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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1903-04-03
SON ESTOS SUS SINTOMAS ?

Predifcc6n al onanismo emisiones de dfa & de
qe
iasclvas; granos, cOntracctones de los mtscGlos
tque son preeursores do L. Epiiepsia}; pensa.
iegdeneias dormitar dormir, sensaci0n de EN-
uteeimiento perdida de 10 yolnntad faIta de
dolores IN las pieInasy en- los miscplos sensaci6n
nsa ae dristeza s salisntos inguietnd. falta de
pnes decuaIquisr ssiuerzo peqnsfo, manchas - =
tantes ante Ia vista. debiHdad despu6s del act o
Ia sSido s los a oo.
ssn pegro s
tarfiio, perdida disnnfnnci6n de los descos de-.
caimiento de la sent tibflidad, 6rganos caidos v
sntmas son nafuGaes para as esos nn
hoInbre gue debe recnperar sus enervadas fuerzas
s,.ta sitaIss. yendra ser press de alguna fatal
Nosotros solicitamos dc todos los que ssufren
Se a.s1no u 10 9e los s1ntomas arribs enumerados.
comuntcandose con nuestra Compai1fa dc m6dicos
especiaiistas que han tenido veinte aiios de ex-
del sisteana sexual, Y ouienes pneden earantizsyy
una curaci6a radical permansnte. - $500 S6s
sdgsaa. dEsyisnos una relsci6n complete de 81 case
paci6n. 81 Is casado soltsrc cnales De ios ~.
tomas nombrados se le han nIanifesfado q I'd,
estrechez. Stills alguna otra enfermedad yaneres
Nue. ira junta de medicos diaknosticar6 ense-
gu sn.a rs m q 81 case tgratis inform
q seintfs dias en- el qne efectuar6 una curaci6n
,at,ca r. Tssisnlecera Cd. oomplsta salndy
postal mo garansia De busna t. is ssnviaTsnos sii mos
eerfiiiea,io, tan pront como nnestra innta ds
.nes7ic.,s baya dectdido Ell complete tratamienfc1
alis I'd ilsbe somstsrse, n
coEPAHIA RsPEcIABIsTA al HoRTE
176 Vincent Bldg, Broadway q Duane stv
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Hermosamsnte imprsso, rico en-
preciosos grAbados, nutridas sus CO.
lumnas CON trabAjos de escritores
puertorriquefios, reposA sobre nues.
tro pupitre de redacei6n, el nuevc
peri6dico, cuyo nombre sirve de ru.
bro & estas l1neas.
Ua joven meritfsimo, Mario Brau
es su director; y como este es ar
verAadero Arti.t', su obrs results
nAturalments ana 1oya del arte.
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Information

Los 6ltimos despachos de Pekln
aicen cue se ha exsgerado 10 impor-
tancia de la agitaci6n producida por
Los boxers en- China.
Menos NAL. 0 del NAL el menos.
Por one VI se estaban ahlando les
dientes elias naciones extfangeras.s
QuiNte s. l.chinitos! Pero no No es-
tan quietos, por que....
AgregAn las noticias que solo es
considerable di hs agitaci6n en- 10
provinces de Canton.
Sansaci6 1.!b
Los socialistas espafioles han Pc
dido Al gobierno que pc extier a.
los trabai Adores sgrfcolAs 10 aplica-
ei6n de ID ley sobre.. ..acciAentss DEL
trAbaio.
Ed justf.imo 10 que piden los so.
cialistas.
lLo conseguirAn? :
En- Valencia les estu alan!es en-
m.n;f aataoi6n han promovido distur.
hios. teniendo la polieia que also4-
yerlos 6 viva fuerza:. g, e
Cnsas de much hscho. iSi taeran
.hoSors. ntro gallo les cantAra! A
los estu&iautes esos les eAn:A .. ss-
lilo. de Moron. Lao oe sVAv~ Aae1
"a, pass en- fAmilia.
ri rev de Ir glaterra No pnblicado
nm desreto insultando & todos los
nrocesados per delitos politicos en-
ell Africa del Sur. .,.4o...,
D,een de Madrid que ell .sefior Sll.
va1a nArace aecidido & estabiecer
ma cnalici6n electoral monaI qnlea
cor+rH In candidAtura rt bncan@
de aquella capital. -. ~.
Y co clAro. No trlunsA..e .os So
puplicancs. Silvela estualo en ga
lAmAncA.
Dican de Mobila que ha fAlleciao
al capitkn Abrahamsen, de Id psrca
cnhana xAlAbama, con cate motlvo
M 20 ha dado entradA & dicho buque
cua oueaar& anclado frente & 10 en-
trada ae aquel puerto hAatA que III
Saniiaa Ayerigue de que enferme'
dad I'm falleciao dicho capitAn.
En- China las tropas imperlsles
han sido derrotadas por los boxers
en- vArios encHsntros
A se pAso, la china CORE pellSro
Sa nue "a In cpm IN las potenclss.
Ell professor Bshring, de Viena mn
,noeuiAdo, CON exito el suero De va
an contra 10 tuberculosis.
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Or. Leonard l.andes.


