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The San Juan County index., 1899-03-10
sUN n EvER snTs ON ME ELAa on ME EREH.

in Manila is twelve hours and eight
cen minutes. In other words, when it
was a. m. in Porto Rico yesterday
morning it was 4:42 p. m. Friday in
Manila. This is, of course, reckon
ing all from east to west. OF course
out somewhere in the mighty Pacific
they play fantastic tricks and take
their time from Toxic, Singapore or
some other oriental city and lose
day, but that is another story.
But the sun pays no attehtion to the
fantasies Of man; lie just goes on and
shows his face as the earth revolves on
its axis. So it will be seen with this
wide variation of time covering thou
sands of miles, the sun will not set in
Manila on Friday before it has made
the Atlantic ruby red in the vicinity of
the eastern coast of the western con-
tinent. In Porto Rico it will have lift
ed its disc above the tumbling waves
for several minutes in the summer
and not be far away in the dead OF
winter. So the flag is never wholly
in the dark these days, as the sun
flashes on its ensign and stripes some
where in the earth every minute of the
day.
These United States did not need to
go beyond their original limits-that
is, their transcontinental limits-to be
larger than any other land on earth.
The United States on this continent,
excluding Alaska and measuring in de-
grees Of longitude only continuous ter
ritory, covers 55 degrees. This limit
is taking San Francisco as the west
tern objective, although the California
city is not as far west as some others
farther north The difference in time
between the extreme eastern coast at
Fastport and San Francisco Is three
hours and forty minutes, quite an eX-
tent Of territory. From the seat OF
government the time difference is just
three hours.
Westward the star of empire, etc,
has been exemplihed In nearly all that
the United States have done. Most
people would believe that when Hawaii
and the rest of the Sandwich group
were taken III ny treaty ludL lAC WpbA-
ward limits were extended, yet this Is
far from being true. Honolulu is 10
degrees in longitude, OF forty minutes
in time. east Of Dawson City Alaska,
and over an hour east OF the extreme
western limits Of the northern terri
tory. But a big jump was made to the
west until longitude began to read
east when Dewey licked Monteio in
Manila bay.
Incidentally these United States
cover a large amount OF distance In
latitude. They run from the arctic
circle to within haillng distance of the
equator. II an enormous flag were
spread out so that it would take in
everything over which II now floats
the accurate measurements would just
about bring all within its borders
The Philippines run down to within
ave degrees north Of the equator; the
northern cape Of Alaska goes well up
10 ~ or % degrees north latitude. SO
II viii be seen that a man must do a
power of sailing north, south, east and
west TO set away from parallels Of
The San Juan County index., 1899-03-10
THE ELAosFoE TRUCE.
They Amused and Ezssperated Men In
tha Tranrhpa.

They Amused and Exssperated Men In
the Trenches.
The days that followed July were
filled with innumerable visits to the
Spanish lines under flags Of truce, says
Richard Harding Davis in Scribner's.
To the men in the pits, who knew
nothing Of the exigencies Of diplomacy,
these virgin flags we're as offensive as
those Of red are to-the bull. The meh
had placed their own flags along the
entire line of trenches, and though
they afforded the enemy perfect tar
get and fixed our position as clearly
as buoys mark out a race course, the
men wanted the flags there and so
there they remained. The trenches
formed a horseshoe curve FIVE miles in
length, and the entire line was defiant
ly decorated with our flags. When
they fiuttered in the wind at full
length and the sun kissed their colors
they made one of the most inspiring
and beautiful pictures of the war. The
men would crouch-for hours in the pits
with these flags rustling above them
and felt well repaid for their service;
but when they saw craving across the
valley below the long, white flag Of
truce their watchfulness seemed vast
ed, their vigilance became a farce, and
they mocked and scoffed at the white
flag bitterly. These flags were sent in
so frequently that the men compared
them to the different war extras of
daily paper, and would ask: HAS that
The San Juan County index., 1899-03-10

