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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-11-21
E asunto de Juana-Dfaz

Una carta del Seflor TOSSaS
Sr. Director del BoLETIN
MERcANTIL DE PUERTO Rico.
San Juan. =
Senor:
En- su ilustrado periodico de
fecha II del actual aparece una
noticia de su 'corresponsal de
Ponce que dice: "Al Alcalde de
Juana Diaz sc 1e ha decretado
auto de prision por hacer COM
parecer a una mujer ante un No
tario a decir falsedades'.
Yo espero sef1or Director, que
usted hara p1blico en- su propio
peri6dico estas manifestations
mias para que la verdad sea CO
nocida, Y conocidos ia mbien los
que por Salvarse de responsible
lidades buscan Ell medic de ha-
cerme daflo.
He de empezar manifestandole
que al Alcalde de Juana- Dfaz
sc lie ha decretado la prision por
ell Juez de Paz por haber preten-
dido denunciar un delito come
lido.
Que es muy de p1blico que a
consecuencia de la creaci6n de
una plaza de medico titular para
esta villa. y de la revision de las
cuentas municipales de ejerci-
clos anteriores que por acuerdo
del Concejo Municipal ordene
yque fue llevada a efecto, me
he rodeado de varios eneinigos,
unos por la primera causa, y los
OtrOs porque en- cumplimiento
de mi deber los he denunciado
por los fraudes que aparecen de
la revision, ante ell Honorable
Gobernador de Puerto Rico.
Que dichos enemigos ten1an
necesariamente Que buscar una
causa para dar TN escandalo que
afectara mi nom bre a fin de que
20 no fuera ell Alcalde cuando
sc empezase a hacer la investi-
gacion ordenada por ell Honora
bic Gobernador, y para su efecto
buscaron una mujer que estaba
en- estado de embarazo a quien.
tai vez, lie hicieron promesas
consiguiendo traerla al Juzgado
para que me denunciara por el
delito de seduction; dicha mujer
una vez en- el Juzgado fue exa-
minada por Ell Secretario, y va
escrito 10 que sc necesitaba, apa
rece que la denuncia preSentada
esta 6rmada por una cruz en- vez
del nombre y apellido de la su-
puesta seducida que muy bieu
Sabe escribir.
Que en- ell mismo dfa fui ad
vertido por la misma joven que
aparece denunciando de 10 que
Sc pretendia hacer conmigo, y
para 10 que habfa sido traida al
Juzgado. a 10 que le conteste'
que Sc fuera a Ponce el .dia 81
guiente y levantase un acta no
tarial, manifestando 10 que ha
bian hecho con ella y por quien
habia sldo seducida donde tam.
bien la acompano su padre y ex
plicaron ambos la verdad de las
CoSaS.
Al il al Juzgado a pedir un
testimonio de aquella denuncia
que aparecia ALI. me fue mega.
da por 10 cual le te!egrafie al
Hon. Attorney General para que
autorizara al Juez para que Ii
expidiera y llevar a los tri
bunales a gentes que Sc ocupan
de semeJantes porqueriaS cuyu
testimonio nunca he podido cor
seguir pero ST que sc decretara
auto de prisi6n para mi y para
los que acOmpafaron 4 Ia dicha
muier ante el NotariO.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-11-21
A. SULIVERES RIVERA
AR0GADO v A0TARl0

Partpa que ESTUDO NOTAR1O en- PLAZA
PRINCIPAL de Ciudad Areboy mmo So dnde ene bn~
fete de Abogado
Esta O6cna del conoio rocOa don Ventura
Rivas. lm-h m 10 q
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-11-21

Se agencia la venta de hNCien-
dss, prOpiedades Y minas en-
tOdO SUI valOr 8 parte. Remftan.
Sc pliegos de condolences y precios; y
se enviarAn las formulas 8 condolences
de las ventas. Dirfjanse Agenc's
WHITE, sos Electrical Exchange,
Building, New York City.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-19
North Pole For Bald Heads.


