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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-06-09

pOr C1erCO, naD1a Q1CnO aquellO
sin saber el dafio que hacia. No
pensaba que la gente ignorante
de 10 que esos ciegos valen y
son, los volverfa acaso la espal-
da; que las familias que les ha-
cen asistir a sus' iestas y sus
banquetes, les retirarfan su mo-
destisimo estipendio; que esos
quintetos y cuartetos discipline
dos por TN ciego ilustre, un pro-
fesor meritfsimo, cuyo nombre
Gallo para no offender su modes
tia, forman todos parte de una
Socie1ad bienhechora, el Cen
tro protector de Ciegos," que
arranca asf innumerables vfcti-
mas a la miseria y al desampa-
TO, y es presidida por otro ciego
cultfsimo y benefaciente. No
saba el escritor de seguro que
en- esos cuartetos hay alumnos
premiados por el CoDservatorio
que alternan en- grandes solem-
nidades musicales con profeso-
res de notables orquestas; que
aprenden la m1sica, no de dido,
81 no ley6ndola en- ell papel, y
que mas de mil ciegos estarfan
seguramente en- Madrid indig-
nados al yer con que desconoci-
.miento del asunto, sc les equi-
paraba a los charlatanes eniare-
tadores de coplas y a los moza-
llones famencos cantadores de
obscenos tangOs.
No. No pudo- fijarse en- todo
este el autor de aquellos renglo-
mes, que revelan, por otra parte,
cultura. Pero, ino era precise
desagraviar a aquellos infelices?
IY por que no habia de ser yo
quien saliera a su defensa? ST
no defendiera a los pobres, a los
debiles, a los necesitados, a los
que no tienen una peseta, siendo
yo tan soberbio y tan suscepti-
BILE, ia quien demonches iba a
defender?
Yo sueflo con que me quieran
los ciegos, porque hay en- mi CO.
raz0n muchas negruras y en- mi
corazon muchas luciernagas
apagadas. Fatigado de mirar
sin yer cosa alguna en- TN trozo
min1sculo de un pequefio pla-
meta, recuerdo que aqn todo es
ceguera como en- Ia maravillOsa
enseflanza del suefio de Esci-
pion. iQue importa yer las pie
les humans 81 no podemos fjar
nuestras pupilas en- el corazon
de los hombres? iQue represen-
ia mirar las Cosas ST no nos es
dado averiguar su destino? Gle
gos somOs del alma las mas We
ces; y iquien al detenerse delan-
te de TN cuarteto de ciegos po-
dra asegurar que ha visto mas
en- la real4dad y acaso en- 81 mis-
mo que aquellos hombres, rjgi-
dos, ararentemente impasibles.
que arrancan de la GAIA de un
viejo Y empolvado Instruments
10 que en- nosotros queda de
idealidad?
lSabemos siquiera 10 que su-
pone la resignation ante Ell ais
lamiento, la paciencia ante la
ajena barbarie, la dignidad en- el
infortunio? Yoquisiera que mi
voz pudiera llegar a todos los
ciegos, a todos los que quieren
en- vano dirigir su mirada a los
hombres para expresarles su ca
riflo 8 su admiration, su dolor 6
su queja. Y quisiera que todos
me oyeran para decirles: 1Por
que habeis de estar tristes?
Vuestros sentidos estan des-
piertos y suplen con exceso Ia
falta de l1no. Veis mas que ell
loco, que el idiota. que el dege-
nerado, que Ell que Sc rinde al
vicio 8 al NAL. Veis mas que
ell ofuscado por la passion, que
quien no analiza y compare.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-06-09
Borra3h0rx
eS una
Enfernedad Y
Puede ser Curada