GARANTIzA LA OURA PERFEOTA
Heruae N'-oo~~Ne A~o0
vomism 49,
d puedoc
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Votaci6n plebiscitaria
ulA coRREssiPonDENcIa

e d e decamos
plebito DE 0do los
poraconss grSnsaa gS ap pSs1S Nare H@eoa @ ' ., o.
de repdbSe ae @ @ en- La
pueblo de Puerto fo Peerfa
o les oece peciia por medic oe coa ~
%" 1 Is TERRTTORIO De LA UNION NORIE-AMhRlGANA. 4.
eonnente federation Los u son
Srsdanos ormala en- apsooo' ao ~ " ~ =
TNDhPEN DENCA Ell de los Eso uaos @ esra que
reuene ee'oS
so de- ersa e Sede9 d ens eanitx. e
n0 G0RTERNO TtMPURAL Ell de los aaos onlaGs o
pepsco Estabeoe una
conoSe
'ndads'c%
soucion "
no.,
COLONIA Ri "auoqa0 con mas menos I% aeae m 1auo
'0"' 6 CONFEDERATION ANTILLANA Reda inaspsa,
resuaao
pSblo
hacndo nn
en- a correspondence sonoon que o"o@ 'o'"n0 ~
talon 500 % % ntao
osdo no, t dis
destnadoa clio aon pefo
pertnees razonable
RI donde tomara
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Jacinto TeXidor y AlCala
del 0lmO.

AVOCADO NOTARIO
Fierce en- toaos los Trihnnalas de
4 Isla,
Allan. SO a toa. San Juan.
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Para Curar un Refv0d0 en- un did
tome las PASTTLLAS LAXANTE DH BROMA
QUININA. ri boticario le deyolvera el dinero 81
no se cura La hrma de e. W. GROVE se halla
On cada cajita.
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Ell Polo Norte
CAFE Y BILLAR. :

OzAT ~ DIALEAEs
FL mejor establecimiento de su
clase en- San Juan. Servicio esme-
radisimo: Sc sirven chocolate, cafe,
refrescos, y icores, de la mayor pu-
roZa.
Is San Francisco Is
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En esta ImprensA ss vsnae pspel
v,aio 4 &2. 40 Gutntal
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MerCadO de New YORK
Cotizaciones
Dr.. Ferrer Torres.

Tratamiento de todas las. al ferms-
aades en- general.
Espeeialidad en- las afeceiones de
los ojos, nariz, dido y gar ganta.
Horas de eonsult& de AS. Z. M.
.. Sol A. pa
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ARTURO BRAVO
COMERCIANTE COMISIONISTA
90 Wall st. NeW-YOrk.

