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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-12-04
ELENA . UNA HoRA DEspUEs

ELENA UNA HoRA DESPUEs 2T3
debes decirte Il ii mismo, fernando un silogis-
mo: el hombre puede engaharse; es asi que
yo soy hombre; 1luego puedo engaharmci
Escucha ahora- continu6 Maurico-alguna
de las razones que tengo para amar y~casarme
con Elena, pesar de su deshonra.
Conozco Elena; phedo, ,contar con su amor
su agradecimiento; hay cosas que ell alma
dice al alma; dosas de que estamos eonvencil
tosy persuadidos, sin que sea possible dar,
lor medic dc palabras, las razones de esta
conviction; para mi, el porvenir con Elena
es SECURE.
Por 10 que haoe 10 pasado, he aqui mi ra.
ciocinio:
Te profeso amistad; no es esta la OCCASION
de averiguar hasta que punto es justa fun
dada, TIE tengo amistad, me importa POGO
que hagas 10 que te parezoa, y NADIA tengo que
Yer en- tus relaeiones de amor
tQuien me impide tener amistad Elena
como te Ia tengo til Elena es mas poe tica
y su amstad bien puede valer 10 que la tnya.
Largo tempo he estado contento con tn amis'
tad; ipor que no 10 he dc estar con la de Elena,
Sipor causa do sa vida anterior no puedo
protesarla 10 que llamo amor td no podras
. comprender me quedsn, sin embargo proba-
bllidades mny graAdes dc ielieidad con ella,
esto sin exageraci6n nj ilasiones.
Nauricio.continud. por algdn tempo en- el
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-12-04
ALFONSO kARk

gln tns IDEAS deeir: la ra26n es mi name
ra de yer por mas tOrpssy miopes que sean
mis- ojosG
La razon humana, amigo Ricardo, es una
cosa muy particular en- tn boca, en- Ia do
tndO ell mundo; no tiene raz6n, quere deer
no piensa como 20. Tene raz6n, sgnidca: es
de mi parecer
Pero 81 tomas por prototype del bien Y dc
10 bueno tn propia raz6n, admitiendo que ten
gas una, ipor que no he de teneI 20 los mis-
mos derechos one tn, y no me he de servir do
la miaY 81 tus ojos soy loco, Y 81 ell Gnico dere
cho que tienes para juzgarme asi Sc funda en-
que tengo la desgracia de no pensar como til
siguese de squi necesariamente que til no
picnsas como yo, y dcbo tenerte tambien por
loco, ssimitando en- este tn conducta
Nadie ha pensado hasta ahors, 10 que tieue
dc lundada pueril ests palabra: ten6is raz6n
& no teneis raz0u, El hombre que la pronuu-
caslice implicitameute: hay Ell mi un regula-
dor infalible; sin 81, mi opinion no seria mas
nj menos que la vuestra; no seria mas que Ia
opinion de un homhre; pero 20 encierro en- nj
In sabiduris universal. pensais bien NAL,
proportion dc que vuestrss ideas Sc aprGximan
4 las mias.
En- nombre del celo, ami go Ricardo, 81
erees yer que me engano; lno es este una
prueha de que el hombre no es infalible, Y no
The Irish standard., 1900-12-08
The Diplomatic Corps.

There are thirty-four nations repre-
sented by ambassadors ut Washington,
ID. c. Twenty of these are Catholic;
one, Russia, schismatic CaIholic; five
are heather. six are Protestant and
the Dominican Republic and Hayti are
more Catholic than Protestant, and
the representatives of both are Catho-
lies. The list of these nations is here
given. copied from the official diplo-
matte list: Catholic countries: Ar
sentina. Austria Hungary, Belgium,
Brazil, Bolivia. Chill. Columbia, Costa
Rica, Ecuador. France, Guatemala,
Italy. Mexico. Nicaragua, Portugal,
Peru. Salvador. Spain. Uruguay and
Venezuela. Russia might properly be
regarded as Il schismatically Catholic
country Miss Cassini, niece of the
ambassador, sets a good example to
all Catholics. as never Il day passes
while She is in Washington that she
does not find time from her numerous
duties to pay Il visit to the Blessed
Sacrament. The Protestant countries
are: Denmark, Germany. England.
Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland
The heather are: China, Japan, Korea,
Siam and Turkey.
The Irish standard., 1900-12-08
MARGARET SHEPHERD AGAIN.
She Is Summarily Silenced by the
Mayor Of Schenectady.

