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to be thence by the governors assist
ance put aboard in such vessels as come
for England, and there landed; by suf-
ference whereof not only the enemies
of this kingdom may be holpen, and
these ports of his Majesry's dominions
much pestered, but many other incon-
veniences ensue." To checkmate this
scheme the Clinque ports authorities
were requested to prevent the landing
within their liberties pf any ''Wallons,
French, or other such necessitous peo-
pie, as cannot give good reason of their
employment here or have no means to
maintain themselves without the pes
tering and bu.rtheninge of this coun-
try" and if they know of any such per-
sons already landed to give speedy no
tice of their numbers and place OF
abode. The ports authorities were
also enjoined to have care to hinder as
far as possible the: transportation out
of the country of ''al1 corne and other
vitua1s prohibited to be transported
out of the country so that the enemies
of this commonwealth may not in this
time of their dearth be relieved, and SO
lHelF SlIeHSlll Hdluldllleu against tlllS
kingdom" A month later the lords of
the council sent a reminder to White
hall not to ''suffer strangers of the
meaner sort" to come on shore at all,
or in case landed to have them ''reem-
banquet and sent back againe.'
1t is by no means improbable that a
law somewhat similar to this old one
may now be enacted in response to the
general clamor. The prevailing reports
of distress have stimulated mary of the
borough councils to put into operation
their powers under new act passed
in 1902. This act empowered the met
ropolitan borough councils to estab-
fish and maintain labor bureaus ''for
the purpose of supplying information
either by the keeping of registers or
otherwise respecting employers who
desire to engage work people and work
| people who seek engagement or enn-
ployment. Such labor bureaus are be-
ing opened to the end of sitting out the
professionally vagrant from the march,
ers and of finding employment, if pos
siblc, for those actually willing to
work. MILTON MARKS.
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ment transforms the sound into a |
whispers, and when the speaker whis- |
pers, the receiver transforms it into
a shout.
The receiver is selective, just as is |
the normal ear. 1t picks up and accen-
tuates the important sounds. Its chief
business is TO catch the important
sounds-the aspirants, the sibyllants-
and deliver them to the ear-pleces as
distinct, articulate sounds. There are
rs different pieces in this disk. The re-
ceiver is connected with dry storage
battery three inches long, two inches
wide and half an inch thick. This mere
ly furnishes the power. 1t is carried
in a pocket in the corsage.
1t is the business of the ear-piece,
which is held against the ear by the
hand or by mechanical arrangement,
to receive the sounds selected and en-
phasized by the receiver, and drive them
to the nerve centers in those cases
where drum and bones are missing. The
instrument is capable of $50 major adj
justments and $500 minor ones, SO that
it can be fitted TO that many conditions
of deafness. 1t has to be fitted to
deaf person just as spectacles have to
be fitted to eyes. The acousticon is
sold only upon physicians prescrip-
ton.
When the children at the opera house
placed the ear-piece against their ears,
| the instrument was regulated SO that it
performed the work of normal ears.
| The sounds most difficult to hear be-
| cause they were not articulated dis
tinctly were emphasized, although they
were not necessarily made louder, and
those which We're loud and easily heard
were softened. The inventor has found
| some means of making metals, gases
| and rubber to do the work of the ear,
but the device must be regulated by
hand. 1t cannot do that which the nor
! NAL ear does automatically. If the
| drum is destroyed and the remaining
/ parts of the ear are still capable of
| performing their functions, the acous-
| ticon stirs the sluggish mechanism so
that it transmits articulate sounds. If
| only the nerve centers remain the
! sounds are delivered to the cochila, as
| they are called.
Ii the auditory nerveis destroyed, the
ACQUISITION cannot make a person hear.
In some cases it is found that the part
| of the brain of deaf mutes which has
to do with hearing is undeveloped or
! paralyzed. Their cases also are hope
| less
But there are very few such victims.
The instruments used by those who
4 attended the opera were all adjusted
| differently, and yet the sounds they
heard were practically the same. Likea
persons who have long been deaf, their
unframed brains could not eliminate
the sounds they do not want to hear.
Wherefore they were confused much
of the time.-N. Y. World.
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PERNIC1oUs PRACTICE.
InhallnE Tobacco Smoke Subj cts the
Victim of the Habit to Very
Serious Risk.

