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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-06-01
Junta esc0Iar
de Hat0-Gramde
SECRETARIA

En- sesi6r celebrada hoy ha tenido
a bien esta Junta acordsr, en- cumpli-
miento 10 dispueSto por las vigentes
Leyes Escolares en- su Seccion 54 Sc
haga p1blico por medic de los peri6di-
cos de esta 1sla dar de p1azo hasta el
dia IS de JUNO entrante para que los
Profesores principales, graduados y rt1-
rales que aspiran a ser contratados en-
esta municipalidad, d1rante el pr6ximo
curse, presenter en- esta Secretarfa suS
solicitudes, a las que deban aoompaf1ar
ell certifcado creditivo de hal1arse ell
solicitante en- condolences 1egales para
desempefiar ell cargo que pretenda.
Siendo las vacantes, dos principaleS,
seis graduadas y trece rurales.
Hato Grande, ~ de Mayo Ioo3.-Ga-
briel Morales, Secretario de la Junta
Escolar.-Vo Bo-Jose Gomez. Pre-
sidente. 3-3
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-06-01
FL CANTICO DE MUERTE.

di6 e con la seguridad de hombre que quere que
10 molesten durante la noche.
Nathaniel Sc acost6 Maria Sc hizo llevar la cena
al cuaro Pasaron agunos dfas durane los cuales la
ioven apenas Sc serar6 del enfermo.
Las horas eran 1argas muy largas! Maria escrio1a
su rnadre, preparaba aguna 6ebda Nathaniel, bien
lie ela un canco despues coocaba de codos sobre
la ventana sofaba.
No habfA vuelto yer a linda vecina, pero Ia ola
escuchaba avidamente al ruido que le llegaba
traves de la puerta de communication. La exstencia
de aquea mujer lie parecfa fez que hubiera dado
cualqnier cosa por tratarla
Por la nahana Sc levantaba cantado; despues todo
eran risas bromas la doncella ola ell ruido de
los hierros de rizar vel de los vesidoS
surgfa una discussion prop6sito de lazo de una
falda sin que Maria comprendese cada FL frances que
habfa aprenddo en- las "Aventuras de Telemaco' la
"Historia de Carlos XIII no bastaba.
A ESQ de las diez, la joven abandonaba cuarto
annaba puea de to- al cual daba los buenos das
acompanados de alguna broma...
La camarera quedaba entonces dueHa del terreno
Arregaba ell cuarto manejaba mas tempo que ante los
peoueaos uensios de toilette saaba de derecha iz
quierda Sc deena delantedel-esrejo sin duda, res
pondia las galanterias de los mozos de seryicio.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-06-01
PRECAVEOs DE LOS FRAUDES
e IIMITACIONES

Aceptar solamente los remedic4
CURA SEGUEA" para el ASGs
CATARRO, FIEBRE, DISENTERIl )
GONORROEA, ESPERMATORREls
STILLS, PERQIDA DE LA VTRLN
LLDAD y DEBILIDAD NERVIOSA.
Fl tratamiento, en- forma Iquida, para
TN mes, que ct1rara positivamente eI
Saso mas rebelde, cueSta S $5.oo orc.
americana, 6 su equivalente en- mOne-
da de ese pafs por cada botella.
Su drogt1ista debe tener esoS reme.
dos en- exiStencia, pero 81 no es asf
envfenos el precio, dici@ndonos el re-
medic que necesita, y Sc 10 enviaremrA.
puseguida por expreso, porte pagal
Dirfjanse 4
Ia CompaAia m9dica International.
Apartado 4oz.
80 324 Broadway, New Xor. e d A.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-06-01
162 B1B11oTEcA DEL BoLET1N MERcANT11.

