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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-08-18
AuBo TEMBLoREs

En- casi todos los pueblos de Ia isla es
general Ia creencia de que el huraczn
vino acompafiado de fuertes temblores
de terra, vi Sc seiialan datos y pruebas
en- favor de dicha opinion. El seiior
Riffkohl [don Luis1, por ejemplo, nos
para Glen bocoyes de melado y cuyo
gran espesor tenfa que asegurarle de por
precision de todas las furias del temporal.
Pues bien: el purguero aparece cuartea
do 8 aPrietsdo en- 50 fondo principal
mente, signo indudable de que no fue el
cicl6n Ia fuerza que pr9dujo tal resultado.
En- otros pueblos 81 ohseFvsFon tam
bikn hechos analoeos que son inexplica-
bIss con Ia sola pfesencia del huracan.
Aparts de esto, son numerosas las
P.'.tfn' 4os 800 haber sentido va
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-08-18
HACIENDAS SERRALLES

Las perdidas personales habidas en-
las propiedades de la succession Serralles
fueron las siguientes: Enterrados en-
ia hacienda "Poncena" en- diferentes ST
tios, 4o; ea la "Fe', IA; en- la "Teresa"
IE; en- la Laurel, 9.
En- estas fincas las petdidas de intere-
ses no pueden apreciarse. pues almace-
mes, cuarteles y muchas obras de utilidad
han suf.ido desperfectos de considera-
cion.
Ia SUCCESSION de Serral'es ha corri.lo
con todos los gastos de enterramiento y
de manutencion de los recogidos. Sc
ha distinguido como hombre humanita
rio el mayordomo principal de Ia Ha-
cienda, don Canuto del Vale. 2
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-08-18
MAS NoTIcIAs De PONCE

-
Nuestro Corresponsal de Ponce nos ds
las siguienies noticiaS refe'entes 4 mas
d4iios causados por el ciclon en- aquelIa
iocalidsd:
"Las pesdidas sufridas por Ia &brica
de cigaf,il'os LA Borinquen", siruaja
en- la plaza de la AboIic.oa. pueden cal
cuiarse en- 5000 pesos. Apesar de esto,
,us prop,etarios repartieron Glen cajas de
cigarrillos, de trescientas cajctillas cada
una, entire la clase menesterosa. Ass.
sIrase tamb'6n que uno de los duefios
de Ia citada Abrica, Mr.. Hart, america
nc, telegrafi6 4 New York con objeto de
lue Sc recoiectarau en- el referido Esta-
do fonjos para los pobres. En- el barrio
Msragiez fne conpletameute destruida
ia casa de don Emilio Quihones, pere
ciendo ochenta personas bsjo sus escom.
oros Tamnien fue victima del siniestro
don Felix Diaz, que perecio con toda 81
famllis, salvandose miia,Tosa:nente un
nifio de 7 amos que busco refugio en- la
cocina de la casa. La escosa y un niiio
del expresado seiior, que sc encontraLsn n
eu Ia ciu lad, lograre n tambikn escapar E
de Ia muerte. Perecieron todas las per-
sonas que sc encontraban en- la casa de
den Balbino Morales. Seg6n parte que
dio 81 Comisano de la jurisdiction reie.
rida, pereeieron en- ella doscientas cua.
rents y cinco personas. Todos los obre.
ros de esta ciudad Sc retiraron de las
obras, abandonando sus tareas a csusa
de pagarles circo reales provinciales por
dia y no un peso orc seg1n Sc les ofrecio
primeramente.
LIS seiiores Duran & Coil han perdi-
do losSimacenes interiors; 81 deposi-
to principal de su licoreria, todos de
hero galvanizado. Tambien les ha
destruido ,el temporal las caballerizas, el
alambique. Ia cuarteria y la cochera. No
ba an de 5000. pesos las que. han tenido".
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-08-18
orERAc1oNns soBRB RL MusLLs

