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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1899-12-02
Sobre eli indu|to de- |zCoa,

Nuestro distinguido amigo don Juan Her
nandez Lopez, que a nombre de las damas puer'
torrique6ss spoy6 con su eloouente palabra la
petioi6n de indulto & favor del ex director de
Gel Combates recibi6 aver eli sig,iente oficio:
sCuartel General del Departamento de
Puerto Rico-Division Civil San Jnsn-Di.
oiembre l Q 1899.
SeiJor Don Juan Hermdudez L6pez
Senior: Por orden del Gobsrnador General
tengo ell ht nor de participate que la petici6n
de indulto en- favor de Evaristo Izcoa Diaz, en-.
tregada al Gobernador General, serh pasada &
informe de la Junta de cArceles, de aouerdo con
la practica ests bIeoida por el Gobierno General
Muy respetuosamente,
j. s. Battle.
Ay udante de Campo.
Constituyen ell sBoard of Prisi6n Centrals
s sea la Junta de CArceles, & cuyo informe sc so
mete la concession del inuulto los seiores que
s'gueu:
Don Jose Ssvero Quihones.
Major A. c.. Sharpe,
Major L.. p Darison.
Don Rafael Romero Aguayo.
Don Manuel F. Rosy y Cslderon.
Este ultimo y Ell Major Darison estkn au.
sontes.
lgnoramos caando informark dichs Junts
Cetebrsremos que sea pronto Y que ell die
tAmen SO incline dol lado de la o!emencis, va
quo %nuestrss damss, con elevsdo desinteres,
tomaron la iniciativa en- tan generosa obra,
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1899-12-02
Dies Dies Dies

Las Sshoras y Sshortas que queran yer coImadas sus e%speranzas y
dessen ser tsices. que So conpten en- Ell PARIS BhA8 IN die dc tIsvo| De
a hDjas, una asnita, I'm mdosots, IN %pensamiento, una Margaita, IN cora
ION I'm %jorobadio, g. y mil c%apchosos dies que taen Ia sue1e consjgo.
No hay ~de$gracias que resistan a esq poder, y pnto no quedara una Sc
hota sdnera en- PtoRGo 81 todas |Isan su manojo de dies. Es ell furor
de Ia mda on toda Europa. Son todos dc plata; unos doIados y ohos pa-
tsados, desde 20 centavos uno.
Hay para poner rststos, y los hay con %bandeas.
Hay cadenas para los abanicOs a%prup6she para poder |IeVar muchos dies.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1899-12-02
EXtranjero.

En- BreFsuires, 6 pocas leguss de Paris, y
en- ell empalme de la estaci6n de Hisnars ha
ocurrido en- los primeros dias del presente mes,
IN terrible choque entire dos trenes, resultando
dos emplaados muertos y diez viajeros grave
meDte heridoe. Entire los altimos sc halla ell
concoido diputado Sr. Cuneo d. Ornano, que
resulto con ambas piernas fracturadas.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1899-12-02

En- Londres ha dado principle una huelga
original: huelga de oiegos. Estos infelicss,
empleados por una sooiedad 6lantropics, pare
CO que no cobran con la puntualidad que co
rresponde.
Y es que los pobres ciegos dirAn:
iVamos a evers .quien puede mas!
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segan despaohos de la Habans, un numert
considerable de cubanos invadi6 las ofcinaa
del periddioo ella Union Espa1ola, y quemt
Is edioion va tirada-
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1899-12-02

La mayor parte de los peri6dioos de Espa,
ia desmienten categ6ricamente la noticia de
que Russia haya tenido nunca la intenci6n de
adquirir de Espahs la plaza de Ceuts. Esto
mismo han signi6oado despachos reoibidos de
San Pelerburgo.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1899-12-02
SObrinOs de Armas

Icy CRUZ Is, Sal
Venden I'M taqufmetro Cleper de la fAbri-
ca de A. Salmorachi de Milan. Deremos los
detalles que nos pidieren desde ouale quiera
punto de la isla A e So
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Noticias de Durham dicen que ha llegado q
Lsdysmith ell ce!ebre doctor Jameson, jefe que
fa6 de la expedition flibusters que intent6 ha'
oe a1os spoderarse del Transvaal, de aouerdo
con ell entonces ministro del Cabo Cells Rodee.
Al decfrsele en- Durham que 81 era ell ~caussnte
de Ia sctual guerra, Sc limit6 & encogerse de
h%ombros, afladiendo unioamente: <iYes!s
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1899-12-02