Talking of hair restOrers," said the
captain of a steamer who has been
whaler, "none of them is in it with the
air of the arctic regions. A man with
thin hair who fails to get a new crop
If he goes within the arctic circle is
hopeless case. l have seen whalers
who got bald when they stayed at
home for year or two and got new
crop of hair every time they went to-
ward the north pole on whaling expe-
ditiOn.
How do l account for it? The far
ther YOU go north the land animals get
shaggier. 1t is a provision against the
cold. When the arctic winter ap-
proaches, the reindeer, the bears and
other animals get a thicker coat of hair
or fur. Similarly the hair on the hu-
man head thickens when yOn go far
north.
"It is a fact Now, l don't want you
to think that once the fOllicles of the
hair are dead new hair always comes,
even in northern regions. Sometimes
when a man is apparently as bald as
billiard ball, the fOllicles are not
dead, and there is hope for him. Phil
adelphia Ledger.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-19
A ouaint Old Will.

"My hobby is the collection OF
strange Wills" said a retired sea cap
tain. 81 have gathered together copies
Of over fifty odd testaments, and fine
reading some of them are. One, over
300 years old, bequeaths-what do you
think? Why, it bequeaths its maker s
soul to God. This is the way it reads;
"Tn Del nomine, Amen; the yere or
orr Lord 1541, the XXXth day OF May,
|. Robert Petigrew, hole of mynd ana
mem'ry, make my testament ana last
will. yn forme and manner following:
First, l bequeth my sowle to Almighty
God. and my body to be buryd yn the
cburcbvard Of North Cadbery. be-
oueth to my some Richard a cove a
calf. the second best grass panne' IL
platters, II dysshys of pewter ana an
alkar of wheat, an akar of dragge' ana
an akar of medOw. TO my daughter
Alvs. a cove. To my some Thomas
nv old oxe. The residew of my goods
not beduethed, I give to Mawde' my
Wvffe. "-Philadelphia Record.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-19

Garden and other seeds at J. B.
Cooper's.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-19

Mrs. B. F. Turner of Philadelphia
and Miss Alice Lodge of WoodsiGe
are guests of the family of Enoch
Turner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Bitter are
visiting their daughter, Mrs. Edward
Caples at Love Point, Kent Island,
Md
Miss Edna HUM of Philadelphia is
visiting Miss Julia HUM.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph E. Carter are
spending the month of August on his
farm near Clayton.
Miss Mildred Fowler is visiting in
Philadelphia.
Mrs. W. f. Keith is sojourning at
Atlantic City, n. J.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter O. Hoffecker,
who have been sojourning at Ocean
Grove, y. j., stopped over in Phila-
delphia Sunday and returned home
Monday evening They were accom-
panied by Master Robert Hance
Childs, who will make them visit.
They are also entertaining Miss Bes-
sic Hance, who came last week to
visit Miss Helen Prettyman.
Mrs. W. O. Proctor and Miss Ada J.
Vickers, of Philadelphia, are visiting
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. l. B.
Vickers.
MiSc Tdo T o,,oc,ro,-o 20 s,,a,,1 1;ycr I, or.
vacation among friends in Philadel-
phia.
Mr.. Martin F. Doherty, Smyrna's
popular tailor, is visiting in New York
and will incidentally take in the inter
national yacht races, the first of which
will be held tomorrow.
Mr.. Jacob Collins of Philadelphia
is spending his vacation with his
mother Mrs. Minnie Collins.
Misses Laura and Eva Farlow, of
Brooklyn, N. Y, are visiting their
aunt, Mrs. Samuel j. Reynolds Mr.
Almore Farlow, their brother, was
down over Sunday.
Miss Beulah F. HAZEL, Miss Marion
Start and Miss Daisy Sutton formed q
jolly trio Monday morning on two
weeks sojourn to Atlantic City, n. j
When the party breaks up on their re
turn next Monday Miss Start will ex
tend her trip to New York city, wher,
she will be entertained by her uncle
Mr.. Thomas S. Start.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. P. Armstrong, soI
Paul, and daughter, Esther, of Wash
ington are visiting his sister, Mrs. G
P. Gears at the Smyrna House.
Mr.. w. Townsend Jefferson, of Mem
phis, Tenn, arrived in Smyrna yes
terday and will spend two weeks o.
more with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
j. Henry Jefferson.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-19
Electrical Oscillations.

