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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-19
CAPSULAR 8ANQUETS
When Feasts Will BE Administered d In tho
Form OF Condensed Portions.

When Feasts Will BE Administered In tho
Form OF Condensed Portions.
''See that Handsomely dressed lady
that went out just as you came in?"
! inquired the grocer. 'I'll bet my
head against one cent postage stamp
you can't guess what she wanted
No? I'll tell you. She wanted
glass of water and some salt. Yes.
Then she whipped little box out o.
her pocket, took a capsule out of the
box, and, putting the salt in the
water, hoated the capsule down hei
throat. Then she laughed, thankeJ
me, and said that was her luncheon.
The capsules were filed with ex-
tract of beef.
"The idea of concentrated foods has
been getting in its work in prepara
tions for soups. A little box holding
less than quarter of a pint has con-
centrated within it vegetables aad
meats sufficient to make Quart or more
ofsoup. A genius out i / California dis.
covered that 30 per cent. OF the pota-
to is water. He proceeded to drive
away the water, and then shipped five
times as much potato as it was possible
to ship before desiccation.
''Don't You remember that it was
said at the time of the war that prices
were so high in Richmond, Va. that
people brought their confederate
money in basket and took theic fam
lily supplies of meat and vegetables
home in their pocketbooks? We're
coming to pretty much the same thing
If this concentration goes on. 1t does
not take much Imagination to see that
the time may be near at hand when
| the grower of garden truck will take
his stuff not to the grocer, but to the
back door of the manufacturing chem
ist, who will make it into various
vegetable tablets.
"Then we shall have our tomatoes
in tablets, our parsnips in pilules, and
lettuce in Iozengers. The pint OF
milk will be represented in tablet
the size of a trouser button. This is
| not at all fantastical. Some time age
j chemist announced that he could and
would produce food to sustain life
from ordinary coal tar, and that t., it
might be given the most delicate and
enhancing favors, and it might be
made charming to the eye.
IF vegetables and other things that
are now perIshable are thus made into
tablets, it is easy to see that there
will not be the waste that we now
nave. Good-by to the garbage man,
who now carries away the profit of
che grocer in his odorous wagon.
With the tabule business in full swing
there would be no need for the gro
GER. He would go, and the places
chat have known him would know him
40 more forever. In his place there
would be fellows along the street with
fittle trays in front of them, like sus.
pender and shoestriny men, selling all
kinds of vegetable tablets. More than
| this -
Here the grocer was called away by
. customer.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-19

undertakers dislike to give up the lib.
eral commissions from livery establish.
ments they once enjoyed, but popular
feeling is too strong to withstand. It
costs but 81 for a motor car and q
trailer, with an extra charge of $3 for
every additional car needed.
On the line of the Chicago Electric
Traction Company, special funeral
car, the Virginia, is provided. 1t is
dark green in color. At each end is
vestibule, having a door in its front
:or the admission of the casket. In
one of these vestibules the casket re-
mains during the journey to the ceme-
terry, screened from the rest of the car
by heavy curtains. The car proper is
richly furnished, and accommodates
twenty persons.
The Calumet Company has no special
funeral car, but the back is removed
from the seat of an ordinary motor
car and on this the casket is placed.
On either side of the casket the pail
bearers take their places, while rela.
tives and friends occupy the remain
ing seats.
On the Calumet line, which covers
wide stretch Of territory. south Of
Sixty-third street, the number of troll
ley funerals sometimes reaches five
day. Arrangements with the under
takers in suburbs along the line are
made by the company.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-19
Gentlemen Sailors Did not Work.

