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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1898-06-01

allf la naturaleza no tiene voces que anunclen
los desastres: es Embellishments nauda.
Lo dicho es ouanto podemos yer en- ell
ocular de este anteojo (si es que SO constru'
ye), en- que idealmente hemos considerable Ia
topograffa de la Luna segan nos ensef1a la
ciencia. u. .~..
Seg1n la mayorfa de los sabios, la Luna
ed un mundo frfo no habitado inhabitable
que en- tiempos remotos tuvo jnventud y vi.
da, pero que ahora esta muerto para siempre.
-sL0s ULTIm0S~ DB5CUBRIMIENTOS
Segdn los estudios y oonc'usiones del
astr6nomo ameriosno Mr.. w. Pickering, de
Harvard College, Ia oarencia de- atm6sfera
de Ia Luna no esta demostrada, porque no
conooi6ndose san con exactitud gu diametro
aparente, no 80 puede calcalar con precision
Ia hora de la ocnltaci6n de las estrellas por
el disco lunar, que permitir1a resolver ell
problema por Ia diferenoia entire Ia hora OF
servada y la ca'culada para las efem&rides.
Cree tambi6n Mr.. Pickerin que los &C.
cidentes del suelo de nuestro satellite no pue.
den ser explioados sino por la scoi6n de las
aguae, Y que i esta aooi6n Sc deben los va
lies fsuras observadss, como los ssvalles de
Schvnter, Pilavio, Bosoovich otros mas.
En- fin, eegnn el detenido estudio que
hizo dursnte 81 a1lo dc 1898 en- Arequlpa
Q'eru), las manchas que Sc observan sobre
los maree, tales como Billy, Hansteen, AL.
fonso Atlas, ouyo brillo 90 variable, de-
penden de las variaciones de nivel del aqua
que contienen los mares.
Las primeras fotograffss aceptables de
Ia Luna las obtuvo el americana Rutherford
en- el ailo 1864, no had sido supersdas al
no por las obtenidas por Mfr. Prinz en- 1885,
= despu6s en- 1891 por las sscadas en- el %.
servatorio dc Lick conetruido en- IL oumbre
del monte Hamilton (Estados Unidos). Las
ultimas fotograffas han sido obtenidas por
MMr. Levy y Puiseux CON la gran equatorial
del Observatorio de Paris.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1898-06-01
Gaceta official de h0y

La suecripci6n nacional asciende hasta
ell dia de hoy, la spma &c $l25. 902-90.
--Gobierno general Comunicaciones
del ministerio de Ultramar references s la
suscripcidn nacional, aperture de las Cortes,
autorizacion para trasladar del Cementerio
de Cadiz al de esta capital los restos morta.
les de don Manuel Mater Mari6n y pasaje
concedido dou Gustavo Evaristo lzcoa D{az.
-Gobierno insular: Decretos sobre
franquiciss de cabotaje, que publicamos en-
otro lugar.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1898-06-01
Battalion provisional de PueIto-Rico
NU NERO 3.

Debiendo proveerse este battalion de 26
mulas que reupap condolences de fuerza para
soportar la carga mfnina de noventa dos
kil6gramos, aparte del baste aparejo, resls-
teneia 8 fatjga pro]ongada y no exceder de
aflos de edao, pero sin sujeci6n s slzada de'
terminada cuyo precio uno con otro no
exoeda de ochenta pesos: Sc hace saber por
ei presente anunco para que Ell que desee
presentar ganado de esta eepecie pueda ha'
cerlo desde mailana dc ocho de la mislna
seis de la tarde en- las ofoinas de eete Bata-
Hon, sito en- ell cuartel de San Francisco,
donde previo ell recopccimiento pericial, Sc
procedera al ajunte cierre do trato inme-
diato.
Sc admiten proposiciones por los CO.
mandantes de los destaoamentos dc Fajardo
y vieques.
Lo que sc hace p:blico fin de que con
toda urgencia sc remitan q este cuerpo pro-
poeiciones los que tuvieran esta clase de ga
nado sujetandose en- TODD 10 prescrito en- ell
presente anuncio.
Los gastos que orjgine este anuncio ser&n
sufragados proporcionalmente entire los VEN
dedores del ganado. La Junta econ6mioa.
Los capitanes comisionados.
a-se Ru1uez Nuuoj0s, A107fo NG7!0zae.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1898-06-01
La APOTE0SIS DE- IBSEN