Up to the year 1924 the moderb
roads of Great Britain were inferior to
those the Romans built prior to the
ffth century. The complete system
included six main roads from London,
with their branches, and a perfect net
work Of crossroads, measuring. all
told, some 5000 miles, and connect
ing Edinburgh. Glasgow, Bath. Bristol
Newcastle, Dover and other points still
occupied by thriving towns. The
Roman roads were narrow, but built
to last for all time. The usual width
was about Is feet, the depth three feet
The bottom was dug out and well
rammed, foundation Of larger stones
was laid in cement, and layers of
smaller stones tapered off toward the
top, which was laid crowning in the
middle to shed rain. Such cement as
the Romans used made these roads
practically sofg Hooks of stone.
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The jamestown IN. " Standard
prints a remarkable story of the man
ner in which railway employe saved
a passenger train and the lives of those
on board. The story is given as fol-
lows: Martin Troy of Hartford, Conn,
an old railroad man, was down at East
Bristol bridge watching the men at
work. When the afternoon train from
Bristol came along, the bridge was no
ticeably weak, and the weight of the
train Jared it so seriously that all the
wooden piling under it was carried
away. When Troy saw that the pill
ing had been carried away, and that
the bridge had settled he hurried up
to flag the train from Hartford which
would arrive at this point at about 8
o'clock. 1t had grown quite dark by
this time and Troy had no lantern
but as the train came along he took
matches from his pocket and lighted
them for danger signal. He was just
in time; the train stopped as the en-
gine was just about to go on the
bridge. When the workmen came to
repair the bridge they tried to induce
Toy to go to work with them, but he
refused, declaring that the bridge was
likely to fall at any minute. IS
warning came too late. Before the men
could leave the bridge the collapse
came.
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Foreign correspondents report that
the industrial associations and the syn
dicates Of Berlin have jointly agreed to
call meeting for the purpose Of franz
ing a petition to the Prussian govern
ment calling attention to the enormous
damage suffered in expectation to
Scandinavian countries by reason Of
the continued systematic expulsion
from northern Schleswig Of Danes
Swedes and Norweglans. The petition
will ask that the policy of expulsion be
speedily discontinued. Reports from
throughout Germany show the urgency
Of this move on the part Of the manu-
featuring and exporting interests. The
Danes, especially, are seyering their
commercial relations with German
merchants out Of resentment for the
eviction of their fellow-countrymen
from Prussia. One firm in Brunswick
has been ruined by the sharp falling off
In business, and has been forced to dis
charge 300 employees in consequence.
Similar reports come from Frankfort.
In Berlin and Nuremberg, Austrian and
Italian exporters are now taking the
place OF the Germans, who formerly
controlled the field.
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The country store owned by Mr.. ia
bez Dodd contained such a motley
conglomeration in the way of "stock"
that a village lounger one day offered
to bet that another man could not ask
for anything in ordinary, everyday
use without Uncle Jabe's producing it.
The two men entered the store, and
the challenged party said Got any
false teeth on hand to-day, Uncle
Jabe?" Without an instants hesita-
tion, Uncle Jabe put his hand to his
mouth and moment later held out
the hand with a set Of grinning teeth
in IT, "Therel" he said, "I'll sell that
set mighty cheap for my gooms hev
sbrunk so they don't at me no more,
and I'm goin' to have some new ones.
II you want these fer" But the two
men had fed, while Uncle Jabe called
after them: "I'H let you have 'em fer
lessn half price"
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Uncle Sans Territory Now Extends Over
FIolf Way Round the Earth.

latitude and longitude from which the
flag Of America is absent.
Climatically the country now runs
the entire gamut Of the earth. Il has
possessions in the torrid climes very
near the central belt: It runs for de-
grees into the frigid at the top OF the
scale. It takes in every phase of at
mospheric manifestation and disturb
ance from a typhoon to a blizzard. It
ranges from climes where ice is nevey
absent to those where ice is never
known. In some of the new possess
sions ice could scarcely be maintained
with the ammonia process. while in
some parts of Alaska It would scarce
ly yield to electricity.
This is the chart which the nation
offers in its race with the sun. Start
ing with the eastern limits OF Porto
Rico in longitude Go degrees 80 min
utes west, with the time fixed at 5
a. m, the territorial limits, longitude
and time of day follow this schedule:
New York, longitude 76 degrees west,
time AIS a. m.
Chicago, longitude SS degrees west,
time 3:15 a. m.
San Francisco, longitude 122 de-
grees, west, time 1:15 a. m.
Honolulu, longitude 1855 degrees west
time 1914 p. m.
Dawson City, longitude 165 degrees
west, time 1921 p. m.
Carolines, longitude 155 degrees
east, time 7:42 p. m.
Ladrones, longitude, las degrees east,
time 1902 p. m.
Manila, longitude 122 degrees IS
minutes east, time 4:42 p. m.
In the majority of these cases the
longitude is taken from government
charts. The others are approximated,
but so nearly that exact measurements
will not show substantial variation. It
will be seen, therefore, with the exact
west longitude of Porto Rico set down
against an equally exact east longitude,
The San Juan County index., 1899-03-10

