davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1898-05-04
MANIOBRAS.

I'll domingo por Ia tarde acudio nu
meroso p1bllco al Campo del Moro
para yer practicar los ejefcicios al Ba-
TALON dc Voluntarios con las dos nue.
vas secciones que Sc lie han agregado:
Ia ciciista, y Ia de caballeia.
FL battalion maniobro en- 6rdeu
alberto con mucha precision, y con
mas todavia form6 los distintos cua.
dros para defendcrse de los a,aques
de Ia caballeria
La seccion cicliSta tambien hizo
distintas evoluciones, pesar de las
malas eondiciones del terreno, que
demostraron 10 | len disciplinados que
estan los individuos que la forman.
Pero la nota saliente en- las manic
bras, la dio la secci6n de caballeria
que practice todos los movimientos
con matemAtica precision. Era una
novedad y tenia muy POGO tempo de
instruction una semanal Por ESQ
ell pub.ico seguia con mas atencion
| los InoPlnlentOS Oc eIla.
Prscticaron vafios eiercicios, como
los de preparation para montar y
echar pic terra, aumento y disml
nucion de fondo; desfiles de a dos y
de q cuatro; variaciones y conversio-
mes; manejo y esgrima de machete, y
Ipcr dltmo csrgas en- Inca a una com
paiiia de 4 pie formada en- cuadro.
Todos estos movimientos, asi como
los de la infanteria fueron hechos cor
gran precision, por 10 cual fueron ca
lurosamente feli,itados tanto unos -
mo otros por el dignisimo Senior &c
neral Oftega que estuvo ptesencian
dolos.
| Tambien cl Excmo. Sr. Goberna
dor General, que pasaba COZ, sus Ayu
dantes por aqucl sitio. quedo mu.
complacido de Ia buena instructed
/ del Batallon y las Secciones.
Los distinguidos y simpa,icos of
eialcs de la Guardia Civil y del Ej6r
cito schores Leoa y Redondo asi co
mo eI Jefe de Ia Scccion dc CabaIle
ria scfior Bolivar fucron calurosament
fclicitados por los brillantes resul,ado
obteni Jos en- taa poco tempo.
| Por la noche, 10 morada del seho
Bolivar astuvo animadisima Fu.ro
fclic.tarie todos los que fofman
seccion maniobrera. de que aquel c
Jeir, y ngcstro amigo, con la habitla
galanteria que lie dIs;ingue. oosequi
a los visi'antos con tabacos y cham
pagne pasandose un ratio deiicioso.
Hubo brindis patrioticos que pro
nunciarop los sehores Bolivar. Villa
mil Fernandez Izaguirre, Mercsdc
Olores. Leon. Redondo, y otros o
los que Sc pronunciaron frases carl
hosas para las Naciones que com
Ffancia, Alemania, Austria { Itali
tantas pruebas de simpatia nos habial
dado, terminando tan alesie rcunio
con vivas 4 nuestros Reyes. al Ejer
eito, 4 la Marina y a Puerto Rico y
la iuvcncible y g'oriosa Espaiia.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1898-05-04
Una pagina degloria
FL 2 de Mayo de 1903

