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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-01-18

A HANDY HOIRED

to the required depth, going below the
frost line, and build up a wall topping
it with brick and sloping it about six
inches to the front. A crop OF lettuce
or vioets may be grown in such bed
with only the heat derived from the
cellar.-Farm and Home,
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-01-18
HANDY LITTLE HOTBED.
One Can BE Contributed Along the
Side of the House Stable at
THRILLING Expense.

A small hotbed may be constructed
along the side of the house or stable,
as shown in the Illustration, and partly
heated through a window. EXcavate
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-01-18
a Guaranteed Runner

"Have you any gas burmese" asked
the customer in the hardware store.
Just out of the old brand" respond
ed the merchant. 'bnr there is par
ticu'ar kind that You can have for moth
ing"
Il would like to see it,
well. come down to my house about
ten tonight. You can see this gas
burner making love to my daughter. -
Chicago Evening News.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-01-18
Worry Likely

She-I understand Miss Gotrox mar.
ried struggling young man.
He-Well. who wouldn't have struo.
gled to get her? -Puck.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-01-18

"Ehat was your idea, getting that
don't see what earthly use they arc
to YOU. You haven't looked into one
of them since the night they came,
and | don't suppose you ever will.
The idea Of paying $40 for few old
books. And then you talk as il [ was
to blame for it,
Il never accused you of anything so
sensible. The fact that 1 don't have
to refer to them very often myself is
merely because-well, because I'm
pretty we'll Informed on most sub
jects. At the same time it was only
the other day ] had forgotten about
the exact location of the pyramids
and
81 could have told you that without
any $40 encyclopedia if you had asked
Inc. They're in Egypt
Goo. girl! Who says the higher
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-01-22
AMOR SIN NoMBRE
238

Como ell inocente pajarillo que salta
de rama en- rama saludando alegre-
mente la manana, sin prever nj temer
que q la caida de la tarle puede ha-
llarse encarcelado en- una resistents
iaula, asf aquella pobre hija de su CO.
raz6n Sc decidfa risueia : jubilosa &
entregarse 4 sus suefios de Illusion, sin
tener en- cuenta que la ingrata aspere-
"a de la realidad pocas veces colma ell
deseo tai y como la imagination 10
forje y 10 describe. :.
iPobrecita! La realidad comenza-
ria para ella bien prouto, y 81 su infor-
tunio sc la deparaba completamente
distipta de aquella con que sol6, iah,
entonces no habia para el consuelO po-
sible, y moriria de pena y desespera-
ci6n!
Habia cumplido, ciertamente, sus
deberes de padre, y hab q preparado a
su hija ell eamino de su bienestar; pero
no podia haber resuelto con fuerza in.
contrarestable el porvenir flo y segu-
10 que 6I desearia para Elyira 80
fPOr que ell poder del h0mbre Sc
preguntaba el seiior Dermenier -sera
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-01-22
]. RENAuD DE vtnNSEs 239

tan raquftico y miserable que no al
canoe a dejar trazado q sus hijos
ell sendero de la vida, va que cuando
ellos empiezan q yivir, la Naturaleza
impone al infeliz padre ell triunfo duro
y cruel de la mucrte7
sPor que el padre que cumple su de-
Der en- la educaci6n y direction de sus
hijos, no ha de poder seilalar, sin que
por nadie sea impugnado y sin que ma
die tenga fuerzaS bastantes para alte
rarlo 8 modificarlo, el poryenir y la vi
da futura de sus hiios9
iOh, ST, los padres deberan tener
esta facultad indiscutible, y les fuera
dado reposar tranquiIos y morir en- la
confanza de que sn obra serfa Iespe-
tada hasta el fin
Pero volviendo q la vida Y a la rea
lidad, ell cuadro era muy distintO, cier
tamente.
lie quedaba, 81, al seflor Dermenier
el duce consnelo de haber educad0 q
su hija en- las maximas mas puras de
Ia moral Y del deber.
Tenfa la plena seguridad de que
aquelIa hja suya 10 representarfa bri-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-01-22

NOTAS.-La isla de Curacao, .si-
tuada al Surde la de Puerto Rico, ofre-
ce & los puertorriquefios analogas con-
diciones elimatol6gicas que 6sta.
Ell visje de PuertO-Rico & Curacao
as de un Ga Y medic.
Para mas informes, dirigirse al lSr.
Inspectorde instruction P1blica DR..
Enrique Huyke en- Arroyo, y al "B0-
letin Melcantil," San Juan.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-01-22
.Hta--
IntereS personal.
Want Column.

