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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-02
No ROYAL ROAD TO SPELLING.

Now comes an allesedly up-to-date pro-
fossor who moves for a national language
for America-not volapuk, or any sort
of phonetics. but just an Improvement
on the good old English language. the
professor says. The main advantage of
the new system. according to its author,
| is the alleged fact that 1t will make spell
ing so much easier than 1t is now. We
, are not fully informed as to the pro-
posed language. but we are satisfied tina:
the professor aforesaid is mistaken as to
rendering easy the learning to spell. ~:
There is no royal read to- spelling. any
more than there is to learning in gene
raj. To learn to spell we'll means hard
| work and plenty of 1t. Various and sun
dry efforts have been made of late years,
to render the learning to spell easy, but
they have all resulted disastrously. The
products of the public schools to-day
speaking of them the country over
--i:encraly. not loca1ly-are many
bad spoilers. There can hardly
BE an Improvement on the old style
Of acquiring the spelling art which was
by di!igent exercise Of the memory and
the sooner a return is made to it the bets
ter it will be for all concerned. as
The Church of the Transfigura ton on
east Iwenty-ninth street. New York, near
Fifth avenue, which is better known ae
, the Little Church Around the Corner
and which for years has been New Eorks
Gretna Green. has renowned its tradi-
lions. and announces that 1t viii no more
be the haven for clipping couples. We
learn from the Tribune that Rev DR..
George c. Houghton. Its rector. in the
last number of the churchs monthly pub
LEGATION. THE Kalendar,'' makes the
statement that his parish work Is So
| heavy he will have no more time to de-
vote to the uniting Of people who are not
Of his own parish. or who are In too big
hurry to come to him decently and in
order. with proper credentials.
==-------
T. Thomas Fortune. the negro editor.
until recently of New York, has been
missioner to the Philippines at salary
OF s5,WoE q year. it seems. and
the negroes of New Jersey are
up in arms against the appoint
ment. asserting that Fortune only
recently moved to Red Bank In their
State. and evidently now in order to re-
ceive the commission aforesaid They
protest against his appointments being
credited to New Jersey darkeydom, and
probably the end is not yet, - between
sehsnn ana thaft filAad To6ts s e
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ADvFaTIs5NG RATES ON APPLICATION.
ADDRESS all communications Inc rs
patch Company Richmond, Va.
Rct>cted manuscripts will not ne
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-02
statesman lawyer! Who weighs theaf1eay-
Ter in the scales Of public astima ton 6? q
Charlotte ObserVer. -.

IS ~ = : i
Palma is face to face with such crisis
as George Washington was in the infancy
of this country, when the whiskey insur-
recticn broke out in Pennsylvania. Let
US hope that he will come out or the
ordeal as succ< ssful as did Washing
ton.-New Orleans Times-Democrat.
.Sss.tt ~ tf~-sAs
Even our incongruous and illogical sys-5
TEN of orthogra ply should receive more
attention than it does. If we tend 70
adhere to it we should INSIST That II De
learned at school, and that those VINO go
out into the world as educated men ana
women should -.now how to SPELL Iney
lack very much of 1t at present.-Mont-
gomery Advertiser.
The Forthcoming session of Congress.
which oonvenes Monday. promises to &C.
ve!op more than usual interest, in that
number Of highly important measures are
to be-. disposed sof. and there exists the
possibility that Republican:sm may make
that fatal mistake for which Democracy
has been waiting.-Atlanta News.
John Shelton Williams. the president OF
the Scahoard Airline railway. frankly
says: las one identified with trust COM
pany and banking interests, and as char
man of the trust company section OF the
American Bankers Association. say to
you that the power of money ought to be
restrained and the power of corporations
controlled. Augusta Chronicle.
Senator Hale says there is to be no
tariff reform. There are people who are
still saying that the earth does not re-
volve.-Louisvlne Courier-Journal.
Our government has been held up by
Colombia about as long as is consistent
with either patience or decency.-Atlanta
Journal.
Leadership in politics will in the future
depend on reading the signs OF the times
correctly and upon understanding what
S Ill the popular mind. and not upon
filing that mind with the ideas of a so
called great man. The great man In poll
tics will be more of a m nd-reader t.ian
anything else. He need not burden him
self with the task of doing the thinking
FOR seventy millions of peop!e.-Memphis
CoTnmt rcia l-Appeal.
Silver having been denonetized and put
upon the basis of a mere metallic corn
modify takes Its chances as such. and
the price will always under such cond.-
tons, be subject to the limited demand for
t so created.-Atlanta Constitution.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-02
SOUTHERN SENTIMENT.

