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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-05-11
EL DR.. JAMESON
RDCOBRA SU SALID

Un telegrama recibido en- LOndes ell
30 de 4 bril- 1ltimo dice que ell c6lebre
Doctor Jameson, que los beers inten-
tlban descuartizar en- case de que
Ladysmith, donde Sc encontraba ell
galeno, Sc hubieIa rendido, y por cuya
cabeza ofrecfan $4,000 libras esterli-
mas, Sc encuentra en- Cape Town com
pletamente restablecido va de las per-
tinaces fiebres que lie retenfan en- CANA.
Ell referido telegrama anuncia que,
ell DR. Jameson sera uno de los candi-
datos para ell Parlamento de la colonia
del Cabo, en- ell que sucedera al DIR.
Frederick Rutherford Harris, como
Representante de Kimberley.
En- la secci6n de nuestrOS cables de
hoy leeran los iectores la noticia del
arribo 4 Cape Town del africanista Ce-
Gil Rhodes, companero de arenturGs
del DR. Jameson.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-05-11
DeSaStre
en- Filipinas
CUATRO ANERICANOS NUERYGS
DIEz Y sEIs HERIDos

Un Htelegrama fechado en- Ito lilo,
isla de Panay, y recibido en- Manila ell
dia 8 del corriente da cuenta de haber-
Sc librado en- las inmediaciOnes de
Leambanao, centric de aquella isla,
una terrible lucia entire los america
nos y los filipinOs.
Gran parte del Regimiento de In
fanterfa n1mero 26 fue sitiado por los
rebeldes que mataron a cuatro ameri
canos hiriendo gravemente a diez y
seis los cuales quedaron tendidos en- el
campo de la acci6n por haber huido el
resto de las fuerzas que consigui6,
atravesando muchas dificultades, esca-
par de una muerte Segura.
4 Ouando llegaron los refuerzos que
envi0 ell jefe de Ilo-Ilo Sc habfan re
tirado todos los filipinos a las monta-
mas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-05-11
IL EMPYRADOR GUILLERMO
vIs1TARA DE lNCoGNITo LA
EXPOSICIONE
DE PA RIS

Ell peri6dico "The World" de Nue.
va York ha reeibido un despacho de
Paris anunciandole que ell 16 de Mayo
actual visitarA de.incognito ell Empera
dor Guillermo de Alemania la Expo
sici6n.
El Prefecto de Paris IA recibido ms
trucciones del gobierno de la Rep1bli-
ca q fin de tomar todas las precaucio
nes one juzgue necesarias para prOte-
ger al Kaiser desde ell nGOmentO en- que
entire en- territorio frances Mr.. Hen
nion jeie de la poIicfa secreta seguira
al Soberano con veinte policfa a sus
6rdenes.
El Emperador permanecera diez dias
EN- Paris, seghn noticia comunicada
pOr el Emperad0r aleman Mr. Delcas-
Sc, Ministro de Ncgocios ExtraIeios
del Gabinete frances.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-05-11
COLOMBIA
SIN SOLDADOS S
IA RGVOLUCI0y TRIUNFANgU
PoLICIAs COMO HAY Pooos

Un despacho recibido en- Nueva York
,el dia del actual mes de Mayo anun-
cia que la ofcialidad del vapOr ingl6s
" Flol idian" que lego 4 Kingston pro-
ccdente de Colombia, declare alh que
los rebeldes estan ganandO mucho te-
rreno en- aquella Repnblica, por cuyo
territorio Sc pasean triunfahtes, y que
Sc espera que de un instante Otro
entren en- Bocas de Toro, nno de los
puntos mas importantes
Lo mas curioso del case es que ell
gobierno, que va Sc tambalea, por no
tener tropas de que disponer para la
defensa de aquella plaza ha encargado
de ella a 25 hombles de la policia mu
nicipal.
La situaci6n es muy alarmante. La
plaza de Colon esta en- estado de sitio
Los capitanes de los 5arcos surtos en-
ell puerto han prohibidO terminante
mente que las tripulacines desembar
quen despu6s de que Sc ponga el sol
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-05-11
TODA La COLoNIA