Por Jose Perujo y DIVA:
Sres de Vicente y Co 10 81 anis
Por Barcel6 y Co:
M. Lomba y Co IS 81 garbanzos 3
Coronas; IS 81 id 1: fuente sauce y 40 q
de 4 saquitos I: de !: alfarnate
Por M Lomba y Co:
a Ia Liga de detallistas rs q arros va
lenciano ~
a Sierra y Palau IS SIS arroz valen-
ciano. - trs
a Bernardo Fernandez 20 d pasas. q-
q Fernandez Garran y Co. lis &
pasas.
Sores de Perez Hermanos, Hilario
Santos y Francisco Alfonso $40 d pasas
Por Sobrino de lzquierdo y Co:
Troucoso Hermanos y Go, y Jose
Perujo y Olivia 100 d aceite.
A Vicente y Co. $40 d pasas.
M Lomba y Co, I6s SIS garbanzos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-08-18
VEGA (AOIuNrAsl

Las psrddas han sitio terribles.
Un solo propietario don Zeno Her
naadez, cuy4s propiedades marchaban
en- estado floreciente de bienestar. tiene
hoy por toda herencia un monitor de
rdinas. Sc lie caiculan en- 10000 Eesos
las perd'dss, pues 10 casas derribadas
las ha perdido.
A otro propietario, D. Antonio Iriza.
.ry, el RIO ie a'rebato 50 casas.
Las victimas no sc suman. Miseria
completa. G9
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-08-18
EuNEsIA IM!TAcIoA

Una de sus hermanas ysu novia que
presenciaton Il buena suerte que tuvo
en- 50 viaje por los aires y Ia pacifca
recepci6n que las ramas hicikronie, imi
,aron So ejempIo. resultando muertas j
pesar de todos los esfuerzos que, pala
ssivarlas. hiciera aquel.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-08-18
Vapores que Sc esperan.

AMER. ARKADIA. Saldra de este
,'uerto directamente para el de New.
York, el dia z6 del presente mes.
AMER. "EvELYN". FL dia rS del
actual ha salido de New York, CON des.
tino a Ponce y este puerto.
AMER. CARACA. Saldra de este
puerto directamente para New York el
dia IS del corriente, admitiendo carga
pasajeros y correspondence.
ALIEN. MARKoMANrA. Saldra pars
St. Thomas HAvre y Han.bureo hacia
el IS del pr6ximo Septiembre admitiea.
do cargay pasajeros.
ALIEN. HELvETIA. Saldr& para St.
Thomas IIavre y Hamburgo en- los
primeios dfas del mes de Septiem.
bre pr6ximo. admitiendo carga y pa
ssjeros. @e
ALIEN. CAS1ILIA. FL dia G. del co.
triente ha salido de Geestemunde @
espera en- este puerto del 26 al ~. Sc.
guira via:e para puertos de esta Isla y
Habana.
Esp FRANCESCA. SaldrA de Liver.
pool. via Santander, con destino este
puerto, el dia 26 del presente mes.
ESP. RAMON DB LARRINAeA -
Ha salico de Liverpool directamente
para este puerto el dia IA del acrual.
"JuAN FoRGAs". En- IA seeunda
quincena del mes pr6ximo paSade, dehe
haber salido de Bareelona @saSs esta
puerto y los de Maysgues, Ponce, ,
Santiago je Cuba.
AMER. "MARIA HERRERA."-Dei
Io al 30 del actual recalara 4 este puer.
70 procedente de Habana y escalas inter.
mcdias.
ESP. "PAuLINA"-- Ha salidc de 4
Coruia directamente para este puerto &
dia 5 del corriente.
Esp. "MExIco."- Sali6 el dfs 10 dei
corriente & las : de Ia tarde del puert~
De CadiE, con destino & Este
S<ittt
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-08-18
EN- "QUEBRADA DEL aqua"

FL vecino lie este barrio don Eduardo
Qi'hones albergo en- su casa mas de
cin~uenta personas en- la 1nica habita-
cion que lie quedo despues de haberlo
perdido todo.
En- el mismo barrio, incomunicado por
faIta de caminos, han alberto una comu
nicacion en- sus propiedades los seii0ges
Chardon hermanos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-08-18
ORA CASA IEDESTRucTIBLE