FL decano de los poetas noruegos, III.
Henrik Ibsen, ha cumplido en- 30 de Mario
prdximo pasado su ailo septuag6simo.
Con este motive sus conpatriotas hice
ron hermosas 6estas en- honor suyo, tam
bien los pueb!os hermanoe, Suecia Dina.
marca, celebraron este aniversario, que s eu
vez los aemanes festejaYon, apropiandoee
por slstema, & Ibsen, como asimilaron Sa.
kespeare con sus propios poetas.
1bsen pas6, la manana en- go casa. Tor
la noche los estudiantes lie dieron una mag.
mica sererata con Marcia de las antorchas.
Hi teatro principal de Cristianfa, que es
propietario de casi todas las obras del poeta
puso en- escena un drama euyo: ella tete
solhaug" (''La colina soleada'>; Ell teatro
Central representa- ''Les Reverauts icosa ex.
trana! por primera vez. Nadie es profeta
en- su patria.
FL lunes, 2l, Ibsen asisti6 una repre-
tentacion de gala en- el teatro referido de
Cristianfs; Sc hizo ''Solnerc le construc
teur".
Al dia siguiente IN banquete. al que Sc
habfa 1nvltado 10 mas selecto de 10 socie~
dad de Cristian1a: Ell prcsidente del Parla
mento, 81 del Consejo todos les que antes
10 han sldo viven al presente. eI obispc,
muchos generates, miem bros del TRIBUNAL dc
Casaclon y de otras Corporaciones.
HI rey no tlene va distinction cue dar
lbsen, condecorado hace tempo con la or
den naclonai de San Olaf Sin EMBARGO en-
su calidad de poeta, Oscar II ha enconIra7o
manera de sportar su homenaje Ibsen. En-
Ell ''Llbro de ORC escandiravo'' que ofrecen
81 dramnturgo GUS admiradores de los tres
reinos suecia, Noruega, Dinamarca, ell
rey de Noruega 10 saluda en- Ia lengua de g. i,
to pals con las lineas siguientes:
GA Enriqne Ibsen:
<Las almas privilegiadas no son tan s6 .
10 Ell ornamento del pueblo en- one nacen !;
son tambien los precarsores de Is evoluci6n,
del aprovechamiento para Ia vida de Ia noble
materla que ha puesto la Providencia en- las
protundldades del coraz6n humane Y 81
todo 10 grande, toao 10 bello que esas slmas
revelan no es de una vez comprendido ca =
umado por todos, la buena simiente jamas
queda sembrada en- vano Ell porvenir Ia
vera crecer dar frutos de bendicion.
<Y esta ser& la reoompensa, la gloria
eterna de las almas grandes.
Oscar,
Ri editor de 1bsen en- Copenhsgue, NJ.
Hegel, celebro Ell aniversario publicando la
prlmera edlcl6n de las obras completes del
poeta, $4,000 eiemplares, por Ia cual recibi-
ra su autor 5000 frances
I'm dlcha capital sc hab1a preparado to.
DO 10 necessrio para la representation de
algunas obras de Ibsen en- ell teatro real en-
Ell teatro Dagmar. El mismo poeta que no
habfa salido de Cristianfa hacfa siete aflos.
debi6 asistir alguna de estas funciones ha.
cia fines del mismo mes, Sd
En- Stokolmo los dos teatros reales2Y I'll
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1898-06-01
Alarmas exageradas

Para faciiitar aroohe la salida del vapor
Miguel NJ dsjnilos'', Sc colocaron las ]uces
que Sc acc ,u1abrsn poner en- las boyas que
senalan Ia ertrada salida del pq qe-to, segdn
Sc ha hecho en- infnitos cssos an&logos; pero
en- esta ocasi6n ha sido causa de una falsa
alarma ell re1erido hecho.
Segun parece, observaron desde Catano
las aludidas luces la fantasia comenz6 S
eierctar su obra de exsgeraci6A forjandose
peligros msgnarios,y l!evando lh intranqui.
lidad al vecindario, hasta 81 extre emo de que
no falt6 quien emprendiese viaje \hasta Ba-
yam6n.
Nosotros entendemos que Va vigi'
lancia debe Ger ~constante, pefmanente
cuidadosa, como tan sabiamentd 10 tiene
ordenado nuestra primera autorifad, Pc
70 entendemos tamblen que ESP vfgi-
lancia cebe ejecutarse en- forh tai,
que no orgipe alarmas infundadas que l'e'
ven desasociegos las familias. Els natural
que traten de huir de los verdaderd Is peli'
gros aquellas personals que Eo go nc4entren
en- ell deber de arrostrarlos, pero es r1dioulo
que Sc huya de los imaginarios due Sc
propends deearrollarlos. Recu6rdese la
fAbula de <El Pastor Ell lobo1 cuidemos
no vayamos 4 caer en- 10 cierto por habituar'
nos temer 10 fantastico. Con calma Y ra.
ciooinio &c hacen siempre mejor las cosas q.
con precipita clones nerviosas. /.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1898-06-01