Comment. OF the Pres. ON Variety
of Topics.
This isss:. goo !, -c!s.. c,Ss.&f At The
peace Of the South Z astsrf'ay the suit
Il Virgin. a to- annuiAth the suir,...e :estt.G-5
ton was dismissed. Raleigh News and
,o..Nr' Z.
Baer vs. AfacVeag 81! Selfish. self-con-t
Aaanase TO-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-02

1t begins to look as if by way of vari
ETY. the oyster question will come befor,
the Virginia Legislature.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-02

Senator Hale says there is to be no
tariff reform. There are people who arc
still saying that the earth does not re-
volve-Louisvlle Courier-Journal.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-02

Letters recommending candidates Tor
Office. and resolutions OF respect 'nsel''>o
only as paid matter.
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Those wishing the paper can order !, ~
ttan, hone or nos,al card. Complaints OF
delivery. NAV be madegthe same way.
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,-ry SUBSCRIPTIONS.

THE DAILY. DISPATCH delivered to
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a. 50 cents per month. Tay7!,le no nc car :
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1t begins to look as if by way of vari
ETY. the oyster question will come befor,
the Virginia Legislature.
The Washington correspondents inform
us that the trusts will probably furnish
the prin :ipal subject of discussion at
this session of Congress. discussion" is
good, ana about all OF it. Let the Demo
Gratis beware of ''gift-bearing Greeks"
and not be entrapped into any entargle-
ment that will take the trust question on :
of the arena of public discussion
Last weeks Mississippi lynching was
very tame affair. They simply swung the
man from the limb OF tree and the cor
oner did the rest"
Pretty much the same with the last In
diana lynching.
Referring to the fight on the Virginia
Constitution. the Baltimore American re-
marks:
There may have been errors in thu
methods employed by the contestants
of the law in the court at Richmond
but these cannot stand in the way o.
bringing the matter, sooner or later.
before the highest court of the lano
in such shape that a decision can be
rendered on the constitutienalty OF such
enactlnents. s.;
The sooner the better. Virginia does
not fear to meet the issue. .- 80
It is the girl behinc the gun now If
Germany. the business of Krupp. thc
gun-maker, having descended to his
daughter. 1t will be interesting to see how
she comes up to the requirements.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-02

Our government has been held up by
Colombia about as long as is consisten It
with either patience or decency.-Atlanta
Journal
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-02

TELEPHONES.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-02

Referring to the fight on the Virginia
Constitution. the. Baltimore American re-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-02

Last weeks Mississippi lyncting was
very tame affair. They simply swung the
mnn from the limb OF tree and the cor
oner did the rest
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-15

There is wide range in the price
for which the fruiterer will put up a
steamship basket" He can easily
make it cost $40 Or $50. Strangely
enough, the fruits which go to make up
the most expensive baskets are not the
imported, but the domestic varieties out
of season. Peaches at ST each and
plums at so cents, in the middle of
winter, are more expensive than almost
any of the tropical varieties brought
from the Indies by steamer, Most OF
the hothouse fruit for the local market
is raised in New Jersey: but the supply
is always small, and the growers have
to rely chiefly On special orders from
the dealers, for there is too much un-
certainty in depending upon their sale
from fruit shops.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-15
The El[d Minister % Qlll.