Jamas, hasa entonces, habfa experimentado aquella
langudez aque enervamiento de todo Ell cuerpo aque
Has oeadas de calor que le subian la frente.
Una vida nueva penetraba ella. inconsciente-
ente relaciolaba ell secreto de ranformac6n
la presencia de aque joven de pie sabre la Cont
nuaba allf sumido contemplation. De pronto la
vi6 movmiento de vacilaci6n como 81 quisiera
acercarse; pero 10 npid6 la prsa febr la cual
conenz6 ocuparse de su enfermo
Isl hubese tendo el valor de hablarme!'-se decfa
Maria.
Pero al regresar con su marido Sc preguntaba que
hubera respondido.
"Mi frances hubiera bastado-se decfa-6 al menos
10 hubiera intentado."
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-06-01

Al dfa siguente, Nathaniel tuvo una recafda
"Esto sucede frecuentemente," declare el medico.
Ell mso estaba enfermo, bajo las apariencas de un
hombre de mundo, dismuaba una profunda indiferen-
cha por los males de otro.
vefa tantOs casOs de estOs desespefados y NAL pa
gados! ----- 6s-z,-s Sblss
-:Y 81 la noche es maIa7 pregunt6 Ia joven. ,cs
Esperad tranquiamente hasta Ia manana, respon-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-06-01
Sc VENDE

Por ausentarse su duena, el bien acre
ditado cafet1n y buhuelerfa, sito en- la
plaza del Mercado con todo ST. mobilia-
rio. Para informes en- ell rnismo local
5-4 Carmen Bandera.
The Imperial press., 1903-08-22

tricity from the wire at stations to be established. Or if it should
 be found desirable later to lay rails, that could be done and the equipment bonded, when business should be created, for sufficient to meet the improvement.
 As starter i'll this work, 1t may be desirable to put gasoline automobiles on the run, first inn proving the roadbed, but 1t is certainly to be hoped that some thing will be done by the people of San Diego toward establishing d line of transporta tion between the two towns.
 When such a line shall have been built, 1t can we'll afford to carry passengers at the rate of , cents mile, the rate of inter- urban electric lines in Southern California, which would make the round trip rate from Imperial to San Diego about S5, or less than d third the railroad rate to Los Angeles. Freight could also be moved more cheaply than be- tween Imperial and Los Angeles, and no business house o1 property owner in San Diego would fail to note great gain for that city, while Imperial valley would gain as much.
The Imperial press., 1903-08-22

EIGHT THOUSAND veterans of the civil
 war, assembled in San Francisco,
 marched in procession Wednesday, grim rear guard of that mighty army of
 the dead whose valiant herosm saved
 the Nation at the time of it's greatest
 need. Eight thousand men! A corpor- al's guard compared with the million who have gone on to the perpetual en- campment, and yet enough, when seen with their hoary locks and uncertain step struggling to maintain their places in the triumphal procession, to touch the hearts of the younger generations and teach the all-important lesson that on each individual some duty must fall to defend the great ideals of our national life; some duty that will lift the indi- Vidual out of selfish endeavor into the grander sacrifice for humanity. The older nations had way of impressing on the minds of the young such heroism as these men displayed in their younger days, and Americans cannot too forcibly stamp upon the youth of the land a con- ception of the suffering, the privation, the insistent endeavor these men dis played when fighting for the Nation S life. Eight thousand men, burdened with years, a puny remnant of the grandest army that ever trod the earth, and yet, in their weakness, the greatest power in America for uplifting and per the spirit of liberty and equal-> itV
The Imperial press., 1903-08-22
ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTER
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1903
WATER COMPANY NO. 1

It is hereby ordered by the board of directors of Imperial Water Company No. 1 that the Imperial Press be recog- nized as the official organ of said com pany, and the secretary is instructed to cause to be published in said newspaper, without cost, the minutes of all the meetings of the directors and stock holders of said company.
 Adopted by the board of directors of Imperial Water Company No. 1, July ?, 1903. R. D. McPherrin, Sec.
The Imperial press., 1903-08-22

TIE Riverside Press has evened up honors by naming A. H. Naftzger for
 United States Senator. The Fruit World had suggested E. T. Earl for the place. Both are Republicans. Each is d brilliant epresentative of commer- cial idea. Mr. Naftzger is general man. ager of the orange exchange and Mr.. Earl was, until he sold out, head of the Earl Fruit Company and the Conti- mental Fruit Express. Two men of greater ability in their respective lines do not live in Southern California, yet it is suggestive that no two men were ever led into lines of greater competi- tion, and if they should be candidates before the Legislature for Senatorial honors we could expect about the hot test fight that has ever germinated in our sun baked capital beside the raging Sacramento.
The Imperial press., 1903-08-22
RAILROAD OR AUTOMOBILE

