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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1893-02-19
ESPANTOSO.

A:aba de acontecer en- Texas
E'rAdoa-U aidos) que un iudivi
40 de co;or uIsrsjo 4 uae nina de
3 afios y 10 aseain6, descuss tiz i n.
duia.
Horroroao es este, verdadera
m snte. Pero oigsn nue,tros ice
sores 10 que hs hecho 81 pueblo
sobsrano, inyocsndo Ia Ley de
Lynch, con el criminal en- cues
ton, despue' de arrancArio al le-
sitimo podsr de Is Aatoridsd
6'gaulo. La re6ere el coisga neo
york no Las NOvedades:
"....Una muti'ud one no bsia-
ria de 2 900 personas. ech ndole al
negro una sega por ell cuello, Sc 10
ileV6 en- una cArreta al prado tati
dico donde habia oometido sus cri-
meue'. En- el trsyecto fu6 apeirea
do y abrumado a denuestos,
Mas do ounce mil personals ro-
deaban no tablado qge an ell lugar
dc la 81 cuoi6n SO habia erigldo },
coIocandosele en- su centric, donde
Sc le sUjeto S una estaoa, despu6s
de haberie desnudado Ell tronco.
Los fragmentos de su ropa fuerou
le"ogidos comoreliquias por la avi-
da muchedumbre.
El padre de la nina asesinada.
un hjo suyo y dos primos, eiecuto
res desigusdos para splicae el tor
mento, comenSaron por quemar
con hierros candentes los pies
del negro, las pier8aa, Ia region es
tomacal y ell rostro. Los chirridcs
secOs que producia Ia carne al uue-
msrse y los gr'tos penetrantes de
Ia victima caussban las deIicias de
los espectadores.
L0s hierfos fueroa despuSs splica.
dos los ojos, qus1sndo an su la
gar dos cuencas huacas y horrib, es.
& introducidos despues en- la gar
ganta de Ia victims, Qle seSuia
retorcl6udnse, dando pruebas de-
una vitaiidad asombrosa.
E'te horrible tormento dur6 ma.
de media hora.
Satisfe hs va la venganza de los
deudos lie la nina, hizose una pira
de lena alrededor del negro. roci6-
~ele con petr6ieo y sc le aplic6 tuego
Las llAmas quemaron lss cuerdas
qne suj-taban a. etiope, ouyos res
Ios carbonlgados J ya examines
nayeroa fuera del tablado, para &c,
AFR jados de nu-vo & a hosuers
Ion 10 fdrron c0nsumidJs Dor com
pleto.
Con cato termin6 un acto horri
bic Que sera eterno pAdrou de
.xnominia para loa habltantes de
squelia parte de T.xa.. Alguien
Ira 81 rox PopAH Z Del, sra popu |
Z ira Da. NADIA obi j-tare uos, de
ando que csda lector s, que Ia.
nsiunes qne qliera de ESTE. |
iesmanes salvajes del pueblo so |
'eFaao
Por 81 algo faitara para deshon
q de Ia comarca, agreguemos q1e
u alcalde. para celebrar el sucesa. |
'nunc'ado de Antemsno como uns
nncion tea'ral, y que aoudlern
presenciario geates de todoA
% puebios & In redonds, d d6t
laa ptoclama Ger ando La scue
a. p1h icas. Como II die smur,
r",sTo -, un dia de asuetp J de tivs-
alllls,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1893-02-19
Y A u 90.
.RObeTrte Duran,

ri enthusiastic Oomit6 Local de
nuestro Pastidn en- Yauoo, por con-
duoto de su muy digno Presidente
y distiuguidO amigo nuestro, SE
Oastafer, ha convoeado & los corre-
IigionsriOs de Ia s colon CON el fin
de qus SO reunan maTaua domingo,
10, y STaten 8suntos de suma tras
sondencia para Ia Ooleetividad.
N dudamo que las resoluoiones
de nuestros amigos Sc Ya1co So
ran en- IN rodo dignas do ga acre
dltado CiYismo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1893-02-19
L0 DEL ESCANDAL0 IRRELI IGIOSO
De UTU A DO.