The opportunity to get rich sud-
denly offered by privateering ga rise
20 peculiar class of seamen, who be-
came known as gentlemen sailors"
All seaports sending out privateers
were thronged with these tars of ex-
alted degree, and, in many cases, OF
long pedigree. Usually they were OF
highly respectable parentage. and in
some einstances belonged to well-known
families, They went to sea, not as
common seamen, but as adventurers
to whom the chance of making prize
money was sufficient ipducement to
undergo the hardships and perils OF
the sea.
Being better educated, and we'll
trained to the use of arms-especially
excelling the ordinary sailor in the
latter accomplishment they were
welcomed in the privateer, and the
commander was glad to give them un-
usual privileges. They were not as
signel to the ordinary work of the
seaman, but formed sort of marine
guard, standing between the officers
and the regular crew. This arrange
nent came to be understood when the
gentleman sailor" shipped. The
common seamen we're to do the real
lrudgery of ship work, while these
privileged tars were to be on hand
when fighting was TO be done. Sa'-
qrday Evening Post.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-19

bread fruit aud avocate trees, upoA
which the natives depend to great
extent for subsistence, have been
swept bare or broken down. Only
the most sheltered banana groves are
left standing. The coffee crop is
wholly ruined, and all but the small.
est Of the trees have been destroyed.
A coffee plant takes five years to ma
ture. The half ripe orange crop is on
the ground. A few cane fields have
escaped, but with the factories de.
molished these are only valuable for
fodder.
The Wholesale, indiscriminate dis.
tributlon OF food is being stopped.
else the whole population would be-
come pauperized. In all centres l
visited rations are now being dis
tributed to the old and infirm and to
young children. To all able-bodied
adults is offered work. At first this
course of action caused some COM
plant, but now the plan is beginning
to work well, and the poor are all the
more independent, and better con.
tented for it..
The first care of the military authori-
ties has naturally been for the troops.
In Ponce the $4,000 granted by General
Davis to the commander has been
spent in cleaning up in and around
the quarters. At every country station
the troops are living under canvas.
In most cases the barracks have been
blown down. At Aibonito not one
wall of the whole barracks is left
standing. The soldiers lost every
thing they had, and those in the hos
pital had q narrow escape with their
lives.
The barracks collapsed during the
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-19

itaZa, or head man, came to the door
and reported that the Government had
sent out notice that hurricane was
approaching, via st. Thomas. Like
many others, I did not give full cred
ence to the warning. At half-past five
the wind was blowing thirty miles III
hour.
Daylight was long in coming, for the
sky was inky black. When dawn did
come we could be sure the storm was
not far away, and everything movable
was taken in. Tenants began to run
to us for shelter and we took them
in ALSO
At half-past seven o'clock the storm
began in earnest, and in half an hour
it was impossible to stand against the
wind. We had braced and tied down
the roof as best we could, but one sim
gle puff carried away all our stays. In
half an hour our roof was gone and
the rain pelting in. At ten o'clock the
wind was blowing seventy-five miles
All hour. Once we made sortie, and
! rescued a woman and two children,
but hardly had we got them inside
when the house began to creak and
groan, and we sought the open. Dodg-
ing flying branches of trees and stray
bits of timber, we crawled along the
lee side of penguin fence to shack,
sheltered behind hill.
It was half-past twelve before tho
storm was over and we could venture
forth. Our house, we found, had not
blown down entirely; but the wooden
walls were slanted at all angle OF thirty
degrees. The roof was completely oif
and everything inside absolutely
ruined by the water.
It was two days before we could
cross the river to get to market. Every
peasants hut for three miles around
was down. Four hundred houses on
the outskirts of Bayamon were piled
up in the public road. The railroad
running to San Juan had been COM
pletely washed away. The highways
were blocked with rubbish. 1t was
two days before supplies of bread
reached the town. In the interim the
! people lived on half ripe fruit
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-19
! Terrible Effects of
! Porto Rico SBurricape

PONCE, Po to Rico. The hurricane,
sad as is the havoc it wrought, great
as is the misery it caused, has ac-
complished in day what would have
taken diplomacy years to bring about.
1t has taught the natives that the
Americans are their real friends. The
Americans, by their prompt and gen.
erous assistance, have wiped out all
lingering prejudices.
Porto Rico suffered more than any
As regards the actual financial loss
to the island occasioned by the hurri-
cane, estimates vary. So far as can
figure it out the loss to the whole ISL
and will amount to about seventy five
million pesos, or more than $50, 900,
O0O
This amount covers damage to build
ings and machinery, damage to ware
houses and stores of coffee, tobacco
and sugar; damage to this years cane.
coffee and fruit crops, including esti-
mated loss on the next three years
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-19
Rushing the Rapids in the Klondike.