AL acto de la Inauguration asis-
tieron, ademas de los altos fun
cionarios del gobierno frances, y los
encargados por ell de Washington
de todo 10 referOnte la exhibici6n,
ell Embajador de los Estados Uni
dos, Mr.. Porter; Mr.. Frank j.
Thompson, Secretario de la Junta
encargada de erigir un monumentQ
q Lafayette; Mr.. John B Caldwell,
Director de la secci6n americana de
Bellas Artes; las familias Astor,
Adrian Iselin, E. c. Knight; Peck,
de- Illinois Jones de Nevada; Tru-
man de California Porter de Nue.
va York y en- general, toda la Co
lonia americana residente en- Paris.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-05-11
Agitacion
en- China,
/" BOXERS !" DERR0EiDOS

El Obispo Favier, de las misiones
europeas RESIDENCES en- China recihl6
un telegrama ell 2J de Abril dltimo,
anuncianGoe que 10000 bO1ers, 81
niestra socledad dedicada a la matanza
de europeos de chiEos cristianizados,
habfan sido completamente derrotados
por las tropas de la Emperatri7, en- las
lnmediaciones Paoting-Fu, a 80 millas
al sur de Pekin. que matarOn 60 y CO.
gieron un considerable ndmero de pri-
sioneros, que seran pasados por las
armaS.
La Emperatriz ha mandado algunos
destacamentos de caballeria 8 las ciu
dades de Tungschow y Tsunhua para
protejer las misfones americanas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-05-11
II CQMERCIO DR. MANILA
EN- RELACIoNES
Cen los rebeldes
UN PLAN De AGUTNAIDO

Un telegrama de Manila recibido en-
Nueva York ell A del actual dice que
en- IN archivo perteneciente a la revo-
luci6n filipina y desCubiertO por el ge-
neral americana Funston, encOntTa-
ronSe muchos documentos de impor-
tancia que coloca en- gravfsimo sprie-
to q algunas casas de negocios extraD-
geras de Manila, pOr cOmprobarse pOE
ellos que estaban en- lltimas relaciO-
nes con los insurgentes a los que SUI
ministraban pertrechos de guerra.
Entire los dotumentos Sc encontr6,
ademas, un perfecto y detallado plan
de ataque las tropas americanas es .
critic por Aguinaldo en- lengua tagala
" traducido por BuencaminO al espa
fiol.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-05-11
LOS EsTADos UNIDos Y TURQUIA

Ell Corresponsal del Times en-
Constantinopla dice que aver Sc ce-
lebr6 una rui9osa manifestation po-
pular en- las inmediaciones de ildiz
Kioske, residencia de Abdul Hamid,
con objeto de protestar de la debi-
lidad demostrada por ell Ministro de
Negocios Extranjeros. TewGk Pa
cha, al responder a las tiltimas No
tas pasadas por Ell Representative de
los Estados Unidos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-05-11
La policia habanera
COMPLETAMENTE DESMORALIzADA
COMISION 4 PALACIO

En- la session celebrada ell dia 4 del
corriente por ell Ayuntamiento de la
Habans lanzaronse duros cargos con-
ira la policfa de aque'la capital cuyo
cuerpo estA conpletamente desmora-
lizado, asf como ell de la polfcfa secre-
tn, acerca del cual Sc cit6 una larga
lista de abusos y atropellos cometidos
Casi todos los concurrentes q la Sc
sion tuvieron cargos que dirigir contra
los citados cuerpos, especialmente con-
ira la policfa secreta, respect" a la que
Sc adopt0 la resoluci0n de desc: gam
,arla, asf como de enviar una comisi0n
al Gobernador General de la isla, Mr..
Wood, dandoie cuenta de 10 acordado.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-05-11
FL Principe de Gales
Visitafa a Paris
10 QUE Sc .PROP1AE Su lLfBzI