Para edifcdci6n de nuestros
Iectores inserssmot q continuation
la siguiente carta que el digniai-
mo Parroco de aquel pueblo noe
'irige. CON detalles digoos de 10
4xecrasioa pdbiics, puea caso
gual jamas hemos leido, y quiers
Dos apiadarse de los b|safsmos.
Y de advestir es que para nos,
osros el msjor. quizas el doico
tsstigo en- matsria relixioss, es oil
digno Patroco del pueblos
Sr Director del Bo1HrIN MHR
eANTIL.
Muy senior milo y distinguido
amigo: he leido, aunQue algo tarde,
en- ell peri6dico "Sancho Panxa,'
n6mero 81 de 8 de Feb ero en- cur
80, que SO edita en- este pueblo, una
carta que dirige & ese pari6dlco,
mejor dicho, a 80 Director, ell vec'no
don Angel Figueroa, 4 10 qua dsbo
contestar como en- efeGGo contesto
toda vez que Sc halla plagada de
algunss falsedades que envuelVen
en- cierto modo injuria. y cslumnia
contra mi persona.
Espero, pues, de su bondad &c
digne darle cabida 8 esta mi repll-
ca para desmenuzar los heohos
fin de volver por los faeros de Is
verdad, va que con re6na,ia ma.
kcia y astucis sc trata de oaeu
recer cu&nto ha ocurriGo con mo.
two del Sagrado VIatico llevado 4
la Qua fac Matilde Albarran al Asi.
10 de pobres que bsjo la advocaoi6r
da Ssn Rafael existe en- este pue
bio.
Por clio le saticipa las graoias,
qaedandole agradecido, su affmo
amigo ? Oapellan
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1893-02-19
ClRRET1Rl Y RIEGO.

En- uuestro apreeiab's colaga
EI Semqnario COmsrcidl de Ga
ma miner Z, de ii del . tla
hemos edo dos sueltos ref r. ME,
q la carretsra de Arroyo q CAYey
? al canal de riego en- squeIla CO
msrca. q prop6 Ito dc Ia raspe
suosa = exore'ivs csrts que nuss
tro qaerido amigo el mo Sr D
s bastitn Nun z y Rivera, ex
D,putado Pcosiucial y uoo de ios
mS5ores contribuyentes de AFRO
20, dlrigi6 a nue.tro digpi limo
,4ohsrnador, el Excmo Sr GEM.
ral DAban, sobre ell particular,
sonteniendo e segundo suelto la
iguiente importabt9 noticis:
''E'crito el sue to que precede,
reeersnte 3 Ia carretera, al 81
xuIente dia nos msolfe to nue. tro
~n'igo, ell g, nor Mufios, que reel
bro Asensa carta oe nuestro iiu @
rado y digao Gobsrnsdor, e
Ex no. etfior Genera! D4b&n,
f. ha 6 de, corrieDte, en- coutesta
!: On 4 Ia susS de 81 d. Euero,
'exua la cuai, en- bra yes diAs, &c
orosegu'ra en- los ttsbsJ 8 de "a
'srrstera bacia CAses, euyu
f7cto e! dia 4 dirig,o S. E. N
:ab 5gramA al Excm0. stfior M ~
n'stro De U.tramar, sobre Ell par.
t,uu'ar.
Y en- Quart al OTTO extreme,
restIvo al cana! de riego, m 4ni-
desta. s. (. que va hAbiA disples
% que por ell proximo correo de
Is. sc interesase de aquel Minute
rio 10 pub icsclou de la subusta
de las obrAs de References.
Los puebos de e.ts litorAl ,
sus com rcsnos del int .rior es'&n
Oues, de euh rabuens, por cu.nto
vempW con pscer QUE nuestro.
slVAjores remedios se ponan en-
pra :ics. Ben por ell Genera
DAbsui
mo nos equivocAmos al eifrsr
iuestrAs esperauxss co los buenos
lropositos y en- las especiaies d :.
,s de msndo que tan ilustrs G.
Osrnante d;s,inKuen.
"A josEAr por Ia Actitu1 sctiva
Y resue tamente favorable CON Que
est- Asunto procede eli Iefiot
Genera DsoGa. presagiAmos, COO
lundamento, que en- Ia 4 oca d,
"a mAndo y para z or,a suTA h.
IA de llevar feIE te,mino is
IhrA de Ia caFre,sra citad,;
,dsmas. fActb es que ce1 urin |
ipio, en- el mlsmo periodo, 10.
rAbsjos del canal de ritgo. S
al sucedr, es evidents que es,s
'omarea J 10 is.a soda, por 10 que
tAsciepds d su prograso, debsrAn
,ratitud e.ernA d tan insigns G.,
leraI. honra del fl6r,i, espaf }.
"Eu tanto, sspA 8. &. que estos
'uebo os lie tribu,An sus mas entu-
'astas apauso', y con 4 4 Ia dig.
Ia JefsturA de Olrss pdolisa-,
uya th.aE cooperation se tras
dcs, ca Henal de respstuoso
Iomeuajs, por au loAble empefio
o fAVtreeer Ia sisuacon de tstA
{ mares, ca 40 ansustiss, eAu-
q de go sslAdo ruinoso, sneon.
rARon eco, eomo era do sapeEar,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1893-02-19
@. B. s. M.
Juan J. LlGWger.

