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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-02-25

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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-02-25

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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-02-25
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-02-25

Cuando halla algun buen mozo que lie agrada
Que bien Sc Suele hacer la deSlumbrada
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
Il MEDIEVAL STORY

little gem of tale. In fits way fan
tastic. indeed. as the author himself
styles it. but dainty and vivid and pic
turesque enough to make an Impression
on even the jaded mind OF the reader of
historical novels. The descriptions are
charming, and the character-d drawing
impresses one like the richly colored
figures on the margin OF a missaI; it
may be little too brilliantly tinted for
realism, but II is good for all that.
There is good deal OF variety IN Il.
short as IT is. We have a scene in the
hut of the hermit, another in the castle
of the Wartburg, and still another in the
den OF an outlaw. and each is we'll
drawn. Maid Agnes is as sweet and
winsome little maid as can be imag-
ined. and the contrast between her and
her deliverer is most artisticaIIy ar
ranged. In fact. the whole story IS ar
tistic, from beginning to end. New
York: The Macmillan Company
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
A Controversy Severe.

The Mettle of the Pasture" the
latest book of James Lane Allen, is said
to have caused dissension not only
among the reviewers, but among the
readers, and, in at least one case, to
have broken up the peace of a once
happy home. A husband and wife are
known to have disagreed so vigorously
on the book that they try to get every
visitor who comes to the house to take
one side or the other. One reviewer was
hippant enough to say that Isabel would
probably be less particular about the
past record of her second husband.
Another-a woman. by the way-thinks
that Rowan was much better fitted to
live after the commission of his sin
than before, because he understood the
meaning of that transcendent virtue,
compassion, as no innocent person
could. To the adventurous mind 'his
suggests the question whether his COM
passion would have stretched far enough
to excuse Isabel If she also had trans
gressed-and- where will this busi-
ness end. anyway?
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
MfAAMeusk.

I I NDER the pines the south wind sleeps,
~ The grass is dry in the sun,
And lazily home 90 the burnt oaks crest
The crows wheel, one by one.
NorthwaTd the windy mountains rise
But sweet Is the breath Of the fern,
Where the blueherry bushes are bending low
And the orange lilies bum.
Lying a-dream IN sae wavering Hight,
IN a sweet-fer hollow curled,
You may hear. if the blood be awake in YOU
veins,
The midsuulmer voice OF the world.
The orange lilies answer the sun.
Flame-bright the purple plains.
And wild bird wandering calls TO his mate,
Somewhere in the shadOwed lanes.
And winter and pain are drifting dreams.
And death forgotten thought,
For the world Is alive ia the golden air.
And out Of dream is wrought
l. Lamprcy, in Ladies World.
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
CURRENT LITERARY NOTES.

when the tiger met the man. I was a
realist in the age of the romanticists.
I described at some length, both verbally
and pictorialIy, the untimely end of that
. wayfarer. But when the tiger had ah-
sorbed him. found myself slightly en-
ba-rassed as to how mF story was to
go on. It's very easy to get people into
scrapes and very hard to get them out
again. 1 remarked; and l have often
had cause TO repeat the precocious
aphorism OF my childhood. On this oc-
casion the situation was beyond me. and
my book. like my man. was engilfed
in my tiger
Those who have read what Is In some
ways the finest, as the most ambitious
work OF this author. The White Com
pany." Will not be surprised TO learn
that its vivid description and abund-
ance of historical detail did not come
about by chance and are not wholly due
TO the authors Imagination. He spent
nearly two years in writing the book,
and read l15 volumes in French and
English. dealing with the period, before
he wrote a line of manuscript. 1t is not
surprising, either, TO learn that he cou-
siders THE Cloister and the Hearth"
the finest English historical novel
placing ''Ivanhoe" second. There is
certain similarity of spirit between Mr.
Reade's masterpiece and The White
COMPANY"
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
Il SENSATIONAL NOVEL,

