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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1901-01-18
Successes de Mayaguez.
Mas detaneS.
DICE EEL DIARIO" DE PONCE

"Serian las 9 de la noche cuando
ell Jefe de Policla sef1or Aran y el ca
DO Torres so presentaron en- ell club
con 6rden del Alcalde para termirar
oil <meeting>, debido q que Sc ,asti.
maban allf la honra de personalida
des de respeto para esta .sociedad.
Muchos de los concurrentes SO
opusieron a la 6rden del .Alcalde.
En- los momentos en- que un in.
dividuo de color agarro por el cuello
al cabo Torres, recibio este un garro.
tazo en- la cabeza, una puf1alada en- la
espalda y un tirO en- una pie7na.
Ell cabo Torres Sc defendl6 con
su revolver, SO dispararon varios ii
roS 10 6 IL, y resultaron 2 paisanos
heridos.
FL cabo Torres esta sumamente
grave y ast, en- ese estadO, el Sr. F'a.
jardo, Juez Municipal, Pretandi6 fue.
So llevado al Juzgado, q 10 que Sc
opusieron tanto los medicos que 10
asisten como ell Sr de Diego Fiscal
de esta Corte:
Sc supone que acompaf1ando al
cabo Torres habfa varios policfas
pero no se sabe que fue de ellos en-
;.quellos momentos
Ell cabo de policfa herido es ell
mismo que mandaba las fuerzas de
la playa la noche de los sucesos de
IS de Agosto
Tanto la session del Ayuntamien.
to que habfa anoche, como Ia retreta,
SO disolvjeron al sonar los tiros. Hu
DO cierra puertas, grtos carreras y
hasts don Manuel Prats le alcanzo
un lef1azo que, afortunadamente, So
10 le rompi6 81 sombrero.
Hay quien dice que rara esta no
che, Sc prepara algo, pero nadie cree
en- esto'
O AS versiones NADIA dicen So
bfe que {, J J fe de Policfa fuera al
club y q q desje por la tarde estaban
= ALI, de o "a del Alcalde, ei cabo
Torres , / celador Flores, habiendo
abandonado este 81 local a las init
maciones que Sc le hicieron::
Uno de los heridos es ell moreno
Genaao Merle.
So dice que el cabo Torres ha
formulado una acusaci6n contra ell
Juez municipal senor Fajardo por
creerle responsible de los sucesos,
pues este fue quien, seg1n otros ru.
mores, orden6 los policfas que Sc
retirasen del club.
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.C0NSE,J0 EXECUTIVE.
Enero IL.

Reunido ell Conseio, Sc di6 lec-
tura al acta anterior que fue apro.
bada.
Diose lectura & las peticiones de
los Municipios de Hato grande, We.
ga baja, Caroline y Aguada, protes.
tando contra ell Bill, sobre Policfa
Insular.
Ell Alcalde de Fajardo participa
haber comisionado & Mr. Jorge Bird
para protestar contra 81 Bilf.Hollan
der. ~
Sc acord6 Ia impression de los
bills nqs II, 18, 10 = 20; = e1 psso &
10 comisf6n de reclamaciones contra
10 extinguida Diputaci6n, de 10 peti
sci6n de don r Castro Gonzales Y
otros para que SO les pague 10 que
Sc les adenda:
Sc acept6 II enmienda del conse
jero Garrison 81 Bill no { sobre el
juicio por Jurados; y qued6 entera
do la corporation de que Ell mismc
conseiero habfa recomendado & Ia
eC4mara de Delegates, retirase las
enmiendas hechas al Bill no sobre
renuncias y vacantes:
u9 I9IOO R3boO a. SO4A1VC 10
imprssos el Bill nq q presentado
por Mr. Hollander, sobre concession
dc ma cantidad para gastos de go
sbierno:
Sc ley6 'el Bill no 5, remitido
por IL C6mara de Delegates sobre
formacl6n de pianos y venta de las
tierras cedidas por el Gobierno Rs
pal1ol & l. 1sla de Puerto Rico. dem
tro de los lfmites de esta ciudad; y
.pas6 al comite respective:
Ia nbien se ley6, , pas6 al conf
te que corresponds el Bill no 30, pa
70 antorizar Ell eiercicio de Ia Ab0ga
CTS On Puerto Rico:
Sc recibieron en- 81 Cpnsejo, re !:
misidos por e CknArs, los signien
tes Bills:
No 35 Par4 proveer q Ia educa
ci6n de j6venes paertorriqns1 IS po
bre1 On LOS Estados Unidos:
No 20 Autorfzan 10 & los agri-
cu1tores para contratar empire ,titos:
Pas6 81 primero 8 1acomisi6n n de
Instrncci6n, y q segundo Ala de
Agriculture
Il Resoluci6n conlunta 70 I
sOhro concesi6n de teFFenos en- Puers
T. do Tierra, pae6 & l. comisid1 de
puaEtQ3y tierrass tb.icAs y minas :
Farticip6 + sknarA habsr reti
rado r enhlf f6ndAs1 bill aq 3. sobre
1etcu6o ~ fk6nf6ras;yqne 50.
P63Gls S$o hx6aA 30Adose1 Bill no
s6< Sohs6 - a. 3fOO0u dollars
Jss.s T. Expo-ici6n ds
4 II - I, ,.s,x. Il. = -.
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fiado a su hopor y patrtottsmo el
pueblo veneZOlanO. =