ES SU MARIDO, HERMANO,
PADRE, s cualquieru de sus parien-
tes afigido con esta Enfermedad de
Borracheraf Nosotros tenemos una
cura segura que Sc puede dar con 6
sin ell conocim1ento del paciente.
Lean el siguiente que babla por 81
mismo:
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Dec. I, 1000.
DR.. w. H. SAUNDERS & co.
Chicago, Ill.
QueridoS Sefiores - Benignamente
reclban mis- gracias por las asombrosas
y permanenteS curaS que uStedeS han
hecho So5re muchos miembroS de mi
congragccion. Yo he organiZado una
socledad entire mis- miembros para
promover y advertir esta mas Safa Y
v1olenta cura para eSta espantosa NAL
decida enfermedad que tantoS son
af1igidos con ella. UStedes oiran en-
el cercano porvenir del reSultado de
suS trabajoS. Yo sinceramente espero
que DioS los bendiga y que los permi--
ia de contituar en- este grande Y buen
trabajo en- sa1var a nuestras crjaturas
mortales de la escena de destruction,
y ponerlos en- e1 camino para que vi
van una vida sobria y honrada. Sola-
mente deSeando de. poder hacer mas
para aSistir ustedes en- este noble y
digno trabajo, soy de Ustedes en-
CriSto
REV. J. NJ. B.
Nosotros hemos y estamos curando
miles, y tenemos centenares de testi
monio emilia hablando de estas asom-
brosas curas. Manden por particula-
res, incluyan una estanpa de centa-
vos para la respuesta. Cuando nos es.
riban eScrfbanoS ell Inglcs 81 es po-
ible pero 81 no pueGen escriban en-
Gsplfol. Dirfjafise al
Or. w. II. SAUNDERS.
Dept. Englewood Station.
B. I42c, Chicago, Ill, Y. S A.
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-01-24

Wilson 15O feet. Here l.. V. Porter has built a good walk for 150 feet which adjoins the school and M. E. Church prop critics where only 8 little repair ing is needed to make good walk. The walk from here on out by the Star Hotel property is in good con dition.
 There is now in the town treas ury $14S.00 which sum is thought to be ample to build the 1500 feet that is being constructed by the town.
 Alderman L. V. Porter has this matter in charge and is lending his time and energy to the enter prise and THE TRIBUNE believes the work will be economically and efficiently completed.
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-01-24

will certainly result in bringing many desirable new people among us, who will invest their money and show us how to make a success at this industry. He said it was of the greatest im- portance that a spirit of hospi- tality and enterprise be shown our visitors during the sessions of the state meeting and urged every citizen to do everything in his might to make them feel happy and at home.
 Other short talks were made by c. B. Grim, L. E. Harbert, J. B. Hardin, T. o. Walker, Chas. Bedding, J. H. Puckett. c. E. Foreman, A. J. Tabor, J. B. Reeves, J. A. Standlee and J. l.. Russell. All were agreed that fruit raising is the one and only thing upon which the prosperity of our country rests, and that no means should be spared in mak- ing the delegates go away from the meeting feeling that they have been hospitably treated.
 The plans of the local society concerning the taking care of the state meeting was heartily in- dorsed. Itwas decided it had the matter well in hand and that nothing remained for the citizens generally to do but to open their homes to the visitors and extend to them cordial treatment.
 There has seldom been a more harmonious gathering of our citizens than was the meeting Monday night.
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-01-24
Stolen Para graphs.

By a girls pretty photograph you shall not know her.
 A girls education should begin where charity does-at home.
 No man can ever be rich whose happiness depends on his money.
 It will not make your heart winter to blacken somebody else.
 The man freest with advice ts usually slowest with anything else.
 The only thing we can be sure of success ill doing is in doing good.
 A woman's idea of 8 perfect husband is one who thinks he has perfect wife.
 So many people are busy with other peoples business that they have no time to attend to tn cir own.
 Give a woman a looking glass ana sine would enloy wearing fine clothes if there were nobody else in the world to see her.
 The man who always tells his wife he is sorry he was so cross when she scolded him is bound to get along in the world by making friends.
 Every time woman picks up towel it makes her husba nd shiver for fear she is going to tie it around her head and go to house. cleaning.
 It is a fortunate thing for man. kind that q dog laughs with his tail, or otherwise when he has occasion to show his teeth his meaning might be misunderstood.
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-01-24
BERRYVILLE SHORT STOPS

