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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-09
Humane Treatment Of
Cattle.

A distinct token of advancing civil
cation is the construction of patent
palace car for cattle, provided with
springs to prevent jarrirg. There
have been great Improvements made
within recent years in the methods Of
Transporting live stock, and all of them
have been profitable to cattle men. They
have not only served the ends Of hui
manity, but they have been financially
beneficial All experienced shippers
realize the great advantage of getting
stock to market with as little worry to
the animals as possible. The hard,
tiresome trips of the old sort caused
cattle and hogs to lose weight and they
were often killed by being jammed to-
gether. When the haul was very long,
the poor creatures frequently suffered
from thirst, and the harships they en-
dured we're pitiful Happily that is all
over nov, end It is greatly to the Gre
dis Of enlightened humanity that dumb
bru.ss have not been wholly kept from
the comforts Of modern travel
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-09
AS To Divine Wrath.

The immortality of Martinique was
probably no greater than that of some
of our Porto Rican cities, for example.
Undoubtedly many inhabitants of the
unfortunate island were overtaken in
their sins, but it is unwise to attribute,
as some clergymen are tempted to do,
the catastrophe to the wickedness OF
these people, for that involves the adj
mission that. many innocent persons
were punished with the guilty, and
that some very iniquitous communities
elsewhere have not been treated with
the Divine severity meted out to st
Pierre.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-09
Reported Rupture Between
Roosevelt lind Homo.
Renewed Talk Of
Hanna Candidacy.
Serious Breach.
Special Cablegram to Boletin Mercant
Serious Breach
Special Cablegram to BoIetin Mercantil

New York, June oth.-Advices from
Washington say that there are rumors
of serious breach between President
Roosevelt and Senator Hanna, and that
as a result thereof the talk of a Hanna
candidacy has been renewed with
much vigor. 1t is believed that a
serious breach has occurred between the
President and the Ohio senator, and
that the followers of both are prepar
ing for conflict which will be both long
and severe. For sometime past the
rumor had been going about, but not
until this week was there supposed tc
be any real foundation to it.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-09
The GlO|eT0 Al MQlI|Q
Capt. Russell Eighth Infantry
Among The Victims.
Twenty-eight Americans
Die In One Week
Special Cablegram to Boletin Mercantil.

New York. June oth.-Of6cial ad-
vices received by the War Department
from Manila report the death from
cholera of Capt. Russell of the Eigth
Infantry. Capt. Russell is the first
army officer who has died from the
disease. During the past week twenty
eight Americans and ten Europeans
died from the disease. The ca
sualites amongst the native population
have been much larger, the exact num-
Der being unknown.
The cholera totals to date are o35
deaths in Manila and 2.787 in the other
provinces. In all there have been six
thousand cases.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-09
San Iuan. MAY a6th. 100.

J -4'F111 @OI11j
San Juan, P. R., MAJ 20, 1902. Seal
ed proposals, in triplicate, for construct
ing Brick Garbage Crematory at San
Juan, P. R. will be received here until
II noon June 20, 1902 Information
furnished on application. U. S. reser-
YES right to accept or reject any or all
proposals. Envelopes containing pro-
posals should be endorsed Proposals
for Garbage Crematory" addressed I.
Z. Crabbs, Q. N 40
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-09
To Our Readers.

Our columns are open to correspon-
dence on everything affecting the coffee
sugar and tobacco plantation and farm.
ing generally and we cordially invite
criticism and discussion. Natural His
tory notes will also be welcomed, as
well as all news Of interest ad planters.
Communications should be to dressed
The Editor, BoLEffk MERcANrff. -
Plaza Alfonso San Iuan.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-09
V0I0uS NO|CS.

