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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-03-27
A. RAuSCHENPLAT.

~ Dfcese que ell crucero sIsabe II. en-
trado esta mailana nuestro puerto, trajo 81
individuos de los complicados en- los sucesos
de Yauco Vinieron escoltados por fuerAa de
Voluntarios
~ Aver Ultima hora Sc vendieron por Ell
Corredor Sr. Zerbi acciones del B0'eco Espadaol
de Puerto Rico a 80 pesos cada una sin ell divi-
dendo de 81 de Diciembre dltimo; y libras SO
bre Londres dias vista, pesos II me-
dio centavos Hoy Sc han vendido por ell mis-
mo Corrcdor, libras sobre Londres dfas Wis
ia, pesos 20 centavos, pesetas sobre Bar
celona 27 y medic por 100.
~ De nueAtro agente en- Camuy:
sHoy Sc ausenta para la capital, desem-
penar un importante cargo en- ell Banco Terrific
rial y Agrfcola, nuestro digno probo alealde
don Eduardo Quintana, quien en- ell cumpli-
miento de sus altos deberes, jamas dejo torcer
la vara de la justicia al peso de las infuencias
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CA MAR

CAN TAR
Floreaban los tilos, cantaban las ayes
alegres vertfa rayos Ell sol;
Tus labios seliaron los mfos suaves,
INF te abrazastes temblando de amor.
Las hojas cafan, ell cuervo granada
tristes los rayos lucfan del sol;
;Adios! nos dijimos con aire que helaba,
Sin besos, nj abrazos, nj flores, nj amor.
Perez Bo,,aide.
DOCOyGs de Obe saGGs s1a" va'i1s % vsat de medic
clos m6dicos, sEl Colmado, de Cerecedo,
Hermanos y Compafifa.
Gran Hotel Central Gam ,.5IeemeDso moaf,so e..
4 la aitura lie los meiores de clase, ofrece i
los trauseuntes exquisitas comidas muIlidas
camas, servicio esmerade todas las comoii-
dades que en- uu cs. s.ablecinuiento de gu fndue
puedan cxigirse Su dueno se complace en-
ofrecerlo al publico, en- la seguridad de que
| todo e que 10 vsite que lar:. complacid0
tisfecho. Uturdo Mario de lS97.-M B. Is
| Go Vanfin piano buen estatio de la
| y" '""0o acreditada fabrca de PLEYEL
| San Francisco niimero 81 dariln raz6n. 1914
r POntG MO SFaaros 6oaaro Ssn'FIas san Frano.eo sea
ndmero SO, altos. Ultima palabra en- los pro-
blemas de la ciencia dertaI p.
Peluquerla ''El BueR GuStO'snai,HH ni,He9o gUsTo 81
Eegancia, prontitud. esmero Hay un cons
tante surtido de parfumerfa seecta. Gran
| tablecimento de BANOS DE DUCHAy Y ASEO
| Sc admiten abonados-JUAN APELLANIZ,
| propietario.
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Julian Silva SAN JUsTo NUMERo Is
'a'ia' o''u Deposito de Maquinas de coser.
Compra, Venta y Alquiler. Sc dan pIaz
10 mismo las nuevas que las usadas, siendo
responsible la misma maquina: lanzaderas y
agujas de todas classes para las mismas infni
dad de accessories diffciles de enumerar, Ade-
mas Sc compran y venden muebles usados. San
Juan Puerto-Rico. (31 d. 97)
60 Vando El establecimiento de mercerfa V
w 'S""' pulperfa que Ell el pueblo de Rio
piedras tenfa don Ramon Guerra. Fortale-
"a As, ,intormaran. &C
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DIED.