fiado q su horor y patrtottsmo eli
pueblo venezolano.
Veinte mil mansers juntamente
con veinte millones de tiros acaban
de llegar 4 Caracas, destinados Ia
reserva del Parque; y otros muchos.
eiementos de guerra con que Sc pien
sa dotar al ejercito, Ian salido va
de Europa y estan q punto de desem-
barcar en- La Guaira. Y con este, de
bemos repetirlo, no hace Castro mas
que asegurar Ia paz, Ia paz verdade-
ra en- la Republica, necesitada hoy
de ella para hacer effective su pro
greso, tangible su r;queza, flores
cientes sus industrias, acredltado su
comercio en- ell extrangero, 6 inalte.
rable, fuerte, poderosa su vida de
pueblo civilizado, laborioso, anhelan-
to de dicha y de tranquilidad pdblica.
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Seni||as re$a|adas

Mando de sobsequio.> IN paquo-
te de semillas de cualquier clase {
todos los que me envien % direction
junto con este anuneio mando por
correo libre de porte por IN peso
25 paquetes semjllas de flores 3
Is paquetes semillss verdurss g
6 batatas de dallas &
rosales.
Las 4 colecciones de flores, YER.
duras, dallas y rosales por tres pc
sOs.
Ell dinero Sc puede msndar On
un giro postal 8 en- billetes % puo.
de entregar por mi cuenta 6 loo 6rs.
De Sola, Ranirez &LCo, 18 Tetuan.
San Juan P r teniendo estos Srs.
tambien catalogos de mis semillas
para todos los que piden.
BENJAMIN DELVALLE.
IL Broadway.
A3-1 New York.
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CablegrdnaS de hoy.
SERVICI0 ESPECIAL
"La Correspondence
de Puerto Rico
NEW YORK ENERO l8-l90l.
(Recibido a la l P. NJ
Paris l8.
NEW YORK ENERO l8-l9Ol.

Las noticias telegraficas que
llegan de Pretoria, ex-capital del
Transvaal, confrman los rumores
que circulaban dltimamente, de que
los ingleses que habitaban por los
contornos de la citada ciudad, Sc re.
concentran en- ella, temerosos de los
acontecimientos que SO vienen desa
rrollando en- el pats, donde no en-
cdentran seguridades personales.
Los esfuerzos que ha venido ha
ciendo hasta ahora ell general1simo
de las tropas iDglesas en- Ell Trans
vaal, Lord Kitchener, para hsllar
alguna base en- que apoyar los pre-
liminares de paz con los Beers, han
resultado est6riles, y deben conside.
rarse completamente fracasados.
Un commando Boer, compuesto
de trescientos hombres, entrarOn en-
la poblaci6n de Aberdeen, 10 sa1uea
ron, y al llegar refuerzos ingleses
enviados en- su socorro, Sc retira
ron.
En- las cercaDfas de Vantonde-
shock, SIC ha librado una batalfa en- !
tire ingleses y beers, en- Ia que tn
vieron grandes p6rdidas eatos dlti I,
mos No sc detalla 81 ntmero de-
muertos y heridos que tuvieron am
bos ejercitos.
Sc confrma la noticia de aae
Ceyl6D, uno de los jefes Boef6 a.
mas activi1ad On ID campalIa, qde:
5habfa sido hecho prisionaro por los
ingleses, Go ha escapado q 6ingresado|
de nuev0 en- las filas az los con s.
tiantes
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OJO.
Taller de herrerlal carpinterla.
Sc hierran caballos y Sc hace
toda clase de trabajos del ramo. Ma
rina, Gale del Presidio Capital.
LORENZO GARCIA , Co.
S al

