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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1902-05-07


A tales rehexior es eatreg ado,
pGsSn las horas, mientras palpltA el
p6ndulo de un viejo reloj que tengo
en- mi Alcoba. CiertO ruido extra no
me hRce temblAr; dens& Eube pene-
ira por IL alta veutRna, de la nu-
he desciende, como una dicss de
carbon, Ia estAmpR de uua dloss en-.
lut&dR. ....
-Senora, Jpuedo sAber & que
debo este honorH
La DANA Sc me- aCerC& sin dar
& mis- pAlAbrAs cumplida respuesta.
Me mirA con sus oios encendidos go
bre sus pGlid&s mejillAs que parecen
carton. Yo no sAlgo de mi sOrpre-
sa, ella s&liendo de su mutismo me
dice:
En- EspanA me llaman Ia 8eno
Ptllitjca 49,. Aqui no tergo tcdaVfa
mote. GMe conoces?
Quiero que me ames, como OtrOs
me han EmAdo. Tu puma la clsvAe
en- mi corRz6n con freCuencia .....
me odiAs sin conoCerme: No has
probado iAm&s las caricias mfAs. go.
lTe gustA mi trSje?...
No. Tu trAje es un sudSriO.
La desconocidA arranca su trNje
yqued& cubierta por uua oata rojA:
-AhorA tienes color de OdiC, color
de eangre...
Deses pertda la dana rSsga 10
h.ta rojs, y queds cubierta por una
Azul.-El DIV do tiene ese color.
La DANA cAy6, txAnime, al sue
10. Me Acerqu6 entonces & levan
tarla con sorpress solo vi a mis-
pies, un mOnton de trapOs de tOdO >
dolores. 6Y Ia sSenA Pulfticao? gri-
t6 Nadie me coptest6. La sSe6a
PulitiCR1 es una muf1eCS de trapO
que Va de cereoro en- cerebro enga-
fiAndo las AlmAs con sus trSjes de
Colores.
Sus sonrisas euvi!ecen...
Y en- SquellOs instantes, un gru-
DO de patriotAs &travesabR Ii calle
ri son de un himno de libertad. e.
Tuve ganAs de correr tIas ellos de.
seoso de probAr las cSricias de 10
munecS de trapo que sin dud& lleva'
ban aquellos ciud&danos. PerO
me dormf, despreocupado de &que'
liza vision, convencido de que, des.
pu69 de to 10, IL vida no vale Ia pc.
nA de Aer 90, nj Il hombres me-
racs.r mas lUerlA4 que ID eel OtrO
mundo....
T. - pAt~i0tas vUIvior0n 2tr&-
vesAr ia cal. al son do uu himr Q
cuyAe ntt4s parecIAn gri os de dt
lOr.
K ii Iionomos
n NFQuez Sterling.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1902-05-07
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Fine rooms and one cOmmodiOn
and we'll ventilated mir&dor at rea
enable upricss. Apply At ~ Ss
Joss atrat,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-05
partisan animosity rather than Of pa

partisan animosity rather than Of pa
triotism.
The country then has been offered no
inducement to swap Chamberlain tor
Rosebery, nor is it likely to make the
attempt. The colonial secretary at least
must have breathed more freely after
reading the speech of his great political
rival For that is undoubtedly the light
in which he regards Lord Rosebery He
can dismiss his regular opponents as
little EnGlanders and pTo-Boers, or py
any other opprobrious epithets that
may be current at the moment but IL
would not co to include Lord RoseDery
in that category. The vulgar mind has
asked before, and is now more than
ever likely to demand again, where the
difference is between them and why
they do not work together for common
objects. But the vulgar mind does not
always appreciate the distinction be-
tween top and bottom dog. Lord Rose
berry has been prime minister aid could
not without loss of dignity however
willing he might be, occupy subordI-
nate position to man who has not, but
wants to be. That is Mr. ChamberIain's
position, and he is not going to sacrifice
his ambitions by the acceptance or
leader ten years his junior whose last
thought would be TO make room for
him. Imperialism and patriotism are apt
to get short shrift when ambitious politi-
clans are contending in the arena
The colonial secretary has enough to
fight against inside his own party with
out inviting competitors from without.
Lord Salisbury is expected shortly to re-
tire from the position which he makes
no secret has become a burden to m.
and by general public consent Lis
nephew, Mr. BalfoUr. is designated as
his successor, provided his party re-
mains in office. But Mr.. Balfour might
in the long run be successfully managed
il not completely shelved, and Mr.
ChamberIain's sturdieSt opponent is TO
be found in Sir Michael Hicks Beach.
The great post of chancellor of the ex-
cheQuer. usually as easy as it is digni-
somewhat similar opportunities for dis
play as the colonial office was suppos-
ed to afford some six years ago when
Mr. Chamberlain went to it. and there
are few things he would like better than
to try his hand at it before assuming
the highest position in the state But
the present occupant of the office sticks
to it with the pertinacity Of q man with
a mission, which indeed is very likely
determined at all costs to be the Trainer
and introducer of at least one more bud
get. After that may come the deluge,
but as likely as not it will enguf not
merely the colonial secretary but the
entire administration of which he is a
member. while in the formation of It's
successor he may not be invited to takc
a hand The conflict in the near future
may thus prove to be more of a personal
the British empire the stake to be pr
Cd
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-05
BROTHER GARDNzR ON HONESTY.