Now that the San Diego Cham Der of Commerce, the San Diego County board of supervisors and the business men of San Diego generally are giving attention to the possibilities of an automobile line between San Diego and Inn perial, there is a possibility of something being done along this line. And the feasibility of pas senger and freight transporta tion by such method is becoming more apparent with the steady advance i'll the evolution of the autOmo- bile.
 The Press is inclined to think that the most feasible form this line could take would be that of a traCkless trolley line. The ir- rigation canals of Imperial val ley can, i'll a few months, be made to furnish a good many hundred horse power, and to string wire between the two towns, make necessary improvements to the roads and furnish the cars would require no large outlay,
 Such a line IS not without prec- edent. Germany has furnished a successful model, and American skill could i'll all probability i'm prove upon it, and cars for the trackless trolley could be built to either carry forty or fifty passen- gers each or several tons of freight, and handle either eco- nOmically.
 Such line as this, which could be built cheaply, would have the advantage of adjustment to increasing demands upon it. Should the Edison storage battery prove to be al! that is claimed for it, the cars could be supplied with the batteries and draw cleo
The Imperial press., 1903-08-22
RAILROADS AND CANAL

The ColOmbl Senate has re-
 ieCted the Panama canal reaty,
 and present indications are that
 the canal will not be built on
 Colombian soil. A special dis
 patch to the Los Angeles Times
 thus refers to one feature of the
 canal problems:
 "The tranScOntinental raih- roads alone are responsible, in
 the opinion of many officials here, for the defeat of the Pan anna Canal treaty. Long ago it was known at the Colombian Le- gatiOn in Washington and also at the State Department that the great railroad interests in the United States had sent agents and large sums of money to the Colombian capital prior to the meeting of the Colombian Con- gross for the purpose of lntluenc- ing opinion by money payments and otherwise against the ratiti- cation of the canal treaty. At that time, 1t was thought that the large benefit that would ac- crue directly to the Colom biau government by the payment of S1O. .OO0,00O in cash to it, as well as the general benefit that would come to that whole country by having the canal built, would offset any possible amount of money that the railroad mag mates might spend there Then again, 1t was known that a fund had been sent to Colombia by French interest holding stocks in the Panama Canal Company, and that at least some part of the S+O,0OO, OOo 10 be paid by the United States to the French
The Imperial press., 1903-08-22

TIE Alameda Encinal says "Accord- ins to the Imperial Press, full dress down on the Colorado delta consists of linen trousers, neglige shirt, shoes and stockings. Tbe Press remarks that the absence of these latter is not strictly de rigeuer, from which it is to be inferred that the practice is not entirely un- known." The Press confesses that it doesn't know the meaning of "de ri- geuer," but if this is an insinuation that the people here don't wash their feet, the Encinal is another.
The Imperial press., 1903-08-22
Sacramento.

THE Needles Eye brings the startling that a Santa Fe railroad man presented the Needles fire depart ment with Ca su1ficiency of watermel- ons." As that is a bulk of watermelons which probably no man ever saw before, it would be interesting to know what the allotment of melons was per capita.
The Imperial press., 1903-08-22

NdlCluS CdIldi llIClCSlS III COlOlll
 bia, so that d sale could be ef
 fected.
 "The defeat of this treaty i'
 regarded here after mature delib
 eration, as d serious and possibly
 fatal blow to any isthmian canal
 Today, in Washington, two dis
 tinct parties grew up, upon ex
 aCtly the same lines as they were
 three years ago, when canal af.
 fairs looked gloomiest. Repre- sentative Hepburn of Iowa chairman of the House Commerce Committee, came out Stronge than ever for Nicara qua. Ser a tor Morgan, father of canal leg islation, did the same thing. Senator SpOoner of Wisconsin took strong stand for Panama. Incidentally, 1t was made known that the President leans pretty strongly toward Panama. But people who want the canal dug by some route are Respondent again."
 This dispatch does not bring star ting information. From the beginning of the discussion of the problem of all isthmian canal 1t has been evident that the rail roads of the United States have presented united front against any canal project, and have been able to control the Americau Con gress up to the tirlc of tLe passage of the Colon bian treaty. if, as a matter of fact, the rail- roads were not Instrumental in securing the Colombian treaty for the purpose of killing the Nicaraguan canal project.
 The American people have be- come practically united on two points. The great and over wheInling majority believe these two things: That there be an isthmian canal owned by this republics; that the Government should own and Op- crate the railroads.
 The great industrial forces have thus far been able to con- trol Congress- in opposition to the manifest will of the people on the two issues, simply by rais- ing false problems from time to time, but just in proportion as the railroads are enabled to thwArt the will of the people on other lines, they are building more strenuous determination on the part of the public to own the roads.
 The railroad men of the United States ought to see that the real
The Imperial press., 1903-08-22
DO NOT SEND STAMPS IN PAYMENT

Advertising rates made known OH application at the office.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-06-18
Dog Fooled His Mistress.

