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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-06
LITTLE MARKS IN WATCHES.
What the Small, Shiny SpirnIs on the
Back Cover Mean.
Kansas City Journal.


What are these funny little marks in
your watch, Cousin Charley?" asked the
bright little girl, who sat in the young
mans lap playing with his gold timepiece.
Eth? Let me See, said the young man,
taking the watch from her and blushing
The little girls father looked at Cousin
Charley and winked Let me see. too
he said
Inside the back cover of the watch We're
several little shiny spiral marks that looked
as though the gold had been rubbed hard
Eight times, eh?' said the little girl 5
father Been hung UP quite regularly,
What do you mean?" asked the puzzled
little girl.
Seem to have been there yourself" re-
marked Cousin Charley.
what are you talking about?'' the little
girl asked persis GENTLY.
Little girls should be seen, not heard -
Twice a year" said Cousin Charley.
"Once in the spring and again in the fall"
"Overcoat time. l see,' his uncle said
nodding Understandings.
side the back cover of the watch were eight
little round marks made by acid. They
were mace by pawnbrokers to test the
quality of the gold when the watch was
presented for a loan. The pawnbroker
dipped the fraZZled end of a match in acid
and scrubbed at a place in the gold. If the
acid made no impression the gold was all
had dubbed and frothed slightly where the
acid touched it the was not gold and
the loan was refused.
This, you see, was the reason the funny
marks were not explained to the little girl.
There are many watches carried in fine tail
little marks appear. 1t is one of the exigen-
cieS of finance
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-06

REVIEW or Reviews
The question is asked: TO what good 2
For those who identify the progress of civil
ization with search aftef truth It is hard
ly necessary to answer this question. lt
was fully answered a half century ago by
that stern friend of knowledge, Sir John
Barrow when he wrote THE north pole
is the only thing i'm the world about which
we know nothing, and that want OF all
knowledge ought to operate as a spur to
adopt means of wiping away that stain Of
ignorance from this enlightened age"
The north pole is great prize TO win.
1t is worth winning, not alone because the
world stands ready to applaud and reward
him who first sets foot at that spot where
there is no north and no other direction
than south, but because in the doing OF it
real benefits are to be gained for the human
race and the cause of knowledge.
The pioneer expedition to the heart of the
inner polar region--to the pole itself or its
vicinity-will not only bring back a story
of adventure. of hardship, OF achievement
which will stir the blood of all who admire
courage and physical prowess and triumph
over the difficulties of nature but IL will
return with valuable information concern
ing the magnetic and electrical forces Of
the earth now so little understood, con-
corning meteorology and geology, the forms
and extent Of unknown lands, If any exist,
the depth of the sea and the currents
thereof the organic life of eur own and
past ages and the great problem of glacia-
ton which involves the history of the hui
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guides TO the weather. The cirrus clouds
especially have many theories attached to
them Regarding fog there has been I'M
earthed this:
$50 many mists in March we see,
So many frosts in May shall be:
So many fogs in August we see.
SO many SHOWS that year will be-
Wind and frost, of course are also very
popular. and I'm most cases accurate, guides
10 prediction, being used by the weather
bureau. The east wind is supposed to have
the worst results. For instance:
when the wind is in the East
lis neither good for man nor BEAST
The significance Of other wind directions
IS too Wei known to deserve mention. Early
and hard winter, and hoar frost is taken to
Indicate rain.
MOON AND POTATOES.
The poor old moon is still considered by
some people to affect the growth of their
potatoes and beans. Here is the old and
very comprehensive proverb on which that
belief is built:
GO plant the bean when moon is bright,
And you win find that this is right;
Plant the potatoes when the moon is dark,
And to this line you will always bark.
But if you vary from this rule
You viii find you are a fool;
If you always follow this rule to the end
You will always have money to spend.
Shakespeare connects rheumatic diseases
and the moon thus:
Therefore the moon, the governess of
floods,
Pale in her anger. washes all the air
That rheumatic diseases do abound"
Here is a superstition picked up among
the unclassified:
When the bushes are full of berries, a
hard winter is on the way when the per-
fume of flowers is especially perceptible,
rain will come
Milk is supposed TO be soured by thunder
and those who may laugh at this will be
told by chemists that increasing atmos-
pheric electricity oXdizes ammonia in the
air and forms nitric acid. That makes the
souring of milk by thunder clear. There Is
less explanation for the claim that when
coffee bubbles in the center of the cup
there is to be fair weather or that red hair
curls before storm, or that bells are heard
farther than usual just before a rain, or
that rocks sweat when rain is coming.
Everyone remembers that
IF it rains before Z, clear before H."
More comprehensive prophets say that IL
the rain begins before daylight ii will cease
before a. M: If it begins about noon it
Will continue all afternoon if it begins
after p. m it will cantinue all the follow
ing day; If the sky clears during the night
there will be rain the next day.
1t would be possible to go on indefinitely
giving old and new, discarded and surviy-
ing superstitlons, but Chicago, even on
grounding day. depends on the Weather
Bureau. though it ofttimes fail and any
way, The wind bloweth where 1t llsteth.'
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womea and The Theaters.
New York Evening Post.


