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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1902-05-20

que viene en- lfne& rectA al encueutro
de l@ 6rbitS terrestre; pero las con-
clusiones hechas distan mucho del
car&cter de defnitiv&s, y no pueden
en- modo algunO preconizsrse como
dogmss de 10 Clenci&.
YcOmo aun Cuando las dichas
Observ&Ciores resultAran COnfrma.
dss, y recibiesen lA sanction compile
ts de Ia meckuicR y de tod&s las Glen
cias mStem$ticas, Ell suceso tardarfa
largOs amos en- re&liZarse; como no
nos Cfcace ell Cielo &msnazAs de esta
clRse por ninguna otra de sus regio-
nes, Jqu6 mOtivOs puede haber para
penssr en- l@ muerte de la terra, ell
% del actual, como consecuencia del
encuentro con ningdn cuerpo celes-
teH
Por 10 que h&ce & los feu6meuos
que Sc vieuen desenvolviendo en- las
islas de barlovento, mis- lectnres sa-
ban, que no me h9 aveuturado & es-
cribir una solA paLabrA acerca del
asuuto; pero es porque ell su 'cribien-
to nunc& SO lanzs 6 trat&r 10 que no
entiende, pues cree qua los conoci.
mi7ntos que posee sobre meteorological,
0eOI0g5a y 8eism010gta son insuficien-
tes para hablar con Sutoridad en- Ia
materi9.
Pero va que esta Ia plumA en- Ia
manO, y aunque por Ia potisima ra
z5n indicada, no me Gtrev& & dar una
opjai6R sobre ell asunto, no debe es-
tRrme vedado decir cuales seau mis-
crencias = eSfoeT071zqs. ST en- Pderto
Rico, en- CircunstSncias que pu1ie.
ran llamarse normales, apeuas pAs&
nm sfIo sin que siutAmos uuo 8 mas
temblores de TERRA lpor que hsblf4
de sorprendernos que con las vecin.
dades que tenemos, y scSso sin rel&.
ci6n alguua con elias, SO sintier&n
en- nuestra IslA &lguuos tenn mblores
de mas menos imDOrtancia? Da--
dAs las Conmociones habidas en- las
islas de bArlovento, en- Guatemala Y
en- Mexico 5habrfa de extrGflar que
tuviesen alguna repercusi6n en- nues.
tra Antill@, cu@ndo Guatemala co"
linda con YucAtan y este Sc d& Ia
msuo con Cub&, Y por Cabs, con
SAntn Domingo y Paerto Rico?
Pero de esto a que. aQuf se re-
produzcan escenas como las de San
Vicente y Msrtinic&, me parece que
hay una distanciR immense; y estimo
como muy juicioso y digno de es5u-
dio el artfculo pub:icado en- La Go
rrespond9noja del dis 12, bsio e. tftu-
10 1e xVol1anes de Artinica1, eu
que SO poneD ben de relieve las di.
fsranCiss de constitution Que exis-
ten eut~a las SGcandes Autlilas1 de
formation gran1oica) y las eantillss
menorasS Cus gu sa casi totslidad son
DO nAtur>leas emioentenente voIca
nics, para 6educir Ia pocs probabi,
lid I'll de que on sqveliss SO dasArro-
lie nadG parecido 4 10 que viens su.
cadiendo on Martinios.
No dir6, pues, porque cavez 20
del don de Ia adivinaci6n, que Ell %
del resente no pueda pres9ut8rss
a'gd1 tenblor de TERRA en- Puerto
Rico; pero esto mismo pusde suoa
der en- cuaIquier& otra f5cha del
al usAs ST as agdro qua no hsy ND
two cisnt(f 60 ni P&cional &'gduo pa
rA hacer del % de Msyo uua feohA
memorable, pues a2aso sea un dfA
tan ordinario y vulgar, como los
mas vulg&res y ordinArios del Ano
en- curse,
Carlos Ma SQ3er,
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Information.

Seg6u noticias de Londres, go
ha prOducido una keriG explosion &
bordo del acorazado "Mars." Re-
vent6 un caf16ay y resultaron dos of :
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1902-05-20

Sc encueutra en- IL ciudad de Ma
ysguez el exPresidente de 10 Re ii
blica domiuicanS Sen 3r Juan Isidro
Jimenez.
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No ha terminado aun
Ia investigation.
Sc CREE MAYOR Ell NUMERO.
Pues los obreros eran numerosos.