Ell peri6dico Express" de Londres,
en- su edici6n del lo del actual anuncia
que el Principe de Gales Sc ha decidi
do ir Paris q visitar la Exposition
Su Alteza Real britannica permanecera
varias semanas en- la capital francesa
durante ell verano proAimo.
Cr6ese genera,nente que ell Principe
de Gales, verdaderamente apasionado
por la vida parisiense. hara su viaje,
masNQue pOr recreo y distraction al vi
sitar ell primer certamen artfstic0 del
nlundo, por yer 81 calma con su presen-
cia en- Paris la enemistad y antipatia
ahora mas in'ensas que nunca, que
siente ei pueblo frances por Ia dFan
Bretaiia.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-05-11
COLEC1A En- IONDRES
PARA LAS WCTIMAS DEL CANADA

La suscripci6n alberta en- Londres
pora socorrer a las nu nerosas vfctima
de los grandes incendios 6curridos Ill
timamente en- las cudades de Ottawa
Y Hull, de cuyOs successes dinOs cuenta
0portunamente a los lectores ell la
secci6n de telegramas, esta alcanzanlo
un 6xito magnffico.
Para la coIecta que para ell menciO
nad0 fin esta organizando la Oamara
han contribuido Ia Reina Victoria y el
Principe de Gales, respectivamente,
con; 500 y 250 guineas.
En- pocas horas Sc han reunido en-
Glasgow, ell dia 4 del corriente, uras
1000 libras esterlinas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-05-11
UN PALS
AtacadO de loCura
ADreGaciOnes De MR. Stead

La prensa de Paris, en- general, re
produce las importantfsimas declara-
clones recientemente hechas por ell
notable escritor ingI6s, Mr.. Stead, di
rector del notable peri66ico " Review
of reviews declaraciones que han OBJ.
tenido una favorable acogida en- tOdos
los pueblos de la Europa continental.
Mr.. Stead, quien ha emprendido en-
Ia prensa una activa campaha contra la
guerra, ha declaradO en- una interview
one Inglaterra esta atacada actnalmen.
te de Hlocura'.
FL entnsiasta defensOr de la paz uni
versal manifesto que Inglaterra ha
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-05-11
MAS PUEN1ES A TERRA

Ell Comandante en- jefe del ejer
cito boer, Luis Botha, que Sc en-
cuentra en- Kroonstadt, ha ordena-
do la voladura del puente que atra-
viesa ell rio Valsch.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-05-11
COMO CAsTIGAN Los "BOBRS'
A LOS QUE NAL tE SlRVEN
Dos sentenciados
Dos sentenciadoS

Ell Corresponsal. en- Pretoria del
g Daily News = telegrafi6 a este peri6-
dico ell % de Abril 1ltimo diciendo que
un Tribunal de Guerra de los beers ha
sentenciado al general Prinsloo, que
mand6 la plaza de Bloemfontein, q la
pena de meses de prisi6n, con traba-
jos forzados, por ell delito de alta tTai
ci6n; Y q dos amos de igual pena al
paisano Erastus De Klerk, pOr haber
guiado al ej6rcito britannica desde Pc
trusburg q Bloqmf0ntein.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-05-11
Ell PUEBLO De PARIS

Gran parte del pueblo de Paris
aglomerose frente al pabell6n de los
Estados Unidos intentando> romper
ell cerco de la policfa, avido de pc
netrar en- ell amplio edifc:o donde
Sc exhiben los productos de aquella
Hepiiblica.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-05-11
sTEYN Y BOTHA

FL Daily Graphic anuncia que su
Corresponsal en- Bloemfontein le ha
telegrafado dicientlo que entire Ell
ex Presidente Steyn y el general
Luis Botha hay algunas divergen-
cias respecto como debe hacerse
Ia defensa de Kroonstadt.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-05-11
HONDAS SIMPATIAS

En- ell acto de la aperture, que
fue extraordinariamente grandioso,
Sc pusieron de relieve las grandes
simpatfas arraigadas en- la patria de
Lafayette por la Gran Rep1blica del
Norte America
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-05-11
TERRIBLE ccMBATE