woman. and. according to report, lived
Tor some years on her money without
saying OF doing anything OF much nc
count Aside from the exceeding bad
taste OF founding novel on the lives OF
people not yet dead, whose deeds have
been nine-cays' scandal in the public
mouth. there is nothing whatever thar
Is artistic ia the plot, even IL il wero
imaginary. 1t is apparently the cen
ception Of man who would rather wal
low in filth than not. II is not con-
ceivable that a decent mind could ravsI
In images OF the sort with which these
pages are filled. even long enough TO set
them down on paper. Mr. Dixon seems
to want 10 imply, in rather misty way.
that he has a moral purpose in writing
the book. but he had better give IN
writing books with moral purpose ana
hoe potatoes, if he really wants TO te
OF use 10 the world New York.
Doubleday. Page & Coz
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
THE ZUTZES TOWER.
II Tale of Aa0entn,v in tie U7Ns of Tl6a and
Northern China

the tracking OF a junk over the rapids
in Chinese river is described. This is
done by ropes held by hundreds OF
coolies on the bank. straining upward
until the Junk is finally towed over the
rapids. The description is as follows:
The great ship. with IT'S sails out
spread against the now fast darkening
sky. looked. indeed. like some splendid
winged thing OF mythology, rather than
a prosaic nineteenth century medium OF
commerce. as IT apparently balanced 1T
self on the quivering crest of the water
fall. The noise about IL now increased
tenfold with the excitement OF the
crucial moment. The beating of gongs,
the firing OF crackers and pistols. the
shrieks OF a hundred agitated men and
frantic captain; under and through IL
all. the weird moaning chant OF the
well-nigh exhausted trackers bending
double; and above and through it all.
the roar of the rapids-were impressive
in their very volume. Emma was dimly
reminded of some lines familiar to q
long forgotten childhood:
On cherubim and seraphim
Right royalty He rode,
And on the wings OF mighty winds
Came rushing from abroad.
The white waters sobbed under the
suction OF the rocking keel. which now
pressed desperately forward. now slip
ped back. at the mercy OF the bamboo
towing-line, supplemented by great iron
graphing hooks with which the men on
the deck felt out for iron rings driven n
the cliffs. Every eye was fixed on ths
sublime struggle between resistant Ma
ture and definite human will The ship,
with all her men huddled forward TO
send the balance of weight toward the
smooth waters they were almost touch
ing. had made a last violent lurch for
ward into safety, when a terrible shud-
dering movement like the ripping OF a
serpent's body passed through the line
of straining humans on the beach; the
men fell backward, heaped one on the
other, like tenpins under an expert
stroke, report louder than that OF the
toy pistols scattered the other noises
into a startled seconds sflence-and
then, as they rose. more wild and pierre
ing with despair than ever, the Junk
shot down the shining. triumphant sheet
of foam into the hypOcritical river that
had meant TO have IL all along
The women hid their eyes-but there
was nothing 10 hide from, save the scar
let life-boat darting about on the waters
like some bright dragon-fly. picking up
the few, all too few. fragments OF hu-
man wreekage that came up. II was Ike
a miracle: a cannon-crash OF sound.
some flying pieces Of timber Zone of them
struck Winifred's cheek) a great SPLASH
OF water as the lusting river leapt TO its
prey-and then nothing" philadelphia:
Henry T. Coates a. Col
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
1AS Late King Of Seyv1a.

One Of the most telling comments yet
made upon the late King Of SerYia is TO
be found in the current number OF The
Bookman," in connection with some fat
tering remarks about William Eleroy
Curtis book. "The Turk and His Lost
Provinces" This book, by the way,
contains an exceedingly good chapter on
Servia and the royal family. and the
general condition of things there. and
some portraits Herewith The Book
man" says OF the portrait of the late
King:
''It is an interesting study to the ply
siognomist. II repels one instantly. IL
suggests a worm; and somehow, very
curiousiy. it's responsiveness is height
ened by a superficial student look which
IT possesses. The face. indeed. is more
German than Serb. II is a peculiar type
OF German-Bayarian rather than Prus-
sian-grossly materialistic. sensual. and
yet without the heaviness and stupidity
which would make the other qualities
harmless, or, az any rate unnoticeable. A
thorough beast does not repel US. 1t Is
the combination of beast and man that
is abhorrent TO ones sense Of what is
normal. In Alexander one sees a dread
full combination OF snake and swine and
man. with the result that you get in
voluntarily the impression OF monster"
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
LsIlan Bell and tie EnehsA.