The Cuban House of Representatives
has reconsidered the bill which provided
amnesty for Americans who were un
der sentence or in iail in Cuba, and
added an amendment providing that
amnesty shall be granted to native-born
Americans only. In this form the bill
was sent to the Senate. The purpose
is to exclude from the proposed amnes-
ty those naturalized American citizens
who might be released under the bill
and continue to reside-in Cuba. The
House voted to fix the salary of the
President of the republic at SIS a
year, and that of members of Congress
at $1,000 President Pallnas message
to Congress was also read. A
scandal has arisen because the message
was Published by local paper before
it had been delivered to Congress.
The House passed a resolution that the
Trema nre publication was discourtesy,
and tie President, who is greatly irrit-
a.ed nver the occurrence, discharged
one of his aids, while a typewriter who
was employed by the President has
been taken into custody.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-09

There was meeting of the City
Council last night. Nothing was said
or done regarding the pumping station.
Another proposition on which the city
fathers have gone to sleep.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-09

It is said that the Cincinnati and
Topeka leave for Martinique this even
ing. Both boats have just completed
coaling and are prepared to 60 at a
moments netice, There are many wild
ru1nors concerning the status of affairs
at Fort-de-France, but nothing definite
has been received either officially or
otherwise.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-09
||lpO|I0n| Invention
Spanish Electrician Said To Have
Made Machine To Utilize At
mospheric Electricity.
Sefor Laviha, Inventor Practically
Unknown.
Special Cablegram to Boletin Mercantil.

New York, jane oth.-Advices re
ceived from Lcndon state that>a Spanish
electrical engineer, Sefior Lavifia very
little known outside of Spain, has per
fected 1nachine which will utilize
atmospheric electricity for many pur
poses. The invention will revolutionize
engineering in all its branches, and i!
now receiving the attention of the entire
scientific world. The name of the in
ventor had not before been made
public.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-09

All complaints that the Yoking, of
oxen over the head or skull was and is
brutal and unnecessary has as a rule
been met here by the statement that
this mode Of yoke is necessary for
pulling heavy loads up steep hills. A
visit to any of the neighboring islands
speedily shows one that this excuse IS
absolutely without foundation or reason.
In all of the English islands Porto
Rican and South American cattle are
to be found, all yoked across the neck
or shoulders. The hills which are
climbed by these animals, while not
bsing quite so long, are really much
more steep. In none of the islands to
the south can the cattle be found to
compare in strength with ours and still
they are not yokad in the same brutal
manner which we yoke our oxen. Some
law should be passed preventing all
this unnecessary brutality. 1t has been
in use 50 long that people really believe
that it originated as necessity rather
than as an abuse of a real good
method.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-09

Bishop Blenk, who has been in the
states, both on a vacation and in the
interest of the church in Porto Rico, is
expected to return to this city on
Thursday.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-09

Guayama is preparing for a fiesta
which begins this week. The town is
in gala dress, and many visitors are
arriving fromSneighboring cities.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-09
P|Ot AglllS Kitchener.
Attempt To Blow Up His Residence
Six Beers Have Been Arrested.
Special Cablegram to Boletin Mercantil.

New York, June oth.-Advices rec
eived here from London give account
of the attempt made in Pretoria on
Saturday last to blow up the home of
Lord Kitchener, and to cause the death
of the British commander. The con-
spirators were detected just as they
were about to carry their plot into ex-
ecution, and six of them have been
placed under arrest and will be brought
before a summary court for immediate
punishment The men are all Boer
fanatics, and were wanted by the Brit
ish authorities for unusual cruelties
committed during the war.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-09

There was meeting of the Cabinet
at the Palace this morning. Many i'm
portant matters were taken up during
the meeting which lasted some hours.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-09

Laws and resolutions appro,
we'd by the last session of the
Insular Legislature of Porto
Rico, bound in one volume
with the political code for sled
at the BoLET1N, price $1-25
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-09
Here ll SON JU11L.