Political banks" organized to re-
ceive-and juggle with-the funds of
municipalities or states, have yielded
many shameful chapters Of financial
history. An occurrence Of another
sort has just taken place in Phila-
delphia, where the president of
such a bank, which had fciled, has
given his personal check for $4,000
in order that the depositors may be
paid in full. Il was the president of
that bank" he told the receiver; "I
am responsible for more than the
amount I would have to pay as an
assessment upon my holdings Of stock,
and l am going to pay more" The
president did a creditable thing when
he went beyond the laws requirements
to guard the business men who had
trusted him; but perhaps he felt that,
since he had got into bad company
and stayed-he deserved to lose his
money.
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In the race against time the United
States beat out the sun by two min
utes. In other words the sun never
sets on the territory OF this land. Be
fore It can set in one extreme It's face
peeps above the ocean at the other,
and on the longest day Of the year the
flag beats the sun and has two min
utes to spare. Sixteen minutes are
added as the extreme limits to any day
in the equation OF time the flag has
eighteen over the half Of the twenty
four hours. II is a narrow margin, but
it will do, as. the following demon
stration will demonstrate
II was not necessary for the United
States navy to take the Canaries IN
order to extend the territory eastward.
The taking of Porto Rico put the ex-
treme eastern borders just ninety min
utes of longitude farther east and six
minutes of time in the same direction.
Eastport, Me-, which for all the life
OF the nation before the Spanish war,
held the honor, must now yield the
palm to Porto Rico. But the difference
- NNAAA AReAA tANANVAg llAnAhks OlLu HlNO
commences-juts out Of the Saragasso
sea-in longitude SO degrees 80 min
utes west. Eastport is within half a
mile Of 67 degrees west. This makes
the difference ninety minutes Of long
itude In favor Of Porto Rico. Fifteen
minutes Of longitude equal one min
ute of time, so the island wins by six
minutes in time.
With Porto Rico for the extreme
eastern starting point, the flag runs
with the sun of the Philippines. TAX
ing Manila as the western point
although 1t is not the extreme
point-and these United States ex-
tend over 1874 degrees 80 min
utes and seconds of longitude.
That is nearly FIVE degrees more than
half the circumference of the earth
The difference in time between Porto
Rico's eastern point and the cathedral
The San Juan County index., 1899-03-10

Frank Mehan, the travelling sales
man who was shot last week at Ko-
komo, Ind, by Farmer Perry Burns. is
stiIl alive, and the doctors say he will
recover, Notwithstanding the fact that
a Winchester bullet grazed his heart
and passed entirely through his body.
It develops that Burns wife was in
Mehan's rooms when the latter stood
on the porch and told the enraged
husband to shoot The nerve OF Me-
han in inviting death was a marvellous
performance. knowing as he did that
the man had a repeating rife. Like
he might have been um2iring a game
Of baseball, Mehan, after the first shot.
exclaimed; "One ball, too wide" The
next one he said: 1.-TWO balls too
high and to the third shot. which.
took effect, he exclaimed: Strike,
I'm out" and fell to the floor.
The San Juan County index., 1899-03-10

Two well-known temperance men Of
Kirkaldy, Scotland, we're upset the
other night when returning from a
temperance meeting. In its account OF
the mishap the local paper remarked:
Fortunately both gentlemen were So
ber at the time" This remark made
them indignant, and they wrote a
letter to the editor, saying so. Where
upon the editor kept up his end bv
printing this apology. "Mcssrs.
and -- demand an apology for our
having stated that at the time OF their
accident they were both sober. We
have pleasure in Withdrawing our os-
Gervation."
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forty miles, and the latter from LIN
coin to the River Trent near Torskey,
a distance Of eleven miles Of the Caer
Dyke the name only now remains, but
the Foss Dyke. though Of Roman
origin, still exists, and is the Oldest
British canal. Foss Dyke, according to
Camden, was deepened and rendered
more navigable in 1921, by Henry /.
About 1S41 It wasFWidened to the
minimum breadth OF As feet and deep
ened to the extent Of six feet through
out, and thus this ancient canal, which
is quoted by Telford and Nimmo as
"the oldest artificial canal in Britain" "
was restored to state Of perfect eff
cheney, at cost of forty thousand
pounds.
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oLp rIME NEw YEAR.s GALS.
They Once Held an Important Place In
the Days Festivities.