A fine saddle horse of the best Porto
Rican breed, and seven ''cuartas F" in height.
Price 5 $50. Those wishing to see the hOr.
Sc will please address L. d. Post Office,
Bex g.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-01-22
PARA ALUMNOS NTERNOS =,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. -~MMAS
@AEAQAS En- la Lla de Cmacao.*d*I*
w. Fundado 4 NovIembr

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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-01-22

FOR SALE comfortable and handsome
carriage of four seats, bought from one Of
the best manufactures in the United States.
Address by writing to II. C.-P. 0. Box G.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-01-22

WE'LL ventilated, furnished room, 2
fronts, for or 2 Gentlemen, with or wit
thout board. With american family. "a
Santo Cristo, Fronting Cathedral
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-01-22

Sc NEUEoIIA un caballO de cOche,
&c siete cuartas mas de alzada, que sirva
indistintamente solo, en- pareja, y al tiro
derecho 10 mismO que al izquierdo. Escri-
ban & O. r. apartado del 'tBoletin'.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-01-22

81 ALG OIHA IsUlame1te a caballerOsl
una espaciosa habitaci6n con dos balconies
San Francisco So, altos. 50
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-01-22

LUo NUEVOS y acreditad0S aparatOs
generadOres de gas acetileno, Sistema ALE
MANY, Sc realizan con grandes descuentos,
siempro que las 6rdeneS vengan acOmpafia-
das dc su importe Sc trasmitan por medic
de casa comisiOnista de esta Capital. 3O-18.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-01-05
NAMES OF TRANSvAAL TOWNS.
Exp1anation of the Singular Nomenc1a.
L,E L. I2-=.lu..d

Explanation of the Singular Nomenc1a.
ture of Places in Boer1and.
Many of the towns of south Africa
which figure prominently In the dis
patches are named after persons who
have had leading parts in the political
and social life of the country. Durham,
for instance, bears the name of Sir Ben
jamin Durham, who was governor of
Cape Colony in 1884. Grahamstown
and Harrismith are named respectively
after Colonels Graham and Sir Harry
Smith, while Kimberley bears the name
Of the earl of Kimberley, who was
colonel secretary from 1870 to 1874.
Cale1on, Beaufort, Somerset and Cra-
dock are named after former governors
the earl Of Caledon. Lord Charles
Somerset and Sir John Cradock Uord
Howden). The towns of Ladysmith,
Port Elizabeth and Lady Gray are call
ed after the wives of Cape governors.
Pretoria is named in honor Of the first
president Of the South African Repub-
lic-Marthinus Vessel Pretorius. The
origin of Krugersdorp is evident, while
Johannesburg also is named from Dom
Paul, one of whose names is Johannes.
The practice of naming towns In honor
of distinguished men is followed by
beers even in time of war, as witness
the remaining of Dundee Meyersdorp.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-01-05
POTTER PALMER. OF CHICAGO.
He 1s Much More than the Husband


of Famous Woman.
The newspaper reading world knows
much about Mrs. Potter Palmer. of
Chicago. She sprang before the public
eye as the president of the Woman's
Board of Managers of the Worlds Fair.
More recently, her successful manage
ment of the love affairs of Count Can
tacuzene and Miss Julia Grant, her
niece, has kept alive the public interest
In this forceful and attractive woman
Like Mary Ellen Lease, she eclipsed
her husband, of whom little ever ap-
pears in print. And yet Potter Palmer
Is great business man, one of the real
makers of Chicago and power in the
financial world-one of those silent
forces, which contribute SO much to
the worlds progress.
Potter Palmer was a young man
when he located In Chicago fifty years
ago. He invested few thousand dol
lars in a dry goods store and soon had
the cream Of the city trade. His sur
plus cash went into real estate and the
soil was fertile. He was a wealthy
man when, at the close Of the war, he
eONHA AAaSo PaA Win aiA MAI
shall Field and Levi Letter. State
street, now Chicago's leading thor
oughfare, was then a narrow, dirty
lane. Lake street was the commercial
center. Potter Palmer proposed to
make State street the commercial CEN
ter. Men ridiculed him, but he went
over to the despised street, bought a
mile of frontage and commenced build
ing commercial palaces. His firm oc-
cup1ed the first and other firms quick
ly took others. When the fire of 1871
came, Potter Palmer owned thirty-two
buildings on State street. All were de-
stroyed. He borrowed Sc, ZOO, 900 and
rebuilt them, better and stronger than
before. Then he looked about for a
spot where he might build home.
What Is now the magnificent boulevard
known as the North Shore drive was
then heap of sand. Here he built and
sold adjoining property to the best
class of people. The boulevard is the
result. Then he built the Palmer
House. Chicago's finest hostelry In his
day. which it is now said he will tear
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-01-05
influenza Caused by Ozone.

