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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-02-14
II2 BIRLoTEcA DEL BoLETTN. MFRcANrIL

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banco rdstico, dorDfa I'm rinc6n junto e.
81 pensamiento Sc redujo el. Nanca sint6 haber
huldo renunciando co noddades elegancias nunca
laneno carecer de blandos muebles habitacones u-
josas. El solo 81, hacfa su fecidad
En- 81 primera uventud, abandon6 sus guales,
su 1amlla renunco los goces de los rcos para vivr
pobremente, sola con el ALI TN vale angosto
El para Susans, 10 todo todos los deseos todas
las usones todos los deros esperanzas reducfanse
eli su amor llenaba su exstencia.
De niugdn rnodo hubiero s1do mas feliz
Toda "a noche, oyeIdo la fatigosa respiration del
Veo sodado medte aquela sencilla histora viendo la
1ehcidad competa realizada tan poco
Al amanecer, me despedf afectuosamente de los dos
viejos anantes
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-02-14

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atana escasez desmosr6 sus odessnas aspiracioaes:
era una simple:
otra seiiora, repic6 pausadamente
iOna simpler Acaso- Psro fue dichosa
a Q eios. en- e harizoute, "a sla de Corcega bo-
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-02-14
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-06
IMPROVEMENT CLUBS.
The Famous WOman's Organization
In StOckbridge, Mass.

The problems connected with the adj
CARNATIONS are being solved by women
with most commemorate skill Care is
usually exercised that the membership
fee be not made too large In one emf
nently successful band of women labor
ing in this field the membership fee is
only SO cents, says the ST. Louis Globe
Democrat In the case Of the famous
woman's organization at Stockbridge,
Mass, any person over fourteen years
of age who has planted or protected a
tree under the direction Of the execu-
tive committee or who has paid to the
association the sum Of 81 or rendered
it's equivalent in work is qualified for
membership, and any child under four
teen years of age may become a mem
Der by paying % cents or doing %
cents worth of work under the direc-
ton Of the executive committee
A mental review Of the leading or
CARNATIONS Of women working for the
cause Of civic Improvement will dis
close the fact that there is wide differ
ence in their financial resources, yet
there are innumerable evidences that
lack Of funds need not constitute a
handicap.
For instance, the Stockbridge asso-
citation previously mentioned has a
fund Of $4,000, the income Of which
goes to swell the working fund each
year, and the association also receives
many substantial gifts from wealthy
summer residents and others, and yet
the association at Honesdale, Pa,
where the dues are less and which is
devoid Of any endowment fund, has,
as has been shown, accomplished won
ders for the improvement of the com
munity which it serves.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-06
Beautify the Garden.

It is by no means ususualErather, it
is the rule-in driving through the coun-
try to see houses that show all .indica-
dohs that the owners are prosperous,
but there is nowhere visible any effort
to make their surroundings beautiful,
says the Norfolk Virginian-PiIot The
lawns are unkempt and given over to
whatever vegetation happens to grow
upon them, and not so much as a rose
bush is anywhere visible about the
grounds. And yet, with no great effort
and expense, flowers could be grown
and the grounds made beautiful and a
new element Of pleasure added to the
too often meager and crude home life
Nothing is more needed in this country
than propaganda to develop love
Of the beautiful and nothing would do
more to enrich American home life and
allay that irritation of the nerves that
wears Americans out before their day
If the United States could be trans
formed into a country of good high
ways, neat homes and Towering lawns
what a consummation it would bel
And surely the country is old enough
now that material well being should
cease to be the sole consideration in life
and the development of an aesthetic
sense should command some attention.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-06

AS a general proposition, there is no
yard that cannot be improved; no fence,
no porch, no house, front or rear, that
cannot be beautifed, for four or five
months of the year at least, by the ex-
ercise of just a little energy and little
taste, says the Chicago Inter Ocean
All that Nature requires is a beginning
and small measure of attention. She
will do the rest And she. is so gener-
Gus in her gifts that she ought to be
encouraged. Examples demonstrating
how block, neighborhood or an en-
tire district may be changed for the
better with plants, vines, shrubbery
and grass plots are not wanting, but
the strange thing is that when so much
may be accomplished at so small an ex-
pendfture of money and labor so few
have taken advantage of their oppor-
tunities. Some progress in the direc-
ton in question has been made in the
last few years, but neither the possibil-
ity nor the desirability Of identifying
the back yards has as yet been recog-
nized by the people most deeply con-
cerned in the movement
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-06
CLEAN TOWNS GROW.
Unc1ean Conditions a Bar to a Com
munity's Progress.

