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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1898-05-09

contar con tales alivios: & estos tiene el go
bierno obligsci6n de ayudar, tanto por con.
sideraciones de orden publico y de buen re-
glmen econ6mico, cuanto por los dahos y
perturbaciones que todos los demss y Ia
isla entera puede ocasionar un manicipio
descuidado desprovisto de medios.
Para que Ia acci6n del gobierno sea eff
caz es precise que tenga los ojos y los oidos
mas cerca de kas diver4as localidades de la
isla, que vigile y fscilite todos los actos ad-
ministrativos one caen bajo su competepoia..
ST possible fuera en- ell mismo lugar en- que sc
delegados departamentales,i inteligentes y ac-
tlvos cuya creacion es ana urgente necesldad.
Sc ha organiEado Ia administration insular
con verdadero lujo de centros de funciona'
rios, pero todos residen en- la capital, y este
90 un error gravisimo. Sin necesidad de
sumentar los gastos, pueden crearse las dele.
gaciones departsmentales ponerse en- ma
nos de personas de aptitud reconocida Y Ii
gadas fntimamente al gobierno, de los que
hoy llenan inutilmente las ofoinas de la ca
pital. Suprfmanse eecretarfas, subsecreta-
rfae y SO tendrA disponible un personal que
podrfa llevar la acoi6n del gobierno todos
los Ambitos de Ia isla haci6ndole mas previ-
sora etoaz,y una de las principales funcio'
nes de estos delegados debe ser la inspection
de Ia administration municipal, tan intere-
sante en- estos momentos, en- cuanto el
gobierno aepa 10 que pasa por persona COMO
cedora, que agena las pequeheces de cada
pueblo, comprendera la necesidad absolute
de que estAn Jos ayuntamientos de ser ayu-
dados para ealirade la crisis actual
JUAN JOSE POROUS.
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F A N T. A S las
DESDE PARIS

Como 81 la revuelta argellna' fuese I'm
grano dc an1s, andamos preocupadfsimos
con tres asuntos,, 4 saber: 81 los caballeros
tirados de frac deben no deben llevar
guantes blancos cuando entran en- una <soi >
ree>, question que hemos zanj jado de este
modo: 81 los oaballeros van s bailar deben
calzarse los oonsabidos guantes, porque CO.
mo la mayor parte de los caballeros, por
atildados que sean, les sudan los datiles, hay
damas.
Segunda cuesti6n.-El hecho de asstir
: la academia francesa ell jefe del Estado,
que asistira esta tarde k la reception del mi.
nistro Hanotaux, 1tiene precedentes? Unos
autores est&n por la afrmativa otros auto
res estan por la negativa <Empero> re-.
cuerdan grandes historiadores que Mr. Theirs,
siendo presidente de la Republica, asisti6
una veg 3 la Academia, cusndo esta recibi6
zen su seno> al duque de Aumale; que la
exemperatriz, nnestra Eugenis, asisti6 & la
reception de Octavio Feuillet, habi6ndose
reido muoho, no del discureo del novel;sts,
sino de que la obligaron 4 subr una esca
lerll]a en- espiral que oonducfa al palco del
imperio.
Tercera cuesti6n.-El <Maine,, que
solo deb1a lnteresarnos nosotros, con arre
glo al ultino canon de la prensa paris1ense,
la cua1 ae enfad6 con los extranieros que
discurrieron sobre Ell proceso Zola, aegan-
do: <Francia para los franceses,
Buena parte de la prensa acoge las no
ticiss de Cayo Hueso, segan lag ouales fus
un senor don Quintfn (lBanderas?) quien
vol6 el <Maine.> Habfan1e prometido 1000
centenes, y Ell hombre, que era I'M buzo
atroz, fac ;zas! zambull6se en- la bahia,
llegando hasta Ell <Maine,> debaio de cuya
qailla coloc6, pegandola con constipado, una
bomba ravacholesca. Y.... <ibrrrrr!
vol6 al <Maine.> Luego sc trat6 en- confe
rencia qo6 Sc harfa con D. Quintfn, aoordan.
dose al I'm apretarle de inc6gnito ell ganote,
con 10 cual Sc conei gui6 que no cantase, w..
nos ahorramos los 1900 centenes.
Mas simpatica la <fantasfa> del escritor
Emile Gautier, ha ideado IN microbio, el
<aspergillus fuIgorans,> causa orfgen de Ia
dichosa voladara. Eel barco tenfa haripa; Ia
harina fermenta bal 10 la acci6n dot sol tropi.
cal en- aquella zona quien dijo Bello:
iSalve, feounda zona
que al sol enamorado cirounscribes
el vago curse y cuanto ser to anima
en- cada vario china
acariciado de tn luz concibes
Bal 10 un sol asf, Ia fermentation de la ha.
rina era inminente; de la fermentation de la
harlna ssllo ell microbio del incendio, y como
nlngnn microbio puede estarse quieto, ell
''aspergillus fulgurans'' sc entretnvo en- pa,
searse Por el barco, descomponiendo la mate.
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nero 2708 pdertouRiCo 9 de Mayo de 1898. 0fiCina!

