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Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-11

Myh} sic korespOndent rDzien
Pom, twierdzac, ze redaktor ,,Kur.
jers Warszawskiego' predko opusci
wiezienie, bo - jak donasi telegra.
fcznie correspondent dziennika The
Chicago Record Il p. Nowodwor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-30

tary governor has the palace which ~was
formerly occupied by the captains general
dl ring the Spanish regime. The palace is
building of three stories. 1t is. with its
wings, about as large as the White House.
1t has garden filed with beautiful flowers
and its windows command magnificent
views of the ocean and harbor. The house
is very comfortably furnished and its arge
pariors are well adapted to entertaining.
The governor general has also a summer
home. rent free. at Rio Piedras This is
one of the suburbs of San Juan. The house
was the property of the Spanish govern
ment and was occupied by the captain gen
eral when he wished to get out of the city.
1t has perhaps the finest garden in Porto
Rico. This contains many old trees ard Il
vast quantity of rose bushes and tropical
flowers
The Cabinet.
The governor general has cabinet made
up Of the Porto Ricans who are the heads
of the departments. He has a secretary of
finance. of justice and of the interior, and
under them a large number of native clerks
and understrappers. l do not know just
how many native Porto Ricans it takes to
run the government, but altogether they
have salary list of 1910, 500.
The governor general has to direct the
soldiers In al! parts of Porto Rico. He has
thing that goes on. although there are
some things which are practically indie
pendent of him.
Among these are the post offices, which
are under the Postmaster General at Wash
ington. l have spent some time in study nS
Uncle Sans mail here. The postal Sc vice
is as well managed as any new thing on the
island. The larger cities now have Ameri-
can postmasters and the clerks Of the
money order department, who are to be
found all over the island, almost all
Americans. Some of the postmasters are
from Washington city, some from Texas
and number from Indiana, Ohio. New
York. West Virginia, California and other
states.
Wh..e the postal system Is directed from
Washington, 1t Is run to a certain extent in
dependent of the department there.
We have, in fact a Post Office Depart
ment In miniature in Porto Rico. The is
land has an Independent money order Office
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separated the telegraph and postal sys-
tenn We relieved the towrs Of the expenses
of their post offices and established new
offices everywhere. There are now ninety
of Porto Rico. Only the important offices
have American postmasters:
1.-THE chief expenses Of the postal bust
ness" Captain Elliott went on. ARE in
road to cover nearly al of which are star
routes. Most of the malls go in tin boxes.
which are strapped to the backs OF ponies
Each mail carrier has two boxes thus fast
ened to his pony and he sits between them
as he joys his way from one post of1lce to
another"
DO the Porto Ricans use the mails?"
Yves, indeed. Even the little towns de-
mand mails seven days of the week, even
If they get only two or three letters each
mail. These people are, you know. very IL
literate. The common people cannot read
or write and only about one man in hfteen
has any education whatsoever.
Uncle Sans Telegraphs.
The telegraph system is now managed
entirely by the War Department. 1t is I'M
der the signal service corps, with Colone!
W. A. Glassford in charge Colonel Glass
ford is one of the most efficient men OF
Uncle Sans signal corps. He is good
executive and has become noted through
a number of his experiments in the lines
of thought transmission. Among other
things he has sent messages further by
Photograph than any other man In the
world.
Some years ago he sent message from
a mountain in Colorado to one in Utah, a
distance Of 1S9 miles, by means of the
Telegraph These messages were nashed
from one point to the other by mirrors. me
Morse telegraph alphabet was used: The
dots and dasfes were made by the flashes
of the sun On the mirrors. This expert
ment attracted great attention at the time,
and was a subject of general discussion In
the scientific journals of this country and
Europe.
Here in Porto Rico, in addition to the tel
egraph. Col Glassford has established a
Telegraph station on the island of Vieques.
His men are at the station on that Island
day and night and they flash dispatches
by the sun during the day and by a lantern
at night to the signal corps men on the
mainland. who redispatch them by tel
egraph to different parts of the island
TelegrnphinE on Wire Fences.
Col Glassford was with Gen. Miles dur
ing his campaign in Porto Rico. When the
army was about five miles from Guayama
it was desired to connect it with that town.
1t was necessary to do it at once, and Col.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-30

