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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-18

might say, of American cisilinakien-- which was settled. however. without much difficulty. Very few negroes were em-
 pioyed; in fact the negro is not as an
 important factor In Porto Rico as he is in Jamaica. Some TOO or 800 natives were required under the superintendencs of .
 small body of fourteen or twenty Ameri- cans. The equipment consists at present of half dozen open cars, operated by motormen and conductors '.in khaki Xii, ,"' crowded. of course, during the busy morn ing and afternoon hours, but no more crowded than the carriages used to be, and run at a fixed fve-cent fare that is decidedly more economical than diclrering with the carriage drivers. The American superintendents. 1t may be added, have had to learn comparatively little Spanish; in fact damn" as direction. has come to mean that's not right, do it diffsrent-
 Iy." and the native employe exhibit rather a remarkable quickness in learning
 how to do 1t differently.
 Such a railroad with modern equip ment seems to the visitor a symbol of progressivenees. Yet it has so far not altogether altered the life of the old high- way. Morning and night. during the cof- fee-picking season-and this Is but one item in an always shifting panorama hundreds of barefooted women still walk to and fro from Playa. where the brown coffe berries from all over the Island are spread out on the floors of large ware houses to be picked over and sorted be- fore being packed on lighters and carried aboard ship. then to be carried. reports show. mainly to Europe where Porto Rican cosfees of high grades have long been esteemed.
 At present, as already said. the Ponce Railway and Light Company, which is about to become an important factor in lighting the island city as we'll as in transporting its inhabitants in their daily going and comings, has no direct con- nection with the actual handling of the
 Island products. But 1t already proposes
 building at the Playa a big wharf-with
 perhaps a pavilion and the extra induce
 ,nents Of the sort of park which we all
 know at the terminus of so many Ameri-
 can car iines-and 1t will then be in a
 position to carry freight direct to the side of the cargo-loading vessels. Indeed. freiSht.carrying on electric cars, a development of the trolley idea which the Stone Webster firm has done much to promote. bids fair to play an important part in the commercial development of the island. The freightage on coffee from the plantation to the Playa averages about sle ton-much more than 1t is likely to cost electric traction. The ex- porta tfon of sugar. mahogany and other products is, of course, similarly hamper ed. Once cheaper transportation has been provided a great impetus will un. doubtedly be given to the agricultural in. dustries of the interior.
 To get the benefits of this export trafYlc
 Ponce is Ideally situated. for 1t lies ai
 the southern seaport of the main artery of the island From this main artery the old military road-you will find branching off numerous smaller roads,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-18
FROM PONCE
 TO THE PLAYA
Modern Sights on Q Famous Ancient Highway --fiow AmericAnizAtion is Starting Porto Rico from
 Slumber of Four Centuries.

of the southern part of the island, if potentially of the very hrst importance as point of d'sembarking for tourists in the interior of the island there ars famous white sulphur springs which only await American enterprise to attract thousands of people annually.
 The work of constructing the electric line between Ponce and the Playa was undertaken on the first of December, 1901. The cars began running on May ]. 1902. and since that time they havs carried a daily average of seven thous- and passengers. The only problem, which has been successfully met with, has been to supply sufficient transporta- ton facilities to meet the unexpected de- mand. This passenger trafic has naturally been the chief concern of the company up >to this time. and the old fashioned sleepy-looking carts still carry the freight on its way back and forth from city to port: they are.~ however, destined in all probability to be supplant- cd by freight-carrying eiectrics.
 Already the passenger carriages, that
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-18

about the worst that could we'll be imagined. over which the products of the island are still carried on pack animals until they reach a series of sta- tions on the chief highway. where they are loaded on the bullock carts So brought forward to the port. Again to the east of Ponce lie another example of the ineffctual method of the old regime "a strip of the French railroad, intended originally to encircle the whole island but only represented in fact by disjointed sec tions of tracks connecting such places as presented fewest engineering difficulties. Like the American army that preceded 1t along its present roadbed, however the American trolley line vii probably even tually continue it's march across the island. When that happens the electric freight car will become an important ad- Junct to civilization and, together with improved dock facilities at the Playa, will mark another gain in efficiency, another long lap in the race of the West Indies to overcome. under their American train CTS, the handicap of four centuries of Spanish repression.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-18

