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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-08-14
NOTICIAs GENERATES

Ell sehor Presidente del Banco Terri
torial y Agrfcola de Puerto Rico, don Nj
cOlas Oyanguren, en- atento B. Z. M. nos
remite una circular participando su nom.
bramlent0 para la Presidencia de dicha
institution Bancaria el de don Jose Roip
Colomer para su Direction y Gerencia en-
prOpiedad. Rem1tenos tambi9n IN eiern
plar de la Memoria leida en- Ia iunta gene.
raj de acclonistas celebrada en- los dias 16
y II de Julio ultimO, otro de Ia Exposi-
clon eleVada al Excmo Sr Ministro de VI.
tramar por el Vice presidente de diCha so.
ciedad, don Julian e. Blanco. Agradece.
mos Ia ateEci6n.
Esto es saber vender. Velos de reli-
glosa y reales vaRa. Satenes finos &
tres reaIes y ounce centavos, cintas de
seda de colores cualquier precio. Muse
mas crema labradas, de dos reales quin.
&c centavos. Convene visitar La Fand
de Puerto Rico.
Cast todos los peri6dicos de esta Capi-
tai Ylenen ocupandose de las exigencias
de EE 1eEegronaG, que pretende prohibir se
m nagan gan cSomentarios 8 referencias los des-
pachos de su servicio particular, oponi6n-
dose algunOs de los citados colegas & las
subvenclones con que al referido diario
favOrecen las cOrporaciones populares.
Nosotros queremos ratiicar 10 que va he.
mos dlcho respecto del particular: no NOS
oponemos esas subvenciOnes; por el con.
trario, las aplaudimos, pues creemos que
Puerto Rico nec'sita nivelarse & los de.
mas pa1ses que viven al day son sub
venclonados por los gobiernos 8 munich.
plos para tener un scrvicio de rSpida IL
tormacion. Lo que censuramos tene-
mos por injusto, es que con fondos del pro-
comun se den preferencias I'm peri6dico
contra los demas q. contribuyen asostenos
Los cargos generates, constit1yendO DE- es.
te modo un odiosO priyiegio, que ii tiena
ri pYede tener fHndamsnto legal, 7
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-08-14

Gel Liberal, de Madrid, on su edici6n
de 20 de Julio pasado, publica el siguiente
editorial:
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-08-14
10 DEL ACUEDUCTO.

Deseosos de que nuestros lectores pue-
dan tener una idea del proyecto y medios
de realizar la importante obra de abaste-
cimiento de aqua esta ciudad, hemos ex-
tractado Ia propuesta que es hoy objeto
de debate para su aprobaci6n por Ia Junta
Municipal, y fu6 presentada, por ell estu-
dioso y enthusiastic por el fomento de esta
poblaci6n, CONCEAL Sfndico del Ayunta-
tamiento don Ricardo Alfonso.
Proyecto y presupuesto: ell tornado
por el seflor Alameda y aprobadO por Ell
Gobierno General, ......... 1877. .471.32
Aumentos que SO consi-
deran necesarios en- vista de
las modifcaciones que pue-
dan tener los precios de uni
dades de obra, cambios sObre
Europa, etc. etc, ,............ $192. .528. SO
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-08-14
S 6OO.OOO.OO

Plazos para su ejecuci6n tres a&1os y
SO gastar&n:
En- el primero S 10000.
I'm el segundo 100000.
En- el tercerO 100000.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-02
Faithful Friend.

It is good for a man to have friend
who can say the right thing. When
Tommers got so hard up that he had to
take a job at laying gas pipe he was as
tonished to find his friend Brown look
ing down at him in the trench one day.
This is not the first time have seen
you here" said Brown. ''And, by the
way, saw Miss Willis the other day
and she asked about you"
You didn't give me away. did your
tWen, you know, I cannot tell lie?"
''You contemplate"
Hold on! When she asked what had
become of you told her the last time
1 saw you you were at the corner turn
ing up the street. "-Cincinnat Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-02

