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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-10-22
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IuAn.I" Cristobsl Co'na :nfos M
liza reyes Fernando 6 Isa bel del
Gs0u br,l,>ieEto da NGoeo Mnndo
n las sgaas Iejanas del oesGe mu
has personas no 10 Grey erop, eun
uandO su ihforme tue corrobcr. 90
pOr Ia evidencia de otrss personas,
Sin embargo despues toda NOropa
re oeroioro 10 que habis ,1ioho 10
verdRd.
Esro, puos prueba que muohas
coss 8 hechOs que al palnoipi0s pa
reoen sbsUrdos 6 imposibIee result
tan en- ser los mas aimples , orei-
Lies,
He aqui nm ejemplo , de snma
'npOrtan sis rraCtica, La reia~
u6n de Colon (despues dc aer pro
tada ku veracidsd) resnit6 ca el
desoubrlmiento del u0ntinente que
Ismam s Am6'ics y do principle
8 Ia f0rmaOion del InpeTlo Nspanol.
l." histO;is qle Wy q relAtsr
(siendo verdat) eyc'vs rs el inteF6
la gIatltud do esLs geheraulou
emo tSmbirn de mnl; .tu lea a1n
por nacer. Los detstIes segnn nos
10 esorlbe oorEespo-sAi muy repe.
table s3E como S'gue:-
"a prjn0!pios Gel mes d. JCnio
,, e cate aflo 1896 vino & m ,.sta
ecimienfO DJn MeiChor Ftrnan
'ez cCyo domiG'llo es eu, VtjOrle.
Ne ojo que tenie oohenta y un
al no dc edad y que csSSbA Muy Gl@l
Ia 50 ud habiendo estaco paden
cien1o por espsCiO de dos amos con
oiates horilbles en- el peCho, es--
t6mago' , piernss. Sc en0cn5rab4
tsn endeble que Spenas podia
u antenelse en pie. Oevolvis to
10 que comis POGO tiempos 0es
pues. La vista de maDjares le ers
repugnante y apenas Goa mia p,l
emaDas enterae. Hs0iR G maui
tado vaFios docrores los cuales le
re0etaEon .casi GodAk ,as medicines
cOnosldas pOr la clenola para 50
nfermedGd Zero CON nirguba de
elias ercOtfo eiamas mlnImO aiivlo.
POr fla le aconce jArOn q0e fuera
& lea EahOs per0 NO teDieLdO un
momento de desCansO 10 fue lmpo
sible Ell ir nj aun q los b&flos mas
IceroaBOe. Habien00 perdtdo toda
tvDperSDza dc u Srse hRDla venldc
I q mi como q Llmo teours0 8 pre-
guntarme 81 tOnocEa algun Ieme-
dip prTa su ebtetMedad J 10 Goa
tYario Que 10 dielk up vapeno para
pCner fin q uEa G1iateDcia tan jn<
eliz como ls suy@. lie coDtestt
que hsbia uu remedio gus en- mi
opinlcn estaba casl seq no 10 cnla
Ia y 6Andol& ara OCteiSa dei Jara
be Curative de Ia MaAre Ssigel ie
Glj&: ~ me estS b0toiia y hu Ella
.feguD la9 dlreeiOnes On la etiQuats
, a su IenOius ion G6j sAber I'll
/ eku tAdo
"OUairo 6ias despues recibi qua
carta do 6l pidiendOme IL envlasa
eeis botellas mas y al Concluir doe
De estas dlEimss ga hsil6 comp!ets.
meu te cHradO. H&ce tres dlas vino
mi casa LOCO de contento para
l. formsrme que habia recupe1ado
'odasssus fueGsa y carnes J que era
otra veg eI mismc. DespUes me
clio uLR re aCi0n dc So rest ableci-
miento Desde an priucsrlc, dijo,
o'6 una mej0rlA en- el apetltO de-
volvienGCme las fuer2as J esta me
joria tue ps' gressndo hRsta que la
oura fl 6 aom pieta. Su aparIeDci
an haludshie no me peTmitia du-
dsr nadA dc 10 que deoia. 'En
cor clus'OD, 'oijo,' vengO q darie las
n as espEesivRs graOias ? . Cfreser-
ne G, mo uno dc los amigos Y a.
punctadoies maa entuCiasma ado dei
Jsraha OurEt!vo de Ia Matre Sci
gel. Puede vi. participar los
du. nos de este Eemedio mar " lio~
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-10-22

