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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-09-18

Acabada la ceremonial nup-
cial entr6 la abuelita, y con sus
oiillos tiernos y algo llorosos
miro primero a Margarita, su
meta, que estaba resplandecien-
te, aunque algo palida por la
emocion, y luego al feliz Pablo,
apuesto y decidor, como quien
triunfa en- las grandes empresas
de Ia vida.
-Hiios, mi regalo no podia
faltaros; hello aqui: es una joya
reqia, inestimable. Mientras la
tengais sereis felices; lay de vo-
sotros el. dia que os -viera1s sin
Y entrego a Margarita TN
viejisimo estuche en- Ell que ha-
bfa un collar de tres hilos: uno
de esmeraldas, otro de brillantes
y ell t1ltimo de rubfes.
-Es verdaderamente una jo-
va de principes-dijo Pablo ad-
miranda ell collar y adornando
con el la garganta de Margarita.
-Hace un singular efecto; pa
rece una bandera tricolor, una
faja de iris. -; en- fin, querida
mia, 81 20 fuera poeta, te diria
cosas muy bonitas.
-Abuelita mia, icuanto te
quiero! Deja que te bese asi,
con el collar puesto.
Y la anciana Sc dej0 besar,
mientras decfa a su Meta en- voz
muy baja:
-Si alguna vez 10 pierdes,
1lamame, que este donde este,
no dejare de oirte.
Y discreta y triste fuese la
anciana, dejando solos a los
nuevos esposos, libres va en- su
amor santificado. " como a
punto en- que salfa la abuelita
salia tambien por 10 misma puer-
ia ell ruido de un heso atronador
y loco, murmuro aquella:-Les
dejo los tres bienes del mundo:
algeria, riqueza y esperanza.
lLoS tres hilos de mi collar. . E. /!
II
Algunos aflos despues.
Pablo y Margarita hablan en-
Ia misma habitacion en- que reci-
bieron ell regalo de la abuela.
Harto Sc nota, por ell son del dia-
logo, que no son va los amantes
recien casados.
El.-Hay caprichos tontos que
no Sc deben respetar; convence-
te de que este es tan ridiculoI
como Greer en- brujas. Cuando
quite del condenado collar
aquel hilo cursi de rubfes, tuvi-
mos la correspondence escena.
Ella.--Y no volvimos a yer la
algeria en- esta. No hay mas
que tristeza, 81, una tristeza
muy honda en- el corazon.
El,--iBah, nervosismo! Aho-
IA Sc trata de otra cosa mas Sc
ria: del nombre, del honor. No
tiene uno la culpa de que SAL
gan NAL algunos negocios. Otros
saldran bien; pero en- tanto. hay
que pagar, hay que cumplir.
Esto es rudimentario.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-09-18

cay6 en- poder de Ia autoridad, y ante
ell juez de guardia conto la desventu-
rada noche que habfa pasado por amar
a una mujer.
Convencido 81 magistrate de que Ia
declaration del detenido era cierta, 10
dej6 en- libertad, despues de facilitarle
ropas con cubrir sus desnudeces.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-09-18

tenedor de libros y corresponsal con
algunos conocimientos de ingles bue-
mas referencias, ofrece sus servicios al
comercio y o6c:nas rarticulares.
Informarzn Allen O.. o. IL
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-09-18
Muewa FaR.RnaaCia
SanturCe
FRENTE AL INSTITUTE
Ell LcdO. Pho Rechani

Reformada completamente la
antigua botica de "Zengotita"
ofrece su nuevo dueflo TN con-
cienzudo servicio y existencias
completamente nuevas.
A todas horas y todas cond1-
clones.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-09-18
VENTA

de dos solares situados en- el barrio Dc
LA Marina" cerca de La fzbrica ia
Colectiva," cada uno de los cuales mide
y26 metros S8 centfmetros cuadrados y
ambos lindan con tres Gales del terra
plkn de las obras de Puerto.
Solo SO admiten proposiciones:por Loo
dos solares.
Informes en- el Establecimiento de.
BoLETIN MERcANTII.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-09-18

NOTARIO PUBLICO
Con 2 afios de practica en- el Regis
tro de la Propiedad de San Juan.
SAN JOSE I7,-SAN JUAN.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-09-18
De Italia

Anuncian de Napoles que va en- au-
mento la fuerza explosiva del Vesubio,
y que las materias volcanicas sen Ian
zadas a una altura de 200 metros.
M
El professor Landi, de Mesina, ha
descubierto ell medic de aumentar hasta
cincuenta mil veces la magnitud aparen-
tie diametro visual de los cuerpos ce-
lestes, observados con Ell telescope.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-03
Lesson in OrthogrGPhy.

