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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-10-26
c. y B A

Ell "Diariode Barcelona, pnbica una ear.
ia dc la lIabana en- su tiltimo niimero, entire
otras cosas relativas a! releyo del general Wey.
ler, Gice 10 siguiente:
es precise ;oncu uir una campafia que
tan fAta!es consecuencIas trae consigo, porque
Ia is.a dc Cuba se encuentra hoy en- estado
tan lastimoso, 8 mejor dicho, tan leses-
perado, que reclama un remedio ufgente, radi.
cal, que hasta ahora solo ha visto en forma de
promesas, ilusorIas siempre.
ST voyemos Ia vista hacia las principles
poblaolones, que no haee mucho eran centro de
riqueza y benestar, tendremos que apartarla
vivamente para no presencisr gu horrorcsa de.
cadencia fu miseria ST la drigimos hacia
otras mas inferiores, va en- estas nj Amino nos
restara para voverla hscia otro iado, siguiera
sea per un sentimiento de compassion. Hay
muohas, entfe elias, que estan llamadss q desa.
paFecer rramisblemente en- un plszo brevfsimo,
tantas son Las defuncicnes causadas por la mi
seria y las enfermedades por aquella origina.
das, que eucuentran adecusdo campo en- la
postraci6a ffsica moral de sus pobladores,
desnudos, descalzos, sin hogar nj alimento.
NADIA, nj pestes nj gaerrss puede aventa-
jar en- horror al terrible cuadro de despoblaci6n
que nos eatan Qfreeiendo Guinea, Palacios,
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Domingo Adell prcaidcutc honora,:o jel comi
to unconditional de Vega alta, SC Va atiliado 81
parldo libcrcl que preside cl Sr.Aniloz Rivera.
~. HI se5lor Moret, minist'o dc Ultramar,
ha dlrigido un cxtenso cabegrsna al general
Ncylcr, manlcstanio ser inci.fto ol rnmor pro
paSado por los enem:gos de Eapaill, anuncando
que 81 ('obierno piensa des0rmar los Nolun
taros lie la sIa dc Cuba
~ Pars saher de ana msnera cicrta q
posj,iya ,odo q alcance que tondra ol plan de
r,turmas autonomicas que rcgrl en Puerto
hlco, no hay mas que comprar en- e sh.l Clak,r
san Francisco 81, 0n sombrcro S0.JtSt'no y
a@toD,mtsta, que son de Ia ultima npvead.
a:97"AbASTO pl'HLl,'O. la carne de
res Sc e&penaer:4 mailans ep esia capital 80
cnyfGyos 81 k;lo
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Iis1cado de Barcelona
,C'onciuira
(Octubre 5.

(Octnbre 5.
AZUCAE DE PUERTO O-RICO.-IIan
l!egado de Ponce por vapor slsla de Panay,.
l,G57 sacos mascsbado, y una pequefa parte
centiftugas, que vienen drectos los detallistas.
Las operaciones al por mayor son nulas, pues
81 nay existenoias de centrffugas la venta, son
de la 2atra anterior la que termina, que no
sollcitan les compradores tienen POGO consu.
mo. DE la actual apenas hay, no abundan
los centrffUgas mascabados en- seguudas ma.
nos; pero tampoco Sc solicitan 70 se alcanza.
rian ofertas que superen los precios siguientes:
Los centrifugss, Ira. de ptas. 1850 II, Sc.
gnnds de 10 ii 1925, mascabado, extra, 1850 4
IS, Ira de II 1850 y corriente alrededor de
l}; mic de 8 4 lc, los 4 $50 kilos sin despachar
d,211os de Cda, Puerto Eico F1lipinas
De : Enero al 80 Sptbre. l.475, 472 kilos
En- igaal periodic de l896....l4.579, ,221
CAFES Puerto Rico. Ell vapor xIsla
de Panays ha trafdo de Ponce oil eacos de
Ia capital 26l en- varias partdas. La case es.
cc gida de ha, enda frme ror esca ear, habi6n.
dose renlido 100 sacos deutro del precio coti
a&do, aurque sc ha operado algo en- clases
pueblo corriente de Cuba los compradores.
por haber crcnlado ofertas del nuevo 4 precios
que resutan mas venta osos, sc muestran retraf.
dos con lojejad cotizamos hacienda escoei.
do, pts. 90 1880, sin escoger 26 & 27'50
baio & 25; pueblo % "a corrente de Cuba,
2o'5o 2!'5o los AGO kilos despachados.
iipino. El vapor sIsla de Mindanao, ha aliiado
Gl sacos como hace tempo no Sc opera en-
cstas clases, y abundan estan il3jas las simi.
laresde Puerto Rico, sus precios con nominales.
Arrbos:
De de Enero al 80 Sptbre... 2 2l7 ,oss kilos.
LIN igual periodic 1896. ......."2 469, l44
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Incendio en- Maricao