On the labels of some boxes of
cigarettes at present being sold to the
public is statement to the effect that
the cigarettes are made of the purest
tobacco and paper obtainable, and
that, therefore, the smoke from
them may be inhaled safely and with
out irritating the respiratory pas
sages. We do not hesitate to say that
such statement is highly mischievous
and that the practice of inhaling smoke
into the lungs is attended with con-
siderable risk to the health of the
smoker.
1t is to be feared that the cigarette is
responsible largely for the prevalence
of this Objectionable habit of inhaling
tobacco smoke; the pipe or cigar smok-
er is, as a rule, not addicted to it be-
cause probably the smoke is too strong
or too irritating But the fact that
the smoks of cigarette may be I'M
irritating does not minimize the evil
effect of drawing smoke into the
lungs, for by this method the absorb
ton of the poisonous constituents of
tobacco smoke (and all tobacco smoke
is more or less poisonous) isvery rapid,
these entering quickly into the circula-
tory system by way of the pulmonary
capillaries. Even in the mouth and
nasal passages there is some amount
of absorption, but this is trifing COM
pared with that which takes place in
the lungs. The practice of inhaling to-
bacco smoke is, therefore, strongly to
be discountenanced. and vendors of
cigarettes should refrain from print
ing on the boxes mischievous state
ments such as that to which we have
alluded
The sequel to the habit of inhalation
may indeed be dire, the heart and
nervous system being chiefly affected.
Yet many cigarette smokers inhale
the smoke into the lungs, as may be
seen from the fact that very little of
the smoke which they draw from the
cigarette is afterward ejected.-Lcn-
don Lancet
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enough money was taken so that each
man had two or three shillings, but as
the campaign progressed and became
tiresome the shower of coins dwindled
until scarcely enough was taken to pay
for the exertion. Moreover, the public
began to suspect, what some of the
newspapers were proclaiming, that a
large proportion of the marchers
would not work when offered employ
ment. The raids We're clearly over
done. On a certain day in February
no fewer than 13 professions are said
to have marched through London bear
ing red banners varied by an occa
sional flag displaying a skull and cross
bones.
In spite of the criticism of the mo-
tive and method of the marchers, new
interest has been awakened in the sub
iect of amending the poor law so as to
make it effective in the lessening of
poverty or of appealing it altogether.
The agitation has brought to the sur
face the fact that considerab BILE num-
Der of the unemployed in London are
aliens. and the London public is de-
handing that undesirable immigrants
be refused admittance into England.
Last year, according to the president
of the board of trade, no fewer than
4,61S destitute aliens were granted
poor relief in England and Wales. Of
| these 3.234 were cared for in the city of
London alone. This was entirely indie
pendent of the destitute aliens cared
for by the Jewish board of guardians
and the Russo-Jewish joint commit
tee. These two charitable bodies re-
iieved in the course of the year up
ward of G,O0O destitute aliens in Lon
don alone.
1t is difficult 20 determine the num-
Der of aliens in London, or the rate al
which the number is increasing by i'm
/ migration. Certain it is. however, that
London is an important objective point
for many of the distressed people, who
help to swell the steady exodus from
various parts of the continent. These
fleeing people do not all come to Amer
lea by any means.
The italian colony is the most uni
fed of the foreign elements in London
According to recent report of the
italian consul there were 1890 of his
people to be sound in the Italian quar-
ter last year. They are composed, he
says, of the most desperate (poor)
elements. consisting chiefly of adven-
turers. They come to England in The
belief that they have only got to start
in business to make great success.
After a time they lose what little they
| have and after time die in the
! streets"
If one were to describe that which is
essentially characteristic of the life
of East London one would treat of the
! tailoring. boot making, cabinet max
/ ing, tobacco preparation and similar
occupations permitting that evil condi-
ton of employment called Sweating"
Each sweat shop would be found to
! have its large foreign element, and
each neighborhood its destitute aliens,
These are conditions that have existed
for many years, and there is no hope
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CHORD BROKE GLASS.
Recent Accident in New Jersey
Household Proves Truth of an
Ancient Theory.