Tratado de Hacienda P1blica,
por Piernas, 2 tomos. =.
Enjuiciamiento civil por Sal
cedo, l tomo.
Ley de Enjuiciamiento civil,
por Emilio Reus, 6 tomos.
Legislation Hipotecaria, POI
Galendo, 4 tomos.
Ley Hipotecaria con Regla-
ment0. por Morell. / tomo.
Aranceles judiciales para 10
criminal.
Tacticas de Recluta,
Idem de Secci6n y Compa1fa.
Idem de Battalion.
Manual de classes de tropa.
LibrOS para la Academia preparatOria'
Aritmetica por Salinas, tomo.
Algebra, por idem, 2 tomos.
Geometrfa por Oftega, 2 tomos.
Trigronometrla, por Gomez y
Palette, 1 tomo.
Gramatica francesa, por Ote-
nero, l tomo,
Traduci6n, por Tramania, !
tOmO.
Aritmetica, por Cortazar, l to-
mo.
Algebra, por idem, ! tomo.
Geometrfa, por idem, / tomo
Geometrfa y Trigonomerl",
por Gavilan, / tomo.
AritmGtica, por Cardin, l tomo
Algebra, por idem, l tomo.
Geometrfa, por idem, tomo.
Gramatica francesa, por Chan
treau, l tomo.
Tabla de logaritmos, por San
chez, 1 tomo.
Gramatica francesa. por Ollen
dorff, l tomo.
Gramatica idem, por Arrange,
2 tomos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-10-22
j. t.. SILVA Y 60.
TETUAN 37.-CAPITAL

ConsuladO de Mexico, BanQuero,
Comisionista, Agente principal de
IL Oompahfa general TrasatlantiQue
(vapores franceses), Oorresponsal
del Credit Lyounais de Paris, Re-
presentante de los EstablecimientOs
de Gail de Paris, de la Campahfa
de SECURES Contra Incendios Nor
wich Union, y de la Companfa es-
pamela "AIianza de aseguradoFes "
de Barcelona. Tiene Sucursal en-
= Nfuadiila. ----~-,--.,..
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-10-22
LINEA DE CUBA.

Llegaran SOLO nasta Santiago de Cuba
los vaporeS que Salen los dias 5, 10 y 20
Los de los dfaS y % tOcaran en- Nue
vitaS, Puerto Rico, Gibara, Mayarf, Ba-
racOa, Guantanamo y Cuba.
Ell lia 15 hara las mismas escalas, &
exception de la de Mayarf, y ademas to-
cara en- Sagua de TanamO.
TOdoS retOrnaran veriicando Sus sail
dad de Cuba los dias Is, % y3, efec-
tuandOSe las entradas en- la Habana en-
las fechas correspondence de 10, 20 y 8
de cada mes.
Ninguno de estos vapores tocara su
retOrnO en- Guantanamo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-10-22
Z SCRIB ANIAS

Fl 1pdblico podra encontrar STEM
pre- en- el Boletln MerCantil un ex-
tense y variado surtido delas mismas
Las hay de multitud de precios, des-
de IS CentaVos .basta coy IS pesos
muy clegantes y lujosas. Entinteros
de crjstal de roca Sc puede escoger
muChO.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-10-22
COLORES En- TUBOS.

COLORES EN TUBOS.
PARA IA PINTURA AL OLEO
Y LA CUARELA, DE VENTA
EN- Ell " BOLETIN MERCAN-
TIL":
Holm bistre).
BetGn.
Blanco de plata.
BlancO de plomo.
BlancO de zinc.
AZul celeste.
Azul de cObalte:
Azul de Prussia.
CaStano brun de Marte.
CastanO rojO.
Castano de Van Dyck.
Carmfn quemadO.
Carmin de rubia.
Ceniza aZul.
Bermell0n.
Gutagamba.
- ~
Amer;l,o ID oodr;o
Aoor;IIo ID oronno o,oro
Am"r;iio do ] oromo "S"uro
Amarillo ipdiane.
Amarillo de Napoles
Iaca nnemada.
Laca carm{nea.
Taca rnh;o
Loo omo~;l,.
4oO" "A:Il .:"
Laca a VioIada' Vn
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-10-22
LINEA DE PUERTO. RICO.

