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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-02-28

meath the whale boat. Timrod was
too old bluhber hunter not 10 know
what that meant. An upward stroke
OF that tremendous engine Of destruc-
tion would send boat aud crew Hfiy
feet In tho air as though thrown aloft
by an exploding mine. lie gave .
great heave on his long steering oar,
and tho boat whirled about. John
stood, harpoon uplifted. His eyes,
searching tho whirling eddies In front,
saw the ilukes Of tho Whale Of tho
Cross, curved like q bow, ascending
from the depths.
Tho next instant Timrod bcnt TO his
blade again, and the boat again swung
from tho rising death. Tho captain
did his best, but oven as tho bow
turned the great tail came from tho
sen, smoothly, silently, rs though
driven by somo irresistible mechanical
force. John gazod at the black horror
in momontary paralysis, his "iron"
poised for the dart. Its point was
caught by the corner of the iluke, and
dipped M boy jerks his knifo in
humble peg. Tho harpoon turned on
it's nxis--and John was impnled upon
il. In continuance of tho motion tho
ilukes rose high in tho air, and then
sunk from sight. Sacred Ben had
sounded, and tho line Kissed over
Portuguese Johns postrato body
through the chocks in the bow.
There is no time for horror In n
whnleboat. All is action. Tho men,
scarcely realizing the tragedy, but
knowing the whale TO bo fast, peaked
their oars. Timrod reached for tho
line, and tossed two flakes from tho
tub to give play that no might bring
IL over tho snubbing post in the stern
sheets. II coilod through his hands like
Kissing serpent, and in tho very act
of accomplishing his purpose flake
leaped into the air, and opening like
the loop Of cowboys lasso, dropped
over his shoulders. II seemed for q
second that nothing could savo him
from being cut IL two. But tho boat
onrsman hnppened--by tho Almighty's
favor--to see tho fatal loop rs il
sprang in tho air. In n heartbeat
his shcnthknile flashed. and tho limo
was severed before IL had time to nip,
or become taut on tho "second iron. "
"The old man" cast tho loosenod
coil from his body aud settled back
in the stern sheets. "Jonas," no
said to tho bow oarsman, 81 guess
you saved my bacou. But now look
to John. I'm afraid this blamed old
Whale of tho Cross has fixed him."
Jonas reached TO where tho body
Of tho fourth mate lhy on the thwart,
and Turned his face to the sky. On
examination il was found that tho har-
poon ho had turned against Sacred
Ben had oloven his own heart in
twain. New York Independent.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-02-28
Freaks OF Temperature.

On one day recently tho thcrmome.
ter registered thirty degrees in New
Orleans, or two degrees below freezing,
while at the same time in points in
Dakota it registered forty-four de.
grees. AS the difference in latitude is
something like seventeen or eighteen
degrees, the difference in temperature
upon tho day in question is almost
startling. But to show that it is not
exceptional, gentleman to whose at
tention the matter was called told OF O
summer experience he had somo years
ago, when he was in Quebec, about
the middle of July. At that time the
thermometer was in the nineties dur
ing q certain day and in the seventies
at New Orleans. So the oddities are
not confined to any season nor to any
year. - Cincinnati Commercial -Tri-
bunc.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-02-28
LRsOR WORLD.

The Bohemian and Moravian miners
have struck for advances in wages
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has
decided to raise wages OF all engineers.
The United Hatters are spending
thousands OF dollars to advertise their
Union label
and it is difficult to find workmen suf-
ficient to man the mines
The average advance in wages in
Wisconsin for all classes in the year
past was fifteen per cent.
The cigarmakers' strike in Havana
was broken. the men returning TO work
at their employers terms.
Wage claims for $I4Sooo have been
filed for IoI employees OF the dock de-
partment of New York City.
In Wyoming the railroads have rails
ed wages to SI.7s per day, and cut the
board down 10 $3.50 per week.
Adviccs IRON New Castle, Penn,
state that fifty tinplatc mills are now in
operation there, ten more than ever be-
fore.
Four thousand continental emf
grants per month are rushing TO Eng
land to take vacant situations at higher
WAGES.
Coal mining is developing RAPIDLY in
Canada. In Nova Scotia both the areas
worked and the number OF mines show
a great increase
The Union Printers Homo has nine
~ inmates; six were admitted during
the month five vacated. one died and
one was expelled for drunkenness.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-02-28
How They Catch Smells.

