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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-07-18
TELEGRAMAS
POR CABLE
Los beers Sc apoderan
de un convoy
Los ingleses Sc rinden despuss de
TN sostenido fuego a7ff.
UN CORONEL PRlsIONERO
(Servicio telsgrAfico especial del Bolstiu
Mercantill

Nueva York, miercoles.-Dicen
de Cape Town al "Daily Chronicle
que anteayer cerca de Lichtenburg
SO libro un combate entire dos co
mandos beers y una secci6n inglesa
que conducia un convoy de where's
al mando de Denneson.
Los beers cercarOn completamen.
to 4 los britanicos que despues de-
un sostenido fuego tuvieron que
rendirse y dejar ell convoy en- poder
de los federales.
Ell coronel Denpeson fue hecho
prisionero & internado entire las mon
taf1as donde Sc supone tengan aque.
Hos comandos su campamento.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-07-18
AL PGblico

En- la calle de la Cruz ndmero 81 altos
[derecha ofrecemos hospedaje a nuestra
ciientela y amigos los precios sigu!entes /:
Por un dia hospedaje y comida s 0.75
Por abonos conner mensuales 4" IL OO
Por una CANA O.40
Por nm catre O20
Pupilaje por mes una persona 90 90
Bateas & la calle precios convencionales.
Propietario,
|6-1 JOSE URDINARRAIN.
Ha sido nombrado medico titular de "a
guas ell doctor Oordero.
Sc han cedido terrenos por Ell ayunta-
miento de Barranquitas, para construir una
casa escuela.
Mafiana Sc abrira la Biblioteca pablica d.
Oaguas.
Ell sefior Carlos F. Havaux, inspector d,
rentas internas Sc encuentra en- Pa.illas Ell
cumplimiento de- sus deberes.
Ell procurador general Harlan Sc encuen
ira sumamente ocupado dandole forma q va
rias solicitudes de franquicias hechas por e
abogado Dexter nombre de yarias compa
MAS tsIef6nicas.
Mejora en- la enfermedad que viene pade
ciendo desde hace alg1nos dias el Licencia'
do don Rafael Palaclos Rodriguez.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-07-18
Los diputados ingleses
no Sc avienen
Desaire al Mnistro de Ia Guerra
LO QUE PIDE LA OPOSIOION
Servicio cablegr&ico especial del Boletfu
Mercantil

Washington, microbes. - Aver
en- la Camara de los Comunes al
presentar ell Ministro de la Guerra
Mr.. Broodrick un lbill pidiendo un
credito extraordinario para mandar
ganado al Africa del Sur, las oposi-
clones todas Sc retiraron del salon
= el Ministro las increp6 duramen
te.
Sc aprob6 el bill por unanimidad
y las oposiciones Sc proponen pc.
dir Ia anulaci6n del mismo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-07-18
Tribunal de p0liCia

DISTRITO DE CATHEDRAL
Faustino Trujillo, por prov ocaci6n, me.
do dollar de multa.
Tiburcio Nieves y Carlos j. Gotay, por
hurto, condenados ser remitidoS por ruta
a sus pueblos respectivos.
Miguel Beltran '(a) Tintorera, por afro
pello y hurto, 80 dias de trabajos forzados.
DISTRITO DE SAN FRANCISCO
No hubo JUICES.
Sc encuentya en- eSta Ciudad den Fran.
cisco Salas, alcalde de Toa baja.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-07-18

NAbA MAS COM0D0 Y SENsATo QUE
lLEVAn en- el bolsillo, para la tos y resfria-
dos una cajita de las PAsTrLLAs BRON-
|Q0IALKs DE Brown. Sin rival para el
sljvio de las irritaciones de Ia garganta que
soh causadas por resfriados. m. j. o.
AVER fueron cursdos en- el Ouarto d.
e6corro tres indiYfduog.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-07-18
La prensa de Madrid
AsEGURA QUE ESPANA HA Pc
DIDO LA GARANTIA DE LA
INrEGRIDAD DE SU TE-
RRiTORIO
Interpelacion en- Las Camaras
IServicio cablegrafico especial del Boletir
MercantiD