Esta mafiana rccibinos dc nuestro cores
ponsal en- el pueblo de Maricao ell siguente
telegrama, depositado cn Ia estac6n de origen
aver 25, 1 as dc Ia nochc.
Dice asl: eSe han quemalo los estableci
micntos mcrcaDtles dc log seliorea Sucesores dc
Andrea y Compsifa, y Ia iglesia provisional,
con t"dos sus oi"amentos y dcmas objetos del
culto, ruoa fU6 impossible salvar NADIA,
s!.as pArdidas materiales asciendcn 35
mil pesos. -~Dptalles por q co1reo. ---Ldpez,,
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Ia Correspondencia de Puerto Rice
NJ ARIES 2G DE OaTuRRE DR 1897.
Baldomero VilaT6
.Eu6ricunte de llambiques

En- esta casa establecida en- Pom
ce, Puerlo-Rico, calIe del Jobo, Sc
construyen alambiques continues, i
alta y baja graduation. RechFcadorps
todo. 10 concerncnle al ramo de lal-
derpru lie cob,p. 7odo gayunH.ado.
Dirgir 6rdenes il Baldomero Vilar0, ca
lie del Jobo, Mum. / 1 Ponce. 20--l7
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f0ynDas FIIDehyes Sc venden a preeos m"y
o9'o"es ""o"'oo obaratos, nunca vistos ell
esta capital. Manuel Vicente, San Francisco
#. Tcltfono l76. 1916

infnrnca AL BELlO sEXO. III Eco de In
'h'"''oa de Ia Mo0a (edici6n espsnoIa( pa.
bjca Gu la Penfnsula at olmismo tie,npo que en-
Iurjs, los dltimos tigurines que crea el gnsto
parisien. Esta interesante publication semanal
ia 4 sus abonados por ~. utiaao precio 10 que
las grandes Revstas de modas no aieanzan q
reunr. Acuarelas srabados de actualiaad.
Patronos cortados gratis en- todos los ndlneros,
revstas de modaa, de Saloncs, Folietin, Hi
giene, Medicina, Cocins, Tocador, Poesfss
etc. CT. Precios de Suscripcidn. Tn ailo,
-. Tn semestre So 10. Eli Ia capital &c
sirvcn suscrpcones porm mes i 10 centavos.
Pago adelantado. Las scioras y senoritas que
dcseen obtenar la Agencia de esta publication
en- los pueblos en- que no haya Agente, Sc les
concedera uaa s'I&cripciGn yrdtis y el diea por
ciento tie las suscripciopes que hagan. Sc So
Hcita az .lyente en- Ponce, de reconoclla mora
lidai con bnanas reierencias. Sc sirven sus-
crjpciones toda la isla del sIIoraldo de Ma
drd,, sBlarco y Negro> sB.rcelona C6mca,,
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Venta de estancia en- Ia Carolina

Sc vende la estancis "Nsranjal', nme
dlsciones de! pueblo de la Carolina, compuesta
de setenta caerdss de terreno proximamente,
con una espaciosa casa de habitaci6n en- muy
buen ostado - En- eSta imprepta infoImarsn
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,aie! unicn (ANTEs EoNETA.) situaao en-
''ts' s'i'S" el punto mas centricoy ventils
do de esta capital, con espaciosas habitaciones,
hospedaje complete destle $3.50 centaTos en-
adelante. Sc a,!initcn abonados por mcses q
precios sGmamcnte ecou6micos. Mesa redonda
de Il Il y de ]. media, & peso cubierto
con vino.
p. II. ItTtiaes
-. Con ca,ga general para varios = pro-
cedente de Barcelona y eseslss, entr6 aver al
puerto de esta capital el vapor espahol sMsrtfn
Saenz,.
-. Segan nuestras noticias, ell senor don
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-26

The Cunning Man Of the Woods IS; az
copyre by A.