New York Mayo 20 l-3OP. NJ.
LA Investigation bajo los es-
combros y materiales hacinados de
las minas no ha terminado, pues ell
n1mer0 de obreros era numeroso y
en- relaci6n a este los cadaveres en-
c0ntradOs no son nj la mitad de los
que Sc cree con fundamento, Sc en-
cuentren sepultados.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1902-05-20

En Por ce 80 hA sentido un fder
te temporal de aguas y graudes tro
nadRs.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1902-05-20

Sc est& llevaudo & cabo la f&bri
ca de IN Smuro de contenci6n en- ell
terraplen del rio sPortuguesa De
Ponce.
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Dr.. GuillernO Wives.
ESPECIALISTA
en- Intermediates de los ojce
Pouce Puerto Rico.

Partici2a 6 sus cljentes y al
p6blioo en- general qua tiere su
consu1torio en Ia cRlle del Sol nd
marc 1, donda ofrscs an complete
surtido de cristsles propiOs para
P 6,bit&s, Miopes Hiperm65copss y
oper&dos de cat&ratas.
B f ,calesa para vision leja'
ma y pr6xims.
-<Plsnos de col1r0 pa" vista
natural, espacisles para ciclistas,
electricistas, berreros, pitapt dreros
exsursioui <tss
E recouocimiento para Ell uso
de los crist&les es gratis.
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Sc asegurs su triunfo.
NOTICIAS.

Sc hA sentido en- Ponce el saba
do IN ligero temblor de terra.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1902-05-20

Para curar un RefY0dO en- u1 Ola
tome las PAsTILLAs LAXANTE3 DE BR' MO
OUININA . El botcario 10 devo!ver& el dir erO
q no 90 oura LIS aFms de 8. ". GROVE So EYa
ea cada tseaIi
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1902-05-20

81 Gobernador del Territo7io
Federal Amszonas Veuezuela ha die
ado IN decreto orden&udO IL erec.
,i6n de nu& estRtu& oil General GAz
nan BlAnco.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1902-05-20

Sc encuentran Ancladas, en- Ia
1&hls de Tauger: una division naval
'uss, compuesta de Cinco navfos, {
as ordenes del c0nt.aalmirante
y una division frsncesa
1e tres pavios, mandates por Ell al
nirante Boubet.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-18
A GOOD CHANCE TO BUY.
But He Hadn't the Nerve to Pay the
Price Demanded.


But He Hadn't the Nerve to Pay the
Price Demanded.
| A handsome bachelor of Baltimore.
well known in social and educational
circles, acknowledges the truth of the
following story: He was driving with
a very pretty and attractive young wo-
man when on the outskirts of the city
they met lad of about twelve years
leading by a chain a singularly ugly
but finely bred bull terrier The pretty
girl went into raptures over the dog,
and her escort determined the animal
should be hers.
Say, sonny" he called, "what will
you take for your dog"
"Nawthing," replied the lad.
Nonsense" cried Mr.. Blank, Here's
S. for him."
"No, won't. This here dog amt for
sale"
'STen," said Mr.. Blank, and then,
growing desperate, Fifteen, twenty"
But the owner still refused.
All the time the conversation was GO
ing on the youth, although talking to
the man in the buggy, kept his eyes
fixed on the other occupant of the vehi-
Gle, and at last he said gravely:
Il don't want yer money, but if you'll
just give that lady there a kiss you
may have the dog"
Mr.. Blank was speechless. He stared
at the boy an instant and then put the
whip to his horse. starting him off at
run.
The story goes that mile was gone
over without a word being spoken,
when as the horses rapid gait became
slower as it turned down a country
lane the pretty girl turned ever so
slightly and said shyly, "Oh, Mr..
Blank, why didn't you buy that dogT'-
Baltimore Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-18

1t has been said Of the southern
darky that he has not always a clear
idea as to property rights. but on some
points it appears that he is not in the
least haZy.
An old colored man in the days 'be-
TO de wah" was given one of his mas
ter's cast off hats, which he wore with
great pride. One Sunday his master
met him coming home from a camp
meeting in pouring rain bareheaded
and holding his hat under his coat.
Later on the master questioned him
loosely:
"Why didn't you wear your hat, Jer-
ry? Did you feel the need Of cooling
your headr'
"You see, it's like dis, sah," respond
ed Jerry. my head is yours, but my
hat is mine and nachelly l feels like
taking care OBJ 1t, sab. Youths Com
paniOn
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-18
Rrafn WEIGHTS