T2rUnf2e de todas Glasses se hacen en- Ia tpo
"oS'~S grafa La Correspondence.
oontado extricto ,pero prscios m6dioos.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1899-12-02

Noticias de Pretoria participant haber lle'
gallo a aquella capital 200 heridos, pertsneoien
tes a las tropas ing esss y procedentes de Dun
dee. Las autoridades han habilitado como hos
pitales las escuelas de la poblacion.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1899-12-02

Despachos reoientes de Berlin nos dicen
que las tropas britAnioas, segdn afrmsn de
Rhodesia, han sido derrotadas en- varios puntos
por las fuerzas beers, que han penetrado ca esta
colonia prooedeptes de la provincia de Water.
berg (TransvaaD. Los beers poseen varios
canones de trio rapido, sistema Maxim.
Las faerzss inglesas que guarne fan algu-
mas pobIaciones fronterisas, las han tenido que
evacusr Tine iiatamente, obedeciendo la orden
de general Plumer. Ell enemigo las batio fuer-
temente en- So retirada.
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Desde principles del mes actual sc halla e
Durham, ell genera'fsimo de las fuerxas inglt
sas Mr.. Butler. LIS tropas del Natal sigoe
en- retirada forxosa.
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cOmerciO!!!!!!!

sOBREs propios para listines q 81 10
ell millsr Sobrinos de Armas Cruz Is.
A q, g. 8 9
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done so, and the occasion sxas one of
interest to me and one that / shall
never forget" The speaker was Father
Galligan, the we'll known pastor of st.
Patrick's church on the West Side,
and he was talking to a few of his
friends on the subject of his travels in
lands strange to the ordinary run of
tourists.
My cannibal,' resumed Father Gal
ligan, lived on one of the islands of
the Tonga group, down in the South
Pacific. | had been making a. tour
of that little known section of the
world. and while on one of the larger
islands of the group stopped at the
house of priest.
After l had been there a few days
l said to him: L understand these peo-
pie practice cannibalism, and 1 have
always had a strong curiosity to see
and talk to a man who has eaten hui
man flesh Can you arrange it for me?'
He smiled in answer to my ques-
ton and then told me that he had lived
there forty years: that all the natives
were civilized and Christians, and that
there had not been a case of cannibal-
ism on the island in half a century.
However, he continued, there are a
few old men here who practiced cam
nibalism in their younger days, and
will send for one of them
I'm a few minutes a tall and stately
looking old man entered the house and
saluted us. This is a former cannibal, ;
said my host, but he only talks his
native language
Ask him if he has ever eaten
human flesh 1 said.
. Yes, frequently. when 1 was a
young man., was the reply.
:" Did you ever eat white menu"
Yes, several times
"'And people of your own color?'
q Yes, when we made war we ate
our captives if we were victorious. If
not, they ate u.s.
&" Which tasted the best, white man
or black?'
Black man much the incest; white
man too saltv'
II had learned something, and that
was the relative taste of black and
white mems flesh" said Father Gal
ligan. Whether it holds good gem
orally, though, I don't know. The few
white men whom the old native had
eaten had all been sailors, living for
months and years on sailed meats, and
that probably accounted for the differ
ence'
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and on the 21st of June is does not dis
appear entirely from sight, during the
twenty-four hours.
Advice to Prospective Miners.
To the prospective miner in the
states" expecting to try his luck in
the Cape Nome rush next spring, or
rather next season, it may be said, that
he should keep his attention fixed on
weather reports from the northwest
and be in San Francisco, or Seattle
in June to catch the first boat out. as
Norton Bay usually opens in June.
What the fare will be cannot be told
this year, but now it is $50 and $40,
according to accommodations, to st.
Michael, and $50 on to Nome by the
small steamers crossing the bay-135
miles. The distance direct to Nome
from San Francisco is about $500 miles
and from Seattle or Tacoma 1900 miles,
and competition has made the fare to
St Michael the same! What charges
the rush of gold seekers next year will
make remains to be seen. 1t is merely
an ordinary and agreeable sea trip, and
the miner arriving at Nome is practic-
ally in the midst of his field of labor
as soon as he gets ashore, and there
is little to do except to become a mil
lionaire as soon as convenient. AT the
same time it may be remarked with
truth that if he is comfortable at home
and is doing fairly well, he had better
stay right where he is and thank the
Lord for a contented spirit.
w J. LAMPTON
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there was no delay. With the wrists
of each of the two men in his hands,
his eyes still blindfoIded. JDhnstone
started in search of the pin head. Me
Donald followed in their rear. with
provisions, water. candles. etc. to
watch them and find them should they
become lost. AT times the two COM
mitteemen would lose their bearing.
They would see a passage leading off
