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Vest erday'S Auction sales,

ny GtDkGE ". READ,
. 'n'h avenue Nos. 30! to 9lc northwest
corner Of Fifty seventh street lH5SI7,
en- and 'uyrecn-,'Ory Storc-front fla,
'hhornc: {. J.. raNlJr ". j. A. TAYLOR
- a. 'nauition'. to Horace s. Fly
NJ SAMUEL GOLDsrIChtR
ifu avenue, north side 100 feet west Of
'dNColn avenue. 200 to south side OF iy;th
,lrrel 40 II 10 Thlrd avenue S2C,ta2yIT5
10 l3l'h street 12S, l., " Has a, admin.
,NtiiTA, ". \, ". Riley ct al due ON
Ildsncni, sGi 50, sub cct To tssrs Sc
Nti'd, 10 David Case ........--..'N a.; Oh,
nv JAMES /. WELLS
'h"l avenue, No. 1881. ra>i side i7sk fcrt
'''''H OF lhiih street. ii.pN7S2 two >tnfy
i1'uc dwelling, L. J.. Bell vS. Maggie
Niler ~ al; due on Judgment ST 7isGT.
INFECT 10 ttI's, &c. $50. to tho knIrk
'iuoSAo. building and Loan COMPANY. a. 60.
ny CH,nlts 4, BRRRi,S.
webster avenue, west SD. icDi feet north
~ le'h street, 21jlisnNig2XiSp Iyi2Ig
hnnN i1touEh TANK ". :. l. HNp1,
- Al due on Judgment. a.. 7o7 81. ,tIhIr,,
= lave &C. 81 IA, PRIOR mortgage,
."''d. ip it" plaintiff. 80, e., G,,
nv VINCENT \. RYAN
i"ud avenue, \o. ia. east side .5I sct
,"uih NJ Forty MN street, II iOISo four
loI{ brick tenement: VI. T.. e. po,som
-. g I'ddcn ~ al; duc on Judgment
NlS"-s NJ. subject 20 taxes, 80. 81 Ia the
"Hh''h ''....'.. ............. ........ $500
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To.day's Auction Sales.

nv VINCENT A. RYAN.
Water street, Nos. S3s and as north side e15 feet
'af OF Roosevelt street. Na1sj 9Ss7 sx87.3 two
Our story BRICK tcncmcntS. New York Building
'nAn bdnRtrg Company vs. Angelina Gambler
rngo ~ ~ j. I. Roberts, attorney ~ j. Sncudlra
tdNcS. sc. s,25.1s '' "
.NN'lcth street, No 20. south side 2s7s feet cast
~ 'olumhuS avenue. 37e,iOo.5. nvc story brick
lh'. Is J. Mas " q. q. rlcycr ct al: NJ H. Hay
nan, attorney; Benno Lewin>on. referee due on
'idemcr' S2.1isO2. subject 20 taxes, &c s9oo
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LIS pensiens.

eth av. cs - n 10Th -. 2jS522. John " Richter
vs. Edward Ludwig. partition atty. l. = Reed
am 81. n s ~ g Eta az, 2o1s0i Annie Evans "
John " Paul. action To compel con' ~ ancc att!
Wiener.
sd st. : $50 G Sh az. 1874 1905. Anna An.
drevS George T. andrews. trustee. &c. 81 al
partition. a;tlS Ihlbin. Is a NJ.
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ADJOINING OCEAN Az, NEAR "L"STkTION
s+5 MONTHLY AND $500 CASH
PAYS ALL.
To avoid trouble for owl er " III sell for q. 600
lost builder $4,000. Very handsome, New
Detached House In thc choicest aad hest section
Of GIatbush. Brand New. Never OCCUPIED
House contains Beautiful Large Foyer Hall,
parior. Music Room, Fine Large Dining ROOF
SIX Bedrooms, Bath. Large Billiard Room. and
Laundry Decorated In Butap. oak Trim. Very
large, attractive grounds No assessments.
All Improvements IN Street
". u. t,OLDEN, :8i TLATBl SH Az.
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Just hniShcd, stone front buildings. .lNa3. lot
loo: stores have steel ceilings and are INST class
IN every respect as business centre the property
is unsurpassed being located ON Flaibush az.
tT's lolt. extending from Regent ri. 10 Nhcmare
road Also mats Of rooms md bath. Excellent
property FOR investment Good opening for any
business, Apply OF Owner on premises.
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Building Loan lontra0.
Plans IIled for New buildings.