Una casa pequena de los sefiores AL
caide, de Arroyo, construida en- el jardfn
de Ia principal que viven. tue trasladada
fntegramente, por el cicl6n q una distan-
cia regular, sin que sc perturbara en- 10
mas mfnimo el orden en- los muebles, nj
se rompicra una sola copa. Este case
recuerda el ocurrido en- Caguas y que
copocen nuestros lectores.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-08-18
IDE cABEzAsl

En- el momento en- que por todas pa-
ties Sc gritaba, entire Ia confusion y cl
espanto-isalvese el que pueda l-pno de
los peones de don Jose Diasi tir6se por
una ventana yendo 4 agarfarse, favors
cido por Ia luz de un relampago, q las
ramas de an &rbol.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-08-18
/ TODO poR La vIDAl

En- el momento en- que iba navegan-
do Ia casa de don Emilio Quifiones.
asegdrase que este seior sc hallaba jan
to a la puerts con un farol encendido y
ofrecia todos sus bienes al que 10 saliva
Sc untamente con su familia que t,m
bien iba dentrO de la casa emDarcaci6n.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-08-18
COSladO d ESDahs en- PupPtO-RiC0

4 An de que llegue Z corocimiento de
IA interesada, Sc haee sabeg que Adela
Butler Rios, esposa del corneta de Ia
Guardia Civil Juan Fuentes Gomez, pue-
de regsesar Espaia por cucnta de este
Consulado.
San Juan p r., IS de Aaosto de
1899. 81 Consul de EspafIa; kslSjfino
1zNfceNef; 2--2
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-08-18
Ell CICLON
MAS DETALLES
-.
A uoNDE FuE Ell cIcLoN

Tomandolas de un periodico habanero
copiamos las lfneas que siguen, las que
indican la marcha que siguio el terrible
cicl6n que, recieutemente, azot6 Puerto
Rico.
"Nuestro respectable amigo el reve
rendo padre Saresola. encNrgado de las
observaciones en- ausencia del iustrado
padre Gangoiti. ha tenido Ia atenci6n de
enviarnos 10 que sieue:
O6ssyvatoyio del Real C0legfo dc Bsll1
-Hsbana. agosto 9, Is p. m).-En los
cablegramas recibidos a la una y media y
8 las tres y media de esta tarde en- este
Observatorio, nos dice nuestro diligente
observador de Santiago de Cuba 10 81
guiente :-"Puerto Plata siete me iiana.
N.N.E. al N. fuerte. aguas torrenciales,
mar gruesa, bar6metro bajo ANN, du
rante noche. Cabo Haitiano. calma.
lloviendo toda noche - Puerto Plata.
once maiiana. ciclon violento, algunas
embarcaciones echadas terra; barome-
tro bajo Iomm; desde seis maiiana Santo
Domingo incomunicado paso S. de Santa
Cruz.
Las observaciones de Santiago de Gu
ba son: bar6metro 1851. viento N.N.E.
en- parte c1bierto, cum altos N E.
El ciclon sin duda es de corto radio y
bastante violento. Esta noche sentiran
mas 6 menos sus efectos en- Santiago de
Cuba.
Aqui no hay todavia en- las corrientes
Ia regularidad que suele haber al acer-
carse un cicl6n.-En ausencia del Direc
E, S. Sarasota, S. j.
c ,nhrmada la noticia del WeatAsr BD-
ysaw de que ell huracan de la Dominica
pasaba por el N. de la isla de Puerto
Rico, no hay peligro alguno para la de
Cuba de ser visitada por este meteoro".
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-08-18
LAS PlEDRAs

Con fecha I6 comunica el Alcalde de
Las Piedras el res1men de los estragos
que ha hecho el cicl6n en- aquella loca-
lidad:
Muertos, g: heridos f3.
Casas destruidas: De algin valof, IS;
casas pequeiias y bohfos, 87..s
Edifcios p1blicos destruidos: Iglesis
Parroquial. Cementerio, Matadero, Car
nicegia, casa escuela de nifios.
Edi6cios pIblicos deteriora dos: Casa
Ayuntamiento, Escuela de niias y Hos
pital
Fincas one han sufrido: Haciendas
Carmen" "San Jose" y "Mascalvri."
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-08-18
EN- "sAN PATRIcIo'