Madrid, microbes Los period
cos imparciales y de oposicion de
esta corte insisten que es cierto que
Espafia ha pedido a las potencias
que garanticen la integridad de su
territorio.
Con este motive sc anuncia una
Interpolation al gobierno en- las dos
Camaras, dirigidas por los senorea
Silvela y Romero Robledo.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-11-13

into the club treasures every month.
In addition to that, players on league
alleys are charged fee of so cents a
night for the use of the alleys, the mon
ey going toward the expense of service
and maintenance. and there is another
large sum of money, us every alley in
Chicago is almost constantly in use.
The go public alleys in the city take
In TN average of $3.50 per day, calculat-
ed at current rates for the use Of the
alleys. In addition to these sums many
players have an Individual outfit, con-
sisting of ball, a bag in which to car
ny it and special shoes, which total
about IS in cost and last about year.
Game Ia Costly.
In private clubs the construction Of
two alleys costs about 5000, set of
pins, which last about three months
cost IS. and set of dozen balls cost
about $40. About $50 year must be,
paid for cleaning and scraping the al
leys, So month for material and So to
$40 a week for boys to set up pins, and
other employees. or course these figures
are vastly increased in public alley,
which is In use at all times and where
many more employees are required.
However, 1t is Il safe estimate that
more than 100000 year Is now spent
on bowling IN Chicago,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-11-13
GROWTH OF BOWLING
Vicious sskEh q
Half Decade Ago First League Was
Formed In chicago-Now There Are
Thirty Leagues in the City, with
Many Members.


Nothing more remarkable has occur
red in the world Of indoor sports in the
history of Chicago, says the Chronicle,
than the growth of interest in bowling.
In five years it has sprung from
sleepy, old-world pastime, in which Rip
Van Wrinkle. Joined in the Kaatskills, to
busting game in which at least 3d.
600 in this city are intensely interested
and on which thousands of dollars are
spent every day. Five years ago the
first bowling league was started in Chi
cago. To-day there are thirty leagues,
including 240 clubs, and at least fifty
independent clubs of male members
and seventy-five women's clubs which
are not affiliated with leagues or asso-
Citations. Five years ago there We're
probably half a dozen alleys in Chicago
Of regulation size and make on which
an expert bowler could exercise his
skill. To-day there are more than $50
alleys in the city, each one a dream of
perfection from n bowler's standpoint.
In 1895 there were between thirty
and forty independent bowling clubs in
Chicago. composed mostly of Germans
who had inherited love for the old
game and scattered from Ravenswood
to Roseland. The average Chicagoan
knew practically nothing about the
game and referred to it as either mine
pins" or ten pins" when he now and
then saw team of bowlers rolling the
balls. The alleys varied in length and
width. If the building was ten feet
shorter than regulation alley the
alley constructed was ten feet short.
A trio Of enthusiastic bowlers in n
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-11-13

@EW people know that in Califor-
jC MIA at all hours of the day and
night Il force of government po-
licemen is on duty, walking regular
beats In the heart of the mountain
forest as they would In populous
city, making occasional arrests and
regular reports to headquarters, quite
In the style Of the modern policeman.
In many cases these beats are SO iso.
lated and lonesome that the policeman
does not see n soul for weeks save the
men of the adjoining beats. But it is
not to preserve order that the national
government employs this force and
pays 1t, but to guard against forest
fires, which have yearly been increas-
Ing In number and destructlveness.
Millions of feet OF valuable timber are
burned every year as the result of the
carelessness of hunting parties in leav-
Ing camp fire embers behind them.
Drouth has followed drouth until the
whole Sierra Madre country seems
likely to burn up and not only is there
an Immense loss in standing timber,
but the removal of the trees allows the
springs and creeks which feed the rlv-
ers to dry up, the winter SHOWS are not
conserved for irrigation and the effect
Is felt hundreds of miles away.
The government has endeavored for
many years to control these destructive
forest fires, but during the fall of 1890
and 1900 the situation became so
alarming that 1t took up the matter
much more energetically and systemat-
ically than ever before. The ranges
are now subdiyided into smaller dis
tricts than formerly. and each district
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-11-13

Alcade was commanded to leave the
shafts; but Alcade. wise as Balaam's
ass, never stirred, for he knew that his
tail was still fast to the buggy. There.
upon my friend took the whip and ap-
Piled it smartly to Alcade's hind quar-
tiers.
Alcade, who had doubtless been nurs-
Ing his wrongs all the afternoon, and
who saw his opportunity, as the law
yers say, to show cause, retaliated by
kicking the buggy into a heap of kind
ling-wood.
My friends wife watched this per-
Torrance with interest, and when 1t
was over she turned to her husband
and said:
My dear, after this shall turn ON
the water and let 1t run as often and
as long as please"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-11-13