Residents Of Surry are happy ns
well as busy now, for the head OF the
river is frozen and the smelling busi-
ness began Saturday. The news
spread about that smelts had appeared
in the bay, and those who were in
readiness made quite catch and sew
eral shipments were made. Others
employed themselves in getting their
tents on the ice, and Monday some
sixty-five tents were located aud one
of the largest catches in the history Of
smelting in Surry was made, more
than two tons being taken. The aver
age quantity was from seventy-fve to
eighty pounds to man. The smelts
are shipped to Boston and New York
via stage to Ellsworth, and sell for
from Ave TO ffteen cents pound.-
Bangor lMe.l Whig and Courier.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-02-28
THE USEFUL CACTUS.

The most splendid example of the
cactus family Is the giant cactus. OF
which a fine example Is still standing
at point eight miles south of Pheoe-
nix, AriZ., near the Pima reservation.
1t is about 40 feet high. What the
date palm is to the African desert the
giant cactus Is to our own arid lands.
From it the Mexicans extract a drink
called "mescal." and the Indians also
obtain beverage from it. On its fruit
the Papago Indians live for weeks at
a time. Woodpeckers dig their nests
In the trunk and branches. and even
doves feed on the fruit. When the
cactus Of this kind dies its unfulness
is not destroyed. for the tough ribs
beneath the outer skin are used by the
Papago Indians for the foundation OF
their mud roofs, and they also use It
In building chicken coops. and even
in covering for their graves. 1t is not
this species of cactus from which trav-
elers are supposed to obtain supply
of water. bat the small cactus. which
contains plentiful supply of sap.
The average toy makers in Saxony
makes about one cent an hour.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-02-28

There nre many reasons why hens
do not lay in winter, but all arc
summed up in the cold aud darkness
aud lack Of exercise which IL induces.
This causes all scrta OF troubles. Tho
fowls In cold, stormy weather remain
on the roosts until noon. Then they
get up and I'LL themselves with food
and then go back TO tho roosts again.
II the henhouse Is dark, either from
snow outside or from lack of windows,
tho fowls will stay on their roosts
most Of the time, and IL fed well with
corn will fatten rather than begin lay
ing. Make the henhouso as light as
possible. Provide double windows 40
that they will not be steamed up with
ice from tho birds breath. These
double windows will also make tho
henhouse much warmer, as the space
Of air between them is one OF tho best
non conductors of heat. Then feed
mainly with wheat, giving little corn
except in the very coolest weather.
aud fowls will lay some oggs at tho
time when eggs are always the dear
est.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-02-28
The Preservation OF Milk.

Interesting experiments have been
conducted at the agricultural expert
ment stations throughout tho country
to determine the effect of pressure in
the preservation OF milk. Samples
OF milk used in the tests were in
closed in collapsible tin tubes and
placed in hollow steel cylinders. The
space surrounding the tubes was
filed with water. The cylinders were
fitted with pistons, to which hydraulic
pressure was applied. Several hun
drcd samples of milk were subjected
to pressure ranging from 800 pounds
per square inch upward, and COM
pared with the samples receiving
similar treatment except pressure it
was found that milk subjected to q
pressure OF ten to fifteen pounds for
as many days was sweet at the end of
the tests. Tho souring of milk was
not materially delayed by pressure
much lower than this. Pressure OF
thirty tons for one hour delayed
souring for upwards OF twenty-four
as compared with the check samples.
Pressui es of seventy-fve to ninety
tons for several minutes to one hour
kept the milk sweet from two to seven
days. Chicago Grocer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-02-28
neIinrnInr Cntile.