Superior Judges at times during
the trial of divorce cases experience
great difficulty in getting from female
witnesses the exact language they claim
to have heard husbands use to their
wives and vice versa. 1t is particu-
larly trying to the jurists when the
language happens to be of the kind
that in divorce complaint comes un-
der the head Of vile and opprobrious
epithets.''
Recently Judge Murasky spent full
ly thirty minutes trying to learn from
a female witness the words she said
she heard the defendant in the suit
call the plaintiff. you will have to
repeat them, madam" finally said the
Judge.
The woman still demurred and then
blushing furiously commenced spell
ing the words alleged to have been
used.
THAT will do, madam" said the
court. You will have to pronounce
them. The stenographer will do the
spelling"
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-03
Speak Gentle.

Speak yentle-it ban better far
To rule by love dan fear;
Ef yu speak rough. yu stand nice chaRc
To get glide smash on ear.
Speak yentle to the coal mamie
Ban easy to get mad;
Eff yu ant getting any coal,
BY yinger, dat ban bad!
Speak yentle to poleesman. tu-
Ay know he ban mean pup;
But vat's the suse to taling him
Ven yu skol get locked up?
Speak yentle to the Alderman
Ven he ban feeling blue.
And maybe, ven he turn guide trick
He skol whack up with yu.
Speak yentle to yure lady trends
And give guide lots Of bunk
Eff yu skol lax to getting chance
To put yure clothes in trunk!
Speak yentle to Vim Yeffries. tn,
Ay tank dis ban guide hunch-
Den WI ant need to put yure face
On Maester Yeffrfes' punch!
Speak yentle everywhere yu go,
And people skol forget
That yu ban Watching for guide chance
To winning every bet!
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-03
INSTRUCTIVE CTUDIErS
By lNOIEDAAlEN AND
1IAS)MEN

OF course there are women whose one
Joy in life is to spend their husbands
money recklessly. There must be.
The comic papers and the bachelors
say so. But there are also men mean
enough TO grudge daily bread TO their
wives. Everyday observation tells US
that. So.th average is probably quite
as much to cne sex as to the other.
Many a man who brands his wife as
extravagant would fall dead if she
spent as much on her own amusements
as he spends on his.
Many a man grumbles that his wife
has no idea Of the value of money.
When ] hear a man say that sort Of
thing l mentally explain his wife's ig-
norance of money values on the ground
that she never has any money 70 exper-
iment on.
I once knew q man whose wife lived
on ard-and-clothes wages. He was
suddenly called out of town and left
her 800 with which TO manage the
house in his absence. In joy at having
such an enormous sum to handle. she
rushed out and spent 20 cents-yes,
twenty whole cents-on chocolates. The
husband returned Unexpectedly the
same night and demanded the money
he had left with her. Shamefacedly
and trembling she handed him $99 so,
and faltered out the terrible truth as to
the missing 20 cents.
'Just like a woman" sneered her
! lord and master. THE best Of them
can't be trusted to handle cash.
When a man dies and 4eaves his for
tune to his wife. small wonder she so
often squanders it. Had she handled
\ it more freely in its collectors lifetime
she would dispense it more wisely after
! his death.
From the bottom Of my heart l feel
/ a deep pity for the average married
woman. She earns her money as nobly
and as completely as does any day la
borer. She keeps a mans house, rears
his children, makes his life happy. And
/ for this she receives no pecuniary COM
! pensation beyond IN inadequate
amount Of money, too often ungra-
/ ciously given. Surely. high price to
pay for the privilege of writing Mrs. .
: before her namei
An Allowance liberal allowance
ungrudgingly bestowed-is the solution
/ to more domestic difficulties than this
world dreams Of
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-03
Prosperity III. Me-xieo.