fesh-colored court-plaster, was given
black by the observant shopkeeper;
and he treasured up the incident, hop
Ing for an opportunity to initiate the
sharpness of the dealer.
His opportunity came. Ono evening
comely colored girl stepped into the
store where he was employed.
II wants some cou't-plaster." she
said.
What color" inquired the clerk,
with affected nonchalance.
Flesh cullah. sab"
Trembling In his shoes, and keeping
within reach of heavy pestle, the
clerk handed the young woman box
of black court-plaster. He was sur
prised at the time that the situation
afforded SO little humor. The girl
opened the box with elaboration
that was ominous, but her face was
unruftied as she noted the color of the
contents.
II CUES you mus "a misunderstood
by ordah. asked for flesh cullah.
and you done give me skin cullah,n she
said.
The drug clerk is said to be still a
little dazed, and he has firmly resolved
to subject every joke to rigid labora-
tory test hereafter before using.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-11-13

is under direct supervision of super
intendent or warden. Each warden has
under him deputy wardens or rangers,
who patrol smaller subdistricts several
times n day during the summer and
fall months and report regularly to the
warden under whom they are working
For this patrol service the govern
ment pays its men 81 day and ex-
penses. The work, aside from actual
fighting of fires, is not so very hard,
but 1t soon becomes very monotono,is,
and 1t Is sometimes very hazardous.
1t consists in patrolling Il given beat
several times a day. The patrolmen
are clothed with police power and have
orders to arrest anyone who has done
anything that would cause blaze, or
has In any way disregarded the regu-
lations of the forest reserve commits
sion.
1t Is also the rangers duty to keep a
sharp lookout for incipient blazes; 10
extinguish them, if he can, alone; and
If not, to report the fire to his superior
and the nearest known help in that
particular neighborhood.
There are various causes for the for
est fires. Some are started by accident,
some by thoughtlessness and some by
deliberate, criminal carelessness. By
FAR the most frequent cause Is the
smolderins campfire, carelessly left by
hunters and others. Recent laws make
1t misdemeanor to leave any embers
from campfire which the next rising
breeze might fan into flame. The
matter of taking timber unlawfully
from the forest reserve also comes un.
der the direct attention of the forest
rangers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-11-13

PROF. hRlrTs. vest in a plant for the
manufacture of Brltts' strange ma
chine The inventor guards his secret
with great care, but says that he will be
in position to make public demon
stration of the embarrassing ma.
chine in a short time.
in this Western country there is new
err time" said Inventor Britts, when
there is not sufficient wind to make it
possible for my device to ,acquire pow
er. 1t is different from windmill,
and is so carefully constructed that 1t
may be operated with the slightest
breeze. My invention will do away
with all other methods of generating
power. 1t is applicable to locomotives,
and will displace electricity and COM
pressed air in propelling street cars. 1t
will also be valuable for navigation
purposes, and will make coalipg sta
tons and steam power thing of his
tOryD
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-11-13

The Cerro Gordo County grand Jury
has indicted thirteen persons at its last
sitting.
Harry Allen, 0-year-old boy, acct
dentally shot 14-year-old playmate
while hunting.
The Northwestern Company has in use
new track layer that lays three miles
of track Il day.
An unknown boy was run down and
instantly killed by an Illinois Central
train near Denison.
Alexander & Alexander have built n
houseboat button factory to be operated
on the Mississippi river.
Ottumwa has Il rock pile and all city
prisoners who cannot pay their fines will
be compelled to break rock.
An unknown man was found dead in
the woods near Ireton with bullet hole
through his head. Murder is suspected.
Albert ]. Leaning, a farmer, tried to
drive across the st. Paul tracks ahead
of train at Dawson and was killed.
Walter Davis, n small boy at Ottum-
wa, while playing with rifle. accident
ally shot himself and will lose toe as
the result.
News is received of the destruction by
fire of the new German Lutheran Church
Mt Tripoli, which has been recently COM
pleted and was nearly ready for dcdica-
ton.
The insanity commission has been at
the Marshalltown Soldiers Home inves-
tigating the mental condition Of seven Of
the inmates of the Institution. All Of
them were adjudged insane and will be
taken to either Mt. Pleasant or indie
pcndencc.
The immense planning mill of Christ
Mueller 4 Son at Davenport was COM
pletely destroyed by fire, entaiing a loss
of $4,000. OH which there was an in
surance of S3S,O00.
Over three miles of paving has been
done during the present year at Daven-
port, in the building of which 100000
brick We're laid and 5000 feet of gravel
paving put in.
Garry Z. knowlton. a photographer at
Boone, has been granted patent on a
photograph print cutter, which, it is
claimed, will save about 80 per cent In
time and 80 per cent in material.
A water tube bursted on threshlng
machine and pieces of the glass struck
Albert Cutler of Armstrong in the face.
He has lost the sight of one eye and it is
feared he will lose the other.
Mrs. A. G. Linhoof of Mason City has
been indicted on the charge of murder in
the first degree. She is accused of kill
Ing Ed Bromley several weeks ago as
the result of u neighborhood quarrel.
Fire destroyed two large experimental
station barns at the Iowa State College
ut Ames, causing loss of about S13, 900,
with no insurance, In the barns was n
great deal of FLOODED stock, but through
the efforts of the students these We're all
rescued.
Letters threatening to kidnap his child
unless $4,000 is paid over to the con.
spirators have caused o. q. Keck, at
Rock Rapids, to employ Pinkerton de-
tcctive to guard the child and capture the
parties.
Warren Cannon of Des Moines, not
ed as breeder of registered cattle, has
secured eleven of the seventeen known
muley Herefords in the United States
for the purpose of establishing distinct
new breed of cattle, to be known as the
polled Herefords. Mr.. Cannon secured
two recently Mt Lexington, Ky, and one
at Pilot Knob. Ill. Mr.. Cannon has the
only two registered muley Hereford bulls
In the world,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-11-13