The suggestion has been made and with
a good deal of force, that the women have
the power to put speedy end to all coarse
unpleasant. or indecent performances upon
the stage, il they wish to- This is certainly
the fact in the case of the better order Of
tIeaters, where a withdrawal of female pa
tronage would soon bring about closing of
the doors. If any considerable number of
the female patrons Of the Broadway thea
ters let IL be known that they would resent
as a personal insult gross things said or
done upon any stage in their presence. re-
fuse to visit that theater again, and exert
their influence to keep all their friends out
of ii also, the managers would soon cease
to discover anything particularly artistic
or progressive in realistic vulgarities. and
would take good care that all their goods
should be disinfected thoroughly before ex-
hibition. Unfortunately women as a body
have not shown open anger or disgust at
plays which have ELECTED vigorous male
reprobati ton On the contrary. some of the
most unseemly plays of modern date have
drawn phenomenally large audiences at
matinees. 1t may be as well to add that
the worst plays are not always those about
which the most fuss is made. Mere coarse
ness or vulgarity is not very dangerous. for
it is repellent without any power of in
sidious attraction. The dangerous play is
that which inculcates a false morality. pre-
sents vice IN glttering and seductive shape,
or misrepresents it as rather more than
half a virtue.
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opinion of him was given or story told
showing his relation to other men of note.
1 felt as if listening to the love talk or
youthful engaged couple, and when, in later
days, Froude opened up a floodgate Of mis-
understanding, / felt assured there was a
radical misconception of the true state of
affairs. There might be outside grumbling
in the daily life of the childless couple. but
at heart there was only love of the truest
and deepest kind.
II is pleasant to find in one of Brownings
letters this sentence: Il dined with dear
Carlyle and his wife Catch me calling peo-
pie dear in a hurry, except in letter be-
ginningsD yesterday. / don't know any
people like them"
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The Use of Chicory.
New York Ledger.

Few people are aware Of the extent to
which chicory is used as an addition to cof-
fee. This vegetable is usually spoken of rs
an adulterant. and many look upon it as
such 1t has however. gained such a foot
hold in public esteem that housekeepers are
buying it and mixing it with their coffee by
choice. 1t is thought TO make the coffee
richer and is employed for the purpose and
without any consideration for economy An
immense amount of chicory IS grown in
Nebraska, and the last years yield is said
to be of excellent quality AT one factory
IA coo pounds of finished chicory are turned
out every twenty,four hours This is but
one OF the large plants in the State. There
Is 600 acres Of chicory. and at Fremont the
drying plant is running al the rate OF eighty
tons day.
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Figure. for smokers.
Plttsburg News.