The notorious Margaret Shepherd
lccturcd in Schenectady, N. Y, re-
Gently and there was trouble There
was nothing strange about that Mar
garet and trouble have been travelling
companions for years. But in this in
stance there were some amusing COM
plicatiOnS.
To begin with, the trouble got into
the newspapers. These faithful chrOn-
iclcrs related how the police, acting Oh
several atlidavits. ordered the versatile
Margaret to discontinue her meetings
on the ground that immoral language
was being used. AS soon as the mes
sage was delivered there was precip,
itnte scramble on the part OF several
hundred women present for the place
Of business of Mayor John IL. White,
who. the newspapers stated. author,
lied the lecturer to resume. Now.
this looked bad for Mayor White, and
the Sacred Heart Reyicw," of Boston.
in commenting on the affair, lntimated
that His Honor was in need or a back
bone, "nccds is as badly, In fact. as
some of Schcnectady's women need
feminine modcsty to say nothing Of
the Christian virtue of charity"
Some kind friend drew Mayor
Whites attention to the Reviews"
article casting doubts on the existence
of his vcrtebrae. and the Mayors back
went up. Having proved to his own
satisfaction that his anatomy was
complete. His Honor took up his pen
and set about proving the fact to the
editor of the Review" And he did
it.
Here is the Mayors affidavit:
The marked copy of the Sacred
Heart Review" of the issue Of Novem-
per 10. 1900. sent to me from your or
flee. directing my attention TO an artl-
Gle therein headed Wanted: a Spinal
Column received, and the same care
fully read. Tho whole tone of your
article is misleading and does not state
tnc Facts. and reflects diScredit upou
my action and fairness to all parties
concerned.
nave no excuse to offer for the con
The Irish standard., 1900-12-08
A Man With Two Brains.

The interesting professor of the
aforementioned popularity is NJ In
audi, the lightning calculator, who is
now appearing in London. Charcot.
the eminent Partisan specialist on the
brain. inclnes to the opinion that NJ.
1naudi has two brains, and after wit
Messing his performance one is quite
prepared to believe that he has two
or even more working at tile same
time. There is no other explanation
to offer Of his remarkable power.
Owing to limitations imposed by a
foreign language on. Inaudi not know.
ing much more English than the names
of figures. months. and days OF til.
The Irish standard., 1900-12-08
500 REWARD 500.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure In
all Its stages. and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure Is taken internally. acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system. thereby destroying the foundation
OF the disease. and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitutions
and assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers. that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure
Send for list Of testimonials
Address. F. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Halls Family Pills arc the best.
The Irish standard., 1900-12-08

week) and q stage performance, NJ.
lnaudi is not able to show the full ex-
tent of his mathematical powers, but
what he does is more than enough for
the ordinary observer to think about.
huge blackboard is placed upon
the stage, Nj. Inaudi stands with his
back to it considerable distance
away, and does not once see the fig
ures. His assistant, NJ. de Thorcey,
then writes down Il subtraction sum
of twelve or fifteen figures as given by
the audience, calling them out to NJ.
lnaudi, who repeats them and Is read.
with the answer before his assistant
can work it out on the board. Then
follows the surprising feat of solving
mentally four problems at once (ad-
dition, multiplication, division, and
finding the square rOot-each sum be-
ing of several fisurcs) while he is an
swering a fire of questions from the
audience as to the day of the week of
any day of any year. After this it is
not surprising to find that he can men
ton by heart the whole of the figures
used on the blackboard.
Monsieur 1naudi is an amiable gen.
tleman, with nothing particular in his
personal appearance to suggest eXcep.
tional powers. He was born in Ono
ratio Piedmont) in 1867. He was about
six years old when he discovered his
talent for dealing with figures. 1t was
while playing games with marbles
with his young companions, whom he
used to mystify with his calculations
done at the moment. He was shep-
herds boy, but this power OF his soon
became talked about, and he travelled
with his parents, who had some sort
of show, in which he did his mental
arithmetic. So a former poor shepherd
boy now puzzles the cleverest men in
the world of mathematics.
He experiences no unusual sensa-
tions when demonstrating his powers,
and it is only in connection with fig
ures that his memory appears to be alb
normal; for he cannot repeat more
than about two lines of poetry after
one hearing. He prefers to hear the
problems rather than see them or write
them. and one hearing and repetition
is sufficient. He is able to give his
performance in English, French, Ger
man. Dutch, Spanish, Italian, and Rus
sian. He has been the subject of many
inquiries by mathcmaticians and other
scientists, but none have been able to
give any explanation of the phenome-
non.
The Irish standard., 1900-12-08
Adopting Mitchel's Tactics.