Salen los dfas 10 y 20 los vapores que
hacen ServiciOS de COrreOS.
Ell del dia 10 tOcara en- NuevitaS. Gil.
bara, BaracOa, Guantanamo, Cuba, Cabo
Haitianc y Port-au- Prince, Puerto Pla-
ia, Ponce, Mayagiiez, Aguadilla y San
Juan dc Puerto Rico. Al retorno hara
eScala en- los miSmoS puertOS.
El del dfa 90 ira pOr Nuevitas, Giba-
ra, BaracOa, Guantanamo, Cuba, Santo
Domingo, Ponce, Mayagiiez, A guadilIa
y San Juan de Puerto Rico, vinlendo
pOr los mlSmOS puertoS
RetOrnaran SaliendO de Puerto. Rico
los dfas % y respectivamente tocaran
en- Cuba los dias 20 y 9, llegando q la
Habana en- las fechas correspondence
de y IA de cada MES.
Ninguno de eStos dos vapOres tOcara a
Su retOrno en- Guantanamo.
LINEA DE CAIBARIEN.
Todos los lunes 4 las 6 de la tarde sal
dra un vapOr que, tOcando los marteS en-
la Isabella de Sagua, llegara Caibari6n
los microbes.
Retornara saliendo de Caibarien los
jueveS despu6s de la lIegada del tren de
pasajeros, con eScala en- Sagua, llegara
la Habana los Viernes.
TOdOs los vierpes las 6 de la tarde
saldra otrO vapor que tOcara en- Isabella
de Sagua los sabadOs v llegara Caiba-
rien los DOmingos
Efectuara su retornO saliendo de Cal
barien los martes, despues de la llegada
del tren de pasajeros, tocara en- Sagua
llegara 4 la Habana los microbes.
.4. REMOLCADOR.
ESta empresa tiene ei vapOr AGUI
LA, pOtente para remolques por las cos
tas de esta Isla, y habllitado de !ombas
para achiques y titles para sacramento
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-10-22
LIBR0S RELIGI0S0S.
ESs la eSpIeSsdiGtN collection de
O6TGS 1'eEtg6OsNS QaS>s eStGn
de UesttG en- eSf0 Ha1slDre3stN.
RSGsrN1e Las stgMdeMFcS:


de Ue9stE e1s eStN I11sHre1stN,
RSGsrMM InS StgMieMFcS:
Imitaci6n de Cristo, Kempis, edi-
cj6n economical.
Iden, de idem, idem, edici0n de
lujO.
Ancora de Salvaci6n.
Eiercicio cOtidianO
El Devote Feligr6s, encuaGerna-
ci6n imitaci0n marfil.
Luz divina, encuadernaci0n piel
negra con brooches.
Luz divina, encuadernaci6n de
riguroso lut0.
Luz divina, encuadernaci0n en-
piel de Australia Y nikel.
Oficio del Domingo
Pequeno Oficio, encuadelnaci0n
imitaci6n marfil.
Oficios Fdnebres, encua,lernaci6p
de- pieI con relieves.
EI Iris del, CristianO, enctladerna
Ci6n de piel.
Iris celeste, encuadernaci6n nikel.
Iris celeste, encus.dernaciOD do.
rada.
Eucologio Espan0l, encnaderna-
ci6n de carey con incruStaciOnes de
nScar.
Lamujer cat6lica, Characterization
de nacar con reliev eS.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-10-22

EsTos aeeites, I pro-
duct0 de una tabrlca-
ci6n especial, debida, &
Ia experiencia adqiiiri-
tla dulante M nc fo 9
amos en- la induStFia de
refinar petr6leo, 5taato
Ell los Estados U1iaOs>
como en- Cubay MSjico
y otros palses, so9r, ai-
no snperiOres,, igpales a
los mejores que Sc i'm
portan del extranjero,
bajo diversos noInbree
y marcas, va pOr4 sus
buenas cualidadss lumi-
nosas, cuanto,pot lasc
guridad que OfFeeen, 4
causa de sus atlas gFa-
duaciOnes en- .densidad,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-10-22