| La VerQRQ, Cual faro lumlDOSO
tasDlandeee ante las tinieblas de
Ia negra injusticia, el error y mala
lf9.
30 primer lugar, psr6ceme que
tieoe muy poca memoris ei seTinr
F,guerna en- cuanto a fachas. No
tue la noche del 80 de Euero, = 81
la del % del mismo, Dominica d.
Seotusg6sima, cuaudo, avisado por
lalgono de los emp!ea1os. supo qu4
el que susoriba 50 haIlaba eE el
Asiio de pobres bsjo Ia sdvocaoi6n
de San Rafael, en- v'rtud d. uro d.
sus debares como OurA de aims as
Muy blen ext lana al sen lr FL
guefoa la pyesencis del Sane esdo G
OAt6 leo en- ell Asilo pradicho, y
Qne dueante oustr0 meses one lleva
da iDstalsci6n no hnbiesen visto
ca dith local q qulen per su mi ion
evang6 ica tene el deber y el dere-
pho, como vec!no y contribuyente al
Asilo, ; Sacerdote y Oura de almas,
de vigi'sr y visitar un AsiIo de Ca
rijad bsjo ell Patriocialo del Ar
CANCEL San Rafael. v, sen r-Fi.
guerra, q1e por sus sentinientos
Ireligiosos tan decantados la noche
lei 2 del ~ofriente ante eli senor
Alealde y el Padre Onra, y como
Presidenie de dioho Aeilo, SO ocu-
psba muy POGO de los auxilios es
p;ri; uales de sus enfsrmos, Ia di-
cho en- 50 muy bien estudiada
carta one ha dado o 'denes & sus
subalternos respeCto de que. GUAM
do liegue ell caso, que no Ilegara ia
mas, ME tras siga cate orden de
cosss, de que alg6n enfermo desea.
rs oil Sacerdote, 10 mand4ra a hns-
car, Y de DO haber emp,eado 6 cria
do alguno, iria V. mismo en- perso
IA.
VAN >. sen r Fl rueroa, con la
mano sobre 81 cor 4z6n, leel, SIN
cero y honrado, como soy 20, diga.
M: Ipor qps en estos cuatro meses
han fslleOido Rsfael Mart meg Ell
diez de Octnbre, Maria Dlonisia
Rol IAN el cuatro de Di0embre,
Gavino Vidal ell ~ de Diciemhre
del afio pr6ximo pasado, .Ter6nimo
Rasario el Is de Enero = Vicente
Mirsile ei 30 de Euero tambi6n
ppdo. sin los SAcramentos de Ia
Santa Iglesia, cnando entfe ellos
habia cuatro Ost6licos, Apnst6li-
q 8. Romanosi IPor que Sr Figue
ros, al Sc despreeisu las 6rdenes
que dice V. ha dado & sns subalter.
uos 7 Espere V. el dfa del jul -io |
para que soliciten para el titimo |
rnfsImn, quizss V, al P sdra Oura |
''Jn ell o'jeto de adm nistrar los
santos SAMamantos
ICr e V. q ie ell verdadero Sscer-
tote, y, como 30 va encaneeido en-
81 servioio psrroquial. pueda y debs
'ermanecer en- sllencio snte tara
ia iDjust'ciA tira IL por rax6l d.l
de sus empl, ados, COMO
lidos cual soa como coriteos DIS Ia
,r, encia esplrits'sf
Sea menos apasionado, = 20 ira
q v. de vindicarse por mas que en-
ia d,fensa sslta, 4 In simple refle
tIon ore go haxa, no gu incnria
loo algo mas que delo en- snspea
% para IN 80 luego. Las simps tias
Ia V. pos la idea esprit sta las
sspeto. 20 cue safe V. que Jan
he mrEclo ga ell ssntuario de Ia |
oneiene'a de LIS que no me bus-I
an como Hac.rdotei 20 o no cua. II
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1893-02-19
ELECCIONEs.