was rolling In truckful Of loaded box,
es or shouting directions to a drunken
expressman. When she stopped and
could think of nothing but her eyes.
They were the steady, serious kind
like stars, l often thought. But when
she had gone by, and 1 came back to
consciousness of myself and my sur
roundings, 1 would go inside, look at
my hair and necktie in a ten-inch mir
ror, examine my finger nails, mentally
frame a letter rendering my resigna-
ton, and work the rest Of the day with
my coat on. You see the trouble was
that 1 had fallen in love with Alice
Carroll while I still regarded myself as
a hero or millionaire in the making.
She was very well suited to be the wife
Of either, for the thought Of her was an
inspiration and the sight Of her joy
forever, but the very thought Of Alice
in connection with 81 clerkship was
so homogeneous that / was driven to the
verge of despair 1 gradually relin-
pushed the heroic idea for Alice was
in Keewaydin and adventures were
somewhere else, but the need for
fortune grew day by day more urgent,
till regularly and systematically
dreamed of it as soon as l closed my
eyes. 1t was in my mind constantly.
"One day young Swede whom L
knew casually mentioned the Cunning
Man of the Woods. Perhaps you be-
lieve in condolences. 1 had already
heard of the Swedish Cunning Men
regular wizards who could recover lost
treasures, heal the sick, shoot r their
enemies at any distance with myster-.
icus pellets of poisoned paper, and all
that The Norsemen can match the
Scotch for tales of witches, ghosts and
fairies. So when / learned at this juno
ture that veritable Cunning Man liv-
ed near Lake Chesako, and that only
paltry ride of $50 miles on horseback
through winter country lay between
US, rose to the occasion with an alac-
rity that my years must explain. 1
obtained a weeks leave of absence, Dor
rowed horse, and then called on Alice
to say goodbye, and to hint with yelled
significance at what l might have to
say to her In the near future. I re-
member yet the chill that fell upon my
enthusiasm when she lifted grave,
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with a more vivid fear when suddenly
1 perceived that l was not alone. A
stranger, who had the air of casual
traveller like myself, stood beside me,
but 1 knew at once that he was anoth-
er foe, and I drew my revolver to de-
fend myself. He drew back with a
look of fear that awoke a (ksire to
shoot him on the spot, but instead l
spoke him fair and craftily, of friends
hunting in the neighborhood whom 1
was to join just below.
.'eThey might be too far to come to
your rescue, if you should need help,
he said For answer 1 put my revolver
to my horses forehead and fired. He
sank and rolled over, with a sickening
clatter of the stirrups and bones.
There are five shots left l said to
the man.
He drew away, saying something
that sounded like .Madmanp l watch
ed till he was out Of sight, and once
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when he stopped to look back 1 raised
my revolver and shook it at him, and
laughed to see him turn and run.
How 1 made my way on foot those
weary miles and miles; how hid in the
woods when 1 heard the sound of men
coming, and waited, revolver in hand,
till they had passed me by; how l lost
my way and tried to retrace my steps
and wandered about and about in a
maddening circle; how l lodged people
and skulked about barns and stole
what [ ate, and slept, when 1 slept, with
the gold in one hand and the revolver
III the other-all this l cannot tell.
Enough to say that during those lost
days / lived in a state of terror of man
and feveriSh anxiety about my wealth
that the old man who first boarded it in
the lonely hut could not have better
known. But towards the last 1 became
conscious of another thought, the idea
that I must getabaek to Alice. 1 knew
that If I could put my wearisome treas
ure in her hands, this burden that was
crushing the very life from my heart,
would be lifted at last. l think it was
that thought which kept me conscious
the last half day, for everything else
seemed blotted from my brain, and 1
walked in a blank world filled with
vague terrors which I no longer at
tempted to understand, but through
which. knew, must fight my way to
Alice! When 1 reached the edge of the
town l saw that people turned in the
street to stare at me, and one or two
tried to stop me, but l freed myself and
hurried on. They were all in league
against me; would be safe with no
one but Alice. She was not at her
home, and when they exclaimed and
tried to stay me, 1 broke from them
and ran on. / found her at last, skat-
ing with group of gay friends on the
river, 1 stood before her and looked in
her face-and in that moment it seemed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-26
~ God Cheer for New Year.
d That Help Every of Moderate Means
to Begin n a Suitable Manner