Wara dar&n igualmsnte representations de
gala.
En- Hamburgo Ell italia theater> anun'
oi6 obras de Ibsen por mahana tarde para
el dia del aniversario, one jeualmente han
celebrado cuatro coIiseos de Viena.
Le ha llegado al poeta su cuarto de hora
de celebridad universal.
(Re721oCz,tci1o\m m~
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1898-06-01
Baldomero Vilar6
Fubricuute de Alumabiqa1es

En- esta casa establecida en-
Ponce, Puerto-Rico, calle del Jo-
bo, sc construyen Glambiqa1es, con-
hnuos, alta Y baja graduation.
Rectifcodores garanti@ados y todo 10
ooncerniente al ramo de Cdlderer<G
de cobre. Dirigiir '66rdenes q Baldo-
nero Vilar6, calle del Jobo, numero
n Ponce 2O-13
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1898-06-01
Noticias de San Thomas

bsrdeo do Puerto Rico, por la ofcialidad
americans, pues dice que Sc Snpusieron
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-03-03
8 Home Of McKinley's Ancestors. 8
8 Quaint Old Farmhouse In County Antrim, 8
9 Ireland, Built In 17O5.

in the records of the parish church are
the christening entries of James. son
of William and Hannah Mckinley. Of
Dervock," and of his brothers, John.
Peter and William-all between the
years 1905 and 1715. These were the
children of that David Mckinley, o:
Dervock, who collected the hearth tax,
and the grandchildren of "Shamus Oge
Mckinley
James Mckinley came to America.
and his son David, of COlumbiana
county, Ohio, was great grandfather of
the president. His nephew. William
Mckinley, inherited the old homestead.
and during the troublous times Of 1898
threw in his lot, as did very many u
ster Protestants, with the United Irish
men. He was a close friend Of Henry
Joy McCracken, the leader of the Ulster
rebels, AMI during the summer OF 1913
party of yeOmanry, commanded, curl
ously enough. by a Capt. Hanna. de-
scended upon Dervock farm and cap
tured Mckinley and a quantity of rebel
arms and ammunition. Mckinley was
taken to Coleraine, and. the country be-
ing under martial law, he was tried by
drumhead court martial and shot in
the market place, together with three
other patriots.
Dervock has long since passed out OF
Mckinley hands, but the present ten
ant, sturdy Ulster yeoman. claims
relationship to the family in the female
line. A nearby churchyard has many
Mckinley tombs, and among them may
be seen that of William of 1898.
ANGELA Brennan.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-03-03

tives, and asked them the meaning of
the peculiar pit. They informed him
that they were breeders of snakes. They
caught all sorts of snakes and put
them in the pit, the bottom of which
was covered over with dried grass and
leaves. They kept the snakes here
some six months. feeding them on all
kinds of small animals and birds. They
then filed a large earthen pot with
poisonous herbs, lighted it, lowered it
into the pit and secured the tight fit
ting wooden cover, and thus smothered
the reptiles. The cover was allowed
to remain on for few days; it was
then removed and the snakes taken
out by means of long pole with a
spike at the end of it. Their heads were
then cut off and one of the rogues set
out for the nearest government agency
to obtain the bounty, while the other
one caught fresh snakes for the pit.
The snakes very often devoured one
another, but the mothers generally
managed to bring up their young,
though it was a marvel they bred at
all in such a place, being, one would
think, contrary to their nature.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-03-03
THE IDEAL HOSTESS.

Perception. Patience and Tact Some Of
the Qualities Necessary.
Ideal hostesses are rare and opinions
differ as to what constitutes them, no
two definitions being exactly alike. In
a recent discussion of the subject sew
eral society women recited their ideals
Of the various qualities an ideal host
ess should possess, as follows: She
must make you feel individually that
you are the favored guest. She must
make you feel perfectly at home. She
must see everything and yet possess the
art of seeming to see nothing. She mus:
never look bored. She must know how
to keep conversation always going She
must never let anyone be slighted OF
overlooked. She must know when to
ask the amateur musician to display
his or her talents. She must be per-
fectly unselfish about her own pleas
ures. She must not neglect her guests,
ard at the same time must not give
them too much Of her society. She
must remember that nothing is so tire
Some, so surely death to all enjoyment
as the feeling that one is being "en-
tertained." In. short, the ideal hostess
must. above everything. possess pa
thence. and that almost indescribable
quality known as tact.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-03-03
THE COZY CORNER.