MY fren's," said Brother Gardner, as
he arose in his place after declaring the
regular business of the LimekiIn club
disposed of according to Cushing's Man
ual, I'm gWine to hold it up befo' yo'
dat honesty am de best policy, but at de
same time I'm also gwine to sound de
warnin' dat it am only honest men dat
die in de poorhouses.
IF l lend Waydown Beebe 81 I'm
countin' dat he's honest huff to pay it
back
come walkin' through three feet Of
snow wild his chilblains to do it; but he'll
drap in keeriesslfke some day an hand
ober de long green.
but at de same time If go ober to his
house to trade watch fur shotgun
l shan'f be lookin' fur him to tell me
dat de bari of his ole gun has bin bent
barn door It's his duty to hisseIf to git
a leetie de best of me on de trade.
Not long ago Samuel Shin found a
dollar bill on de foah Of dis hall. 1t
an he jest fingered dat he could shoot
craps all day on dat dollar, but he'd
bin bFung up honest AN he went in
quirin' around till he found re owner,
an ne handed it ober without spectin'
any reward.
Dat was honest, Brudder Shin, as you
will all agree, but de VERY next day he
moved his household goods and beat de
landlord out of 81 rent.
I'm de GEe case he was plumb honest;
in de odder he was gittin' de best of a
man who was trying to beat him.
"Brudder Penstock sot out thirty
years ago to live an honest life, an when
he died a var ago we had to chip in
fur de funeral expenses.
''kase why?
''Kase he nebber traded nevis wild
out owin' up dat his had a spain an
nebber looked fur spavins on de odder
critter His nayburs would settle DER
old doctor bills fur 20 cents on de dol
lar, but he'd sweat his shirt to pay a
hundred.
He'd pay his butcher to de last cent,
an yit he nebber watched de scales when
his meat was weighed.
''I'ze knowed him to sell off his Leg
horn chickens to pay grocery bill, an
VT dat grocer had bin giyin' him fifteen
our ces to de pound right along.
IF yo' find wallet in de road, it am
you duty as an honest man to walk a
mile to glib it up to de owner, but if yo'
happens to meet a stray hawg as yo'
an returnin' home take him along wild
70 an AK no queshuns.
III yo' bargain wild a man, stick to
yo'r word an if yo' owe a debt go an
pay it, but if yo' find a diamond sun
burst in mud puddle jest hang on to
it till de reward gifts up to $40
Yesterday 1 paid bill of So dat
was ten vars old. [ said I would, an
/ did, an de phssen had a heap to say
bout my honesty. It also cleared off
my conscience
But don't 20 make no mistake on
me- Dat same pusson wants to buy one
of my puppy dawgs, an if he picks out
de one dat is blind n-de left eye / amt
gwi1e to obsarve no obsarvaShuns to stop
him Philadelphia Press
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-05