There is good reason for the epti-
mistic view Of Mexico taken by the
French experts who. after. personally
investigating the mines and manufac-
lures of that country. report that il is
destined to experience a remarkable
boom before many years. The basis of
their belief is that the Mexicans will
soon adopt the gold standard. giving
their money a stability that viii imme-
diateIy invite further Inflow of capital.
not only from the United States. but
also from France, Germany and Great
Britain. This will be practically All
that is needed to insure a wonderful
expansion Of Mexican industries. for
everybody who knows the country il.
aware of the greatness of its natural
resources. Properly developed 1t could
support a population OF perhaps 5O.9O0,
600 in comfort and prosperity. When
that development is attained. and in
proportion as it is approached, the
United States will profit unless there is
suicidal recklessness in neglecting a
market.-Providence Journal
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-03
Self Criticism.

Some music lovers were discussing
the passing of the Tivoli. One said:
do you know that one can weigh his
own musical opinion-using the worlds
estimate as a standard-in as correct
a scales and as easily as he can weigh
himself physically? Unconsciously we
all form estimates of each musical
number, but sometimes wonder if such
opinions are based really upon our own
knowledge or upon hearsay. The next
time melody occurs to you ask your
self what 1t is and by whom. If you
cannot remember your weighing scale
is ready. Just place your stamp of
good, bad or Indifferent upon the name
less song and then jot the notes down
on paper, if you be musician enough.
awaiting the time it shall be identified
to you: if not, ask the first musician
you meet what it is. When identified,
if ii be the theme of the Kreutzer So
nata by Beethoven. and you stamped
it Indifferent, know, gentle sir, that
when you raved over Beethoven he was
not yours but your neighbor's god. If
it be of the Annie Rooney class. and
you stamped it good, you are utterly
lost. II, on the contrary, the melody
made your spine tingle and you longed
for a Job as a grand conqueror or
something, when you have only a 2x4
stature, and you discovered it was
Wagner's great Tannhauser March,
you may know that you really appre-
ciated the music for it's own worth and
not because of anything you were
told
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-03
CeyIon's S Exhibit.

Stanley Bois. special commissioners
for Ceylon to the Worlds Fair at St.
Louis. now in New York, thus outlines
the representation which his island will
make.
"Our attention" says Mr.. Bois, was
invited to the Forthcoming exposition
at st. Louis by John Barrett. in jan
uary last. and just at that time w. H.
Fig0. the mercantile member of the
legislative council, was in London He
was cabled to come over and canvass
the situation, and report his Judgment
as to the expediency Of having a rep
resentation for Ceylon. He came over
to st. Louis. and upon his return the
Governor appropriated $4,000 out of
the colonial exchequer. of which
amount sS5,O00 is to be expended in the
erection OF a building. The structure
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-03

United States has to be guarded against attack
free to go safety like any other citizen,
experience has proved that he is longer safe from
harm President Roosevelt chaes under the restriction
of his liberty. He still leaves the White House foot
for long and vigorous walks for horseback
sion and when he is the open, away from the crowd,
amply capable of defending himself But every citizen
feels that Presidents are IN danger IN crowds and must
be guarded.
Since MIR William Randolph Hearst said in his news
papers in April, If in search of big game
walked into geological garden it would be foolish OF
him to spend his time trying to kill mouse, with ele-
plants tigers and lions all around 1t is equally foolish
to aim his blood and thunder at the od-fashoned little
kings and emperors, when the really big so
plentiful and so home and, describing the exc
cution of Louis XVI, said. so when hint that this
republic is in danger just remember what short
time inervened the King alive and drinking and
the King dead and all the peasants eating" there has
been spread feeling assassns that the road to
national happiness and plenty lies in the assassination OF
the President.
The murder of President Mckinley followed close
upon ncendary and since then we have
seen great in the number of halfbaed crea-
lures full of mock heroics who look upon the President
as the actual of and oppression whose death
will bring in Utopia. Under these circumstances the
whole country interested in safety for the OF the
President and ndorscs the inquiry in progress be-
fore the Police Commission into the for permit
ting the crank to wayay him in church It is strange
revelation of the pervesity of the oblque mind that such
precautions are necessary time of peace and general
prosperity when the country has less than
in its history complain of economic political con-
ditions But deporabe is, the fact exists, and good
citizens only hope for such moderation of personal
and political criticism will gradually efface the ncte
ment of the weak and criminal to murder.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-03