SO dice sali6 esta maf1ana & las ooho con
rumbo 4 Puerto Rico.
Ell <Paulina, sali6 de Fajardo { las 4
de la tarde despues de haber recibido un te.
legrama de esta capital de ponerse de
acuerdo por medic de seEales con ell <Al-
fonso Xli1>, para seguir sus aguas. No
encontr6 en- el viaje ninguo buque Rl de
las tres chimeneas, despues de haber
vigilanao las naniobras del xPauline, hssts
medic d1a, desapareci6 en- ell horizonte.
~+*s~- I'm San Thomas, con honrosas excepcio-
nes, la mayor parte de los vecinos son parti.
darios de los yankees.
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ria organica, w.. izas! iVoladura al canto!
No estA NAL. Pero puesto que el micro
bio fu6 quien rompi6 los vidrios, que pague
ell microbio la indemnizaoi6n del s'Maine."
LUIS BONAFOUX.
(De "El Heraldo de Madrid'').
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4 Los PADRES De FAMILIA

alberto mi doniciIio Cristo }5 prepare
para los alumnos deseen resentarse en- Septe
pr0xmo examen de ngresO la segunda ensefaza,
2deuas case especial dc Aritmtic para los estudlan
a habendo aprobado ell sesundo ano empez ran ei
principle Octubre. Las restanes classes ue
guada enseflanza contnuan como de costumbre.
6-4 Pedro MOcso BGu9et.
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CRUZ R0JA

Secoi6n de sehoras. sef1oras soolas
que gusten sellar sn brazal, pueden hacerlo
en- esta secretarfa San Justo 37.-La Secre'
taria.-Obdulia IA. de Cottes. 2-2
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-14

tain. player and Judge Of human ma
ture. ~ she exists among ball play
ers." says the Washington Post. But
Connie. ! am compelled 70 say, vas
the dean OF the blue school Of Ian
g1aEe that has brought the game into
dlsrepute. The American Association
catered 10 the popular price class OF
fans all over the old American cir
cult. a. &c cent ball was the thing In
the association. Comlskey was the ter
ror Of the umpires and the weakened
handlers Of the indicator bent the
knee 10 Connie az though he we're
car. Comlskey had the backing OF
Chris Won Der Abe. who was the
cook. crew aud the captain bold Of the
association craft. and you can wager
your last nickel that Charley was f0xey
enough TO take advantage Of every inch
OF ground that Chris monopollzed In
the association. while Comiskey him
self wasn't exactly the kingpln wager
OF the sulphurous tongue. he made the
balls. and Robbie. Curt Weleh. Fred
Lewis and Bill Gleason fred them. The
ether captains In both The league and
association were rather onyloua OF Co
miskey's bllllngsgate tactics, and they
educated themselves In the Comiskey
school Of dlotlon."
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-14

"You wouldn't think" observed
Pitcher Billy Hart. that o little fell
low like Morgan Murphy could knock
out a big strapplng man Ike Fred
Tenney. OF the Bostons. hut tina, la
what he did In game at 81. Louis
last year. II was an accident, OF
course. and there was no hard feeling
about the matter afterwards or before.
We we're playing the Bostons, and
Murphy was catching. Tenney was al
the bat and a man on first When the
runner started to steal second bass
Tenney leaned over and tried 10 block
Morgan. Il seems that he stuck out
his head too far. and when Murphy
threw he drew back his elbow and
caught Tenney full on the point OF the
Jaw. Tenney dropped like a log. Muir.
phy did not realize that Tenney wai
out. and began TO upbraid him for bis
interference. II was three or four min
utes before Tenney opened his eyes.
lie acknowledged that he was com
pltely out and that he saw all xmas
OF stars Several times after that Ten
ney had opportunities TO block Murphy
but tell you he didn't. Morgan Is
great catcher. Cincinnati folks may
Justly be- under the Impression that
Morgan Is not the Morgan OF old. but
he Is. lie always had tough luck when
we played here. know that he al
ways tried hard to show his ability
when playing here. and the harder he
tried the worse luck ran for him. Nor
gan will be recognized az star Win
the plushurgs next scafon."
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allow him 70 cultivate The faculties Of