In order to begin the new year on
good terms with oneself and all the
world, it is well to call together the
family and arrange for cozy, COM
Portable, satisfying little dinner, pre-
pared according to the advice Of those
who make a specially of gastronomic
matters. It need not cost you much,
for 1t is g. happy popularity Of a din
ner got up by one who knows who
to do it that the expense is reduced to
a minimum. For instance, here is a
dinner that can be served to party
of seven for the remarkably small sum
of SIS, provided always, as the legal
documents say, that the dear little
woman. to whose lot it falls to be re-
sponsible for the dinner, uses good
judgment in preparing it,
Oyster Soup.
Boiled Goldfish, Egg Sauce.
Escaloped Oysters.
Tomato and Cucumber Pickles.
Roast Turkey, Stuffed
Cranberry Sauce
Mashed Potatoes Boiled Onions.
Turnips. Beets. Squash.
Pumpkin Pie. Mince Pie.
Plum Pudding
Cake. Sage Cheese. Coffee.
Then, for the lady who can afford
to be a little more extravagant In en-
tertaining her New Years guests, here
is a twelve-dollar spread for small
party of half dozen:
Mock Turtle Soup.
Boiled Striped Bass. Holl8ndGise Sauce.
Cucumbers.
Saddle of VenisGn.
Port Wine Sauce.
Currant Jelly. Brased Celery.
Sweetbreads. Mushroom Sauce
Roast Turkey Chestnut Stuffing.
Cranberry Sauce.
Ice Cream.
American Cheese.
Cakes. Fruit. Coffee.
The more fortunate hostess whose
means allow her to ignore the addi-
tional expense of a dollar or two can
have her choice of the following eigh-
teen dollar dinners.
Oysters on Hall Shell.
Cream Of Tapioca.
FCntange Patties.
Celery Olives. Radishes.
Smells Sauted in Brown Butter.
Cucumber Salad.
Roast Turkey Stuffed with Chestnuts.
Romano Salad.
Mince Pie. Brown Bread. Ice Cream.
Coffee.
Chicken and Rice Soup.
Boiled Striped Bass. Caper Sauce.
Parsley. Potatoes.
Roast sirloin of Beef With Fresh Mushrooms
Asparagus Dutch Sauce.
Saddle of Venisou.
Wi n Pdree Of C-e tnuts md Pc Wine ) .uce.
Roast Turkey Cranberry Sauce.
With Lettuce Salad.
Frozen Plum Pudding.
Mince Pie Pumpkin Pie.
Coffee
Cemenbert Cheese.
Oysters.
Hors D'0euvres.
PIN Olas. Radishes. Celery.
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seaching eyes to mine and asked:
Is there a mystery in your errand?'
"I stammered that 1 would tell her all
about it when 1 came back. ] thought
she looked unnecessarily serious for a
moment, but then she said, with
sudden, flashing smile that treasured
me:
When you come back, 1 shall be
glad to see you.
When 1 come back echoed ques-
| tioningly, puzZling myself to under
| stand her words and her eyes. She had
| the most wonderful eyes in the world
They always tieepened the meaning of
her words, but they did not always eX-
| plain them. But this time she said,
| simply and seriously:
You have not been yourself of late
II laughed though 1 felt an accusa-
| ton in what she said. After 1 left her
L found myself repeating her words
again and again, while busy with other
matters, and always there was the
same sense Of a warning in them. She
disapproved of something. L felt in
stinctively that she would dsapprove
| still more If she knew. But / put the
thought by impatfently, telling myself
| that q woman never could understand
| things as a man must. OF course, it
would be all right.
"Then I rode away into the wilderness.
| 1t is q pleasant excursion for dRy's
fishing nowadays, but then, when even
| in summer the wagon road was hard
to follow and in winter you were mad
to attempt the journey without a pock-
| ct compass, there was ass of the ordi-
nary about it. Here and there on my
way would be g cluster of farm houses,
where half a. dozen families had drawn
as near together as possible for mutual
| protection, and then would come a
waste stretch of country that seemed
| able to snap the meshes Of civilization
| which the white men were weaving
about it as bear would snap a mesh
! of cobWebs. Yet it was eXhileratingly,
| intoXicatingiy joyous. I sang aloud for
| pure pleasure in the keen air, and
laughed to hear q startled scampering
about me in the white woods. The I'M
trodden alleys, running softly under the
| black branches that overarched them
| stretched on for miles and leagues on
every side. There was no more reason
| for taking one than another. But this
| perfect freedom vanished when 1
struck the borders of the scattered
| farms Here was civilization, though
| of a foreign sort that made it seem
only half real. was in the midst of
a Swedish settlement, and the people
| would have been Of the order of peas
ants at home. The men were surly
! and the women We're afraid CT them;
indeed, they were more afraid of their
husbands than of strangers. The chill
dren peeped at me curiously from be-
| hind corners and outhouses, but scam
pered like squirrels at my approach, or,
If caught, lapsed into a shy dumbness
that not even pennies could unlock. Yet
there were exceptions to this general
somberness. AT the place where 1 stop
| ped for the second night (for l lodged
! as best I could wherever l could force
or purchase hospitality. I found a
| woman whose broken English was SO
witty and cheerful and kindly that the
! long winter evening slipped away be-
fore knew it, while l laughed and
| listened. She had ideas, too.
/ In my country 1t is too many peo-
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to me that the universe reeled, for. in
stead of the look Of love and trust that
had been waiting for the thought Of
which had kept me till then from mad
ness, she turned upon me a look Of
wicked glee, of sly and cunning NAL
evidence that made me shrink back
from her as from a fiend. 1t was only a
moment, thank heaven, that 1 doubted.
The next the light came for 1 knew
that though every other human being
might turn false, though the earth and
sky might whirl about as they seemed
to whirl at that moment, Alice was
true. Alice could never have looked at
me as my distorted mind would have
me believe. 1t was the curse of the
cunning mans gift that made me see
tTeachery everywhere. With all my re-
naming strength 1 flung from me the
bag of accursed gold, 1 heard it crash
through a thin spot in the ice into the
black waters that raced below, and
then I turned to find the mask gOna
from Alice's face, and her true eyes.
full of wonder and pity and love- fixed
upon me. They were all l saw before
I tottered and would have fallen be-
fore her but for hands that caught me.
They stayed With me through all the
fever that followed, and 1t was only to
find them that 1 came back from that
delirium at last"
He paused so long in the telling Of
the story that l could not wait
But the treasure-was it never re-
covered" 1 asked.
He looked up with q smile that
changed as his wife came into the
room.
us the story done?" she asked gaily
Every nearly. The gold was never
recovered, so far as 1 have heard. For
the welfare of the finder I hope not
But the treasure-well, that was what
came back from that fever to find.
think that is all I may tell. isn't It,,
Alice?"
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CCopvrigted. 1897, by Lily A. Long.