De este barrio eesaparecieron 1870
casas, entre las que 6gura la escsela con
todos sus enseres
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-08-18
EN- Ell PORTUGUESE

Las lefdidas 'casionadas por la inun
dacion en- el "Portugues", sitio denomi
nado "La Ceiba", alcalzan 4 3Ioso pesos
NADIA mas que en- fncas urbanas y CO.
mercio.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-08-18

AL cerrar Ia presente edici6n no he
mos recibidci los dltimos cableeramas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-08-18

rios y prolongados tembi6Fes de terra
durante la tormenta.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-08-18
MERcADo DE FRUros

Az6cAR
Sin speraeionss.
CARS
Llegan regulares partidas de este gra
no para su venta, y los precios que a
{ ansan SON los siguientes /:
S IoA IoA corrientes Cuba. !
S IIKaI2 Pil6n
I2 aI3 Hacienda sin escejes
: I3HaI4 Id. eseojido
Llegaran muy en- breve parsidas de
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-08-18

OPERAc1oNEs DE BUQUEs EN- Pro.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-08-18

Llesaran muy en- breve parsidas de
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-08-18
ROvista COmercial
De NoTlCIAs Y ANuNClOs.

operacioues durante el dia ls de Agosto
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08
Story About InnersOll.

Tere Is an entirely new story about
lhr late Colonel IngerSoll. which is
kuitc as good and fully as genuine as
Ne rsual run OF them.
When Ingersoll was n young man he
", ut into short order restaurant in
Peoria and called for an egg.
"l on are an aGnostic, | think?" said
tue waiter, who was college student
II the winter and had Just associated
himself with the restaurant business.
"Your habit Of thinking has not be
t-", ed YOU this time-T am" replied
Ingersoll.
"Then you do not have faith in the
Integrity Of this egg?" quoth the wait
er.
81 have no faith in It's int-egg-ritv." :"
replied Bob. have no faith in any.
thing. / believe only in what I see
or in what is proved to me-"
81 have faith in the egg" said the
student, and he regarded the colonel
with sad eyes. "Mv faith tells me that
1t contains yolk"
"My doubt admits nothing of the
kind" said the aCnostic.
So the student broke the egg. and 10.
1t contained chicken.
But the fact Is that the agnostic took
IN unfair advantage OF the student.
He had eaten at that restaurant be-
tore,-ClevelNnd Plain Dealer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08
"Cash X" of Omaha.

Who is Cash K" of Omaha? Thia
is n question that for ten wears has
eXtited the curiosity OF the people OF
the west and has engaged as much
research as did. years ago, the inquiry
as to the identity of the man who
struck Billy" Patterson in another
section Of the country.
Cash X may be either man or q
woman, for anything the public knows.
Cash X" is a philanthropist who be.
lieves in doing good and hiding Itself
modestly away from the thanks Of
those 1t has benefited AS the sex OF
Cash X" is unknown, the individual
must necessarily in being referred To
be classed as neuter gender.
Cash X only communicates with
the public through the columns Of one
paper, and all its contributions.
which amount to thousands Of doll
lars, have been made through the
editor of this paper, who presumably
knows who the philanthropst is. but
guards the secret religiously.
Ten years ago the editor of this pa-
per announced that he had received
$1,000 from Cash K" to apply on a
subscription being circulated for some
charity work in Chicago. The next
fall he announced the receipt of am
other $1,000 to be applied to the bepe-
tit of the poor Of Omaha. especiallv
those not accustomed to receive reg
ular charity from the city and county.
The next winter he had occasion to
make two $1,000 announcements
Cash X saying that as the winter
was an unusually severe one there
was need of greater effort to prevent
suffering. Regularly every year since
has this unknown donor been in evi-
dence, the last winter bringing 81 OOe
three times. In addition to this sava
the Chicago Inter-0cean, Cash X" in
all these years has been a liberal con-
tributor to every charitable or relief
scheme that has been broached in Chi.
cago, and has invited those in sudden
and pressing financial need to apply to
cash X through the papers, and
from this source hundreds have obtain.
ed relief, when worthy.
But Omaha is yet in ignorance OF
who 1t is that cloaks so many chart.
table actions under the impersonal
mark of Cash K"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08
NEW YORK HOTELS
They Will Accommodate All Who At
tend the Dewey Reception.