allow him 70 cultivate the faculties Of
his genius"
West spcnt about three years irsvei-
Ing through Italy. everywhere meeting
with distinguished attention. Florence.
Bologna and Parma eiecting him an
aeademIclan. His continental studies
completed. he settled permanently 10
London In 1868.
Success smiled upon him, and In two
years lie was able 10 marry Elizabeth
shewell. TO whom he had plighied his
troth before leaving America. Ono Of
the most romantic Of the stories told
about West IL concerned with his
eourtshlp. whether II has little or any
foundation IN fact Is disputed. It's
authenticity Is extremely doubtful. but
Il Is worth relating how. partly for the
reason that portrait Of Benjamin
West and also q portrait Of hiz wife
both hang In the permanent gallerles
os the Academy Of the Fine Arts. and
because Matthew Pratt the man who
accompanied the father Of Benjamin
West and Vests future wife 10 London
IN 1864. and took part In Vests we'd
ding. was the man who painted the
portraits.
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president OF the Cincinnati club as an
active member. A more earnest or a
harder worker than he would be hard
TO find. There are few men In the
commercial world buster than he, being
connected with one Of the largest cloth
ing houses In the west. located at In
dlanapols. Ind. with branch houses
IN many western cities, yet he always
appears to be thoroughly up to the
times In everything pertaining TO the
national game. lie was born about
forty-nve years ago. at Cllntonyille.
n. Y, but afterwards resided at Troy,
n. Y. before turning his face westward
to seek fame and fortune II was by
the merest chance that he became ac-
lively interested In baseball, although
he had been a great admlrer OF the
game ever since be was a boy. and
used TO 90 to see the old Iaymakers, OF
Troy. give battle 10 the Atlantics. MI
tuals. Athletics and other clubs which
visited that city back in the sixties.
Mr.. Brushs flrst financial connection
with the game was In 1887 when the
citizens Of indianapolis. through con-
trlbutions, acquired the 81 Louis fran
chlse Of the National league, and the
game Is 10 be congratulated for the
step he then took.
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field ne cleared for cultivation. The
house in which BENJAMIN West first
szw the light SIN stands cicse by The
gray walled structure Of pennsylyanla's
Quaker college at swarthmore. II Is
a quaint. curious relic Of primitive do
nestle architecture Of 1924: In appear.
ance unobtiuSlve and serene. well be-
fitting the dseillng place Of the Fr.end.
surrounded by plentcous evidences 81
the pastoral beauty which attuned the
young eyes OF the Quaker painter TO
an early delight In the observation Of
nature. Now the groves o. Academui
are peopied with youthful figures,
capped and gowned Onee among the
trees. on summer days. gathered the
friendly Red Men. The little weather
beaten biography informs Us that u
was the Indians Who taught Benjamin
West 10 prepare the red and yellow col
ors with which they painted their orn'
aments. To these his mother added
blue. by giving him a piece Of indiroi
thus be secured the three primary col
ors. His nrst brush. We are assured.
flowers around the West home. was
followed by the present Of a box of
paints and several engravings. THIS
precious gift was an inspiration. AZ.
night he placed the tox on chair ~
his bedside and often did he stretch cut
his hand In the darkness. half fearful
that he might find his riches only O
dream. The next morning he rose q;
daybreak. and carrying his colors TO
the garnet, proceeded TO work. The
time he should have spent In school
he stole for painting. The aehoolmas-
ter. observing bis absence, lent to ask
the cause Of Il. This led 10 the dis
coyery Of bis secret occupation. HIS
mother. proceeding 70 the g1rrei, found
the truant but 30 surprised and de-
lighted vas she al the picture which
was improyised {, ION the tapefing fur
Of the family cats tail. The brush did
not last long. a further supply. how
ever, was secured BY successive dcprc-
dailons upon Grimslkln's back. Thee
became so frequent that his father no.
tlced the altered appearance Of pussy 5
coat. and became grieyously yexod at
the disease which tsreltencd 10 mar
her beauty. Thereupon benjamin con-
iessed.
Il was soon after the boy had i-sl
begun to indulge his Initiative faculties
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-14
Massare Treatment.

