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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-01-05
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do sus hijos hasta la tereers y cuArta genera
Dion"
y mientras seguie esta lecturs, lvUA Ma
ricio para su coleto
-Lo que me disgusta es no BeseOE ESQ par.
que que tanto lugar ocupaba en- Gis suefsos de
fellcidad' iyo, que esperaba pasernIe por un
eesped mioy dormir & la sombra de Nm follaje
miol iQue neeio he sido en- no pedif la mano
dc Blanca; que me agradaba mas que 50 her
mana! Blanca es muy poetica, SO ayiene me
ior con mis- ideas aeerca do las mujeres; sus ojos
azules tienen IN fuego tan dulce, Su talle es
tan esbeltoi.. esta mia es mas prosaiea , lus-
60. tan robustal
Mauricio--diio 81 saoerdote, te,-tQusrss poS
esposa PaulinaG
-Si quiero--respondi6 MauriOio,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17
From Fireman to Railway President.

Il wish you'd tell me how you did it?
Mr.. Greatsinger leaned back in his
chair and looked at the ceiling. He had
just been elected president OF The Brook
Ign Rapid Transit Railroad Company,
twenty years after starting as fireman
on another road. 1T isn't always easy
to tell how things are done" he said,
but you may be sure OF this much: It
was no accident that ! was promoted,
and it was no piece Of luck, as some
people sometimes think There is a
general disposition to call the results Of
a mans earnest striving and endeavor
the labor OF years, luck This is ride
ulous. No man ever accomplished any
thing permanent without lots OF hard
work. and the young fellow who starts
out with the hope OF winning through
luck is sure to fail, and to fail badly
We all rise, step by step, and every man
must carve his own steps for himself
Sometimes the stone is hard for cary
ing, but the man who carves most dill
gently and persistently has his steps
ready first, and so he rises above the
others who carve at intervals and take
long vacations. I certainly do not want
to appear egotistical, but simple hon
esty requires me to say that | have al
ways believed in working hard. Don'i
you consider this sufficient explanation
of how | did it,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17
Temporary Stars Rare.

Within the entire history Of astrono-
my there have been, before this last new
star appeared, only II of these tenn
porary stars, says a writer in the St
Louis Globe-Democrat Only two have
attained the magnitude OF Nova-one in
1872. the other in 1904. The first tenn
porary star OH record was seen 1874 years
before Christ by the ancient astrono-
mer, Hipparchus. The second appeared
$50 years after Christ. The third was
the brightest 1t was discovered by
Tycho in November, 1872. 1t became
as bright as Venus herself, and was even
visible by daylight. 1t reached first
magnitude but in week or two began
to fade. In continued visible to ths
naked eye for fully If months. There
was a notion at the time that this stat
was identical with the Star Of Bethle.
hem. The theory was that the. latter
would return every 3I4 years. 1t was
therefore, expected by the superstition:
to return in 1886, but did not
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17
Patience Does the Trick.

When you know you are on the righi
track do not let any failures dim youi
vision or discourage you, for you cannot
tell how close you may be to victory.
says writer in Success. Have patience
and stick, stick, stick, in spite Of every
hindrance. A Chinese student became
so discouraged by repeated failures that
he threw his book away in despair.
While in this Respondent mood he saw
a poor woman rubbing an iron rod on a
stone to make a needle. Struck by the
wonderful patience of the woman he
went back to his studies with new deter
mination and became one OF the great
est scholars in China.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17
LATEST QUOTATIONS.
Baltimore.