Lillian Bell has been criticised nv E,,-
lish writer's for the very unfavorabI.
portrait which she draws OF an English
dame of title, and in a recent interview
asserts with spirit that an American has
Just as good right 10 criticise the Eng
ish as the English have to crfticise tns
americans She points to Dickens. the
Trollopes. and Du Maurier as enemies OF
the American, and says that the recep-
ton Of these authors by American read
ers is proof Of the superior tolerance.
good humor. and virtue OF America. All
this only suggests, however. that II a
lady has nerve enough to twist the Brit
ish lions tail. as Mrs. Bogue declares
that she has successfully done. she
should have nerve to refrain from crow
ing about the performance or defending
herself. Certainly each country has a
right to criticise the other and avaiIs
itself of that privilege. but we have
squirmed too much and said too many
bad words over the comments OF Kip
ling, Dickens, and other Englishmen TO
deny the British reader the similar priv
ilege of squirming under such venonnous
attacks as that of The Dowager Coun-
tess and the American Girl" As a mat
ter of fact, view of any country which
puts the inhabitants in a light exclu-
sively unfavorable is not correct. and
there is no good reason why Americans
should blackguard English life in print
and call IL literature
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
IT HE TU-TZE'S TOWER" by
Louise Belts Edwards. is 0

Louise Belts Edwards. is a
tale of adventure in the wilGs
Of Tibet and Northern China which
surrasses most OF the tales Of Rider
Haggard so far as queerness is concern
Cd. II Is unique In its way.
The heroine, winifred Blaize. is a
young widow whose husband the dies in
the second chapter) is an explorer of
remote regions She promises him that
she will finish the book which he has
been unable to complete. and. partly in
pursuance of this task. partly in obe-
dience to the dictates of a gypsy na-
ture. she seeks the Tu-Tzes Tower,
which stands in a well-nigh inaccessible
part of Central Asia The Mantle arc
not Chinese nor Tibetans: they are a
peculiar people, resembling nothing In
literature unless II be the tribe over
which Daniel Dravot sought TO be king
In the party OF Mrs. Blaize are a New
England widow of some fifty years, who
supplies the comic element, but gets
wearisome at times and reminds one
somewhat of Stocktons Mrs. Aleshine.
and young half Chinese, half-Ameri-
can girl, Candace Roberts, besides Lot.
the Swiss courier, and Matang. the ma
tive attendant. With this slender fol-
lowing she penetrates into the Tu-Tze's
country and encounters adventure.
Other characters in the tale are Mrs.
Van SAINT, sister to the heroine, con-
ventional matron of Washington; Mich
ael Traquair, an attache of the British
embassy in Washington: Lambert Love.
the hairbrained son of an archaeological
father, Prof Love. and the Tu-Tze. who
is an impressive figure He also
everybody in this book remains one of
somebody else-is rather like Olfan, the
savage king in Haggard's People of
the Mist" But the story itself is not
in the least like anything else In the
world
IL Is surprising from beginning to
end Nothing comes out as the reader
might suppose ii would and that in it
self is something of a triumph for an
adventure story There is, moreover.
much fine description. and the charac
ter-drawing is clear and sharply cut as
De FOUND with IL is that II is utterly i'm
possible; and perhaps that is not a very
bad fault in book of this kind.
An example Of the descriptive power
OF the author is this passage IN which
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
4n0kkes- Harlem .SIo7oy.

There is always one author who occu-
pies the center of the stage. so far as
anecdotes are concerned. The person
ality of the author changes from time
10 time, and none occupies this enviable
position long AT present VIII n. Har-
ben seems to be 1t with the story-tel-
lers, as Mr.. Ade might say. The latest
story about him relates to a scaiping
excursion in which he took part, not,
however. in the capacity of Indian. He
was going to Texas with a party of
friends, and he and others OF the party
bought scalpers' tickets. that of Mr..
Harden bearing the name OF Thompson.
The ticket-seller warned them that they
would be obliged TO write their names
that the conductor might compare them
with those on the tickets. Mr.. Har-
ben successfully forged the name OF
Thompson. and had settled down to a
nap when the conductor shook hun
awake and asked his name.
''Har- a-a- Thompson" stammered
the passenger. The conductor looked
suspicious.
JNN AS AOb TIC AiAeh Al tOSNAt&6
fer" said he; I'm looking for VIII y.
Harben. I've got telegram for him"
Mr.. Harden consulted his friends They
We're within few hours of their desti-
nation and the consensus Of opinion was
that he would have 10 wait and worry.
When he got the telegram 1t proved TO
be greeting from friend who mad not
had time TO speak with him as the train
went by. Mr.. Harden remembers max
ing q few comments or the situation.
but does not repeat them when telling
the story
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
Mr.. Aliens Appearance.