court. called the audiencia. the judges of
which pass upon the criminal cases certi-
fled to them by the judges below. The
highest court is the supreme court. which
meets here at San Juan. This has six
judges. and it finally settles all ordinary
cases. Altogether. the courts cost Porto
Rico 100000 year in salaries alone. They
should be reorganized on the plan of our
American courts, as proposed by the in
sular commission. American, and not Span
ish, laws should obtain in Porto Rico.
The Governor General and His Palaces
But let me tell you something of our gov
eminent here as it now exists. We are
using these Porto Rican officials, but over
them are the soldiers sent down by the
War Department Gen. George B. Davis is
military governor of Porto Rico. AS such
he has autocratic power. He can really do
more than the President himself as far as
his immediate surroundings are concerned
He has the army here to carry out his
commands and he can make all sorts of
civil regulations
The governorship of Porto Rico is by no
means a had place to have San Juan is
a beautiful city and one of the pleasantest
homes in Uncle Sans dominion. The mill
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an independent dead letter office and a spe-
cial system of postal inspectors The head
of the service is Capt. w. II. Elliott of In
diana. who was formerly connected with
the navy. but who came here at the close
of the war to organize the service. Cap
land When Assistant Postmaster General
Heath was here some months ago he ac-
companied Captain Elliott and the two
planned many of the changes which have
since been made.
How the Spaniards Did.
had a chat with Captain Elliott the
ether day during which / asked him as to
the mails. Said he:
Under the Spaniards the postal and tele-
graph systems were combined. The tele-
graph operator was the postmas. There
was no money order business, and there
was no safety to the mails. Letters
were often opened and money extracted
Many Of the officials claimed the right to
tamper with all letters and the postal SER
vice was In reality a spy system under
government supervision. AT that time a
man did not dare to put a business secret
into letter, and men were often sent to
Jail on the basis of information gotten from
letters which they had sent. At present we
md 1t difficult to make our Porto Rican
postmasters understand that they have NOT
the right to open the letters intrusted to
their care
The New Post Once
you have changed this long ago." said !.
"Of course" replied Captain Elliott.
Some improvements have been made by
Mr.. Robinson. who was in charge of the
post office before came here. We at cnce
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Glassford succeeded in making the connec-
ton By utilizing the barbed wire fences for
his lines. This was, l believe. the first time
that military telegraphing has been done
in that way
A present there are Geographic stations
all over Porto Rico. There are about one
hundred men in the signal corps engaged
as operators, signalistS, repairmen and
clerks. They belong mostly to the volun-
teer signal corps. and are very efficient.
Colonel Glassford tells me that when we
took possession of the island the most Of
the lines We're down. The native opera
tors could not read by sound as our opera
tors do. They used the old Morse instru-
ments which had printing registers, and
they We're surprised to see our men take
down messages on typewrters directly
from the wires Many of the wires were
run through the forests. They cut through
the bamboo and banana plantations and
We're connected by vines with the ground
For this reason new lines had to he pIlt
up, so that a practically new teegraphic
system has been made. Today there are
$40 miles of wire on the island, situated
that Governor General Davis can reach
any part of it at moments notice.
Queer Things Which Uncle Sam Owns.
Uncle Sam thus owns the teegraphic
system of Porto Rico. He has also other
property here different from any which he
owns in the United States. He has. in fact.
titles to all the churches, but these will
be given over to the Catholic Church, by
which they were built He has big thea
ter in San Juan and quite a number of pri-
vate residences. He has many fine bar
rack buildings in different parts of the is
land, wharves and other property at San
Juan and Ponce and somewhere between
23,OoO and $4,000 acres of public lands
The value of the buildings turned over to
him in Porto Rico, when peace was de-
clared. is estimated at 5000 OOo so that
yph jch
to Spain was not all clear loss
FRANK G. CARPENTER
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IN TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.
Strain Given the Nerves of New Opera
tors by Thunder Storms.
from h. iladal In, Ip1,,li