George i'uchS 80 -'.......-., 81? 500
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court Of Appeals Calendar.
Mrs. ScelNe NAV Not HIVE Son

ALBANY, Oct. i6.-Court 81 Nuprals calendar 70,
Friday, o't, L. nos, :is Isl ?59, ,53 aud 25G
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t>houid be rad DNiIN %, ~ interested a.,
changes may Occult ~ hnN 'lc
Foreign mails for the prek cnltnr ti~t l. Tan
VIII close pRONPrIN in al ,.as.> ~ IN, Gene, Of
Post Once as follows PAR 'ELN rO~r NAt
close one h0rr "JTiisr luhn cln~lrg ilms shown o.
low. IsrcolS post mail for tirr.u1l, rlnss At
y. NJ Monday aud Mcdues .,
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$4,000 DAMAGES FROM A WOMAN
Because Her Horse nan Down Another
Woman on q Btcy cle.

In the Supreme Court in Brooklyn yes
terday jury awarded Miss Hattie Osborn
OF 255 Fifty-ninth street 5000 damages
against Elizabeth Carter Of 1914 Forty
sixth street for personal injuries sustained
on Oct. 81. 1900. Miss Osborn and her sister
avenue and were run down by Mrs. Carter.
who was driving a horse. Miss Osborn
was severely injured and was compelled To
remain in hospital for six months. There
was no defence
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COINS. 81 80 PAID FOR GOLD DOLLARS;
s325 for IS pieces. Book. prices I pay for rara
coins. To-. Low, 81 eth av. ed 81
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m % a.n;y 4, s n az y DTsi NJ: ss;S;, .
ASIA !. ns is9 H 81 . az; Albert Brod 10 Mar ~
u Dun. ri al. escrs due Oct :. 1906. per 49, ..
war sIpy.
West Of rum az. bsfpsSn Foureewh and non asJ
18Th 81. scs ": Emilie Byrnes to iienIieua
1904. q per cent - - $1,000
'oG :; 10 "a srG :,. II ss vi s JI .s
ivoi. per cent -. 500
ASH =: . Is. Jane. " Miller 10 Mutual a,,s
Insurance G., prior m'se. Nov !. i~n. 40 49,.
ss,h st. 80 Is. Marx ] s,r.us 10 Denis iior
gan. 6 Us. j., p-r '''.',.''',''0'. 5000
ssik u. u ;. 2Soe 10th sv: Louis 5 Miller to
pth II. s. ~ ." ios s,'s az: Alice bt,swford
to Jacob 7 HidebrAnt. demand. o per
o2d 81. IS, ia5 " Amsterdam az: George Is
i'hdford to Lawyers TITLE Insurance. Go. ,ooo,
HARLEM.
6uarhd,ian Island. norh OF Ii0h ~
Sd AZ. $50; Robert NJ Johnston TO Charles
s,h Az. : cor i5Oh st. John W iasren 10
Theodore Grcen,rec. Syrs. per cent. 1000
isoth st. ;. 1w Nh av same TO same.
i.sth 81. n 5. ~ nh sv. same to same. ?
s,6 Az. n " cor iasth AZ; Henry = Haarn
10 Theodore Grccniree Yrs. q per cent $500
and hno 10 Metropolitan Sa' ings BANK,
,,isi st. S. H,w Is, AZ. Clarence ciysler
3yrS...... ............. sjoo
BROSN
thorough Of The BrorIN
ToreN AZ. 80 >. NJ line brive'n lots ~ and
H. being part lot ~ map g. Morris. known
9, Shingc Plains plot, nov A. Woodsloct
Ellen J SeNins 10 Charles \ Runk. esct.
due Nov /. 100; - '''"' 5000
white Plains I'd. n = lot - map wash
TIcischmsnn. 3 yTs -. ''D,'. 1000
John u Gunner trustee. yrS'' s.soo
1s2d 81. 4 y 81 Hughes Frank \radrn.
bufgh 20 Lille Sanger. prior mtgc - Ho
2STS. per cent. ..., ......... ........ tGo
23lth ST. :. ?so kcpplcr Az, Jennie
irving and ano to Raymond u Rennrt'.
due Dec Is. l9N, o.. ..'. ....'' ans
Lot 35l map n T. Rose Nap"s rsthtc. Potter
Y Gucrreiu - sadie II Ciorkc. in>ialls
w. .......... ... ... 100
LOIS i2s To IL, second map Ncl estate.
james ID Gagan to Louis Ilclschmsnn.
Z lt,..... isop
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something 10 chew On.
\ raper that's wcll written is we'll road
well read paper II the one in which 70 adj
vertise, THL Sun 10 well written and we'll
read. ADJ.
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SELECT NpARTMENTS.
ABOVE I4TH ST.. EAST SIDE.