pIete revolution will be effected in the
railroad map of New York, new centers
of traffic being created, and the obsolete
conditions that have prevailed so long
being speedily abolished.
Under the scheme the New Jersey depot
of the Pennsylvania railroad will become
of secondary Importance, as it will be
used only for trains with passengers for
lower downtown, to accommodate whom
the ferries will also be continued.
The finest union depot in the world will
be built on Seventh avenue, between
Thirty-frst and Thirty-third streets,
Manhattan from which the tunnel, which
is to be six miles in length. will be con-
tinued under New York city to the East
river, beneath which it will pass to a
magnificent new continental railroad
| depot in Brooklyn from which trains Will
| start for all parts of the country.
| The entrance to this tunnel on the Jer-
sey side is to be made at a point on the
I Hackensack meadows just east OF New
ark. All the trains running between this
point and Brooklyn will be propelled by
electricity so as to avoid any difficulty
as to smoke nuisance.
The depot in New York will be model
ed after the famous Quai d'OrSay in
Paris, the terminal of the Orleans Term
inal lire, which runs under the Seine
| river in tube-shaped tunnels such as
are to be used here.
The depot will excel that IN Paris both
| in size and magnifCence. Thirty-second
street will run directly through it, The
| current for the electric locomotives will
: be supplied by the third-rail system, and
! baggage will be shifted on endless NOV
| ing bands running from room to room
and floor to floor There will be so much
novelty in the equipment throughout that
| the old-fashiOned and even up-to-date
| traveller will imagine that he has landed
in Utopia instead of New York
The tubes through which the trains will
run are to be about nineteen feet in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-05

diameter, and laid at an average depth
of thirty-five feet below ground. Beneath
the river bed they will rest on piers sunk
to the bedrock underneath, and inside
will be built a bridge to strengthen the
structure. All the ironwork will be treat
ed with a non-corrosive compound Of
which this company possesses the pat
ent.
The iron supports which Engineer
Jacobs proposes using are what have
caused the engineers formerly opposed
to tunnel schemes to come over to the
present plans. That a tunnel through
which heavy trains could safely pass
could be built upon the insecure founda-
ton of a putty-like clay they could not
believe, but that such a tube or tunnel
upheld by stanch iron pillars sunk to
the bed rock can do so they readily agree
and now it will be a rush to build the
tunnel as fast as possible
The method OF making the tunnel to
which l alluded as having been success
fully used in London and elsewhere con-
sists of the use of huge shield built
upon the telescope principle. of the exact
diameter OF the tunnel, which is pushed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-05

ahead of the workmen, who are in an
airlock in which the pressue is about
forty pounds to the square inch
The shield is pierced with holes, and
when forced forward by hydraulic pres
sure the soft blue clay oozes through the
holes and is quickly shoveled up by the
Worknen and carted away. the high air
pressure serving TO prevent the cavern
of the tunnel.
Just as soon as the excavation is push
ed ahead the iron rim of the tunnel is
put in place. At every fifty feet heavy
iron piers are sunk to the rock below to
serve as 4 foundation for the tunnel. In
the case of the North river the engineers
state they can be sunk without the use
of calsSonS.
The profile map filed in the county
clerks office shows that at the state line
on the Hudson the tunnels will be forty
five feet below the river bed. They will
shore, entering the island sixty-five feet
below bottom and eighty-five feet or
more below high water mark. Following
the grade of the land they will rise until
| the highest point in the tunnel is reach
| ed, between Seventh and Eighth avenues,
where the Central station will be.
Here the tunnel will be forty feet be-
| low the surface Of the street The tun-
| neI viii make another descent towards
Broadway, where it will reach depth Of
| from fifty to sixty feet crossing under
| the Rapid Transit subway at Fourth
! avenue at a much greater depth, but
again descending as they approach the
| East river, where they will be laid on a
| bed of solid rock at least some part of
/ the way beneath the river.
Five years from date is the time given
! for the completion of these gigantic plans
| if a charter be Immediately granted.
The New York Central railroad is not
| in the scheme at all, nor will any COM
munications be made with it Or the Ele-
j waited road, as the tube will be an eX-
| elusive Pennsylvania and Long Island
| enterprise. 1t is limited that the Central
| may try to gain control of the other
! roads terminating on the Jersey side and
| ton. Spruce Webster.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-05

the tunnel stopped was because the Eng
lish capitalists who were pouring their
money into the big hole were not salts
fed with the methods being used in con-
Quoting the tunnelng.
1t seems obvious that someone was at
fault, for London has been tunneling sue
cessfully under the soft clay of the
Thames and of the city for years. and
but for the facilities Of intramural trans
portation thus afforded would have been
long ago placed in serious position
The method by which the difficulty of
tunnehng under the Thames was over
come IS the same as that which was util
lied in building the new tunnel which has
recently been opened between the Bank
OF England and re West end, which
was accomplished without disturbing tie
surface If the ground except where sta
tions are situated, and without interfer-
ing with traffic in London's busiest
streets in any way whatever.
The system was formerly known as the
Greathead system, and is now being advo-
Gated in this city by Engineer jacobs,
VINO can speak Tor its efficiency, owing L
his intimate acquaintance with the work
OF the original Thames tunnel.
Whether the dangerous condition in
which the Brooklyn bridge was found 10
be after a few years use has Temporal ri
~ turned the opinion of those interested
IN the question Of intramural traffic, or
whether it has been found impossible for
the big railroads now having terminals
on the Jersey side to pool their interests,
1t seems that the plan OF Il North river
bridge so conddentially spoken of few
months ago has for the time being given
way to the tunnel hobby
What leads to --e belief that the bridge
scheme may have been abandoned is thai
the directors of the Pennsylvania Rail
road company and the North Jersey
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-05
A Singular Inher-
itance of AL
phonso XIII.