jar sus rayos en- un lago de san
gre.
Desde las primeras horas de la
mafana notkbanse en- la capital
esos sintomas fatfdicos, seguros
precursores de las grandes re-
vueltas. Los sucesos de la vfs
pera habian cargado la nube de
electricidad, y dejabase DIR sordo
y repetido el rugido de la tor
menta.
Aquellos numerosos grupos de
gente de todas classes y condicio
mes, que cruzaban q la ventura las
principales Gales y sitios publ
COS, discutiendo enardecidos con
la ira en- los ojos y la amenaza
en- los labios aquel preguntar
unos q otros, temerosos todos de
una desgracla que sc presentia
sin conocer el lado por donde
amenazaba el abandono de los
talleres, la soledad Gle las ohci
mas. el belico aspecto de la alte
rada plebe madrileha, todo augu-
raba algo de grande y aterrador
Con la velocidad del rayo fue
trasmitiendose por aquel telegra
70 humane la partida de los infar
ties, nnico resto que existia en- Ma
drid de la real familia.
Esta nueva desato los vientos
de la indignation popular. no POI
10 trascerdental del suceso, sino
porque era una nueva prueba de
Ia violencia de los invasores y
en- aquel estado, la mas pequeha
gotta haria derramar el deposito
de ira NAL comprimido va en- los
corazones madrilenos.
Cuaiada la plaza de Palacio de
hombres y mujeres, que aguar
daban ansiosos la partida del in
fante don Francisco, hijo menor
de Carlos w. y muy niho en-
aquella epoca, la sencilla escla
macion "iqss nos 10 llsVani pro.
fer'da por una pobre anciana, sir
vic de mecha a la cargada nina,
que revent6 de improviso estre'
meciendo a los franceses.
La brutal descarga de un ba
talon enemigo, enviado al efecto
contra la inmensa muchedumbre,
la aterrorizo J dispers6, difun
diendo el pavor y la confusion
por todos los angulos de Ia villa,
y produciendo por ensalmo I'm
levantamiento en- masa.
Sir iefes; sin municiones, con
en- su mayor parte,
,aisanos arrollando
IS franceses donde
encontraban. Ca
.atro de una hazaha
choque un simula-
10 valor y temeri .
lea moderna de las
Murat y sus diez mil
lbieran mordido el
Gales de Madrid /;
o los paisanos a Pc
Tto y a la desbanda
nizacion nj guia, y
auxilio de las tropas,
n sus cuarteles por
unta, facil les fue q
extranjeras quedar
campo, cargando en-
4rradas y con hume
ria.
el pueblo de las Gales
cas-, no sin ,dejarlas
de cadaveres de unos
nbatientes, retiraronse
orzados hacia ell barrio
Has, y apoderandose
de artilleria, hicieron
,ncia desesperada bajo
IN de los ohciales de
po Don Luis Daoiz y
0 Velarde: valientes y
iefes que, al pie de
res, con cuyos certeros
habian mermado nota
las flas contrarias y te.
suspense la victoria, ca
strozados, dejando asom
absortos sus propios
s.
ria de estos esclarecidos
era imperecedera en- la
historic del mundo, y la memoria
e las victimas del Dos de Mage
neontrara siempre un triste VI
lorioso santuario en- la mente VI
"a el coraz6n de los espaholes.
Nal satisfecho Murat con ST.,
nor Ia facil veroonzoso triunfo |
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-01
a MiSMATED COUPLE.
Prirco and Princess of Wales Again
the Subject of Gossip.

Prince and Princess of Wales Again
the Subject of Gossip.
The rupture, for it has come to be
looked upon as nothing less, between
the prince and princess Of Wales con-
tinues to be eagerly discussed by the
London smart set. All their various
differences in the past, and they have
been not few, are being recalled and
everyone Is wondering how long it. will
be before a reconciliation is brought
about, for there is little doubt that
eventually the mismated couple will
make up once more. 1t is pretty we'll
understood that the princes conduct
has at times been very exaspcrating
to the princess and it is equally well
known that the latter has a temper
which. when it breaks loose, INDUCES
in some very picturesque pyrotechnics.
However, the princess, who is a thor
oughly good woman, has forgiven in
the past and doubtless will again. AS
prospective queen Of Great Britain she
Is not likely to break permanently with
her rather trying husband.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-01
Relieves in Sufrocation.

Following upon The revelations con.
corning the self-immolating fanatics In
the district of Tiraspol, Russia, the
newspapers now report that there is a
sect in the province Of Kazan, the mem
bers of which advocate death by sui
foeation, believing that heaven can only
be gained by suffering martyrdom In
this life. Consequently, when any
member of the sect is believed to be on
the point of death small cushion is
placed over the sufferers mouth and
held there until suffocation ensues, the
other members standing round and
singing psalms.
The work of suffocation is usually
performed by an old woman, who is
paid by the sect, and who Is obliged to
attend at once when a member is dy-
ing. AS, however, it would be danger
oCs to carry on these practices in
dwelling-houses, the person to be suf-
located is transported to secret rem
devious, and, after death, is buried
in some wood or ravine, all traces of the
grave being carefully obliterated.
The report was recently current at
Kazan that the police had discovered
one of the meeting places of the sect,
but no confirmation of this is obtain.
able.-London Daily News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-01
PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES.

tree is evergreen and the flowers grow
in dense clusters; these develop into
small green aromatic berries the size
Of black pepper. If allowed to ripen
they become pulpy and lose some Of
their pungency. For commercial pur-
poses the berries are gathered when
green, carefully dried in the sun and
afterward packed In bags holding 100
to $50 pounds each, for shipment. PIN
ento trees grow in many parts of trop-
ical America, but nowhere do they
thrive as in Jamaica. The trees are
never planted by man and receive no
cultivation worthy Of the name. The
seeds are dropped by the birds, and ths
rains and the tropical sun do the rest.
Surplus trees are cut down and become
sticks and umbrella handles.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-01
RIVERS oMNlvERoUs NAV.
How the Mississippi Ia Eating Away
the Towns of Southern Illinois.

