States to the rest OF the world that are
taking place, Tor when the United States
enters aud controls markets which other
powers always have regarded as their
own, feeling and friction are excited.
For a long time II was thought that
this country would be an agricultural ma
tion and be the "gransry OF the world"
This would have been the case II the re-
publican policy OF protection had been
rejected The great manufactures which
we have created never could have been
fostered against the competition OF Eng
land II It had not been for the policy Of
protection.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-08-05
pIsaANDINa TnE ARMY.


Peace negotiations have not yet been
concluded, but already there is talk Of
disbanding some OF the volunteers. The
regular army nov number about 10000
men, Of whom perhaps $1,000 will be
needed in Cuba for some time 10 come
aud perhaps 10000 in Porto Rico. II ls
not thought a large force will be needed
In Hawaii, q Washington dispatch say
ing that one company OF artillery and
one Of infantry being deemed ali that IL
necessary at that point.
II peace negotiations progress as seems
TO be expected, 1t is probable that most
Of the troops that responded 10 the
second call will soon be mustered out.
General Lees division, the Seventh
corps. will 90 10 Havana in the fall,
whether the war Is ended or not by that
time.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-08-05

ing. 8; days, jail sentences, 49l; years.
penitentisry sentences. ~; zines and
cJsts assessed, eI,1O6.72 The arrests
include track obstruction, station rob
berry, assaulting employees, robbing pas
sengers, car robbery. brass stealing, coal
stealing, trespassing and vags, jumping
trains, tie stealing, petit stealing, drum
and d%isorderly, theft Of company ma
terlal, breaking seals, interfering with
switch, rObbing journal boxes and mis-.
representation.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-08-05


Gold Found In the Philippine Islands
On Mlndanao, one OF the Philippine
islands. gold Ia found 10 the river beds,
but owing 10 the primitive conditions
prevailing there II Is not known how
rich these deposits are. With the Rd-
vance OF civilization this matter will be
fully Investigated by shrewd prOspectors.
Great discoveries may be made, but no
discovery was ever greater than Hos
letters Stomach Bitters. which ciyillZa-
tiOn long ago investigated and found TO
be all that Is claimed for IL. In cases OF
loss OF appetite, indigestion, biliousness
and constipation Il acts In q truly won
derful manner The bowels are made TO
act mildly, the desire for food IL In
creased, soul stomRchs are sweetened,
and a healthy color is given TO the face.
A trial Is recommended.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-08-05

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