tend the Dewey Reception.
There is about sixty-two prominent
hotels in what is commonly called the
hotel district" OF New York, extend.
ing say from the Astor House at
Broadway and Barclay street, TO the
Majestic, Seventy-second street and
Central Park West. There are several
large andvery excellent new hotels that
are outside of the limit mentioned, but
the list given comprises the New YORK
hotels best known to visitors in the
habit Of going there.
All the hotels mentioned have a resi-
dent population, that is patrons who
live In them all the year round. The
total number Of person who live In this
way cannot be even approximately stat
ed, but it is very large and is increaS-
Ing from year to gear. The figures
given indicate the capacity of these no
tells Cor transient rutronS, irrespective
of the permanent 1t is estimated ny
railroad people that fully 100000
strangers take nj least one meal in
New York each week day. The ma
tority of these have departed by night
fall, but the daily population looking
for accommodations ut the hotels is ut
least many thousands. Here are the
beSt-known hotels and their capacity
for transients:
Albemarle 2C0. Albert, 150. Ashland
200. Astor 300, Bartholdi $50, Brevoort
$50. Broadway Central COO, Buclling-
ham 40. Cambridge POO, Cadillac $50.
Continental 200 Cosmopolitan $50,
Everett $50, Fifth Ave. COO Gilsey, 300,
Grenoble 100, Grand $50. Grand Union
800, Hoffman $50, Holland 300. Impcr-
ial 400 Majestic GOO, Sinclair 800, Ma
rie Antoipette $50, Manhattan 900.
Marlborough 800. Metropole 300, Met.
ropolitan $50, Murray Hill. 600. Morton
House. 100. Netherland 500. New Nm-
stcrdam 150 Normandie $50 Park
Avenue 500. Plaza 800, st. Cloud 200.
st. Dennis 250, Savoy 300. SturTevant
200. Union Square $50, Waldorf-As-
toria 1.SO0, Westminster 200.
Assuming that each hotel mentioned
takes only its normal number of tram
sients. room Is found only for 1850
persons. In the case of the Waldorf
and few others. patronized by per
sons with whom money is no object
parlor suits will not he broken up into
bedrooms and two or more patrons will
not be put into one room. But with
most of the hotels in the list there will
be great deal of doubling up. Lucky
indeed will he the man who gets n
room to himself.
New York hotel-keepers have always
boasted, and justly, that no matter
how great the rush they have never
raised the rates. They declare that
they will not do so d ing the Dewey
celebration. Tbs i, &c reverse OF the
policy pursued by Western cities on
similar occasions. But the New YORK
hotel-keepers hit must get even some
how. so they take it out in doubling
up" though ncvcr they say. going to
the extent of uncomfortablyo overcrowd
ing
Assuming, therefore. that on an aver
1 nge each hotel mentioned will double
its capacity for the three Dewey days
2S,700 persons are provided for. Thcr
there are at least one hundred smaller
hotels scattered in various parts Of the
city capable of accommodating anywhere
from one hundred to two hundred pa
irons each.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08
How Bears Are Taught to Dance

Any one who has observed dancing
bear has noticed that he makes only
backward steps. The trainer raises the
cord attached to the nose ring SO high
that the bear is forced to stand on his
hind feet. Then the trainer steps
heavily on one of these hind feet.
which the bear at once lifts up and
draws back. The process is repeated
with the other foot, then again with
the first, and so on throughout the les.
son. After several lessons the bear
begins to appreciate the advantage of
raising his feet before they are stem
ped on, and so he begins his dance as
soon as the cord is raised with
young bears some training and prac-
tice are needed before they can even
stand steadily on their hind legs.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08
TERRIBLE DRIVER ANTS
West African Insects That Drive
Families From Their Homes.