More than generation ago the late
higllygifted John Mitchell advised the
Irish people to keep their members of
the British parliament at home, i'll
stead of sending them to London, says
John f. Finerty in the Chicago Citizen.
This, he said, would be the most eff
fective rebuke Ireland could give to
English usurpation. The Irish men,
bers, he contended, ought to meet and
deliberate in Dublin, and it was on this
account, as well as to show England
that an Irish "felon," for country's
sake, was still dear to the people, that
Mitchell ran and was electeu to par
lament from gallant Tipperary imme-
diately preceding his death in 1875.
There were Wings and wiseacres in
Ireland, then, who secuted the counsel
of the veteran patriot, and called it
"wild" and "chimerieal" Selfish men,
who used their position in parliament
for place-begging purposes, scoffed at
his advice. Every renegade who
thanked God for an opportunity to sell
his country was against Mitchell but
the people, as usual, We're with him.
They recognized the sound philosophy
of his teachings. However, at that
time, there stood in the way of such
action on the part of Irish members
the convention act, which precluded
the gathering of any body OF 1rishmen
for political Gelibcration. but which,
thanks to parnell, Davitt and other
colleagues, was repealed wn1le Glad
stone was Prime Minister. In conse-
quence there stands at present no law
on the statute books that would hinder
the meeting of the Irish members OF
parliament in the discrowned capital
of their country.
We are delighted to observe that
William O'Brien, John Redmond and
their supporters have adopted the doc
trine of Mitchell.
The Irish standard., 1900-12-08

Woman-I've been assigned to dis
cuss ideals at the next meeting of
the Mothers Club. Other Woman
Have you thought of what you are
going to wear? Woman-Oh, yes, and
in a general way Of what 1 am going
to say.
The Irish standard., 1900-12-08

at the eleventh hour, 1--WE have forgot
ten all about the entrees" And cook,
in her excitement, responded with:
"Lor', mum, SO we have! If we amt
couple of blunderheaded idiots, may
I never!''
The Irish standard., 1900-12-08

Daughtcr-Oh. mamma. do wish
were pretty! Mothcr-You needn't,
dear: sensible men think very little
about beauty. Daughter-Rut it isn't
sensible men I'm thinking about MANI
ina: it's Charlie.
The Irish standard., 1900-12-08
JOHN II. WHITE.

your readers. am, sirs, very respect
fully yours,
JOHN II. WHITE.
Mayor of Schenectady, N. Y.
OF course the "Rcview" published
the Mayors letter and made hand
some apology. I'VE are gratified to
learn" it said, that his action was
entirely different from what we had
supposed. The newspaper clipping
which the Mayor sends us. while too
long for publication in our columns,
shows THAT his course was consistent
and manly throughout, and it also
proves some things about the women
Of Schenectady who took part in the
affair not very complimentary either
to their modesty or charity. The May
or very truly may say that he has no
excuse to offer for the women who
participated in the disturbance. May
or White, in opposing the abominato tons
of Margaret Shepherd, takes his stand
| with the decent protcstants, lay and
clerical, throughout the country, who,
however they may disagree with the
teachings of the Church, are yet not
so blinded by bigotry as to stoop to
the low level of that woman's foul
ness"
Here is a part of the report forward
ed to the "Review" by the Mayor:
"rhe women insisted upon making
the Shepherd woman religious mar.
tyr, and they persisted in their ef-
forts to make Mayor White admit that
Catholics were back of the movement.
The Mayor started to make Il denial,
but his remarks were greeted with
Kisses and groans. The racket was so
deafcning that he could not make him
self heard, and a spry little old woman
inside the rail jumped nimbly upon a
chair and waved her handkerchief for
order. Finally. when her voice could
be heard. she cried:
Now. girls. be quiet and listen.'
"As the majority of the girls were
above fifty years old, the admonition
caused a broad smile to appear upon
the faces of the spectators who were
crowded outside the courtroom doors.
mayor White explained that religion
had nothing to do with the case; that
the lecture was stopped on the ground
OF morality and decency.
"His assertions. however, were
pooh-hoohcd and jecred and Kissed,
and finally the crowd demanded to
know from the Mayor just what was
the indecent language charged against
the Shepherd woman.
"The Mayor administered the same
rcbuke previously rendered by Chief
Campbcll-a rchulle that would have
sent most men shamefaced from the
building. but it didn't appear to 'feaze'
the ladies'
"Just then woman inside the rail,
who was seated beside the big woman
to whom Chief Campbell had confined
the language which appeared in the
sworn statement. cried out in a clear
piping voice:
"'This lady heard the language read,
and she is willing to repeat it,
with that the women inside the rail
rushed forward with hungry eyes,
open mouths and eager ears, while
those behind the rail almost tore it
down in their wild cndcavor to get
forward in time to hcar-something
unfit for the ears of decent men and
women.
What n spectacle!
"The men in the doorways turned
away in disgust.
'"The Shepherd woman was not per-
mitted to lecture last night"
The Irish standard., 1900-12-08