BARoVICH-In San jose. Cal, June 2 1897
Nicholas beloved father of Augustus A Nicho-
las, William l., Louis l., ANTHONY. Amelia
Mary and Lolita Barovich. 8 native of Dalma-
tia, ustria, aged 66 years and months
BUCKLEY-In Marysville, Ju g. 1897 Peter
Jay, son OF Elizabeth aud Andrew Bucklev a
native Of San Francisco. aged 25 years.
CASEG-In stockton, Cal. June 2 1897, Jere-
miah j.. beloved OF John aud Catherine
Casey, and brother OF William Mary. Michael
and John Casey OF 20 south Park, San francisco
ma I've OF Boston Nj ass, aged 20 years 8
months ead 16 days
SSNotice OF funeral hersafter.
CAMP BE Lin this city, June 2 1897 Peter
beloved husband OF Mrs Margaret Campbell
ana father OF Peer and James Cam pbell. Mrs.
J. MuIlsan Mrs. I. McCerren aud Annie Cam p
bell native OF Ireland, aged 81 years
Is Friends and acQuaintnncs1 are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral To- MORROW
IFridsy), At 80 O'Clock p. NJ. from his late
residence, 1851 Broadway, between Taylor an d
Jones streets. thence 10 ST. Francis Church for
services. lnterment Mount Calvary Cemetery,
COOPER-In Colorado Springs Colo. 3 80 B.
cooper, native of Vermont, aged 90 years.
CARLSON-In Oakland. May 81, 1897, Eskel +.
Carlson, native of Oakland, aged years and
10 months.
Elm NFELDT-In this city, June ]. 1897, Detlef j.
beloved sband of Mary E Einfeldt
OF Germany, ed 40 wears. mem ber OF Mis-
sion Lodge No l6e, F. and A. NJ, and Fresno
CommandRry, K. 4.
&1r Friends and acauantsnces are respect
fully invited TO attend the funeral THIS DAY
(Thursday) at l O'Clock P. NJ. from Mission
Masonic Hail. corner Sixteenth and Valencia
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PROPOSALS.

THE CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION,
having received applications to mine by the
hydraulic process from Hoey & Lewis in the Par
sons Gravel and ii Der Claim ia Brownsville Min
Ing istr.ct. FL Dorado County. to d post talings
in the Little South Fork of Cosumnes River: tron.
Daniel McLaughlin, in the -. ornstown Mine at
Morris own, Sierra County, 10 deposit Ialings in
Morristcwn Havine; from Henry Norshroo and
Robert c. Nicholson. IN the Ia Placer Mine, near
Sierra City, Sierra County, to deposit tailngs in
North Fork OF Yuba River; and from ]. 2. est, IN
the Mountain \ Iew Mine, near C1uLolenc, Butte
CounIy, to deposit tailings in Little Butte Greek
gives notice that meeting will be held at room
SO, Flood building, San Francisco, Cal, on J1no
IA. 1897. at ] 80 M
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BIRTHS-M MARRIAGES DEATHS.

birth, marriage and death notices sent by M all
will not be inserted. They must be handed in at
either of the publication offices and be inI orsed
with the name and reside nee OF persons authorized
TO nave the sam published
BORN
ARTH-In Oakland May % 1897, to the wife OF
Isdor Arth,
CAVANA UGH-In this city, June l. 1897, to the
wife OF William C. CavAnaugh, son.
MACDON LD-In this city, MAY -, 1897, to ths
wife of Henry Mac Donald, a son.
sTAUFFER-June /, 1897. TO the wife Of F. R.
Stauffer a daughter.
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MAhRiAGr LICENsEs.

The following m arrIage licenses have been
ssued by the County Clerks office:
William T. Tyler and Annie NJ, Eader, 25-21
John T. GernRnt and Flora r. Melvin, $3.50.
Christopher German and Susie Co eman S0-22
Ernest r. Wider and Rae sam ueIs. 23-2O
Ludwig Larsen and Ingbeburg RonninE 2S-I9
Jean b. Perron and Leonle Ehly, 4S-S6
John Po,ypka Jr an d Adela F. Hilton 45-SA
Henry Brandlien and Annie NJ Muller. 22-1S
William L Martin and Lillian Sherwood 29-23
Robert c. La W. on aid Clara Thomp,on, 26-2A
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MARRIED..

LAWTON-THOMPSON SON-In this city, June l.
1897. by the Rev. Edwin H. jerks, Robert O.
Iawton OF san Francisco and Clara B. Thon D.
son of stockton.
MON OE-BERGSTO RM-In this city May II
1897. by the Rev Edwin II. Jenks, DR.. Charles
A Monroe Of Redding CaL,- and Effie NJ. Berg
storm OF san Fran cisco.
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pROPOSALS FOR ORDNANCE SUPPLIES
BeRicia Arsenal. Benicia- CAL Nav 10 1907
Sealed propo -als, In triplcate, will be received mn.
til O'Clock p N. June IL. 1897 Tor furnishIn1
Leather, Coal. Iron, hardware Lumber, forage
etc during fiscal year ending June so 1898 In
formation furnished on application to Lieutenant
Colonel L. S. BABBITT, Ord Dept Comdg.
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McAVOY & GALLAGHER,
FUNERAL DIRECTORS & EMBALMERS,
90 Fifth ST., Opp. Lincoln School.
Telephone South 80.