Hertz years ago first produced rapid
electrical oscillations and showed that
they Travelled through space with the
speed Of light and reappeared as cleo
trical oscillations and sparks in suita-
bly, arranged conductors at a distance.
Starting with waves twenty feet long
in air and oscillating 5OOO0,00O times a
second. he worked down to waves one
tenth as long and ten times as rapid.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-19
SMYRNA WINS TWO FROM DOVER.
Baseball Club Makes a Better Showing the
Past Week and Some Close and Exciting
uames are Played-twO Victories Won.

uames are Played-twO Victories Won.
After week of dOpey ball PLAYING
smyrna went to Dover Saturday in
better form than they had been for
several days. The addition of Catcher
Hartman, formerly of the Wilmington
A A. strengthened our team consid-
erably and seemed to infuse new life
into the players. There was a good
attendance present and Dover felt sure
OF a victory. Osborne was in the box
Tor Smyrna and pitched a fine game.
Three runs were made by Smyrna in
the hrst inning, the most sensational
OF which was the home run of Hair
grove, who drove ball over the fence
at deep centre and brought in two
runs. Dover worked hard to over
come this inning but after a brilliantly
fought game from beginning to end
the score stood to 3 in favor of
Smyrna. The features of the game
was the home run of Hairgrove and
the splendid throw of Price from left
held, putting man out just as he was
crossing the home plate. Smyrna was
enthusiastic over their victory and the
Camden rOOters applauded them vo-
ciferously, The score was as follows:
Smyrna ............ 3 0 0 0 0 0 IA 5
Dover ............... 0 0 l 0 O-3 3
Monday, Dover came to Smyrna to
play the return game, and they came
in fine form. Their team had been
strengthened by the addition Of
DOugherty, Milford's catcher, and
Lewis, their crack pitcher, was in the
box. Byron Slaughter did the twirl-
ing for Smyrna. For the first five in
nings the spectators of Smyrna were
playing as has been seen on our
grounds this season, but misjudged
fly of Price in left field and an error or
two on the part of Lassell at second
and SimOns at third caused Smyrna to
go to pieces in the sixth and seventh
innings and as a result Dover scored
six runs. Dover's pitcher was in fine
form and he held Smyrna down to two
hits. In addition to this he was given
fine support. Slaughter, who had
been pitching creditable ball, weak
ened toward the last and his place was
taken by Simons, who pitched the last
three innings. The score stood to
in Dover's favor, as follows:
R. II. f
Dover ............. 0 0 3 o o. 8 {
Smyrna .......... y 0 0 o. l 2
Smyrna went to Dover again yester
day and came home with another vic
tory. This time they defeated Dover
by a score of 13 to 4. McAister anG
Hartman did effective work for Smyrna
the former holding the Dover hitteri
down to 4 hits. Williams, Dover
pitcher, was easy for our boys and
victory was assured at the start. Smyr
ma played fine ball and won the gam
on merit. The score:
r. H. 1
Dow Dover .r. .... ....'..... ..... 81 a
The contest between New Castle
and Smyrna at our park last Thursda.
was more or less a farce Smyrn
wasn't in it aud was in the air from
start to finish. McAlister was hi
lively and our spectators were fur
nished with comedy of errors. TIL
| score was:
J R.H1
New Casue.......1 O 0 OO1 2-Il u
smyrna ............1 0 l 0 0 0 o. 2 !
Dover will play here Friday an
again on Monday.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-19
A Time Slayer.