County Seat Happenings Noted
 by Our Special Correspondent.
 A. J. Russell of Green Forest was in town Monday.
 Miss Kate Patterson of Fayette- vile is visiting Mrs. w. II. Lewi. this week.
 The Arkansas Angora Stock Go. is expecting 45O goats here this week to be placed on the ranch that has been prepared for them.
 The school at Clarke's Acad- emy has increased in attendance until Prof. Clark has saw fit to employ Prof. Guy Lewis to assist him in his school work.
 MT. Pope of Gravette, Ark, a retired railroad conductor who has been here looking over our country with 8 view of locating, returned to his home Friday night and said he would return again this week with his family. Mr. Pope sees a bright future for Berryville and Carroll county.
 Between thirty and thirty five of our oldest looking fellows from here attended an I. o. o. F. meeting at Eureka Springs Sat- urday night and all returned satisfied that the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs knew how to make a fellow feel good as the edibles placed before them was some- thing fit for a king.
 Mir. Ed Puckett and Miss Matte Phillips, both of Green Forest, were united in marriage here Sunday by Rev. Swanner. Miss Phillips had just com pleted a school in the Territory and on her return home she was met by MT. Puckett at Eureka Springs, when they come out to Berryville and were married, re- turning to Green Forest Monday morning.
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-01-24

Wm. Tarr, an engineer on the St. l.. G N. A. railway happened to 8 very serious accident at Se- ligman Thursday night and as a result he has two of his ribs frac- tured. He had just completed his work and starting over toward his boarding place he stepped in to a a cinder pit. He waited until he got to this city yesterday morning and went to pr. Hayes, who found he was suffering from broken ribs. He will be compell- ed to take a several days lay off. Eureka Springs Times Echo.
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-01-24
Finds Way to Live Long.

The startling announcement of a Discovery that will surely lengthen life is made by Editor o. H. Downey, of Churubusco, Ind. CT wish to state,o he writes, "that pr. Kings New Discovery, for Consumption is the most in-
 fallible remedy thatI have ever known for Coughs, Colds and Grip. It's invaluable to people with weak lungs. Having this wonderful medicine no one need dread Pneumonia or Con- sumption. It's relief is instant and cure certain" Poynor & Morrow guarantee every 50c and S1.0O bottle, and give trial bottles free.
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-01-24

The tall White Oak of the Ozark has arrived, and Hon. John II. Keel of Jackson county, who has held the palm as the Tall Scyamore of White river, has yielded the honors to Hon. J. Sam Rowland, the representative from Boone. Mir. Rowland is six feet eight inches in height, or just half a foot higher than the statesman from the classic pre- cincis of New Port. He will stand higher than any man on the floor of the general assembly. Arkansas Democrat.
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-01-24
An Old Time Spelling.

An Old tune spelling match, such as we used to have on Fri day afternoons in our schools twenty to thirty years ago, was had under the auspices of the M. E. Church on Friday night of last week.
 The book used was the old Blue- back Speller, both old and young participating. It was an unusually interesting occasion for the older ones especially, for it was certainly a forcible re- hinder of the dead and buried events of the "busted past" It was remarkable how some who had not ''spelto before in a quar- ter of 2 century could remember how to spell the catch words so ingeniousiy arranged by the author of this once popular old text book.
 There are yet those among us who think Webster's speller has never been improved upon. This conviction is also shared by some people of renowned learning, as evidence of which we will here quote an extract from an address recently delivered before the American Society of Science. The speaker said:
 seXN I,nr how iy, cahONl I Joour ed my A B C's from the old Webster's Elementary Spell ing Book, the grandest of all educational books ever printed in the United States and book that did more to establish the English language with the people, as we'll as good principles, than any book that was ever pub- lished for our schools. When I had gone so far that 1 could add letters to my words of one sylla- bles, and could spell '.baker," I was advanced, but when I came to the pages in which words of three, five and six syllables, were together with the homely axims, maxims and crack saying, 1 fur ther advanced, and when I came to the seven old fables, 'The Boy Up the Apple Tree, 'The Honest Lawyer sThe Bear and the Traveller The Milkmaid,' and 'The Fox and the Brambles,' it would seem that my knowledge of all things of mundane affairs, was complete. When turned to the last page in that book and came across the longest seven and eight syllable words, 'incom- patibility' and 'incomprehensi- bility it was then that 1 felt as I do now, and have frequently before felt in my life, for these two words in this old spelling book tell of my condition and what am up against now better than any words that 1 could use."
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-01-24
Rev. Carlisle F. B. Martin, L. L. D.