Lord Roberts espera atacar ell lu-
nes las primeras avapzadas de los
beers.
Todos los indicios son de que en-
tire los dos, .,ejercitos Sc librara un
combate encarnizado y terrible.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-05-11
T0QUE De LLAMRDA
UN AVISO Al KAISER I"

Ell peri6dico berlines TageblGtt pu-
blica un importante artfculo dicien-
do que 81 Turqufa accede a las re-
clamaciones hechas por los Estados
Unidos, ell gobierno aleman debe
exigir pronta y en6rgicamente al de
G Constantinopla ell pago de las deu-
das contraidas con ell Imperio.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-05-11
GACETA DE HOY

Publica las dos Circulares del De.
partamento Dc la Tes0reria de esta
isla la sentencia del Tribunal Su-
premo insertadas en- otto lugar de
este ndmeTo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-05-11
La GUERRA SUD-AFRICAMA
EN- KROONSTADT

Despachos de Londres dicen que
toda la atenci6n que en- aquellos CIR
culos Sc presta q la campafla con-
centrase aho=a en- la ciudad de
Kroonstadt donde los beers, tratan
de hacer Una desesperada resis-
tencia.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-05-11
MASIANSIoSO QUE KUNCA

Despachos de Londres dicen que
ell pueblo ;ngles esta ahora mas an
sioso que nunca por saber noticias
de la guerra.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-05-11
ABAJO EL MINISTRO

Ell pueblo constantinoplense pidio
la inmediata sustituci6n del citado
Ministro y la de alguuos miembros
del Divdn.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-05-11

legrama que ell dia de aver 10 daba
de descanso q todo ell numeroso
ejercito que acaudilla, prosiguiendo
la marcha hoy.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-05-11
LOS !. BOERS" Sc REUNEN
DlEz MIL SOLDADOS

Ell Departamento de la guerra de
Londres recibi6 aver un despacho
del general Roberts anunciando que
Sc encontraba a. 80 millas de Kroons
tadt ' que habfa recibido informes
de que mas de 10000 hombres del
eiercito del Transvaal Sc habian re-
concentrado en- las inmediaciones de
Vessels.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-05-11
Information DDrGab[C
NuBVa York, II b Mayo
LOS EsTADos UNIDOs
ENLA ExPOSICl0N De PARIS
LOS ESTADOS UNID0S
EN- La EXPOSITION De PARIS

/Telegramas lie Paris dicen que
ha sido inaugurado solemnelnente
ell pabell On de los Estados Unidos
en- la Exposition Universal.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-05-11
CECIL RHODES
EN- Ell AFRICA DEL SUR /.

Ha regresado a Cape Town Ell CO.
nocido africanista ingles Cecil Rho
des. q
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-05-11
cOKTINUA Ia MaRcHa

Lord Roberts agregaba en- su to-
The Princeton union., 1900-07-12
NapOleOn's ssDOE Teeth"

I'm the worlds history" said Buff
falo man, there are three characters
who in the popular mind stand pre-em-
inent-Alexander the Great, Caesar and
Napoleon. Napoleon lived so near our
own time as to be almost within the
memory of living men, and there are
plenty Of men today in France who
heard Of Napoleon from their fathers,
who lived in the stirring times connect
ed with his name.
'"There is a curious fact in connec-
tion with Napoleon's personal appear
ance that l have never been able to
find mention of in any of the biogra-
phies, and that is that two upper front
teeth were very long and Tapped over
the lower ones to an unusual extent
giving him a most peculiar appearance
when smiling. These teeth-the two
upper incisors, on either side Of the
mesial extraordinarily form a line
that meets with the corresponding
teeth in the lower jaw, but in Napo
Icons case they overlapped. This in
formation came to my father directly
from the son Of Napoleon's dentist
who made memorandum of the fact
New York Tribune
The Princeton union., 1900-07-12
English Cabinet Secrets.