uses Of plaster of Paris as preserver
of impresses. Here, too, Is curious
little work upon the influence OF a
trade upon the form of the hand, with
the lithotypes OF the hands of skaters,
sailors, cork-cutters, compositors, weav-
ers and diamond polishers. That is a
matter of great practical interest to the
scientific detectives especially In cases
of unclaimed bodies, or in discovering
the antecedeDts of criminals. But l
weary you with my hobby"
'sNot at ALL" I answered, earnestly.
SIT is Of the greatest interest to me, es-
pecia1ly since I have had the oppor-
tunity of observing your practical APP
plication of it. But you spoke just
now of observation and deduction.
Surely the one to some extent implies
the other
''Why. hardly" he answered, leaning
back luxuriously in his armchair, and
sending up thick blue wreaths from
his pipe. ''For example, observation
shows me that you have been to the
Wigmore street post Office this morn
ing, but deduction lets me know that
when there you despatched a tele-
gram"
.'Right'' said 1. Fright on both
points! But confess that don't see
how you arrived at it. 1t was a sudden
impulse upon my part, and have men
toned it to no one"
SIT is simplicity ITSELF he remarked,
chuckling at my surprise-''so absurd
| 1y simple that an explanation is super
| f1uous; and yet it may serve to define the
| limits of observation and of deduction.
| Observation tells me that you have a
| little reddish mould adher1ng to your
instep. just opposite the Seymour
street Office they have taken up the
pavement and thrown up some earth
which lies in such way that it is diff
cult to avoid treading in it in entering.
| The earth is of this peculiar reddish
tint which is found, as far as I know,
nowhere else in the1neighborhcod. So
much is observation. The rest is de-
| duction."
''How, then, did you deduce the tele-
gram?"
''Why, of course I knew that you
had not written letter, since 1 sat OPP
posite to you all morning. I see also
in your open desk there that you have
sheet of stamps and a thick bundle
| of postcards. What could you go into
| the post Office for, then, but to send a
wire? Eliminate all other factors, and
the one which remains must be the
| truth
''In this case it certainly is So" re
piled, after little thought. 1.-THE
thing, however, is, as you say, of the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-02
ITO BE CONTINUED
A Greater ScoupdreI.
reasoning.

A famous master of Trinity college,
Cambridge, had been friend in early
days of one Jenny Gordon, solicitor.
But Jenny went to the bad, was struck
off the rolls, and lived onwhat he could
get from old acquaintances. One day'he
met his master and asked for shilling.
Gordon" thundered the master, ''if
you could show me greater scoundrel
than yourself 1 would give you half a
crown" and he stalked stiffiy away to
his rooms. In half an hours time the
butler announced that MIR. PoInpous,
the esquire beadle, wished to see the
master. Now, the master had a spe-
cial detestation of the beadle, who, when
admitted and CURLY asked what he
wanted. replied: ''Mr. Gordon in
formed me that you desired to see me. "
Said the master: Gordon has made an
ass of your In ten minutes more the
butler came again, grinning, and said:
''Mr. Jenny Gordon has called and
says you owe him half a crown, SIR
Newcastle Chronicle
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-02
INDEMNITY ron wALLER.

Attorney Langston Determined Th&9
France Shall Pay for alleged Outrage.
WASHINGTON, April 29.-Ex-Congress-
man John NJ. Langston, the attorney Of
ex-Consul Waller, who is imprisoned at
st. Pierre by the French, is determined
to push the case with all the power he
possesses ''In the first place." said
he, I'VE propose to maintain the con-
cessions obtained by Mr.. Waller In
Madagascar. The whole purpose of
the prosecution and persecution OF
Waller by the French government
was to despoil him of the concessions
he procured. The French government
realizes the concessions are of immense
value. Then we intend to force the
French government to pay to Waller
an indemnity commensurate with the
persecution he has undergone. He
was given a mock trial, was threatened
and finally conveyed in irons to
France, where he now lies in prison
awaiting a civil trial.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-02