Ingenuity Must he Exercised In Produce
ing the Best Results.
"Skill in designing a cozy corner,
said the artistic decorator to the New
York Advertiser man, docs not lie in
the choice of tints and textures so much
as in the ingenuity exercised in pro-
ducing the best results with the fewest
OPPORTUNITIES and making the nook
look luxurious without sacrificing COM
fort and utility. It's very easy to build
a COW corner if the niche is already
formed by the builder Of the house.
but when one must evolve the corner
as we'll as the fittings it's quite another
story. Now take huge drawing room
how would an ordinary corner look
in it? 1t would be lost, so We build
corner out into the room, thus giving
it the proportions necessary to appeal
to the artistic eye. An awkwardly-
shaped room opening off the parlor OF
a bachelors apartment uptown was
fitted up not long ago in a manner that
would solve the ill-shaped room ques-
ton for many a puzzled house furnish
err On one side of the room the wall
bulges out, leaving only a straight
stretch of q few feet between it and
the doors leading into the next room.
In this ready-made mock carved teak
wood writing deck is placed corner
wise, affording the writer certain &C.
clusion, but allowing the pretty bit Of
furniture to be seen from the adjoin-
ing room. The bullying wall is GOV.
cred with dark green burlap and orna-
mented with artistically draped silks
and stuffs caught up by long spears.
differing scimitars and a warriors
shield of steel with gay, scarlet straps.
Beneath this barbaric display is q
broad. low couch, upholstered with dull
sreen-gray velvet and piled with pill.
lows Of every hue, but few OF plain
| colors. Persian patterns and oriental
harmonies predominating. The head
and foot of the couch are tall pew
| DOORS of blackwood, which extend
| bit beyond the couch, forming an en-
brasure in which the lover of pillows
and siestas can have some seclusion
Near the foot of the couch on a low
teakwood table shining samovar and
| eggshell teacups stand ready for the
| s o'clock tippler.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-03-03

Gradual Development Of the Mind.
Sir H. Holland says: Whatever the
DRY we hold as to the functions of the
brain or mind, it is certain that the
powers Of the brain are only gradually
developed. and. if forced into prema-
ture exercise. they are impaired by the
effort" This is a maxim. indeed, of
great import, applying to the condition
and culture of every faculty and func-
ton of body or of mind, and singularly
so to the memory, which forms in one
sense the foundation of intellectual life.
A regulated exercise. short of inducing
fatigue, is improving to 1t, as. indeed.
it is to all faculties and functions: but
we are bound to refrain from goadinga
it by constant and laborious efforts I'M
early life. and before the instrument in
strengthened to its work, or it decays
in our hands.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-03-03
THE BLACK DEATH.

Now Believed to BE Identical with the
BubOnic Plague.
The pestilential disease which pre-
vailed so extensively in Europe in the
middle ages and which was known
everywhere as the black death caused
an enormous loss of life. This disease
is now believed by psychologists to
be identical with the bubOnic plague
of the orient. says Popular Science
Monthly No doubt, however. other
pestilential maladies and especially tp-
plus or spotted fever" were con-
founded with the prevailing epidemic
disease. The aforementioned disease is
sometimes known as famine fever"
on account of it's liability to prevail
in epidemic form during periods of
scarcity of food. Typhus was not
recognized by physicians as a distinct
disease until about the end Of the if
teenth century, and typhoid fever.
which prevails as an endemic disease
in all parts of the civilized world, was
not differentiated from typhus until
the early part of the present century.
There is, therefore considerable con-
fusion as regards the real nature of the
disase in many of the epidemics which
occurred in Europe during the middle
ages and even as late as the last CEN
tury But there can be no doubt that
the bubonic plague was one of the
chief causes of mortality. 1t continu
ed to prevail in various parts of Eu-
rope during the sixteenth century. AMI
during the two-thirds of the seven
teenth, but during the latter part of
the seventeenth century it became more
and more rare, and after the middle
Of the eighteenth century its only per-
manent habitat in Europe appears to
have been a limited area in the south
eastern portion, from which it Occas-
ionally spread northward. without.
however, extending much beyond the
limits of the Balkan peninsula. Dur
ing the early part of the present CEN
fury it still occurred to some extent
in this region where it prevailed as
an epidemic for the last time in 1871.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-03-03
THE MYSTERY Of SLEEP.