They Once Held an Important Place In
the Days Festivities.
Among the festivities Of old New
York the observance Of New Years
Day held an important place, says Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe in the January At
lantic In every house of any preten-
sion the ladies Of the family sat in
their drawing-room, arrayed in their
best dresses, and the gentlemen of
their acquaintance made short visits,
during which wine and rich cakes were
offered. 1t was allowable to call as
early as 10 o'clock in the morning, but
the visitor sometimes did little more
than appear and disappear, hastily
muttering something about the com
pliments of the season" The gentle
men prided themselves upon the num-
ber of visits paid, the ladies upon the
number received. Girls at school vexed
each other with cumulative boasting.
1--WE had fifty callers on New Years
Day"
"Ohl but we had sixty-hve."
This perfunctory performance grew
very tedious by the time that the call
ing hours were ended, but apart from
this the day was one on which families
were greeted by distant relatives rare
ly seen, while old friends met and re-
vived their pleasant memories. In our
house the rooms were all thrown open,
and bright fires burned in the CRATES.
l recall a New Years Day, early in the
thirties, on which a yellow chariot
stopped before our door. A stout,
elderly gentleman descended from it,
and came in to pay his compliments to
my father. This gentleman was John
Jacob Astor, who was already known
to be possessed Of great wealth.
The pleasant custom just described
was said to have originated with the
Dutch settlers of the olden time. AS
the city grew in size. 1t became difficult
and we'll nigh impossible for gentle
men to make the necessary number of
visits Finally. number of young
men Of the city took it upon them
selves to call in squads at houses
which they had no right to molest,
consuming the refreshments provided
for other guests, and making them
selves disagreeable in various ways.
This offense against good manners led
to the discontinuance, by common con-
sent, Of the New Years receptions.
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The extent to which live stock rails
ing is becoming a southern industry
is best exemplifed by stating that in
nine months Of the present year Ala
bama, Louisiana and Mississippi COM
bined have sent 1900 cars OF cattle
direct to the market at St. Louis, be-
sides those that went to people Of
Texas and the Indian territory; these
being finished on other grounds lose
their identity before coming to market
The significance Of this statement re-
quires explanation, and is given in the
asEertfon hat ia years gone BY a
dozen cars Of cattle has been a liberal
yearly run to st. Louis from the three
states named.
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10 o'clock edition gone in yet?" and
rs this the baseball edition coming
out now, or is it an extry?"
One of the regulars said to me, in
great perplexity: Il can't make out
this flag Of truce gag. 1t reminds me
of two kids in a street fight stopping
after every punch to ask the other fell
low if he's had enough. Why don't
we keep at it until somebody gets
hurted?"
One Of the cowboys Of the rough rid
ers expressed the same idea in profess
sional phraseology: Now that we got
those Mexicans ccrralled," he said.
why don't we brand them?"
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The ocean is not always true blue"
in color. The red tracts. which are
probably caused by animals related to
the clio borealis" and "Limaclne arti-
ca" Cthe food Of the whales), are found
In the Southern Atlantic, where the
influence is felt Of cold currents from
Cape Horn. Il is remarkable that no
reference is made In any log to the
appearance Of red tracts ia the neigh
borhood Of Cape Horn The yellow
tracts are generally ascribed by cap
tains TO pollen or hoating wataiIg
plants
The San Juan County index., 1899-03-10