Ell dia en- que el cuerpo electo-
raj ha de vosar los reprsse utsntes
y cps Car;es, ,se>scerca. Apercibidos
de .odo nGsstros correligionarioa, /,
&&sbsn. .eRservar lac instruccionss
I cue .e sss han dsdo y las que les
shs, dsdo y diere el Connie Cen
tral, cunpliendo puutua 'mente
eus mandates. De esperar ca que
una vez mas demostrara ell Pa'"
t;do Unconditional bu entusiasn
mo, su pstriotismo y su discipli-
na.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1893-02-19

La Oamara ds Oomercio, en- aus
titu loo, aprobsds en- al Mtuist-rio
II U'tramar, &c Ia Juntd Gestora
de Cuba para Ia Erpo>,ci6a de Cha.
cage, ha tornado 4 su cargo 10 em
pr sa de qu- Cuos tenga tamh.ea,
como los demas paises del mundo.
Intervention honrosa en- Ia cltaua
Exposioion.
La Oamara de OomerclO entien-
de que procedisudJ del mo 10 como
proctde. suuque encontrark ASH
p 90 serios contrat en- POS, .umpli
RI alu EN- )argo IA deb. r. Oita "es
de luego 4 todns 'os indus,Ii les
pro iuctorts qus qultran conaurrir
al Ger am universal c0lumhIuu
para que prcser tea aus ttabsi % Ga
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1893-02-19

sodos los patriotas. Ho!gATis
aqul TODD el encomio que pOdrfa
m0s hseer del benemefito Inatitu-
to, +, por iotauto, NOS limitamos
d saplieas el favorable despaeho
de la gracia que SO solicita, como
compensation y estlmulo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1893-02-19

Dicese one el Ayuntsmiento
acepta las proposi ZONES qne le hi
90 Ia Oompania de Luz el6 trioa, 81
bien con aiguuas condolences, en.
tfe elias, CreAmos, Ia d, en- IN plazo
de seis meses p}ner los alambres
bain TERRA. La Cuesti6a estA en-
estudio, y es probab que, dada la
imposihiidai de tota Int .ligencia
con la Empresa del Gas, dentro de
mus POGO Is Habana contar& con
ese nuevo elemento d. progreso.
l. g aroi*tas ita ianos gus Sieni
trajo a Tac6n hicieron va So agos-
to mas no muy d gusto de los aficio-
nados. Ahora estsn en- Matanzaa.
Leopoldo Bar6a empezarA otra
vez sus taress en- el Oolseo de Pay
ret.
Roberto Duran,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1893-02-19

Oon las solemuidades dsl caso
se ha efso5uado 81 acto d. CONNIE
m'rar su primer ceatenar,o la Bal
So ieAad Econ6mioa de Amigos
del Pals.
Hac6moslo constar povque nos
parecia algo extrafio que squi lie a.
"a a contar ua glo ningana socie-
dad, perO los heohos asegnTan la vi.
la por ese ti-mDo de Ia de Amigos
del Pals. GA 2as no s. repita el fs-
n0meno e1 maohas ooasiopes, pero
de todas maneras nos aleg am de
YER esa rGrG Gris, y n a egrsria-
mos rsmb@n de Q1e apareoiesen
mucbas mas en- nuesteO horizonte
individualista 6 p9rsOnaiisimo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1893-02-19

6l, y asi Sc convenceran todos de
que Cuba p1ei lie figurac entire los
puebl0s mas sdelsntados
81 pabsll6u que para coIocar los
objetos destinados a Chicago SO ha
de COnstrnir es tambi6n materia de
atenci6n por parta d. la Oamara; el
Sr Gobernador General, deatro de
la Ley de Presu puestos, estA facul
tado para faoilitar ell dinero que
sea necesario.
Mucho celetraremos que las ges
tlones de la OAmara de OomerciO
slcancen 6xito satisfsct0fio.
Tambi6n la Oomjsi6n de sefioras
ia propuesto 4 las dAmas do todas
los puntos de Ii Isla rem,ta1 las
labores que cream coovenientes en
la confisnzs de one obtendrau
merecidO 6 indisputsb!3 ga,ard6n.
Arizona republican., 1893-12-31
ONCE WAS ENOUGH.
He Was Charitably Inclined, But Not
 (Sraen.