An amusing story of James Lane Allen
appears in literary magazine. Mr.
Allen. as those who know him know, is
always well dressed. and is rather dis
tinguished looking. Once he went into
a small shop to make few purchases,
and found that he had left his purse at
home. The shopkeeper refused to trust
him.
do look like man who would try
to beat your" asked the indignant au-
thor.
'Of course you don't" said the shop
keeper, admiringly. IF you did ]
wouldn't have bothered with you in the
first place. II isn't that kind have TO
be on the everlasting lookout for
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
A Distinguished Company.

The list OF guests at the wedding of
Anthony Hope Hawkins and Miss Eliza
beth sheldon, of New York, reads like
one of those literary extravaganzas in
''Droch." Ethel Barrymore was maid of
honor. and two little daughters of Rich
ard lie GalIienne were among the at
tendants. Among the guests were
Thomas Hardy. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,
Edmund Gosse, Mrs. Humphry Ward.
anil others equally we'll known.
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
An Interesting Poem.

An interesting bit of verse which ap-
pears in "Harper's Magazine under the
title Indian Summer is the joint
work Of Henry Van Dyke and his six
teen-year- son Tertius. The boy be-
gan the poem and left ii incomplete,
and the father finished it, The result is
as follows:
soft veil dins the turquoise skies,
And half conceals from Pensive eyes
The bronZing tokens Of the fall:
calmness broods Gpon the hills.
And summers parting dream dstills
charm Of>silence over all.
The stacks OF corn IN brown array
Stand waiting through the placid day
Like tattered wigwaThs on the plain;
The tribes that find a shelter there
Are phantom peoples, forms Of air
And ghosts Of vanished joy and pain
At evening. when the bloOd-red crest
OF surset passes through the West,
| hear the whispering host returning;
On far-off fields. by elm and oak
see the light. smell the smoke
The campfres Of the Past are burning
1t would be more interesting il we
knew where the boy left off in his verse
making.
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
Conan Doyle.

Conan Doyle wrote his first story OF
adventure at the age of six. He wrote
Il on foolscap paper. four words 10 q
line. with original illustrations. He
saws OF Sc:
There was a man in IL, and there was
a tiger. l forget which was the hero,
but it didn't matter much, for they be.
came blended into one about the tiue
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
Tie Lake Country.

Lake Country Sketches" by the Rev.
II. ID. Rawnsley. is a collection OF
"reminiscences OF the region which
Wordsworth and his fellow-poets made
famous. Among the alluring titles OF
these are With the ack-Headed GuIls
In Cumberland. a Famous Yew Tree.
"Lodore After Storm" Wordsworth At
Coekermouth," and "a Winter Day Or
Den Wentwater."
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
A NEW BOOK BY MABIE.

backgrounds OF Literature" a new
book by Hamilton W. Mabie. is soon to
appear. 1t is largely descriptive. and
consists of a series of papers on Words
worth. Emerson. Goethe. Shakespeare
and other great writer's. tracing the in
fiuences which colored their genius II
will be richly illustrated from photo
graphs and drawings.
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
A LITERARY TOAST.

Alfred Harry Lewis novel, Peggy
O'Neai." is the occasion OF the inyen-
tion OF a new drink named after the
heroine. It is a Southern coneoction
and has mint in it, as is proper for so
spicy q heroine
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
A Dutch Patriot.

Francis Adrian van der Kemp. 1882
1929" is the title OF an autobiography
laen Fairchild. Van der Kemp was a
Dutch patriot who came TO the United
States in 1887, and was friend of Pres
ident John Adams
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
The Creator OF D'Haricot.