No One Can Exactly Explain The Hhe
nomena OF a1umber.
From the London Spectator: There
is a remarkable fact connected with
sleep which must not be overlooked
The sleep Of human being. II We are
not too busy to attend to the matter.
always evokes a certain feeling Of awe
Go into q room where a person i;
sleeping and it is difficult to resist the
sense that one is In the presence OF the
central mystery Of existence. People
who remember how constantly they
see old Jones asleep in the club library
will smile at this. but look quietly and
alone at even old Jones and the sense
of mystery will soon develop. It Is
no good to say that sleep is only NOV
ing" because it looks like death. The
person who is breathing so loudly a,
to take away all thought of death
causes the sense Of awe quite as easily
as the silent sleeper. who hardly seems
to breathe. We see death seldom. but
were it more familiar We doubt il
corpse would inspire so much awe ii
the unconscious and sleeping figure
a smiling irresponsible doll Of flesh ane
blood. but a doll to whom in a secont
may be called proud. active. con
trolling consciousness which will rid
his bodily and his mental horse will
a hand of iron. which will force that
body to endure toll and misery ant
will make that mind now wandering in
paths of fantastic folly grapple with
some great problem, or throw all its
force into the ruling. the saving or the
destruction of mankind. The corpse
is only SO much bone. muscle and It's
sue. The sleeping body is the house
which a quick and eager master has
only left for an hour or so. Let any
one who thinks sleep is not mystery
try to observe in himself the process
by which sleep comes and to notice
how and when and under what cOndi-
tons he loses consciousness. He will,
of course, utterly fail to put his finger
on the moment Of sleep coming. but in
striving to get as close as he can tc
the phenomena of sleep he will realize
how great is the mystery which he is
trying to fathOm
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-03-03

In the county of Antrim-Ireland's
northernmost district-there stands
comfortable old farmhouse. which until
recently attracted little notice, but
which has now become place Of much
more than local fame. Parish oracles
point out the homestead Of Dervock
with JUNCTION, and Grant Americans
drift thither from Larne, Belfast, and
even distant Dublin. For this squarely
GENTS, or nursing home, of the house
of Mckinley; and under this venerable
roof was born James Mckinley, pioneer
of the family in America, and ancestor
of the president of these United States.
Dervock is not far from Tough Neagh
in whose calm waters the fisherman is
still believed to see at intervals all the
spires and pinnacles of some proud city
Of the forgotten past. One may hire a
jaunting car in busy Belfast, and jour-
ney thither agreeably enough. The
farm house stands on slightly rising
ground. A hedge of tall thorn trees
masks the front, until the long bohe-
reen or lane, with sudden turn, brings
the traveller into the trim Enclosure,
half lawn, half garden, which surrounds
the entrance door. Behind the house
rises a brace of spreading elms, and
against their light green foliage the
cold gray stones of Dervock stand out
in stern, but not unpleasant relief.
Two stories high. with narrow, small
PANIED windows and sort of lean-to
addition-such is the outward aspect
Of the Mckinley cottage. Up to de-
cade since the roof was picturesquely
matched, but the present tenant tore
away the straw, and covered his home
with more useful, but certainly less at
tractive, states. In the low doorway
stands ''half-door," that hospitable
Celtic idea, which keeps undesirable
strangers out, while bidding a hearty
welcome to the desirable. Beside this
door. through which one gets a view
of the neatly kept interior. stands an
ancient granite stone, now used as a
seat, but which once occupied a more
important position. The two chimneys
of the cottage are very old, but so
strongly and serviceably did the Nc
Kinleys of former days build them that
subsequent jewellers found in them
nothing to alter. The same, indeed,
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-03-03
Woke Up In . Conn.

From the Maryville. Mo-, Review
Paul Pelkey, of Fillmore. is still living
and is 102 years old. He took sick
and died forty years ago. was dressed in
grave clothes and was placed in . cof-
fin in an upstairs room at his home.
The funeral was ready to start and
the stairs were very narrow and old
fashioned and but two men could han
die the comm. They started down the
stairway with the CONN and one Of the
men slipped and down went the
CONN bumpty-bump. The CONN broke
open and the corpse sat up and rubbed
his eyes and asked for drink Of water.
and Paul Pelkey's funeral was put OF
indefinitely, and has not since been an
nounced, and 1t Is said is not likely to
be for some time to come.