This dog learned thing or two
very quickly. \ family in Tiffin, o.,
had moved from the old home, but
rented the house, furnished through
out, the new tenant being an elderly
lady. For some reason, the family
dog was let" with the furniture.
Now the new occupant of the house
liked to sit in a particularly comfort
able chair in the parlor, but as the
dog was also as fond of the chair.
she frequently found him in possess
sion. Being rather afraid of the dog.
she did not dare to drive him out.
and therefore used to go to the win
dow and call: Cats" The dog
would then rush to the window and
the lady would calmly take posses
sion of the chair. One day the dog
entered the room and found the lady
in possession. He trotted to the win
dow and parked excitedly. The lady
got up to see what was the matter,
and the dog instantly seated himself
in the chair.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-06-18
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THE CANNIBAL TREE.
One Naturalist Has Called 1t the Most
Wonderful of Gods Wonders
in Vegetable Life.

The most wonderful forest tree in
the world, perhaps, is the "cannibal
tree" of Australia, W HIGH some one has
aptly called the most wonderful of
Gods many wonders in vegetable life"
1t grows up in the shape of huge pine
apple, and seldom attains a height of
more than II feet. 1t has "a series of
broad, beardlike leaves, growing in
fringe at the apex, which reminds one
of a gigantic Central American apex.
When standing erect these broad,
thick leaves hide a curious looking ar
rangement, which appears TO perform
the same functions as those of the
pistils in flowers.
Naturally, these board-like leaves,
which are from ten to IL feet long in
the smaller specimens, are from Is to
20 in the larger, hang to the ground.
and are strong enough to bear mans
weight. In aboriginal times in the
antipodean wilds the natives wor-
SHIPPED the cannibal tree under the
name of the devil tree" the chief part
OF the ceremony consisting of driv-
ing 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 travellers declared that the tree
held its victim until every particle of
flesh disappeared. On this account, it
is called the "cannibal tree"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-06-18
SIGNAL AND TRUMPET.
Unique Combination Warning Device
Designed to Prevent Trolley
Accidents in Cities

In spite of the almost universal in
PRODUCTION of the trolley car and the
daily use of these conveniences of
travel, frequent instances are recorded
of carelessness and heedlessness in
crossing the tracks with serious ac-
cidents not infrequently resulting
Probably one great cause of these ac-
,idents is the confusion of sounds usu-
ally heard on the street, and the in
ability to single out any note of warn
ing from the noisy clatter. \ remedy
for this has suggested itself to Cleve-
land inventor, and his apparatus takes
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-06-18
MAST LOWERS ITSELF.
German Invention Which, 1t IL
Claimed. Eliminates Danger of
CaDsizing Sailing Vessels.

When a sudden gust of wind strikes
sail lying almost in a vertical plane
with the keel it is apt to capsize the
boat or cause it to ship sufficient water
to damage the cargo or wet the passen-
gers and crew. The usual manner of
relieving the great strain on the sail
is to ease it off until it swings around
in line with the wind, but as this cannot
always be done rapidly enough to pre-
vent danger, it has occurred to a Ger
vice which would allow the mast to
tilt and give way to the strain might
be practicable. To carry out his idea,
he has designed a mast which is piv-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-06-18
SOME MUSICAL CATS.
One Used the Telephone, Another
Played the Piano and Third
Was a Guitar VirtuOsO.