| Flour-Baltimore Best Patent. Asa
High Grade Extra ...........4.2 5a
Cornmeal, per 100 pounds. 80. 1.I5aL2j
| Hominy, per Dbl. ............ 2 ooa& ~
Hominy Grits. per Dbl. 2 ooa2 70
Wheat.-No. 2 red 8oc, and 771zc for
steamer No. 2 red; sample lots 72aeoA
| Western, May 7oNc.
| Corn.-Sales of white were at SIC, and
| of cargoes yellow at 5oAc; cob corn,
yellow on spot at $2.6oa2.65 per Dbl;
Oats.-White No. 2, 33Ha34c; white,
No. 3, 32Ha33c; mixed, No 2, 3Ia3IRc.
Rye.-No. 2 rye, in car lots, SIC; No.
3 rye, 55c; No Western rye, SIC; e<-
port elevator and 5oa6oc on track up
town.
Mill Feed-$Iooo per ton; medium
do. $3.50
Hay.-No. I Timothy, $I7oo; No; 2
timothy, $I6ooaI6.5o; No. 3 tim ':hy'
SIS .5oaI6.oo; No. clover. mixed, S $50
aI6oo; No. 2 clover mixed, $I4.ooa
| IS 90; No clover, $I4.ooaI4 so; No. 2.
clover, $I2. 5oaI3.5o.
Green Fruits and Vegetables.-On-
ions, per bushel, $I.4o. Cabbage, Dan
sa. per ton, SIS .ooaI6oo; . d., new
Florida, per crate, $2.25a2oo; do
| Charleston, per crate, $2.5ca275. Gel
cry, Florida. per crate, 81. 5oa2oo. APP
plies, per Dbl, SI.5oa3.5o. Oranges, $2.o'
a3.oo Strawberries, per quart. I5a3oc.
Potatoes.-We quote: White, Mary
land and Pennsylvania primes, per bus,
foa45c; do, New York primes Ter bus,
Usage; do, Michigan and Ohio, per
bus, 43a46c; do, new, Bermuda, Per Dbl,
No. /, $5.ooa6oo; do, do, No. 2, $500
AGO: do, new Florida, per bb!, No. I,
8ooa7.oo No. 2, $4.ooa5.oo. Sweets,
Maryland and Virginia, kiln dr.ed, per
Dbl, $I.5oa2.oo.
Beans and Peas.-New York marrow,
choice hand picked, 81. 3oa2. IS; blackeye
peas per bushel, choice new, $I.55aI.(o;
black peas, per bushel, choice new, $I.5o
aI.6o
| Live Poultry.-Market is seady.
Hens, IoHaIIc: old roosters, each. rs
a3oc; young chickens, I2aI3c; winter
do, lbs and under I7a22c; spring. to
| IL lbs, 24a28c. Ducks, 8aICc. Geese,
apiece, 5oa65c.
Dressed Poultry. - Capons, choice
large I4aI8c.
Butter.-The market is steady. We
quote: Creamery separator, 2la2IKc;
creamery gathered cream, I3aI9c,
creamery imitation, I7aI8c.
Eggs.-Fresh laid eggs, I3aI3Nc.
Dressed Hogs-Choice Western
Maryland and Pennsylvania light
weights, per ID, 7a7Ac;; Southern Mary
land and Virginia, per ID, 6]4c.
|Calves.-Strictly nice veal, per lb,
5asHc.
Lambs and Sheep.-Spring lambs
choice, Sage per Id; poor, small stock, SC
per ID.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17
Live Stock.

Chicago, Ill.-Cattlc-Receipts 1905
head; moderately active; about steady,
butchers stock slow; good to prime
steers, $5.ooa5oo; poor to medium
S3.o5a4.oo; stockcrs and feeders firm
S3ooa4 90; cows, $2.65a4.5o; hei'ers S27c
A.7s; Gamers slow, $2.coa26o; bulls
S2,75a4.4o.
East Liberty, Pa.-Cat,le steady; ex-
ira, $56oa5 80; prime, $5.3cas so; gocd
S.. Ioa5. 80. Hogs steady; prime heavy
and best mediums, $s.Ssa5.eo; heavy
Workers, $5.85; light Workers, $575a
$50; pigs, $5.7oa5.75; skips, $4.75a5.25
roughs, $4.ooa5.4o. Sheep steady; best
wethers S.. 4oa4. so; common, $2ooa3 SO
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17