Unc1ean Conditions a Bar to q Com
munity's Progress.
At a meeting recently of the local
Council Of Women Of New Orleans
Professor billiard Of that city delivered
an address on town improvement that
will be Of interest to other communi-
ties. He said that there was no royal
road to securing clean city, but where
there was will there was way, and
If the people Of New Orleans determin-
ed upon having clean city they could
get It.
He said the unclean condition OF q
town was real bar to its progress;
that visitors coming to an untidy town
were bound to receive an unfavorable
impression, which all the hospitality
and courtesy could not entirely erase
They judged people by what they saw,
and they could not be blamed for doing
so. Conditions, Professor DNiard said,
affected character. A child raised in
acquire sloyenly personal habits.
In discussing the subject of a clean
city Professor billiard said he would
begin with the back yards. If they
were cleaned up, he thought, the senti-
ment would extend to the sidewalks
and streets. He suggested that recep-
tacles be placed in the yards for the
collection Of the inevitable trash and
that housekeepers see to it that their
children and servants put the trash in
them and not scatter it in the yard.
The strips of grass which when al
lowed to grow up to any height on the
edge Of the sidewalks and streets de
face the city would be cut if the gen
eral complaint was made against it.
There was law in the statute books
which compelled property owners to
keep the grass cut around their prem
ises. This law applied to owners Of
vacant lots as well, though it didn't
seem to be so understood.
Professor billiard suggested that resi-
dents of a certain neighborhood might
unite to form a sort Of adjunct police
force to see that violations Of the law,
in their vicinity at least, were reported
to the proper authorities.
In the business streets, Professor
billiard said, the worst enemy seemed
to be paper. This was a paper age,
he said, and any quantity Of it could
be found about the streets. More re-
ceptacles were needed for papers on
the street, and as soon as people be-
gan to realize that need it would be
supplied.
He said the prosperity of a town de
pended largely upon a neat appear
ance, good laws and their enforcement
and back Of these pronounced public
sentiment.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-06
PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE.
The Phenomenal Record OF a North
Carolina Town.

The Phenomenal Record OF a North
Carolina Town.
The little town Of Salem, N. c., Of
fers a useful object lesson in the sys-
TEN Of protection from the dangers Of
fire. Mr.. Edward Atkinson, in a let
ter to the Boston Transcript, calls at
tention to the remarkable fire record
of Salem. 1t is 1877 years old and In
all that time not only has had no con-
fagration, but no disastrous fire 1t
has never in all it's history had a fire
where the loss was over $3.50. There
was only one dwelling burned in 100
years dating from 1776, and there
never was but one fire which got be-
yond the building in which 1t original
ed. On that occasion two buildings
were burned, each worth $3.50. During
the first 127 years Of the towns his
tory the total loss Of property by fire
was less than $4,000, and Salem is
town of between 1000 and 5000 peo-
pie.
The explanation of this remarkable
immunity from fire is Salem's fire ordi-
nance, which provides for inspection of
all buildings in order to remove dan
gerous heating appliances The in
spectors hunt out all defective flues,
unsafe stoves and furnaces, insecure
stovepipes and chimneys and unsafe
receptacles for ashes. They also give
special attention to the construction of
buildings. No property owner is al
lowed to put up an insecure building.
What is even more to the purpose, the
people themselves cooperate cheer
fully with the inspectors, and from
long experience have become them
selves well acquainted with all the
methods of protection against fire
Thus they have minimized the danger
with the results already stated
It is the old story, "aD ounce Of pre-
vention is worth a pound of cure"
Fires cannot be absolutely stopped,
but they can be largely prevented by
thorough inspection. The causes Of
danger being removed or provided
against, there is little chance OF fire.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-06
Children in Kenosha With the Aid OF
Their Mothers Find a New Way
to Beat Labor Laws.
THREE ARRESTS ARE MADE HERE.
Mrs. Tillie Heckert. Carrie Reuter- and
Julia LichtentelIer are Heavily Fined
for Making False Affidavits.