Arthur Ham, formerly OF this city,
writes from Lake La Burge, N. w. T.,
of the experience of bis party i'll the
White Horse rapids
"You will see by the beading that
we have passed the White Horse
rapids. just before we reached the
narrow part of the rapids, the final
Jump of, we ran on rock in the
rapids and stuck fast. We lay there
from o'clock at night until 5 the
next morning. We had supper aud
breakfast in the White Horse and
slept there. We had to run line
ashore and put up an aerial
tramway, like live saving device,
and run part of our cargo ashore on
big line carrying pulley. Two Of
pulled the stuff ashore with horse.
Then, with block, tackle and horse, we
pulled the scow off the rock aud
rushed through the rapids in less
than minute without further acci-
dent. We expected to take the scow
and cargo across this lake with horses
and sleds, but we nearly lost two or
three horses aud their loads through
che ice and then gave up the attempt.
One horse went in up to her ears aud
would have gone out of sight if she
mad not been held up until we could
hitch on another horse and pull her
out. Buffalo Commercial.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-19
Aliens Sense of Hu,nor.

No man in Congress has keener
sense of humor than John Allen, of
Mississippi. who for various reasons
has been much in the public eye dur
ing the past few months. Not long
ago, in the midst OF very interesting
speech, member on the other side
of the Chamber asked
MAY I interrupt the gentleman
from Mississippi for moment?"
''Is it for applause?" queried Mr..
Allen. ''The gentleman from Missis-
sippI allows no Interruptions except
for applause. ."-Philadelphia Satur.
day Evening Post.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-19

often ridden for miles without seeing
house left standing. Where the
houses withstood the wind the roofs
we're gone and furniture and clothing
were ruined by the rains.
1t is the well-to-d who are, perhaps,
to be the most pitied. Beautiful
haciendas and powerful sugar factories
were laid as low as the natives shack.
crop; damage to live stock, and dam
age to railways and shipping. 1t does
not cover the loss sustained by the
Public Works Department, which will
be heavy; nor does it cover the loss
to the island of capital that was con-
fidently expectad to seek investment
here this winter, and which may now
be frightened away.
The loss of growing crops is, be-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-19

The death John McKane the remarkable po
in the County Antrim Ireland August s4 He lived Ireland until
country and settled shepshead Bay Island MeKane did not
rugged blue with Scotch
blood did what either of
work political turmoil AS dug clans the beach
odd fourteen He
did what he pleased with the Gavesend In
ing against the MLaghln Democracy became candidate for
the registry lists Island They refused He said the
telephone
with the easiest do not fight As result
McKane his which,
years.
released from prison April So 1898.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-19
Million a Front Foot.

A mortgage of 800, 900, 900 on tiny
town lot is rarely recorded in real es'
tate annals. The city of San Jose,
CAL, has within her fowery limits a
little patch of ground which has actu
ally borne an incumbrance of the above
named stupendous proportions.
This infnitesimal speck of Cali
fornia's map has represented in money
precisely what America paid Spain for
the Philippine archipelago.
And this San Jose lot, only fair.
size flower garden, according to the
California notion as to gardens, meas
ures 1496 square feet, while the Phil
ippene Islands comprise ia, 900 square
miles
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-19
Sold with the Coal.

A new carmun was engaged at coal
yard and he went off to deliver his
first load. He failed to return and a
search was thereapon instituted.
The missing man was found at the
house where he had put the coal in
the cellar and had taken up his quar-
ters in the Kitchen. The cook said she
could not get him to leave, and the
csrman was asked what he meant by
such conduct.
why" he replied, 81 thought l
was sold with the coal-{ was weighed
with il. Tit Bits.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-19

with the green coffee and banana trees
now present bare and sorry view.
Homes that sheltered happy families
have been washed away. The viii
lagos are crowded with shelterless
people.
The homeless to-day number about
one-third of the whole population Of
the island.
1 have passed through every dis
trlct from the capital to Ponce, and
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-19
Flags Float Side by Side.