On one occasion the present writer
walked to the edge of Lake Michigan
when a strong wind was blowing right
from the lake. The bodily condition
was as near perfect as could be, and yet
in less than five minutes there was
every evidence of having caught an ex-
tremely hard cold. The severe influenza
continued until. on walking away, in
less than 800 feet, it disappeared as if
by magic. 1t is very certain that the
temperature had nothing to do with
this, nor the wind, but the influenza
was directly due to the abundant ozone
in the air. By inquiry it was learned
that hundreds of residents who had
lived upon the immediate edge of the
lake had been obliged to move back
three or four miles in order to relieve
themselves from such experiences.
Physicians readily admit that it is not
always possible to say why one ''catch-
es" cold; it certainly cannot always be
because of undue exposure or change in
temperature, but probably also to
changes in the electric condition of the
air. Facts of this kind should lead to
the EXTREMIST caution in studying any
supposed relation between the weather
and health.-Popular Science.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-01-05
PET suPERsTiTloNs.
Some that Influence Mostly All sor,

Some that Influence Mostly All Sorts
of People.
DIR. Samuel johnson would never
enter room left foot foremost; the
brave Marshal SAKE screamed in terror
at the sight of a cat; Peter the Great
was not equal to crossing a bridge
When he came tofit, unless to do so was
absolutely necessary; Byron shared
with less famous people than he the
dislike to having the salt at table spill
ed between him and his neighbor. A
sneeze is with half the nations of the
world nothing to be sneezed at. To ex-
claim "God bless you'' when any one
sneezes in your presence is relic of
what the Roman did before us, and be-
fore him the Greek. Mohammed gives
directions of the same kind to his fol-
lowers, and the Hindu of to-day utters
his pious ejaculation after the sneeze
by way of prayer or good wish on be-
half of the victim.
Many people will avoid going under a
ladder If they can get around it. The
belief that If you put on your stocking
the wrong side out it is lucky Is very
general, or was until the schoolmaster
returned from abroad: and l myself
remember an old woman who was con-
vinced that turning her stocking inside
out saved her from being lost when the
fairies, one p.tch-dark night, had mis-.
led her on trackless English moor.
What is to take the place of lucky
horseshoe when we all ride in automo-
biles? There is no room for the i'm
agfnation in them. Some new mascot
will have to be discovered Charms of
one kind or another are carried by peo-
pie that have pious contempt for hea-
then superstitious; small potato, for
example, to avert rheumatism, or a
chestnut. The late journalist. George
Augustus Sala, never travelled without
carrying with him, as lucky card, an
ace of spades. Somehow 1t failed to
save him from his creditors. But
creditors are notoriously deficient in
imagination. If Shylock had remem-
bered this when he drew up his bond
''The Merchant of Venice" would never
have been written Rochester Post
Express.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-01-05
Worse than a Sea Lawyer.

Sea time as most people know, in
stead of being reckoned by hours, is
divided into "Watches" of four hours
each. From o'clock to g, and o'clock
to 8, there are half divisions, nautieally
termed dog watches"
In recent admiralty case the counsel
asked an old sailor at what time of day
a certain collision occurred. and receiv-
ed the reply, about the middle of the
first dog watch"
In summing up the case, the newly
admitted admiralty proctor enlarged
upon the information thus impaired as
follows: "You can imagine. gentleman
of the jury, the care which existed on
this occasion, when. as appears from
one of the plaintiffs own witnesses.
this valuable ship and her cargo. and
the lives of passengers and crew. were
intrusted to what. gentlernan?-why.
to the mere watch of a dog!"-Co, ,lier's
Weekly.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-01-05
s,c;etv for sock-D. rnipe.