and Beers, the latter suffering
heavy losses. No report received
of dead and wounded of either for
ceS.
The report of Ceylon's escape,
one of the most active chief in the
campaign against England, is con-
frmed and he is again in the tiles
Of combatants.
The English warship Sbille
was wrecked 200 miles off Cape
Town and is landing her crew at
Lambersbay. No casualties in her
distress.
We learn from South Africa
that beers numbering more than
5000 are concentrating at Carolina.
No intelligence is given with re-
gard to the route they are going
to pursue.
Official information receiyM at
Washington report the surrend der of
the Filipino General DelgaA0 to
the American army. The surren-
der of this renown chief Of insur-
gents is considered transcendental.
A hurricane is reported having
swept the Suez canal. No inforpa-
ton received of casualties and ia
maOaS accustomed
The ex Secretary of War Mr..
Alger is seriously i'll. s
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NOTICIAS.

Ell active cabo de policfa Anto.
nio Vasquez, condujo anoche y de-.
p6sito municipal los individos
Herm6genes Estrella, Gregorio Pc.
rez, Asunci6n Garrislo, Panlito
Vasquez, JOSE AloAsar, Alfredo Du.
ran y Jose Rodriguez, que se halla'
ban durmiendo en varias cuevas &
orillas del mai, sier do. ndividuos de
malos antecedentes.
La policfa del poblado de Csta.
no & denunciado { los individuos.
Pedro Aguilera, Ricardo Umpierre,
Dolores Aguayo y Rosario Unpie. !.
rre por haber promovido nm gran
'esc4ndalo, faltando u respstosa los
guardias que intervinieron On u
question.
Sc trata de fundar en- esta ca.
pital uua sociedAd para el serVici0
de asientos todas las noehes en- q
plaza de armas, y eu otros siti0s
sdonde se efectuen pect4culos pl
blicos. In tariffs ser4 la siguiente:
:Las noches de retretA I sill6n Con.
tavos y silla centavos; las no.
.ches On que no hallA retretA sIlI6n'
8 centavos y silla 2 sentAvos. E1as
bra sillonas confdentes para dos;
.personas Dor valor de s; centag0s.
El mobilisrio ser& e1egAnte y nuevo.
aEst4 de enhorabue u nuestra socie !
dad
A HI +. Ba1ier, de Ponce,
e IL sida nelso pr e psszp s.
h Dss. Ss,an a4}1Af11fIne y1dS1s sleaaaY
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ia de Carload solicitAudo 10 sproba.
ci6n del Bill no Is.
Pas6 & la comisi6n de Leyes en-
roladas y copiadas, el bill nQ 3 So
bre corporaclones extranjeras.
El Presidente de dicha comisi6n,
inform6 favorablemente, CON enmien
das, 9. bill no IL, sobre educacioues
de j6venes puertorriquenos.
El Bill no IL sobre orgsaisaoi6n
de la Junta Insular de Carload, obtu
vo pr6rroga para ser informado por
ell conseiero Sr. Hollander.
Y se suspendi6 Ia session.
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Fiesta en- el Fashion Bar .