Miss Nexdor-This is a pretty time OF
night for that Dasher girl to be playing
the piano.
Miss Also-Oh, she's no respecter of
time You can tell that from the way
she's Observation-Disclosures American.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-19
Closing of Mails.

Going North.-6.55, $50 A. NJ. S.2O, $50
iS5 NJ
For Clayton and Oxford r. P. o. and
CLAYTON, Del, 8.15 A. NJ, and 800 P. NJ,
Townsend aud Centreville r. P. o. and
CLAYTON and Chestertown r, P. o. 6.55A
and $50 P. NJ.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-19

David Wolfe Brown, official short
hand reporter in Congress, recon-
mends the shorthand course given by
GOldey College.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-19
To Cure a Cold iu One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
if it fails to cure. E. w. Groves sig
nature is on each box. 2jc,
Smyrna times., 1903-08-19

Cosgriff Il Reynolds have a full sup
ply of threshing coal on hand of
superior quality.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-19

Dr. r. A. Comegys, dentist, success
sor to DR.. johnson, HAZEL building,
Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-19

The Smyrna Transportation and
Manufacturing Company shipped a
car load of their fine ice to Centreville
Nd yesterday.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-19

Quite a colony of Bohemians ar
rived on Thursday evening last and
took up quarters at Smyrna Landing.
They will work in the canning factory
at that place.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-19

Cosgriff & Reynolds can supply you
With all sizes of the best grades of coal
st bottom prices.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-19

short Items of General Interest Gathered
During the Week.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-21
SAFE HARBoR FoR CROOKS
Rlaeeu to which They NAY Go and
he beyond the Reach on
EEtraditton.

There are scores Of little nations with
which the United States has no treaties
at all. Abyssinia is one, and were an
American fugitive to reach Adds Ababa
he might remain there the rest Of his life
without fear Of molestation, says the
Chicago Tribune. In the West Indies
are two republics In which the American
evil doer is almost as securely safe. One
is Hayti and the other is San Domingo.
Both are usually so torn by revolutions
that the existing government is almost
unrecognizable. In consequence, both
are favorite resorts for American adj
venturers and fugitives Of the more en-
terprising sort. One American, who
left New Orleans inconspieuously be-
cause of a little difference with the law,
o to high rank in the Haytfen army,
and was eventually killed in a fight with
revolutionists on the Dominican Dor
der.
The little republic Of San Marine, in
the south of Europe, is another secure
stronghold for American fugitives. But
1t is so small that the average evil doer
does not seek it out for fear that he may
toss in his sleep and roll e it's from
tier into Spain. And far to the east
ward there is sarawak, in the East In
dies, where an Englishman holds forth
as absolute monarch, and every stray
soldier Of fortune Is welcome.
Were he to be a daring knave, an
American fugitive might find safety, at
least from American justice, in a dozen
or nor of the queer nations Of central
Asia-though it is more than likely that
the natives would soon finish him. In
Afghanistan the ameer would be glad
to see him. and in Beloochistan the
rulers Of the state would treat him as a
distinguished visitor. In Thibet proper,
he would be under the eye Of the Chi
nese authorities, but outwardly Thibet
is not Chinese territory, and the treaties
with China do not affect it.
High upon the central Asian table
land are perched Kafristan and Turke-
stan, neither Of which recognizes even
the existence Of the United States.
Southeast Of Arabia is the independent
kingdom Of Oman, and toward the north
are Bokhara and Khiva, vassals of Rus
STA, but still not affected by Russian
treaties. And in Africa there is the
vast expanse of the Congo Free State
unhealthy, maybe, but still safe. In the
west are Borum and Waday, independ-
emit kingdoms, and Kanem and Bogirmi,
no mans lands.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-21
80 or HAIRDRRssINa.
A~byusinians Are Wona Of smearina
Their Locka with OH oR
Any Kind.