IN lend you money for suit" said
the friend.
"Oh, thank you" was the reply, with
another sigh, but don't want to bor-
row. The fact is. have one hundred
dollars, but I'm saving it for my poor
sisters funeral"
rs she so ill.," asked the friend.
Not dangerous yet" was the. answer,
but I'm sure she won't live the sum-
mer ont. She's weak and depressed,
and has no vitality or appetite.
Nov look here" said the friend,
whose intimacy and interest warranted
plain speaking, you are taking a dead
wrong, as we'll as an entirely foolish,
course. It's more than likely your sis
ter won't die, and it lies with you more
than all the doctors living 10 keep her
alive. Don't you suppose that your be-
ing unhtly dressed, and in poor pay
ing position, and your depressed at
mosphere have much to do WI h her de-
preston and want of vitality? III 90
with you now to buy your suit. Thea
you make straight for w. & MS as
soon as you can get the new clothes on.
Go home and tell Jean you have fine
position, put $50 of the money you've
saved for her burial into her hands and
tell her to go to the seaShore or noun
tans for three weeks, and so save your
self, your sister, your sorrow, and fu-
neral expenses at the same time Come!
Well have the suit sent home c. O. D.
The advice was taken. the desirable
position was secured, and six weeks
later a wcll-dressed, prosperous-looking
young woman met at the train another
young woman who, vtalized by noun
tain air and Drowned by mountain
winds, no longer even remotely sug-
gested funeral expenses.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17
Philadelphia.

Philadelphia-Wheat firm; contract
grade, May, 7oha8o13c. Corn firm. Mc
higher; No. mixed, May, 5oa5O1sc.
Oats steady, fair demand; No. white
clipped, 33Hc Butter steady; fancy
Western creamery, zoe; do prints, 2Ic;
do nearby prints, 22c. Eggs dull and
weak; fresh nearby, I3c; do Western,
r3c; do Southwestern, I2Mc; Go South
ern nc
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17

Caution and attcm, tirg to prove
nat prices are really more than cond!-
ton OF some OF our railroads warrant,
the fact remains that, without a bril-
liant crop outlook and a great actlvi,y
Of general trade, Wall street could hold
no such carnival
Labor difficulties arc fewer and i s'
threatening than for several years be-
fore in the first week OF May, and prices
of merchandise hold well.
Stability OF prices and vigorous
prosecutions OF work at mills indicate
the wholesome condition OF the IRON
and steel markets. Throughout the en-
tire range OF products OF this industry
the current denand for immediate de-
livery exceeds all previous records, yer
makers maintain a conservative posi-
tion and prices are not pushed up to
the danger point.
Further advances were secured IN
the cereal market Chicago specu atorS
being forced to cover May corn con-
tracts at S. cents Attractive prices
brought more liberal receipts at inte-
rior cities and also stimulated opera.
lions on the farm. Wheat also at aimed
a high point, advancing in sympathy
with corn.
The marveIously healthy condition
Of business is best appreciated when it
is discovered that the defaults in last
month were the smallest in ninety-one
months, with the exception OF May to
August, 1860, inclusive. In manufac.
ti.1ng lines there were but I63 failures,
with total indebtedness OF S1,co7,o34,
against I78 last year for $t5I4 oo3. AS
1900 reported the smallest Liabilities OF
any full year for two decades, last
months good showing is made manifest
by default in manufacturing concerns,
$777,oo5 smaller than two years ago.
Trading failures were SIS fer $3,I63,S23
and banking defaults were $4,000.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17

All goods are..alike TO PUTNAM FADELEss
DYES, as they to7br all fibers at one boiling
Sold by all druggists.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.

Lehigh Valley ,machinists have ap-
pealed for a nine-honr day.
In Boston a system prevails OF allow
ing man fined for drunkenness to pay
his fine in ms ailments.
Yonkers IN. W masons want $40
for an eight-hour day and the bod car
riers demand 80 cents per hour.
The big wrecking tug, W. H. Myer:
Of the Milwaukee Tugboat Line, turned
house mover last week and steame5
along the river towing scow with 2
brick building as its cargo.
The bulletin OF the United States De-
partment OF Labor quotes some aston
ishingly low wages for farm labor from
the last report of the North Carolina
Bureau OF Labor. The average month
ly wages paid were: Men, $3.oI; women
$5.27; children, 1888. In addition to
wages, rations to the value Of So 81, and
house, pasture, garden, etc. to the value
of $2.63 were provided, bringing the av-
erage monthly earnings OF men to
go These figures sound like the
oft-repeated European statistics.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17

The largest body Of water in the world
having no outlet in the ocean is the Cas-
plan Sea, it being 10000 square miles IN
extent
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17

4Hgnum vitae is the toughest WOOD
known. 1t cannot be worked by splitting
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17

Span's kingdom OF Asturias boasts of
twenty-eight centenarians in population
of 100000. =
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17