As to the influence of tobacco on health
this appears from an analysis of the sta
tistics gathered by the Russian doctor:
''Out of 100 smokers 1909 per cent. fell i'll
from affections of the respiratory organs
and out of 100 nOnsmokers only 1885, i'll
from affections of the digestive organs. 9g2;
affected in both apparatus, respiratory and
digestive out of 100 smokers, We're s.T per
cent and out of leo nOnsmokers, only 90;
in general, 1914 per cent. of smokers and
% SO per cent. of nonsmokers We're taken
ILL.," AS these facts We're derived from an
inquiry among 1000 young men of about the
same age and physical condition. they seem
to show Enthusiastically that smoking Is dele
ferrous TO health, unless there be resort TO
the argument that those susceptible to dis
ease are predisposed to tobacco, argu-
ment which is not supported by observation.
DR. Mendelsohn discovered what might be
EMPLOYED 10 weaken his conclusion that
one-third of those given to smoking formed
the habit before they We're sixteen years OF
age OF those, a5.S per cent became IN
while OF those who began to smoke after
they were sixteen only 32.U per cent. be-
came ILL., The bad effects of smoking may
be from indulgtng IN II at too early an age.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-06

Chicago Post.
did you read about that girl who can
see right through opaque ohjects?'
She Is not so smart; | have always seen
through you. and you are opaque enough,
goodness knows
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-06

The greatest bargain ever offered i'll
Indianapolis Twenty CHARTERED Oak
China Closets #. 8 in. high, AZ III.
wide with round glass ends, French
legs and bird's-eye maple backs.
Strictly first class i'll every way and
never sold for less than $1,000. Look
at the cut.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-06

That is enough for rainbows and atten-
ton may be paid TO animals, which were,
and still to some extent are. supposed to be
able to tell what the weather will be with
out as much effort as the government ex-
Ponds There are so many popular super
stitions about animals and atmospherical
conditions that they alone might fill book
When. in going TO pasture, the bull leads
the cows, instead of struggling along behind
them, it is supposed TO be a sign that rain
is TO come. When cats snore, or when they
sneeze, rain may also be expected, as well
as when the cattle remain near the barn in
the evening and refuse to go TO pasture
Another sign of impending rain is when
ROSTERS clap their wings and hens rub in
the dust and the Growing of the cock dur
ing a rain is believed to indicate the ap-
proach OF fair weather. Even the bowling
Of wolves Is considered an indication of bad
weather and the flight of birds north or
south naturally is believed to foretell cold
or warm a method of prediction generally
accepted
l<atydids are supposed TO cry just three
months before a frost heas bite harder be-
fore rain and flies come into the house in
greater number and stay there with greater
tenacity.
Clouds and mist always have been and
doubtless should and viii be considered as
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1898-06-05
Gacsta Official de hoy