NOTICE.-THE BUSINESS OF McAVOY
& GALLAbH Il will be conducted 81 the
old stand. No. 20 Fifth street. for the benefit
OF the widow of the late HENRY ]. GALLAI5.
HER and his sister MISS ANNIE h. GALLAG-
HER. MRS. u. ]. GALLAGHER
ANNIE b. GALLAGHER
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ALAMEDA ADVERTISE MEMS
pIAHrrnN REAL rsrAr-.

PTAWFrN REAL vSrNv@
GOO0O NEW COTTAGE; ROOMS AND
GD--OO. bath; near station; easy terms
S2S50-New cottage, o rooms and bath; $50
cash, $50 monthly.
S3lOO-COlonial cottage. l story and half, near
BAy-street station: terms reasonable
SS5OO-Beaulifui co onial cottage OF rooms;
corner lot, 5Uxl00; your terms are ours
MAhCUSE x Kennel,
Bav-street station. Alameda, and 62S Market st.,
s. F. Office open sundays aud holidays.
GdOO LOT 5Oz11O.
OtOO. $1SO0-Lot 5Ox15O; Morton-st. station
s1S0O-Lot 45xl25; house of rooms, wind
mill, tank and stable
s26OO-EIegaut cottage of rooms; Chestnut-st.
station.
Bargains In all parts OF Alameda
Office open sundays and holidays
ALAMEDA LAND CO.,
1900 Park ST., Alameda
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BLOCK OF 10 CHOICE LOTS IN MISSION
ID Ex xtension on good street near carline; forced
sae investigate this: positive bargain. 4 D.
WIN K. ALsIP & CO., % ID floor, Mills bldg.
oC0SN TWO MO OERN FLATS: ALWAYS
tCOZOO. rented at SSl: lot 26xlOO; florida
St, c Ose to Twenty-fourth C. P. TROY JR &
CO, $50 Market st.
GE6O WILL BUILD 4ROOM BAY-WIN-
tDOOO ow cottage; will call. GEO GE NJ.
SAILS BURY, bu IdeE 52l X ST., Sunset Height is.
QOQSO JUST COM PLETED; PARK Re ST.
tDOCOO. dences; z and rooms; highly deco
rated: substantially built: every known convent
ence; marble steps; every room sunny. Apply
on premises east line of Shrader St, two blocks
south Of 4 aight.
$1,000. Diamond % a. ST. A bet ai5e}eenth 50M and and
I wentieth.
ISSIoN COTTAGES
Four. 5, 6 and room houses; on liberty, Castro
and goth sts-; $500. SEQ !, $500 ami $4,000
each. By r. Nelson Iul der.
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PERSONALS.