Derecho procesal, por PARA, 1
tomo.
C6digo de Justicia Militar.
Derecho administrative, por
Meyer, / tomo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-10-22

en tadOS ueba de uegO eevadas temperatures
he cuas excepconales condolences en b de enp6n
bust6n Gpontdna asa como de huno y NAL Oor 'i.t
Adenas de too anoado los ace prebes acasquera
reducidos que los de las extranieras
Ageps generates para toda Ia a, SOBRINOs DE EZQUTAGA
San JUAN Puerto Rico Gale de la nGmero IT,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-10-22

En- la Imprenta del Boletln hay
COnStante cXjStcnCia de
Il [ N IT A.

para peri6dicos e1mpresiones de1mas
|delicado trabajo, en- envases de todo
peso. De Colores: azul, enCarnada.
violeta, amarillo, verde y chocolate
Estas 1ltimas en- envases de 500 era
mosy H. k:l2.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-10-22

DAPEL SELLADO
tladrado por una sola hoja, a
,rop6sito para minutas. So
res de ohcio, etc.
De venta en- esta lmprenta.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-10-22
S0DRINOS DE- HERRERA, HABANA.

Los vaporeS de esta empresa efectua-
ran su salida desde este puerto en- los
dfas ), 10, 10, 20 y 25 de cada mes, q
las D de la tarde en- los dfas de labor y q
las II del dia en- los feStivos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-10-22
r T N T A

para escribir y copiar de diverS~
En- potes peque1os hay in
fnidad de ClaSes.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-10-22
"HTO" N Cd
DOCTRINA CRISTIANA
POR GIL ESTEVE.

Nueva edici6n perfectamente i'm
presa y encuadernada en- carton, q
NUEVE PESOS gruesa al contadO.
TomandO 10 gruesas Sc hace un
buen descuento.
De veI4ta en- esta Imprenta.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-10-22
ESFERAS

para las Escuelas ; con me""i
d ano de metal, juegos com
pletos, de Copernico, Arml
lar. Terrestre y Celeste.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-10-22

De venta en- Ia imprenta del
Boletin Mercantil
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-26

(Continued on Third Page.)
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-03-12

You will please take notice that / amt
rich, and maybe / amt smart nor very
eoodlookin, but will bet the best pair
of mules in the settlement that never
will git turned out in the cold world
for the want of a soft settin down place.
will have little nest of my own to
start with, and if in case that slides out
from under me have already got three
or four places picked out, where I can
SO and aop down and rest when git old
and tired.
There is James Saunders Scruggins,
which didn't have no ma when he
turned up at our house, and never did
have any pa so fur anybody knows of.
But toted fair with him and give him
white boys chance. He has got a
good house now, and plenty TO go on,
and / am as welcome at his table as his
own dear daddy, if not more so.
And then there is Will Tom Pickens
He wouldn't have a pretty home and
a good, smart wife and four promisin
children to-day if i hadn't fixed up
little scheme and worked it out SO he
could marry Mamie Lou Galloway. /
was for Win Tom and Mamie Lou,
right or wrong, when their own home
folks was tryin their level durndest to
bust up the match, and consequent tally
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-03-12
ABouT PEOPLE.

Alfred Nicol, the inventor Of dyna-
mite, was an author as well as q dis
tinguished engineer, and it is said some
OF his English poems rise to very
high plane. Shortly before he died he
wrote Swedish drama, Beatrice
CenciD
After this August Belmont viii race
his horses under his own name Here
tofore his stable has been known as
Blemton stable. Blemton was the nick
name given Mr.. Belmont by the Hasty
Pudding club when he was in college
ArcIduke Francis Ferdinand is one OF
the crack shots of Europe. he shoots
with smoke1ess powder, handles his
weapon quickly and is credited with
killing $50 head of game in an hour
and half. To perform this feat he
kept three leaders constantly employed,
The two brass-bound oaken dispatch
boxes which stand on the table dividing
the two front benches of the English
house of commons bear indelible rec
ords of Gladstone. When speaking 1t
was his habit to bring his fist down with
violent emphasis on one or the other OF
these two boxes, and his signet ring
has made great indentations in the oak.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-03-12