II tho horns have been allowed TO
develop cattle are dohorned by using
the saw or dohorning clippers. In
either case the horn is removed by
cutting IL Off as close TO the head as
possible without injuring the bones
of the head. The best plan ia to kill
tho horn button in tho young calf
when n few days old by applying
causto potash. Cut the hair from
tho horn button, take stick of caus-
tic potash, wrap 1t in paper, leaving
one end exposed, moisten this exposed
end, rub over the horn button until 1t
has an inilamed appearance. Do not
let tho oaustic como in contact with
tho fingers or with the skin OF the an.
imal. After two or three weeks, IL
the horn gives any indication Of grow.
ing again, repeat the operation. AS
rule, however, one application lie
sufficient. Dehorning is of great nd
vantage in that the cattle are pre-.
vented from iniuring one another, they
stand more quietly in the shed aud O
greater number Of them con be shel.
tered. Much less room is required al
the feed trough and tho animals are
more easily handled. They can be
treated as 80 many sheep.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-02-28
WHEN DAYS ARE CHILLI AND DAYS ARE FAIR,

Tho glad sun smiled
On ail below,
The,winds no Wild
A week ago
blew gently from the south and scnt
The frdst king skulling penitcnt;
The picture melted from tho pane,
Aud birds came singing from somewhcr
A verdant tlngo spread DER tho plain.
Aud all the soeho was fair,
but he who had condemned tho blast
Was still unsatisnod,
And mnny hopeless look ho cnst
Across tho fields and sighod.
"rho sun Is warm aud bright,
hut, oh. II isn't right
That fields nro Rreon to-day
And birds nro on tho wlngi
Alas, we'll have opay
For all this In tho springl"
....... s. u. Riser.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-02-28

When the Wild wind ripped
/. Like maddened thing.
And his ears were nipped
ff13y the nerco frost king:
when the deep pipes frosc
And clear drops drlpped
From bis glowing nose;
.nWhef, the slow wheels creaked
Wand the panes woro streaked
nv tho etchcr who
lr.Is never seen,
He lonesd for tho days whom the skies arc
,tst. blue
And tho fields aro green,
eOh, for tho glad, warm days" he criod,
"when tho loosoncd streams may ilow,
For q summer day IL WORTH" he sighed,
I,"More than nll tho months OF snowl
And II thIs keeps on" he shivcrlng said,
''I fear the frult'll bo frozen doadp'
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-02-28
Caring For Poultry.

While the animals on farm have
suitable arrangements in buildings
and pastures and are carefully looked
after until the stable and barn doors
are fastened for the night, the poul-
try are usually expected to find their
own quarters and perform for them
selves Fart of the necessary work
required in their management. To be
compelled to hunt for their nests, or
have the hens laying in the feed
troughs, is an indication that some-
thing is lacking on the part of the
farmer in the interest he takes in his
feathered friends, and also that ho
has not provided all the conveniences
for the hens to which they arc enti-
tied as producers on the farm of q
salable article.
All kinds OF poultry fill place,
each according to his purpose, on the
farm, and true economy is that which
will enable them to give the best re-
suits. When hens are kept for the
purpose of laying large number Of
eggs, and fail to perform what is ex-
pected of them, there is liability that
some mistake has been made in their
management, and that they are not
kept under those conditions which
assist them in complying with the de-
sires OF their owner. II they are cast
aside to serve themselves, aud are al-
lowed to go beyond their bounds,
they are then obstacles and nuisances
instead OF being beneficial. When o
flock is kept for profit it should be
properly supplied with oil that it de-
mands, If it is possible to do SO.
The arrangements OF the grounds and
quarters are to be considered first,
not only because the fowls will receive
benefit, but because by SO doing the
work will be done more systematically
aud carefully.-Farm, Field and Fire.
side.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-02-28
JoooooO0oOuOO OOOOCOCOooCo!
! FARM TOPICS


No doubt one Of the best disinfec.
tants for COW stable Is n good coat
of whitowash Mt least once year, and
ns q running mate keep the place
sprinkled with plaster. These two
will kill tho Berms--although not all
and will add 10 the general health
fulnoss Of the surroundings of tho
cows, which IL 40 necessary II II is OK
pectod Of them to give good, whole
somo milk.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-02-28

S II ALL always
claim that n better
man than Portu-
guesc John never
slapped the deck of
a ,whaler with his
foot. All Of mn.
rino New Bedford
thirty years ago
which was fierce
ly skeptical of Dago
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-02-28