How the Mississippi Ia Eating Away
the Towns of Southern Illinois.
During the past ten years some of the
most remarkable changes that ever
take place In the course Of any river
have occurred in the channel Of the
Mississippi from ST. Genevieve to Ches-
ter. When the current Of the MISSISSIPPI
pi broke across the narrow neck Of land
which separates it from the kaskask1a
river, and, changed It's course to the
shorter route, the extreme efforts OF the
turbulent stream, the rolling, rushing
waters of the mighty Mississippi and
the slow, peaceful current Of the Kas-
kaskia, to find room in the narrow bed
of the Kaskaskia caused n surgjng and
O crowding of the waters that soon ate
away the frail soil which formed the
rivers banks.
The tract Of land upon which old
Kaskaskia was situated was formed
into an island and 1t was not long I'M
til the current Of the river succeeded in
washing away the fertile soil and I'M
dermining the buildings Of the old set
tlement causing the destruction Of the
village The washing of the soil along
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-01
CONSUL GENERAL WILD

P1ucky Little Man WIAo Represo.,
the United States at Honekong
Rounesville Wildman, the Amerio.,
consul general to Hongkong, who b,.
figured 80 conspicuously in the PhM
pines because of his great intiueS
over Aguinaldo, the balky insurce,
chief, Is restless, plucky little man
who has . great many friends and a.
mirers scattered all over the United
States.
Mr.. Wildman was born in New York
State, where his father was the prpsi,
dent Of theological seminary. He got
his education at the University of Sr.
racuse and, entering journalism, he re-,
moved to Kansas City, where he kent
up his literary work for the New York
papers. He made frequent trips East
taking his contributions along with
him, and after selling them would re.
turn by way Of Syracuse, where he
would spend what he had earned with
a lavish hand.
Later on he became editor of The
Statesman at Boise City, Idaho. He
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-01

What is known as calloused skim
caused by undue pressure, especially
upon the feet, may be removed by fire.
Quently soaking the parts affected in
a solution Of one teaspoonful Of alum
to a quart Of hot water. Use nightly
and do not pare except when the callus
is very painful.
No kind of face wash removes
freckles. When skin is healthy it is
far better to have the freckles remain
than risk injuring the skin by bleach
ing agents. Often these spots disap-
pear without treatment. If not, en-
ploy such simple helps as buttermilk,
soft water or mild lemon juice.
In sprain the ligaments are injured.
These are iibrous structures which can
not be felt through the flesh as bone,
hence it is never possible TO tell by
handling the part just how the liga-
ments are torn. Soak a sprained limb
in hot water every day and occasion
ally paint on iodine for swelling or
pain.
The popularity of milk as drink and
diet in many ailments is due to the fact
that it is easily swallowed, is at the
same time food and drink, contains all
necessary elements of nutriment is ac-
tive in giving heat to the body and
stimulates the kidneys. Patients have
subsisted entirely on milk for years.
It sometimes has a constipating effect
but this can be overcome by proper
medication.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-01
entertained. Without Justice as the

entertained. Without Justice as the
immutable foundation rock, without
orderly procedure and equitable judg'
ments no judiciary can profit the peo-
pie, whether in an army-worshiping
republic or an anarchy-infested king
dom. When in the oven court, to the
defendants appeal, "Let me produce
my proofsr' the attendant rabble may
shout: Down with Zola" Down
with the Jews" there Is a scandalous
assault on justice far more dangerous
to the state than to any possible de-
PENDANT. Twenty centuries ago, at an
other trial, the rabble cried: Cruelty
Himv' and Away with Him" And
the power which was not strong enough
to insure it's feeblest citizen an honest
hearing was topping at that hour to an
everlasting fall. lola may be ruined
in fortune. He may die in prison. EV-
cry friend who has espoused his cause
may be pursued relentlessly. But the
nation which Furnishes him unheard Is
storing up wrath against a day OF GER
tain retrihution. France should be too
great to settle any case in this fashion.
Where there is no justice in the courts
there Is no safety in the country.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-01
- tho conditions favorable to the nat