The photograph here is of an or.
binary water glass owned by r. c.
Kennedy, OF Metuchen, n. j., which
was broken in a peculiar manner and
one which seems Incredible, but the
truth of the following statement,
says the New York Herald, can be
vouched for by reliable witnesses.
1t will be noticed that the bottom
of the glass is held to- the rest of
it for short distance only, the rest
of the side being broken in an irreg-
ular line made up of curves of vary
ing lengths.
The history of this glass will help
to prove the theory of the "Chord
of the Mass" or, in other words, that
objects can be broken by musical
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sound or chord if the right one can
be found.
This glass partially filed with wa
ter and holding spoon. was stand
ing on mantel. Two children were
standing at opposite ends of the
room, which was long and narrow,
with the mantel between them. One
of the children was striking chords
upon a either. Suddenly, as a chord
was struck, a sharp click was heard
in the room.
The empty glass was found. and
neatly arranged on the mantel were
the little semi-circles of glass, in
their respective places, just as they
had dropped out.
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and again restored by Theodosius the
younger in AIS, Constantine's church
was at last totally DESTROYED by fire
An the Nika riot of 532.
The quell of the rebellion raised
-Justinian to the acme of power. His
ambition was to reconstruct the church
in such splendor as to transcend any
thing ever achieved before; and the
unrivalled genius of his architect, An
themius of Tralles, enabled the en-
peror to produce building which, i'm
originality of design, audacity of
structure, and gorgeousness of deco
ration, has never since been equalled,
cor even approached. 1t was only 80
days after the fire that Justinian I'M
dertook the reconstruction, and he
pushed the work with such relentless
activity that the present building was
completed and,opened in the incredibly
short space of not even six years; the
dedication actually taking place on
christmas day, 537.
The 1865 years separating us from
the dedication saw vast changes in
the appearance of the church. In the
first place, the original dome, which
was 90 feet fatter than the present
one. fell in 55s through the effects
of repeated earthquakes, and it was
thought safer, in it's reconstruction,
to check somehow the thrust by rails
ing the curve to a greater height The
second dedication under Justinian took
place once more on Christmas day,
563, seven years before the birth of
Mohammed
An adumbration of the subsequent
history of st. Sophia may be given as
follows:
A. d. 620. At the critical moment Of
the war between Heraclius and Chos-
roes the church comes nobly forward
and saves the state, by coming many of
the treasures in it's possession
62s. Heraclius lifts in triumph the
wood of the True Cross before the al
sar Of ST. Sophia.
1875 Leo the Isaurian issues his first
edict against image worship.
TAI Great earthquake of Constan-
tinople.
S42 End of the Iconoclastic contro.
versy; triumph of orthodoxy
s65. Erection of belfry near the
west front of the church.
500. Earthquakes; the vaultine
cracks in several places.
s69-S7O Eighth Ecumenical Synod
held in south aisle of first floor leve
of ST. Sophia.
SIS. Basil the Macedonian, consoli
dates the great arch to the west by al
additional thickness.
975. A strong earthquake shocl
causes the western arch of ST. Sophi;
TO totter, and to drag the dome in it
fan.
ISL. Basil III. restores the fallel
parts.
9S7. The ambassadors of Wladimi.
are 50 dazzled by the grandeur Of tn
I;vlne service in St Sophia that the.
,eric'e the conversion of the Russian
nation to the Orthodox Greek church
1854. The ENJOYS of Pope Leo TX
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Went Through the co.

He was young man of the smart
kind, and he was giving the population
the luxury of seeing what he could do
on the ice.
.'Yaas," he explained, what I'm
going to do is to cut out the beastly al
phabet, dontcherknow, from A to q,
without break
The crowd gasped. and all went well
until he had completed the letter N,
when there was a crash. and also u
bang, and the gentle masher had dis
appeared through the ice, leaving a
nice round hole.
The loud laughter had not subsidized
when our hero reappeared and ex-
claimed in indigant tones:
What the blue sna' are yru
blithering idiots lang Crl't
you see that this is :.
Cleveland Leader.
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STRANGE INSTRUMENT.
1t IL Called the Acousticon and En-
nbles Deaf Persons to Hear
Quite Well.

The ACQUISITION is really an artificial
ear. Ii takes the place of the outer
ear, which collects the sound; the tym-
panum, or drum; the little bones, the
liquid that connects the bones with the
inner drum, which is attached to the
cochlia, as the 5000 nerve terminals
are known.
The receiving instrument, which is
about two and a half inches in diameter,
and half an inch thick. collects all man.
nerofsounds. This is placed in wom-
ans corsage or in mans waistcoat
pocket. 1t gathered all the sounds of
the orchestra, the voices of the prin-
cipals, the choruses.
Its business is to sort and emphasize
sounds. 1t acts inversely, inasmuch
as when a speaker shouts the instru-
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Another Wasted Effort.