Secrets of state are probably the best
kept of all secrets. When cabinet min
listers in England first are admitted to
the privy council, they have to take a
solemn oath not to make known the
conversation or proceedings Of cabinet
councils or any communications they
may have with the queen or with an
other minister. They cannot give a
hint of such things even to the highest
members of the government who are
not cabinet ministers. No clerk or Sec
retary is allowed to be present at cabi-
net councils, no written record is kept,
and it is the custom not to take any
notes; hence no one but the crown and
the ministers ever knows what has re-
ally been said and decided at cabinet
meetings. The oath of secrecy lasts to
the end of life. An ex-cabinet minister
is as much bound by it as an actual
cabinet minister.
Any conversation minister or peer
may have with the crown on state mat.
ters must also be kept secret. So must
letters to and from the sovereign. And
even communications that have passed
between soyereigns and ministers OF
former reigns must NOT be divulged
But in cases Of extreme urgency the
crown could and would allow a breach
Of the oath Of secrecy.
The Princeton union., 1900-07-12
Didn't Get His Moneys Worth.


He came into the police Office, his
hands clinched, his jaws knotted and
his eyebrows swooping downward to-
ward the bridge Of his nose.
'Say! he baWled in resonant tones.
"Well?" said the captain.
"How much do you charge in case
Of assault and battery?"
"Ten dollars"
You can lick the stuf6ngs out of a
man for that. can't you?'
"Possibly."
"Can a fellow pay his fine in ad-
vance,?
"Sure."
The visitor laid two fives on the desk.
"I'm going to lick a man bad, and l
don't want any interference of the DO
muttering.
Half an hour afterward a man came
in. Both his eyes were puffed and
green, his nose sagged, his clothing
looked like Chilus Chilonides' before
he acquired Nero's favor.
'Say," he said gently, "do you recog
nizc me?'
"Can't say as do
"I'm the man who came in here hall
an hour ago and paid a fine in ad
vance,"
"Oh! Well, what do you want now? p
"Would you mind giving me $9.9s
back ?-Atlanta Journal.
The Princeton union., 1900-07-12
A S8Acy Duchess.

When the "Beggars OPERA" by Gay,
was produced in 1928. it took the town
positively by storm. The king still
clung to Handel, but the nobility, with
the Duchess Of Queensberry among
them, tlocked rapturously to the "New-
gate pastoral" The ''Beggars' Opera
had a run Of g. nights, unprecedented
in those days, and as one result of it's
success Handel became bankrupt. Sud
denly there came an order from the
lord chancellor to stop the new piece.
Why, is not exactly known unless it
was because the prime minister con-
sidered himself to be too faithfully
represented therein. However that
may have been, the theater had to be
closed, whereupon the Duchess of
Queensberrv took up Gays cause and
yehemently championed it.
Very busy was she in those days
driving about in her coach asking fol-
guinea subscriptions for printing cop
les Of the forbidden play. And so heed
less was Kitty that she carried hel
list to the queens drawing room itself
and had the audacity to ask the king
for a subscription. This was a little
too much, and her grace was requested
to withdraw from the court, Kitty an
nouncing, with characteristic compo
sure, that the command was very agree
able to her, as she had never gone
there for her own diversion, but tt
bestow civility upon the king anc
Queen.-GOod Words.
The Princeton union., 1900-07-12

Among the inmates Of a certain in
sane asylum were two who were con-
sidered perfectly harmless and not
without a certain modicum of common
sense. These two were generally en-
ployed in the garden and were fire.
quently left without supervision.
An opportunity offering, they plan
ned between themselves at attempt to
escape.
"Now, bend down, Tom," said Jack
as the two conspirators came to the
wall surrounding the grounds; "then
I'll climb up your shoulder to the top,
and when I'm up I'll be able to give
you a hand"
Tom accordingly bent down, and
Jack, with little difficulty, managed
to gain the top Of the wall, where, in
stead Of assisting his friend, he disap-
peared on the other side and, as he
was making off, shouted:
'Well, think, Jack, you'll be better
to stay on another fortnight yet. You're
not nearly curedw 4 (.
The Princeton union., 1900-07-12