Cablegrama del Excmo. Sr. Ministro do
Ultramar por el que SO dispone Ia admission
on Ia Peninsula y Balear&s de produotos de-
Caba, Puerto Rioo y Filipinas, conducidos
dlrestamente en- cualquier banders con llber-
tai de derechos araneelarios, exceptusndo oil
tabaco.
Decreto de Ia Seoretarfa de Instruction
pablica nombrando vooales De IL Junta de
instruction publica de Carolina don Fede.
rico Torregrosa, don Ramon Hernandez, don
Clemente Fernandez don Manuel Travisso.
Para oubrir las vaeantes producidas por
renunoia de don Ernesto Sanchez Taboada,
de Vega -baja; don Manuel Maria Sams, do
Mayaguez, don Santiago Dalmau, dc Ga
guas, SO nombra don Miguel Granela, de-
Vega bsja; don Francisco Par6s, do Cagaas,
don Federico Basofa, de Maysgiis<.
Para Ia Junta local de Moca, don Cosme
Benjsnis, don Juan A. Miranda don To-
mas Batilonia.
Estado demostrativo de la exportaoi6n
de prodnctos del pats On las Aduxnas do eats
isla, en- ell mes de Mayo htimo.
Anuncio los industriales eomerci2n-
tes, en quo manifesto 81 sehor Administrator
de Adusna de esta capital, que desde ell dfa
del corriente ee encueDtra 4 disposition de
dicsos seiores Ia matr1oula de Industria
Comereio, por ell t6rmino de diez dias.
Relaci6n de los jueoes municipalas
para los partidos dc la Audiencia Territorial
de esta provinois y bienio de @ de Julio
de 1898 80 de JUNO de 1900.
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Vicente, que ha quedado interrumpida Il
communication entire las Barbados Deme-
rara (Guayana inglesa.)
~ En- San Petersburgo se ha publioado
una oraen imperial ooncediendo las mu'
jeres que t;enen tftulos de doctoras dc medi'
Gina, los mismos derechos que los dernas
m6dicos para perteneoer s los servicios del
Estado.
x~s En- Lares como en- los demas pue.
bios de la isla, la nota patri6tica 90 deja
Or por tirios y troyanos y el entusiasmo es
indesoriptible; Ia ofcialidad de la compafl1a
destacada en- aquel pueblo con el mayor oelo
actividad so ocupan diariamente de la
fneTza sus 6rdenes Tambien don Sebaldo
Cambil Callejas, ospitan de la Gaardia civil
lleva efecto todos los dias academies, en-
las que CON sus explieaciones da eli conooi-
miento los atlisdos en- la seoci6n de que.
rrilleros de caballerfa que Sc oompone de
cuareDta plazas, de los movimientos tAct;cos
de dioha srma en- la q. haoen grandes adelan.
tos demostrando de este nnodo dicho jefe
al par que patriotismo, oonocimien:os en- tan
importsnte ramo militar. La compaflfa de
Voluntarios de aquel pueblo praotioa sus
e]ereicios los juaves y domingos de oada So.
mana bajo la direction de sus jefes; tooando
la banda de musioa dirijida por el entendi.
do professor don Gabriel Ornes, eseojidos
pasos dobles durante dichos ejercicios.
~. En- esto. dfas llegsrAn cuatro car
gamentos de salszones Ponce = uno Are-
oibo. Vienen muy oportuuamente, siempre
que no tiren demasiado Ia ouerda.
Cacda Rchardds esss;, Esss nsaiSs%sntc s*ossas as
ra Ia curaoion de los callos, Sc detalla 25
centavos el pomo en- los establecimientos <El
Capricho,> ola Esfera, y <Farmacia Co.
l6n.> P.
~. RI 10 del corriente Sc celebrarkn
funerates en- Ia iglesia de Morovis, por ell
eterno descanso del alma de "a que fu6 dis.
tinguid& senora dona Dolores Torres de Ri.
vara.
~ Manana tomara possession de su
delicado cargo de ajero del Banoo Espanol
maestro estimado amigo don Manuel Vicente
~ El aloalde de Guadix ha comprado
de su bolsillo particular todas las existenoias
de tri go que Sc ballaban almacenadas en-
aquella poblaci6n, con objeto de evitar one
fuesen venddas para fuera de dicha ciudad.
IT,. Uno que SO frma Juan Bobo que
no tiene de tai nj un pelo, publica en- Gel