Berlin correspondents state that Min
lister Koeller has ordered the provincial
council OF Sonderburg to publish an
edict declaring that parents who send
their children across the frontier to
Danish schools shall be expelled from
German territory. The educational au-
thorities have learned that in the form
er Danish territory Of Schleswig-Ho
stein many children have been sent to
Denmark to be educated since the use
of their own language in the schools Of
the duchy was abolished.
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Returns just issued show that there
has been a general rise In wages
throughout England in the last year.
The aggregate rise in the wages Of $685.
600 workers affected amounted to f7S,-
600 a week, an average of 81 cents a
week per capita. This rise Is chiefly in
the mining industry, but the operatives
in the building trades are also favor
ably affected.
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The eyes Of the world are now CEN
tered on Washington. The best line
between Chicago and the national cap
ital is the Monon Route, @. H. & d.
Ry., B. & o. S. w. and B. & o. Through
sleepers leave Chicago daily at 2:45
a. m. (ready in Dearborn station at
$3.50 p. M, arriving at Cincinnati at
11:20 a. m, Washington at 6:47 a. M
and Baltimore 7:50 a. m. This Is the
most comfortable and convenient train
for the east running out of Chicago
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BATHS NOT HER SPECIALLY.
Hospital Patient Had Not Had one in
Six Months.


Hospital Patient Had Not Had One in
Six Months.
This actually occurred in one of the
hospitals in the city where a number
of patients from the lower walks Of life
are brought for free treatment. One
night the police ambulance brought
young woman who was suffering from
a severe case of rheumatism. The first
part of the treatment accorded patients
Is a thorough bath before they are
placed between the clean sheets, and
the unpleasant task of administering
the scrub is a part of the duty OF the
prObatiOners as the nurses are called
during the first six months OF their
training The one who attempted the
work In this case found a hopeless job
on her hands and after much vain la
Dor she went to one Of the older nurses
for advice. 1t being a case OF rheuma-
tism they disliked to risk putting her
in a tub, but there seemed to be no
help for 1t, so they soused her into the
hot water and used soap, soda, alcohol,
and everything else the place afforded,
and they rubbed, scrubbed and secured
with but little success. At last the
elder nurse exclaimed: Il don't believe
you ever had bath before, did your"
eyes, / did" answered the patient in
tones OF indignation. when was it,"
"Just before I was married" How
long ago was that7" "A little over
six months"
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counting both from Greenwich, for
Manila, the total distance in degrees,
etc, and hours is fixed. The interme-
diate points outside Of the continental
limits are estimated from their loca-
tion on the charts and may vary as
much as a couple of degrees. This,
however, would not make more than
eight minutes in time variation.
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The FIRST canals in Britain were CON
structed by the Romans. OF these the
most remarkable are the Caer Dyke
and Foss Dyke cuts in Lincolnshire,
which are by general consent admit
ted 70 have been Of Roman origin.
The former extends from Petersbor-
ough to the River Whitman. near the
City Of Lincoln, a distance Of about
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Customer haven't any change
with me this morning; win you trustme
for a postage stamp until tomorrow"
Drug Clerk" Certainly, Mr.. Jones. !"
Customer-"But suppose I should get
killed, Or" Drug Clerk--"Pray
don't speak Of IT, Mr.. Jones. The loss
would be but a trihe."
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It's a poor farm that can't ac-
Quire a mortgage.
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He that hath a trade hath an es-
tate.
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The lard manufacturer is constantly
turning over a new leaf.
The San Juan County index., 1899-03-10

When Julia Ward Howe was a young
girl her first literary venture was IA
vorably noticed in local newspaper.
This is my little girl who knows
about books" said a favorite uncle,
'and writes an article and has It
printed; but wish she knew more
about housekeeping sentiment
which in after years Mrs. Howe had
occasion to echo with fervor. Few
women reach adult life without find
ing themselves so circumstanced that
q domestic training is invaluable to
them.
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Listeners don't expect to hear any
good Of themselves; it's the bad OF
others they are after.
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There's smoldering spark Of wis
dom in the brain Of the man who
knows when to go home.
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Dorothy you were flirting with the
photographer when you had this picture
taken" NO indeed I wasn't" "Well.
nothing I ever say to you makes you
wear such an amiable expression"
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When a man offers you something
for nothing, don't accept it unless you
can afford to pay at least double its
value.
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It's a cold day when you can see
the paper frieze on the wall.
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Is t death to fall for Freedoms
right?
He's dead alone that lacks her light.
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Love is never found by seeking and
Il never stays for pleading.