In view of the present strained re-
lations between Canada and the
United States over the question of the
Alaskan boundary, tho accompanying
photograph is interesting. 1t was
taken at the extreme summit of the
White Pass, at the point where the
boundary line between the possessions
of Canada and the United States is at
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-19

'Does that man from America be-
long to the aristocracy?" inquired the
earl.
"Well," answered the duke reflect
yaly. II have heard it asserted that
some members OF his family were coal
barons "-Washin 0tou Star.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-19

other colony by the hurricane of
August 9. Every district in tue ISL
and has been devastated. Thousands
of homes have been ruined, aud crops
upon which the whole population de-
pended for subsistence have been
laid waste beyond retrieve for at least
three years.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-19
FUNERAL BY TROLLEY CAR.

Custom Growing in Chicago, Largely Be.
cause Of tho Great saving in Expense.
Trolley car funerals threaten to sup.
plant the old style in Chicago. A saw.
ing of expense is one of the chief argu
ments in favor of the new plan. The
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-19

Porto Rico to-day is as barren as
was Cuba at the close of the insurrec-
ton. Here, in Porto Rico. fields that
ro once beautiful with waving canes,
.llsides but Q few days ago covered
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-19

yond question, the most serious item
in the islands list OF misfortunes.
Everything has been more or less de-
stroyed. What the hurricane left the
floods carried away. The mango,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-09-05

que hace mas de un mes ocurrieron los
primeros casos de peste bubonica en-
Fonte Taurina. barrio bajo de Oporto,
exten1iendose luego a los barrios del
centro de esta ciudad; que la 6pcca &C,
tual no es propicia para Ia propagation
de aqueIla eniermedad, y 81 para adoptar
urgentes medidas a fin de destruir el
NAL va descubierto utilizando al efecto,
sin considerations nj contemplaciones
de ninguna clase las invcstigaciones
practicadas por el DR.. Jorge, Director
de- Institute bacteria o'6giso de Oporto,
respecto 4 las personas atacadas y a las
que pusieron en- contaeto con esta. ais
landolas en- absolute el tempo necesa.
rio.
Manifesto asimismo el citaco professor
que la mayoria &c los casos de peste lle-
van aparejado un desenlace fatal, negan
do este proposito que haya dado hasta
la fecha resultados satisfactorios el suero
del doctor Yersin, y reconociendo efcaz,
como preventive de una enfermedad. la
VAGINA del medico ingles Mr.. Haffk:ne.
Tefmin6 expresando que el Gobierno
portugues tiene graves responsibilities
sobre ST en- tan delicado asunto, y mucho
mas cuando Sc obligo. en- el acta de We
necis. a comunicar las potencias sigma
tarias de dicho convenio, cualquier case
de peste que ocurriera en- 50 territorio.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-09-05
EL HURACAN DEL D|A 8
FOTOGRAFIAS De Los PUEBLOS DESTRUIDOS
lEDICI0N EXTRAORDINARILY DEL BOLETIN MERCANTILE!

fines de la presente vera luz pdblca ed-
ci6n extraordnara del BoLETIN MERCANTIL nune-
foogras de los pueblos mas peudcados po hura
can del da de Agoso dncas obtendas los tres das 81
guientes al de la catastrofe.
Constara el n1meo de IS pagnas expendera al pd-
blico razon de 20 centavos el ejemplar.
Los suscrptores tendran derecho obener ell eempar
qds corresponds cada uno, por cea0o presentando
la boeta que al efecto Sc les expedira.
Admtimos ordenes de anuncios hasta e Vernes de la
presene suplcamos las persona nteresadas
adqur mas de eemplar de la edcon extraordnaa que
svan avsanoso cuanto anes po muy grande la de-
manda que hay de este nmero tanto Isla los
Estados Unidos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-09-05
CARTA DE PARIS
E pROCESO DREYFus
sr Director del BoLErrN.
Rennes. 10 de Agosto de 1899.