west African Insects That Drive
Families From Their Homes.
In West Africa all travellers keep Q
sharp watch for the awful driver ant.
These are sometimes called visiting
ants, from their habit OF calling in
quantities at inconvenient hours They
are fond of marching at night and usu>
ally drop in upon household afteA
the inmates have retired for the night
In her book on Africa" Miss Kingsley
gives some vivid pictures of the
troubles caused by these insects.
"One minute there will be peace in
the simple African home, the heavy-
scented hot night air broken only by
the rhymthmic snores and automatic
side slaps of the family. accompanied
outside by a chorus of cicadas and buA-
frogs writes Miss Kingsley. "Enter
- \he drivar-tha maxi. .rnauaaAat- that IA cha
is thick with hurrying black forms, lit
tie and big, for the family. accompanied
by rats, cockroaches, snakes, scorpions,
eentipedes and huge spiders, animated
by one desire to get out of the visitors'
way. fall helter-skelter Tito the street.
where they are joined by the rest of tho
inhabitants of the village for the ants,
when they once start on a village, usu-
ally make a regular house-to- house viss
itatinn.
Il mixed myself up once in a delight
full knockabout farce near Kabnda and
possibly made the biggest fool of my
self ever did. | was in little village,
and out of a hut came the owner and
his family and all the household para
sites pellmell, leaving the drivers in
possession. but the mother and father
of the family, when they had recovered
from this unwonted burst of activity,
showed such a lively concern and such
unmistakable signs of anguish at hav-
ing left something behind them in tho
hut. that thought it must be the baby.
Although not family man myself the
idea of that innocent infant perishins
III such an appalling manner reused me
TO action and ! Joined in the frenZied
group, crying: where him live?" In
him far corner for floor shrieked the
distracted parents. and into the hut /
charged Too true! There in the cor
ner lay the poor little thing, mere
inert black mass with hundreds OF
cruel drivers already swarming upon
it. TO seize it and give to the distracted
mother was, as the reporter would say.
the work OF an instant" She gave q
cry of Joy and dropped 1t into water
barrel, where her husband held it down
with a hoe. chuckling contentedly.
Shiver not, my friend, at the callous-
ness of the Ethiopian; that there thing
was not an infant-it was ham!"
Miss Kingsley tells one grewsome ex-
perience. There was white gentleman
at one village and there had been .
birthday party in the evening. He
stumbled on his way home and went
to sleep by the pathside and in the
morning there was only white gentle
mans skeleton and clothes. The driver
ants had passed that way.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08

viii you oblige me by holding this
ram while | open this gate? II is fas-
tened on the inside, and | find that
must climb over"
Such was the remark of a man stand
ing at a gate in lonely road, and II
was addressed to stalwart sailor who
had Just come up. The only other OH
1ect visible on the long, straight road
was a large ram, whose massive. crook
ed horns were being held by the man aa
the two stood quite still in front of
the gate.
why, sartingly, shipmate," said the
obliging tar as he seized the big horns
Il thank you" the first holder said
when he got to the other side. "You
will no doubt be surprised to hear that
never saw that ram until today. The
vicious brute attacked me about half
an hour ago, and we have been tussline
together ever since. AS long as vnn
stand before him holding his horns
firmly, he can't hurt you. Goodbv.
| hope you will be as lucky getting
away from him as l have been"
The sailors answer has not vet been
recorded.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08
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An Eccentric Democrat.

Abraham Stingley, an eccentric resi-
dent of Northwest Missouri, who died
at the age of ninety-three Mt his home
near Ravenwood, Mo, recently, was
most ardent Democrat and had voted
for every Presidential candidate from
Jackson to Bryan. Among his peculiar
ities it Is recorded that he never gave
note, never paid cent OF interest,
never took n dose Of medicine from a
physician and never lost any of his
teeth, although they were wore down
to the gums at the time Of his death.