for the last generation. Jewelry usu-
ally descends to the eldest son, and he
is most likely to have the same name
as the father. Your father has, If I
remember right, been dead many years
It has, therefore, been in the hands OF
your eldest brother"
Right, so far" said I. Anything
else?"
HE was a man of untidy habits
very untidy and careless. He was left
with good prospects, but he threw
away his chances, lived for some time
in poverty. with occasional short inter
walls of prosperity, and finally, taking
to drink, he died. That is all can
gather"
sprang from my chair and Emped
impatiently about the room with con-
siderable bitterness in my heart.
''This is unworthy Of yon, Holiness I
said. 81 could not have believed that
you would have descended to this. You
have made inquiries into the history of
my unhappy brother, and you now pre-
tend to deduce this knowledge in some
fanciful way. You cannot expect me
to believe that you have read all this
from his old watchi 1t is unkind, and.
to speak plainly, has touch of charla-
taniSm in it."
MY dear DOCTOR" said he, kindly,
''praY accept my apologies. Viewing
the matter as an abstract problem,
had forgotten how personal and pain
full thing it might be to you. assure
you, however, that 1 never even knew
that you had a brother until you
handed me the watch
''Then how in the name of all that is
e,-1 -, 40
They are absolutely correct in every
particular"
''Ah, that is good luck. could only
say what was the balance of probable
| ity. did not at all expect to be so ac-
| curate.''
but it was not mere guess work?''
mo, no; I never guess. 1t is a shock
ing habit-destructive to the logical
faculty. What seems strange to you is
| only so because you do not follow my
train Of thought or observe the small
facts upon which large differences may
depend. For example. ! began by stat
ing that your brother was careless.
| When you observe the lower part OF
| that watch case you notice that it is not
only dinted in two places, but it is cut
and marked all over from the habit OF
keeping other hard objects, such as
coins or keys, in the same pocket.
Surely it is no great feat to assume that
a man who treats a fifty-guinea watch
SO cavalierly must be a careless man.
Neither is it a very far-fetched infer
ence that man who inherits one ar
ticle of such value is pretty well pro
vided for in other respects"
nodded to show that followed his
reasoning.
| ITO BE CONTINUED
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-02
CHAPTER I.

@d1e, and rolled back his left shirt-cuff.
For some little time his eyes rested
'thoughtful1y upon the sinewy fore
arm and wrist all dotted and SCARED
with innumerable puncture marks.
Finally he thrust the sharp point
home, pressed down the tiny piston,
and sank back into the velvet-lined
armchair with long sigh of satisfac-
~tion.
Three times a day for many months
had witnessed this performance, but
custom had not reconciled my mind to
It. On the contrary, from day to day
had become more irritable at the
sight, and my conscience swelled night
1y within me at the thought that had
lacked the courage to protest. Again
and again I had registered a VOW that
should deliver my soul upon the sub
iect, but there was that in the cool,
nonchalant air of my companion which
made him the last man with whom one
would care to take anything approach
ing to a liberty. His great powers, his
masterly manner, and the experience
which had had Of his many extraor-
binary qualities, all made me diffident
sand backward in crossing him.
Yet upon that afternoon, whether it
was the Beaune which had taken with
my lunch, or the additional exaspera-
'tion produced by the extreme delibera-
ton of his manner, suddenly felt that
4 could hold out no longer.
(Which is it to-day?" 1 asked-''mor-
phine or cocaine?"
He raised his eyes 1anguidly from the
-sold black-letter volume which he had
Opened. sit is cocaine" he said, ''a
seven per cent. solution. Would you
care to try it?"
No, indeed" answered, brusquely.
+'My constitution has not got over the
Afghan campaign yet. 1 cannot afford
to throw any extra strain upon it."
He smiled at my vehemence. Per
haps you are right, Watson he said.
az suppose that it's influence is physic-
ally "a bad one. 1 find it, however,
so transcendent1y stimulating and
clarifying to the mind that it's sec
,ondary action is q matter of small mo-
-1nent."
''But consider!' I said, earnestly.
"'Count the cost! Your brain may, as
you say, be reused and excited, but it
is a pathological and morbid process,
which involves increased tissue-change
land may at last leave a permanent
weakness. You know, too, what a
black reaction comes upon you. Surely
the game is hardly worth the candle.
Why should you, for a mere passing
pleasure, risk the loss of those great
powers with which you have been en-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-02

~dowed? Remember that I speak not
only as one comfade to another, but as
a medical man to one for whose con-
stitution he is to some extent answer
able"
He did not seem offended. On the
contrary, he put his finger-tips to-
gether and leaned his elbows on the
arms of his chair, like one who has a
relish for conversation.
''My mind,' he said, ''rebe1s at stag
nation. Give me problems, give me
work, give me the most abstruse
scryptogram or the most intricate
analysis, and 1 am in my own proper
atmosphere. can dispense then with
artificial stimulants- But abhor the
dull routine of existence. I crave for
mental exaltation. That is why have
chosen my own particular profession
or rather created it. for 1 am the only
one in the world"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-02
NO INDICTMENTS FOUND.