John was off on shore leave the other
night. John is the boy that waits on
the officers mess on board the Potomac,
and he certainly is as fair specimen
of the "camp-meeting shouter" as one
can find. When the Potomac first ran
in under the hills about St. Pierre John
started in to preach and when the ashes
began to fall in steady cloud John
was preaching harder than ever. After
that every time the Potomac went any
where near St. Pierre, John was talking
heaven, and the day that the Potomac
had her narrow escape, John had his
bible out and was reading Revelations
When someone in the mess suggested
to John that on his arrival in heaven he
would be escorted up Abraham Street
and down Moses Alley, John threaten
ed dire punishment to the joker fol
" "foo1ing with things you. don know
nothin, about" John looked happy as
he walked down San Francisco Street
Every time he came 10 q saloon or cafe
John closed his eJes and walked
straight on.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-09

Cool and well ventilated rooms in
house facing Plaza Principal. Modera
tes rents. For information apply No
80 San Francisco Street.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-09

There was a tremendous explosion
from Mont Pelee at S:45 o'clock Satur,
day morning. 1t was accompanied by
an enormous column of smoke, which
rose fully three miles into the air, but
which was largely hidden from the
view of the people of Fort de France
by a heavy cumulus, and there was,
consequently, no panic there. Ap-
prehension was felt for time for the
safety of George Nennan, who, with a
land party, has been examining the
northern part of the island, but It was
learned later that Mr. Kennan and his
party were safe on a plantation at the
north end Of the island
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-09
Current News Notes,
Local And Personal.

The games scheduled for last Satur
day will be played off on Saturday
next at 2P. NJ. sharp.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-09

The many stories told of the "Jackies
that have played horse with the local
police seem to have been cast into
doubt by the unquestioned courage of
the police in handling the sailors yes
terday. There were plenty of instances
where the police were compelled to
fight the men and they did it without
f1inching. Sometimes the sailors were
even in the majority, but this made no
difference, they were kept in order just
the same. Civilian clothes didn't even
save them, for the local police appear
to be able to recognize sailor in any
garb. The many civilians arrested this
morning were disguised sailors, not
deserters, but fellows who were having
fun regardless of consequences.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-09

The water is the bay has been un-
usually low for the past week.
Yesterday trees and grass showed out
above the water almost as far out as
the Mirahores station The color of
the water was dirty yellow. Of course
many people saw VOLCANOES, tidal waves
and earthquakes coming in the distan-
ce, but The truth of the matter is that
the water has often been the same color
although not quite as low. Trees and
grass have been seen before, but not to
so great an extent as yesterday.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-08-15
Willie and the Coffee.

Every present generation Ann Ar
Dor youth and many of the "old grads
pf Michigan university know Tuttle's-
HTutts'' it is Familiarity called-the
coffee-house, tobacco shop and restau-
rant par excellence of the little col
lege town. Most everybody, too,
knows Willie the winged mercury
of the establishment. One day-so the
story ruas-some of 1.-THE fellows"
were in TUFTS for coffee They gave
their order and presently Willie shut
fled in bearing the cups. Ore of the
men noticed something amiss and re-
marked about it. why, Willie, you've
got Your finger in my coffee.
Willie looked down at the finger in
question and left it where it was.
'Oh" said he Dlandly, 1T doesn't
t1attef. It amt hot Detroit Free
fress.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-08-15
Benefits of q Calf"

Up in Harlem there is little gro.
Gerry store kept by an Irishman, whose
conversation is a constant joy to at
least one of his customers The
other day he was talking to the Gus
toner. who stood waiting while he
artistically sliced a pound of bacon
about some building operations that
were just being started in the next
block.
Yes, SIR he went on, they're 60
ing to put UP a theayter there. Good
thing for this neighborhood. And the
man that's doing it owns that vacant
lot ajoinin'. too, and when the theay-
ter's finished. he's going to build big
hotel and a calf
ga what!' asked the startled Gus
toner.
"a calf" said the little grocer
cheerfully. Fine thing for the neigh
orhood. I've always thought it was a
pity we didn't have a good restaurant
around here New York Commercial
Advertiser.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-08-15
There Ii no Milsadn.