Iowa insurance men are estimating the
fire losses of the year at so per cent in
excess of the losses of 1900. The ex-
cessive heat and drouth of summer are
held responsible for the increase. There
have been few individual losses greater
than 100000, but the number of small
ones have been very great. Many small
towns have suffered almost complete loss
of their business sections. When fires
started in nest of frame buildings in
Iowa this year there was no rescue. 1t
is believed that the losses suffered in this
way during the past summer will result
in the passage by the coming Legislature
of the law proposed last year of author
izing an independent levy for fire protec-
ton purposes
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-11-13
HER HOUR OF TRIUMPH.

She Eejoiced Mhen the Horse Had
Kicked the Euggy to Piece,.
Some neighbors and friends of ours
had n horse called Alcade, says Horace
Nachell In his Interesting description
Of California life; and thereupon he
goes on to relate an incident in which
the horse played an important part.
Alcade was n most respectable horse,
but like all of us he had his failing;
he would flick his tail over the reius.
SO one day my friend, when about to
take his wife out for drive, tied down
Aicade's tall SO tightly and securely
that not wiggle was left in it.
Now, 1t happened that only that
morning my friends wife had turned
on the water--water, you must under
stand, Is a very precious article on a
ranch in Southern California-1s.d;-
alas! she had neglected to turn 1t Off.
So the water had flowed away; leaving
the family tank empty and cracking
beneath the ardent rays of the sun.
Conceive, IL you can, the wrath Of
husband condemned by his wife's care
lessness to pump many hundreds of
gallons of water! You may be sure
that he-ha was an Englishman-told
his unhappy wife that she had COM
mitted the objectionable sin; and she,
poor soul, approaching the-mngnitude
of her offense held her peace-which
is remarkable because she was
daughter Of the West.
Perhaps the husband was sorry that
he had spoken SO harshly, and thought
that drive behind fast trotter would
establish happier relations between the
two who should be one. Be that as it
may, after the drive was over he began
to unharness Alcade, his wife standing
by and talking to him.
The traces were unlocked, the
breeching-straps unbuckled, and then
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-11-13
4 SONG OF DUTY.

|Wnateer betide, man must toll on;
ne may not pause too long to smile;
nc must toll on with brain or Drawn,
For life is such little while.
W me JOY too strongly may beguile,
lis written, Joy must be denied;
~" -, may not pause too long to smile,
we must toll on. whate'er betide.
~ when a sorrow comes to him
man may not pause too long to weep.
Grief chastens, tasted at the brim.
1, mn pat ~ destroys when quaffed too deep
ne ne onward march we still must keep
M aowe'er the spirit may be tried,
we may not pause too long to weep,
we must toll on. whate'er bctide.
@Washington Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-11-13
BUSlNESSLlkE ePHRAlM.
There wns Not Much Romance in His
Proposal of Mnrriace

There VIVA Not Much Romance in His
Proposal of Marriage.
"No, there wasn't much romance
about Ephraim," said the postmaster,
stroking his beard thoughtfully.
Ephraim had been the great man Of
the town, and his death, the day be-
fore, had called out "reminiscences to
which the postmaster seemed anxious
to contribute. II don't s'pose if you'd
billed Ephraim or put him under the
stone-breaker you could have drawed
Il tear out of him. Never saw him
laugh. Likely enough he never kissed
his wife or one of his children.
and yet he wasn't a mean man or a
hard man. l cal'late he often laughed
and cried inside, but 'twasn't his way
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-11-13
Modern Longevity.