M. Marchand Investigated the brains
Of LIB persons Immediately after
death. The weight of the brains is in
huenced by the disease. Diphtheria,
for example, increases the weight. The
brains of newborn boys weigh on the
average 81 grams, of newborn girls
361. At the end of the first year the
figures are: Boys, 967; girls, 1893. By
the end of the third year the weight of
the brain has tripled, and from this
epoch 1t increases very slowly, espe
cially with girls. 1t attains its greatest
weight at about nineteen and one half
years for men, at about seventeen for
women. The average weight of the
brain of an adult male is 1,400 grams,
of an adult female 1875 grams. The
reduction of weight due to senile afro
ply commences with men about the
eightieth year, with women about the
SEVENTEEN. We way recall for compar-
ison the following facts: The heaviest
brain ON record is that of the novelist
Turgeneff, 2,120 grams. One of the
lightest is that of Gambetta. 1.160
grams. The weight of the brain is thus
one factor and only one in the compari
son of different men and of different
sexes
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-18

Why an elephant should be afraid of
mouse is a mystery. Some have
doubted the generosity Of the elephant
because of his aversion to small ami
mails, but none can doubt his intelli-
gence. Button, Notwithstanding his
idea of the mere mechanism Of ami
mails. spoke of the elephant as at the
same time miracle of intelligence
and a monster of matter" Ernest Me-
nault happily referred to him as the
animal that carried his nose In his
hand; hence the marvellous intelligence
of his trunk. The senses of touch and
smell cooperate
The nerves which extend through his
trunk are so numerous that they equal
In number all those distributed over
the rest of the body. The elephant can
keep perfect time to music He has the
ear perfectly organized, and the hear
ing Is extremely fine The eye of the
elephant is distinguished from that Of
other animals by the pathetic express
sion Of sentiment. Take him all in all,
naturalists agree that he is the most in
telligent of animals. And why should
he be afraid of a mouse?
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-18
Long Distance courtship..

Sketching one day in Burma, an
English artist noticed a man a little
distance of glaring fiercely straight
ahead at him at some object he could
not see from his position. The man
sat with the same fixed glare the whole
afternoon and was at 1t again next
morning. The artist had the curiosity
to ask an English visitor what II
meant The reply was. "Oh. he is In
lover And it was explained that this
was their method of courtship.
The object of the mans attentive
gaze was girl In a neighboring ba.
zaar. When young man falls in love
he has to seat himself at certain dis
lance from his adored one and wait
for her to do the rest. II she looks In
his direction once or twice ON the first
or second day, he is wildly encouraged,
and II on the third day she mods to
him and smiles 1t is time to go to the
parents with reference to the marriage
Observation-Disclosures Tit-Bits.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-18
MiIarad;- Ano1on

Mildred is just at the age. of fire wor-
ship. says the New York Post. She
simply adores matches. especially the
fat headed. crackly ones. Mildred wor.
ships In secret, as other devotees have
worshiped beforehand mamma is not
the high priestess. She is the destroy
ing angel who swoops down, extin-
guishes the altar fires and administers
a sound slap. Mildred had visitor the
other day, proselyte, and as soon as
mamma went downstairs Miss Six
Years Old lighted the fires. This con.
sisted I'm striking matches and throw
ing them out upon the roof of the piaz.
"a, where they burned amazingly well
on the shingles. With rare forethought
both Mildred and the young visitor
varied the devotional exercises by toss.
ing tumblerfuls of water upon the
blazing matchsticks.
Suddenly mamma swooped down, in
accordance with age old custom, adj
ministered the aforesaid slap, and Miss
Mildred had her meager supper in bed
Next day she was hidden to apologize
for her misbehayior, and this she did
saying:
I'm afraid | made a great mistake
in having Catherine here yesterday
I'm sorry she came"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-18
The Thoughtful stork.

On tree close to house within a
short distance to the river or canal
there was storks' nest with young
ones. The roof of the house caught
fire one day. and, though the flames
did not actually reach the tree, the
heat became scorching. So the mother
stork flew down to the water, got into
1t and drenched her breast; then, re-
turning to her young, she spread the
mass of cool, wet feathers all over
them This she repeated over and over
again, flying to the river. going down
into the water and returning, her plum
age drenched with wet And thus
the nest was saved, and the tender
nestlings were preserved alive until the
fire had been got under control and all
was safe. The truth of this remarka-
BILE story was vouched for by more
than one eyewitness.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-18
Lawn Games In England.