'Do / make myself plain?"
"You do
could l make myself plainer?"
She softly laughed.
you might" she said, "by letting
your whiskers grow
And then he knew that his elaborate
argument on the rights and wrongs OF
mergers was entirely wasted.-Cleve.
land Plain Dealer.
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.wnter-clnd. nattlesb1n.

The Russians are experimenting
with a "water-clad" battleship, which
has an upper deck of cork and a sec
ond deck of armor. The space between
the two can be filed with water; then
the ship floats a foot under the seas
surface Chicago Thibune.
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rope 1nUO Ierr1nC War, Is
religion. The Macedonians are Chris
tians, their masters, the Turks, Mo-
hammedans. If it were not for this
underlying fact there would be no
Macedonian question to settle
With such condition agitating the
east of Europe, and calling for the
most skillful diplomacy of the worlds
diplomats, to handle, it is interesting
to turn to the religious history of
Constantinople, and in no way is it
told more graphically than in the
wonderful mosque of Mohammedan-
ism, st. Sophia.
st. Sophia, the splendid cathedral,
and now the great mosque of Constan-
1inople, presents particular attrac-
ton through. the mystery yelling its
former condition, and, especially its
inner division as Christian church.
The foundation of church dedicated
to the Holy Wisdom, or to Christ Him
self is attributed to Constantine the
Great. 1t appears that the structure
was begun towards 326 A. D., and that
its dedication did not take place be-
fore $50, in the reign of Constantine.
The form of the first church was that
of the basilica type, probably with
three naves covered with barrel vaults,
the central vault resting on two rows
of columns. Burned partly by the par
tisans of St. John Chrysostom, who
MAS banished from the city in 4O4.
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QUEEN" said member

,4AN "reigns over more subjects
SN3&g than any other monarch;
she also rules over more
paupers." The winter that
has just past has been a very severe
one for the London poor. The appli-
cation of England's old. much-amend
ed and now almost worn-out poor law
makes a heavy drain upon the pocket
books of the taxpayers, particularly in
London, where the condition of the UNI
employed is most critical. But these
legal demands are not the only de-
mands for the aid of the hungry that
the London public has been asked to
meet. Armies of the unemployed which
march from one end of the city to the
other, pass collection boxes.
1t is asserted that a great many of
these marchers are tramps who would
rather make a little in this way than
do any honest labor, but that a great
many, on the other hand. are honestly
DESTROYS of securing employmentis adj
mitted. Many of them are returned
soldiers, which are said to have sug-
gested the idea of forming a marching
column. Their plan of procedure has
been to marshal themselves into rath-
er orderly professions, flying banners
of distress and thanking the column
with a goodly number of men whose
business it is to carry contribution
boxes and to dart here and there
among the onlookers. inviting the gen
erous ones to contribute. At the end
of the raid this money is divided even
lY among the marchers. At first
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The Most Deadly Dlsease

Pneumonia now kills as many az
measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria aud
typhoid fever combined.
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THE ACQUISITION.

ment transforms the sound into
whispers, and when the speaker whis-
pers, the receiver transforms it into
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The History Of St. Sophia
at CoDstuDtiDople
From Christian Cathedral to Notammedan Mosque
Its Connection With the Macedonian Question.

HE foundation of the entire
Macedonianquestion, which
is now attracting the at
tention of the world, and
threatens atany moment to
throw practically all of Eu-
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-10-24

RECoMENDAMOS todos nuestros
amigos oil hotel THK MARINA, San Josa
nnmero |, Capstal.--Por un dia de- hos.
pedaje, un dollar.
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bO DOLLARS" AL MES
lei EBLO p A 9 A
Un busc6n continental trasmite por ese suedo cables
faIsos la Metr6po
HUNT EN- ST JUEGo