Waveriy Texas writes: "Of g. morning when first rising, I often find a troublesome collection of phlegm, which produces a cough and is very hard to dislodge; but 8 small quantity of Ballard's Horehound Syrup will at once dislodge it, and the trouble is over. l know of no medicine that is equal to it, and it Is so pleasant to take. lean most cordially rec ommend it to all persons needing a medicine for throat or lunr troubles" Price 25c, 5Oc, SI .00 bottle at Poynor & Morrow's.
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-01-24
New Century Comfort.

Millions are daily finding worlds of comfort in BuclSlen's Arnica Salve. 1t kills pain from Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Bruises; conquers Ulcers, and Fever Sores; cures Eruptions, Salt Rheum, Boils and Felons; removes Corns and Warts. Best Pile Cure on earth. Only 25c at Poynor 6 Morrow s drug store.
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-01-24
Heads Should Never Ache.

Never endure this trouble. Use at once the remedy that stop ped it for Mrs. N. A. Webster, of Winnie, Va. She writes "Dr. Kings New Life Pills wholly cured me of sick head aches I had suffered from for two years" Cure Headache, Constipation, BiIliousness. 25c at Poynor & Morrow drug store.
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-01-24

"Some time ago my daughter caught a severe cold. She com plained of pains in her chest and had bad cough. gave her Chamberlain's Cough Remedy according to directions and in two days she was well and able to go to school. 1 have used this remedy in my family for the past seven years and have never known it to fail,' says James Prendergast, merchant, Aunato Bay, Jamaic, West India Islands. The pains in the chest indicated an approaching attack of pheu- monia, which in this instance was undoubtedly warded off by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It counteracts any tendency of a cold toward pneumonia. Sold by Green Foret Drug Co.
The Press., 1903-02-12
SOM ERS.

Mrs. Carlos Converse has been visiting
friends In Hartford.
Miss Gertrude Bartlett of Monson was
at home over Sunday.
The Junior G E. society held a social
In the chapel Thursday evening.
". Kibbe cut his leg quite sever ely
while chopping on the mount ain last
week.
The members of the dancing school
held a reception In Spiritualist hall,
Somersville, Wednesday evening of last
week.
Horace Langdon, who had shock
some weeks ago at the home of his sister,
Mrs. N. A. Patten, was taken to the
home Of his son In Hartford Monday.
The body of Lysander Lull of Hartford
was brought to town for burial last week.
He married for his first wife Frances
Bradley, daughter Of Austin Bradley and
sister to Mrs. Marcus Ktbbe. She died
some years ago.
E. L. Hurlburt, who has been confined
to the house with rheumatism Is able TO
be about again. He was obliged to give
up his weekly trip to Springfield last week
for the first time In eight years. Dwight
Percival went In his place.
The construction company, which COM
menced building the abutments for the
iron bridge over Scantie river between
Somers and Somersvllle, had a hearing at
the towns clerks office yesterday, with
reference to Its demand OF $500 extra to
complete the job. AS no agreement WAS
reached the company has stopped work.
At the annual meeting of the Somers
Creamery company yesterday the follow
ing officers were elected: President, My
ron P. Avery; treasurer, W. P. Fuller;
secretary, E. B. Little; directors, M. p.
Avery, s. B. Cooley, A. G. Chaplin, w.
P. Fuller, II. R. Kibbe, ]. B. Kibbe, W.
q. Billings. The secretary,s report show
ed one of the most prosperous years since
organization. The amount OF business
was 1927, 063.S1; total amount of cream,
3S3, 593; 90 1912 cents net for butter fat.
The average of cream has not been quite
up to standard on account of the wet sea-
son.
The Press., 1903-02-12
Pecan Hunts I'm r<antr.ar~