to the conditions favorable to the nat
uraI action Of the current.
The old course Of the river will give
the current easy access 10 the Missouri
soil. but instead of following the old
slough and cutting through the point OF
land and emerging opposite Chester the
current will manifest tendency to
straight course and the water VIII
spread out over the broad fertile bot
toms Of the Boise Brule, while the cur
rent Will gradually work a channel
along a course SO natural as to appear
to have been destined long ages ago to
be the future bed of the river.
The muddy stream will rush along
the depressions back Of Clearyville and
Boise Brule and will then enter Fish
lake and passing onward the stream
will find the least resistance along the
course of Boise creek. Once the cur
rent begins to run along this route It
will be matter of but few weeks I'M
til the main channel Of the river will
exist there. Where are now rich farm
lands, which each years sends forth the
richest products Of the state Of Mis-
souri,, there will then be the dashing
muddy waters Of the Mississippi In
stead Of great rushing stream in front
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-01

and threw 1t over the top of the earth
works just before it exploded; of how
when the sandbags around the maya
zine caught fire from another shell he,
before any one else, was on top of the
magazine pulling away the burning
rags, and of how he always set the
example in his battery of walking up
right, no mRtter how fierce the firing.
and without due haste; but the best
story OF all when you know what a
brave man he was is Of how once when
IN 1851 he was crossing the Nubian
desert he astonished his companions by
dsmountfng from his camel and gave
some OF his store of water to a little
bird that was lying on the sand dying
Of thirst This was the man of whom
Gen. Sir I'yelyn Wood spoke recently,
when he said that of all the officers he
had ever known Peel did most to in
spire his men with his own spirit.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-01

Of the Illinois state prison and the city
of Chester there will be great stretch
Of white sand, dotted here and there
with pools Of muddy, murky water and
one standing high up on the bluffs on
the Illinois side will see the great river
steamers plying along their course five
miles away.
The villages of Boise Brule and
Clearyville will be destroyed, as was
Kaskaskia; Chester will be little more
than a settlement and the prison will
be located in a spot 50 remote that it
will possibly necessitate It's removal.
The Centralia and Chester and the Wa
bash, Chester and Western railroads
will be left without terminus and
the great Father Of Waters will flow
on
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-01

next went to Washington to urge Con-
gress to grant Statehood to what was,
then Idaho Territory. He made a ia
vorable impression while at Washing
ton, and President Harrison made him
consul at Singapore, where he remain
ed three years, afterward being trans
ferred to Bremen. Cleveland ousted
him, and Wildman returned home. He
was commissioner of the Straits Settle
ments at the Worlds Fair and later
became editor Of The Overland Month
ly at San Francisco, where he remain
ed until President Mckinley gave him
the station at Hongkong. At first he
was only consul, but was soon pro-
noted for the valuable services he rem
dered his government.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-01

BRAVE GBRMAN DO the cliff to DE
ING TIE WORK. twenty-eight feet
higher than the Washington monu'
ment
The start was made from a ledge
sixty feet from the base Of the cliff.
When Mr.. Voight was raised about 100
feet from the ledge the twist In the
rope caused him to whirl around very
rapidly and, to use his own expression
the canyon was full Of cliffs. There
were cliffs to the right Of him, cliffs
to the left of him and cliffs all around
him. 1t looked as If he We're turning
fast enough to throw his boots Off.
The children yelled, the women
screamed and some shed tears Of SYM
pathy for, as they supposed, a doomed
man, but the twist was soon out Of the
rope and the brave German was hoist
ed to the right point and did his work
according to program.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-01

A Stoker was taken from the boiler
room of the monitor Monadnock, when
It reached Honolulu en- route to Manila,
insane. He had stuck to his work in
the furnace-room with blistered hands
and racked bones until one stage of the
voyage was finished, and then he col
iapSed. He was an enlisted volunteer,
and 1t was not until a chance acquaint-
ance saw him in Honolulu that 1t be-
came known that the man who had I'M
complainingly stuck to his work until
the heat and unusual labor drove him
insane was a well-to-do professional
man who, because he thought his coun-
try needed his service, had enlisted in
the navy, taking his chance for heavy
or light work. There is an instance
which has a profounder meaning for
those students of the deStinies of ma
tions who are telling of the future of
the United States than have the facts
relating to our facilities for making
armor plate, our food production pos
sibilities, or even the accuracy of our
gunnerS. A nation whose patriotism is
the md which sends men unquestion-
ingly from places of luxury into the
stckehole of n warship, or the trenches
where privates fight and die, is an in
Sineible nation,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-01
Owls Are Useful.