In the seventeenth century the aver,
age duration of life was only thirteen
years; IN the eighteenth, twenty; in the
present century it is thirty-six. This
great increase in the average length OF
human life is not, however, an indica.
ton Of an increase in the vigor and vi.
tality of the race, but it is rather due
to the fact that cholera, the black
plague and other devastating scourges
which formerly overspread whole coun,
tries at frequent intervals, sometimes
several times during a century, have
been brought more and more under con,
troll by improved public sanitation and
quarantine. The real test OF the vitality
of the race is not the average length of
human life, but the proportion of cen.
tenarians. The proportion Of persons
who have attained great age is withou,
doubt at the present time much less
than ever before in the history of the
world.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-11-13

to show it. And he was a natural born
business man, up and down. top to toe,
and that partly accounts for it, too.
Dye ever hear how he pupposed to
Aunt Eleanor, his wife? Happens
know, because she and my wife was
cousins, and the perceedin' tickled
Eleanor soft she had to tell of it.
"Ephraim wasn't ever laxative
Teller, and he didn't go round much
with TIL other young folks. Jest stay
ed home and tended to his knittin'-
work. as it ware, but he was we'll
thought of by everybody, and Eleanor
and her pa and ma always made him
welcome.
$50 he come in sort O. casual, one
p'tic'lar Sat'day night, and set around
as usual putin in word now and
then, till Eleanor's pa went out to see
to sick COW he had, and Eleanor's ma
started off up chamber somewheres.
And then Ephraim speaks up all to
once, and lie says:
"'I'd kind O like to marry YOU. Flea
nor says he.
"'Sho. says she. Would We? She
was dumfounded, and couldn't think of
anything else to say.
Yes, would, says he. He never
moved out of his chair. but lie looked
her right square in the eye. reel friend
~. I've got place O. my own, We
know,-rented, but can take it back
most any time,--and two bundled and
fifty dollars out on intrust. and enough
besides to stock the place. make We
an Offer he says, and I'll hold it open
for We till next Sat'day night
-'Eleanor was starin' mt him all the
time, mind We, with her mouth open
And before she could get any words to
put into it, It's time was gettin' along
home Ephraim says, so I'll bid We
good night, Eleanor
We'll, that was all there was to it.
First of, Eleanor was mad ut his max
in an offer so-fashion, and leavin' it
open jest sech a time, IS though he'd
been dickerin' for Il yoke of steers. But
when she come to think it over she real.
lied it was only Ephraim's way, and
she believed he liked her and she knew
she liked him, and so she took him up,
and neither of 'em ever was sorry for
it.
NO, Ephraim didn't make love ro-
mantlc-no gettin' down ON his knees
and writin poetry and sech-like doin's.
But II you ever see woman better per.
sided for and more uplifted and more
waited on by inches than Aunt Eleanor
was, ia like to have We pint her out.
ACTIONS speak lOuder'n words, they
say, and l cal'late that's true. There's
women in this town would be willin to
forget they was called angels before
they was married if they could be treat
ed like human bein's now"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-11-13
Then and Now.

New York City had at the beginning
of the Civil War a population of about
one-quarter Of what 1t is at present,
$4,000. Taxation for city purposes,
now S1OO,O0O,00O. was then $5,O0O,OOo.
The police department cost S1,6OO,OOO
and public schools $1,700,000. Some of
the items of city expenditure forty
years age We're for the Mayors office,
$4,000; the law department (Which
now costs $400,000), S6,OO0 and the
board of health (Which now costs ST.
0OO,0OW. $4,000. The fire department.,
then volunteer organization, cost S37,-
OnO
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-11-13

John Stamper, who lives seven miles
southeast of Cleartield, was terribly in-
jured by cave falling in on him. He
was tearing it down and went inside to
remove some things when it fell in, bury
ing him. The family had to call in the
neighbors to dig him ont. He was res
cued and physicians called to care for
him. His shoulder and several ribs were
broken. 1t is thought he will recover.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-11-13

and store it in such n
manner that it may be
used ut will. He main
talns that he can bride
a slight breeze or a cy-
clone and convert the
power to the use Of
man.
. M a ha capitalists
hive baen asked IN in.