somewhere which looked familiar, and
tombstone would Immediately pull
them through it. When they would
stop, lost, the mind reader would gT0an
and curse them for not knowing h0w
to go: and they would stand until Me
Donald could reach them and start
them off again. During all this time
tombstone was nearly crazed- 1t was
almost impossible to make him stop to
eat, and when they wanted to rest they
tied him to them. The whole party
was in the cave seventy-two hours and
twenty minutes before tombstone found
the pin head where it had been hidden
under rock. The man did not recover
from the intense nervous strain for
some time, and it is thought that the
trip was the principal cause of his
death two years later.
The Wind cave is destined to take
it's place at the head of the cave Won
ders of the world, both on account of its
size and its unusual and beautiful
formations.
PHILIP RUTHERFORD KELLAR.
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Senator P0merOy used to tel Of
local preacher in Kansas who had
forced himself upon the stump after
Lincoln's nomination and who demands
ed recognition of the party fer his
services during the campaign. He said
he would like to be sent as minister
plenipotentiaPy to England or France,
and when told it was impossible insist
ed ON being appointed consul TO Liver
pool Finding that the powers that
be" considered that. equally pFeYoster-
Gus. he was quite offended at what he
considered a lack Of appreciation of his
services i'm a state that nothing could
have turned against the Republicans.
Finally. Senator POmeroy said to him:
I'm going to Washington in about two
weeks time. Think the matter over.
and if you should light on something in
reason, I'll aid you in getting it." In
ten days he called on the senator again,
his head still away up in the clouds.
and being assured of the iTgp0ss bility
of getting what he thought was about
his due, said:
senator can't you think of some
place that would suit me2'
YES" said PornerCy, give thought Of
a place that would suit you and that
you would suit. and that there IS a
possibility of getting for you. Its an
Irdldn agency
can Indian agency9 What's that?''
queFied the preacher.
well. you are To. look after the well
fare of our red brothers and see that
their supplies are properly and honestly
delivered to them.
What is it worth?'Z
's0ne thousand 1--WE hundred dollars
and perquisites. 81 returned the ssnat3r.
Perquisftes-what peTquisites2''
well. you see. my friend. the gov
eminent contracts for so n9any head Of
beef cattle averaging about So many
hundred pounds Now IN delivering
these cattle. they are counted while be-
ing driven into the enclosure and if q
ye4rling should happen To- slip in now
and then. you are not 70. make too much
fuss about it. and there you wilIsfird
your .perquisites. Think it OVER II
"Iill take it, said the reverend gem
tlernan I've already thought ii over,
and do you know senate i think. veal
lis a blamed sight better than beef for
Indians anyway q. .@3s 80
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GoIdDusfbyhe SboOeIafCape Dome
Easiest Mining History
Sea Sand Is Exhausted Origin IS Mystery.

(copyrighted. 1899, by s. S. Mcclure Coz
st. Michael, Alaska, Sept. 1.-The
most remarkable gold mining at pres
ent in the world. if not in the entire
history Of gold mining is that now in
progress at anG about Cape Nome
on Norton sound, Boring sea. Alaska.
situate about 225 miles north and west
of the mouth of the Yukon river, or
135 miles from this point. Gold was
first discovered on Snake river last fall
and during the earlier portion of the
season. Cope Nome district had ac-
quired considerable repute as a gold
producer, and not a few miners from
the Yukon river country, many of them
stranded here, went over to Nome and
either staked such claims as they could
get, or secured work as they could find
it, Much complaint was made that
claims had been taken by persons hold
ing powers OF attorney. their principals
not being present in person, and in
June the Cape Nome district had be-
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quisitive peasant went up quite close 10
the balloon and held a candle TO the
silk at a part from which there was a
small escape of gas. All at once a
blush flame sprang from the balloon:
then came in quick succession fearful
roar, a terrible stencil and loud calls
for help as the people. half suffocated
and many of them singed, ran blinGly
from the church.
Pale and trembling from their fright.
the good folks of Palombaro assembled
on the square in front of the church.
OF course, nearly all of them had seen
the devil as with a blue flame and a
fearful stencil he had escaped from the
balloon and out of the church. When
the smell had passed away. in the
course of half an hour. a couple of fool
hardy young men ventured to enter the
church again. There were no evident
signs that the liberated devil had
wrought any great havoc. But the
beautiful silk, from which the fair sex
of Palombaro had Intended to make
fine raiment. was utterly destroyed,
and lay black and charred on the flag
stones.
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WELLINGTON's SPY.
John Waters Was the Nerviest One
Ever III Service