PERSONALS.
GO REWARD FOR ANY INFORMATION
" = that will lead to the Whereabouts of WILL
HELM sHIMDT left here Monday night with
horse and wagon (Iicense No. is iOsJ: he is f-et
lnches lall, blonde hair and high shoulders.
JOHN RIlZMAN, box s., Call.
A DvICE FREE; DIVORCE LAWS A SPEC
lalty; private; no fee without success; probate,
insolvency, collections, patents, trade marks, etc.
obtained; private detectives; established 10 years
CIV. HOWE, atty at law, $50 NJ arke, cor Stocktn.
SADIE EVANS COSMETIC PARIoRs RE-
~ opened at Grant ave. rooms and 3.
T MARQUIS, SCALP SPECIALIST: ANY
- case OF scalp disease cured; consultation
Tree hoom "a, Murphy building.
THE MARQUIS HAIR REsToRER (PAT-
L ented); sure cure for badness and thinuess of
hair. Room 81, Murphy bu ding.
M S. GILL or 1885 MARKET ST HAS NOT
w used the Marquis nair restorer tor the last
month. nor is he now. ANNA MARQUIS.
BAG CARPETS wovE no ORDER AND FOR
IL sale; also chenille-wove rugs silk portieres:
dealer IN carpet twine, in hank or chain, lowest
rates GEO. MATTHEW 700 Fifth St. Oakland.
n Ew RHEUMATIC ,URE; PATENTED
~ MISS IDA Won TESS Il30 Market room SO
QUITO ORDER on EASY INsTALLMtNTs
- l. LEMos lll7 Market ST, bet 7th and sth
NINE. PEARL HARRISON, PIANIST:
1H electric treatments l2O1a Geary ST, rms 2&S
EGYPTIAN ENAMEL THE FAMOUS BEAU
IL uher: 5Oc MRS NJ J. BUTLER 1Sl Post st.
SUCH HAIRDREssING AS 1 DO FER CSC
~ cannot be done anywhere else for less than
eOc; that partly accounts for my enormous busi-
ness-the largest on the Pacific Coast: shampoo
and plain hairdressing SOC: switches from ST to
IS u LEDERER, III stockton ST
TT AIR REJUVESAToR, "oUINoNIA" HAIR
IL Tonic; 35c bottle. G. LEDEREE,ll1 SocKton
CLoAKs AND TAILoR-MADE SUITS RE
~ a Nyh Galn ffernr
DARrINGToN's SCHOOL OF ILLu>TRA-
ton, 424 Pine; about $50 drawings and sketch
es by students wi be exhibited next Friday and
Saturday afternoons from to q; free admission
CUPERFLUOUS HAIRS REMOVED BY
~ electtolysis MRS. DIR. WHICH, 2ll5 Bush
DHhUMATIsM CURED OK MONEY -
IL funded; poor treated free. sos Eddy 81.
II HUFSCHMIDT, SANITARY PLUMBER
Ii eashtter. 623 Golden cate av. Tel. sutter AL
hRUNKENNES,- CURES GUARANTEED
u Gold Cure, Sacramento Cat; 20 Page ST.. :. Z.
10nn BUS! NESS CARDS PRINTED. 81 50:
1OOO wedding work. HILL 22Is Geary ST.
DkLIABLE AND EFFICIENT DETECTIyE
IL service Rooms - 70 and n, Chronicle bldg
IlIG OUTDOOR sTkRkoPrICON SHOW EYE.
ID ~ night cor. Market and Sixth sts. artistic sd.
Vertlsements In LYING light; promoters OF oua'
ress Consult OWL ADV CO. 1l4U Market st.
- A-ND PILES AOAEI. ~ FAf
IL until cured: send for book. DRS Mans
FIELD & FOKTERFlELD. s3s Marke.s.
ELECTRIU LIGHTS IN EVERY ROOM
u Winchester House ~ Third ST.. Market;
90 rooms 25c 10 81 90 per night: 81 so TO 81 PEI
week; tree bus and baggage and from The terry
4 WEEKS NEWS FOR 5 CENTS -THR
y WEEKLY CALL. In vraDper. for maililC-
DRESSMAKERS
DRESSES 50 Up; CAPES 81 LPi WRAP
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CITY REAL ESTATE.
COL GETZ & BROTHER,
- REAL ESTATE OWNERS
Room A, First Floor, Crocker Building
HEADQUARTERS FOR PARK LOTS

LOW PRICES, GREAT BARGAINS
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OJR JUDICIOUs
i purchases ger a lot cheaper Than you ever will
again.
G.I0O $3.50 TO $500: BUILDING LOTS;
ID 1OO. no grading; near Misslon-st. and san
Mateo electric lines: only S5 monthly.
q. TX 500, $3.50 TO $500; CHOICES T LOTS
ID u. south of the park; near Affiliated Col
leges, new music stand and boulevard; only $S
and $40 N on thIy installments-
G.OS0 TO Sll0O; RICHMOND LOTS; WE
u ZOU can positively sui you in location, price
and terms
Call on US first before purch haslng; get map and
diagrams
SOL. GETZ & BROTHER,
Room a, first floor. CIocker building.
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BICYCLES.
LEGAL NOTICES,

NoTICE-NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN TO
~ the District Attorney of the City and County
OF San Francisco that 1, he undersigned, end
TO apply to the Honorable state Board of Prison
Directors for the privilege of being paroIed. at
meeting OF the said board, TO be he'd at san Quen-
tin on the 18th day of June 1897. ". J
HURLEY.
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X RooKLYN HOTEL 2OS-2I2 BUSH ST.
- board and room 81 TO az per day So to $l2
per week; choice rooms 80 cents 20 81: sults
LOOMS Tor family 81 81 50 per night; nrst-clasa
s%FFlcei zee coach CHARLES AoNGG OAERx
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For further particulars call OF send 2-cent stamp
10 Pacific Coast agency, Renard Medical Co, 1923
spreckeis building, 927 Market ST., san Francisco.
GUARANTEED SAFE, RELIABLE AND
EFFICIENT REMEDIES
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