Sc ocupa del embaue de provisones odo
amercanas. -
Reclbe de azdcar ca
cuenta las mismas ades que cuaquera otra caas
ditada de "
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Ri professor Bshring, de Viena ha
,nocuiAdo, CON exito sl suero De va
an eontra In tuberculosis.
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H0MDRES DEBILES
RECOBRAD VUESTRO V!GOI
La DEM0RA ES PELI6ROSA.

parece que el Creador ha ordenado que despu6s
de- Ia sangre ef fiiIhio vital seminal sea la sub
stancia~nas pleciosa ell cuerpo del hombre, y
alguha per,tida cnntranatural dc 81 producira
sft mpre resul,atoe desastrosos.
h.iirhns hOmbfes han muerto de intermediates
co:tientes tales mo las del coraz6n, del h1gado,
DE- It's rihones,j enfermedades pulmonares, etc
Is'r hab.r permitido su vitalidad gastarse, ex.
ponendose asf ser faciles vfctimas de estas
ehfermedades. cuando algunas cajas de nuesfi as
medicinas, tOmadas tempo. habIfan impedIdo
estas defilitantes perdidas, asi preservando su
gTosas eEfeI medades.
Muchns Lomhres han l1egado lenta, pero segura-
nente, a I'M estado de demencia incurable eausa
ds estas perdidas, sin saber La verdadera causa
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LA CONQUIsTAD0RA
FONDA POSADA


Este acreditado establecimianto,
situado en- ell pueblo de Bsyam6n,
cslle de Puerto Rico n1mefo 2 cffe'
ce oil pdblico nm esmerado ssrvieio y
buen slcjamiento,
Los precios son m6dicos; las co.
midas esquisitas y no tienen rival.
Sc admiten abonos por meses y
por quincenaa
Venid haeer una visita y os CON.
jvencer6is.
Pedro Caaasg Bas7Ie,stos.
Dr.. N. Ramirez.
Medico Cirujano
0culiSta.
UONsULTAs, DK 16T,P NJ.
Plaza principal m6na DO.
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En- China las tropas imperlsles
han aldo aerrotAdas por los boxers
en- vArios encHsntros
A se pAso, la china GORE pe.AS1o
De que se 10 conan las potenclss.
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A los Notarlos