In the Kentucky bottom lands along
the lower Ohio and it's tributaries the
apple orchards and sugar BUSH are
things of tradition, says the Indianap-
oils News. Their places have been TAX
en- by the pecan, which yields a much
greater revenue. The pecan orchard Is
usually distributed throughout one of
those immense cornfelds Of several
hundred acres that formed the ante
bellum plantations. Here they are en-
riched by constant cultivation as well
as by the fertilizer from the overflow
OF the Ohio that occurs always once
and frequently oftener season. The
pecan season opens special festivities.
Society in the neighboring towns and
cities takes it up most enthusiastically
with pecan tours" picnics, dinners i'm
truth, all varieties Of fetes that such in
genuity can originate. The right to
gather the nuts Is purchased and pro
fessional climber hired A woods din
ner is the most pleasing feature Of the
occasion-bacon, chicken, broiled on q
spit before fragrant fire; Irish pota
toes and the real, old fashioned red
sweets, onions baked in a crater Of hot
Goals, kimmel rye bread, roasted cheese,
gingerbread and crabapple cider from
the farmhouse.
The Press., 1903-02-12
Three Cmpl0ma wmrG7m.

Filibuster, freebooter and buccaneer
are words curiously interrelated. The
French and the English sea adventur-
ers once made common cause against
Spanish settlements in the new world,
and all three Of these words came in
time to describe the rude sea soldiers
who despoiled the Spanish main and
the towns upon the coasts of the Span
ish possessions. Filibuster Is said to
be the result Of an attempt to make a
French word of freebooter, and the
English borrowed it back from the
French because it sounded less frankly
brutal than the English word
Buccaneer was originally French in
form, and it meant at first one who
hunted the boucan or wild cattle and
hogs of the West Indies; then one who
made jerked meat of their flesh, and
finally, because this meat was used to
provision the ships of the sea rovers, a
filibuster or freebooter.
The Press., 1903-02-12

Rousseau was a type Of the melan-
cholic temperament, assuming some
times the symptoms of a veritable pa
thetic insanity. He sought to realize
his phantoms in the least susceptible
circumstances. He saw everywhere en-
emies and conspirators, frequent in the
first stages of insanity. Once, coming
to his sailing vessel in England, he in
terpreted the unfavorable winds as q
conspiracy against him, then mounted
an elevation and began to harangue the
people, although they did not under
stand word he said. In addition to his
fixed ideas and deliriant convictions
Rousseau suffered from attacks of
acute delirium, sort of maniacal excl
tation. He died from apoplectic attack.
The Press., 1903-02-12
Hunting the Wild Boar.

In Germany the boar hunt occurs an
nually. Trained hounds are held in
leash until the lair Of the boars is sniff
3D. and then they are let go. Off rush
the bristling beasts. They run fast,
and the faster they skip along the wild
er and 'madder" they get. Sometimes
they are shot, but the correct style Of
killing is to use long spear or short
swordlike knife. The hunter spies his
boarship speeding along in an almost
straight line, blinded with rage and
ferocity. Bending over sideways to the
earth, the sportsman thrusts his spear
dull end downward in the soil and the
sharp point slanting upward and turn
ed directly to the boar's path. Straight
on the wild hog rushes, and with, all
the impetus of his long fight he plunges
upon the spear point and there, impaled,
dies a bloody death.
The Press., 1903-02-12
A Venice Industry.