the chicago exposition grounds) to be a
permanent refuge of sickly children from
the summer heat; to her act in sending
the fac SMILES Of the Columbian cara
wells TO grace the exposition and to her
Wo1nanly qualities so admiringly display
ed in many ways.
It has been said that the ''Centiloquio''
can never be translated into any other
language, owing to the peculiaritfes of
its meter and rhyme. So far as l know
these have not been even initiated in the
literature Of any other langua ge. At this
there is much regret for there are many
Americans teachers and parents espec-
ially) who have a curiosity to see and
to read this singular poem. but who are
not acquainted with the Spanish While
] believe it is impossible to do justice to
the poem in any tongue other than the
one in which it is written, I have essay
ed the translation of a few selected
stanZas, merely for the purpose of show
ing the peculiar form of verse in which
the poem is cast These are somewhat
disconnected. being selected at random.
They are as fellows:
Stanxas From the "CentiIoquio."
Wei beloved son of mine.
Have a care
Round each heart affections fair
Tendrils entWine.
Love and others will love YOU,
And the earth
Smiling on you, more of worth
You can DO.
Ah how many have [ known
Raised above,
BY the mighty power of love.
Or else o erthrown
BY corroding care and fear;
How often men
From misfortune rise again,
Through friendly cheer.
o, my son, be ever kind,
Never vain.
Heaven frowns upon disdain,
AS thou wilt find.
Meier to malice lend thy breast,
For all its life
Is in chickering's and strife -
Without rest.
BE thy answer soft and kind,
Full of truth.
In the simpler faith of youth,
Preserve thy mind.
o, my son. how little cost
Words of kindness.
Doniueefing is but blindness
Power lost.
Julius Caesar, as tbs told,
Met his fall
Was deserted, and Of all
In time of old.
In the day of strong assertion
OF his great power,
Came to him the fatal hour
OF desertion.
When Zalencus. stern and true
To his light,
Rendered Judgment, only right
His soul could do.
When his son, with lawIess bent,
Had deeply erred,
Nobiv then the father shared
The punishment
Firm Charondas, too, fulfilled
The laws demand;
BY his own mistaken hand
Himself he killed.
If we claim that others must
The law obey.
We ourselves must not delay
Beng just.
While the Romans kept the truth,
The faith of old
Treasured up the stories told
Of Romes fair youth
How they grew But when, in time
Their tyrants reigned,
Nothing more was TO be gained,
Grand or sublime.
Tell me, then, why should we fear
The hand of Death?
Comes not with the parting breath
A life more dear,
! If we hold that we shall see,
In the bright portals,
With the heavenly 1mmortals,
~
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-05
Greatest Tunnels
~ In the World
Pennsylvania and Long
Island Railroads to Go
Under East and North
Rivers

Traction company were mentioned as
among = principal promoters of it.
Both these companies figure in the
proposed tunneling of the North river. 1t
is Understood that the great traction
company has already agreed to use the
original Hudson river tunnel which is to
be completed by company utilizing the
system referred to. The cost of complet-
ing the tunnel, it is estimated. VIII only
be $500,0 a mere bagateIle considering
the advantage to be gained by deliver
ing trolley cars directly in New YORK.
from all parts of New Jersey and prob
ably from Philadelphia.
The scheme of the Pennsylvania rail
road. even shorn of all the exaggerations
published in some quarters, is a colossal
one. If carried out, as It now seems more
than probable will be the case, a COM
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-05