In a neighboring Long Island village
the young men have new privilege
On paying ten cents week they can
have their socks darncd by the bellies
of the village, who have organized
themselves into the ''Giddy Girls Darn
ing Club" One of the young ladies no
ticed hole in the hose of young man
who was paying her social visit the
other night, and, on comparing notes,
it was found that many of the other
girls of the village had been impressed
by the fact that the beaux of the place
needed help in keeping their socks in
order. The young man who was ad-.
mitted to the privileges of the club
must not be in the habit of smoking.
drinking, playing cards, or doing any
thing real naughty. All he has to do
then is to pay ten cents a week and
wear his socks into as many holes as
pleases him.-New York Cor. Pittsburg
Dicpnfch
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-01-05
EMPHASIZED HIS LAST WILL,

How an Old Steamboat Captain Tried
to Prevent "a Contest.
Il am free to admit this story sounds
trifie fshy," said New Orleans
lawyer, chatting over an after-dinner
cigar, "but happen to know it ia
absolutely true. Last summer a local
business man, whom it isn't necessary
to name, made new will of rather an
elaborate and peculiar character. i am
bound to say to you,' remarked his at-
torney, when the document was COM
pleted, that l think it more than likely
your children will make contest il
this will is ever probated.s I'm going
to have a talk with them on that very
subject retorted his Client. Yes re-
piled the attorney, but when your voice
is stilled forever they may think diff.
ferently about it.
THAT remark set the old man to
pondering. and he finally hit on very
picturesque expedient. He had Il phon-
ograph at his office, and. putting on a
fresh cylinder, he roared his last in
functions into the receiver, in his most
impressive style. Then he carefully
removed the record, swathed 1t in cot
ton wool, and filed it away with the
will. Next day he sent for the lawyer
and gave him specific directions what
to do after the demise. i want you to
call the family together he said, and
read the will carefully from beginning
to end. AS soon as you get through and
before they have time to talk about it,
start the phonograph going and let 'em
hear my last message. Be sure to have
a good, big horn on the machine and see
that everything is In tirst-class working
order. You had better keep the thing in
your Office he continued, and any tine
a contest is mentioned just turn it
loose
''The old gentleman was steamboat
captain in his early days and he has
way of giving an order that makes one
Jump to here it. l am inclined to be-
lieve that his scheme is a good one. and
that his parting adjuration, coming as
it were from the grave, will have a
highly discouraging effect on litiga-
tion."-New Orleans Times Democrat
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-01-05
Nobody Claimed the Watch.

Great Scott! but that's fine watch"
came from a chorus. "Where'd you
ever get it?"
Stole it," answered It's possessor,
calmly. "You don't believe me, do
you?" he went on. well, I'll tell you
how 1t happened. was on a western
district which enjoyed the reputation
of being the toughest one covered by
the house. / had some time to kill and
SO went into one of the gambling joints
1t isn't necessary to go into details as
to what happened. AS luck would have
it there were half dozen others in the
place besides myself who might be con-
sidered as possible victims. When the
time came the lights were put out sud-
denly and then we had rough house
for about ten minutes. In the middle
of it felt somebody grab my watch
and reached out after him. l caught
someone and felt that he was just put
ting watch in his trousers pocket
gave his wrist hard wrench and got
the timepiece. Then l broke away.
When got to the light found the
watch was this one. And as never
heard from the owner l have it to
for the loss of mine"
After which the waiter hurried over
in response to six different signals
Inquirer.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-01-05

FILIPINO TYPE. customed to. We
have heard that some women of our
own race, members of class of So
ciety more noted for it's money than
for its good morals, sometimes smoke
a cigarette or small cigar, and, IL
lie exhibition of their daring, and it Is
generally believed that their numbers
are few. The Filipino woman who does
not smoke, however. is rare excep-
ton. A writer in the Outlook says of
them: ''They are always glad to accept
a cigarettes or small cigar, and, il
you are not prompt in offering one, in
all proba bility will produce one from
their own supply and ask your permis-
sion to light it. This habit quickly
ceases to attract your notice except
under unusual circumstances"
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-01-05
Obelisk Must Be Removed.