CARPETAS PARA ESCRITURAS
ne eolorea se hacen. 6 la 6rAsn en-
LA CORRESPONDENCIA
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necessarily follow that the coke can be
made prohtably, and that problem of its
financial value, Mr.. Atkinson thinks, is one
that it would pay the American people to
have solved. At the very least ii would
stand us all in good stead to know how
much or how little dependence can be
placed on the bogs and mud-holes of the
country to furnish a quick emergency fuel
next time-if there is a next time-a coal
famine occurs.
FOR PRIVATE CONSUMPTION.
But quite outside the province of the
great industries which might be supplied
with coko or gas from mud there is be-
lieved to be a good field for its domestic
use, particularly in farmhouses. Mud, air
dried in parcels of considerable bulk and
used in open fre-places, has been found to
give out clean flame with little smoke
and to make a hot fire from which an ex-
tremely pleasant odor emanates. This fuel,
if it does not contain silt from outside,
will be discovered to carry from 10 to IL
per cent. of ash-mostly very fine dust
, of silica, that is derived probably from the
silica of the grass stems. The heating
value of this dry mud will ordinarily vary
from two-thirds to three-fourths the fuel
value Of New River bituminous coal; and,
indeed, in some samples it will run much
higher. in general, the mud that lies far
below the surface of the bog will burn best
because by lapse of time the roots and
fibres have become more fully decayed In
fact, the older the deposit the better mixed
are the various elements, the more solid
the mud when 1t is dry and, probably, the
greater the quantity of fixed carbon it will
contain.
If any one who has access to a mud-hole
and who fears recurrence of the diff
culties of last winter should want to be
prepared for an emergency, he can easily
make ready FOR il by securing a lot of old
peach crates or similar receptacles, filing
them with mud from deep down i'm the bog
and setting them aside under a shed to dry
for winter use. Some such arrangement
for holding the future fuel is necessary,
because the mud taken from the deep parts
of bog is scft in its wet state and may
not be so readily piled up as that about the
surface, which more nearly resembles ordi-
nary sod. When the meadow mud has fairly
set Ii becomes surprisingly hard. For in
| stance Professor Norton recently left some
in keg in the basement of the Institute of
Technology and at the end of a few weeks
found that it was solid that the keg had
| TO be broken into in order to get IL out. In
this form it is of an almost leathery con-
| sstency and rather hard TO cut, so that it
| is best to put il into moulds of the size de-
sired for use in the Fireplace.
MIR. Atkinsons conclusion is that "If we
have accomplished nothing else in this inves-
tigation than TO prove that black meadow
mud or grass peat will dry itself off into a
useful fuel for domestic purposes in a short
period of time and that this may be done
IN old peach crates or boxes. or by building
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of Mexico, and the swamp land of the
West; and the chemists, Furthermore, tell
us that it regularly consists in the largest
part OF carbon, the most important element
in coal, which mas been preserved by the
water, the nitrogenous substances having
been converted into marsh gas during the
process of gradual decay.
This familiar black mud it should be
understood, is the same in composition
as much of the peat that for generations
has been burned in ireland, though in
Scotland the word peat applies only to
the product of decayed MOSES, heather
and other plants that grow the upland
moors. The black mud of the country is
almost always wet and may be called a
grass peat" that is To say it is COM
posed almost entirely of decayed grasses,
reeds and small rushes. Examine a bit
of it from some neighboring swamp or salt
marsh and you will easily detect the quail
ties which have led the insurance engineers
to have almost unlimited confidence in it
as "a fuel possibility. Sand. grit stones-in
other words, the substances that especially
prevent combustion-are hardly present in
it at all. On the other hand, particularly
in the portions taken from near the surface
OF the marsh, sticks and roots frequently
appear, half decomposed. 1t is, therefore
distinctly a vegetable product which may.
when dried, be easily recomposed into fine
powder that has value as disinfectant
Professor Merton has discovered that
specimens taken from swamps I'm eastern
Massachusetts, weighed at first from 100
to 125 pounds per cubic foot, and that after
they had dried in the air for periods vary
ing from three weeks to two months, the
weight became reduced to about fifty-five
pounds per cubic foot. The mud, more
over. as you may easily discover, becomes
quite hard and tough after drying, and this
hardness is easily increased by moderate
| pressure, so that the denser samples be-
come quite comparable with pine wood, be-
ing difficult to saw but easy to split with
| an ak.
MAKES A GOOD COKE
| The experiments in coking mud have
yielded some interesting results. 1t has
been found. for example. that sun-dried
muds will not coke properly. the product
appearing in little fragments rather than in
IA complete briquette. Even half dried mud
| shows a great deal OF crumbling when
coked. but if an ar-dried clod-bone-dry,
as the phrase isis coked at high tenn
perature, there results a firm. dense coke
which. in appearance, hardness aud weight,
resembles the coke derived from soft coal.
| Is this air-dried mud as good: has ii. 10
use the physicists phrase, an equal calorhc
power with first quality American coal?
| That. of course. is one of the questions at
| issue and these experiments seem TO show
| that a good grade of mud is not far behind
| the more highly developed bituminous coal.
| Its calorific power has been discovered to
he at least G5 per cent. of that OF New
River coal, which may be taken as stand
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-23
AMULETs WOMEN WEAR.