He Was Charitably Inclined, But Not
 Green.
 A good story is told by certain western congressman who came to this city the first time officially at the open ing of the present session. One night during the recent rainy weather the representative was walking along the avenue in the vicinity of Sixth street at very late hour. It was raining hard, the cable cars had stopped for the night, and there were few people on the streets. The congressman was hurrying to his hotel, tightly grasping an umbrella. which was pulled down over his shoulders. As he neared Sixth street he noticed on the corner an elder ly little woman bundled up and holding a wornout parasol over her head. As he approached the woman she said:
 Mister, will you please tell me how to get to Georgetown? Pm stranger in the city and want to go to my sons house."
 ''Georgetownl' exclaimed the con- gressman; ''why, my good woman, you are two or three miles from there and the cars have stopped running. You had better take cab"
 ''Is it so far as that?" inquired the poor woman. "Then I'll have to walk, for have no money" and she sighed heavily as she drew her thin shawl more tightly over her shoulders.
 The lawmakers heart was touched. He probably thought of one of his own family in a similar predicament. Div ing into his trousers pocket, he said:
 'Let me assist you, madam. Here are two dollars. Now you walk over to the depot and hire cab to take you to your sons house."
 He pressed the money into the woman's wet hand and hurried on his way, while she murmured: God bless you, kind sir"
 Three nights afterwards, about the same hour, the same congressman was again walking along the avenue. It was clear, cool night, and being en- grossed in deep study he did not know anybody was near him until the figure of a woman stood in his path, and he heard her say:
 Please, sir, can you tell me the way to Georgeto-?"
 .Glancing at the features of the speak CT, the congressman at once recognized the woman he had befriended few nights before, and, as he cast a frown- ing glance at her, he said:
 Good Lord, woman, haven't you found your son yet? We'll, you just wait for some other idiot to come-aloncg I've been there ."-Washington Post, 97' @
Arizona republican., 1893-12-31
SAID BY GREAT MEN.

DEATH is an eternal sleep.-Fouche Placed by his order on the gates of the French cemeteries in 1794.
 l LOVE men, not because they are men, but because they are not women Queen Christina of Sweden.
 ATEA1PEsT in teapot. ontesquieu, in speaking of civil commotion in the petty republic of San Marine lo
 ALL these men have their price, Robert Walpole. Spoken of the oppo- sition in the house of commons.
 AFTER thunder follows rain.-Soc- rates, when Xantippe emptied basin of slops from window on his head.
 FROM the summit of the pyramids forty centuries look down upon you.- Napoleon, at the Battle of the Pyra- mids.
 THERE are three things I have al ways loved and never understood 2 painting, music and woman. - Fon- tenelle
Arizona republican., 1893-12-31

The filing of his will few days ago showed that his estate fell far short of the prescribed figure fixed by MT. Ward McAllister. as a qualification, for entrance to the best society of the country. Magoun was worth less than one million dollars and was, therefore, relatively poor man. Yet none was richer in influence and the enjoyment of perfect confidence. He was banker, whose ability and op- portunity to amass phenomenal wealth were almost unequaled in this country, but he had higher ambition than the gathering together of more money than he could enjoy or more than his family could use.
Arizona republican., 1893-12-31
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

POTTER PALMER, of Chicago, has given $20O,00O to build woman's me morial structure on the lake front.
 AMOS DENsMoRE, the inventor of the typewriter, died recently in New York, at the age of seventy years, from can cer in the face.
 CARTER HARRIsoN's devotion to his iancee, Miss Howard, was as gallant and tender as a youth one-third his age. The last present selected for her was $12, 900 diamond necklace.
 ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY, the pion- ger San Francisco millionaire and philanthropist who died recently, aged sixty-nine, had accumulated fortune of nearly S3,00O,O ,OOO Some of his gifts to religious and social institutions have been munifcent.
Arizona republican., 1893-12-31
THE CHICAGO WAY.