Asingle goldfish produces more than
!, 200, 900 eggs in o season.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-02-28

The average toy makers in Saxony
makes about one cent an hour.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-05
j. RENAUD DE vIENNEs 259

sociedad que tales desraanes consen-
tia, sino que acatahan semejante es
tado de cosas y Sc consideraban en- ell
imprescondible case de batirSe para pu-
rifcarse y lavar su honor amancillado,
recibiendo algdn tiro, sablazo 6 punta-
20 y con ellos la muerte 8 une herida
leve grave.
La pluma misma, material instru
mento que lleva al papel el pensamieu-
to del que escIibe, yacila y tiembla al
afirmar que hoy existe en- naciones tan
cultas como la en- que viva ell Ocnde
de Maillot y en- la msma de la proce-
dencia de este semejantes practicas,
tan inhumanas como savajes, y seme-
jantes preocupaciones, tan rancias CO.
mo insostenibes ante Ia Iaz6n y el SEN
lido com1n.
Ell Conde, pues, esgrimista que po-
sefa el arte de matar con toda perfec-
ci6n, saba asimismo que era mny po-
co probable que hnbieia otro de tanto
honor como q &, como 81 Gijeramos,
de tanta fuer2a y agilidad corporal.
Por ESQ habfa promovido en- este sen
lido tales y tan terribIes escanlalos
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-05
25s AMOR SIN NoMBRE

De esta suerte su honor, que era ell
honor de un miserable, acudfa al pa
Ienque discutirse y compararse con ell
de los que Tealmente 10 tenfan.
Ell Conde de Maillot lego a ser un
caballero, es decir, 10 que Sc llama un
cabalIerO dentro de las sociedades que
adn admiten ell duelo como medic de
adquirir y conservar ese titulo, pues
por 10 demas no tenfa NADIA de ESQ.
..dillares de veces habfa sido desa
fiado por padres y maridos burlados
infcuamente y todavfa habfa resultado
que su honor era indiscutible era
honor Este es ell sarcasmo de la doc
trina establecida en- la Edad Media y
continuada, poT"la vanidad y ridiculez,
haSta nuestrOs dias.
Otras veces habfa Ilegado escarne-
Ger mas la dignidad de los ofendidos
por 81, retandolo de la manera mas yer
gonzante ignominiosa, a fin de que
Ia sociedad entera los considerara CO.
mo despOseidos de todo vestigio de de-
coro sino aceptaban el lance provocado
p0r aQuel ---.- Y habfa muchOs, Ia
inmensa mayoria, que no fustigaban la
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-05

SE vENDE un qlitrin acabado de reci-
bir de Ohio con cabida para tres personals.
Sc admite diDelo Sc Gambia pOr un buen
caballo de coche un par de vacas de leche.
Para informes COcheTa de Pancho Her
nandez Marina lrante al tranvia.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-05

NOTAS.-La isla de Curacao, si-
tuada al Surde la de Puerto Rico, ofre-
ce los puertorriqueflOs analogas con-
diciones climatOl6gicas que esta.
Ell viaie de Puerto Rico q Curacao
e. de un dia y medic. -
Para mas informes, dirigirse al lSr.
Inspector de Instruction P6blica DE-.
Enrique Huyke en- Arroyo, y al "Bo-
letin Mercantil," San Juan.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-05

SE DESEA adqdirir un ejemplar del
ID icciorario de la Real Academia, Ultima
eaici6n. En- esta Redacci6n informaran.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-05

Sc DESEA en- alquiler una casa cOu
comodidades sufcientes para una familia
numeroSa
Dirigirse E.. S., ''Bcietin Mercantip.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-05
PARA ALUMNOS INTERNOS
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-05
Interes personal.
Want Column.