ing news ways of utilizing the paper pulp, and some day he may stumble upon an Invention that will bring him in a fortune.
 Paper carpets and rugs have been made with more or less success. and 8 good many of the cheaper floors of this city are covered with paper rugs that are as useful as woolen materials. This requires plenty of heavy machinery to roll the pulp in large masses, and hence the email dealer Is not in 1t. I know of one concern that takes a good many loads of old papers every week just for experimental purposes. It Is aiming to capture the summer trade in Japanese mattings and rugs. The theory of the owner IS that our homes at the seaside and mountains should be covered with paper flooring. and that in time he will be able to produce the ideal paper car pet or mating He has not only in- stalled his place with expensive rolling machinery. but with costly stamping and printing machines. He is spending
 fortune to make another: but then 1t is
 not the money SO much as the pleasure of the thing that leads him on. He will
 never get as much fun from his new for tune in spending it as he does today from his experimental work. He is an enthusiastic laborer. who is worth more than his hire.
 "Of course. there are other experiment tai workers in waste paper, and some of them are working on problems which appear very easy of solution, but which in reality are most difacuit. For in- stance, what seems easier than to use the paper over again for printing? Why not boil and steam your waste paper,
 and roll 1t through machinery into new sheets for the daily presses7 Nothing appears at first sight easeir, but there is nothing that seems to give back to the paper the life which the process of printing takes from 1t. It Is dead paper. It lacks vitality, strength. finish, and 1t is mixed with inks and chemicals. If any man can rejuvenate the paper and make 1t fit for the presses over and over again he will make a fortune and revo- lutionize the printing business. What a boom 1t would be to the newspaper to run its waste paper back again. and buy in old copies of the early editions for use in the Sunday editioni Yet I firmly believe that some day we will come to that. Then the price of newspaper will go down. No paper company can con- trol the market of spruce trees then to force up the price of cheap grade paper, It will be a benefit to the publishers and the reading public as well. Today pa- pers are printed and sold at a penny a cheapened the process to sucn wonder full extent. but we have not yet reached the limits. There are more improve ments ahead which the present genera ton has far from anticipated"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-18
SOCIAL MEETING PLACE.
What Has Been Done in Connects .t}n cut Town.

New York Evening Post
 The problem of how to quicken the so- cial life of a community, given by Mr. Carnegie to the Scotch town of Dunfer- line for solution. is in the way of be- ing solved for a Connecticut village by three public spirited women, and for much
 less money approximately than the $z.-
 b0O, 900 in bonds which Mir. Carnegie has given to his native place.
 Norfolk, the village thus favored, is perched on the Litchfield Hills, in the northwest corner of the State. It has . scenic and climatic charms. which allure many summer guests, who find an addi- tional attraction in the institutions creat- | ed for the public benefit, of which this article proposes to tell. Largely farm- ing community. it is about stationary as to population, but has been saved from | the decadence which has marked many
 other Connecticut towns of similar char | acter by the existence of a couple of small | manufacturing industries, and by the
 means generously provided for social and
 mental recreation. These means are a library and reading room and a gymra-
 sium. created by the wise forethought and
 benevolence of the "'Eldridge girls as
 the townspeople cal them. These three
 sisters. the daughters of a clergyman who
 preached years ago in the Congregations al Church of the village. have made such
 use of inherited modest fortunes as prac- | tically to mold the character of the town
 in which they dwell. and to make a decid-
 ed impress upon the character of the vii- | lagers. tr | Recognizing the need. usual in most vil- lages, Of common social gathering place l aside from the church. since that institu- l tion lost this useful function by the mul- | ttplication of denominations, one of the sisters years ago built a gymnasium. which she still sustains. This commodi- ous structure is Of brick, charming archi- tecturally, and. advantageousiy located.
 It Is well equipped with apparatus. baths
 and lockers; it's entrance hall and music
 room are artistic: and its ample veranda.
 rug-covered. and liberaiiy provided with easy chairs and sofa cushions, Is a stand
 Ing invitation to the idle summer guest During the winter months the services of an instructor in gymnastics are at the
 command of the townspeople, and all that
 Is expected of them IS that they provide
 themselves with gymnasium slippers, eschew the use of tobacco on the premises and conduct themselves otherwise with propriety, Informal dances lend an oc- casional variety to the winter evenings.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-18