there In warm place in their house fos
me whenever I may call and need it.
got letter from VIII Tom the other
day, and this is the way it reads:
To Hon. r. Sanders Rocky Creek
You dear delightful old Dickunce:
You would come 10 see us Christmas or
New Year, but we have still got plenty Of
somethin good to eat and drink savin up
agin you can git off and come down.
have got four more hogs to kill, whilst
Mamie Lou left the biggest turkey and put
away a basket of eggs and also a large
bottle of vegetable matter to go with them.
Come as soon as you can and stay as long
as you golnation please We viii look till
we see you comm,
Yours through thick and thin.
WILL TOM PICKENS.
Moreover, also, Misses Josephine Crit
tenden-littfe 10 Runnels as she use
TO be-she is married now, livin down in
the Flat Woods and dom well. She
always did think great pile of me,
and if it ever comes to pass that
mought run out of soft settin down
places know she will have pleasant
corner somewhere around the house
where she can tuck me in and keep me
warm.
Tt amt much probable that / will
ever git big rich or run for congress,
but you can bet your Sunday boots and
your side whiskers that if ever git old
and broke down and genraIly in the
way, / will manage to find me soft
place, where can flop down and curl
up and GO to sleep as neat and snug as
a meader mouse under fodder stack.
RUFUS SANDERS
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-03-12

The chicken heart in human beings
is not unknown, but the tomato heart"
seems new. A western Pennsylvania
savant informs the world that toma-
toes, whether raw or cooked, are unfit
for human consumption, and that near
ly everybody who eats tomatoes suf-
fers from lycopersicum cardiopathia,
or tomato heart. Their effect he
says, "even upon the most robust is
invariably injurious" The first symp-
tom is difficult breathing, which evil
dences san arrest of vital activity"
1t seems that the secret of the baneful
effects of eating tomatoes was revealed
to the professor in the discovery of
the fact that the inmates of the Pitts
burgh almshouse, who partake largely
of canned tomatoes, are also afflicted
with general depression"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-03-12
A Good schooI-Marm.

This thing which some folks call fate,
and some call predestination, is apower-
full good scbool-marm, accordin to my
doXology. You understand i have
been one of her scholars for 10 these
many years, and she has learnt me
some lessons which I never can live
long enough to disremembeF. Icouldn't
forget them If wanted to and tried my
level blandest. She has likewise also
give me some terrible hard knocks and
made me wear the Ounce cap many and
nany's the time. But as yet never
have spelt UP head, and I amt quit
school neither.
In my bummin and bruisin around
promiscus through this vain and heetin
world below / have already learnt that
man can mighty soon run the savin-
up-for-a-rainy-day business into the
ground if he wants to. lie can starve
and stint and rake and scrape and
W orry and wear his life out before the
rainy day comes or the first frost of old
age comes.
Some men want to get rich too all
fired student like-straddle a fortune
at one jump, as it were, and then live
high and riotous in their old remainin
days. But if you will only watch man
like that you will notice that he most in
generally always gets old quick and
lives hard and dies before his proper
time. He may make stacks and cords
of money and put it out where the
dimes will turn to dollars every oncst
and occasionally, but yet at the same
time feel poor and live poor and pass
out ahead of time. Accordin to Andy
Lucas and the Scriptures-money makes
the mare go. But it can't make good,
tolid grub go and stay when mans
general machine runs down and the bot
tom drops out of his bread basket.
So when you come to count up all the
Fosts | would a whole lot ruther let
everything go as fast as it comes and
take my chances about the settin down
place, than to wear myself out and have
to take out and quit before / ever find
time to stop and rest Mortal man,
born of female woman, breaks and
'spurts" a most too much anyhow. He
runs too high up or either too low down.
If he would but only strike level, and
make good average, and let well
enough alone, he could hold his speed
better and stand the pace longer.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-03-12
Jim wenthcrford the ouItter