One particularly interesting cat that
/ knew had a long life. He had reached
the advanced age of IA years. He was
not a blueblooded cat, but simply a
plain, black cat, without pedigree, and
bore the plebeian name of Tom, but he
often displayed high degree of COM
mon sense, and sometimes of reason.
In the house he lived in was speaking
tube of the ordinary kind, passing from
the upper to the ground floor. On one
occasion Tom was left alone in the
downstairs room, the doors of which
were closed. Desiring to get out of the
room, and having no means of opening
the door, he climbed upon a chair near
the speaking tube, erected himself
upon his hind legs, steadied himself by
placing his paws upon the back of the
chair, placed his mouth to the tube,
and began whining and mewing into it.
In this attitude he was found by his
young mistress, who came into the
room at the moment that he was try
ing to call some one to his aid.
Tom had evidently observed that the
tube was used for such purposes, and
that some one usually came in re-
Spouse to it. He did not know enough
of its mechanism to remove the plug
or to use the whistle, but he certainly
showed that he knew something about
the use of the instrument, and as far
as he had ever seen into the mystery
used it accordingly.
There lives at this day in New Jer-
sey cat whose tastes are esthetic. if
not cultured. She answers to the
name of Bonny. While she is the pet
of all the family, she is especially de-
voted to the only daughter, who is a
young lady of some 20 summers, and
she is equally devoted to the cat.
Bonny is fond of music, and is per-
haps the only one of her race that per-
forms upon the piano. This she does
of her own volition, and apparently for
her own pleasure, for she is shy of
performing in the presence of
strangers; but while alone or in the
presence of her young mistress she
does not hesitate. Bonny seems to
have clear sense of the fitness of
time and place, and never interrupts
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-06-18

adhesiveness of the seed took ma
tive vine, noted for its toughness, and
rudely made it into the form of chair,
holding it in place with branches of
small trees. The seeds fresh from the
tree were bound to the vine until they
had firmly fastened themselves to it,
being allowed to grow in the meantime.
After the seeds and boughs had be-
come attached, the vine was cut from
the roots. and the natural chair ex-
posed to the sunlight until the sap had
dried from the fiber and all of the
material had hardened into . sub
stance as solid as oak. 1t was then pol
ished until its surface glistened like
mahogany. Although but three feet
four inches in height, and 25 inches in
width, the weight of this curiosity is
over hundred pounds, on account of
the hardness of the material of which
it is composed.
The armchair may well be regarded
as striking example of the gardening
skill of the far east.-Scientific Amer
lean.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-06-18
YIELDS BEFORE WIND PRESSURE.

oted in a central socket, being braced
with stay ropes running to opposite
sides of the hull. Ordinarily these
stay ropes are rigidly secured, but in
this case they are extended to a drum
beside the mast, where they are wound
up tightly to brace the mast When
the ship tits too low in the water under
wind pressure a weighted arm on
the drum swings to one side, releasing
the ratchet device, which prevents ro-
tation of the drum. 1t is obvious that
the unwinding of the rope on the high
est side of the hull will ease off the
mast and allow it to tilt into the posi-
ton shown in the dotted lines in the
drawing. There is a stop which pre-
vents the fall of the mast beyond
certain point, and as soon as the wind
quiets down the mast can be returned
to its normal position by reminding
the rope on the drum-Milwaukee Sem
tinel
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-06-18
TURKEYS IN RED COATS.
Maryland Spinster First P1ucked the
Birds and Then Supplied Them
with Warm Clothing.

Miss Sallie Blake, who lived in
Calvert county, Md, some years ago,
was in the habit of gathering
chicken-grapes in the autumn, and
making them into medicines by pre-
serving them in spirits.
1t happened once, after the con-
tents of jar containing the decoc-
ton had been exhausted, that Miss
Blake emptied the liquor-soaked
grapes on the ground. Here her fine
brood of turkeys quickly gobbled
them. relates the Baltimore Sun.
Presently Miss Blake found the
turkeys lying on the ground and, not
realizing the cause of their stupor,
she thought they were dead. In or
der to realize something from the
feathers, she had the turkeys picked
The carcasses were thrown outdoors.'
The next morning there was
great hue and cry from the servants
in the backyard, and, looking out of
the window, Miss Blake saw her tur-
keys walking about, absolutely bare
except for few tail and wing feath-
ers.
In order to protect them from the
cold. the good old woman bought
enough red flannel to make each tur-
key a comfortable garment. Very
soon. to the wonder of the neighbors
far and wide, Miss Blake's turkeys
stalked abroad, wearing their red
coats with the same easy grace with
which they had worn their feathers.