Mr.. w. S. Gilbert was no doubt pri-
marily responsible for the belief which
is everywhere prevalent that the en-
peror of Japan is always called the
mikado by his people. Ask nine men
out Of ten what is the official title of
the ruler Of the islands of the chrysan-
themum and they will probably think
they are being made fun Of Assure
them that the question is asked in all
sober seriousness and they will give
that of the title Of Mr.. Gilbert's inn
perial opera. For all this, the nine
men out of ten would be wrong. His
majesty is known as 'tennO hei-ka,"
which means "his imperial majesty"
Thus the people of Japan address their
sovereign exactly as do the subjects
of the imperious kaiser. Mikado used
at one time to be the title, for it is the
oldest form of address in use. It has,
however, fallen into allegiance for sew
eral generations.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-08-15
GriuIStOnes.

The production of grindstones in the
United States is almost entirely from
Ohio and Michigan. The principal
grindstone district in Ohio is included
in Lorain, Cuyahoga and Summit coun-
ties, with Cleveland as center, the
largest grindstone quarries and manu-
featuring plants being within twenty
five miles of Cleveland. The quarries
in southern Ohio are along the Ohio
river west of Marietta and inland
northwest of that city. A few quarries
are in West Virginia across the river
from Marietta. The Michigan Quarries
are on the shores of Lake Huron, about
ninety miles north of Port Huron, near
Grindstone City. In South Dakota are
located the Quarries of the EdgemOnt
Stone company.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-08-15
The Story of the ,. 4.

every ticket has It's SsOi Z
man acquainted with the iJ;!y,.- ops.
and one of the sad little tales which
he told is repeated by the Philadelphia
Telegraph. 1t was a bitter cold day
and a mite of a boy, not over nine
years old, had come in, wrapped in his
overcoat. This he peeled off and de-
posted it upon the pawnbroker's coun-
ter.
"Give a dollar m quarter?' he asked
in pleading tones.
Dollar" said the money lender.
ooh, please give me a dollar n q
quarter"
Cant do it. Dollar"
The boy was almost crying, and he
begged earnestly for the sum he asked.
81 want to get my sisters coat Out"
he said as be laid down s cents as in
terest money. This proposition the
pawnbroker accepted, and the boy
went shivering into the cold with his
sisters coat.
SIS your sister going to a dance to-
night?" bystander asked him.
"NO, sir; MONS been sick. an Maggie
had to hook her coat for feed. She's
got job now, an she's got to have a
coat to go to work in. don't mind the
cold; Pm used to it."
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-08-15
Two Big Wedding Fees.

When Coils ?. Huntington was mar
ried for the second time, Henry Ward
Beecher performed the marriage cere-
mony Huntingtons first wife had
been dead less than one year, and ne
desired the second marriage to be kept
secret until his return from Europe.
He gave Mr.. Beecher a marriage fee
Of 81 100. When Huntington returned
some months later, he went through q
public ceremony, and Beecher again
oficiated. He gave Becchcr another
fee of $500. The great preacher had
his humor aroused by this second fee.
Turning to Huntington, -, said, "Col-
lis, do wish you We're MormOn"'
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-08-15
SOLD BY
PERRY & DOTY, Edgerton.
Books and BooksheIves.

Glow bookshelves, says a furniture
dealer, who is lover of books as well,
''have an origin in reason besides the
caprice of fashion. Heat is injurious
to the binding of choice books, drying
out the natural oil of the leather and
making them warp and get out Of
shape Most rooms are very warm in
the upper parts, and these five and six
foot bookcases are q necessity rather
than q notion. Cold is as hard on
books as overheating, and an atmos-
pherc that is too damp or too dry also
Injuries them. The sun pouring in di-
rectly on the shelves fades the bind
ings. You can have cheerful, sunny
library and yet keep the volumes out
of the suns full power"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-08-15
Breaking In "Chntter.v

The famous painter Fuseli had a
great contempt for chatter" One aft
ernoOn a party of friends paid a visit
to his studio, and after a few moments
spent in looking at the pictures they
seated themselves and proceeded to in
lulSe in a long and purposeless talk.
At last, in one of the slight pauses,
Fuseli said earnestly, II had pork for
dinner today"
why, my dear Mr.. FuseH," ex-
claimed one of the startled group,
what an extremely odd remark
us it?" said the painter ENORMOUSLY.
E'Why. isn't it as interesting and i'm
portant as anything that has been said
for the last hOur?'
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-08-15
The Scotch NalfDeNOX.