that will serve as the Ceylon court
expect to find about half finished
was appointed through the concurrent
preference OF the Governor and the
planters Of CeylOn in April last, since
which time we have been busy with
our preparation Of a proper display
next year. L desire TO be on the
ground when the finishing touches are
put upon the building that nothing
may be omitted that will make 1t thor
Oughly representative Of Kapdtan
architecture. Our building is 10
Gated adjacent to the Agricul-
tural building. and is certainly
very eligibly situated. 1t will be our
aim to install a thoroughly character
istic display, rejecting the natural re-
sources Of Ceylon, her soil products and
the results Of her Industrial life.
Besides, we shall give special
prominence to the articles in which we
are building up trade in the United
States. Chief among these will be.
plumbago as a mineral product, and
the two other articles which divide
the honor Of prominence as staples
products Of the cocoa palm and tea. Our.
trade in black tea, which found its
principal market IN the United King
dom, had been on the wane, and we
turned our attention to the manufac-
ture or curing of green tea for the
American market. The export OF green
tea to the United States last year was
1,5OO, 900 pounds, and thus far this year
it has been G,5O0 600 pounds, and we ex-
pect TO reach the 100000 mark for
the full calendar year." Mr.. Bois will
go to London for the Christmas hOli-
days, and return TO St. Louis in April
of next year with his family. remaining
through the exposition.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-03
The UnSfeakdble Camel.

A tragic upsetting Of the beautiful
tableau in the prelude to Ben Hur
at the Grand Opera-house few
nights ago was only averted by the
strong poise and self-control of the
actors who impersonate the three
wise men," In the setting for the
scene appear three camels. One OF
these beasts of the desert is alive, the
two companions in the picture are
merely stuffed property" affairs. 1t
is with the live camel that this tale
hath to do.
Shortly before the curtain was rung
up on the scene during the night in
point some needless wit fed three
large and aromatic California
onions TO the real camel. The
vegetables were gems as spec
linens of odoriferous garden
truck. They were laden with the true
onion flavor. Our friend, the camel,
munched the fodder with evident de-
light, for they were succulent NOR
sells. Unfortunately the thoughtless
wight who was guilty failed TO fol-
low with the all essential sen-sen.
On the stage the onion burdened
camel was led. AS the curtain part
ed on the scene the wise men" got
a whiff of the exhalation of onions.
And they got it strong. The longer
they stood before the beast the strong
er became the offense. To move
would have ruined the scene. 1t was
a case of torture for arts sake, and
art won.
Rut inst az the star Of RethIehern
cleaned forth the camel coughed.
Imagine, dear reader. the tortures
carried upon the breath Of that cough.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-03
Menelik, Modern Ruler. .

Emperor Menelik, who claims to be
the most blue -blooded OF the monarchs
Of the Old World by reason OF his al
legged descent in a direct line from King
Solomon Of Israel and the Queen OF
Sheba, has just issued a. decree impos-
ing the most severe and rigorous pen
alties for any one found buying or-sell-
ing a slave in Abyssinia. He is bent
upon abolishing slavery altogether in
his dominiOns, and when one takes into
consideration the fact that slavery OF
one kind or another still exists not only
in the realms of the Turkish Sultan OF
the Egyptian Khedive OF the Shah of
Persia, the King Of Siam and the. EN-.
peror of China. but even in the feuda-
tory States of British India. in the Con-
go Free State ruled by King Leopold:
in Zanzibar, which is vassal 10 Great
Britain. and in the colonial dependen-
cies of France. Germany and Portugal
in Africa, it must be admitted that Enr-
peror MeneIik deserves a great deal OF
credit for his humanity and progress
iveness in honestly endeavOring to sup
press the most wicked of all traffic,
namely that in human beings Menelik
is a far more enlightened ruler than is
generally believed and has but little in
common with his ferocious predecessor,
Emperor John, who was wont to slice
off the noses Of those who used snuff.
to cut off the lips Of those found smok-
ing and to brand crosses in the hand
of every Mohanmedan who fell into
his clutches. just by way OF converting
him into a Christian
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-03
POLICE AND THE CRANK.