Children employed in the Kenosha
factories, together with the aid of
their mothers, have found a new way
to defeat the ends Of the new State
Labor laws, and the State Factory In
spector, J. Henry Harbeck, came to
Kenosha Thursday afternoon, and late
in the afternoon caused the arrest of
Mrs. Tillie Heckert, Carrie Reuter-
and Julia Lichtenteller on charges Of
making false afidavits to secure per.
mits for children to work.
The children in question. Charley
Heckert, Otto Bickle and Alma Lich-
tenteller, all under thirteen years Of
age, were employed at the Chicago
Rockford Hosiery works, and all OF
them had the permits necessary for the
work. The permits had been issued
by Judge Slosson at the beginning Of
the summer vacation, and for each
permit the mother of the child had
made an affidavit that the child was
above the age of fourteen years.
The Factory Inspector during his
recent visit to the city noted the fact
that the children were exceedingly
small for the age, and at once started
an investigation. The investigation
was carried to the books of several
counties in the State, and certificates
of birth were secured to show that each
of the children were thirteen years of
age.
Inspector Harbeck at once returned
to Kenosha and swore out warrants
for the arrest of the mothers who had
made the affidavits, Mrs. Heckert and
Mrs. Reuter- appeared in court Thurs
day afternoon and pleaded guilty to
the charge and we're fined ten dollars
and costs. Mrs. Lichtenteller appear
ed this morning and was given SINH
lar punishment.
None of the women made any effort
to make any defense for their action,
more than to state that the money
earned by the little boys and girls was
needed to assist in the support of fam
lilies. The fines were the lightest
under the law, and it is probable that
this will serve as lesson to other par
erts to refuse to make false affidavits
in order to get the children into the
factories.
1t is claimed that many children
under the legal age are now working
in the Kenosha factories, and the In
spectors of factory work have begun a
general investigation of all permits.
It is probable that prosecutions will be
numerous in the next few weeks if the
youngsters are not withdrawn.
In the past the afidavits of the
mothers have been regarded as suffi-
cient in the issuing of permits, but in
the future the parents, will have to
show some proof of the age of the
child before the Court will consent to
the permit.
The children on whose account the
complaints were made Thursday were
at once removed from the factories,
and the permits issued in1their names
cancelled.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-06
ONE Of MANY.
1here the ....,cs.sss!s.g Poster Is Out
% Place.


sShcre the As.s-es..5s Ing Poster Is Out
o. Place.
1t is rural village, historically inter-
esting, beautiful in situation and in de-
sign and enriched with social and intel
lectual culture. Ii IS traversed by one
of the best railroads in America. The
railroad station is a handsome stone
edif1ce, surrounded by well kept ex-
panse of lawns and flower beds. The
slopes of the railroad cutting are ter
raced and covered with a fine growth
of lawn grass. Everything about the
place is instinct with taste and beauty.
Everything, that is save one On the
crest of the terraeed and sodded wall
of the railroad cutting, directly oppo-
site the station, on the ground kept by
the railroad in such parklike perfection,
h a strange structure 1t is fence,
perhaps a dozen yards long and two
yards high. Supported by posts rising
laboye it is an ornamental roof, de
signed like that of Swiss chalet, as
long as the fence and perhaps a yard
wide, evidently intended to protect the
fence in a measure from rain. But the
fence itself is the thing. 1t is composed
of a series of dozen poster boards, on
each of which is continually displayed
an advertising poster of some patent
food or patent medicine to counterfeit
the Ill effects of the food, or patent
coffin in which TO bury the victim Of
both food and medicine, all printed in
the crudest and most glaring style. The
Thing, in such place, is as offensive
to the eye as daub of dirt on the face
Of "a beautiful woman.
The concerns that thus advertise
their wares show a strange contempt
for the susceptibilities Of their patrons.
The railroad company that thus dis
figures its ground and defaces the land
scape commits an outrage upon good
breeding and good taste and insults the
whole travelling public. The citizens
who permit the maintenance of such a
thing within the borders Of their vii
llage display extraordinary tolerance.
We have in mind one particular village.
But there are many such.-New York
Tribune.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-06
women. and Town Improvement.