Twenty years ago an obelisk was
placed in Central Park, New York. 1t
is relic of Thotmes Ill. and Rame-
ses H., and in its native Egypt had
been preserved 5000 years. During
the score of years in New York it has
suffered more disintegration than dur
ing the 5000 years previous, and at
present the world deplores the fact
that it is rapidly crumbling to atoms.
There Is not a building in the great
metropolis that offers sufficient accom-
modations to the gift of the Khedive of
Egypt to America. A glass case built
over it would not preserve it, but late
ly it has been suggested that it be
placed in the east wing of the Metro
politan Museum of Art, now in process
of construction This Is the only So
luton of the problem as to how this
wonderful relic may be preserved to
posterity. William H. Vanderbilt spent
100000 in getting this granite block
to the new world. AT tile present time
New York is greatly bestirring herself
in the interest of the perpetuation of
this great gift.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-01-05
A shrewd Negro.

A traveller came along to the gate OF
q humble cabin in town in Alabama
just as an old negro handed couple of
jugs to his son, who was about 10
years of age, and said: "Now, Julius,
yo' gwan down to de grocery an git a
quart o. treacle in one OBJ dem jugs, an
hurry back" When the boy had gone
the traveller said to the father:
"You didn't tell him to get any
thing in the other jug; is he going to
leave it at the grocery?'
mo, sah-gwan to bring it right
back home" he replied.
"But why send two jugs to get a
quart of treacle?"
"It's jes dis way sab. If he has a
jug in each hand he can't go dipping
his finger in the treaole and eating it
as he comes along. Detroit Free
Press
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-01-05
POTTER PALMER.
down in the near future and erect in Its
stead a commercial naIace

down in the near future and erect in It's
stead commercial palace.
These are few of the things he has
done for Chicago. He has never de-
sired political honors, never sought
them. He might have won honors in
this field, but they were not to his lik-
ing. He has preferred to be the simple
business gentleman, eager for the well
fare of his city, building always for the
public veal as well as his own good.
His later years are spent in the midst
of artistic surroundings of his ex-
quisite home. There has always been
in his nature that vein of sentiment
which never desired that Chicago
should be of the material only. Parks,
boulevards, art treasures, music have
to him always seemed as much legiti-
mate part Of the being of the city as
mercantile establishments and steam
roads. He has enriched Chicago in
this direction also.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-01-05
er, and thinly disguises the force that
waits only the onnortunitY

er, and thinly DISCUSSES the force that
awaits only the opportunity.
Gen. Cronje is greatly admired by
the Beers. They think Joubert is q
wonderful tactician and organizer, but
they love Cronje, the silent man, of sud-
den and violent action. He is no mans
friend. His steel-gray eyes peer out
from under huge, bushy brows. He
never speaks unless necessary, and
then in the fewest words. He never
asks favor. When time for action
comes he acts, and that with the force
of fate. and with no consideration for
himself or his men.
| Cronje Is soldier and nothing else
He hates form. He hates politics.
though a born leader of men. He was
strongly urged to oppose Kruger for the
Presidency in 1898, but he would not.
He VIII have none of any rule but that
of srifea9 He despises cities. He is
man lsefr the; welt.
/ It was :Cronje who rounded up the
Jameson raiders and, says writer,
his maneuyering on that occasion was
that Of Cromwell. So far as my men,
ory carries. FCronje was not even specif-
icallyi thanked by the Volksraad for his
great service to91the state. He was
burgher; it was his, duty to repel the
invader; he repelled hiin7and. there the
matter rested. 1
'.They would have censured him had
lie failed; they refrained from comment
when he succeeded. - s29aS'9 u --i.s ~
a.sCronje, riding back to Pretoria, had
b guard of honor to receive him. no
great civic function to fete him., no,
sword Of honor to adorn him. He was;
plain Peasant Cronje, returning. heavy.
hearted, from his wounded sons pallet
in Krugersdorp Hospital. somewhat
weary in the bones from those long
hours In the canning saddle, ,nowise
e1ated, nowise altered from his every
day demeanor. e 51lti - -
esiacs tAen cronie has received seat
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