cohNhR FLATS u Livingston pl. Stuyvesaut
bkphones attractive entrance. $500 to ST. 100
fOISOM nROIHERS. s9s BroadMaY.
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FRANK l.. FISHER 90.

COLUMBUS AVE. COR siSr ST,
Telephone 100 and 1907 Riverside
SUBMIT THESE WEST SIDE
HIGH CLASS APARTMENTS
10 LEASE FROM OCT. ISL.
The thatilli0n, CORNER RIVER
1 SlDE DRIVE AND o+rH SIT. \. o.
10 rooms ana baths with all modern
sn cont, nicncc,, exceptionally large
- foons; electric elevator long DIS
sJOW lance telephone IA each apartment,
4 servants baths. laundry and steam
drlng rooms. mail chute a.. Psn.
oIaini, View Of N" Hudson RIVER.
The Hudsonia 7grH 81 AND
| RIVERSIDE DRIVE Suites Of aud
t6So rooms aud bath. Reception Room
~ and once. suitable for physician all
st'sU 4 modern COM cnlcnceS, including Gle
vator. electric ught. telephone In zach
! apartment, &c.
252 West aIst St.. BETWEEN
5000 nRoADWAl AND WEST END AN..-
TO Underground station al aSt 81;
~ .OO0 large hight rooms and bath cleo
trc elevator ana uniformed hail
service.
eth Az. Drive NOS. 1857 AND 1854.
18TH AND 10TH S1S.--A unique
aaao l Apartment Building for small de
IN sirabie families. Suites OF =, 2, 4 and
sAOt, rooms and bath; all Vi 10 date con
reniences: elevator seru g day and
night steam drying room and laundry
In basement.
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Regular and Surpl~ 'n"n'sr' nyrs 'i~.- ~ ~
elkn Station half hour later ti1r 81 ,-tN'tl,s SHOW
be'bW icNccr' thl' NIIp''r 40 - '. fpf FIrN.l
aud Central America, Via rrlpu. Cl".a m. nr.r
later AT loroi.n station
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TRNN>ATI.,Nra W'il.s

SATURDAY 4, q 4 81 ior 'rAI' rIc-' r,r
steamship tlci nuAn mr.' b. ihr ted So
steamship Nl"r'f: Al 70 $ " to' rTHGr
LANDS direct. PEI Stesu1Shir r"'Sda.v tr.b
must he directed Scr str1riSlir i'oStdar.
at \. NJ. for BElGfl VI digs,t. r~I VrarsN.u
kroonland mail must ~ directed 'Irf s''sr.
ship kroonaud Do, .: ~ . ~ " H. sort M
direct. per stsAmShin 'olUnhil "oSu nus f.
directed "p'r s'rarshin CoHHb'.. " 81 n
4. ", Supp'cG"n'Ap - NJ 'Hf ~ r"Nf .
per steamship lWbri. 10 p',rH.,ppU. d
u \ N. iUt Dft MARS direct 49, ,tear,'rt
Nors" tniat mus, b" directed 'cr etcamsn.,
Norge
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FURNISHED ROOMS TO LET.
wesi Side.

srH Sr. ~ wFS1-ln private family. large
sunny front hal room. Handsomely furnished:
ample closets, al convenience, quiet house; rciei
encc> fourth door.
3SrH ST. n WEST Large front room and
private bath: gentlemen only.
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HOLLYWOOD" 1881 Madison av cor oath ST.
elegant rooms and bath; ground door.
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TO NISIFD.
ABOVE lSTIl 81. WEST SIDE.
REISENwEBER'S

REtSENwEBER's
CIRCLE HOTEL, 5sth ST. and Nh iv
HAN DSOMELi FURNISHED APARTMENTS,
l. ?. rooms and be IN, moderate rents: reached by
all cars. REISENWEBER a FISCHER. Propis
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18TH ST. 10 EAST Elegautiy furnished roo
ana h"t'd tn. 'W"' r'psHrni 10 Ill ~oo"eri"rrn.
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OVER I7% ON INVESTMENT.