Fiesta en- Ell ''FaShion Bar
'.,rhe Fashion Bar invita- con
81 mayor respeto 81 pd5lico de San
Juan para un obsequio ell ls4hado por
In .noche, cOnsistente en- unA gran
retreta por la nueva banda de la Gin !
dad dirigida por don Manuel Tizol.
Tambi4n teudr4 el ptblico Ia
oportunidad de DIR alguna mtsica
selegante suministrada por uno de
los mejorea fon6grafos existentes.
Habra tambien preciosas vistas, mas
de ], 900 que dar6 4 conocer el Auto
steroscopo. Vengan pues todo ell
mundo y no le pesara 81 viaje.
d-2-1
Cablegramas de Londres anun
clan que han partido de Loushamp
tow 9, 500 hombres de cabAllerfa,
completamente equipados, muchos
.caballos y dos baterfas de artillerfa,
con rumbo 81 sur de Africa.
Acusamos recibo de Ia sMemo,
ria1 que nos dirige ell administrator
de Ia compaflfa An6nima de Luz
Electrica de Ponce, cuyo documento
fu4 presenta1o Ia Junta General
de- accionistas celebrade reciente.
'mente on aquella ciudad. Muy agra
decides.
JOSE MENDIN
Almacenista de Ladrillos
Cal. Ventas al contado = 8 plazos,
oonstante existencia, Deposito y es
critorio Playa De los 1adrillos Mari
ma San Juan Puerto Rico. A P
El lunes pr6ximo saldra para
los Estados Unidos el vapor sSan
Juan. recogiendo el mismo dfa & las
doce 10 correspondencia postal.
En- Hato Grande se hallan va
cantes la plaza de practicante vacu.
nador, con Is dollars mensuales y
dos guardla mnnicipales con Is do
liars cada uno.
Ha fallecido aver en- esta Capt.
tai Ia estimable sef1ora dona Carroll
ma Andino viuda de O'Neill. Su en-
tierro tendr& efecto hoy & las de
la tarde Reciban sus deudos el tes.
timonio de nuestra condolencia.
Ha sido nuevamente denuncia
una casa de don Pedro Gambia, 81
tuada en- 10 Gale de San Agustfn, en-
Puerta de TERRA, por tener Ia letri.
No en- pesimas condolences.
I'm muchacho de nombre Ma
nuel Fernandez ~ Sierra, que vive
en- Puerta de TERRA, 90 rob6 aver
medic sAoo de cAfb6n del TerrApl4n
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Ha fallecido en- Barcelona ell 81
del lpasado Diciembre Don Francisco
PrAts, socio de la Compafiia de va
pores catalina, y otros de Ia az6n
social F. Prats y Ca
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Sres. Dooley Smith g. Co.

- Ha sido declarado con lugar el
Fecurso de casaci6n iuterpuesto por
la representation de Don Tomas
Gsrrosi y Pietri, contra la sentencia
promulgada por el Tribunal de Dis
trito' de Ponce, Ia cual queda anula'
da.
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a ar
El vapor de guerra ingl6s <Sy-
bile, que naufrag6 a doscientas mi
las norte de Cape Town, esta de-:
sembarcando su dotacion de mari.
neros en- Lambersbay No ha su.
frido desgracias personales en- el ST.
niestro
Comunican de Africa del Sur,
que en Carolina Sc estan concen.
trando las tropAs Beers, pasando
"a de tres mil hombres los que es
tan raQnidos' Sc ignora el rumbo
que tomaran esas fu6rZAs.
New York 18.
Por informes oficiales recibidos
de Washington, Sc tieneu noticias
de que ell general insurecto Delgado
que operaba en- las cercani Is de Ma.
Mia, Sc ha entregado a las tropas
americanas.
La entrega y sometimiento de
este cabecilla prestigioso entire los
flipinos insurgentes, SO considera
de mucha trascend encia.
Un furioso hurac4n ha barrido
elcanal de Suez. No se conocen
aun los detafles de las desgracias y
perdidas que haya podido ocasionar.
El ex Secretario de Ia Guerra
Mr. Alger SO encuentra gravemente
enfermo.
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~ ttfI nasha decsty
arss Dc GANG IS Los los
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IN ast imp. en = % vendo n.
.pea % pors6dicos s d 80 el quintS
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De vents en- 81 Establecimiento d )
DON Jos6 Soliveras. CalIe ae Il La
na No. 30. A-4S-i.
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JOSE MENDIN