In casting about for a suitable man
to be appointed as United States envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipoten-
tiary to the republic of Cuba, an office
shortly to be created by act Of congress,
President Roosevelt should not over
look Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. OF all men
available none other is so enlinently
qualified, nor would the selection of any
other give such general satisfaction to
the people to whom the hew minister
is to be accredited.
Should he be returned to post OF
greater Importance at Havana than he
occupied before. he would be vel
coined by the Cubans and their indie
pendent government as would no other
man. Their trust and confidence in
him remains 1lnshaken, he speaks the
Spanish tongue; he is trained in the
ways necessary for successful dealing
with the Cubans; his devotion to the in
terests of this country is unimpeaohable
and he is prominently equipped for
the place. The fact that he is a retired
army officer cannot operate as bar to
his selection, as there is no law which
prevents retired officer in the army
from holding civil position. On the
other hand, his Sc ection would be an
additional reward for the inesti1nably
valuable service he rendered the cou1l.
try before, during and since the Span.
ish war in both civil and military
capacities.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-15

In the holidays one heard much about
the gifts distributed in some of the
great banking and express Offices among
the salaried men whose devotion and
abilities had been of value There is
la good deal of this sort of generosity
in New York In some offices, especially
some newspaper Offices, it amounts to
a paternalism which may or may not
be in the long run beneficial, and may
be a compliment only in an oblique
fashion. There are offices where, if a
mans eyesight fails of service, or his
n erves give out or he is developing
signs of pulmonary trouble, orders
Immediately issue from the private
room of the chief that the man who is
breaking down shall at once be taken
to Lakewood, or to Old Point, or to
Asheville, and the best medical atten-
dance be provided, and till recovery is
complete the office pays the bills. and
not only the bills but the work-a-day
salary Of the patient. There have been
men who got $4,000 each Christmas
from appreciative employers, and others
have had gifts of steam yachts. This
seems magnificent. 1t is magnificent.
But When carried on rs custom, it is
and paternalism means
usually "a strict and intimate supervi-I
sion. of the business and social concerns
Of the receivers of the gifts, a supers
vision that they themselves are assumed
to be incapable of exercising.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-15

The Pope has published a long
Iencyclical letter the tone of which sag
gests testamentary recommendations
The Pope oeplores the renewed attacks
on the Church, and the recent errors
of humanity. Unjust wars, tie eney-
clical says, are being waged by strong
nations against weak and feeble peo-
pies. There are exag5 5eratsd arm
ments among great nations, the efects
of which are even more disastrous than
war. All these things have created
worldwide disq 1ietude. Unceasing
troubles and misery have provoked the
people to anarchism, which henceforth
promises to constitute a formidable
league against E1nperors, Kings, and
Presidents of Ill Governments. These
Governments must adopt decisive mea-
sures for the defence OF gen inc liberty
and mast enforce the teaching of re-
igion
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-15
HOUSE T0EGS UD ouDln Question
Believed That Final Action Will
Occur This Week.
Twenty-Five Per Cent
Reduction Probable.
Special Cablegram to. Boetn Mercantil

New York, April l5th,-Advices re.
.ceived in this city from Washington
declare that the lower House of Con.
.gress has resumed the discussion of the
Cuban reciprocity question. Several
members of the New York Chamber OF
Commerce this morning addressed the
Committee On Ways and Means, and
the committee has reported back &c
Congress with recommendation for a
twenty-five per cent, reduction in the
Cuban tariff schedule. 1t is confidently
believed that final action will be had
on the Cuban matter before the end OF
the present week.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-15
EN- perature for the week was a6o a

temperature for the week was o6o at
Cayey; the lowest, so at Cayey.
Crops.-Except where heavy showers
fell during the week rain is badly need
ed for all cIops. Where practicable,
field work has been active but in many
localities planting is retarded on &C
count of the dry condition of the ground.
Tobacco has commenced to suffer, and
a good rain is necessary to save the
late crop in some places; cutting con
tinues with good results. Cured tobac-
co is said to be too dry to prepare for
the market. Fruits are in good condi-
ton and a few oranges have appeared
in the market Sugar making has
continued with satisfactory results
Pastures are becoming very dry and
there is much suffering among the cat
tie in CONSEQUENCE. In two localities ii
is reported that cattle are dying from
the effect of the drought and from
fever.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-15