Grand Jury Falls to Place the Blame for
the Terrible Explosion at Butte, Mont.
BUTTE, Mont, April 29.-The grand
jury, called three weeks ago by Judge
Speed to investigate the disastrous
dynamite explosion of January IS, by
which ffty-eight men were killed,
made a report Saturday evening refus-
ing to indict any one on the ground
that they were unable to locate the re-
sponsibility. The court discharged
the grand jury after expressing disap-
pointment. Civil suits for damages
aggregating $3.50, 600 have already been
brought against the two hardware
comDauieS
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-02

simplest. Would you think me imper-
tinent if were to put your theories to
a more severe test?"
lon the contrary" he answered, cit
would prevent me from taking a sec
ond dose of cocaine. 1 should be de-
lighted to look into any problem which
you might submit to me-"
81 have heard you say that it is diff
cult for a man to have any object in
daily use without leaving the impress
of his individuality upon it in such a
way that trained observer might
read it. Now, / have here a watch
which has recently come into my pos
session. Would you have the kindness
to let me have an opinion upon the
character or habits of the late owner?"
handed him over the watch, with
some slight feeling of amusement in
my heart, for the test was, as / thought,
an impossible one, and l intended it as
a lesson against the somewhat dog
matte tone which he occasionally as
sumed. He balanced the watch in his
hand, gazed hard at the dial, opened
the back, and examined the works,
first with his naked eyes and then
with a powerful convex lens. [ could
hardly keep from smiling at his crest
fallen face when he finally snapped
the case to and handed it back.
There are hardly any data" he re-
marked. 1.-THE watch has been recent
1y cleaned, which robs me of my most
suggestive facts"
You are right, answered. sit was
cleaned before being sent to me-" In
my heart 1 accused my companion
of putting forward a most lame and
impotent excuse to cover his failure.
What data could he expect from an un-
cleaned watch?
Though unsatisfactory my research
has not been entirely barren" he OBJ
served, staring up at the ceiling with
dreamy, lack-luster eyes Subject to
your correction, should judge that
the watch belonged to your elder
brother, who inherited it from your IA
Their"
THAT you gather, no doubt, from
the Fl. w. upon the back?''
quite so. The W. suggests your
own name. The date OF the watch is
nearly fifty years back. and the initials
are as old as the watch; so it was made
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-02
HoNoRlNo GRANTS MEMORY.
The Anniversary of the Generals Birth
Celebrated in Several Cities

The Anniversary of the Generals Birth
Celebrated in Several Cities
NEW YORK, April 29.-The seventy
third anniversary of Gen. Grants birth
is being more generally celebrated this
year than ever before. In all the
large cities of the country there were
commemoration meetings and dim
ners at night. At Pittsburgh the
Americas club will give banquet. at
which Senator Allison, Congressman
Grosvenor, Congressman Hepburn and
Senator Aldrich spoke.
at Galena, Ill, the old home of the
general, there was a presentation
by 81. II. Kohlsaat to the city OF Nast's
painting of Lees surrender. The paint
ing is 10xI4 feet and contains ten life
size figures, including Gems. Grant, Lee.
Rawlings and Parker.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-02
MANY MILLIONS INVOLVED.

Question a to the Illegal Collection OF In
come Taxes Under Former Laws.
WASHINGTON, April 29.-Since the
decision of the supreme court in the
income tax there have been frequent
references on the part of attorneys to
the liability of the government for
sums paid on incomes from rents and
invested personal property under for
mer income tax laws. 1t will be remem-
bered that Attorney-Gene Olney, in
his brief on the subject of a rehearing,
suggested that congress gould not
escape making provision for the re-
funding of these amounts if the deci-
sion was to stand.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-02
BREWERS FINE RECORD.