New York Sun.
That many women habitually wear ANU
let's to bring good luck Is well known to
the bathhouse keepers, to whom patrons
turn over their valuables before taking a
dip. According to these authorities, the
belief in charms is widespread. Stones and
bits of metals stamped with quaint mark
bearing a couplet or the symbol of a
heavenly body are deposited along with
money and keys and other valua bles to say
nothing of rabbits feet. four-leafed clover,
wishbones and other witcheries in one guise
or another. And the wearing of these
averterS of evil is not confined to any
class or nationality. The well-to-do woman
and the well-instructed is as apt TO have
the quaint goods upon her as the untutored.
More mascots i'm the form of ornaments,
gems and precious metals are being mount
ed by the jewelers. all the time, and more
symbols of occult meaning are ordered by
customers TO be set in such shape and
fashion that they can be worn handly The
summer girl has her priced piece of jade
or magic moonstone locked on a bracelet
that cannot slip over her hand and be
be. This sort of bangle charm is worn
openly, even boastfully, as betokening
careful and cautious young person. but
dozens of charms are worn secretly safe
within the waist front unsupported until i'm
jury or accident betrays their - 'sence. The
use of charms and amulets has zen stimu-
lated lately by the interest taken i'm psy-
Geological topics and the fad for consult
ing fortune tellers and clairvoyants
"Tye got n mole directly on the back of
my neck, an omen of successful fortune
also threatening sudden accident of one
sort another said n girl student the
other day as she fingered the charm that
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hung at her wrist. This is an old Persian
stone celebrated as potent In averting evil
and imparting security and self-possession
TO the wearer. The symbols upon il all have
their meaning. i got IL from the professor
who read my character through three diff
ferent mediums and observed this menace
of sudden disaster darkening what was
otherwise most auspicious fortune
Ii Is held that persons born under the two
extremes of planetary influence arc most
addicted to carrying mascots. Those born
under the gloomy spell of Saturn wear
charms to neUtralize the malignity that
ever threatens TO encompass them aud
those born under the beneficent influences
OF Jupiter and Venus carry amulets 10 in-
sure their continued OF good fortune.
The Italians OF both high and low degree
are inveterate believers in the efficacy of
charms to ward or evil and invite good.
The old spell of the medieval mysteries
still holds them I'm thrall People af Span-
ish and Austrian descent are likewise given
to charm wearing. Many Americans have
of late caught the infection. purchasing
birthstones and ancient talismans with
avidity, and paying more and more affen-
ton to personal characteristics and their
meanings as demonstrated by students OF
the occult. Even the department stores
now sell charms.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-23
A SUBSTITUTE FOR COAL
BOsTON SCIENTISTS EXPERIMENT
SUCCESSFULLY WITH MARSH MUD.
II Has Good Fuel Qualities and the
Probiem Now is How ia Prepare
II for Use Cheaply.

Correspondence OF the indianapolis Journal
BOSTON. Mass, Aug. 2O.-That Edward
Atkinson, a man whose reputation In the
scientific world has been gained largely
from his efforts To prevent fire and VINO
has been mainly responsible for the estab-
lisnment of insurance engineering expert
nent stations and for the teaching of in
sarance engineering profession at the
MASSACHUSETTS Institute OF Technology,
should be deeoting much OF his present at
tention TO the means of making a fire
insight seem strange; but report No. Z. Just
issued from the insurance engineer station
al Boston shows such to be the case. The
investigators at this unique station, of
which Professor Charles l.. Norton. OF the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. is
in charge. are inclined to think that they
have discovered new fuel, one of great
commercial value. Its name is mud. and it
might easily. 81 il is thought, prove To he
very valuable as an emergency fuel should
there ever be "A recurrence of the coal
crisis OF the last winter. When people are
cold In their houses and when factories are
closing on account of lack OF coal almost
any tolerabIe substitute would be well
coined. Then, too. outside OF that field of
that the lump of mud has commercial pos
sibilities even in piping times OF prosperity
like the present when coal is fairly cheap
and plentiful. OF course coal particularly
that OF the bituminous variety is found
pretty we'll distributed throughout the
United States, but black mud Is ever so
much more common: in fact, you will
easily light upon il, varying I'm depth from
two or three 10 perhaps thirty feet, al
most anywhere In the world where there
are swamps or wet meadows, and-what
Is more important-there is a likelihood that
you can utilize IL heat-producing ma
terial which needs only TO receive proper
treatment TO prove itself indisputably VAL
uabie
Whether such treatment, which must OF
course be inexpensive and effectual. can at
present be devised is what the Insurance
Engineering Experiment Station. of which
Mr.. Atkinson il general director. would
like 10 prove on a scale large enough to
give really satisfactory results. In the
report just issued full account l. given
OF what has already been accomplished In
. rough and ready way In other counties.
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THIRTEEN AT TABLE.
An Instance Where the Superstition
Proved Correct.
washington Star.