The Commissioner off Education re.
ceived word yesterday of the death of
James Laza at Huntington, Pa. Young
Laza who was nineteen years of age
was one of the Porto Rican boys study
ing in the States at the expense of the
island. He was a very weak young
man, and suffered from rheumatism OF
the heart. The boys father resides in
this city. Immediately after receipt OF
this information, DR.. Lindsay cabled to
the school directors at Huntington to
have the boy buried with the rites OF
the Roman Catholic Church. 1t is the
wish of the boys parents that he be
buried in the States.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-15
ADVERTISEMENT.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

Office of the Bureau of Public Works.
San Juan, P r. March 10Th, 1902.
Sealed proposals, in duplicate, for
furnishing all labor and material nece:-
sary for the construction of a section of
road between Yabucoa and Maunabo,
will be received at this office until 10
A. NJ. April 10th, 1902, and then public
ly opened.
Specifications, blank forms and all
available information will be furnished
on application.
The right to reject any or bids is re-
served.
By direction Of the Commissioner of
the Interior.
A. STERILE.
Sup. of Public Works.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-15
New York Market To-day.
To Whom 1t May Concern.

This is to notify all whom. it may
concern hat George ". Fishback has
made application to the Executive
Coancil for the grant of a franchise to
erect, manage and maintain a telegraph
system in the Island of Porto Rico.
All those sho have objections to the
granting of the same shall on or before
the 2Ist day of April 1902 at 10 o'clock
"A. M. file their exceptions with the
Preside of the Committee en- Fran
chises at the office of the Attorney Ge-
neral in San Juan, aud that on s1ch
day, or as soon thereafter as may be
convenient to said Committee, argument
will heard in the case. D. 2I.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-15
British Government
70 Levy Dulles.
To Pay the Boer War EXpendit-
ureS.
A Duty On Flour and Grain.
Special Cablegram to Boletin Mercantil

New York, April I5th.-Cable advi-
ces received from London state that the
British Cabinet is making efforts to
procure the passage in both houses of
Parliament of i special duty On all
-four and grain imported into Great
Britain.
The object of this special tax is to
meet the Boer War expenditures which
have been very heavy during the last
month. There is much opposition tc
the measure, and it is not believed that
it will pass without strenuous opposition
from both the press, and members Of
the House of Commons. British mer
chants have combined to fight the
measure
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-15
SalaIe AISO Works
0D CID0D Question
WillAgree ToMake A Twenty-Five
Per Cent. Reduction.
Fight About Over.
Special Cablegram to Boletin Mercantit

New York, April I5th.-Further-ad-
vices from Washington state that the
Senate IS also engaged in consider.
ing Of the Cuban question, and that
the members of that body are now anx-
ious to dispose of the matter, and are
awaiting the final action of the lower
House. 1t is agreed by the majority
that twenty five per cent. reduction
will be made by the Senate in conjunc-
ton with the 10 er House, and that no
further relief will be given A vote is
expected before the end of the week.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-15
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 IS all news Of interest ad planters.
Communications should be to dressed.
The Editor, BoLETIN NTERcANrI1, 20
Plaza Alfonso, San iran,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-15
ADVERTISEMENT.
DEPARTMENT Or THE INTERIOR
OF PORTO RICO.
Office of the Bureau Of Pubic Work

Office of the Bureau of Public Works
San Juan, April s, 1902.
Sealed proposals, in duplicate, for
furnishing labor and material necessary
for the construction, ia two separate
sections. of the road between san Sc
bastlan and LaTes, will be received at
this Office until 10 A NJ, April %, 1902
and then publicly opened.
Specifications, blank forms and all
available information will be furnished
on application.
The righs to reject any or all bids,
which can be made for one or both sec
tions, is reserved.
By direction of the Commissioner Of
the Interior,
A. STERILE, /.
Superintendent of Pnblic Works.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-15
V0IiOHS NdGS.