Venice owes the accumulation of
great wealth from a new industry to
one of her natives named Joquin. 1t
was in the year 1856 that he observed
that the scales of fish called the
bleakfish possessed the property Of CIV
ing a milky hue to water. After exper-
imenting with it he discovered that
when beads were dipped into it and
then dried they assumed the appear
ance Of pearls. This covering, however,
was easily worn away, and successive
experiments led to the manufacture of
hollow glass beads. all blown separate
ly, then polished in revolving cylinders
and finally coated inside with the
pearly liquid. the latter being protected
with. wax. This branch of industry is
carried on in Venice to this day.
The Press., 1903-02-12
COVENTRY.
South Coventry.

Dennis Lynch has purchased the Paul
Wise property.
Mrs. W. Cragin of Uxbridge, Mass lie
visiting Mrs. ]. NJ Wood
Miss Mary Fl Green has been spending
few days In New York city.
Herman Thompson from Lowell, Mass.,
spent Sunday at E. A. Trac,'s.
Business In all the fferent manufa :
turing places here Is unusually good.
A large number attended the dance In
A. o. U. w. hall on Friday evening.
Sylvester Robertson spent week re.
Gently with his mother; Mrs. A. Kings
bury.
Mr.. and Mrs. A Kngsbury started
Wedn sday for Florida, where they will
spend several weeks.
Faith In the Candlemas day prediction
is growing stronger, and the mild wealth
er is proving q blessing to those who's g
coal bins are empty, or nearly so.
The Press., 1903-02-12
ASHFORD.
W0etfOrd.

Mrs. Mary Prentice has gone TO Wood
stock.
Mrs Frank Bosworth Is again very Ill
with rheumatism.
J. D. Chaffee and Fred Turner of VIII.
limantic were here the first of the week
looking at mining property.
Miss Lydia Hartig preache at the Con-
gregational church last Sunday and will
preach there again next Sunday.
Meetings are being held here every
evening this week, conducted by Rev.
Chas. Chamberlin and Rev. G. L. Snow
of wellington.
The Press., 1903-02-12

In one of Theodore Hooks stories the
bridegroom. departing with his bride
for their honeymoon. is disturbed by a
continual tapping on the floor of the
post chaise. 1t begins to bother him ex-
ceedingly. What the deuce is that
noise?' at last he mutters. 'It is moth
ing, darling" answers the bride sweet
". sit is only my wooden leg" Only
that and nothing more. She had got
accustomed to it from long use, but the
information put him out exceedingly
and caused a GOODNESS which was per-
manent.
The Press., 1903-02-12

In her "reminiscences Henriette Cock
ran relates an amusing anecdote Of
Robert Browning. She relates that as
she sat in the drawing room of her Lon
don house one afternoon she happened
to look out of the back window. "And
there" she says, 81 saw Mr.. Browning
nursing goose absolutely carrying it
in his arms. The poet came into the hall
with the goose. laughed, remarking
that it was queer kind of pet 1t is so
clever and affectionate,' answered Mr..
Browning. 1T is not well, so l am look
ing after it. 1t follows me about just
like dog"
The Press., 1903-02-12
True HRDDfmegs.

The best sort of happiness is rarely
visible to the multitude. 1t lies hidden
in odd corners and quiet places, and the
eager world. which presumably is seek
ing it, hurries past and never recog-
nizes it, but continues to mistake for 1t
prosperity and riches. noise and laugh
ter, even fame and mere cheap noto-
riety.-Henry Seton Merriman in ''The
Yultl1res."
The Press., 1903-02-12
Fewer Gallons Wears Longer.

WANTED-FAITHFUL PERsoN TO TRAY
Ell for we'll established house In a few
counties, calling on retail merchants and
agents. Local territory. Salary $1024 a
year and expenses, payable 1910 week
in cash and expenses advanced. Position
pei maneDt. Business successful and rush.
ing. Standard House, 1874 Dearborn St.,
Chicago. 39-4m