''Of course, it is generally understood"
said n well-known resident 90 a Star re-
porter. that about nine persons out Of ten
are more or less tinctured with certain
amount OF superstition. l confess myself
TO having a faith in various omeDs that I
find IL rather difficult IN eradicate 1 never
had any sympathy with people vino stand
aghast at the number thirteen, but know
of one event where IL figured in a rather
gruesome sequel.
''Some years ago. he related. 81 was Nis-
itiDg in New York. ] was there 60 attend
small banquet given 10 gentlemtn wide-
ly known in this city, who was about TO
visit Europe on an important business mis-
sion. The entertainment was given az a
prominent Italian restaurant near the Fifth
avenue Hotel and took place ON the eve
of the gentleman's departure. Everything
was in first-class shape; speeches were
made and bouquets OF compliments thrown
all over the guest. when along towards the
end of the little dinner some one discovered
that there were only thirteen persons sit
ting at the table. Instead OF keeping this
remarkable revelation 20 himself. he cried
out: Hello, There's only thirteen here.
That's bad luck. Some OF us will die with
In year
strange To say, this remark threw a pall
over the party. The guest OF the even
ing was considerably Disconnected, and TO
remedy the evil the proprietor of the res
taurant was called on 10 Swell the number
at the table 10 fourteen. But everybody
felt uncomfortable. Now for the sequel.
The gentleman in whose honor the little
feast was given had most abundant sue
cess In the work hc had undertaken and
returned TO America improved I'm health.
wealth and fame. one OF the hosts al his
send of banquet-a man who had no more
superstition In him than has whitewashed
pump-before the end Of the year came 90
this city, registered at one OF the leading
hotels. went &C. his room very soon after
wards. locked himself Up I'm the bathroom.
turned on the gas with suicidal intent and
was corpse long befcse the sun rose next
morning.
$50 this Is one instance" continued the
slightly superstitious citizen where the
old legend OF the number of thirteen for
boding bad luck ~ some person was proven
90 be correct"
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ard for common soft coal. The same per-
centages apply TO the manufactured cokes,
with slight notifications
On the basis of these Investigations of
Professor Norton's, which were carried out
tus and methods available at the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology, any farmer
who owns an acre of bog that runs twenty
feet deep, which is by no means a rare
depth, has on his place the raw material
of about 100000 pounds of air-dried mud,
which is equal in heating power to at least
1900 tons of good coal. Supposing that the
farmer used twenty tons a year for house
hold purposes. his mud bed would therefore
keep the faE.ily warm for 600 years. The
coke and the briquetted mud, IL should be
said. both burn with hot fire, leaving only
from to IL per cent. of soft ash. In some
of the familiar metallurgical processes. the
coke has been shown to serve excelently
and as a substitute for charcoal in working
iron it has been proved satisfactory.
What needs to be done neXt-so the au-
thorities of the Insurance Engineering Ex-
pertinent Station believe-is to make inves-
legations on a somewhat more extensive
scale into the purely financial side of the
operations involved. They have already
shown that it can be done; now the query
to answer is: will 1T pay? Prevented by
his position, as director of the Insurance
Engineering Experiment Station, from en-
barking i'm any get-rich-quick scheme of
exploitation of the commercial possibili-
ties of mud, Mr.. Atkinson is nevertheless
very anxious to discover and report, from
a purely judicial standpoint, on what can
be gained from the bogs
Because good quality of coke can be
made from ordinary Shiny mud IL does NOT