The New York State Board of Tax
Commissioners has fixed the valuations
of special franchises operated in that city
for the current tax year, under tha
special Franchise Tax Act The aggre.
gate amount is $22o62oI55, as compar-
ed with S2lo 3oo,93I in 1901
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-15

His face was very white and tired
and the deed lines in it showed plainly
that he was either in the clutch of a
new illness or was. only just recovering
from an old one. He had found seat
in a corner of one of the cars on the
Sixth Avenre elevated, road and he sat
huddled deep in his over-coat. A
woman with baby and child five or
six years old entered the car. No one
offered them seat the sick man look
ed at the woman and the babies, and il
was evident he was engaged in a great
wrestling match With his sense of cour-
tesy. Presently his sense of courtesy
won. He was weak in the knees, and
to attract the wQ;nan's attention cost
him an effort The woman scarcely
acknowledged his act, but perhaps he
did not observe that. She took the
baby in her lap and the child leaned
against her knees. The man hung
limp from an opposite strap At Fit
tieth Street passenger lett, the seat
next to the woman and two babies. The
sick man started for it { ,iously, but
before he had reached i the woman
had lifted the child that Lad been lean
ing against her knee into he seat. The
sick man groped feebly for his strap.
Then the seat next to the older child
became vacant. Again the man started
for it, but he was weaker in the knees
now, and before he had really obtained
his balance the baby was occupying the
seat.
An overgrogn Office by hanging
from a neighboring strap swing him
self out OF line, and in a CONSIDERABLY
loud voice, shouted to the sick man,
That's what you get y
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-15
|l New York.

The only church that dares 10 turn
her back upon Broadway-that is still
St. Pauls, the old brownstone church
which keeps her ancient dead about
her, and defends a green, solacing Gods
Acre against metcenary besiegers
Five millions to buy her off And
rom French syndicate, too, ali offer
ron French syndicate to buy the
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-15

The North Atlantic Squadron, now
at Culebra, will reach this port about
Friday of the present week. Those
vessels which can will enter The harbor,
the rest remaining off Moro for several
days.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-15

Professor William H. Burr who
came here about a month ago to stud I
the harbors of San Juan and Ponce left
on the San Juan to-day for New
York Professor Burr will prepare his
report in New York, and will submit
the same to the insalar authorities.
Prof. Burr is also preparing several
maps of the harbors aforesaid.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-15

The season of the Italian Grand
Opera Company will open in this city
on the 10th of the present month with
Lucia Di Lammermoor. Boxes and
seats are now on sale at the Theatre,
and by the agent Mr.. Du Bouche..
The Company which is now in Santo
Domingo is due to arrive here on the
Is h inst.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-15

Mr. Ferdinand Shutter, of the BoLETIN
sailed for New York to-
day Mr.. ShlateI goes to the states to
purchase several new presses, and a
large stock of the latest novelties in
stationery and fine printing designs:
He will return in about one month.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-15

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 sale
at the BoLETlN, price SI-z5.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-15

Charles M. Dickinson of New York
Diplomatic Agent of the'United States
at Sofa, Bulgaria, has been declared
persona non grata'' by the Eulgarian
Government, on account of his attitude
in the case of Miss Ellen NJ. Ssone, the
abducted American missionary Mr.
Dickinson is also Consul-G3neral at
Constantinople, and is now in that city.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-15

A report has reached Vienna from
Constantinople that Mohammed Eechad,
the Salta1i's brother ana his presamp-
tive successor, is dead, Foul play IS
suspected
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-15

Latest returns from Saturdays pri-
maries in Arkansas indicate that ex-
Governor James P. Clarke has defeated
Senator James K. Jones for the United
States Senatorship. The latter, how
ever, will not concede that he is defeat
ed.