Special 10 The Globe.
NEW YORK. Jan. 4-The urgent ne
Cessity OF, nletaphorically speaking WHIP
ing out the North and East rivers to
permit Of the improved communication
necessary between Manhattan island and
its environs is bringing many new
schemes to the front. and the question
now is shall the. bridge or tunnel be the
medium used.
For many years American engineers
have persistenty refused to believe that
TunneIing beneath the North river could
he successfully conducted On this a.
count what is known as the old Hudson
river tunnel was abandoned after it had
neen eXcavated three-fourths of the dis
lance across the river or To within l 40
feet of completion. Contrary reports
have it that the real reason why work Oh
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-05
lie a RIDE ON street cars.
Cali at Twin City Coupon Co., 20 Ger.
mania Life building. st Paul
California-Via the "SunshIne
Fz- s,

If you contemplate a trip to California
this fall or winter consult the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry.
Beginning Tuesday, Oct 18th, and ez-
cry Tuesday thereafter during the sea-
son a high-class Pullman tourist sleep
ing car will leave st. Paul and Mime
ap0lis, running through 10 Los Angeles
without change arriving Los Angeles
Saturday n1ornIng four days.
The line is via the celebrated G., M s.
st. p, He'd lex Route" to Kansas
City, thence over the A, T. & S. F.
Ry.. making the most popular and in
teresting route to the South Pacific
Coast.
This service includes the personally
conducted feature west of Missouri
Rivera special conductor accompanies
each car, whose duty 1t is to carefully
look after the wants of each individual
passenger
Write for the cheapest rates and for
copy of the Sunshine" folder, contain
ing full particulars of this famous route.
j. II. Conley, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent,
G.. M. & St p. Ry.. st. Paul.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-05
HaIf Rates to Fargo Grain Growers
Convention

The Great Northern Railway will sell
half rate excursion tickets to Fargo and
return on January 9th. It'll and Sth, 1902.
good returning until January nth An
attractive program Of addresses and pa
pers has been arranged
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-05
Local Alumni VIII Entertain
 Them in Good Style
DANCE 1T THE COUNTRY cLUb
Football Team VIII Stop at the Flor enee, But Breakfast VIII Be
 Given at HllIman In
 Honor of Visitors.

The boys of the Sewanee football team will be royalty entertained upon the oc- casion of their visit to Birmingham to- the Auburn eleven in a football battle at West End park.
 An adjourned meeting Of the Sewanee alumni was held yesterday morning in the office of J. A. Van Hoose, and ar engagements were then perfected for the entertainment of the Tennesseans.
 At a former meeting Robert Jemison, Jr.. W. H. Johnson and F. l.. Woodruff were appointed on a committee to draft a report as to the best manner Of en- l tertaining the visitors. This committee presented It's report at the meeting yes- terday, and 1t was adopted.
 When the train from Sewanee arrives at o'clock 1t will be met by a number of former Sewanee students who now re- side in Birmingham, ahd the members of the team will be escorted to the Flor ence hotel. where the team will stop while in the city.
 At 10:3O o'clock the team will be given trolley ride over the city and to Ems
 
 young ladies will be included In the party. which will be composed of the football players and other students. who will accompany them to witness the game fin the afternoon.
 The vice-chancellor of Sewanee has given permission to the team to remain an extra day in Birmingham and on Thursday night the Sewanee and Auburn contingent will be invited to attend a dance at the Country club. It is proba ble that box party will be arranged for at the Jefferson theater.
 At 10 o'clock Friday morning a break fast will be rendered the Sewanee team ard students who accompany the players at the Hotel Hillman and the affair will be graced by the presence of several young ladies' including the maid of honor Miss Helen Van Hoose, of Rir- mingham, and the Sponsor, Miss Gray Wilkins, of Nashville.
 Many of the wives of the former stu dents will also attend and the gathering will bring together over hundred per- sons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-05
Janice Meredith.

The one essentially melodramatic scene in Janice Meredith" to be presented at the Jefferson theater tomorrow matinee and night, by William Bonelli, shows the bondman-spy captured by the Hessians, dragged to their headquarters on Christ mas night, and condemned to be shot. The intoxicated officers tie him to the table upon which Is perched the Christ mas tree. and drawing their pistols with wavering aim, prepare to shoot him where he stands, when aid comes.
 The brutishness of the Hessian officers displayed in this scene have led critics repeatedly to declare that the scene is quite improbable. Since the death of Paul Leicester Ford, however, the origi- nal notes of the novel have been read, and the incident was discovered to have been based upon fact. Instead of a spy according to MT. Ford, there was a young Hessian officer who was found to be a traitor, and who was to have been shot, just as the spy is in the play, when the Hessian commandant arrived In time to prevent a disgraceful murder that might have made a paragraph In history. ais probably explains why Mir. Ford would not allow the scene to be altered.