A great many hard things have been said about Chicago, but the manner in which her courts go after murderers is worthy of imitation. Six years ago Chicago put sudden and bloody check on anarchy, for which the city deserved the thanks of the entire country.
 The conviction of Prendergast last Friday will have tendency to diecour- age cranks who are too crazy to be at large, yet sane enough to know that their supposed insanity will ordinarily afford them immunity from punish ment.
 It was doubted if the anarchists con victed and executed for the Haymarket massacre were given strict justice; if the conviction was not forced. The proceedings in the Prendergast case lie open to the same doubt, and certainly there could have been found abundant legal reason for acquitting the prisoner.
 The Chicago courts, however, in emergencies recognized higher au- thority than ordinary precedent, a higher legal duty than to apply the law by fixed or ordinary rules. Whether or not Prendergast is sane, and there was good testimony to prove that he is not, it has been found necessary to execute him for the safety of society. A yer dict of acquittal would have been a death warrant to hundreds of promi- nent and public men throughout the country.
 August Spies is said to have been an intelligent and warm hearted anarch- istic theorist. That speech which pre- cipitated the Haymarket murder may not have been intended by him to be incendiary, and it may have been farthest from his thoughts that it would incite 8 follower to commit murder Yet his conviction and that of his asso. ciates taught men not to make speeches which may be misunderstood as com. mands to murder.
Arizona republican., 1893-12-31
A STUDY IN BOTANY.

THERE are 6,Oo0,COO leaves upon an elm tree 30 feet high
 THE parent of all the varieties of apples is sort of wild crab, and it's home is in the Himalayas.
 ONE variety of the India rubber tree (icus elastica) has leaves of the deepest green, each provided with a narrow border of very bright red.
 IF a parasitic fig seed is dropped by a bird upon fruit tree it will germin- ate and send a long root to the ground. It will then rapidly spread over the tree until it has strangled and killed it.
 SANDPAPER grows on trees in Dutch Guiana, for the leaves of the tree known botanically as the dillenia scabrelia are so rough on the surface that they can be used as sandpaper.
Arizona republican., 1893-12-31
The Superstitious Turk:

There is no land on earth where more superstitions prevail than that of the unspeakable Turk. Some of them are interesting. Ifby any chance a sparrow or swallow flies in the window and cir cles three times around the room it is sign that blood relation of some one present is about to die. There are many signs and happenings that are supposed to predict marriage. For in- stance, if horse sneezes when young girl passes in the street she is positive that her time is nearly come. If her hair becomes unfastened she knows that she will soon be sought for, and if she goes to eat peach and finds it's kernel split she is equally certain that she will soon be welded.
Arizona republican., 1893-12-31
BETWEEN OURSELVES.

The old practice of announcing fire by the discharge of firearms is un- worthy of Phoenix, not to say startling Tn the extreme, especially to women who may be in the neighborhood, and perhaps already half frightened by the flames themselves. The alarm of fire should be sounded by bell as in other civilized communities. We are getting great many good frame residences in all quarters of the city. The fire de- partment service should keep abreast of improvements. All of which nobody can deny.
 The engine did not reach the scene of the fire night before last until the rafters of the second house were falling and the crowd was beginning to depart. In the particular instance it did not make any difference, as it was clear from the beginning that both cottages were doomed. Had the circumstances been different the tardy arrival of the force might have meant the loss of hundreds of dollars.
 This week the teachers of the valley will have an opportunity of sampling the famed hospitality of the good peo- pie of Tucson. The annual meeting of the association will be held there. The program arranged is a most delicious combination, providing for the lovers of music and terpsichore as we'll as those of the didactic essay. Tucson's most brilliant entertainers will par ticipate in the exercises. Visitors are sure os delightful experience.
 Saturday morning, January 6, the teachers will be escorted to the old San Xavier mission church nine miles from town; built centuries ago by the Jesuits, razed by murderous Apaches and rebuilt hundred years ago by Franciecans. The later structure is splendidly preserved and we'll worthy 8 visit.
 People living on the east end of Washington street complain that the stopping points of the electric cara are too far apart. It seems to them, in view of the sparsely settled character of the district, needlessly strict to carry a lady passenger seventy-ive yards beyond her door. They want the rules made somewhat flexible, at least until increasing patronage justifes the rigidity.
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 The races last week were a splendid exhibit of an industry which is of great importance with us and which seems destined to play leading part in the prosperity of this section. The business of raising fine stock is as deserving of encouragement as any. Visitors from the north were amazed at the speed, strength, beauty and physical develop ment of the yearling colts. The results achieved in this line by Messrs. Billups, Roundtree, Loring, Perkins, Cant, Balz and others are marvellous. It is verify with the stock, turkeys and other fowl as with the alfalfa upon which they thrive. Immense growth and splendid condition are attained in brief space of time.