If you organize an improvement so
ciety be sure to include the women in
it and give them an opportunity to
carry out some of their ideas. A woman
has a keen eye for the beautiful and
her knowledge of color combinations
will be of great benefit in the arrange
ment of Towering plants. But her use
fulness will not be confined to the
aesthetic features of the undertaking
Women can be as practical as men are
In Green Bay, Wis, certain lines of
street work have been put into the
hands of a committee of prominent
women with most satisfactory results.
They not only plan, and plan wisely,
but they execute, and execute thor
oughly.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-06
Beauty the Railroad stations

The proximity of the railways is per-
b. ps the most distasteful thing about
any town. But this evil could be over
come If trees that would not be ruined
by the gases from the locomotives were
planted about the stations and along
the tracks. From place of barren
ness the railway property could be
transformed into restful views that
would only make the town more beau
ttful.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-06
Public spirit In Menominee.

Nothing adds more to the general at
traction Of a place than beautiful
grounds about it's places Of greatest
public importance. One of the finest
examples Of this phase of improvement
work is to be seen in the city of
Menominee. Mich, where the grounds
about the public library, the great
manual training school and the vari-
Gus ward school buildings are all treat
ed with an artistic unity Of purpose
which is charming in results. And
what adds to the value of this truly
valuable object lesson is the fact that
native shrubs, trees and plants have
been made use of almost entirely in
planting the grounds. It is well worth
a long journey to this place to see what
public spirit can do when directed by
good taste
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-06
GOVERNOR LA FoLLETTE's POLITICS.

To the Editor of the EVENING News:
AS published in TELEGRAPH-CoUR.
TER of July 30, writer says, "The
people of Kenosha county are news.
paper readers, and they are all pretty
well acquainted with the views of the
governor on all subjects. That the
citizens of Kenosha county are news
paper readers, goes without saying,
and take the liberty of quoting what
some of them must have read in one of
the Chicago dailies of July 81.
Governor La Toilette held the close
attention of an audience Of about 5000
persons for two hours at Monona Lake
Assembly this afternoon while he
talked on representative government.
The address was along the same line
as those the governor has been de1iv-
ering at differert places"
Governor La Toilette is addressing
large audiences in different istste al
widely separated points, and it goes
without saying that he will have some.
thing to say of vital interest to the
people of Kenosha county. The peo.
pie will hear him, that goes too.
Truly yours,
r. r. ROBERTS,,
Sec'y Old Settlers Club,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-06
Value of Good Roads,

Good roads are one Of the first essen
tials to solid municipal growth. They
advertise community as nothing else
can do, they bring the farmers to town
to trade, and where the roads are good
there settle the retired merchant and
the Wqrnout city man who wish to end
their days in peace and comfort.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-06


of Congress.
The school census which has just
been completed shows a large increase
IN the number of school children in the
city. It also shows that the population
of the city is increasing at the rate of
ten per cent year.
Money for the hospital is not coming
in as rapidly as it might and it seems
that the ardor Of the people has been
dampened by the summer weather. It
is expected that several entertainments
will be given in the early fall to raise a
fund for the institution.
No trace has as yet been found of
the men who held the end of the halter
strap when DR.. Cleary's horse was
stolen, but two familiar faces are miss
ing from the city. If they will just
remain away the Kenosha officials will
not bother them with arrest.
The Kenosha labor unions have been
asked to join with the Racine unions
in a grand celebration of Labor Day
in Racine. Many of the members of
the Kenosha unions seem to favor a
home celebration and It's possible that
the invitation will not be accepted.
The old story of the shifting surface
Of the lake is again going the rounds
and 1t is now said that the lake level
is changing at the rate of an inch a
day. The people on the lake shore
don't seem to fear the invasion of the
waters and property is steadily increas-
ing in value.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-06
MARRIED IN CHICAGO.
Mrs Anna Richards Announces the Mar.
riage of her Daughter to III. Riderbach.