La prensa europea LENA sus columnas
con las resefias del drama de Rennes.
Cuatrocientos periodistas envfan apasio-
nados telegramas a todas las parties del
tnundo de las resefias del Conse!o que Sc
'celebr6 en- el salon del Liceo. Centena-
res de fotografos sacan vistas para los
peri0dicos ilustrados.
Dreyfus Sc present6 vestido de unifor-
me, muy derecho, en- actitud resignada,
mas de mArtir que de criminal. Preside
el coronel Jouast. Dreyfus esta rigido,
serene, trio, correcto. No demuestra el
c6lebre captain tampoco irritaci6n con
ira los que le llevaron al cautiverio.
Sc lee el 6otdsssaN. Dreyfus Sc limi
ia, despues de leerlo, 4 negar haberlo q
escrito
Mega Dreyfus conoecr, por mas que
asegura que le habrfa sido kcilfsimo CO
noceFlo. el fFeno misrepresentation para
el caii6n de Iao; NIGGA conocer el plan
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-09-05

de tropas que debfan cubrir la frontera
mega haber tenido directa ri indi1ecta-
mente intervention ninguna en- Ia nots
de Madagascar; Sc burla de que 10 acu.
sen de haber dado noticias del Mania.
4e ti2v, cuando dicho Manual fue i'm
preso y repartido profusamente de orden
del Ministerio de Ia Guerra, publicandolo
hasta con grabados explicativos una re-
vista tecnica del cuerpo a que pertenece.
Mega. asimismo, haber estado en- las
maniobras, desvirtuando asf la Erase del
b0ydsyeaW relativa q este asunto.
Ac1sanle de habsr dicho que Alsacia
serfa mas dichosa bajo la domination ale
mana, y 10 mega con energia. Hay que
tener en- cuenta que Dreyfus nacio en-
Malhouse { (Alsacia): que al incorporate
esta provincial a Alemania parte de 81
familia cambio de nscionalidad pero
Dreyfus permaneci6 6el a la bandera
ffancesa.
Sus viajes, aunque pocos, q Mulhouse,
cuando la muerte de su padre, las CON
diciones de parte de So familia; su condi-
cion tambien de judo, que parece que
lleva envuelta una middleton mezclada
con odio, fueron motive para que bribo
mes como Esterhazy, y Patty du Clam,
vieran en- aquellos Wales al odioso espia
trabando relaciones con o6ciales ale
names. -.
Dreyfus MEGA haber hablado con min
gun Official, de NADIA y menos del fusil de
1880.
Tdmbien 10 acusan de haberlo visto
en- Bruselas. y dice que etectivamente
por ALI paso po ALI regreso en- la Ex
posicion de Amsterdam adonde llevo ca
racter Official.
lie acusan, asimismo, de mala vida
privada y de jugado olo 10 NIGGA; y
por 1ltimo viene la declaration que hizo
Dteyfus al captain Lebrua- Renaud. "Si
di documentos fue para obtener otros
mas importantes". Dreyfus MEGA tam
bien semejante conversation.
Su voz vibiante, su mirada fila. viva,
su actitud in iiferente aunaue correcta,
desesperan. Esta raza latina necesita
pasiones. Necesita un hombse in 1igna-
do. violento, encole -izado pof los ultra
jes recibidos, por el martirio pasado. alta
cando a sus verdugos. defendiendo con
calor su no;encia. desesperado, loco.
que comunique la multitud las emo
clones de que pareee Sc mue;.ra anciosa
No hay NADIA de esto
Dreyfus permanece frio, casi rigido,
sereno. nab aado con calma, sin odios,
como ST nada lie hubiese p,saio.
lEs resignation, es orgallo, es digni-
dad, es estu lilo. es doblez juiaica como
dicen sus enemigos1