Copyrighted 1897, by Lily A. Long)
The talk had turned at dinner, as 1t
is apt to do in the self-conscious West,
upon Western life and Western devel-
opment and Western characteristics
generally, and one young woman had
objected wildly to the lack of romance
In this prosperous region of the coun-
try.
ut isn't only that you have no castles
and no history" she protested. II
wouldn't ask for the old-fashioned and
conventional kind of romance, If you
had a kind of your own to offer in
stead. But you are utterly destitute
of everything interesting. And a place
that isn't interesting is as hopelessly
beyond forgiveness as a dull person.
All the virtues in the calendar will not
save it,"
1--WE have begun the saving process
by eliminating some Of the virtues, ="
said the man who had adopted the
West, but still retained some of the
traditions of other lOngitudes.
1--WE have energy here, and that IS
better than romance" put in the man
whom the West had adopted.
But the host said, from the end of
the table, People will find what they
look for
That sounded sententious, and like
most contentious truths it fell trif1e
heavily upon the discussion; but the
speaker looked up and smiled across
the table at his wife, who sat beside
me, and she answered him with smile
of comprehension that piqued my curl
osity. Perhaps 1 looked a question, for
she said in an undertone: ASK him
sometime to tell you the story of the
Cunning Man of the Woods"
as that a transplanted story? The
name sounds like it."
''I am sorry / must admit that the
Cunning Man was transplanted. He
grew originally in Sweden. But he
throve here for years, which ought to
count for something in our favor"
"Then it is a true story?'
$50 true most people wouldn't be-
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had left him, and mounting at once,
1 spurred on my way, a new excite
ment tingling lin my pulses that was
like the excitement of wine. 1t seemed
something external, for it rang in my
ears and tangled with the clank of my
horses feet on the frozen ground.
slipped my hand into my pocket to
feel of the pebble. My first repugnance
had given away to a guilty sense of
joy in it's ownership, and I slipped it
inside my glove that might have the
consciousness of it with me every mo-
ment A Thousand fantastic pictures
danced before my mind and I took no
note of how far and fast / had been
riding until found that the abrupt
winter night was falling, the forest
had grown dark about me, and that
l was at the door of the cabin where l
had slept the night before. l would
gladly have gone on, night or day, to
lose no time, but that of course was