riage of her Daughter to III. Ridenbach.
The mystery connected with the
disappearance of Molly Richards from
this city more than a year ago seems
to have been solved, as Mrs. Richards,
the mother of the girl, today an.
nounces that the youngIl1ady had re-
Gently been married to Herman Riden-
bach also of Kenosha, in Chicago.
Ridenbach is supposed to be the
sane man who left Kenosha at the
same time as Miss Richards, and if he
has married the girl he will probably
be called upon to answer charges of
bigamy, as he was a married man
when he left Kenosha. Mrs. Richards
claims that the Ridenbach that her
daughter has married sis not the same
one that is missing from Kenosha, but
there is strange coincidence in the
case and the people will NATURALLY
believe that the Ridenback who is
alleged to have left Kenosna with
Miss Richards has made her his wife.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-05
DIR. J. L. M. CURRY ILL
The Distinguished Alabamian Lies
 Critically Sick in Ashe- villa N e.

Washington, Feb. 4-tSpeciaD-Rep reach Washington that Rev. Jabez l.. M. Curry, formerly member of Congress from the old Talladega district of Alaba- ma, and for many years trustee of the Peabody school fund is dying in Asheville N. c.
 His wife, whom he married late in life, and who is a woman of wealth, was visit ing friends in Philadelphia when news of the alarming turn for the worse In her husbands condition reached her to- day. and tonight she hurried South In a special car attached to the Southwestern limited train of the Southern Railway, attended by Richmond Pearson of North Carolina, United Stateh Minister to Per sia and uncle and namesake of Richmond Pearson Hobson, a personal friend of tre Curry family.
 Dr. Curry, who In his later years has objected to his title or doctor of divinity, was former Baptist preached and relied upon his title of doctor of laws, was formerly our Minister to Spain and he has host of friends and admirers in Ala bama.
 Information of his bad health was given by The Advertiser three months ago, but it was understood in Washington that his condition was greatly improved
 His friends are in every State of the Union and in most countries of Europe. His home in K Street. this city, is one of the most luxurious residences in Wash ington. Lucien Julieu Walker.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-05
Paine'S SCelery
 Compound Will Banlsh Your Neuralgia.
Read the Strong Testimony of An Eminent Kentucky Physician.

Neuralgia, rheuma tism. and a general ''run-down" condition result directly from an impoverished and famished nervous system!
 Paine's Celery Compound quickly cor rects this faulty condition. Being a true nerve food and nourisher. it builds up the nervous system and fully sustains 1t. While Paines Celery Compound Is work ing at the root of disease Othe nerve cen- tres), bracing and building up the weak ened and irritated parts and purifying the blood. neuralgia, rheumatism, and poisons are expelled forever from the system. Dr. Phelps wonderful prescription is carrying health and happiness into thousands of homes: 1t is what you need for your pres ent troubles; 1t makes sick people well and strong. Dr. Dudley Conner of Smp- sonville, Kentucky, says:-
 T have carefully examined the formula of Paine's Celery Compound and have no hesitancy in pronouncing 1t a compound of great therapeutic value. It has a wide range in its adaptation to the treatment of diseases, as it possesses tonic and all terative laxative and diuretic properties and can be used any length of time with out danger of toxic effects. It is a safe and tudicious combination well adapted to the treatment of neuralgia and rheu- matism in all their varied forms and all diseases dependent upon a depression of the nervous system and torpor of the bowels. I regrard 1t as a good blood purifier"