tNeW YORK PreSS.)
Sir John Waters was the most admire BILE
spy ever attached to an army In the
Peninsular war he gave to Lord yelling
ton accurate and valuable information
about the Spaniards. Once he was taken
prisoner by Spanish dragons while clad
in the English uniform. He was supposed
to be a stupid Britisher who could not
understand a word of French or Spanish,
and his captors talked freely before him.
Then he learned that they were going to.
kill and rob him at an old mill where the
company was to stop for dinner They
would pretend that they had shot him be-
cause of his attempt to escape. On reach
ing the mill the dragons diSmounted and
Went into the house, leaving their prisoner
outside, in the hope that he would try to
escape. AS soon as they were out of sight
Waters threw his cloak on a nearby olive
bush and put his cooked hat on top Emp
ty flour sacks lay on the ground and he
craWie1 into one of them. A moment
later the dragons came out, fired their
carbines at the supposed prisoner and gal
Hoped off, intending to return later to rifle
the body. A horse loaded with sacks of
flour stood near the door. and Sir John,
still enVelODeu in the sack, managed s to
throw himself on the horses back, ash
he were part of the load. The owner came
out. mounted and rode away without de-
tecting the peculiar contents of one Of
the sacks When far enough away for
safety, his position being uncomfortable
Sir John freed himself from the sack and
sat up. The horseman, happening 70
look around, saw the man covered with
flour. and imagined a ghost was peFcfeti,
behind him.
He fell in a faint and the supposed ghost
threw him TO the ground and galloped off
Sir John reached the English camn with
out further adventure.
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A DEVIL IN IT.
italian Peasants Have a Hot Time
With Balloon.
lLondon Giohe.l