Pafs> de aver tarde unas <Bobadas> que son
dignas de leerse = muoho mas diguas de
praotioarse. Estamos muy de acuerdo con
el artioulista.
~ Han fa|lecido en- la playa de Ponce,
las apreciables seforas dona Isabel Morales
de Riera doila Asiscla Ortiz viuda de Coll.
~ La oompanfa trasatlaotica espahola
ha circuiado por todos los puertos de Ia Pc
nfnsula, las 6rdenes oportunas para que SO
admitan marineros con destino los vapores
que dioha empresa armar& en- guerra, como
buques auxiliares de noestr& fota. A los
marineros que SO insoriban, ademas de la
alimentacidn, Sc les abonaran 100 pesetaa
mensuales los los mozos.
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CO7hSNCtOS.-L/O5 /ieINc!ECJ AfUI)OtCOf2GS
A1go de orte.--- C0mftlicto de una Reina
Paris, tan SORRENTO ahora, tan Undo
tan conqueton con sus castanos en- flor, sua
hermosss avenidas decoradas de gran gaia
por la gentfl primavers; Paris To 50 hs
dado ouenta da las altmas elecciones, nj le
ha hecho fs!ta.
Ri maravilloso bosque de Bolonia nos
atrae con su deliciosa temperature sus
frondosos paisajes, aquel verdoso c&sped
donde tan bi6n se deacansa la sombra dc
IN cedro dc L{bsno, aquellas rastioas cases.
das aqueilos azulados lagos, aquella psz
octaviana aquella plaoidez sonriente, vsien
mucho mas que lac csnden>es luohas de Ia
polftica.
Pero, en- fn, va tiene Ia Francis "a
contigente de diputados y, si 20 escribiera
esta oxonica para un periodioo frano6s, di-
RIA 10 siguiente los diputados anteriorss
que NO lo sou preseotea. causa del sufragio,
que ha heoho para clos un sudario de IL
bandera trioolor.
En- l848, La1nartine fu6 elegido en- diez
departsmentos diferentes y, solamente On
Paris, obtuvo 260, 600 votos.
Seis meses despu6s, hubo de contentarse
CON II 9l0 votos contra 5.50c, 600 del prfn
cipe-presi iente.
Doce meses mas tarde fu6 por complete
derrotadc en- las elecoio2es de la asamblea
legislative.
Esto puede servir de consuelo los
vencidos de hoy; puee allos les cabe q
honor de decir mUy fuerte: ''Nosotros SO
mos los Lamartine."
Hace may pocos d1as fueron detenides
en- Burdeos dos j6venes, mejor dicho, dos
niflos: puesto one ninguno pasa de 16 a11os.
Estos dos ninos son dos hijos de buenas
familias parisieDses, dos Napoleones en- en-.
bri6n que, inhaenoiados por las iectaras
repetidas del Old de Co-neilie; habfan deci-
dido guitar S sus padres unos cuantos luises,
comprar 1os fasiles = los cartuchos neceea-
rios, tomar Ia direction de Espana 8 ir {
busoar al famoso Cid Campeador para com.
| batir sn lado hasta la muerte.
;Enoantadora inocencia de Ia ninez!
Por desgracia los casos como este son
raros.
Cuantlo Ia crisu viriz comienza dea-
pertar Ell cerebro s desentumecer el cora
z6r de la juventud, otras muy diferentes
suelen ser las ideas que gerninsn en aquel,
otros muy distintos los dessos que nacen en-
este. Z
La juventud moderna suele oser en- dos
extremes: + razona demasiado cometer To-
ouras sin cuenso.
Pero no es corriente hoy que los diez
y seis anos, la edad en- que tan hermosa es
Ia vida. sc piense an bukear al Cid en- mo-
rir cou 81 al no Sc venca.
Esta inconsciente demonstration de valor
| cs una hermosa promesa de temparamento y
de enargfs.
Por ESQ los padres dc los dos pequsf1os
! s'Cides". habran recibido & eus hiios cvu
doble iubilo y, al abrirles sus brazos earifio
sos, los habran estrsohado entire ellos con
orgullo, pensando que de esa MADEIRA Sc ta'
llaron en- otros tiempos los Bayard y loo
| GuzmAn eli Bueno.
| La bermosa estatua de Balzac, de que
va he hablado algo en- mi or6nioa Ultima,
perece que no es del agrado de IL Soeiedad
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4 los CarpinteroS
Y MAESTROS de obrAs. y