IN Abyssinia enc method OF doing tho
hair that Is adopted BY warriors is 70
stroll into the market place. buy q
pound Of hutter, and. putting It upoR
the top Of the hair, stand stiH while the
sun arranges things. When the haiE
Is thus dressed with melted butter, sayR
the Chicago News, the Abyssinian
knows that fate cannot, pr will not
touch him-he Is a picture Of well==
dressed elegance done in oils. Another
style is to trese the hair, and every tfesg,
means something. A young warrior
with a head Of hair undressed Is Of no aC-
count; he has not yet killed a man.
When, however, he has done so, all his
hair is shaved off except enought to make
IA tress, which Is Of the same signid~
canoe as a notch on a pistol stock. After
that every man he kills entities him to
add another tress, until as %conquering
hero Of 100 tresses he Is a formidable
man to try conclusions with.
Some Of the New Hebrides people do
their hair up in a bunch on the top Of
the head and stain it yellow, while the
inhabitants Of Omhat island pass it
through a tube so as to make a kind Of
plume. The Marquesas chiefs favorite
method is to shave all the head except
two patches, one over each temple,
where he c~ultivates two horns Of hair.
No doubt this is to render him more a.
thing Of terror to his enemies than OF
admiration to his friends. His reason
for shaving the rest of his head is to al-
low more space for tattooing, IS if all
Of the available skin of the body were
not enough.
No N has visited Fiji in the past
without being astonished at the fear
full and wonderful styles Of h~airdress-
ing. They are geometrical, monumental,
pyramidal and trapezoidal. An addi-
tional factor in this production of the
grotesque is that the hair varies in color
as lime varies in bleaching power, or as
the Juice of the mangrove in coloring
matter. Between black and white the
colors run through the bIue-blaek and
all the shades of red and yellow. Often
half the hair is red and the other half
white, giving a kind of piebald effect
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-21
THE HEARr 81 4 mAlD-

I'm glael I'm giadl Jest as doggone glad.
As glad as a man kin bel
An. the times Of old that I one time had
Amt spellin' a thing to mel
ana the worlds all right as the world kin
be1
an. she suits me mighty fine!
tss Z love the world an the world loves
An the aeart OF a maid IS minel
An that's why I'm gladl th' bird that
Swings
on ca coGeeherry bush
SoA know what happiness means but
sings
hen he might as wei so hurh1
@1 my hearts a-sinEin' a aiad refrain
beats his slngln' cold!
malQl jest a maid that my heart
has ta'eu.
~ aae tresses q her are goAf
An the 1alden's eyes are just az blus
arenin Eaiu@aEhed skvf
@ne ne heart Of the maid-ah. her heart
g true@
asa the prQNfHe that Bghts her eye
promise faar that Ebesu Joy to keep
ht94gh ai the years may bring4
tae Diros mag bBsb and may So -
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-21
THE AMERICAN INVASION.
Shirt Waists, GOssamers and Books
OF the Americans Largely
in Evidence.