Only one colored soldier wears the Vic.
toria cross-Lance-Sergeant Gordon, of the
West Indian regiment.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17

Newport, ~, has passed an ordinance e
houses over tYe stories Mgh. --..,..g
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17
lfYOu Have Dyspepsia

Send no money but write DR.. Shoop, Racine
Wis. Box 14S. for six bottles of DR.. Shops
Restorative; express paid. If cured, pay $3.50;
II not it is free.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17
Cheap i'm Price,

Bnt as a medicine worth its weight in gold ia
Crab Orchard Water. Many have been re.
stored to perfect health by its use.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17

Austria and Mexico have resumed In
tercourse for the first time since the execu
tlol of Emperor Macmillan.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17

J. C. Simpson, Msrqucss. w. Va, says
Halls Catarrl Care cured me of very ba;
case VI catarrh." Druggists sell it, 75c.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17

Happiness cannot &c bought, but one OF tho
great hindrances To It's attainment can be re-
moved by Adams pepsiI Tntti Frntti.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17

Piso's Cure for Consumption ie an intallib!'
medicine for coughs and colds.-N.W SAMUEL,
Ocean Grove, N. j.. Feb. II, 1900.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17

France changed its Constitution fou
times during Queen Victoria's reign.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17
Hoxxie.s CrOup euro

vi, check q cold in one hour. and cures
Group in a few minutes. so cents
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17

The British loan has been allotted as
follows: GII,ooo,ooo 10 rhe Roths-
chi'is go eco. 600 10 the Morga1s and
F.s,toO COO to the Bank Of England.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17

FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous,
ness after first days uso of DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. 80 trial bottle and treatise FREQ
DIR. R. H. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17

There is more false hair worn in the
United States than in all the rest of the
world put together.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17

Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for child-sn
teething, soften the gums, reduces inaamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind coiic. 25c botsle
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17

In 1862 dogs home was founded il
London for homeless and ownerless dos3.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17

About fifteen of the capitals OF inc
States in Mexico have an altitude OF oUOO
feet or more.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17

Ask Your Dealer for A liens Foot-Ease.
powder to shake into your shoes; rests the
feet. Cures Corns, Dunions, Swollen, Sore,
Hot, Gallons, Aching, Sweating Feet and In
growing Nails Aliens Foot-Ease makes new
or tight shoes easy. AT all druggists and
shoe stores, % cts. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy, n. \.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17

England spends about 100000 year il,
the purchase Of canary birds.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17

On some of the japanese railways terra
Gotta sleepers are used. They are far more
durable than those Of wood.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17

" | was troubled
ness, irregular and
painful menstrual
q tt o n, and leu
corrho ea. The
doctors medicine
did me no good.
l have taken one
bottle and a half
of your Vegetable
Com poun d, and
t h a II k S to your
medicine, my pains
are gone. l advise
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17

tite poor, sick at
S 20 m ach every
morning, every
thing l eat hurts
me, am very weak,
thin, and sallow.
~ have tried a
doctor, but he did
not seem to do me
any good" - Miss
MAGGIE POLLARD,
1919 So. 4th St.,
Richmond, Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17

"Since receiving your answer to
my letter have been taking your
Vegetable Compound, and it has done
me more good than any medicine /
have ever taken. My menses are all
right now, and appear once a month,
and | feel so much stronger. l shall
always praise your incidence Miss
MAGGIE POLLARD, $40 So. 4th St.,
Richmond, Va.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-05

Granville Cowing, in Indiana Farmer
1t should be a subject of anxiety to all
thoughtful minds to note the constant de-
crease in the number of our birds Fifty
years ago our forests echoed with their
songs and our orchards were full Of very
perfect and very cheap fruit. The reverse
of that is now true. The birds then kept
our fruit perfect by destroying its insect
enemies, but their numbers have been sadly
and wantonly thinned by thoughtless hunt
ers or for the trifle obtained for their
feathers for female headgear All hunters
TO believe what is really true, that the
birds are one of the best means of produc-
ing IT, they will think twice before killing
their best friends.
AS the birds have decreased fruit has
become knotty, wOrmy, imperfect and dear
and the man or boy who kills a useful bird
adds TO the cost of every apple he eats
All our native song birds are useful Even
the crow and owl may be included. The
crow is a great aid TO the farmer in fol-
lowing in freshly turned burrows for cut
worms. Screech owls are even better than
cats for destroying mice. One made its
home in a hayloft near my house last Win
ter. and il appears 10 have destroyed all
the mice there. The feathers of the wings
are fringed, and IL makes no sound in
nying To disturb its prey.
For that pugnaciOus little foreigner, the
English sparrow. ] have no good word. The
hluebird. the redbird and the charming lit
lie wren have been banshed from our
homes by them. The blackbird seems the
only gregarious song bird capable OF whip
ping them. Their constantly increasing
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-05
GRAUsTARK AND ITS NAMES
The Author Asks Who Knows More
About the Country than He.
Literary Bulletin.