We get nothing like the pleasure out
OF our lawns which the English do.
Where we are at fault is that we do
not use our lawns to anything like
their full capacity Of enjoyment Here
and there we use them as the framing
of lawn tennis or croquet courts (Which
we make either Of dirt or asphalt), and
here and there we mark out upon their
surface baseball diamond. Still rare
ly and only in limited localities they
are used for the playing of cricket
Both the latter games, however, re-
quire for their outfielders rather a field
than lawn, within the ordinary mean
ing Of the word, and, speaking broadly
and generally, it may be said with
truth that we have no games which
require only lawn and nothing more
Nevertheless the two games of jack
O the green, or lawn bowls, and quoits
have held their own through ten cen
turtles at least in Great Britain and
in later times have spread with the
race to the remotest parts, which might
be played on tens of thousands of
lawns In America, to the great advan-
tage of the players and to the enhance
ment of the pleasures of country ife.-
Country Life In America.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-18
Interpretations.

In letter to the Boston Transcript
on the subject of Interpretations a cor
respondent says: Il have in my scrap
book three notable examples from the
Thanksgiving proclamations of the gov
ernors Of different states. Governor
Bell Of Texas began his with, Now Is
the winter of our discomfort made
glorious summer, in the words of Holy
Writ
II once attended funeral in the
country where the clergyman's open
ing remark was: My bereaved friends,
you have loved and lost the demised
It has been truly said: ''It is impossible
TO solve the biography of death"
That is, my bereayed friends, the only
way for us to look at it
IAN acquaintance of mine tells me
that Cyrus Burleigh, one of the well
known writer's of fifty years ago. told
her that he had just come from a
Quaker meeting where he saw a
woman speaker rise and with a
Quaker tone say: IA boss, a boss,
my kingdom for a boss" Doubtless,
my friends, the inspired psalmist, when
he penned these words, meant a spirit
ual boss. That was all she said, and
she solemnly resumed her place on the
high seats"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-18
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature sssss the Of &MAZzz@
HE PLAYED PORTER.

How a Quick Witted Girl Settled .
Clever Gentleman.
On this particular occasion she land
ed in New York from a trip to Phila-
delphia about o'clock in the evening.
AS, suit case in hand, she stepped light
" from Twenty-third street car at
Broadway, two gentlemen-tall and dis
tinguished looking in full dress, opera
hats, etc.-croSSed the tracks at the
rear Of the car and met her face to
face.
Garry your grip, num- impudently
remarked one of them. with all the
airs of 'smartie' who thinks he has
done something clever.
Quick as a flash into the white
gloved hand went the travel soiled
grip, and with ITO the next corner
the Clever gentleman" found himself
suddenly transformed into a porter
with trim little miss walking along
beside him in a very matter of fact
way.
Looking as If he wanted to treat the
matter as joke and didn't know ex-
actly how. he religiously carried the
grip to the corner. What else could
the poor man do?
Relieving him finally of his burden,
the girl innocently slipped a dime into
the elegantly gloved hand (she was
used to having porters assist herr and
prepared to board car Not the
slightest suggestion of a smile crossed
her pretty features.
AS the whiz of the car finally
drowned the uproarious laughter and
the THAT'S one ON YOU of the victims
companion merry twinkle might have
been seen in pair of blue eyes on
Columbus avenue car bound Harlem
ward--Philadelph Ledger.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-18