! 5yis
The Hest Newspaper IN The Northwest.
A subscriber has written US: (which
is the best newspaper in the Twin.
Cities?' We undertake to answer&his
question reluctantly, because the Twin
City press is probably, as Il whole, con-
siderably ahead Of the average of the
newspapers of the United States.
Every paper has its peculiarities.
No one paper suits all the people best,
but there is one way to test a newspa-
per's popularity better than any other,
that is to count the number OF people
who buy it and read it. ......%
After all there is no surer test. Peo.
pie will not continue to read a paper
and pay for it year after year unless it
is the nearest approach to what they
want that the market affords.
From this standpoint there is no
other paper in the Northwest in the
same class with The Minneapolis
Tribune. Its average circulation for
1900 was over $4,000. This is goodly
number. The average country news.
papers has about 1000 subscribers
| The Tribune has more than 50 times as
many.
Without attempting to express more
than a personal preference, we are
frank enough to say that we believe
the people Of the Northwest are right
There is something about The Tribune
which makes one turn to it every day
in preference to any other paper. I,
is we'll edited, we'll printed and well
illustrated. A man can get the gist o1
the worlds news from hasty reading
of The Tribune quicker than from any
other paper we know of and yet it i:
complete enough to cover all the news
of the day.
| The I1ibune's cartoons are liberia
education and a very easily acquired
one, too, to thousands of people wht
gather fun and wisdom from mo
ment's glance.
| The Tribune is 4 woman's paper-i
its popularity is at all commensurate
with the features which are intended
specially to interest the ladies. Nearly
every woman would rather read an in
teresting short story than a discussion
of the political issues, and she gets i
every day in The Tribune, while tn
Sunday Tribune is q book of literar.
| gems.
The Princeton union., 1900-07-12
NEW GERMANY.

Rye is being harvested this week
and promises>a fine crop.
Born, to the wife. of Mr.. Mingo,
Thursday morning. a fine baby
boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Schimming
visited friends in Wright county
last week.
j. Kruger, from Montana, is
spending few days with his
brother here.
The sudden rise Of the river
broke Bruggeman Bros boom and
some of their logs went down
river.
Rain has interfered with the
work at the yards and spoiled
many brick but they have started
again.
No causualties here the Fourth
but some of our people who spent
the night in Princeton report the
lSopjes very slippery and hard tc
scale on their way home in the wee
small hours of morning.
Jos. johnson and other schoo'
ma'ams who, by the way Of
recreation have been editing onion
and flower beds, have left and are
attending summer school il
Princeton and silence reigns su
preme.
Almost foot of rain has fallen
here lately. ''Tim' can now trim
his fetlocks and wade in mud ul
to his hooks and we hereby re
mind the old hoss that this is
natures own remedy for the sand
cracks in his feet.
ROSEBUD.
The Princeton union., 1900-07-12
Odd Buria1S.

Not long ago there died in north
London sussarb a lady who wished to
be buried III the bedstead in which she
had lain continuously for nearly a
quarter Of century prior to her de-
cease, and to insure, as she thought,
her wishes being respected she left a
plump contingent legacy to relative.
AS the bedstead in question, however,
was Of the old -four post" variety, and
an unusually massive specimen at that
the cemetery authorities objected
Eventually, a compromise was effected
The bedstead was taken to pieces, and
from the timber so obtained a sort OF
box coffin. was constructed for the re-
ception Of the remains.
1t is, however. among the mining
population that instances of funeral &C.
centricity are most common. jack
Hustler, coal newer of Tong, near
Leeds, who died the other day at the
age of CT, was buried in a coffin con
structed to his own specification e
years ago. It was made Of pitch pine
with silver handles, and the lid was
hinged at one end. The deceased was
buried with lump Of coal which ht
had carefully preserved for years. L
served as his pillow, and his tobacco
and pipe also found place beside him
This latter custom is said to be yer,
prevalent among the coal miners. Th,
tin miners of Cornwall almost invari
ably include an umbrella among tn
coffin ''furniture.''
1t would be interesting to learn tn
origin and significance of this strang
use.-London Express.