"FOr many years past London has
been given up to Americans in August
and September says a writer in an
English weekly. "It is true that there
may be a million inhabitants left in
London to every thousand Of American
visitors, but that does not prevent the
hutter Of blue wells ~Obscuring the little
Union Jack on the foremasts Of the
La0aQ-Eaf UuBs6S and the accents or
the American girl, like the laughter
OF Lalage, coming round every corner
from Westminster Abbey to the board
Ing houses Of Bloomsbury, and the
scarlet Of BaedekeP showing up royalty
against smart tailor-made skirts suit
able for the moors, This year the in
yasion OF shirt waists and gossamers
was rtValed by a CTowding in of Amer
lean books during our dead August
n September season. Some of the
BOOKS. Ike some Of the girls, are ex-
tremeIy charming, though more than
one variety Of them is in danger Of
being ~oVerdone. There is, for exam
pie, the Eben Holden line, in which
the American equivalent of a duchess
takes tramp children into her family
or smiles with approval when her son
make a love match with the daughter
OF a local undesirable.
This is run hard by the Lives-of-tbe-
Hunted line, in which a man goes ont
shooting with a very expensive rife
and throws it into the lake in order
that he may study the engaging WAYS
OF the animal he has gone out to shoot
That a live animal is more interesting
than a dead one is reiterated at sbo-f
intervals, although as Mark Twain
might have observed, a living lion il
not always better than a dead doc
But clearly, the thing for him IN 10
Is not to throw his rife into the lake
u go home and buy an airsbip. which
moves in any direction that is wanted
n astronomical binoculars for h
living wild beast resents i~ntrusioDs On
It's privacy. Yet a third variety Is That
which deals with Higher Thoupbt
which oar and scars, till. like ATto'
mus ards eagle, it scars its tail off
He spelt the wore saws. There has
been a trust formed for the propapa-
o Of this kind Of literature and 7 6o.
lleVe It's shares are booming. It's most
prominent apostles are women some
OF whom have the faith which movos
mountains. This species of Higber
thought works in well with women's
It's literature is cheaper tban
that OF the older and lower forms ~
knowledge" u
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-21
TRADES THAT HAVE DIED.
Hygiene Has killed slatemnking ana
Rug Weaving Is Almost
Forgotten.

London is haunted with the ghosts
Of dead industries. Take watchmak-
ing, for instance. Since the introduce
ton Of the foreign watch, the demand
for the old English variety has disap-
peared, says Stray Stories.
Matmaking at one time was the prin-
cipal industry Of Suffolk. Many towns.
now scarcely known to the traveller,
carried on thriving industries in this
business, But now all you will see
will be decayed factories in place Of
the once thriving workshops.
Rug weaving is on it's last legs.
About so people now represent what.
was 20 years ago a thriving trade, em-
ploying nearly 5000 skilled hands.
Ihese4atter, too, were skilled opera
ives while the present workers are
either old men Dr. unskiIled boys.
Wood engraving is, of course, K
tinct for all practical purposes. The,
destroyer has also turned his hand to.
ivory turning, the introduction Of cell
lulotd and other cheap substances hav-
ing rendered this more beautiful indus..
try obsolete.
Many people still think that spitaI-
helds is yet a center Of a thriving silk--
weaving industry. At one time tbS.
trade employed $4,000 hands, but to-
day there are scarcely 1000, and there
are no apprentices entering it. Here
and there n encounters in remote
garrets old men who still can and do
turn out exquisite examples Of work
Increasing regard for hygiene has
resulted in the sacrifice Of more than
one industry. Among these is the once
ho%urishing n of slate manufacture
The habit of children licking their
states grew to be regarded as coDdu-
Give to disease. and a general outcrv
against them has resulted. So grave
has beer the injury TO the slate trade.
that a factory at Festiniog. for which
$4,000 was offered a year or SO ago.
has now been withdrawn from auction
as no more than $2,25O was bid for Il
at a recent sale.
Honiton's lace, one Of EngIsDd,g
most treasured industries, now affordg.
employment to a few male hands in
what has d~egenerated into an obscure.
town among the hills.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-21
Monestv OF Names

1t has long been an axiom, in cases.
OF men who default, forge. abscond mr.,
embezzle large sums, "Chercbez Ia
femme" The expert takes for granted
that a woman is always behind such dis
honesties. Yet it would seem that man
excuses himself, in these cases. at tbe.
expense Of woman, as Father Adam ala
In the garden; for it is a conspicuous
fact that woman, when employed in busi-
ness affairs herself, is strikingly honest
Women bookkeepers do not embezzJe.
Women as merchants pay their debts
promptly; women as treasury clerks are.
known Tor their integrity. The board
ing mouse Keepers, themselves generally
women, testify that their losses almost
invariably come from male boarders
while those Of their own sex are IN ~.
depended upon for regular payments
HaFper's Bazaar.