Little Jim Weatherford - half
brother to old man Bunk-was what you
mought call a gutter. He most in
generally went in for the whole hog
or none, and got none at last. He scared
a good start and got away with a fine
burst of speed, but he broke all to pieces
before he got on the home stretch and
then went home and quit.
The mainest trouble with little Jim
was that he was too internal nervous
like and smart. He must of been born
in hurry, and know for my own in
dividually self that he lived and died
at about the same rate. He was mover
and hustler from breakfast all the
way. He didn't have n blessed thing to
start ON but so acres of land and one
mule, but his head was set on maxim
money, and he made it. He took the
lead row himself, and everything and
everybody on the place had to follow
and keep up. He lived at home all alone
by himself-liyed as clost as the bark
on dogwood tree-and whensomever
he got dollar he helt on to it till the
eagle screamed and another one
turned up to keep it company.
Little Jim had been horned and brung
up in the midst Of poor folks and hard
times, and when he come to be a man
he give il out that he was goin to put
plenty of money in his TANKS and then
take out and quit and have a high-heel
good time. He was as good as his word
10 some extent, and at 80 years old he
had three plantations and twenty-odd
head of mules and was payin taxes on
about 81 900 worth of stuff. And yet
I never saw him in my life when he
want hard run and headed straight for
the poor house, to hear him tell it. He
made money on top of money, and got
rich, but he never could see it in that
way. With him the takin out time and
the settin down place never did come.
He raked and he scraped. and he
stinted and saved up for a rainy day,
but long before it come he was out
and gone the common way of all flesh.
He was only little turned 30 when he
died, aud the doctors give it out that
there want anything the matter with
him in particular-jest general givin
awayand an ala around kerfummux He
was too Internal clost and stingy to
git married, and consequentially his
money went by long division to the law
gers and his poor relations.
Little Jim pitched his tune too blame
high, and naturally of course it didn't
take him very long to sing the song
cut.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-03-12
cHlcAGo's HEAVY coPPERs.
Big Officers ON Guard Mt the Street
CROSSINGS.

Big Officers ON Guard mt the Street
Crossings.
The arithmetics of the future will
perhaps contain proposition like this
for the youth to puzzle over:
IF crossing policeman weighs FAC
pounds and his belt is SO inches in diam.
eter, how far ahead of him will thie1
keep who has a start of 20 rods, IL feet
and 3 inches?
The answer will be varied, accord
ing to the experience of the student
If he knows a lot of things about th<
Chicago crossing coppers he will say
about a mile. When the civil service
commission is examining a man fol
police force material for the days that
are to be, it would do well, perhaps
I'D pick out few who can do 100 yards
i5nder three minutes. They are not
ON the force now. 1t may be that il
takes man weighing over 200 pounds
to hold down job on the detail, but
whatever the reason it is evident to the
observer that the squad runs more to
obesity than anything else. 1t seldom
runs at all, for that matter, since vio-
lent exercise is not part of the duties
of a crossing cop.
The Broadway squad in New York
city is composed of the pick of the pc.
lice force, selected for intelligence, neat
ness, polish and general appearance
not for height and avoirdupois solely.
The officers are the finest-looking body
Of police in the world without doubt.
The Chestnut street squad of Phila-
delphia is composed of tall men, but
they are all finely built and an orna-
ment to the force. In Chicago the
man on the corner seems to be strong
on girth and little else.
To be sure, the crossing copper does
not have to travel beat and his duties
are largely confined to waving club
at obstinate drivers and helping ladies
to cross the street. But should thief
be seen rushing through the street with
a tray full of rings or pickpocket
jump from a street car and run, how
many crossing copers in Chicago could
do anything except throw club at himf
Not one in dozen. 1t is a grievous fact
that the only claim to eminence Chi
cago can make for its downtown police
is that they outweigh any equal number
of officers in the world.-Chicago Chron.
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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-03-12

can't make no tremendous big mistake
by keepin your weather eye open on the
future time to come. And then, if you
don't die young, old age is comm swift
and certain by and by, and some of
these days you will find your rusty self
in need of a soft settin down place to
rest.
Some men get old whilst yet they are
young, and some remain over and tarry
around and stay young when they are
old. But they will all have to come up
a. a stoppin place somewheres down
the line. When the days work is done
and the race is roundin to a finish
when the gold of evenin meets the dusk
of highland them tired feelins are
crawlin up and down and all around,
you viii feel like floppin yourself down
somewheres to rest. Then if you can
manage so as to have good soft place
ready and waitin, you can bless your
stars, and laugh at the world, and shake
your fist at fate, and say Rufe Sanders
was plum right as usual.