Joyce does not believe that team In
preliminary practice Is any better con-
dltloned with a trainer In constant at
tendance. lie thinks massage treat
ment Of ball players Is oyer-estlmated.
It's real benefit being simply the accel-
Grafton OF the circulation OF the blood
There Is no cure. In Joyce's opinion.
for what are called dead" arms. He
says that II any treatment could be dis
covered that would cure them II would
be worth fortune to the discoyerer,
as hosts Of players would each pay sew
eral hundred dollars 10 be able 10
throw as we'll AZ they once did.
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Society Of Friends was called 10 dis.
cuss publicly the destiny Of the boy II
was an extraordinary gathering which
convened IN the meeting house near
Springfield Vests biographor In de-.
scrlblng the scene. ~ aks Of much dc
bate. approaching TO alteration FOL
lowing which a man John williamson
by name. rose and delivered remark
able speech which convinced the "a.
sembly that the youth should be an ar.
list.
A private meeting OF Friends was
appointed. which was held az his faith
er's house. BENJAMIN was present TO
receive In form the assent and blessing
Of the society. Several were moved by
the spirit TO address the meeting. John
Williamson spoke again. Then the
women arose kissed the young artist.
and the men. one by one. laid their
hands on his head and prayed that "the
Lord might verify in his life the value
OF the gift which had induced them,
In despite OF their religious tenots. 70
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Since Ewlngs regime at Cincinnati
commenced. he has exchanged no fewer
than thirteen players for six. The hrsi
big deal was a iourfor-two afair VIZ,
Arlie Latham. Morgan Murphy, Tom
Parrot and Ed Mcfarland for Ehret
and Peltz. Then Germany Smith and
Chauncey Fisher went 20 Brooklyn
with a lump Of coin TO boot, for Tom
Corcoran. The last four-for-two deal
Is vlyidly associated with last Noyem-
bors league annual. viz. Jack McCar-
thy, Bill schriyer, Billy Gray and W.
p. Rhlnes for Pink Hawley and Elmer
Smith, and now the three-for-one deal
Billy Hoy. Claude Ritehey and Phil
Ehret for stu Bill Hill-eomes pretty
near giving the Cincinnati club rec
ord. In addition TO that list bali .
dozen or more Reds have been acquired
by purchase. including such a famous
Mayer as Theo Breltensleln. The last
OF the croakers who once proclaimed
that Cincinnati didn't want good
team Is now In trance.
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n sister was also an actress. A. an
early age she married NJ. Modjeska,
and her frsl stage work was done un-
der his management. In a company OF
which her sister and her brothers were
members. Their FIRST performance was
given az amateurs. for n charitable
purpose. but they Immediately after
ward began a professional tour. In
the early part OF her professional ca
reer Nine. Modjeaka played an kinds
OF characters. and by laborlous study
and close attention TO her duties she
rose rapidly to the leading position In
the company. In 1866 her husband
died. and she secured an engagement
In the company az the theater In era
COW. where. In 1866. she met Count
Bozenta Chiapowski. whom she mar
ried on Oct ". 1868. Immediately
thereafter she appeared In Warsaw.
where she created 10 profound an Inn
preston that the management offered
her life engagement. She was obliged
TO return to Cracow. but again went
10 Warsaw. where gha remained lead
ing lady Of the Imperial theater for
seven years. During that time she en-
deayored TO popularlze Shakespeare
upon the Polish stage. and appeared
as juliet. Ophells Katharine. BESIDE
monia. Cordella and Lady Anne. Her
health having failed from overwork.
she was ordered boy her physician 10
retire from the stage and seek another
climate. and consequently. In 1876 she
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RECENT INVENTIONS.