The Eastern Crack Shot Kills One Hun
dred Birds without a Miss.
NEW YORK, April 29.-At Dexter
park. Long Island, Capt John Brewer
started for wager of $50 to kill ninety
out of 100 birds at 80 yards rise with 50
yards boundary, but made record of
100 straight kills. He shot in fine form,
killing them clearly in the air with
the first barrel, also hitting them with
the second barrel before they touched
the ground. He only used the second
barrel from force of habit
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-02
OVER A HUNDRED DEAD.
Further Details OF the Breaking OF the
Dyke Near Epinal, France.

Further Details OF the Breaking OF the
Dyke Near EpinaI, France.
EPINAL. France, April 29.-The list
of the fatalities caused by the break
ing Saturday of the great Bouzeey
dyke in Epinal district of the Vosges
increases every hour. One hundred
and fifteen deaths have already been
reported, but only fifty bodies have
been recovered It is believed that
the death list will be greatly in excess
of the figures above given when all
the districts are heard from. 1t is
supposed that many of the dead were
swept into isolated places where it will
be long time before the bodies are
fOuud
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-02
He Took ADVANTAGE.

Lefty Leftover-If you promise not
to take advantage of it, I'll tell you a
secret.
Jack Dasher-What is it?
(Giggling) He, he! I've never been
kissed under the mistletoe."
I'm afraid that shall have to take
advantage, and"
"Oh, you dreadful man! Somebody
might see you"
'sAnd do as the other fellows did,
N Y World.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-02
Work of Congress.

WASHINGTON. April 2s.-Seven hum
dred and twenty bills and joint. resolu-
tions became laws during the third seS-
sion of the Fifty-third congress OF
these 215 were senate and sos house
bills and resolutions. During the en-
entire congress 1928 measures were
introduced in the two houses. of which
1889 Originated in the senate and 6, 271
in the house
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-02
shermnn,s Old Earthworlzs.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, April 29.-The
government has purchased twenty
acres of land on Missionary Ridge, on
which is a part of Sherman's earth
works. Monuments and markers will
be erected on the tract acquired.
Eventually it will be converted into a
park and will be an important adjunct
to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga
national military parks.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-02
Formal charge against Durrant.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 29.-Theodore
Durrant was. formally charged with
the murder of Blanche Lamont Satur-
day. The prisoner displayed consider
able Ill grace when the charge was
read to him, and Indignantly asked the
officers: 'sHow much more are you gos
ing to charge me within
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-02
THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION.

4 Il Il Il y Z *
HOLMES took
his bottle from
the corner Of
the M a n t e =
piece and his
hyp Cd e m C
syringe fir m
it's neat moroc-
CO case. With
his long, white,
nervous fingers
he adjusted the
delicat e a e e.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-02
A Sure sign.

Junius (the colored janitor)-Dat dab
Miss Wicl1s, de ole maid at Ibis on de
top flo, mus be powahful wealthy.
Tilly-Go way, dahl What 20 s'pose
she lib on de top flo fob. eff she got
huff money fo' ter lib downstairs?
Junius = Well, she habs ebryt'ing
dat's good t. eat, anyhow. Why, /
nebbah goes up dab ter do muffin TO
huh It she doan' glib me rice-puddin
wild rafsfns in it. Not Sundays. needah.
but weekdays, tells yo'i-Judge.
T- e5d Scrintural soI,~iet,v was af.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-02

THE old Scriptural sob-iety was Of.
feetual doing; ascetic sobriety is effee-
tual dullness.-H. w. Beether.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-03

taken by The Herald. But the Supreme
Court of Nebraska, last year, gave an
opinion on the same question even
more emphatic than that of the Su-
preme Court of Illinois. The Nebraska
eight hour law related TO all classes
of laborers, male and female, except
agricultural and domestic. But the
court decided it unconstitutional, be-
cause it undertook to deny the right of
contract for a longer day than the law
allowed.
The state may provide what shall
constitute a days labor on public
works. but may not limit the right of
workmen and employers to make such
contracts as they choose to enter into
for mutual benefit. The trainers of
the Utah constitution should take
notes, and be careful not to incorpor-
ate anything in it's provisions that will
be contrary to the Constitution Of the
United States.