A fine saddle horse of the best Porto
Rican breed, and seven t'cuartas in height.
Price 5 $50. Those wishing to see the hor
sc will please address L. ID. Post office,
Box G..
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-05

FOR SALE. One American saddle in
good condition and very light Address
for particular :-J. e. V. E. ciO. BOletin
Mercanti.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-05

LOST. A small black 'FYong Haired
Japanese" dog. A suitable reward paid
on its -eturIe to 1, Tetuan.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-20

Frederick Palmer in Golfers Weekly.
As the weather grows hotter, we pursue
with the same persistency If less energy
the study of the native mind That is the
great problem behind all other problems
which makes the situation perplexing
Solve It, and the others will be compara-
lively easy of solution.
After you have been In the PhiHnnines
month YOU are convinced that you know
just how the native thinks. In two months
YOU find that what YOU have learned one
day is contradicted by what you learned
the day before. In year you have con-
cuded that you know nothing at all
Henceforth you are always on the point of
giving the native UP as an enigma and
treating him as such, when he suddenly
does something entirely new which seems
to promise interesting results in fresh
line of investigation.
Gen. Otis. with the manner of a father
COMPRESSOR. puts every prominent prisoner
brought into town through a catechism.
with this same object in view. Flores
Aguinaldo's Secretary OF State, is the
latest one to grow tired of living from
hand to mouth and being kept on the move
by our soldiers.
so you have come In said the Cen
eral to him.
yes I have come in to see how the
situation is In Menlla," was the smiling
reply. II think thet Manila is the best
place for me to carry on my work now -
''Well. do YOU still retain your hopes and
aspirations for a Filipino republic?"
1--WE ere not fighting your brave troops
IN the field just now except with guerillas.
but we can influence your American Con-
gress We have not given up"
'Would YOU have come in under the same
circumstances If the Spaniards had been
In authority"
"oh. no We know that you are more le-
nient."
"All right. You may GO" said the tire I
ruler Of the archipelago. But you had bet
ter not mix up in politics. or I may have
to lock you up
Flores thanked him for Ms advice ann
walked out Of the Ayuntamiento free 10
Join the throug Of agltato-s who
have been gathered in IN this dry
seasons campaign. There is only one cou--
try in the world, and that our own, which
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-20

could produce a governor general for
tropical land who would show such kind
ness of heart. With the Spaniards in pow
er, Flores might have been executed on the
Luneta; and he might not have had that
honor. 1t is more likely that he would have
been one of party of ten or twelve to be
shot in a bunch in the old Visayan bar
racks.
The incident goes to show that If we
have not grasped the insurgents way of
reasoning. he has become grounded in GER
tain of our attributes. Not only power, but
the exhibition of it, is the one thing con-
vincing 10 the Oriental, whether he is of
high or low station. The prisoners whom
we allow to return to their work of agita-
ton or to their commands, IL they wish, do
not think highly of Gen. Otis humanity,
but rather they think poorly of his ability
because he does not use his authority up
to the limit. Native leaders have even gone
so far as to claim TO their people that the
General was liberal because he rallied that
for a small sum Aguinaldo could hire an
emissary 10 assissinate him, and that
Aguinaldo would only desist from this 90
long as the General did not imprison the
members of his cabinet or his officers when
thew were taken.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-20

From the New York Press.

Some one asked me yesterday why
Strawberries are called strawberries. For
two reasons, namely-frst, the berry has
a wandering inclination, travelling by
means of runners and straw" is a cor
ruption of the Anglo-SaXon "Strae," from
which comes the English word stray"
secondly, the old English way of growing
them to perfection was TO lay straw be-
tween the rows. What of radishes? They
originated in China where they have been
cultivated for many centuries and some
times grow as big as a man'shead In Ger
many the old-fashioned country mothers
cure hoarseness and cough with radish
Juice mixed with sugar candy. The rad
ishes of to-day have no flavor, no charac-
ter Formerly their sharp, biting taste
made them palataDle.
Raspberry is so called on account of its
leaf. which is covered with numerous small
prickles, resembling the edge of a file, or
rasp. / have eaten It In its nativity on
the summit of the mountains of the Carib-
ban islands, where its size'is enormous and
its flavor undiscovered. The wild berry is
tastless, but under cultivation becomes the
most valuable of all the species of rubus.
Turnps come from India. The name is
from turn" and "nep," words of ancient
origin meaning something round. The to-
mato was known up to 1880 as a "love
apple" and regarded with suspicion. It
origina ted in Spanish South America. and.
being introduced into Italy from Morocco,
was named 'poma del mori'-Moors APP