Strain Given the Nerves of New Opera
tors by Thunder Storms.
From tn, Philadelphia Inquirer.
although you may never have thought
Of it," remarked an old telephone man dur
Ing the progress of the thunder storm, lone
of the most severe tests to which girl as
pirant for employment in a telephone ex-
change is ever put to is her ability to re-
tain her courage and self-possesson while
the lightning is playing just such pranks as
1t is playing now.
Ever been in a big telephone office when
severe electrical disturbance was taking
place in the atmosphere outside? No? Well.
1t is just the sort of place to make one lack
ing in steady nerves feel kind O. saueam-
ish.' as the fellow said when he was se ting
ready to have the critical interview with
his sWeethearts father. The lightning
seems TO prefer telephone wires to any
other Kind as a field for Its gyrations and
the way 1t makes things hum and crack
among the instruments is a caution Some
day. II you want to get an idea of what
mean, just put your ear to the receiver
Whlie big storm is in progress. Don't Id
1t there too long, though, or you NAV get
shock that will interfere with your hear
ing, II 1t doesn't do even worse Having
tried your experiment, just mul ,iply it by
lew hundred or few thousand to cor
respond with the number of receivers In a
what the green telephone girl is up against
In her first storm.
or course. all sorts of precautions are
taken TO prevent accident, and there is
really not the slightest danger But the
strain on the nerves is a sumner at thar
and the young woman who weathers it the
first time usually turns out to be all right
as an operator
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Lima Corr. Chicago Record.

Lima COfr. ChlChEO RecOru.
When a burglar wants to break into q
Peruvian house he takes a sponge and
bucket of water and moistens the walls,
which are covered with only thin coating
of mud and easily dissolve upon the ap-
plication of moisture. Then when the mud
is removed he takes sharp knife and cuts
the strips of spit bamboo which serve as
a substitute for lath. That easy little op-
Grafton produces hole in the wall large
enough for man to crawl through, and
can be performed silently that people
sleeping in the house will not be awakened.
Not long ago the residence of the cable
manager at Barranca was entered in this
way. The thieves frightened the family.
but were discovered before they had seized
much booty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-30

Striking the topsail or rolling the bon
nett" were one and the same thing, and.
while prettily described as merely taking
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-30
Fogg-"I am afraid I'm breaking up."
Figg-''Why, what's the matter now p,

why WHdl Tie matter nOWI''
Fosg-"I went to look at a house that 10
TO let yesterday. 1t was only five minutes
walk from the station. l know that. be-
cause 1t said so in the advertisement; but
nang me II 1t didn't take me forty minutes
to walk 1t. 1t Is evident enough that I'm
ageing tilt Bits
Official member-"Brother Hicksworthy
We may look for the usual liberal contribi1.
ton from you for the preachers salary this
year, I presumed"
Brother Hicksworthy-"I don't see how
can afford to give anything this year. I'VE
got to pay taxes on $215,O00 worth of per-
sonal property. Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. Brown-"I Understand your husband
has been appointed in the postal service
Is that so?''
Mrs. Greene-"Yes. He ought to make a
good postman: he has had so much expert
ence carrying letters for me, you know
Sometimes he has carried one for more
than week. Transcript.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-30

do you dahnce on your toes, Miss
Quickwit?''
Never, Mr.. Clumsy. Other people do
that for me-"
And hOdidn't know just what she meant
until he tried to get another dance with
her.-Coiorado Springs Gazette.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-03-23

the wound, before the poison has hau
time to soak through 1t, he is in no
danger whatever.
On the other hand, II there is already
wound or sore on the body, then even
a blow from a fangless cobra Will be
fatal. Snake-charmers are we'll aware
of this fact, and are particularly care
full on such occasions as the following:
A band of these men were exhibiting
before the writer, when, after few
odd feats, they proceeded to show
graphically how q cobra strikes It's
prey. They produced a magnificent
specimen, fully five feet in length and
as thick as ones wrist-though, OF
course, fangless. One Of the men
struck up monotonous tune on wind
instrument, something like Highland
bagpipe. The cobra Immediately
reared its head fully two feet from the
ground, and began swaying its BODY
gracefully in time with the music in
evident pleasure. Then one Of the
other men took off his tunic and stood
naked to the waist. HIS DaTeu pdch
was carefully examined to see that
there was not so much as a scratch on
it. He knelt down about two feet In
front Of the cobra and waited.
Suddenly, at a given signal, the mu-
sic stopped. In fierce anger the cobra
launched forth at the kneeling figure
as being the nearest-but, almost 81
simultaneously with the stoppage Of the
music, the man dropped his head On his
knees and received the blow on his
barred back. The cobra paused just one
second after striking and then turned
on its head and fell off. There was a
huge drop of poison on the back of the
performer! He wiped 1t off carefully
with a piece of cloth and proceeded
with the rest Of the performance.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-03-23
Banished For Life by Spain.