duct of the women of our city who
took part in the disturbance in this
disgraceful affair. 1 do, however, pro-
test against your unjust criticisms
and false statements of my action In
the matter. The facts are: First.
The woman "Shepherd' was prohibit
ed from continuing her lectures after
| had learned of her alleged indecent
character, and it was wholly upon my
orders to the police that no more such
lectures were permitted.
Second. did not accedc to the
wishes of the women or any one else.
and permit the lectures to go on after
the order to discontinue was issued.
Nor to my knowledge have there been
any others given by Mrs. Shepherd
since.
The statement that the Mayor of
Schenectady needs backbone and
needs it badly" is not verified or sub
stantiatel in the least by anything
that he did in the deploraDle affair,
but, on the contrary, proves that he
had sufficient stamina" to fully cope
with any duty his position requires of
him; neither does he "crawfish'' to any
religious sect, be they Roman Catholic
or others.
l believe that had you been fully
convers,nt with the facts, your sar-
castle criticisms would have been
omitted from your article. That you
may be better Informed 1 send you
a clipping from one of our daily papers
published the day Following the af-
fair. This article was written by a
reporter who was an eyewitness of all
that transpired and is but slightly eX-
aggerated.
Trusting that in simple justice yon
will place me in Il proper light before
your readers. am, sirs very respect
fully yours,
The Irish standard., 1900-12-08

Cook" said Mrs. Hostess, solemnly,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-05
A BRICK YARD
Will Start In About
Six Weeks.
H. |. Kerr and 0thers--Nuua Val
ley Location Samples Here
Fine Quality.

Honolulu is to manufacture lis own
bricks. H. L. Kerr & Co. and two gem
tlemen, one of them an expert brick
man, have associated themselves in
the scheme, which within two months
will be in regular working order.
Some months ago a very large de-
post of clay was found in Nuuanu val
ley above the residence OF Mr.. =. A.
Schaefer. Samples of the clay were
sent to California to experiment with
and the result of the experiments was
a brick of the finest kind. The clay
is of peculiar quality and in the bak-
ing of the sample bricks a Philadel-
phia pressed brick was put in the oven
along with the Hawaiian product and
before the latter was baked the brick
from Philadelphia melted" The gen
tleman who has taken the manage
ment of the local company leaves a
fine position with one of the large
brick manufacturers in California and
is on the water now with the machin-
cry necessary to operate here.
The kiln is being built and a "a
horsepower Fairbanks & Morse gas
oline engine has been installed, with
which the mixers and presses will be
run. The clay on the ground IS being
used to cement the material of which
the kiln is being constructed. Special
machinery had TO be designed for the
manufacture of the Hawaiian clay into
brick, and it takes a good deal more
power to get the clay to the proper
consistency for baking than clay from
which ordinary bricks are made. When
the brick is done, however, it is OF
much better quality than the regular
brick which is so costly here at times
and at times not obtaiaable for any
consideration.
Material for the making of about
IS 100000 bricks is on the property
which has been leased by those inter-
ested in the scheme, and other depos-
its of clay suitable for brickmaking
have been secured by Kerr & Co. One
great advantage in manufacturing the
bricks here will be the saving to con.
sumers of the freight and breakage
Already orders from a great number OF
contractors and builders have been re-
ceived, the only condition being that
the finished product Of the local man
ufacturers be one-half as good as the
sample shown, which arrived on the
| last trip of the China. The sample re-
ceiypd is Of a very dark rcd cnIor and
extremely hard and compact.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-05
THE SERUM FAILED.
First Patient Treated With the Fluid
Does Not Recover.