Two slDglr three story brick hats Win stores.
erected iWo ycar on I i'th avenue, icir 55th ,.;
VIII be- ,acrncou. newly tecuINt"d: az rented:
no rsd". must h. .ot a'thin awccli oven aNCrlnrs.
iONN 7 NllLlNNN. oh Nv. and ;Mh VI.
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PRINTED MATTER. ErI-rts steamer TAKE
Printed Matter commercial FHu"rS. ar1
Samples for Germany oulN TIE ,trn" ria,.
of nsil matter for oiher parts ~ riropr oUt
not be sent by this shin unless Spro.a'r dlr"'''
by hcr.
amer the CLOSING OF III" Suppe n"uiHtA IRAN.
atlantic Malls named Apny' additional SUP
Elementary Malls arc op"Ged o. 10" p'ers -
tht American. English. Trench and i,errau
steamers. and remain oDcn Uu't Within re-
Mlnu,cs OF Inc hour Of ,aIing % ,ir Ni1,r
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STORES. lofts, buildings. ornres. exceptionally
nne list, this and other desirable localities
FOLSOM BROTHERS, s3S Broadway.
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TO LET FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES.

FINE lsryc front room ground noor. Rerkrlcy
Lycenm bu'ld,ng, % West i'th -. Apply on
premises,
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BO<RDERS WANTED.


ATTRACTIVE SUITES. single rooms wiz
without board references. Leland Board Dire
tory. +, West AID 81.
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joins 4. Miss, buildcr,
Nrw DEpARTVRE N IWO.rAMIIN


S295O. BRICK; y ROOMS; EASY TERMS.
icrklmer ST., near Rochester av,--Newly painted
and decorated: stories and basement; easy terms
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NEW .ERsEY-su.t: OK wE>r.
Nlsl 'EI.LANE.tDlS

ARMS. We have lar." lists. dairy. tobacco Al
,Hsce 'aTfrs. hs ga rs Va timber farms.
HtNl.Ei q = TI.EB. Spr,nstsli Mas.
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RCHAsE AND ENCHANGE.