Ponce. P. R.. Oct. l7.-What the cleo tric railroad is doing and may yet do for Porto Rico, changing the business and social customs of the island. making plan tations pay where cultivation has lam guished for years. is an interesting ex- ample of the industrial occupation of our Island dependency, Trolley cars buzzing busily through the Plaza Principe indi- cate pretty clearly the change that is coming over the face of sleepy old West Indian communities with the advent of the Yankee.
 PoHcs's trolley line joins the residential part of the city. built where the early inhabitants lied to escape the visits of the dreaded Buccaneers, with the Playa, or Port, where a major part of the modern business of the inhabitants is carried on Of total population of about g, ,0O0 not more than 5000 live in the Playa--a con- dition which easily accounts for the fact that in the first year of its opera ton the new road has been favored with a pas senger business that could hardly have
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-18

been picked up in a Northern city of the same size in the States; but the Porto Rican people are of the kind who prefer riding to walking.
 In fact all who could afford to- always have ridden. Cp to two years ago the coffee, sugar, and tobacO growers, when they came down from the hills to trans act business in town, aS well as all the local merchants with their clerks and assistants-used to drive from Ponce to the Playa and back in vehicles that close ly resembled the Yankee carryall. These always went crowded-oftentimes uncom- fortably so. Meantime the laborers-the coffe pickers. orange sorters and other workers whose means would not admit of the expense of the carriage ride would trudge gaiiy up and down the long road. barefooted and happy. More steadily drowsing down from town to port went the odd bullock carts laden with bags and bales. Amongst these the naked children, who are now required by law to go about properly clad after they reach the age of five years. lodged reck- lessly and with apparent impunity. The whole procession was along the old white military road bordered with stately CO., coanut palms and the scarlet-fowering and well-named ''famboyant" trees-just as many an American or English road Is bofdered with elms-which is at once the thoroughfare and playground of Ponce.
 Such is a picture of the old times which extended up to the American invasion. Today. however. the most evident sign of the new regime in Porto Rico is the busy trolley car, rushing every ten minutes along the road. The new line. which is one of the series operated in various parts of Uncle Sam's domain con tinental and insular by the Stone-Webster management of Boston. follows the path taken by General Miles and fls soldiers in the very beginning of the American invasion. Although originally designed for the convenience of Spanish troops in uuelling insurrections, the old road is here practically a long village street, for Porto Rico is very much inhabited is- land-almost is thckly peopled as Massa- chusetts or Rhode Island. Peering among the tall palm trees and surrounded by the lesser "famboyantS' the cottages of the poorer people. often the same type of matched cabins once occupied by the native Indians whom the Spanish occu- patton so rapidly annihlated. line both sides of the roadway, separated from 1t by a ditch, or gutter, some four feet deep and crossed here and there, by small plank bridges. The ditch itself is necessary to carry off the overflow of the little Porto- gues River which does its best in rainy weather to turn the country surrounding the Playa into an uninha abitable strip of marshland.
 Despite this temporary marsh however the climate Is the best in the Antilles More than that. it has been found per- fectly healthful for Americans provided they take plenty of exercise and avoid unfamiliar fruit. so that a winter re- sort Porto Rico in general and Ponce in particular. is undoubtedly destined to grow steadily in popularity. The city it. self. naturally centre for the develop
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-18
Handkerchief Trimming.

Handkerchiefs are used not only for corset covers.. but to trim full sets of underwear. Cambric petticoats have handkerchief rufEies made by cutting the square diagonally into two pieces and set ting the pieces tip to tip around the skirt. The same trimming is applied to the cor sage of chemises and corset covers, half of the handkerchief being set on the front and half on the back. To get the re- quired fuliness as well as to add to the decorative effect a strip of insertion is let in the handkerchief overpiece.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-18

seamen on native river craft in China get Sa month. on seagoing Chinese vessels se They furnish their own food.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-18

There is pdnster in the Vandeiiilt family. A day or two ago William K. Jr.. dashed out of the Grand Central 6ta- tion in New York through a pouring rain, into an institution of which he is director. ''Great Jupiter Pluvius." he exclaimed "this is a deluge. Over there at the station even the locomotives came !n ringing wet"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-18
"a. rohn of tLe Sll4mp.

Cleveland Plain Dealer. 'Two months ago he was worth mii- lion.'' -... o. fers?"
 NO. in stocks. -... Same thing"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-18

r-s,y. years ago there were 200 Jap .rs"s in the United States To-day there are 24,3oo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-08
THE NEW MILITIA LAW.
Additional Information Received by
the Adjutant General.