The serum injected into the system
Of the late J. Weir Robertson failed to
save his life; but one result was notice
able, that the growth of the bubo was
materially checked. The first iniec-
tions were made on Friday night, con-
sisting of forty cubic centimeters of
the 'Pasteur Anti-Pestique Serum
and second injection was made
twelve hours later. Neither was suffi-
cient TO delay the progress of the dis
ease, as the bacilli had already thrown
on SUFFICIENT poison into the patients
system to prevent the serum from pro-
duclng the desired benefit Four bot
ties were used in making the injections
The instructions gave the physicians
latitude in administering the doses
which varied from thirty to fifty cubic
centimeters. The physicians took the
average, or forty cubic centimeters.
President Wood believes that as far
as can be judged by observing the ac-
ton in this case, the serum had a bene-
fetal effect in checking the develop
ment of the bubo. 1t has been observed
in some cases that, when first discov-
cred, the only indication of bubo was
the tenderness in the gland. After a
few hours the bubo would develop
to the size of an English walnut; and
within few hours more all the portion
surrounding the gland and bubo would
become swollen.
In Mr.. Robertson's case no bubo was
observed Friday morning. In the even
ing the gland was we'll defined. Short
ly after that the serum was injected
and after that the bubo did not
enlarge. The serum checked the
growth of the bacilli, but not sufficient
ly to combat the poisons emanating
from the germs. All the physicians
are certain that the serum checked the
! bacilli growth.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-05
The Guinea-Pig All Right.

The guinea pig inoculated with
prophylactic serum on Friday evening
was a very sick animal yesterday
morning and continued so until the
afternoon, when it frightened up and
is now as lively as his companions con-
fined in the same cage. When noticed
Saturday morning the animal was
sprawled out in evident pain. A second
dose, however, was administered and
finally an improvement was noticeable.
Whenever the pig went to the feeding
pan the watchers noticed that all the
other pigs avoided the inoculated one.
As the animal IS now sprightly and in
as seeming good condition as
when first inoculated, one proof
Of the absence of bacilh in
the pTophylactic has been es-
tablished. Culture tubes of bouillon
have also been inoculated in order to
demonstrate the lack of live bacini in
the serum. If both tests show no evil
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-05
A CARD.
Lihue, Kauai.

THE UNDERSIGNED DESIRES TO
inform his customers and the public
generally that by order of President
Wood of the Board of Health the quar-
antine heretofore existing in the To-
cality of his business, on King street,
has been discontinued, and he is now
prepared to finish all previous work
left in his workshop with neatness and
despatch. Having a first-class staff of
blacksmiths, carriage builders, horse
shoers, etc, he is now prepared to I'M
dertake anything in those lines, as
heretofore. Patronage solicited.
$3.50 7. B. MURRAY.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-05
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
the eighth assessment Of ten (10) per
cent on the capital stock of the Homo
lulu Rapid Transit & Land Company
will be due and payable to ]. H. Fish
er, Treasurer, at All Fort street Cup
stairs), Honolulu, on the 1st day of
February. instant. The shares upon
which any assessment may remain I'M
paid after thirty days from said date
will be declared delinquent.
]. A. GILMAN,
Secretary H. r. =. & L. Co.
Honolulu, Feb. /, 1900 5457
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-05
HARVEST.

Judge Hardy of Kauai is the author
of the following poem, which is the
first he ever wrote.]
There is life in the world that is grow
To remove it's accretions of wrong;
To give light to those sitting in dark
ness,
And the rights that to manhood be-
long.
When the despot shall lay down his
scepter;
And the rich cease depressing the
poor;
When the great shall be honored for
service,
And the good to the state they Sc
cure.
When the wise of their knowledge i'm
parting,
To the simple their lives to improve;
Shall remember that these are their
brethren,
And commend all their teaching by
love.
When the rule of the Master shall tri-
umph-
do to all as you would they should
do"
AS your Father in Heaven is loving,
To His spirit as children be true.
And the long line of those who have
1abored,
And their lives have not counted as
dear;
Who have looked for reward to the
harvest
When in aftertimes it should ap-
pear
Their example to us is inspiring,
And it stirs all our manhood to show
That while reaping we also are SOW
ing
For the harvest the future shall
grow.
H.
Lihue, Kauai.