Literary Bulletin.
Critics all over the land have been agbast
at the temerlty OF George McCutcheon in
giving his "Graustark' heroine the Prin-
cess Hetive, such a name as GuggensIocker
TO be used even as a travelling pseudonvn1
But Mr.. McCutcheon was not without a
purpose in selecting such a name. In the
hrst place, II was not her name, and she
gave her first evidence of wit when she and
her relatives undertook to utilize it as a
shield from notOriety Who would look for
royalty under the signature of a person
named Guggenslocker? She was traveline,
incOgnito and she escaped all chance of he
ing recognized as bit of feminine royalty
by sailing along as Miss Guggenslocker
LOrry had his first opportunity TO display
his courage when he continued to admire
her after he found that she was Guggens-
locker and the possible descendant of a
butchers sign, q sausagemaker' trade or
a beermaker'S brew. At any rate she was
named for the express purpose of touching
Mr.. Lorry'S sense of the divine In woman
and she was beautiful and entrancine,
enough to make him forget that her name
anything but euphonious Mr.. Lorry
did not like the name, but he liked the girl
long before he knew she was princess and
the owner of name as strange as it was
sweet. Yetive is the name of the daughter
of Capt. Abner Pickering, Of the Second
United States Infantry, now in the Philip
pines The very oddness Of the name an
peaed to the author and he gave il TO his
princess. incidentally, he is given 10 queer
names in his writings. Nearly every short
story has had some one with a peculiar
name, and in the long story now in course
of preparat ton he has a fine fellow who is
burdened with the name of James Coward.
AS for the other queer names in ''Grau-
stark they are not intended 10 be the sort
that one hears in any country save the one
in which they are found. Mr.. McCutcheon
pertinently asks the critics to tell him the
names OF any Graustark people that they
may know. II they know any more about
the language, the topography, the charac-
teristics. the names OF a principality that
he discovered, settled, populated and man
aged exclusively, they deserve a place
alongside the most marvellous explorers of
the universe. He offers a reward for the
man who will show him where the land of
Graustark is to be found on the map; for
the man who will produce a Graustark die
tionary; for the man who will procure for
him a directory of the City of Edelweiss
other than the one now in his possession
and from which he gathered the names
used in his novel
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-05
Art OF Pruning.
Meehan's Monthly.

Meehan's Monthly
Probably one of the best tests as TO a
good knowledge of practical gardening lies
in the manner in which the pruning knife
is handled, for the deplorable effects of a
lack of this knowledge are seen every
where. The chief success in fruit culture
comes from the knowledge and the practice
OF Judicious pruning. One has but to look
at an ordinary vineyard, and the result of
some good gardeners growth Of grapes un-
der glass, to see the wide difference be-
tween ignorance and knowledge. The good
grape-grower under glass will use the
pruning knife so judiciOusly that the plants
will be healthy and productive for hun
dred years, bearing fruit as freely and as
vigorously from near the roots as at the
top of the vine. The grower on the garden
trellis, or on the side of barn or building,
finds his vines no good at the end of a few
years. The variety he pronounces no good,
and he ruSheS after every new kind to cor
rect the results of his own folly
One may travel through the length and
breadth of the land and not find case OF
sound pruning, and at the same time,
notice the weakness and decay in orchards
everywhere-all due to ignorance of prun-
ing. There will be seen many cases where
the owners understood this much: that
pruning was a necessary part of a good
gardening education-but not knowing any
thing of causes and results they have
rather FASTENED than arrested the destruc-
ton of their trees.