the AuJuIdu 0eueTd1.
Additional information has been received
by Adjutant General Corbin of the action
of the various states in regard to the new
militia law as follows
Florida-The adjutant general Of the army
is advised of the organization of a COM
pany of infantry at Madison, Fla, which
was mustered into the service of the state
April 20, 1903, and assigned to the 1st In
fantry, Florida state troops, as Company Z.
Kansas-General orders Ne. Z. from the
adjutant generals Office, state of Kansas,
April %. 1903, just received at the War De-
partment, direct all the organizations OF
the Kansas National Guard to assemble at
their respective armories, fully armed and
equipped for muster, on May 80 Decoration
day, early as 10 o'clock a.m and to re-
main on duty until o'clock pm. same day,
the commanding officer to report to the
commander of the local post Grand Army
of the Republic. having charge of the me-
m orial exercises. and to hold his company
in readiness to render such assistance as
may be required in conducting the me-
mortal services.
Pennsylvania-Generalo orders No 1S from
headquarters National Guard of Pennsyl-
vania, May /, 1903 publish opinion of the
supreme court of Pennsylvania in Common
wealth ex rel Wadsworth agt. Shortal, in
which 1t was held that in the case of
member of the National Guard, acting un-
der proper orders who may in the execu-
ton of such orders cause the death of an
Individual against whom such orders are
directed the killing is not unlawful and
there is no legal ground for subjecting him
to trial.
South Dakota-Lieut. Col. Cornelius Gard
ener, 21st Infantry, is, by recent orders OF
the Department of Dakota, directed to pro-
ceed to and inspect the organized National
Guard company stationed at Canistota,
IS. D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-08
NEW CANADIAN RAILWAYS.
Proposed Electric Line From New York
to Montreal.

Commercial Agent Johnson. at Stanbridge,
has Informed the State Department that
an extensive electric railway system is
projected through the south shore counties
of Canada and the eastern townships of
Quebec which will form part of vast plans
now being mapped out for an electric road
to connect New York city with Montreal
Connections are to be made with the i'm
portant trolley roads in eastern New York
and nearly a dozen systems in Vermont
The proposed main line from New York to
the Canadian border will pass through
much attractive scenery, especially along
the shore of Lake Champlain. The Mon
treal and Southern counties railway route
will also have the scenic advantages of the
Richelieu and ST. Lawrence rivers. The
new roads to be built with heavy tracks
In the most modern way and the cars will
be provided with air brakes and motors
capable of making a speed of between
fifty and sixty miles an hour on straight
stretches. 1t is reported that the scheme
is backed by capitalists from New York,
Boston and Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-08
Reports Officially Confirmed.

The State Department has received off,
cial confirmation from its agents in China
OF the increase of the Russian garrison in
Newchwang. Manchuria, and there is rea-
son TO believe that 1t is preparing to take
some vigorous steps in the matter. Secre-
tary Hay has deemed the matter worthy of
communication by Telegraph to President
Roosevelt in California. and by his direc-
tion the Secretary will be guided in what
he has in contemplation to do. 1t is evil
dent that the department has had its pa
tience taxed beyond endurance by the
course of events in Manchuria. and that It
is now on the verge of more radical step
tnan any which has marked the negotia-
uons between the powers on that subject
mp TO the present time.
In one quarter IL is intimated that it will
take the form of joint action by Japan and
England and the United States. But the
preceding negotiations disclosed the inabil-
tty of the United States to act jointly with
other nations without violation of its tra-
ditions so II remains with the officials to
devise some plan for cooperation with
England and Japan that will have the eff
feet Of convincing the Russian government
of the absolute determination of the three
nations to cause 1t to carry out it's pledges
as to the evacuation of Manchuria, while
not committing the United States to a
formal alliance. OF course, that program
10 subject to the approval Of the President,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-08
sTRATToN DISCUSSES CHINA.
Collector at Frisco Declares the Boxer
Movement Exaggerated.

SAN FRANCISCO, May S.-Frederick s.
Stratton collector of the port returned
from tour of the orient today.
Mr. Stratton, in discussing his trip said:
'The Boxer movement in China has been
greatly exaggerated, although the disaffec-
ton certainly exists and may break into
flame at any moment.
THE use of American products as well
as imports into the United States are both
on the increase, but our commerce is being
largely carried both ways in foreign bot
TOMS
I went out opposed to the missionary
movement In China; at least l had no SYM
pathy with it. l have been converted by
what l have seen. America leads all
others in philanthropic and religious work
In the orient. and the results, while slow
are in my opinion sure. and the foundation
Is being splendidly laid. Commercially
speaking. the missionaries are the advance
agents for American commercial enter
prises.
L return very strong advocate Of Chi
nese exclusion. The Chinese If granted the
right to enter, would speedily displace the
Sailed American mechanic.
In the Philippines business is depressed
and times are quite hard. The monetary
system has been uncertain, the rhinderpest
has destroyed nearly all the beasts of
burden, and for two years there has been
considerable drought. American CONNER
cfal enterprise. 1 think, demands the admis-
sion of Chinese in the Ailippine Islands,