RE YOU ABOUT TO PURCHASE A PIANOp
n We sell them for So, 81, IS, So, 81, sS So $40
per month; also for cash; the best makers Of every
grade: don't pay rent when the same monthly
payments win purchase one from US SHERMAN
CLAY & CO., cor kearny and SuIter SIS stein.
way dealers
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A BSOLUTELY THE OLDEST NDLARGEST
a house west OF Chicago is KOHLER q
CHASES 20, % and 50 OFarrell ST.; pianos or.
gans aud all other musical Instruments OF all
grades and prices; terms easy; prices loves:
everything possible dons ~ please satisfy Ihs
customer
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DRESSAIAKERS.
CLAIRVOYANTs.

DRESSES 50 Up; CAPEs 81 LP; Wrap
IL pers soc up 4SI Minna ST
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WANTED-A MAN WHO KNOWS WHERE
w TO locate good placer claim. either for COM
pensaton or as partner; no water necessary. Ad-
dress X, box 81, Call
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MEDICAL

4 IL LADIES USE
RENARD'S REGULATING wAFERS
RENARD'S LAVENDER BALM.
RENARD's GENETIvo TABLETS.
RENARD's sANITIvE DoUCHE
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iu''Y !" "'''eu - A''eTu j. ]. KEArIye President
D. swEENEY. secretarv.

HOoPER-n i city June l, 1897, at his resi-
dence, 3S4 .abeth street, J ohm B. Hooper,
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11e TURK LARGE SUNNY SUITES:
11O handsomely furnished; also single room $.
S1O TURK-NICE SINGLE ROOM, WITH
O1O bath; for young man; IS.
/ CHEAPEST AND BEST IN AdERICA-THA
- WEEKLY CALL, sent 10 any address IN the
United states or Canada one year for 81 go, post
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OAKLAND ADVERTISEMENT
OFFICE-oO8 BROADWAY.
OAKLAND REAL ESTATE.

| WILL EXCHANGE MODERN 5-ROoM COT
w tage In Alameda for country property; value
! S25OO. BENHAM & THOMAS, ASS Ninth St.,
| Oakland.
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AMID DREAD VAP0RS.
A VISIT To THE CHIEF OF THE ISL
AND or SAsaRDI.
A Region on the Terrible san BIAS
Coast. i'm Colombia. Where There
Is Danger to These inacciimzted
stories of Untold Treasures
Guarded by Fierce and Blood
Thirsty Saxazes.

Copyright. 1855 by the BacheI1e- Syndicate.
Bete. Department CT C2uca. Re2ublsc %
Colombia. Oct I&.--It is anything bar re-
assuring for a man about 70 enter
strange land 70 have 70 assist II ire burial
Of a fellow country man wao was trying
10 get out o. Il. bar gh5s was my distressing
duty a few days before I left CarEegena
for the Choco district OF Colombia
The unfortunate man was Gel. Harry
Eotchkiss, q Nebraska, an Indian fighter.
a prominent politician and member Of
the Odd Fellows and Knights Of Pythias
who. with four other Americans from the
same state, made tho last party OF god
seekers that has attempted tc prospect II
this country only 10 meet the disastrous
end thar has followed every effort 70 get
the yellow metal from this district
They came here four or five months ago,
well prepared for their work. but god was
nos found in quantities that would pay
white man. and al OF the party were taken
vita the fever. which Is practically sure
20 attack al foreigners -Four OF these
men partly recovered. but the colonel de-
yeloped pernicious fever ana was out Of
his mind when the party finally made their
way 70 CarteEena. Fer twelve days be
fingered on al the hozei attended by two
physicians. che of his friends ard myself.
/ left Cartagsna for this place, which is
located on the Arrato river. The steamer
vas small affair wira no cabins, so that
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RULER OF An ISLAND.
president OF PITCAIRN COLONY
ON VACATION.
He Describes m Ideal Land where
All People Are Equal and Nobody
Monarch of Palmer-tOn. All of
whose Subjects Are Relatives.