Colonel San Martin of the Spanish
army doubtless wishes that he had
never seen an American soldier, for
his first and final troubles began
when he laid eyes on the manly figure
of General Miles. When that Yankee
commander arrived at Ponce, in Porto
Rico, San Martin commanded force
of 1000 men in the town, but was so
surprised that he made no attempt at
resistance and fell back through the
island to San Juan. When he
reached the Porto Rican capital he
was court-martialed by order of Cap
tain General Macias and condemned
to be shot The unfortunate colonel
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-03-23

advantages. It does not fade and as
a rule takes starch we'll, which those
made of too soft bingham refuse to do.
On the other hand, white is not so be-
coming generally as some of the soft
shades, and it is especially trying in
thick cotton goods, such as are used in
the swell waist Most women who,
last season, tried shirt waists made of
washable silk say that they will never
wear cotton ones again. The silk
waists seem extrayagant to one who
looks no further than first cost, for
silk at less than seventy-fve cents or
81 yard cannot be depended upon to
wash well. But such silk wears at
least three seasons and does not fade
in the least. Added to this, it has
the merit of being soft, cool and be-
coming, and is to be had in the most
exquisite colorings. The plain silks
make quite dressy waists, while those
that are striped have no end of style
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-03-23

A stylish combination of golden.
brown velvet with Venetian cloth in
the same becoming shade is bera
shown. The vest of deep cream satin
is closed with small round crystal
buttons, larger ones decorating each
front of basque.
The lapels and inside of the faring
collar are satin-faeed and covered
with cream guipure lace while soft
iobot-bow of fine Brussels net shows
an exquisite edge of applique guipure
Hat of brown velvet with dotted
quilts and chou of cream satin in
front.
Basques of velvet in this style ara
q prominent feature of the sprino
modes, and the hounce of velvet or
other contrasting material that matches
the basque combines at once novelty
with utility.
The basque is shaped with the usual
seams that in centre back extend
to the lower edge. The fronts are
fitted with single bust darts and
arranged over vest portions that hayo
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-03-23
COLONEL SAN MARTIN.

begged that he might die in Spain.
This request, in view of the fact that
he had won six medals by bravery in
battle, was granted. Meanwhile Cen
eral Brooke and other Americans who
had been engaged in the campaign Pc
titioned for clemency, showing the
Spanish authorities by detailed &C.
counts of proceedings that Colonel
San Martin could not possibly have
done otherwise than he did. Armed
with these documents the convicted
colonel sailed for Spain. In consider
alton of the fact that he had done the
best he could-and, moreover, remem-
bering his noble achievements in the
past-the Spanish war department
sentenced him for life to penal set
Element.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-03-23
THE SKIRT PUZZLES WOMEN.
They Cannot Remember Seeing Anything
Like Lit Before.

They Cannot Remember Seeing Anything
Like 1t Before.
There are SO many changing styles
in skirts the average person can scarce
ly keep up with them. The very newest
skirt is SO decidedly new no one can
remember to have seen anything like
it. Not even old portraits show it or
heroines in out~of-date novels. 1t is
made absolutely without fullness in ell
Their back or front, not even so much
as a wrinkle. The top is perfectly plain
and smooth, fitted to the figure only
by a gore on each hip and extending
to the knees in front, while the lower
part is graduated Spanish affair cut
on the bias that falls easily in godets
to flare at the bottom. 1t fastens in
the front, at the left side usually, but
some of them hook or button behind,
still without the least sign of a fold
or plat. Some of the skirts are elab-
orately braided in barbarous design,
wiki twists and turns and huge circles
and crossbars, and some are embroid-
cred or stitched in bias rows and Greek
lines. But, however trimmed, the new
skirt is the newest thing Dame Fash
ion has produced for long time.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-03-23
TEACH A CHILD TO THINK.
From Infancy the Mother Should Study
to Promote It's Mental Growth.