Englishmen are familiar with the
name "bawbee," applied to the Scotch
halfpenny, but to few does it bring the
association of baby queen and loyal
people Those who meet with the word
in their reading do not often stop to
ask how it came to be applied. 1t ap-
pears that the first attempt at the por-
traiture of the unfortunate Mary,
queen of Scots, was made in her in
fancy, and her small face was en-
graved upon the Scottish halfpennies
at the time of her coronation in 1913,
when she was but nine months old.
A number Of these small coins are still
preserved, and it will be easily under
stood how the name "bawbee," or
baby, came to be given to the coin
bearing the effigy of the baby. The
halfpenny of Scotland is still common
ly called the bawbee, although the
baby face no longer appears on it.
Pearson's.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-08-15
EyOTJ -:'1','

The ivory caryc:S q. - =. yrH,:::l;ry do
little Or nothing in ;-> -;a; Indian or
japanese manner, 10: e. they occupy
themselves with E@J,r2 vCrk. Their
chief employment IS II producing deco
rative toilet and 50. G,:!c"y articles.
The carvers O. = ".sn much the
same tools as til> r:>;'\ ers, but Of
lighter and mere c., make.
The work is CT :..... tedious and
laborious. The carving - usually done
in low relief, and the subjects are such
as are suitable to this treatment-Per-
sian designs in delicate curves, the cac-
tus, with some varieties of palms, and
hints caught from those marvelously
simple but artistic carvings of the
Alaskan Indians. The ivory is stained
slightly so as to bring out the design
and is permitted to absorb moisture,
which it readily does, in order to give
it that fresh look common in newly
manufactured articles of ivory. The
art of staining ivory is secret guard
ed we'll by the carvers.
Some idea of the cost of ivory cary
ing may be had from the fact that,
while q hand mirror framed in plain
ivory may be had for $40 or $12, a mir
ror in carved ivory may cost 500 or
more. The small articles in carved ivo-
ry cost from S. to $50, and q toilet set
in that material may bring as much as
$5OO.-New York Herald.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-08-15
An Old Custom.

Ripon, England, still maintains a
custom said to date 1000 years back.
Punctually every night at 8 o'clock the
city 'wakeman," attired in official cos
tune, appears before the mayors
house and blows three solemn notes On
the horn of Ripon," an instrument
decorated with silver badges and with
the insignia of the trading companies
Of the City Of Spurs. Thereafter he
marches to the market cross and gives
one blast on his horn.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-08-15
Half Mourning.

That's Mrs. Giltedge-Bonds, the
prominent society leader" said the
man in the crowd who knew.
whats she in half mourning for?'
inquired several voices.
Three Of her six former husbands
are Dead" said the man, whereupon
the crowd expressed great admiration
for her delicacy of feeling-Philadel.
The English Cook.
According to the Lancet, the averag sc
English cook utterly declines to
weigh materials for cooking; she will
not roast meat, but prefers to put it in
the oven. Or if as great favor she
puts it in front of the fire, she is too
lazy to haste it or to put a screen
round it."
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-08-15
One Better.

Mike-It's mesilf that wishes every
day was Saturday.
Pat-And for whoy, Mike?
''Shure, and shouldn't just take me
wages livery day."
':Begorra, wish every day was Sun
dayr'
Eye do? And for what raison:'
''Shure, and shouldn't 1 get a holt
day livery day and draw me wages the
day before? "-Exchange
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-08-15

OF Wisconsin's surface, 81 per cent.
(more than half is laid out in farms.
There are about 10000 farms in the
state, an increase of $4,000 farms in
ten years. That's developing the
country pretty rapidly!
But not all the area is improved
something over half is improved.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-08-15

"What is the matter with Bills?
''WOrrying over business affairs"
81 didn't know he had any business.
''That's it. He hasn't. Indianapolis