T1e Pitcairn has 3ust returned from her
MIN annual crai@e among the islands in
the Sogfh SEA capt, f. Graham and
bis crew sa..ed out 81 Oakland aarbor on
May t9 He has made the rounds % tae
mission stations AMI ass explored rev
hel5s- Tae brig has eoue Ia-o winter quar-
ters.
Au interesting o;ti-sat came uQ on the
Pitcairn tr tae person OF the Hon. J. r.
NcTov. president ~ Pitcairn Island Hs
b tEe ruler az that litlle colony away down
so1th and his word IS .aw. President Nc
COY has 80 subjects under him wao are
RULED by parliament % seven men. These
men arei elected every year and they select
tss presideEf- the parliament makes the
SAWS weich are then approved ny the
pres35ent Besides being president Mr..
Mccoy g chief - she department Of Jus
t.ca ard passes 0u az cases waere thgre Is
a controversy. AL his subjects ara adj
veltlsts- Every nina CT the island = car
red on ~ gre cooperative plan TIE
president wEs born ca TIE island and has
been CHOSEN ruler Tor several years. W1en
Are Missionary ar.z landed a. Pitcairn
Pr dent Nc Gov was Is snga zed IN mis-
sierarv work. .ese Affairs Of state II
c1arSe ~ tae vice president ard made the
tour 80 she islands wi-h Cap Graham. L
VAS eis interior "a land a. New Heori1es
or ghe Santa Cruz Islands ard esssolisA .
naisx402 tEers aEsoag L1s natives and -asa
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the passengers were obliged 10 sleep on
deck, on cots. under a leaky roof. and. as
there are but two seasons here-one the
wet and ,he other the wetter-it was not
often that had a dry skin; then the man
who had his cot next 10 me slept with his
boots on and then dropped one or two Of
them on my shin-bones. snoring loudly the
while. Lucky for me he did not stay with
the steamer more than four days. The
rain prevented me from using my kodak.
But there were many things which made
IRE almost willing 10 put up with these
disComforts; the captain was n most
agreeable man. and always put himself out
10 show me The points Of interest. Instead
Of going out the main mouth Of the harbor.
We slipped through an inland passage
which was used by the pirates when cor
cred by man Of war-a little opening,
hardly six feet wide, that twists Off sud-
denly * the very beginning. 50 that Il
would be passed by as nothing more than
a little cove ~ only 20 harbor canoe.
For i've miles It twists and wrlggles
around. at no time wide enough for
ninety foot vessel to turn. though the
water IS deep. There are openings which
run into small bays, where. amid the
dense foliage. the pirate used 10 tie
branches TO their masts and hide in
safety Al the last the channel opens into
the sea where the buccaneers used 20 sip
out az night, while their pursuers were
closely watching the mouth of the harbor.
little farther on are a dozen or more
small islands. which surely were used in
the old days hv the pirates. Today most
Of them are taken up as cocoanut planta-
tions where the best c0coanuts in the word
are said 70 be grown.
Sill farther down the coast. is Cispata
bay. This l. large and comfortable har-
bor one sailing around SIS shores unac-
customed to the nature Of South American
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and a little launch carry on the main trade
of this river. the rest being attended 20 by
canoes ana "harketonas"-t latter being
large canoes, decRed over, which sail down
from Cartagena into the mouth OF the
river, unship the masts and work their
way up along the banks with stout poles
having curiously shaped prongs al the
end. which prevent their sinking into the
mud. The river runs so swiftly, the in
cline being, It is said, greater than that Of
any navigable river In the world. that they
require from eighteen days 10 month TO
make the trip. we passed couple Of
curious craft. which made their presence
known from the distance by the strange
wall Of the POLICEMAN.
Up 10 this place. Bette the ground rises
but eight feet above the level of the sea
and while II might be possible TO make
something Of the land in agriculture, the
climate Is 30 unhealthy that no foreigners
have cared 10 make the attempt. Here I
had my first experience with the choco
fever and I am Still blessing the man who
advised me 10 carry an ample medicine
chest There is nothing on earth which
makes one remember his sins I'm life and
think OF the future more seriously than the
cold chill starting in the small of his back
cavorting ZIP his spine spreading through
the whole body. and holding the victim in
frozen agony for a couple OF hours Then
comes the burning fever with It's delicious
drowsiness and sense OF utter indifference
which is likely 20 be followed by sweet Wis
ions OF absent friends. home and sweet
hearts Here. II the remedies are not
prompt and effective. he Is likely 70 make
a sudden voyage across a certain river OF
my biology. And then. when the fever
breaks, and a profuse PRECIPITATION starts
he knows that he is for the present safe.
and may live 20 get another dose.
G. FREDERIC Russell.