J. Storer Clouston, author of The
Adventures of NJ. D'Haricot." has writ
ten a new novel, not broadly farcicaI as
his first, which is soon to appear He is
the son OF an eminent Scottish physi-
clan
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
SITHE ONE WOMAN" by Thomas
Dixon. jr-. is a story of New
York life, and about the sort

York life, and about the sort
OF story which one would expect from
the author OF THE Leopard's Spots. .
The passion is positively sultry. the at
mosphere full of suppressed electricity.
and the characters mostly unwholesome.
We have a most unholy mixture OF Inen
with other mems wives. and women with
other women's husbands, and all under
the cover Of teaching a moral. Mr
Dixon may De sincere in his methods of
advocating morality. but he can talk
more immoral talk while he is about it
than any other writer now before the
public
The hero of this tale is evidently sug-
gested by certain socialistic clergyman
who abandoned his pulpit some years
ago TO teach socialism of somewhat
perverted and degenerate sort, deserted
his wife and children and married a rich
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
SAINT OF THE DF

q
DALE" by William Stearns
Davis, author OF "a Friend of
Caesar is a very brief story, hardly to
be called novel. dealing with Germany
IN the days OF the first Rudolf. The cen
tral figure Is Jerome Of the Dragons
Dale. a hoary hermit, who finds himself
called upon to rescue from one OF the
robber knights OF that day little maid
OF twelve, brought up IN a convent, and
on her way TO her father when captured
by the robber. Another prominent char
acter is Witch Martha, also a character
istic figure OF the age, with her two
ravens.
The story Will surprise those who
read the somewhat ponderous novel Of
ancient history which the author wrote
when an undergraduate at Harvard, or
those who read his later story OF the
Crusades. called God Wills It" II is
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
A NAVY Novel

The Spirit of the Service by Edith
Elmer Wood, is a novel of naval life
which will appear in September. 1t is
Illustrated by Il. y. ZogbauT
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
A New Historical Work.

THE Foe of Compromise, and Other
Essays" will be the title of the new
book by william CARROT Brown, which
is to appear In the autumn.
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
A LIFE OF THE POPE.

Monsignor OReilly's Life of Leo
Kill" is ready for the booksellers. II
has an introduction by Cardinsl Glib
bons. :
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-08-07
End of Bitter Fight.

1.-TWO physicians had a long and
stubborn fight with an abscess on my
right lung,' writes J. F. Hughes, OF
DUPONT, Ga, "and gave me up.
Everybody thought my time had
come. AS last resort 1 tried DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consump.
tion. The benefit I received was
striking and was on my feet in a few
days. Now I've entirely regained my
health" It conquers all coughs,
colds and throat and lung troubles.
Guaranteed by Scallin Bros drug
store. Price SOC and S1.0O. Tria.
BOTTLES free.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-08-07
A FAKE TRAMP.
How q Theatrical Manager Was
Hoodwinked by q Ventriloqufst.

How q Theatrical Manager Was
HOODWINKED by a Ven~triloqufst.
Harry Sanderson, manager for Tony
Pastor, who resides at Crawford, N. j..
not feeling particularly well, took a
day off recently and remained at home.
From the window of his library he OBJ
served a tramp entering his gate. and
he walked down to the rear door to
meet him. 1t was the old story-a re-
quest for a meal. Having a load of un
sawed wood in the shed, he told the fell
low that If he got to work and perform
ed on h sawbuck for a brief period he
would have something prepared for
him.
The tramp went to the shed, and i'm
nlediately the sound Of vigorous saving
was heard, stick after stick parting un-
der his energetic strength. Calling the
tramp into the kitchen, Sanderson com
~plimented him upon his energy, and the
tramp replied, with a modest air, that
whenever he had anything to do he
generally paid attention to it. The meal
was eaten, and the tramp expressed his
thanks and departed.
Shortly after Sanderson went out to
the shed and was surprised to find ev-
cry stick Of wood intact. Upon In
quiry in the village he ascerta1ned that
he had been entertaining a stranded
ventriloquist who was working his
way back to New York from Easton.
Pa. The mean chap had simply gone
into the shed and given his imitation OF
saving wood.-New York Times.
The Mind.
Unrefective minds possess thoughts
only as a jug does water, by containing
them. In a disciplined mind knowledge
exists like vital force in the physical
frame, ready to be directed to tongue,
or hand, or foot, hitlaer, thither, any
where, and for any use desired.