Gondon Giobe)
The Balloon Corps of the Italian
army has been exercising in Rome re-
Gently, and experienced the following
curious and unpleasant interruption on
Aug. "a. 1t appears that a sudden
gust of wind swept away the balloon,
made of silk, and the soldiers, holding
it by ropes, had to let them go for fear
of being carried off by the balloon,
which at once rose and made for the
hillside district. Toward evening it
came to earth at the village of Palom-
baro and then its troubles really be-
gan. The whole population Of the
neighborhood ran to meet the beauti-
full. silvery, shining balloon, and soon
took it a prisoner.
To their great establishment. the
women and maidenS of Palombaro dis
covered that the balloon was made of
pure silk, and naturally they all sought
to get as large a piece of it as possible
to make into dresses. But. despite all
their efforts, the simple minded peas
ants could not empty the balloon,
which with every puff of wind bounded
hither and thither, and threatened
finally to escape from them into the
clouds. The matter became serious.
and at last runor ran among the
escaped from hell, and that the devil
was hiding inside it. How to get rid
of the devil was the next question.
That viii be simple enough" said a
crafty peasant. Let us drag the bal
loon into the church. If the devil
really is inside he will then have to
come out of the balloon of his own ac-
cord, since no devil can remain inside
a church,
No sooner said than done The bal
loon was dragged to the church, and
the large entrance door was thrown
open, but the unwieldy monster re-
sisted all efforts to cram it through
the church door. Then arose a squab-
BILE among the peasants: some of them
maintained that the balloon was too
huge. with others said that the devil
was the cause of their failure to force
the balloon through the door, because
he resisted with all his strength the eff
forts being made to make him enter the
church by force. A final attempt was
made, and by dint of pushing, squeez-
ing and dragging the balloon it was
got inside the church.
In the church all was darkness. Some
candles were at once brought. as the
villagers desired to observe closely the
demeanor of the suspicious balloon in
side. their church. Once specially in
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the mouth of Snake river, although
Nome City is the postoffice. While the
city possesses a number of frame
houses tents are the prevailing shelter
and prices for commodities are pretty
much as they are in all mining towns.
Notwithstanding this is one of the most
accessible mining towns on earth, as
ships from any part of the world may
come up to its very doors, making due
allowances for no harbor and much
delay between ship and shore in bad
weather. Meals are from $3.50 to $50
each: bed in a tent $1.50; plain drinks
so cents each: beer 80 per glass and
other things in proportion, including a
mutton chop at s125-and, by the way,
these are not much in excess of prices
at first class places in New York
City. Copper plate for use in rockers
is worth it's weight in silver, and one
miner who had no copper, substituted
silver dollars for it. siXty-four of them
being required To properly plate his
rocker, which, added to its first cost
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happened I'M the history Of Wind cave
was the exploit Of Johnstoue. the mind
reader. in 1899, when he found a pin
head which had been hidden i'm the
Standing Rock chambers about ten
miles from the entrance. The thing
was done by Jchnstone to advertise
himself. and he was assisted hy the
people in charge Of the cave 60 adver-
tfse ii. While Johnstone remained In
Hot Springs two citizens carried q pins
head to- the cave. AIva Mcdonald. at
that time the most expert of guides,
piloted them through the passages I'M
til they thought they had found q suit
able hiding place. They drove back to
Hot Servings, and the four. with john
stone standing behind the seat his eyes
bIinGfoIded and one hand on their
wrists. drove to the cave at breakneck
speed, making the twelve miles IN Tor
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following the candle flame, expecting it
to lead To the outlet. but all such &C.
tempts have ended in failure. the ex-
ploreTs coming. back to some already
explored portion Of the cave, as though
the wind We're lost and in endeavoring
to find its way out of the labyrinth,
goes round and round
In all the miles of the cave there is
not hat. rat or insect of any kind.
There is no moisture in the atmosphere.
at any place, and no water except that
which seeps through from the SURFACE
into the upper tiers of chambers.
5000 Chambers Found.
About 100 miles have been explored
since 1884, Three thousand rooms or
chambers. by actual count have been
found, every one of which has been
named. No end has been reached. and
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a deserted village Twelve months later.

deserted village twelve months later.
Gold Dust Not Popular AS Money.
Nome gold is much darker in color
than the gold of the Yukon river coun-
try. assaying $19 an ounce, though the
current trading price is SIG an ounce.
Gold dust and nuggets constitute the
bulk of the currency and gold scales
are as necessary in the stores as the
ordinary groeer's- scales. And gold dust
as a circulating medium is not as pop
ular as it might be, Tor coin u paper
money commands q premium of Z per
cent in many localities. Such money is
known as -chechako," or newcomer,
as only the new arrivals have it, and
that is the esquimo word for new ar
rival
Winter at Anvil City, that is to say
in the entire Nome district, ordinarily
continues from October to June, and a
temperature of so or so degrees below is
not unusual. On the 21st of December
the sun barely rises above the horizon,
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Sick Haa Gscf,ae q!

the curse Of overworked womankind
are quickly and surely cured by Karl 5
Glover Root Tea, the great blood puri-
fer and tissue builder Money refund
ed If not satisfactory Price. p cts. and
so cts. For sale at z. c. Nj. l. Drug
Dept.
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A cANNIBAL'S VIEWS.
The Flesh of Black Men Preferred tc
"White Meat"
Chicago Record.

Il don't suppose that there are many
men in Chicago, if any, who can say
they have seen and talked to a canni-
bal on his native heath Yet l have
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Stranger Chan TIE Mammoth CdoE

South Miles of uter
Hidden Passages More
Than Two Miles squaePoaby An Ancient Geysa
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Found q Pin Head

The most remarkable thing that has
ty-tWo minutes. Arrived at the cave
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No Animal Life.

The steady current of wind may be
given credit for the perfect purity of
the air in the cave, it being dry, sweet
and invigorating. and, as stated, un-
eilangeable in temperature. On a warm
day the explorer feels the chill upon
first entering, but in a few moments is
comfortable and need not worry about
drafts and colds until the trip is over
and he steps out into the warm air
again. The guides guard against i'll
effects from the sudden return to heat
by OBTAINING tourists several minutes
in the room above the entrance before
permitting them to 90 outside That
the cave has other outlets for this con-
slant stream Of wind cannot be doubt
ed, but no evidence of any has been
found. Attempts have been made, BY