"Can there be any possible harm IL
killing owls for women's hats" eA~
claimed New York milliner to mem
Der Of the Audubon Society the other
day. "Of what use are the horrid Gre
atures to anybody" The pretty mil.
liner was quite surprised when tolN
that owls were very useful birds. Owls
eat the field mice and other small lo-
dents that work great injury TO 'ne
farmer, and every one that is lost no'
only means a menace to the Farmers
but distinct loss to agriculture. III"
G. Hart Merriam, ornithologist OF 'he
United States Department of AGrlcur
ture, has estimated that in offering
bounty en- hawks and owls, when ie
suited in the killing of more than lo"'
600, the State Of Pennsylvania SU'
tanned loss of nearly $5,0O0,0Oo III CIV
year and a half. It IS said that w
only feathers that can be Xlken lot
hats without doing harm are those "
ostriches and domestic fowls, lncIuuins
pigeons. Why are these not lea'n' -
enough for all reasonable purposes
hat decoration without infictins pOg
tive injury upon agriculture '
health?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-01

Two boys, aged nine and ten years,
nearly succeeded the other day in
throwing train off the rails near Lon
don. subsequently the police caught
the boys, who confessed that they
found the idea and all the details Of OPP
GRAFTON in a penny magazine circulated
surreptitiously among boys of their
age. eve knew some hero like Lord
Hildegarde would spring forth to the
rescue" exclaimed the smaller boy,
''and we wanted to see him" Decided
~, the vicious story-paper is a power in
the land
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-01

The compromising Of raspberry jam
from tomatoes, anilfne dyes and hay
seed is wickedly deceptive, but it Illus
trates the important commercial truth
that raw products are less profitable
than those converted by thought and
skill into a finished product, A bard of
Wales once expressed Mr.. Gladstone's
grasp of every day affairs in these
words:
1--WE asked Mr.. Glasdon
The best thing we was done,
And he send back answer by first tele-
gram:
In times of deprisson
And stiff competition,
Why, max all the turnips to beautiful
JAM"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-01
A PODul0r Naval Hero,

One OF the heroes of the British navy
whom old soldiers of the Crimea still
recall with warm fondness was Capt.
William Peel, the third son Of Robert
Peel. Many stories Of his ganantry are
told, OF how he picked UP a she'll with
his own hands and carried it away
from the boxes of powder near which
it had fallen during the bombardment,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-01

A special correspondent telegraphs
from oklahoma that an intoxicating
spring has been discovered down there.
If the search is continued we are afraid
an intoxicated correspondent will be
discovered next.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-01
At Close Range.

Hattie-So you and Jack quarreled
did you?
Ella-Yes; he said something that I
didn't like, and I told him we must he
strangers henceforth.
Hattie-And did he fall on his knees
and ask you to forgive him?
Ella--Not he. You see he-that is, his
knees were occupied at the time.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-01

When courts decide cases as the
French tribunals have decided those
against Emile lola there is something
$50 radically wrong with the national
system that without reform no hope of
sound continuance may reasonably be
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-01

The st. Louis Star says that NEAR
the close Of the last session Of the
house Of representatives Mr.. Ball, dur,
Ing a heated controversy, invited Mr..
Cannon to come outside but the invi-
tation was declined" Very properly,
too; one cannon-ball controversy at a
time Is enough.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-01

Surprising General Shafter does &C
casionally slip up in his spelling? Al
most any real soldier would rather fight
than have hard words.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-01

1t is an instructive fact in history and
a striking proof of the failure of Spain's
colonial policy from the beginning that
all her colonies have been anxious to
get rid of a rule that has dwarfed and
blasted everything it has touched.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-01

1t has been demonstrated that the
most merciful of all bullets is the
Mauser. The Spaniard is not as black
as he is painted. The Mauser bullet is
antiseptic-that is, it sears and pro-
tects the wound it makes. 1t will
wound a man and put him out of the
fight, but in the majority Of cases is
will not kill him. Such is the velocity
of the Mauser bullet that it almost in
variably passes through the body, thus
rendering the dangerous and painful
operation of probing unnecessary. The
wound is small at the point of en-
trance, but somewhat enlarged at the
point of exit The Mauser bullet Is q
civilized instrument Of war. We are
learning one lesson of humanity at
least from the Spaniard.