Almacenista de Ladrillos y
Cal. Ventas al contado = s plazos,
oonstante existencia, Deposito y es
critorio Playa De los ladrillos Mari
ma San Juan Puerto Rico. A P
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En- Hato Grande se hallan va
cantes la plaza de practicante vacu.
nador, con Is dollars mensuales y
dos guardla municipales con 16 do
liars cada mo.
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El lunes pr6ximo saldra para
los Estados Unidos el vapor eSan
Juan, recogiendo ell mismo dfa las
doce Ia correspondencia postal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-27
STUCK ON OUR GOODS
People in the Vicinity of Harput,
Turkish Asia, Want Our
Manufactures.

Washington, Dec. 27.-The state de-
partment has made public extracts
from the first annual report of United
States Consul Norton, at Harput. Tur-
key. Norton had difficulty in securing
his exequatur from turkey, that gov
ernment declining at first to grant the
necessary authorization on the ground
that there was no commerce at Har-
put to warrant IL. He says that the
two vilayetS of Mamouret-ul-AziZ and
Diarbekir compose the consular dis
trict, and that during 1900 the trade
aggregated something over $1,000, COO.
evenly divided between exports ana
imports. There is much to favor the
growth of commercial ties between
Asiatic Turkey and the United States.
says Norton. The American educa-
tional effort at Harput of half n CEN
tury has had widespread influence. and
led to admiration for all that bears the
stamp of American make.
The region thus Is IN Il partIcmarIy
receptive mood for American CONNER
cial enterprise. The establishment of
the consulate in January last, il is
stated. was followed by prompt efforts
to open direct trade relations with the
United States. Turkish farmers, he
says, await with eagernesS to see the
workings of reapers which have been
ordered from America, each of which
is expected TO perform in n day what
eighty men now accomplish with eX-
isting facilities. Within fifteen months
no less that 332 American sewing ma
chimes have been disposed of in Nor
tons district, and have driven from
the markets completely the English
and German machines hitherto in
vogue.
In even less time seventy American
life insurance policies have been is
sued. with prospects of many more.
As TO bicycles. the consul says that
the one used by him personally was
the pioneer in the harput district, and
that las result of the appearance of
this wheel in and about the cities of
Mezreh and Harput n demand has
sprung up for bicycles" Summing up
Norton SAYS the conditions which are
favorable to the gradual building up of
n reliable market Tor United States
products in the Harput district are the
Increasing dissatisfaction with the
cheap products of Germany, Austria
and even England; the great confidence
in United States integrity and in the
quality of American wares; the large
emigration from the Harput district 10
the United States (the many returned
emigrants bringing back Il taste for
American commodities, and the fact
that no European house or agency has
been established there.
Live American traders he says IN
conclusion. "hayc an exceptional OPP
portunity now to establish themselves
i'm this region and gain such Il foot
hold that serious competition in the fu-
ture will become matter of extreme
difficulty"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-27
THE LIKELY PLAN
Arbitration as 1t Will be Adopted
by the Pan-American
Congress.
ALL TO JOIN THE HAGUE COMPACT
With n Supplemental Treaty for Sign
ers--Status ofthe Colombia-
Venezuela Affair.