<La ciudad esta tranquila hoy. Al
0unos otros, entire los manifestantes
arrestados aver, ,seran juzgados manana.>
Esta collection de estupideces. segfn
habra comprendido ell prudente lector.
no son hiias del estrecho cac1mcn del
mister que chupa los $50 dollars, sino
que en- elias ha colaborado nuestra prl-
mera autoridad, en- contubernio miste-
rioso con la camarilla palaciega natlva
continental. ,r-s'"-7>
Era precise aex<$uaIquis< manera
que los desacierLssgy Y vejasgaenes cometl-
dos -as. -aaf ..lllls lllssesesfan la metr6poli, COM
pletenaente desfgurados.
Puerto Rico entero conoce la con-
ducta incalificabIe de unos cuantos poll
cfas que, sin motiyo alguno, apalearon
al pueblo.
Sc sabe que esos terribles marquis
tGs de que habla ell cabiegrama, III tan
siquera hicieron 10 que las gentes mas
pacfficas de otros paises hacen, cuando
Sc les maltrata de ese modo.
Y sin embargo, Mr. Hunt. compile
tamente fracasado en- sus gestienes ad-
ministrativas, despu6s de arruinar y
hundir un pueblo, trata de humillarlo
con ell insulto la mentira, trasmitiendo
un cable imbecil ridfculo.
Mas no es este 10 peor, 10 peor es
que para conseguir sus fines, no tiene
inconveniente en- gravar 81 pueblo de
Puerto Rico con $3.50 mensuales, pagadOs
un individuo que es ell que trasmite los
cables.
Tai proceder es inconcebible.
Si bien Sc We este no es va un abuse
sino un deIito que debiera castigarse.
Por 10 que Sc refere al busc6n con-
tinental que Sc chupa esa breva, mejor
seria que 10 colocasen en- otro empleo,
de professor de ingles, por ejemplo, STEM
pre- que no nos resultars un Mr.. Chaplin
6 cosa por ell estilo.
iInfeliz Mr.. Hunt .
Todas sus argucias lie han salido
fallidas y va. en- ell descr6dito mas ver-
gonzoso, solo le queda un recurso.
Ell recurso del pataleo.
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Terrible edmpQ6Q
fIfey0Ivef y los reyes

La Ultima compra hecha por ell rey
Pedro Karageorgewitch Ricardo Ar
naut6 antes de ir Belgrade para ocu-
par ell trono, fue un revolver. Pedro
no ha tenido reparo alguno de ocultar
este hecho, que despues de todo, no re-
vela mas que una prudencia muy natural.
Por otra parte. Ell nuevo rey de Ser
via no es ell 1nico monarca europeo que
va siempre armada.
Ell emperador GuillermO lleva cons
tantemente un revolver, su montero
mayor tiene entire sus deberes, ell de cui-
dar de que ell arma este siempre cargada
y en- buen uso. FL Kaiser cree firme-
mente que est5 predestinado & morir es
manos de asesinos, quiere, cuando lle-
que ell case, morir matando, con la sa-
tisfaccion de haber env1ado al otro mum
do q uno dos de sus enemigos.
Els muy sabido que ell hecho de que
ell difunto Aiejandro III de Russia STEM
pre- llevaba revolver; tambien 10 llevan
el actual sultan de Turqufa, ell principe
Fernando de Bulgaria ell principe Nj
colas de Montenegro. Ell rey de Portu-
gal tambien va armada desde que hace
pocos amos, tuvo que luchar cuerpo
cuerpo con un vagabundo en- un camino
soiitario cerca de Lisboa.
Nj Eduardo VII de 1nglaterra nj
Francisco Jose de Austria suelen ir ar
mados. FL rey de Italia tambien des-
precia estas precauciones, pesar de qoe
su padre murio asesinado despues de va
rios atentados.
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POzos artesianOs

En- ell Zahara en- China SO han
encOntrado pozos artesianos muy anti
gu0s; pero es impossible calcuIar, nj aun
aproximadamente, la epoca en- que fue
ron abiertOs. La invencion de esta ella.
Sc de pozos debe ser sntiquisima. pues
acknowledgements en- los paises aridos Y
secos la question de la provision de aqua
fue ell primer prohlema que ell homb-e
tuVO que resolver.
En- Lombardia CD Asia Menor tam
bien hay huellas de antiques pozos ar.
tesianos.
El mas antique de los que hay en-
Europa, por 10 menos de los que tienen
fecna coDocida, Sc encuentra en- la anti
qua Cartuja de Lillers, en- el Artois (de
donde viene la paiabra artesiano); fu6
excavadO en- ll26, y todavia da aqua en-
abundancia.
En- Lcndres hay tambien otro pozo
artesian0 que data de 1913, todayia
produce cerca 20 00c. 900 de litros la
semana.