~ ITO de traDaIOY de dlnerO.
En- Ell CAPRICHo San Justo 3d. exhiben muestras de
traba}aas stas para cOlOcar prccos
ventajosos Moluras de todos anchos senos que
deseen balaustres torneados caados cornisas lee
Observation-Disclosures clavoes toda case de calados gusto
del cOmpradOr.
nuestra mas yrande atencon proporconamos toda
case de puertas IA iglesa puertas persanas de cual
quer dimension diseHo que pida, ventaja
de TRElNTA POR CIENTO de los precios 1suales.
CASAS CObiPIETAS podemOs entregar las maderas
isas kosCo cuarQuier edifcio que
Sc pda
haoen barras de catre nagerosy roperos
toda clase de ca jas para industrias,
rzcocomia de tempo de dinero. 60--e2
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LUNA narn1anos, Y Compahla.

Son dnieos importaderes Puerto Rico del 4anQeo
vino tnto blanso de mesa marea Anguoana a;oh hN1ns-
beeiento asaha de recbr tambi6n extenso srsdo
dc Jerez Champaha superior cores fnos trro
toda case de areulos nos del gro Nadie preseatar4
surtdo mejor.
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La Suscripci0n directa

de <Ln Correspondence de Puerto-Rico> vale $2 so
eI tri1estre, a0elunto1os. No Sc sevrd11 suscr5p-
clones sin pogo adslantado. Sc puede hacer renae-
sos se?os de co1rsos, g;ros de la pre,sa bisctes
p1yneiGdos efectiv0.
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r.,nra OCASION:-se vende arrienda la hacienda
nffkfiH 'BOQUILLAS' eneavada los barriOs de Sa-
Ds<~'~ baneta Algarroho ternniEo municipal de Ma
yagdez. Doha hscienda queda Kilometres de dstano1a
70 Para pOrmenores dirigirse a don Arturo
Hau Mayaguez don Roberto Schuabel Aguadilla 32l
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Gran Desea %5HS$ s4:
ynos cognacs anisado ginebras fnas vermouth ete,
atendera peddos con puntualidad Precios po
garantzan los prOductOs Ge la los
portados por la misma-Drgr Ia correspondence don
Manuel Alnbrosiani.-POnce 5422
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aal DE TOKREVIEJA clase superior, detallan preci
AHt l!mitado RUBERT HERMANOS 1912
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~ 4 grandes males

ouerpo espritu mpone deyover sistema nervioso
toda fuerza vgor de ahl Ia ndicaci6n especial de-
"Vno Cordial Cereh1ina' de Urici conceptuado po1
los medicos spinentes e reeonsttuyente po-
deroso vitalizadsr mas rapdo' 1ps.
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Cronica parislsnse

C0'>suezos.-Los peque7os Nupozeones- --
A1go de orte.-- Confl5cto de una Reina.
NoYve
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-09-09
TO SPEAK SPANISH.
Make Study of These Rules and the
Difficulties VIII Soon
Disappear.

The following rules will help in
learning how to speak Spanish:
Rule l. Every letter is sounded and
is always pronounced the same.
Rule 2. The accent is always on the
penult, unless otherwise signified.
Rule 9. The alphabet, as follows:
Alike in ark.
B-As in English.
C-Like English X, except before e
and l, when it has the sound of S land
in pure Castilian thy.
Ch-Like CHI in chess.
Dixie tn in they.
E-Like in ell.
Like English +. -
G-Before and like aspirated h,
before a, o, u or a consonant like Eng
lish e, before ue and ul the same sound.
but u is silent.
H-Nearly silent.
Like i in i'll.
J-Like cultural b.
LAS in English.
LL-Liquid as 81 in seraglio.
Mas in English.
Q-Like English k.
R-Like English, but rougher.
S-Like English.
Like English.
U-Like English 90, as in look.
V-Like English.
N-Obsolete.
Y-Like Spanish I. ~-
ZLike tn in thank.-Washington
Star