A toy for the children Is a bowling
alley. In which the pins are set at one
end Of long wooden gallery, with a
spring gun to propel the balls against
the pins.
An Australian has patented a neck
tie which has a number OF buttonholcs
worked in the neckband at short dis
tances apart. one OF which Is fastened
to the collar button when the tie Ia adj
justed.
A Michigan man has patented a han
dy cuff-hoder In which a wire rod Is
fitted with q spring clamp at one end
for attachment TO the shirt sleeve, with
the other end twisted into a spiral to
be inserted into the cuff buttonhole.
Hand saws are prevented from stick
ing In the piece OF wood which IL being
cut out by a new oller which Is set In
a recess In the handle and discharges
small quantity Of oil on the blade and
into the slot at each downward cut.
Gas cannot escape from a new burner
after the fame Is cut on, the inlet to
the burner being automatically closed
By the contraction Of rod as soon as
the heat Of the flame Is stopped. caus-
ing q spring valve to act and shut on
the gas.
Dumb-wators are being fitted with
rejecting mirrors for use In ascertain
ing the contents Of the ear before II Is
raised or lowered. the mirrors being
set ~ angles In the shaft and Tilted by
q projecting member on the walter to
adjust them.
For use In the sick room n new table
has been designed, consisting Of a
clamping bracket Tor attachment 10
lho side Of the bed. with an extension
rod above II, carrying a side arm which
projects over the bed and holds tray
Ia position for use,
western woman has designed a
skirt Tor cyclers which can also be
ulod as walking skirt. a row OF but
tons and buttonholos being placed AT
the front ana rear which can be opened
20 form a divided skirt for riding. and
buttoned the entire length for walking
: A handy ash.sltter recently placed
. on the market has a horizontal rod sci
p. Ia n casing on which a sitter is mount
ed TO be shaken hy handle extending
10 the outside Of the casing. the deylc,
being made up Of several hinged sec
lions. which can be opened to remove
d the sieve and ash receiver
Ia new baby carriage the sides AM
ends Of the body are formed OF small
metal strips pyoted together at til
ends to fold up, with the bottom an
- truck made In sections, which are hing
l- ed together. the whole carriage beln
% contained In a space about as larg
" ncross as the wheels when It Is folded
" Lamps will not explode or take fr
ID when overturned II a new attachmer
'e is used. consisting of weighted q
t, spring lever In the bottom Of the lam
ir 20 drop downward as soon as the lam
le base Ia tipped from the table, chal
10 being fastened TO the lever to operai
n. an extingnlsher on the top Of the vic
10 tube.
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came with her husband 10 California,
where they purchased a ranch. They
brought with them some distinguished
companions and endeayored 10 found
Polish colony. Her husband having
lost his money by the failure OF this
scheme. Nine Modleska. who had
applied herself TO the study OF the
English language. again sought POSI-
ton on the stage. but for long while
without avail. Finally. however, bar-
ton HIN. who was then managing the
California theater In San Francisco
gave her a weeks engagement. aud she
made her American debut at that
house on Aug. 90, 1877. In "Adrienne
Lecouyreur." She met with triumphant
success. and acted Adrlenne through
out the week save upon Saturday
night, when she played for the mana
gers benefit Ophelia. In Hamlet"
playing the mad scene In the Polish
language. Rose Eyllngc. who was 10
have commenced an engagement Aug
"a. kindly yielded one week u her time
to Nine. Modjeska. who during her
second week repeated her impersona-
ton Of ophella. and played Juliet. In
Romeo and Juliet" and closed her
engagement with a repetition Of Adri-
enno. Subsequently she performed for
a few nighta In the interior ci,.e7. and
on Nov &c following she began sec
ond engagement Of one weeks dura-
ton In the California ,heater, acting
the tltular character In Camille" She
also respected Juliet and Adrlenne. and
for her benefit. 20. and during the rest
Of the week acted Della. In the play
/ OF that name. She was then engaged
/ By Henry Sergeant 20 go 70 New York,
] and made her debut n the Flfth Ave
/ nue. theater on Dec. %. 1877. winning
great success. FIRST as Adrienne and
next az Camille. Since that time she
has almost constantly toured this
country, being everywhere recognized
as the foremost actress upon the
American stage. From 1850 to 1852
she acted In London. Eng. and visited
Europe again In 1894. During the sea-
son OF tsS9-9O she made a Joint star
ring tour with Edwin Booth, with
whom she appeared M Portla, ophella,
Lady Macbeth, and Julia. In Richie
lieu" Among other roles prominent
in the ropertory Of Nine. Modleska
are Frou-Frou. Cymbellne, Donna Dl'
ana, Mary Stuart. Odette, Rosallnd and
Magda. Among the plays produced
here by her are "zellar." THE Chou
ans" "Najesda." "Juana." "The Trag-
lie Mask" and Mistress Betty Nine
Modjeska 10 at present playing n re.
turn engagement at the Fifth Avenue
theater. and, as she has for some time
past contemplated retirement from II,