n URING the recent visit of the President to New
| ! York to attend the funeral of his uncle the Police
- Department undertook safeguard him. The
imperfect that crank able
get to him. 1t is to say that the crank was
harmless old featherhead well known in California as
self-eected nuisance. The fact is that if crank intend
ing no violence could evade the police waylay the
President anarchist assassin could do the thing
and accomplish MS murderous purpose
While it is deplorable that the President of the
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-03
Wild Snoiis.

A man in Louisville had a barrel Of
snails sent to him from Italy recently.
but the Custom house officials held
them up because they could hpd no
duty to levy on snails. and IL did not
seem right to let them in for nothing
1t looked as If the snails would pass
the rest of their lives in the Custom
house. but the man finally offered TO
pay duty on them as wild animals and
the officials let him have them.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-03
Fiue Great Soldiers.

Senator Daniel OF Virginia said In a
recent speech at Baltimore that the
nineteenth century produced only fve
soldiers who could be called great
Napoleon, wellington. Won Moltke.
Grant and Robert z. Lee-Leslis's .
Weekly
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-03

1t is hardly credible that the Government consulting
commission of Colombia discussed the assassination of
United States Minister Beaupre political necessity.
1t difficult understand how the directing spirits
any nation can approach annihlaton with complacency.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-03

The police authorities of Oakland received the other dav
an eloquent if intended compliment to their abilities
burglar whom they had captured attempted to hang
himself in his cell 1t is such peasantries of police life
as this that make wish Oakland would lend Us few
of her thieftaers for while There little in police
administration San Francisco such an effect
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-03

Grover Cleveland owns railroad that he can't sell
and which won't pay Perhaps he might induce Bryan
accept it. Mr. Bryans taking ways, admirably demon
srated in the Bennett affair." might suggest solution OF
which Cleveland is incaoabe
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-03

Special information supplied daily %
business houses and public men By the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's). go Cali
fornia street. Telephone Main 1042
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-03

Do you wear glasses? Properly dkklnK
glasses and Murine Eye Remedy promote
Eye comfort Murine makes weak eyes
strong. Druggists and opticianh
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-03

Let the sum be sufficient to pay for
clothes and for the countless little ex-
tras so dear TO the feminine heart.
There is no need for a man to impover-
ish himself in order TO do this. A COM
mon sense talk before marriage should
inform him as TO how much (or how
little) his future wife needs for spend
ing money, clothing. etc. If he can
meet the demand he should do so. If
not let him figure out how much of his
salary he can afford TO give her as an
allowance; and if she is the right sort
OF girl she VIII usually make il suffice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-13

more and Ohio have practically been one system for years, so far as traffic was concerned. there will be no changes in that respect"
 Says Pennsy Owns No Reading.
 The Wall Street Journal says:
 The purchase was made by the BaIti- more and Ohio, which then offered a half interest to the Lake Shore. The impor- tance of the transaction lies in the fact that the Reading was an important trunk-line terminal property of especial value to both the Baltimore and Ohio and the Vanderbilt roads, inasmuch as it furnished the former with it's connection to New York. and the latter with its connection to Philadelphia. The coal in. terests involved were entirely secondary. and. as we stated at the time, Penn sylvania has no interest in the matter at all.
 NO doubt the Gould plan in connection with their entry into trunk-line territory has good deal to do with bringing about the change of control of the Read ing. It was always possible that owner ship Of that property might fall into hands hostile to the general trunk-Iine interests. As early as last June we were able to state in this paper that Reading would take a place in the general trunk line situation similar to that occupied by other roads Jointly owned by the Wander bilts and the Pennsylvania Railroad in- terests In thIs case, however, Penn sylvania owns no Reading. and there is no connection whatever between the Reading purchase and the increase in the authorized capital stock of the Penn sylvania."