On the surface OF the water there was
bubbling and chuckling. l could feel
it at my feet too. 1t was queer, but
queer things don't make much differ
ence to man who is going to be
hanged in five minutes. That was my
first thought Then had better one.
remembered the high water and the
was and was ready to take the chance
and do special turn for my life.
OF course | had to have some talk
You don't get the full effect of these
things without good spiel. The only
thing could think of was a patter
from book called the Last Days Of
Pompeii," so gave 'em that
Earth born villains" l shouted, be
hold how the avenging Orcus spouts
forth flames from the face of the wa
tiers to protect its owny'
There were answering shouts from
all around the pond: There he isl"
Where's the roper"
SILENCE" yelled, land beholdy'
Then flashed my electric spark into
the middle of the gas and dove When
/ came up ten yards away after stay
ing down as long as could, there was
big circle of red, yellow and blue
fame dancing beautifully over the wa
ter. On the shore the brands flickered,
but they cast light only ON trees and
bushes. There wasn't living being In
sight, but all around there were a
mighty crashing of brush and bowls
that would shame a catamount. The
miners lodge had chased the devil just
as far as they wanted to. My act was
sure enough hit.
l crawled out on the opposite side
and went on to Carton in boat that
found. Two days later my assistant
came along. Sledge Turner wasn't dead
after all. That's the reason they hadn't
lynched Bob. He said if I'd go back
there l could play to S. r. O. for a
month, but | couldn't see it. I'd had
enough. But it was a great adj for me.
Some day I'm going to make an act out
of that nights work.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-18
An Alligator's Nest

Alligators' nests resemble haycocks
more than anything else to which they
can be compared. They average about
four feet in height and five feet in
diameter and are constructed of grasses
and heritage. First the mother gator
deposits one layer of eggs on a mortar
like floor, and, having covered this with
a stratum of mud and heritage about
eight inches thick, lays another set of
eggs upon that, and so on to the top
there being commonly from 100 to 200
eggs in nest. With their tails the par
ents then beat down the tall grass and
weeds to prevent the approach of I'M
seen enemies. The female watches
her eggs until they are Matched by
the heat of the sun and then takes
her brood under her own care, defend
ing them and providing for their sub
atStpnaQ
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-18
GASKlLL'S COAL OFFICE
Washington st.. Mount Holly. NJ.
LEHIGH COAL ONLY
Masou's and Builders Supplies.
Drain Tile Land LIME TerrarottA Pfve
THE cANNIBAL TREE.
a Wonderful Plant Found In the
Forests of Australfm

4 Wonderful Plant Found In the
Forests of Australia.
One of the most wonderful forest
trees In the world is the "cannibal
tree Of Australia, which grows up in
the shape of a huge pineapple and sell
dom attains height of more than
%even feet 1t has series Of broad,
Soardlike leaves, growing In a fringe
at the apex, which reminds one of a
gigantic Central American agave.
When standing erect, these broad,
thick leaves hide curious looking ar
rangement, which appears to perform
the same functions as those of the
pistils in flowers. Naturally these
b0ardlike leaves, which are from ten
to twelve feet long in the smaller
specimens and from fifteen to twenty
In the larger, hang to the ground and
are strong enough to bear a mans
weight
In old aboriginal times In the anti
podean wilds the natives worshiped
the cannibal tree under the name Of
the devil tree" the chief part of the
ceremony consisting of driving one Of
their number up the leaves of the tree
to the apex. The instant the victim
would touch the so called "pistils'' Of
the monster the leaves would instantly
fly together like trap, squeezing the
Life out of the intruder Early travel
ers declared that the tree held its vic
tim until every particle of flesh dis
appeared On this account 1t is called
the "cannibal tree"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-18

splendid health, the endowment of q
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Dr.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription gives
the mother health to give her child. It
cures nervousness, nausea and sleep1ess-
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the mind content It gives physical
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AT yin endeavor to tell you of the many
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the fall Of 1852 was expecting to become q
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with awful bearing-down pains; was threat
oned for weeks with mishap A lady friend
told ne to use DR.. Perce's medicines. She had
taken them and felt like new woman. began
using tke Favorite Prescription and took four
bottles before my baby came and two after.
wards. suffered almost death with my ether
two children, but hardly realized that was
sick when this baby was born and she weighed
twelve and cne-quartar pounds. She IL now
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seven pounds. ! owe It all to DR.. P'.reesa
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wFavorite Prescription makes weak
women strong, and sick women we'll
Accept no substitute for the medicine
which works wonders for weak women.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
most desirable laxative for delicate
women.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-18
N.tnre,a cIoria.

Georges aunt was worried because
he failed to understand or appreciate
anything not strictly practical. Har.
per's Magazine tells of an experiment
she tried to test his aesthetic powers.
In her desire to rouse him to a per
ception of better things she took him to
Niagara falls. The train brought them
into sudden and magnificent view of
the great wonder She watched him
closely as the moment for the test
drew near and was delighted to see
him press his face to the window an1
keep it there.
Then he turned to her with beaming
countenance and, pointing to hillside
in the background. said. Say, see
them goatsr'