City OF Mexico, Dec. 27.-Yesterday
substantial agreement on the sub
tect of arbitration was practically
reached by the several delegations TO
the Pan-American conference Con-
trary to what had been anticipated, it
is almost sure that the agreement is
unanimous, including even Argentina.
who, it was thought, would refuse 10
sign any but a compulsory scheme OF
arbitration. The basis OF agreement
is simply The Hague convention. All
the nations represented at the confer
ence In Mexico will become parties to
The Hague convention. They might
join 1t independently. but as the Unit
ed States and Mexico are already
members of The Hague convention it
has been concluded that they shall
have the honor of introducing the other
nations.
VIII Have a Little One of Their Own.
In addition the nations to the con-
ference other than the United States,
Chilli, Colombia. Ecuador, Nicaragua.
and perhaps one or two others, Will
sign Among themselves a scheme OF
compulsory arbitration. but stin ac-
cepting The Hague tribunal and The
Hague procedure. This compulsory
plan, however. will have effect only
among the signatory nations. and will
not have the official sanction of the
Pan-American conference.
says the Conference VIII Succeed.
a sentiment is growing up in favor
of fixing Jan. > as the definite date for
the closing of the conference. Hon.
NOlney Foster. of Chicago. one of the
United States delegates. takes hope
full view of the result of the conven-
tiOn's work, declaring he believes that
the congress will be n success. and
that it will achieve what it set out to
do under its programme. The matters
before the various committees are be
ing carefully studied, and Foster re-
CARDS the general programme laid out
for the congress as sure to be carried
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-27
YOUR CHOICE OF RICHNESS
IsIands Contain Them AlI-PIans of Dorm
and Haag.


uaag asserts there are rich deposits
OF copper. gold, silver, coal and almost
every known mineral on these islands,
which are mythical so far as the gen
eral public is concerned. On his re-
turn to the United States he set about
interesting mOneyed men in his diScOv
cries. He was interrupted in this
work hy Il commission to go to South
American on Il mining venture. No
sooner had he returned to the United
States than lie WAS called to Abyssin-
ia in behalf of European capital, where
he was engaged until recently. While
Haag has been busy in Antwerp Dorm
has been engaged in perfecting the
plans Of the expedition which will start
from the United States.
This was no small task. as men with
money had to be Interested. and then
came the difficulty of selecting 300
men out of the thousands who applied
foT an opportunity to sail to the I'M
known gold fields. Detroit and New
York men have guaranteed 100000
for the venture and it was expected
everything would be in readiness by
Dec. l, but an Unforeseen delay oc-
Cured. Ii seems that Frenchmen as
well as Englishmen have been anxious
they have stood in the way of each
other. Germany is also aware of the
value of the land. 1t has been part
of Mr.. Hangs duty while in Europe
to get in communication with German
diplomats DIR. Dorm asserts this has
been done. and assurances have been
given that there will be no nterfer-
ence from that quarter If Il party of
Americans see fit to purchase the prop
erty.
Haag will sail from Antwerp within
Il fortnight and come direct to Chi
cago. where he will meet small party
which will go in advance to the isl
andS. The LIST OF February the entire
party, 300 strong. with farming and
mining implements. and some manu-
featuring apparatus. will sail from San
Francisco. While it is not anticipated
there will he any fighting, the men
who have signed to 20 have accepted
risks of that kind. and arms Will he
carried to maintain such rights as
may be purchased from the natives.
Dr. Dorm inSinuated there would be
several large guns taken and that pos
sihly some Notifications would he
erected at the settlement. so as to be
ready in case of emergency. Hum
dreds of Chicagoans, as we'll as men
from as far away as Alaska, have APP
piled for permission to join the outfit,
but they have been refused. The men
have been selected largely from New
York and the eastern states.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-27
A chinese strataeenn.


R2jah Suran, who was one OF the
earliest rulers of India, overran the
entire east with the exception of Chi
na, killed innumerable sultans with his
own hand and married all their daugh-
tiers. 1t is said that when the Chinese
heard of his triumphant progress and
learned that he had reached their
frontier they became much alarmed.
The emperor called a council of his
generals and mandarins, and upon the
advice of a crafty old mandarin the
following strategem was carried out:
a large ship was loaded with rusty
nails, trees were planted on the deck.
the vessel was manned by a numerous
crew OF old men and dispatched to the
rajah's capital. When it arrived-the
most wonderful part of the story is
that it did arrive-the rajah sent an
officer to ask how long it had taken the
vessel to make the trip from China.
The Cinnamon answered that they had
all been young men when they set sail
and that on the voyage they had plant
ed the seeds from which the great trees
had grown. In confederation of thei-
story they pointed to the rusty nails
which, they said, had been stout iron
bars as thick as a mans arm when
they started. You can see," they con-
cluded, that China must be a very
long distance away"
The rajah was so much impressed
by these plausible arguments that he
concluded he would not live long
enough to reach China and abandoned
his projected invasion.