INVENTIONS.
pettcc'cd machine ana experimental work
TROPP MIG co, :i7 Grand 81
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Sd az, WiU 5. 21NI25; Lena Fcucr 20 Rob
ert johnson. mtge ti625O. ........... cN
Forest av, " s, lot 10 map Gouverneur
Morris: James McSherry 70 Ellen J NcvinS SO
Morris Park av. sc cor Fillmore st, 50.iS
l03iS5o iNi0+.3. with awards: Agnes
Barcalow TO Charles Gcrlch. mtge ~, $50
Sea View az, 3, IS 5 Central aV. 25xiOO
Walter II Jones to William II Behler -.
WeStcheSter av, Falc ST. BANCROFT st and
Hoe st. block; Bancroft st. proposed
Sw cor Hoe 81. runs t5OX i5OS l2sS
" iso to southern Boulevard 4 n ias.a
toScs Westminster av n g go . To Ban
croft st Se 78l; rel mtge cyrus law.
renee and ano, trustees, to Real Estate
Corporation, New York city. ...,..... ...- ,Oc
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would alter the resistance of the air
through which the pendulum beats. The
ticks of these three clocks may all be
listened to at once through a telephone
receiver. Practice has given the astrono-
mers such extreme precision in the use of
this instrument that they can detect errors
in pendulum beats down to thousandths of
seconds.
While this new clock vault was con-
structed primarily for the use of the gov
ernment's astronomers in their delicate OBJ
servations, it is very pI obable that it will
eventually transmit the national time.
No small part of the work done at the
governments time factory is the manu-
facture of correct time for our naval yes
sells. The navy owns 525 carefully regulated
clocks. known as chronometers New in
struments of this class are being bought
from time to time and those in the service
are sent back to the makers every four
years to be cleaned. AS soon as a chro-
nometer which has just been bought or
newly cleaned leaves the manufacturer it
goes first to the time room at the naval OBJ
~servatOry. Here it u~ndergoes the most
thorough test which any one could very
we'll imagine. Adjacent to the time room
is what is known as the temperature
room" and here the degree of heat can be
regulated to remain constant for a week at
a time. Each chronometer, before being is
sued to a naval vessel, must undergo a nine
weeks test in this room. During this time
it is kept for a week at 30 degrees F.; an
other at IS; then at 20, so. 40; then again at
90, 20, So, and during the last week at 30.
During all of this time each c~hronometer
is compared daily with the big standard
clock. In this way is learned how much
each instrument will gain or lose each day
under various temperature changes. This
rate of error on account of temperature is
given to navigators of our naval vessels
that they may profit thereby.
The price which Uncle San pays for
chronometers depends upon how well they
stand this test, and varies from $500 to 1919.
1t therefore behooves the makers to exer-
else infinite care.
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS, JR.
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devoted to pasturage. under proper condi-
tons, could be devoted TO the culture Of
sugar cane.
The 2,S36 sugar plantations now existing
on the island cover an average area OF
about thirty-ive acres each. Reliable Stats
tics show that the yield Of sugar per acre
is greater than in any other cane-growing
country in the world. except Hawaii and
Java, and it a%pproximates those. How
ever. the cost of production is $40 per ton
cheaper than in Java, s1 cheaper than in
Hawaii, s12 cheaper than in Cuba, ST
cheaper than in Egypt, SO cheaper than in
the British West Indies. and $47 cheaper
than in Louisiana and Texas. With these
advantages of cheaper production at less
cost the sugar planters of Porto Rico ought
TO be able to compete with the rest of the
world in any open market.
1t is a matter of encouragement that the
recent opening of the markets of the United
States to the people of Porto Rico has slim
ulated this industry in particular, and al
ready several "centrals" are in process of
erection, involving an expenditure of sew
eral millions of American capital, already
assured to the island.
Although the IL, 7O4 acres covered by the
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INDIANAPOLIS. SUNDAY MORNING. MAY IS. 1902.