From Infancy the Mother Should Study
to Promote It's Mental Growth.
Froebels Mother Play" book is full
of the richest suggestions as to how
the everyday life Of the nursery can
be made to yield up It's treasures of oil
and wine goodness and truth, for both
baby and mother. He shows very
clearly there that while it is easy to
keep in sympathy with child-nature,
and for many mothers to provide for
the varying ceaseless activities, yet
that to really understand the origin
and end Of this activity an earnest
study of the human mind in it's indi-
vidual and social relations is also need
ed. The mother must learn that
thought and feeling, as we'll as nerve
and muscle, have their pulsations,
their rhythms, their periods Of greater
or less activity. She must learn that
to try to work against these laws writ
ten in the whole being of the child is
but kicking against the pricks." She
will learn that Just as there Is seed
time and harvest, and the work of the
one period cannot be done except in
that period, so the child cannot be
made to take on certain states of mind
and heart. To take up certain studies
when he has not yet reached the time
ia wiaioh such ncnial or nearC nouIish-
ment is demanded is but to block the
wheels to true, logical, orderly de-
velopment of all the faculties. She
will learn that child's interests can
not be ignored and other interests for
eign to his present stage of growth sub
stituted for his own. She will study
books like Donelsons Growth Of the
Brain" or Warmers 1.-THE Study Of the
Child" to find true physical basis for
education, and then strive to gain a
clearer, larger view OF all those psyche
logical questions which bear on mental
development. To this will be added a
true knowledge of those principles
which make for better understanding
of the child as spiritual being. 1t is
not hard to do all this If you will look
at life from the child's standpoint, CIV
ing him your own loving instructive
sympathy.-Alice H. Putnam in Won
ans Home Companion.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-03-23

double darts and are included i'll the
shoulder and under-arm seams. Largo
lapels roll back from the fronts and
meet the ends Of the haring collar. A
standing collar finishes the vest andis
fastened with small bows of velvet
with crystal buttons in centre.
The two-seamed sleeves are of latest
cut and stand smoothly out at tho
shoulder with a few gathers at the
top.
The skirt shows new variation OF
the pointed circular flounce which IS
joined to circular upper portion that
is fitted smoothly across the hips and
closes with bows of velvet and buttons
in centre-back.
The mode may be stylishly devel-
oped in plain and fancy wool material
of any design, polka dot effects being
particularly stylish. 10 make the
basque in the medium size will require
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-03-23

Mrs. Mahaney, decorated that trunk
as no trunk ever leaving Meadville
before was decorated.
First two large Dasteboard hearts.
red in color, were tackled on the top.
In black letters across one heart APP
peared, "NVe are as happy as two tur-
lie doves" and on the other was
printed "Two hearts that be9tas one"
Red. white and blueribbons we're also
attached.
Mr.. Mahaney, who is employed in
the general postofice in New York,
had been told by friend in Mead
vile that he need not give himself no
concern about the trunk. The friend
would see that it did not miss the
train.
The bride and groom reached the
Erie Railroad depot in Meadville as
the train they were to take to Jersey
City came into the depot.
"All aboardw shouted the con-
ductor.
''Walterl my trunk What about
it?" said Mrs. Mahaney, who, as Miss
Annette Baldwin, was one of the bellies
of Meadville.
"Thero it is" answered Mr..
Mahaney, as he caught sight Of por-
ter lifting the trunk into baggage
car.
ooh, Tn so glad! I thought it
wouldn't arrive in time" said the
bride.
ST wish it hadn't" groaned the
groom, who had just then caught sight
of the decorations upon the trunk.
During the trip to Jersey City tho
bridegroom tried to reach the trunk
in order to denude it of its decora.
tions, but the baggage master, who
winked at the conductor, wouldn't
help him find it, and when the train
reached Jersey City the trunk had
gained few new trimmings. The cir
was blue when Mr.. Mahauey, ig Jer.
sey City, aided by sympathetic bag
gage man, VINO said he had recently
been married himself, finished tearing
off the decorations from that trunk.