finished product this h~air-splitting instru-
ment recorded that it was a few hun
dredths OF a second slow.
Uncle Sam is now putting TO rights in
a vault beneath an annex Of his observa-
tory building what his astronomers believe
will be the most accurate clock system in
the world. This vault is built of brick and
concrete walls three feet thick, with air
space between, and is rooted over with a
layer Of asbestos about ten inches deep.
Inside, upon three deeply laid stone piers,
stand as many air-tight cases, each con-
tanning a clock. The temperature in this
vault is kept constantly at seventy-seven
degrees Fahrenheit. When it varies the
slightest fraction of a degree above or be-
low this figure a thermometer automatic
ally regulates flues which admit sufficient
cool or warm air TO compensate for the dis
crepancy. Moreover, the air inside each
clock case is kept at a constant barometric
pressure of twenty-eight inches. All of
these pains are r~esorted TO for the reason
that in even a perfectly constructed clock
errors would be caused by expansion and
contraction of the pendulum by inconstant
temperature, and that change of pressure
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and dot the slopes in every district. One
is never out of sight of. Ieafy groves and
wooded mountains.
The three principal crops are coffee, SUI
gar and tobacco; cattle also and other live
stock are raised successfully, and in con-
siderable numbers The coffee plantations
cover with their green foliage. their pas
mine-like flowers and cherry-like berries.
Z per cent. of the whole island and SO per
cent. of its cultivated lands. 1t is perfectly
obvious, however, that four times as much
land as at present could be used in growing
coffee were the market to be found for its
expectation. The hurricane of August, 1899.
destroyed many of the coffee trees. and. of
course. diminished the crop. and as it re-
CURED time after the injuries sustained
for the trees TO renew their bearing. only
during the present year can this industry
be restored TO its former condition. How
ever, during twenty months of American
military occupation there was exported ST.
10000 worth of coffee, and during the first
ten months Of civil administration the ex-
ports have reached 1897. 442 worth.
GOOD SUGAR COUNTRY.
Although the sugar planting is confined
TO the seacoast plains or playas and TO the
alluvial bottoms along the margins OF the
larger streams. yet there is no doubt that a
large acreage OF such lands, which are now
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its veracity is striven for as truth and pre-
cision were never sought before.
Al 1870 a. M. daily this transmitting
clock is corrected within two-thousandths
of a second. From then until noon, by aid
of the chronograph. its beats are watched,
and if they do not prove up to the standard
they are accelerated or retarded by gentle
jolts of it's pendulum.
The transmitting clock has connections
with six systems of wires, amounting in
length to nearly $4,000 miles. Two are with
the Western Union Telegraph Company,
one with the Postal Telegraph Company,
another with the government departments,
another with time balls in various cities
and the sixth with the offices of the OBJ
servatory building. Through these wires it
automatically, at Eastern time noon, each
day, sends the throb which connects all Of
the millions of clocks and watches east of
the Rockies.
Daily, at three and a quarter minutes be-
fore u. the telegraph companies shut off
all business and Commander Hayden takes
his stand before a switchboard adjacent to
the transmitting clock. He moves a lever
which connects the big clocks circuit with
the companies wires, and from then until
noon not even a dispatch announcing the
death of the President of the United States
could command the right of way. Time
balls in the Eastern cities were all pre-
viously raised by a signal sent out at five
minutes before noon. The time room is Just
now the busiest place connected with Uncle
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foreign countries, and an increase. by a
very large percentage, of goods from the
United States. This is as it should be,
but there is chance for a still greater in
crease. For while goods from all foreign
countries still pay the full rate Of the
Dingley tariff, all goods from the United
States come in free. Germany heads the
list in aggressive activity, and it behooves
the American salesman TO waae up and
take possession of a valuable market. al
ready his by so great commercial advan-
tages. 1t is natural that the terms Of
commercial association and business rela-
tons in the way of credit from long ac-
quaintance and business dealings with the
continent, must not be expected TO be
broken off too quickly. Many insular bust
ness houses have a resident partner in
Spain or in France, who buys for the island
house, securing favorable credits and Incl
dentally a commission to himself upon all
purchases. But the advantage offered di-
rectly in dollars and cents in the United
States must in the end prevail.
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Sans great government system. At one
minute before noon a bell upon a switch
board commences to beat each second re-
corded by the transmitting clock. 1t does
thus until within ten seconds of the eagerly
awaited 'nooatide. Then there is a silent
pause. during which a grain Of sand could
be heard 10 drop upon the time rooms
floor. The seconds are minutes TO the i'm
patient onlookers. Finally a spark flashes
from the switchboard. and two bells in uni
son utter a sharp. abrupt alarm. The throb
has been felt by the thousands Of operators
scattered over the telegraph lines. The
Eastern time balls have been dropped. and
thousands of clocks in offices. railway sta
tons and private houses nave been cleo
trically corrected. The electric impulse,
travelling at the rate of $780, 900 miles a sec
ord, is practically instantaneous In south
western Texas the furthest point on the
line receives the signal possibly one-tenth
Of a second late. as a result of the many
relays en- route.
NEVER PRECISELY RIGHT.
But even with of all this care the noon
signal never goes out on the exact nun
dredth Of a second. The chronograph. with
its fountain pen. keeps tab on the signal
with unsrring precision. The day I watched
the noon hour fall out OF the hopper as the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-18

Of misadventure IN fact. every clock In
the government time factory has it's deputy.
These standard clocks are mounted upon
heavy stone piers. free from the floor and
Embedded deep in the ground. They are
mounted thus TO prevent communication Of
vibration from the observatory. Lest the
merest change of temperature in the sur
rounding rooms might disturb these clocks
pendulums by the imperceptible expansion
or contraction of these piers. the latter are
covered with cotton batting-a nonconduc-
tor Of heat.
The standard clock in use is always theo-
retically correct. Its error, by the siderial
clock, is always known. To detect this
error it and the siderial clock are both
connected in circuit with the chronograph
which is the scientific name for the queer
instrument, which marks seconds with a
fountain pen.
THE TRANSMITTING CLOCK
Opposite the standard clock stands, with
a deputy beside il, what is known as the
transmitting clock. Commander Hayden
cares not a jot whether this is telling the
truth twenty-three and a half hours out of
the day. During the remaining half hour